edu.rice.hj.runtime.actors

Class ActorRuntimeHelper

java.lang.Object

edu.rice.hj.runtime.actors.ActorRuntimeHelper

public final class ActorRuntimeHelper
extends Object

Factory for creating Activity instances used by actors.

Author:

Shams Imam (shams@rice.edu), Vivek Sarkar (vsarkar@rice.edu)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static <MessageType> Actor.MessageData<MessageType>	createMessageData(MessageType msg) createMessageData.
static LingeringActivity	newLingeringActivity(String name, HjPlace hjPlace) newLingeringActivity.
static HabaneroActivity	newRunnableActivity(LingeringActivity parentActivity, String name, Runnable runnable) newRunnableActivity.
static void	resumeLingeringActivity(LingeringActivity activity) resumeLingeringActivity.
protected static <MessageType> MessageType	triggerListener(Actor.EventType eventType, CompanionMetrics companionMetrics, Actor.MessageData<MessageType> rawMessage) triggerListener.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newRunnableActivity

public static HabaneroActivity newRunnableActivity(LingeringActivity parentActivity,
                                                   String name,
                                                   Runnable runnable)

newRunnableActivity.

Parameters:

parentActivity - the 'parent' activity for the new activity

name - name of the activity

runnable - the runnable block to execute inside the activity

Returns:

an instance of a runnable activity based on the current runtime

newLingeringActivity

public static LingeringActivity newLingeringActivity(String name,
                                                     HjPlace hjPlace)

newLingeringActivity.

Parameters:

name - name of the activity

Returns:

an instance of a lingering activity based on the current runtime

resumeLingeringActivity

public static void resumeLingeringActivity(LingeringActivity activity)

resumeLingeringActivity.

Parameters:

activity - The lingering activity to completely execute.

triggerListener

protected static <MessageType> MessageType triggerListener(Actor.EventType eventType,
                                                           CompanionMetrics companionMetrics,
                                                           Actor.MessageData<MessageType> rawMessage)

triggerListener.

Type Parameters:

MessageType - a MessageType object.

Parameters:

eventType - a Actor.EventType object.

companionMetrics - a CompanionMetrics object.

rawMessage - a Actor.MessageData object.

Returns:

a MessageType object.

createMessageData

protected static <MessageType> Actor.MessageData<MessageType> createMessageData(MessageType msg)

createMessageData.

Type Parameters:

MessageType - a MessageType object.

Parameters:

msg - a MessageType object.

Returns:

a Actor.MessageData object.