Group


1   /*
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3    *
4    * ProActive: The Java(TM) library for Parallel, Distributed,
5    *            Concurrent computing with Security and Mobility
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30   */
31  package org.objectweb.proactive.core.group;
32  
33  import java.util.ListIterator  ;
34  
35  
36  /**
37   * This interface presents the group abilities extending java.util.Collection.
38   *
39   * @see java.util.Collection
40   *
41   * @author Laurent Baduel
42   *
43   */
44  public interface Group extends java.util.Collection   {
45  
46      /**
47       * Returns the (upper) class of member.
48       */
49      public Class   getType() throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException  ;
50  
51      /**
52       * Returns the name of the (upper) class of member.
53       */
54      public String   getTypeName();
55  
56      /**
57       * Returns an object representing the group, and assignable from the (upper) class of member.
58       */
59      public Object   getGroupByType();
60  
61      /**
62       * Returns the object at the specified index.
63       */
64      public Object   get(int index);
65  
66      /**
67       * Merges a group into the group.
68       */
69      public void addMerge(Object   ogroup);
70  
71      /**
72       * Removes the object at the specified index.
73       */
74      public void remove(int index);
75  
76      /**
77       * Returns the index in the group of the first occurence of the specified element, -1 if the list does not contain this element.
78       */
79      public int indexOf(Object   obj);
80  
81      /**
82       * Returns a list iterator of the members in this Group (in proper sequence).
83       */
84      public ListIterator   listIterator();
85  
86      /**
87       * Waits that all the members are arrived.
88       */
89      public void waitAll();
90  
91      /**
92       * Waits that at least one member is arrived.
93       */
94      public void waitOne();
95  
96      /**
97       * Waits that the member at the specified rank is arrived.
98       * @param <code>index</code> the rank of the awaited member.
99       */
100     public void waitTheNth(int n);
101 
102     /**
103      * Waits that at least <code>n</code> members are arrived.
104      * @param <code>n</code> the number of awaited members.
105      */
106     public void waitN(int n);
107 
108     /**
109      * Waits that at least one member is arrived and returns it.
110      * @return a non-awaited member of the Group.
111      */
112     public Object   waitAndGetOne();
113 
114     /**
115      * Waits that the member at the specified rank is arrived and returns it.
116      * @param <code>n</code> the rank of the wanted member.
117      * @return the member (non-awaited) at the rank <code>n</code> in the Group.
118      */
119     public Object   waitAndGetTheNth(int n);
120 
121     /**
122      * Waits that at least one member is arrived and returns its index.
123      * @return the index of a non-awaited member of the Group.
124      */
125     public int waitOneAndGetIndex();
126 
127     /**
128      * Checks if all the members of the Group are awaited.
129      * @return <code>true</code> if all the members of the Group are awaited.
130      */
131     public boolean allAwaited();
132 
133     /**
134      * Checks if all the members of the Group are arrived.
135      * @return <code>true</code> if all the members of the Group are arrived.
136      */
137     public boolean allArrived();
138 
139     /**
140      * Returns an ExceptionList containing all the throwables (exceptions and errors) occured
141      * when this group was built
142      * @return an ExceptionList
143      */
144     public ExceptionList getExceptionList();
145 
146     /**
147      * Removes all exceptions and null references contained in the Group.
148      * Exceptions (and null references) appears with communication/program-level/runtime errors
149      * and are stored in the Group.
150      * (After this operation the size of the Group decreases)
151      */
152     public void purgeExceptionAndNull();
153 
154     /**
155      * Modifies the number of members served by one thread
156      * @param i - the new ratio
157      */
158     public void setRatioNemberToThread(int i);
159 
160     /**
161      * Creates a new group with all members of the group and all the members of the group <code>g</code>
162      * @param g - a group
163      * @return a group that contain all the members of the group and <code>g</code>. <code>null<code> if the class of the group is incompatible.
164      */
165     public Group union(Group g);
166 
167     /**
168      * Creates a new group with all members that belong to the group and to the group <code>g</code>.
169      * @param g - a group
170      * @return a group that contain the common members of the group and <code>g</code>. <code>null<code> if the class of the group is incompatible.
171      */
172     public Group intersection(Group g);
173 
174     /**
175      * Creates a new group with all members that belong to the group or to the group <code>g</code>, but not to both.
176      * @param g - a group
177      * @return a group that contain the non-common members of the group and <code>g</code>. <code>null<code> if the class of the group is incompatible.
178      */
179     public Group difference(Group g);
180 
181     /**
182      * Creates a new group with the members that belong to the group, but not to the group <code>g</code>.
183      * @param g - a group
184      * @return a group that contain the members of the group without the member <code>g</code>. <code>null<code> if the class of the group is incompatible.
185      */
186     public Group exclude(Group g);
187 
188     /**
189      * Creates a new group with the members of the group begining at the index <code>begin</code> and ending at the index <code>end</code>.
190      * @param begin - the begining index
191      * @param end - the ending index
192      * @return a group that contain the members of the group from <code>begin</code> to <code>end</code>. <code>null</code> if <code>begin > end</code>.
193      */
194     public Group range(int begin, int end);
195     
196     /**
197      * Strongly synchronizes all the members of the group
198      */
199     public void barrier ();
200 }
201
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