org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators

Class RandomChoice

java.lang.Object

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.RandomChoice

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<AbstractSelector>

public class RandomChoice
extends AbstractAllocator

Performs allocation based on a random selection from a set Create Date: 23/08/2007. Last Date: 12/11/2007

Version:

2.0

Author:

Michael Adams (BPM Group, QUT Australia)

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
RandomChoice()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Participant	performAllocation(java.util.Set<Participant> participants, WorkItemRecord wir) randomly selects a single participant from the list provided

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

RandomChoice

public RandomChoice()

Method Detail

performAllocation

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

randomly selects a single participant from the list provided

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