nl.tudelft.simulation.traffic.controlpoint.blocks
Class VirtualBlock

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.traffic.controlpoint.blocks.VirtualBlock

Direct Known Subclasses:

SwitchVirtualBlock, VirtualSwitchBlock

public class VirtualBlock

extends java.lang.Object

This class implements a virtual block that will be guarded by n SingleTrackBlockTrafficLights. Only one vehicle is allowed in the Block.

(c) copyright 2003-2004 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: General Public License (GPL) , no warranty

Version:

Jun 20, 2004

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck

Field Summary

protected int	busy busy shows the number of vehicles in the guarded block
java.util.ArrayList	requestList requestList shows the list of SwicthBlockTrafficLights that are requesting access to the block

Constructor Summary

VirtualBlock(java.lang.String name)
Constructs a VirtualBlock

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName()
void	releaseBlock() releaseBlock releases the block for other vehicles and check if there is any access request in the requesList
void	requestAccess(SwitchBlockTrafficLight switchBlockTrafficLight) requestAccess process the request to gain access to the block

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

busy

protected int busy

busy shows the number of vehicles in the guarded block

requestList

public java.util.ArrayList requestList

requestList shows the list of SwicthBlockTrafficLights that are requesting access to the block

Constructor Detail

VirtualBlock

public VirtualBlock(java.lang.String name)

Constructs a VirtualBlock

Parameters:

name - name of the VirtualBlock

Method Detail

requestAccess

public void requestAccess(SwitchBlockTrafficLight switchBlockTrafficLight)

requestAccess process the request to gain access to the block

Parameters:

switchBlockTrafficLight - the correpondent switchBlockTrafficLight that want to gain access to the block

releaseBlock

public void releaseBlock()

releaseBlock releases the block for other vehicles and check if there is any access request in the requesList

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

Returns the name.