be.ac.ulg.montefiore.run.totem.topgen.traffic
Interface TrafficGeneratorInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDistributionTrafficGenerator, AbstractTrafficGenerator, ConstantTrafficGenerator, GravityTrafficGenerator, RandomTrafficGenerator

public interface TrafficGeneratorInterface

Interface of a traffic generator class

Creation date: 26 avr. 07

Author:

Georges Nimubona (nimubonageorges@hotmail.com)

Method Summary

java.util.List<TrafficMatrix>	generate() Generate a traffic matrix.
java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor>	getAvailableParameters() Returns a list of parameters that can be used with the generator.
java.lang.String	getParam(java.lang.String name) get the value of the specified parameter.
void	setParam(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) set user parameters.

Method Detail

setParam

void setParam(java.lang.String name,
              java.lang.String value)
              throws InvalidParameterException

set user parameters.

Parameters:

name - name of the parameter.

value - value of the parameter.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - If the parameter is invalid.

getParam

java.lang.String getParam(java.lang.String name)
                          throws InvalidParameterException

get the value of the specified parameter.

Parameters:

name - name of the parameter.

Returns:

the value of the parameter.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - If the parameter is invalid.

generate

java.util.List<TrafficMatrix> generate()
                                       throws TrafficGenerationException

Generate a traffic matrix.

Returns:

a list of the domains in the topology.

Throws:

TrafficGenerationException - If an error occurs.

getAvailableParameters

java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> getAvailableParameters()

Returns a list of parameters that can be used with the generator.

Returns: