Class Network

java.lang.Object
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   +----Network

public class Network

extends Object

implements EventDestination

ASYNCHRONOUS

If the network is ASYNCHRONOUS

SYNCHRONOUS

If the network is SYNCHRONOUS

Network()

Creates a new network, does not create any processors or connections, use other method for this

Network(TheSimulator, FileInputStream)

Creates a new network with the specified characteristics

addLink(int, int, int)

Add a link between two processors usinf processor id's

addLink(String, String, int)

Add a link between two processors using processor names

addProcessor(int, int, int)

Add a processor to the network

addProcessor(int, int, int, float, float, float)

addProcessor(Processor, Processor[])

Add a processor to the network

addProcessor(String, int, int)

Add a processor to the network, timeslicelength default to 10

addProcessor(String, int, int, int)

Add a processor to the network

allIdleProcessors()

allProcessors()

dispatchEvent(SimEvent)

If this network is ASYNCHRONOUS this method simply passes the event on to the simulator if the network is SYNCHRONOUS it makes sure all the events arrive to the simulator at the same time

getAverageTimeslice()

getNeighbours(int)

return the neighbours of the processor

getProcessor(int)

get the processor with the corresponding ID

getRandomProcessor()

getType()

Get the network type

handleEvent(SimEvent)

Receives events from the simulator, implements the interface EventDestination

nrProcessors()

return the number of processors in this network

readConfigStream(FileInputStream)

Creates a network according to the supplied instream for a specification of the file format see configfile.spec

removeEvent(SimEvent)

Removes an already existing event from the global simulation queue

setType(int)

Set the network type

setType(int, int)

Set the network type

 public static final int SYNCHRONOUS

If the network is SYNCHRONOUS

 public static final int ASYNCHRONOUS

If the network is ASYNCHRONOUS

 public Network()

Creates a new network, does not create any processors or connections, use other method for this

 public Network(TheSimulator sim,
                FileInputStream is)

Creates a new network with the specified characteristics

Parameters:

sim - An instance of TheSimulator

is - An input stream specifying how the networks topology looks (see detailed description in here)

 public void dispatchEvent(SimEvent se)

If this network is ASYNCHRONOUS this method simply passes the event on to the simulator if the network is SYNCHRONOUS it makes sure all the events arrive to the simulator at the same time

Parameters:

se - the event to be dispatched

 public int addProcessor(String name,
                         int speed,
                         int bufferSize,
                         int tslc)

Add a processor to the network

Parameters:

name - The name used for this processor when using the addLink method

speed - The processor speed

bufferSize - The size of the processors communications buffer

tslc - the length of this processors timeslice

Returns:

the id of the new processor

 public int addProcessor(int speed,
                         int bufferSize,
                         int tslc,
                         float L,
                         float o,
                         float g)

 public int addProcessor(int speed,
                         int bufferSize,
                         int tslc)

Add a processor to the network

Parameters:

speed - The processor speed

bufferSize - The size of the processors communications buffer

tslc - the length of this processors timeslice

Returns:

the id of the new processor

 public Processor getProcessor(int peId)

get the processor with the corresponding ID

Parameters:

peId - the processor ID

 public int addProcessor(String name,
                         int speed,
                         int bufferSize)

Add a processor to the network, timeslicelength default to 10

Parameters:

name - The name used for this processor when using the addLink method

speed - The processor speed

bufferSize - The size of the processors communications buffer

Returns:

the id of the new processor

 public void addLink(String proc1,
                     String proc2,
                     int speed)

Add a link between two processors using processor names

Parameters:

proc1 - The first processor

proc2 - The second processor

See Also:

addProcessor

 public void addLink(int proc1,
                     int proc2,
                     int speed)

Add a link between two processors usinf processor id's

Parameters:

proc1 - The first processors id

proc2 - The second processorid id

See Also:

addProcessor

 public void addProcessor(Processor p,
                          Processor ns[])

Add a processor to the network

Parameters:

p - the processor to add

ns, - p:s neighbours

 public void readConfigStream(FileInputStream fs)

Creates a network according to the supplied instream for a specification of the file format see configfile.spec

 public int getType()

Get the network type

Returns:

the network type

See Also:

Network

 public void setType(int s)

Set the network type

Parameters:

s - The type of the Network

 public void setType(int s,
                     int timeSliceLength)

Set the network type

Parameters:

s - The type of the Network

timeSliceLength - the length of the time slice. This set a global timeslice for all processors

 public void removeEvent(SimEvent e)

Removes an already existing event from the global simulation queue

Parameters:

e - The event to remove from the simulators queue

 public void handleEvent(SimEvent e)

Receives events from the simulator, implements the interface EventDestination

Parameters:

e - the event

 public int getAverageTimeslice()

Returns:

the average timeslice for all this networks processors

 public int getRandomProcessor()

Returns:

a processorID selected at uniform random from this netwoek

 public int nrProcessors()

return the number of processors in this network

Returns:

the number of processors

 public int[] getNeighbours(int PeId)

return the neighbours of the processor

Returns:

An array with the id of the neighbours

 public int[] allIdleProcessors()

Returns:

An array with id:s for the processors that are currently idle

 public int[] allProcessors()

Returns:

An array with all processor id's This method relies on this class representation of processors.