desmoj.core.report

Class NullOutput

java.lang.Object

desmoj.core.report.NullOutput

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageReceiver, OutputType

public class NullOutput
extends java.lang.Object
implements OutputType

Implementation of DESMO-J OutputType which act similar to unix /dev/null simmply ignoring all received messaged and reporters. It also doesn't create any system resource. This implementation can be used if you want to suppress creation of default file(s) with experiment output.

Version:

DESMO-J, Ver. 2.5.1c copyright (c) 2015 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Author:

Nicolas Knaak

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NullOutput()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the file
java.lang.String	getAppendix() deliever the file appendix used for the specific format (e.g. html, txt)
void	open(java.lang.String pathname, java.lang.String name) opens a new file for writting the output
void	receive(Message m) Implement this method to define the behaviour of the messagereceiver when messages are sent to it.
void	receive(Reporter r) Implement this method to define the behaviour of the messagereceiver when reporters are sent to it.
void	setTimeFloats(int timeFloats)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NullOutput

public NullOutput()

Method Detail

setTimeFloats

public void setTimeFloats(int timeFloats)

open

public void open(java.lang.String pathname,
                 java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: OutputType

opens a new file for writting the output

Specified by:

open in interface OutputType

Parameters:

pathname - String: path to write in

name - String: name of the file

getAppendix

public java.lang.String getAppendix()

Description copied from interface: OutputType

deliever the file appendix used for the specific format (e.g. html, txt)

Specified by:

getAppendix in interface OutputType

receive

public void receive(Message m)

Description copied from interface: MessageReceiver

Implement this method to define the behaviour of the messagereceiver when messages are sent to it.

Specified by:

receive in interface MessageReceiver

Parameters:

m - Message : The message sent to the messagereceiver

receive

public void receive(Reporter r)

Description copied from interface: MessageReceiver

Implement this method to define the behaviour of the messagereceiver when reporters are sent to it.

Specified by:

receive in interface MessageReceiver

Parameters:

r - Reporter : The reporter sent to the messagereceiver

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: OutputType

Closes the file

Specified by:

close in interface OutputType