Package ptolemy.actor.lib

Class CurrentTime

java.lang.Object

ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj

ptolemy.kernel.Entity<T>

ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity<T>

ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor<TypedIOPort>

ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

ptolemy.actor.lib.TimedSource

ptolemy.actor.lib.CurrentTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class CurrentTime
extends TimedSource

Produce an output token on each firing with a value that is the current time. The output is of type double. By default, this uses the local notion of time, which may lag behind the global notion of time if this actor is used inside a modal model. Under the Continuous director, it is essential to use local time, and not global time because of the speculative executions during numerical ODE solving.

Since:

Ptolemy II 0.3

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Jie Liu and Edward A. Lee

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Yellow (cxh)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Yellow (eal)

Nested Class Summary

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

Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
Parameter	useLocalTime	If true, use the model time reported by the input port, which is normally the model time of the local director.

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.TimedSource

stopTime, stopTimeIsLocal

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

_triggered, output, trigger

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

_typesValid

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiringListeners, _initializables, _notifyingActorFiring, _stopRequested

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _deferChangeRequests, _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

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	fire()	Send the current time to the output.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.TimedSource

attributeChanged, getModelStopTime, getStopTime, initialize, postfire, prefire, wrapup

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

_customTypeConstraints

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

_containedTypeConstraints, _defaultTypeConstraints, _fireAt, _fireAt, attributeTypeChanged, clone, clone, isBackwardTypeInferenceEnabled, newPort, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiring, _actorFiring, _declareDelayDependency, addActorFiringListener, addInitializable, connectionsChanged, createReceivers, declareDelayDependency, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, inputPortList, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, newReceiver, outputPortList, preinitialize, pruneDependencies, recordFiring, removeActorFiringListener, removeDependency, removeInitializable, setContainer, stop, stopFire, terminate

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

_addPort, _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, _containedDecorators, _copyChangeRequestList, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _executeChangeRequests, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _notifyHierarchyListenersAfterChange, _notifyHierarchyListenersBeforeChange, _propagateValue, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, addHierarchyListener, attributeDeleted, attributeList, attributeList, decorators, 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, notifyOfNameChange, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeAttribute, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, removeHierarchyListener, 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.kernel.util.Derivable

getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, propagateValue

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable

isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, stop, stopFire, terminate

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable

addInitializable, preinitialize, removeInitializable

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable

description, getContainer, getDisplayName, getFullName, getName, getName, setName

Field Detail

useLocalTime

public Parameter useLocalTime

If true, use the model time reported by the input port, which is normally the model time of the local director. If false (the default), use the model time reported by the top-level director. Local time may differ from global time inside modal models and certain domains that manipulate time.

Constructor Detail

CurrentTime

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

Construct an actor with the given container and name.

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.

Method Detail

fire

public void fire()
          throws IllegalActionException

Send the current time to the output. If there are trigger inputs, then the current time is the minimum of the times of each of the input tokens (currently, these can be different only in the DT domain). Otherwise, current time is that reported by the director.

Specified by:

fire in interface Executable

Overrides:

fire in class Source

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If send() throws it.