neosim.implementation
Class SourceMethodImpl

java.lang.Object
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public class SourceMethodImpl

extends java.lang.Object

implements SourceMethod

Connect from a specified output port to (potentially) all entities in destination population. This is the superclass for user source methods.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected PortID

srcPort

Constructor Summary

SourceMethodImpl(PortID srcPort)

Method Summary

void	bcastRequest(Entity srce, Population destPop, ConnectionRequest cr) THIS METHOD CAN BE CALLED FROM WITHIN sendRequests() ABOVE.
void	sendRequest(Entity srce, EntityID deste, ConnectionRequest cr) THIS METHOD CAN BE CALLED FROM WITHIN sendRequests() ABOVE.
void	sendRequests(Entity srce, Population destPop, DestMethod dm) THIS METHOD SHOULD BE OVERRIDDEN BY DIFFERENT SOURCE METHODS.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

srcPort

protected PortID srcPort

Constructor Detail

SourceMethodImpl

public SourceMethodImpl(PortID srcPort)

Method Detail

sendRequests

public void sendRequests(Entity srce,
                         Population destPop,
                         DestMethod dm)

Description copied from interface: SourceMethod

THIS METHOD SHOULD BE OVERRIDDEN BY DIFFERENT SOURCE METHODS. The sendRequests method checks the source entity's details and sends connection requests to individual destination entities (using sendRequest) or to all members of a population (using bcastRequest).

Specified by:

sendRequests in interface SourceMethod

Tags copied from interface: SourceMethod

Parameters:

srce - the source entity

destPop - the destination Population

dm - the destination method to handle requests at the far end

sendRequest

public final void sendRequest(Entity srce,
                              EntityID deste,
                              ConnectionRequest cr)

Description copied from interface: SourceMethod

THIS METHOD CAN BE CALLED FROM WITHIN sendRequests() ABOVE. The sendRequest method sends an individual connection request to a destination entity

Specified by:

sendRequest in interface SourceMethod

Tags copied from interface: SourceMethod

Parameters:

srce - the source entity

deste - the handle of the destination entity

cr - the connection request

bcastRequest

public final void bcastRequest(Entity srce,
                               Population destPop,
                               ConnectionRequest cr)

Description copied from interface: SourceMethod

THIS METHOD CAN BE CALLED FROM WITHIN sendRequests() ABOVE. The bcastRequest method sends an identical request to all members of a destination population

Specified by:

bcastRequest in interface SourceMethod

Tags copied from interface: SourceMethod

Parameters:

srce - the source entity

destpop - the population to connect to

cr - the connection request