Package ptolemy.actor

Class Mailbox

java.lang.Object

ptolemy.actor.AbstractReceiver

ptolemy.actor.Mailbox

All Implemented Interfaces:

Receiver

Direct Known Subclasses:

GRReceiver, MailboxBoundaryReceiver, RegisterReceiver, SysMLADirector.SysMLAReceiver, SysMLConcurrentDirector.SysMLAReceiver, SysMLSequentialDirector.SysMLSequentialReceiver

public class Mailbox
extends AbstractReceiver

A token holder with capacity one.

Since:

Ptolemy II 0.2

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Jie Liu, Edward A. Lee, Lukito Muliadi

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Green (neuendor)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Green (eal)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Token	_token	The token held.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Mailbox()	Construct an empty Mailbox with no container.
Mailbox(IOPort container)	Construct an empty Mailbox with the specified container.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Clear this receiver of any contained token.
java.util.List<Token>	elementList()	Return a list with the token currently in the receiver, or an empty list if there is no such token.
Token	get()	Get the contained Token.
boolean	hasRoom()	Return true if this mailbox is empty.
boolean	hasRoom(int numberOfTokens)	Return true if the argument is 1 and the mailbox is empty, and otherwise return false.
boolean	hasToken()	Return true if this mailbox is not empty.
boolean	hasToken(int numberOfTokens)	Return true if the argument is 1 and this mailbox is not empty, and otherwise return false.
void	put(Token token)	Put a token into the mailbox.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AbstractReceiver

getArray, getContainer, getCurrentTime, getModelTime, isKnown, putArray, putArrayToAll, putToAll, reset, setContainer, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_token

protected Token _token

The token held.

Constructor Detail

Mailbox

public Mailbox()

Construct an empty Mailbox with no container.

Mailbox

public Mailbox(IOPort container)
        throws IllegalActionException

Construct an empty Mailbox with the specified container.

Parameters:

container - The container.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the container does not accept this receiver.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()
           throws IllegalActionException

Clear this receiver of any contained token.

Specified by:

clear in interface Receiver

Overrides:

clear in class AbstractReceiver

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If a derived class throws it (not thrown in this base class).

elementList

public java.util.List<Token> elementList()

Return a list with the token currently in the receiver, or an empty list if there is no such token.

Specified by:

elementList in interface Receiver

Overrides:

elementList in class AbstractReceiver

Returns:

A list of instances of Token.

get

public Token get()
          throws NoTokenException

Get the contained Token. If there is none, throw an exception. The token is removed.

Specified by:

get in interface Receiver

Specified by:

get in class AbstractReceiver

Returns:

The token contained by this mailbox.

Throws:

NoTokenException - If this mailbox is empty.

hasRoom

public boolean hasRoom()

Return true if this mailbox is empty.

Specified by:

hasRoom in interface Receiver

Specified by:

hasRoom in class AbstractReceiver

Returns:

True if this mailbox is empty.

hasRoom

public boolean hasRoom(int numberOfTokens)
                throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Return true if the argument is 1 and the mailbox is empty, and otherwise return false.

Specified by:

hasRoom in interface Receiver

Specified by:

hasRoom in class AbstractReceiver

Parameters:

numberOfTokens - The number of tokens to put into the mailbox.

Returns:

True if the argument is 1 and the mailbox is empty, and otherwise return false.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the argument is not positive. This is a runtime exception, so it does not need to be declared explicitly.

hasToken

public boolean hasToken()

Return true if this mailbox is not empty.

Specified by:

hasToken in interface Receiver

Specified by:

hasToken in class AbstractReceiver

Returns:

True if this mailbox is not empty.

hasToken

public boolean hasToken(int numberOfTokens)
                 throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Return true if the argument is 1 and this mailbox is not empty, and otherwise return false.

Specified by:

hasToken in interface Receiver

Specified by:

hasToken in class AbstractReceiver

Parameters:

numberOfTokens - The number of tokens to get from the receiver.

Returns:

True if the argument is 1 and this mailbox is not empty.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the argument is not positive. This is a runtime exception, so it does not need to be declared explicitly.

put

public void put(Token token)
         throws NoRoomException

Put a token into the mailbox. If the argument is null, then the mailbox will not contain a token after this returns.

Specified by:

put in interface Receiver

Specified by:

put in class AbstractReceiver

Parameters:

token - The token to be put into the mailbox.

Throws:

NoRoomException - If this mailbox is not empty.