source: DCWoRMS/trunk/src/simulator/GenericUser.java @ 686

package simulator;



import java.util.List;

import dcworms.schedframe.scheduling.utils.JobDescription;
import dcworms.schedframe.scheduling.utils.TaskDescription;

import schedframe.scheduling.tasks.Job;
import schedframe.scheduling.tasks.JobInterface;


/**
 * This interface introduces a generic user entity, which is intended to send jobs and tasks
 * to a broker entity.
 * 
 * @author Stanislaw Szczepanowski
 * @param <SubJob> a job type, which implements the {@link Job} interface
 */
public interface GenericUser {

        /**
         * @return a list of all jobs, that have been sent by the user entity
         */
        public List<JobDescription> getAllSentJobs();
        
        /**
         * @return a list of all tasks, that have been sent by the user entity
         */
        public List<TaskDescription> getAllSentTasks();
        
        /**
         * @return a list of all jobs, that have returned from execution to the user entity
         */
        public List<JobInterface<?>> getAllReceivedJobs();
        
        /**
         * @return the name of the user entity (unique in the entire simulation run)
         */
        public String getUserName();
        
        public int getFinishedTasksCount() ;
        
        
        /**
         * This method is intended for debug purposes.
         * @return <code>true</code> if during the simulation, any error occurred 
         * (e.g. the same job has been returned twice).
         */
        public boolean isError();
        
        public long getSubmissionStartTime();
        
        public boolean isSimStartTimeDefined();
}