Class Consumer

java.lang.Object
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  +--Process
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        +--BoundedBufferProcess
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              +--Consumer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Consumer

extends BoundedBufferProcess

A Consumer is a bounded buffer process that removes buffers from its full buffer queue, processes them, and places them onto its empty buffer queue. The average amount of time spent processing a buffer is the twiddle time of the consumer.

Fields inherited from class BoundedBufferProcess

empty, full

Constructor Summary

Consumer(java.lang.String nm, double t, BufferQueue f, BufferQueue e)
new Consumer(nm, t, f, e) returns a new consumer and starts executing its run method in a new thread.

Method Summary

void	step() cons.step() simulates processing a single buffer.

Methods inherited from class Process

run, setSimulationTime, toString, twiddle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Consumer

public Consumer(java.lang.String nm,
                double t,
                BufferQueue f,
                BufferQueue e)

new Consumer(nm, t, f, e) returns a new consumer and starts executing its run method in a new thread. The name of the new consumer is formed by concatenating its class name with nm. The average twiddle time of the new consumer is t. The new consumer uses f as a queue for full buffers and e as a queue for empty buffers.

Method Detail

step

public void step()

cons.step() simulates processing a single buffer.

Overrides:

step in class Process