MessageBus

class MessageBus

This object handles all of the message passing between cells

Public Fields
vector <Message *> vIncomingMsgs: holds msgs coming in from other cells
vector <Message *> vOutgoingMsgs: holds messages going to other cells within this machine
vector <Message *> * vOutsideMachineArray: array of Bins to hold Messages going outside this machine

Public Methods
MessageBus(int): constructor
~MessageBus(): destructor
void ProcessOutsideMachineMessages(int): Accept messages from other machines and send out messages for other machines
void SendMsgsToOtherMachine(int, int): Helper function used by ProcessOusideMachineMessages to send out messages
void ReceiveMsgsFromOutsideMachine(int): Helper function used by ProcessOusideMachineMessages to receive messages from other machines
void ProcessIncomingMsgs(int): Go through vector of incoming messages and move to appropriate cells
void AddMsgToIncomingMsgQ(Message *): pushes a message onto the incoming message vector
void SendOutgoingMsgs(int): Give message to appropriate cells

Documentation

This object handles all of the message passing between cells. Since a message being passed between one cell and another is either an Action Potential (a firing message) or an Inhibitory message (dont fire message). The Message Bus is simply a conveyor belt that transfers data in one form or another to the cell, it does not do any conversions or summing of values or delays in transmission

vector <Message *> vIncomingMsgs