ptolemy.caltrop.ddi

Interface DDI

All Superinterfaces:

Executable, Initializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDDI, CSP, Dataflow, DataflowWithRates, DDF, SDF

public interface DDI
extends Executable

An interface for domain dependent interpretation. Each instance of CalInterpreter is associated with its own DDI, which performs tasks needed to interpret the actor in a specific domain.

Note: this interface is likely to grow larger as more domains are implemented.

Since:

Ptolemy II 4.0

Version:

$Id: DDI.java 38798 2005-07-08 20:00:01Z cxh $

Author:

Christopher Chang

Accepted Rating:

Red (cxh)

Proposed Rating:

Red (cxh)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable

COMPLETED, NOT_READY, STOP_ITERATING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the domain that this DDI implements.
boolean	isLegalActor() Perform static checking on the actor, ensuring its validity in a given domain.
void	setupActor() Perform any domain dependent setup.

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable

fire, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, postfire, prefire, stop, stopFire, terminate

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable

addInitializable, initialize, preinitialize, removeInitializable, wrapup

Method Detail

isLegalActor

boolean isLegalActor()

Perform static checking on the actor, ensuring its validity in a given domain.

Returns:

True, if the actor is legal.

setupActor

void setupActor()

Perform any domain dependent setup. This can include hanging various attributes off of the actor, for example, the rate of the input and output ports.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of the domain that this DDI implements.

Returns:

The name of the domain that this DDI implements.