Package ptolemy.actor

Interface CommunicationAspect

All Known Implementing Classes:

AFDXESs, AFDXSwitch, AtomicCommunicationAspect, BasicSwitch, Bus, CanBus, CompositeCommunicationAspect, CrossbarSwitch, HMMGaussianEstimator, PacketDropFaultGenerator, ParameterEstimator, StuckAtFaultGenerator, TTESwitch, VariableDelaySwitch

public interface CommunicationAspect

An interface for objects that can intervene in communication between actors. A communication aspect creates receivers that wrap the receivers created by a Director, delegating (or not) to those receivers as it sees fit. If an IOPort references a communication aspect, then calls to any receiver in that port will be handled instead by a receiver created by the communication aspect.

For example, a communication aspect could intervene in communications to take into account shared resources. For example, it could delay delivery of any tokens to the original receiver (that created by the director) until the resources become available for the transport to occur.

Since:

Ptolemy II 10.0

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Patricia Derler, Edward A. Lee

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Red (cxh)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Red (cxh)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.String	decoratorHighlightColorName	The parameter name of the decorator highlight color.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Receiver	createIntermediateReceiver(Receiver receiver)	Create a receiver to mediate a communication via the specified receiver.
void	registerListener(CommunicationAspectListener monitor)	Add a communication aspect monitor to the list of listeners.
void	reset()	Reset the CommunicationAspect.
void	sendToken(Receiver source, Receiver receiver, Token token)	Take the specified token and mediate communication to the specified receiver.

Field Detail

decoratorHighlightColorName

static final java.lang.String decoratorHighlightColorName

The parameter name of the decorator highlight color.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createIntermediateReceiver

Receiver createIntermediateReceiver(Receiver receiver)
                             throws IllegalActionException

Create a receiver to mediate a communication via the specified receiver.

Parameters:

receiver - Receiver whose communication is to be mediated.

Returns:

A new receiver.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the receiver cannot be created.

registerListener

void registerListener(CommunicationAspectListener monitor)

Add a communication aspect monitor to the list of listeners.

Parameters:

monitor - The communication aspect monitor.

reset

void reset()

Reset the CommunicationAspect.

sendToken

void sendToken(Receiver source,
               Receiver receiver,
               Token token)
        throws IllegalActionException

Take the specified token and mediate communication to the specified receiver. An implementer could, for example, delay the communication to account for resource contention. Or, it could make a record of the energy consumed by the communication.

Parameters:

source - Receiver that sent the token.

receiver - The receiver for which this communication aspect is mediating communication.

token - The token for the communication to mediate.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the token cannot be sent.