ptolemy.actor.lib
Class Average

java.lang.Object
  extended by ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      extended by ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
          extended by ptolemy.kernel.Entity
              extended by ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
                  extended by ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
                      extended by ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
                          extended by ptolemy.actor.lib.Transformer
                              extended by ptolemy.actor.lib.Average
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Actor, Executable, FiringsRecordable, Initializable, TypedActor, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, Instantiable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

public class Average
extends Transformer

Output the average of the inputs after the last time a true token is received at the reset port. One output is produced each time the actor is fired. The inputs and outputs can be any token type that supports addition and division by an integer. The output type is constrained to be the same as the input type. Note that if the input is an integer, then the output is an integer, which may not be what you want. You may need to set the input and output ports to double to force the result to be a double.

Note that the type system will fail to catch some errors. Static type checking may result in a resolved type that does not support addition and division. In this case, a run-time error will occur.

Since:
Ptolemy II 0.3
Version:
$Id: Average.java 57040 2010-01-27 20:52:32Z cxh $
Author:
Edward A. Lee, Jie Liu
See Also:
Serialized Form
Accepted Rating:
Green (bilung)
Proposed Rating:
Green (eal)

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity
Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator
 
Field Summary
private  int _count
           
private  int _latestCount
           
private  Token _latestSum
           
private  Token _sum
           
 TypedIOPort reset
          The reset port of type BooleanToken.
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Transformer
input, output
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
_actorFiringListeners, _initializables, _notifyingActorFiring, _stopRequested
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS
 
Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable
COMPLETED, NOT_READY, STOP_ITERATING
 
Constructor Summary
Average(CompositeEntity container, java.lang.String name)
          Construct an actor with the given container and name.
 
Method Summary
 void fire()
          Consume at most one token from the input and compute the average of the input tokens so far.
 void initialize()
          Reset the count of inputs.
 boolean postfire()
          Record the most recent input as part of the running average.
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
_addPort, _fireAt, _fireAt, attributeTypeChanged, clone, newPort, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
_actorFiring, _actorFiring, addActorFiringListener, addInitializable, clone, connectionsChanged, createReceivers, declareDelayDependency, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, inputPortList, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, newReceiver, outputPortList, prefire, preinitialize, pruneDependencies, recordFiring, removeActorFiringListener, removeDependency, removeInitializable, setContainer, stop, stopFire, terminate, wrapup
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
_adjustDeferrals, _checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, getContainer, instantiate, isAtomic, isOpaque, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, propagateExistence, setName
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity
_description, _exportMoMLContents, _removePort, _validateSettables, connectedPortList, connectedPorts, containedObjectsIterator, getAttribute, getPort, getPorts, linkedRelationList, linkedRelations, portList, removeAllPorts, setClassDefinition, uniqueName
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
_setParent, exportMoML, getChildren, getElementName, getParent, getPrototypeList, isClassDefinition, isWithinClassDefinition
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _propagateValue, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, toString, validateSettables, workspace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Actor
createReceivers, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, inputPortList, newReceiver, outputPortList
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable
isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, prefire, stop, stopFire, terminate
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable
addInitializable, preinitialize, removeInitializable, wrapup
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable
description, getContainer, getDisplayName, getFullName, getName, getName, setName
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Derivable
getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, propagateValue
 

Field Detail

reset

public TypedIOPort reset
The reset port of type BooleanToken. If this input port receives a True token, then the averaging process will be reset.


_sum

private Token _sum

_latestSum

private Token _latestSum

_count

private int _count

_latestCount

private int _latestCount
Constructor Detail

Average

public Average(CompositeEntity container,
               java.lang.String name)
        throws NameDuplicationException,
               IllegalActionException
Construct an actor with the given container and name.

Parameters:
container - The container.
name - The name of this actor.
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If the actor cannot be contained by the proposed container.
NameDuplicationException - If the container already has an actor with this name.
Method Detail

fire

public void fire()
          throws IllegalActionException
Consume at most one token from the input and compute the average of the input tokens so far. Send the result to the output. If there is no input token available, no output will be produced. If there is a true-valued token on the reset input, then the average is reset, and the output will be equal to the input token (if there is one). If the fire method is invoked multiple times in one iteration, then only the input read on the last invocation in the iteration will affect future averages. Inputs that are read earlier in the iteration are forgotten.

Specified by:
fire in interface Executable
Overrides:
fire in class AtomicActor
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If addition or division by an integer are not supported by the supplied tokens.

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws IllegalActionException
Reset the count of inputs.

Specified by:
initialize in interface Initializable
Overrides:
initialize in class AtomicActor
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If the parent class throws it.

postfire

public boolean postfire()
                 throws IllegalActionException
Record the most recent input as part of the running average. Do nothing if there is no input.

Specified by:
postfire in interface Executable
Overrides:
postfire in class AtomicActor
Returns:
True if execution can continue into the next iteration.
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If the base class throws it.