org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators

Class FastestToStart

java.lang.Object

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.FastestToStart

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<AbstractSelector>

public class FastestToStart
extends AbstractAllocator

Performs allocation based on the least average cost to allocate a work item

Author:

Michael Adams

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

AbstractAllocator.EventPair

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

_canonicalName, _description, _displayName, _name, _params

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FastestToStart()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Participant	performAllocation(java.util.Set<Participant> participants, WorkItemRecord wir) Selects a single participant from the list provided that has the lowest cost rate for the work item in question

Methods inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

getAvgDurations, getAvgDurations, getCost, getCostMap, getLoggedEvents, participantSetToMap, toXML

Methods inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

addKey, addParam, addParams, compareTo, equals, evaluate, getCanonicalName, getClassName, getDescription, getDisplayName, getInformation, getKeys, getName, getParamKeys, getParams, getParamValue, hashCode, intersection, reconstitute, setCanonicalName, setDescription, setDisplayName, setKeyValue, setName, setParams, toString, union, unmarshalParams

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FastestToStart

public FastestToStart()

Method Detail

performAllocation

public Participant performAllocation(java.util.Set<Participant> participants,
                                     WorkItemRecord wir)

Selects a single participant from the list provided that has the lowest cost rate for the work item in question

Specified by:

performAllocation in class AbstractAllocator

Parameters:

participants - a distribution set of participants

wir - the work item to allocate

Returns:

a single participant, or null if participants is null or empty