ptolemy.domains.continuous.lib
Class ContinuousMerge

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.Transformer
                              ptolemy.domains.continuous.lib.ContinuousMerge

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 ContinuousMerge
extends Transformer

A merge actor for the Continuous domain. This port has a multiport input and on each firing, sends the input from channel 0 to the output, if the input at channel 0 is present. Otherwise, it sends the input from channel 1, if it is present. It continues to search the inputs in channel order until it finds one that is present or it runs out of input channels. In the latter case, the output will be absent.

Note that this actor can merge continuous signals with discrete ones, but the resulting signal will not be piecewise continuous. This will be a bit odd. It most useful to merge discrete signals or signals that are piecewise continuous.

Since:

Ptolemy II 8.0

Version:

$Id: ContinuousMerge.java 57044 2010-01-27 22:41:05Z cxh $

Author:

Edward A. Lee

See Also:

Serialized Form

Accepted Rating:

Red (eal)

Proposed Rating:

Yellow (eal)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity

Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

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

ContinuousMerge(CompositeEntity container, java.lang.String name)
Construct an actor in the specified container with the specified name.

Method Summary

void	fire() Read the input channels in order until either a present input is found or we run out of channels.

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, initialize, inputPortList, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, newReceiver, outputPortList, postfire, 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, postfire, prefire, stop, stopFire, terminate

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable

addInitializable, initialize, 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

ContinuousMerge

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

Construct an actor in the specified container with the specified name. Create ports and make the input port a multiport.

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name.

Throws:

NameDuplicationException - If an actor with an identical name already exists in the container.

IllegalActionException - If the actor cannot be contained by the proposed container.

Method Detail

fire

public void fire()
          throws IllegalActionException

Read the input channels in order until either a present input is found or we run out of channels. In the former case, the first encountered input value is produced on the output. In the latter case, the output will be absent.

Specified by:

fire in interface Executable

Overrides:

fire in class AtomicActor

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If there is no director, or the input can not be read, or the output can not be sent.