ptolemy.actor.lib
Class SequenceSource

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
          ptolemy.kernel.Entity
              ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
                  ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
                      ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
                          ptolemy.actor.lib.Source
                              ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource
                                  ptolemy.actor.lib.SequenceSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Actor, Executable, FiringsRecordable, Initializable, SequenceActor, TypedActor, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, Instantiable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectoryListing, Interpolator, Interpolator, Pulse, Pulse, Ramp, Ramp

public class SequenceSource
extends LimitedFiringSource
implements SequenceActor

Base class for sequence sources. A sequence source is a source where the output value is logically a sequence, independent of time, but dependent on the iteration number. For some time-based domains, such as CT, actors of this type probably do not make sense because the number of iterations that the actor experiences per unit time is not easily determined or controlled. This actor has a parameter, firingCountLimit, that optionally limits the number of iterations for which the actor is fired. If this number is n > 0, then the n-th invocation of postfire() returns false, which indicates to the scheduler that it should stop invocations of this actor. The default value of firingCountLimit is NONE, which results in postfire always returning true. Derived classes must call super.postfire() for this mechanism to work.

Since:

Ptolemy II 0.3

Version:

$Id: SequenceSource.java 47495 2007-12-06 21:57:21Z cxh $

Author:

Edward A. Lee

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

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource

_firingCountLimit, _iterationCount, firingCountLimit

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

output, trigger

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

SequenceSource(CompositeEntity container, java.lang.String name)
Construct an actor with the given container and name.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource

attributeChanged, initialize, postfire

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

fire, prefire

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, 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, 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, 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

Constructor Detail

SequenceSource

public SequenceSource(CompositeEntity container,
                      java.lang.String name)
               throws NameDuplicationException,
                      IllegalActionException

Construct an actor with the given container and name. The firingCountLimit parameter is also constructed.

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.