obscheduler.java

网格agent平台(GAP ,Grid AgentsPlatform)开发包

/*
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 * Copyright ? Giovanni Novelli
 * All Rights Reserved.
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 *
 * Title:        GAP Simulator
 * Description:  GAP (Grid Agents Platform) Toolkit for Modeling and Simulation
 *               of Mobile Agents on Grids
 * License:      GPL - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 *
 * IJobScheduler.java
 *
 * Created on 13 December 2007, 12.00 by Giovanni Novelli
 *
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 *
 * $Revision$
 * $Id$
 * $HeadURL$
 *
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package net.sf.gap.agents.gridlets.scheduling;

import gridsim.Gridlet;

/**
 * This interface is responsible for exposing a standard interface for any jobs
 * management feature of an agent
 *
 * @author Giovanni Novelli
 *
 * @see gridsim.Gridlet;
 */
public interface IJobScheduler {
	/**
	 * This method enques a gridlet in this scheduler. If the implementing class
	 * has queue management policies too, then it should return <b>true</b> if
	 * the gridlet was successfully enqued. If the gridlet was dropped, or could
	 * not be accomodated due to any other reason, it should return <b>false</b>.
	 *
	 * @param gridlet
	 *            A gridlet to be enqued by this scheduler.
	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if enqued, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
	 * @pre gridlet != null
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract boolean enque(Gridlet gridlet);

	/**
	 * Retrieves, but does not remove, a single gridlet and returns it. This
	 * gridlet should be submitted to the Grid Element to which agent is
	 * currently attached
	 *
	 * @return the gridlet to be submitted
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract Gridlet peek();

	/**
	 * Removes a single gridlet and returns it. This gridlet should be submitted
	 * to the Grid Element to which agent is currently attached
	 *
	 * @return the gridlet to be submitted
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract Gridlet deque();

	/**
	 * Determines whether the scheduler is currently keeping any gridlets in its
	 * queue(s).
	 *
	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if no gridlets are enqueued, <tt>false</tt>
	 *         otherwise
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract boolean isEmpty();

	/**
	 * Determines whether the scheduler has reached an upper bound for gridlets
	 * in its queue(s).
	 *
	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if queue is full, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract boolean isFull();

	/**
	 * Determines the number of gridlets that are currently enqueued in this
	 * scheduler.
	 *
	 * @return the number of gridlets enqueued by this scheduler.
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract int size();

	/**
	 * Determines size in bytes of Input for gridlets enqueued to this
	 * scheduler.
	 *
	 * @return size in bytes of Input files of gridlets enqueued
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract long getInputSize();

	/**
	 * Determines size in bytes of Output for gridlets enqueued to this
	 * scheduler.
	 *
	 * @return size in bytes of Output of gridlets enqueued
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract long getOutputSize();

	/**
	 * Determines size in MIPS for gridlets enqueued to this scheduler.
	 *
	 * @return size in bytes of Output of gridlets enqueued
	 * @pre $none
	 * @post $none
	 */
	public abstract double getMIPS();
}