Description:
This pipe deletes every packet which passes through it, freeing the memory allocated to the packet. You can pull packets out of it, but it will always give NULL (end of stream). Likewise for every packet pushed into it it sends NULL out the end.
You have to be careful when using this class. Most packet streams reuse the same packet over and over again, so deleting that packet would be bad. On the other hand if you have a stream of unique packets, such as might come out of a CCSDS merger or a packet tank, then you really ought to use a PacketDeleter at the end of your chain, or those packets could fill up the memory.
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| public | PacketDeleter()Constructor. |
| private | ~PacketDeleter() |
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| protected | virtual | CCSDSPacket* | operateOnPacket(CCSDSPacket* p)
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