swarm.activity
Interface SwarmProcess
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- GUISwarm, Swarm
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- SwarmImpl
- public interface SwarmProcess
- extends ActionType, ActionTypeS, Zone, ZoneS, SynchronizationType, SynchronizationTypeS
An object that holds a collection of concurrent subprocesses..
SwarmProcess inherits the messages of both ActionType and Zone. Inheritance of zone behavior means that a swarm can be used as the argument of a create: or createBegin: message, for creation of an object within the internal zone of a swarm. Unlike other action types, swarms and swarm activities always exist in a one-to-one relationship, provided that the swarm has been activated. This restriction to a single activity enables the swarm to do double-duty as a custom object that provides its own interface to the activities running within the swarm.
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Method Summary |
SwarmActivity |
getActivity()
getActivity returns the activity which is currently running of subactivities within the swarm. |
java.lang.Object |
getInternalZone()
getInternalZone returns a Zone object that is used by the swarm to hold its internal objects. |
| Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Zone |
allocIVars,
allocIVarsComponent,
copyIVars,
copyIVarsComponent,
describeForEach,
describeForEachID,
freeIVars,
freeIVarsComponent,
getComponentZone,
getPageSize,
getPopulation |
| Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Drop |
drop |
| Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject |
compare,
describe,
describeID,
getDisplayName,
getTypeName,
getZone,
perform,
perform$with,
perform$with$with,
perform$with$with$with,
respondsTo,
setDisplayName,
xfprint,
xfprintid,
xprint,
xprintid |
getInternalZone
public java.lang.Object getInternalZone()
- getInternalZone returns a Zone object that is used by the swarm to hold its internal objects. Even though the swarm itself inherits from Zone and can be used as a Zone for nearly all purposes, this message is also provided so that the zone itself can be obtained independent of all zone behavior.
getActivity
public SwarmActivity getActivity()
- getActivity returns the activity which is currently running of subactivities within the swarm. This activity is the same as the value returned by activateIn: when the swarm was first activated. It returns nil if the swarm has not yet been activated.