Aggie Student Toolkit — Load Balancer CSCE 412 Project 4
Arnav Fotedar · Fall 2026 · C++ load balancer simulation
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Here is a list of all files with brief descriptions:
 tests
  
test_main.cpp
Unit tests for the load balancer classes
 
Config.cpp
Implements command-line parsing, interactive prompts and validation for Config
 
Config.h
Declares the Config structure and the command-line and interactive input functions
 
Firewall.cpp
Implements the Firewall class
 
Firewall.h
Declares the Firewall class, an IPv4 range blocker used before requests are queued
 
LoadBalancer.cpp
Implements the LoadBalancer class
 
LoadBalancer.h
Declares the LoadBalancer class, which queues requests, dispatches them and scales its server pool
 
Logger.cpp
Implements the Logger class
 
Logger.h
Declares the Logger class that prints colored, mode-aware simulation events
 
main.cpp
Program entry point: reads user input, runs the simulation and prints the summary
 
Request.h
Defines the Request structure and its JobType that flow through the load balancer
 
RequestGenerator.cpp
Implements the RequestGenerator class
 
RequestGenerator.h
Declares the RequestGenerator class, the seeded source of random traffic
 
Simulation.cpp
Implements the Simulation class and the log summary format
 
Simulation.h
Declares the Simulation class, which drives the clock and writes the run log
 
Switch.cpp
Implements the Switch class
 
Switch.h
Declares the Switch class (bonus), which routes requests to separate load balancers by job type
 
WebServer.cpp
Implements the WebServer class
 
WebServer.h
Declares the WebServer class, a worker that processes one Request at a time