avrora.actions
Class BenchmarkAction

java.lang.Object
  avrora.actions.Action
      avrora.actions.SimAction
          avrora.actions.BenchmarkAction

public class BenchmarkAction

extends SimAction

The BenchmarkAction class implements a stub of code that loads the program, runs it through the simulator several times to collect an average execution time, and reports the results. This is mostly used in evaluating the performance of the simulator.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	HELP
Option.Long	REPEAT

Fields inherited from class avrora.actions.SimAction

CHIP, ICOUNT, monitorFactoryList, monitorListMap, monitorMap, MONITORS, PLATFORM, REPORT_SECONDS, SECONDS, SECONDS_PRECISION, TIMEOUT, VISUAL

Fields inherited from class avrora.actions.Action

help, options, shortName

Constructor Summary

BenchmarkAction()
The default constructor of the BenchmarkAction class simply creates an empty instance with the appropriate name and help string.

Method Summary

void	run(java.lang.String[] args) The run() method is called by the main class.

Methods inherited from class avrora.actions.SimAction

getLocationList, getMicrocontroller, getPlatform, hasMonitors, initializeSimulatorStatics, newSimulator, newSimulator, printSeparator, printSimHeader, processMonitorList, processTimeout, reportMonitors, reportQuantity, reportQuantity, reportQuantity

Methods inherited from class avrora.actions.Action

getHelp, getShortName, newOption, newOption, newOption, newOption, newOption, newOptionList

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HELP

public static final java.lang.String HELP

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPEAT

public final Option.Long REPEAT

Constructor Detail

BenchmarkAction

public BenchmarkAction()

The default constructor of the BenchmarkAction class simply creates an empty instance with the appropriate name and help string.

Method Detail

run

public void run(java.lang.String[] args)
         throws java.lang.Exception

The run() method is called by the main class. It loads the program, sets up the simulator according to the configuration, and begins running the simulator, reporting the average execution time.

Specified by:

run in class Action

Parameters:

args - the command line arguments after the options have been stripped out

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if there is a problem loading the program, or an exception occurs during simulation