kieker.analysis.plugin.reader.timer
Class TimeReader

java.lang.Object
  kieker.analysis.analysisComponent.AbstractAnalysisComponent
      kieker.analysis.plugin.AbstractPlugin
          kieker.analysis.plugin.reader.AbstractReaderPlugin
              kieker.analysis.plugin.reader.timer.TimeReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAnalysisComponent, IPlugin, IReaderPlugin

public final class TimeReader
extends AbstractReaderPlugin

This plugin provides the current (system) time in regular intervals. The time is delivered to the two output ports as both a timestamp and a TimestampRecord instance.

The reader can be configured to emit an arbitrary amount of signals. It can also be configured to emit an infinite amount of signals.

The sent timestamps are created using System.nanoTime() as a time source, which is being converted to the global time unit (as defined in the configuration from the given IProjectContext).

Since:

1.8

Author:

Nils Christian Ehmke

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface kieker.analysis.plugin.IPlugin

IPlugin.PluginInputPortReference, IPlugin.STATE

Field Summary

static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_DELAY_NS The name of the property determining the initial delay in nanoseconds.
static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_NUMBER_IMPULSES The name of the property determining the number of impulses to emit.
static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS The name of the property determining the update interval in nanoseconds.
static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_DELAY_NS The default value for the initial delay (0 seconds).
static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_NUMBER_IMPULSES The default value for number of impulses (infinite).
static String	CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS The default value for the update interval (1 second).
static long	INFINITE_EMITS A value for the number of impulses.
static String	OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_RECORDS The name of the output port for the timestamp records.
static String	OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMPS The name of the output port for the timestamps.

Fields inherited from class kieker.analysis.analysisComponent.AbstractAnalysisComponent

CONFIG_NAME

Constructor Summary

TimeReader(Configuration configuration, IProjectContext projectContext)
Creates a new timer using the given configuration.

Method Summary

Configuration	getCurrentConfiguration() This method should deliver a Configuration object containing the current configuration of this instance.
boolean	read() Starts the reader.
void	terminate(boolean error) Initiates a termination of the plugin.

Methods inherited from class kieker.analysis.plugin.reader.AbstractReaderPlugin

init

Methods inherited from class kieker.analysis.plugin.AbstractPlugin

areAllRepositoryPortsConnected, connect, connect, getAllDisplayNames, getAllInputPortNames, getAllOutputPortNames, getAllRepositoryPortNames, getConnectedPlugins, getCurrentRepositories, getIncomingPlugins, getPluginDescription, getPluginName, getState, isConnectionAllowed, shutdown, start

Methods inherited from class kieker.analysis.analysisComponent.AbstractAnalysisComponent

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface kieker.analysis.plugin.IPlugin

connect, getAllDisplayNames, getAllInputPortNames, getAllOutputPortNames, getAllRepositoryPortNames, getConnectedPlugins, getCurrentRepositories, getName, getPluginDescription, getPluginName, getState

Field Detail

OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMPS

public static final String OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMPS

The name of the output port for the timestamps.

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Constant Field Values

OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_RECORDS

public static final String OUTPUT_PORT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_RECORDS

The name of the output port for the timestamp records.

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS

The name of the property determining the update interval in nanoseconds.

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_UPDATE_INTERVAL_NS

The default value for the update interval (1 second).

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_DELAY_NS

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_DELAY_NS

The name of the property determining the initial delay in nanoseconds.

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_DELAY_NS

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_DELAY_NS

The default value for the initial delay (0 seconds).

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_NUMBER_IMPULSES

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME_NUMBER_IMPULSES

The name of the property determining the number of impulses to emit.

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_NUMBER_IMPULSES

public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_VALUE_NUMBER_IMPULSES

The default value for number of impulses (infinite).

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Constant Field Values

INFINITE_EMITS

public static final long INFINITE_EMITS

A value for the number of impulses. It makes sure that the reader emits an infinite amount of signals.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TimeReader

public TimeReader(Configuration configuration,
                  IProjectContext projectContext)

Creates a new timer using the given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration containing the properties to initialize this timer.

projectContext - The project context.

Method Detail

terminate

public void terminate(boolean error)

Initiates a termination of the plugin. This method is only used by the framework and should not be called manually. Use the method AnalysisController.terminate(boolean) instead. After receiving this notification, the plugin should terminate any running methods, e.g., read for readers.

Parameters:

error - Determines whether the plugin is terminated due to an error or not.

read

public boolean read()

Starts the reader. This method is intended to be a blocking operation, i.e., it is assumed that reading has finished before this method returns. The method should indicate an error by the return value false. In asynchronous scenarios, the IPlugin.terminate(boolean) method can be used to initiate the termination of this method.

Returns:

true if reading was successful; false if an error occurred

getCurrentConfiguration

public Configuration getCurrentConfiguration()

Description copied from class: AbstractAnalysisComponent

This method should deliver a Configuration object containing the current configuration of this instance. In other words: The constructor should be able to use the given object to initialize a new instance of this class with the same intern properties.

Specified by:

getCurrentConfiguration in interface IAnalysisComponent

Specified by:

getCurrentConfiguration in interface IPlugin

Specified by:

getCurrentConfiguration in class AbstractAnalysisComponent

Returns:

A completely filled configuration object.