avrora.sim
Class SimulatorThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      avrora.sim.SimulatorThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class SimulatorThread

extends java.lang.Thread

The SimulatorThread class is a thread intended to run a Simulator in a multiple-node simulation. The mapping is one-to-one: each simulator is expected to be run in its own thread. Multiple simulators are then synchronized by being inserted into a group using the GlobalClock class.

See Also:

GlobalClock

Field Summary

protected Simulator

simulator

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Method Summary

Simulator	getSimulator() The getSimulator() method gets the Simulator instance that this thread is bound to.
void	run() The run() method begins the simulation, calling the start() method of the Simulator instance associated with this thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

simulator

protected final Simulator simulator

Method Detail

getSimulator

public Simulator getSimulator()

The getSimulator() method gets the Simulator instance that this thread is bound to.

Returns:

the instance of Simulator this thread is intended to run.

run

public void run()

The run() method begins the simulation, calling the start() method of the Simulator instance associated with this thread.