edu.cmu.emulator.signal
Class ChannelModel

java.lang.Object
  edu.cmu.emulator.signal.ChannelModel

Direct Known Subclasses:

PathBasedChannelModel

public abstract class ChannelModel
extends Object

Parent of all ChannelModels. All the ChannelModels inherit from this basic model. Contains common functionality as well as methods that need to be implemented by the subclasses.

See Also:

PathBasedChannelModel

Field Summary

private static HashMap	cmTypeToClass
protected String	name

Constructor Summary

protected

ChannelModel() Constructor.

Method Summary

String	getName() Returns the name of the ChannelModel.
static String	getType() Returns the type of the ChannelModel.
abstract void	init()
static boolean	isValidChannelModelType(String type) Tests the validity of a channel model's type.
static ChannelModel	newCMInstance(String type) Creates a new instance of a channel model object given the channel model's type.
static ChannelModel	parse(Channel channel, Element channelModelDef)
protected abstract void	parseSubClass(Channel channel, Element channelModelDef)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected String name

cmTypeToClass

private static HashMap cmTypeToClass

Constructor Detail

ChannelModel

protected ChannelModel()

Constructor.

Method Detail

isValidChannelModelType

public static boolean isValidChannelModelType(String type)

Tests the validity of a channel model's type.

newCMInstance

public static ChannelModel newCMInstance(String type)

Creates a new instance of a channel model object given the channel model's type.

getType

public static String getType()

Returns the type of the ChannelModel.

Returns:

The String object containing the type of the ChannelModel.

parse

public static ChannelModel parse(Channel channel,
                                 Element channelModelDef)

parseSubClass

protected abstract void parseSubClass(Channel channel,
                                      Element channelModelDef)

init

public abstract void init()

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the ChannelModel.

Returns:

The String object containing the name of the ChannelModel.