/**
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* Copyright (c) 2010-2016 by Min Cai (min.cai.china@gmail.com).
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* This file is part of the Archimulator multicore architectural simulator.
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* Archimulator is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*/
package archimulator.uncore.noc.routing;
import archimulator.uncore.noc.Direction;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Routing algorithm.
*
* @author Min Cai
*/
public interface RoutingAlgorithm {
/**
* Get the list of directions for deriving the next hop of the upcoming packet.
*
* @param src the source node ID
* @param dest the destination node ID
* @param parent the parent node ID
* @return the next hop
*/
List<Direction> nextHop(int src, int dest, int parent);
}