Package ptolemy.actor.lib

Class ExecutionTime

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.LimitedFiringSource

ptolemy.actor.lib.ExecutionTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class ExecutionTime
extends LimitedFiringSource

Read the input token, if there is one, execute an (uninteresting) computation to consume a specified amount of real time or to execute it a fixed number of times, and produce on the output the actual execution time (in milliseconds). Unlike the Sleep actor, which suspends the calling thread for the specified amount of time, this actor performs a computation during the specified amount of time, thus consuming compute resources. If realTime is true, then the number of computations it performs is not fixed, but rather depends on what the thread scheduler does. If it is false, then the amount of computation done is fixed. The default is false.

Since:

Ptolemy II 8.0

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Edward A. Lee

See Also:

Sleep

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Red (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	executionTime	The amount of time to consume.
Parameter	granularity	The granularity of the computation.
Parameter	realTime	If true, then the executionTime parameter is interpreted as milliseconds.

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource

_firingCountLimit, _iterationCount, firingCountLimit

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	fire()	Read the input token, consume time, the produce on the output the actual execution time used.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource

attributeChanged, initialize, postfire

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Source

_customTypeConstraints, prefire

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, 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

_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, wrapup

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable

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

Field Detail

executionTime

public Parameter executionTime

The amount of time to consume. This is either in milliseconds, if the realTime parameter is set to true, or in the number of iterations of a fixed computation, if the realTime parameter is set to false. This is a long that defaults to 1000L.

granularity

public Parameter granularity

The granularity of the computation. This parameter specifies the number of additions performed in each invocation of the (uninteresting) computation. This is a long, which defaults to 400000, which yields a computation time granularity of approximately 1msec on a MacBook Pro.

realTime

public Parameter realTime

If true, then the executionTime parameter is interpreted as milliseconds. If it is false (the default), then the executionTime parameter is interpreted to specify the number of cycles of a fixed computation. Use false to specify a fixed computational load, and use true to specify an amount of real time to consume. When this is true, if the thread executing the fire() method is preempted during its run, then less computation is done.

Constructor Detail

ExecutionTime

public ExecutionTime(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

Read the input token, consume time, the produce on the output the actual execution time used.

Specified by:

fire in interface Executable

Overrides:

fire in class Source

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If send() throws it.