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1   /*
2    * @(#)SimulatorIntergace.java April 4, 2003
3    * 
4    * Copyright (c) 2003 Delft University of Technology Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft,
5    * the Netherlands All rights reserved.
6    * 
7    * This software is proprietary information of Delft University of Technology
8    * The code is published under the General Public License
9    */
10  package nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.simulators;
11  
12  import java.io.Serializable;
13  import java.rmi.Remote;
14  import java.rmi.RemoteException;
15  
16  import nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.SimRuntimeException;
17  import nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.experiment.Replication;
18  import nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventProducerInterface;
19  import nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventType;
20  
21  /***
22   * The SimulatorInterface defines the behavior of the simulators in the DSOL
23   * framework. The simulator is defined as the computational object capable of
24   * executing the model. The simulator is therefore an object which must can be
25   * stopped, paused, started, reset, etc.
26   * <p>
27   * (c) copyright 2002-2004 <a href="http://www.simulation.tudelft.nl">Delft
28   * University of Technology </a>, the Netherlands. <br>
29   * See for project information <a href="http://www.simulation.tudelft.nl">
30   * www.simulation.tudelft.nl </a> <br>
31   * License of use: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public
32   * License (GPL) </a>, no warranty <br>
33   * 
34   * @author <a href="http://www.simulation.tudelft.nl/people/jacobs.html">Peter
35   *         Jacobs </a>
36   * @version 1.10 2004-03-18
37   * @since 1.0
38   */
39  public abstract interface SimulatorInterface extends Remote, Serializable,
40  		EventProducerInterface
41  {
42  	/*** END_OF_REPLICATION_EVENT is fired when a replication is finished */
43  	EventType END_OF_REPLICATION_EVENT = new EventType(
44  			"END_OF_REPLICATION_EVENT");
45  
46  	/*** START_EVENT is fired when the simulator is started */
47  	EventType START_REPLICATION_EVENT = new EventType("START_REPLICATION_EVENT");
48  
49  	/*** START_EVENT is fired when the simulator is started */
50  	EventType START_EVENT = new EventType("START_EVENT");
51  
52  	/*** STEP_EVENT is fired when the simulator is stepped */
53  	EventType STEP_EVENT = new EventType("STEP_EVENT");
54  
55  	/*** STOP_EVENT is fired when the simulator is stopped */
56  	EventType STOP_EVENT = new EventType("STOP_EVENT");
57  
58  	/*** TIME_CHANGED_EVENT is fired when the simulatorTime is updated */
59  	EventType TIME_CHANGED_EVENT = new EventType("TIME_CHANGED_EVENT");
60  
61  	/*** WARMUP_EVENT is fired when the initialize method is invoked */
62  	EventType WARMUP_EVENT = new EventType("WARMUP_EVENT");
63  
64  	/***
65  	 * returns the actual simulator time.
66  	 * 
67  	 * @return the simulator time.
68  	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure.
69  	 */
70  	double getSimulatorTime() throws RemoteException;
71  
72  	/***
73  	 * returns the currently executed replication.
74  	 * 
75  	 * @return the current replication
76  	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
77  	 */
78  	Replication getReplication() throws RemoteException;
79  
80  	/***
81  	 * initializes the simulator with a specified replication.
82  	 * 
83  	 * @param replication the replication
84  	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
85  	 * @throws SimRuntimeException on simulator failure (simulator is running)
86  	 */
87  	void initialize(Replication replication) throws RemoteException,
88  			SimRuntimeException;
89  
90  	/***
91  	 * is the simulator running.
92  	 * 
93  	 * @return boolean
94  	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
95  	 */
96  	boolean isRunning() throws RemoteException;
97  
98  	/***
99  	 * starts the simulator
100 	 * 
101 	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
102 	 * @throws SimRuntimeException whenever starting fails. Possible occasions
103 	 *         include starting a started simulator
104 	 */
105 	void start() throws RemoteException, SimRuntimeException;
106 
107 	/***
108 	 * steps the simulator.
109 	 * 
110 	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
111 	 * @throws SimRuntimeException whenever stepping fails. Possible occasions
112 	 *         include stepping a stopped simulator
113 	 */
114 	void step() throws RemoteException, SimRuntimeException;
115 
116 	/***
117 	 * stops the simulator.
118 	 * 
119 	 * @throws RemoteException on network failure
120 	 * @throws SimRuntimeException whenever stopping fails. Possible occasions
121 	 *         include stopping a stopped simulator
122 	 */
123 	void stop() throws RemoteException, SimRuntimeException;
124 }