drcl.diffserv
Class Meter

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--drcl.DrclObj
        |
        +--drcl.diffserv.Meter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, ObjectDuplicable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

TB_meter, TC_meter, TSW_meter

public abstract class Meter

extends DrclObj

This defines the base class for a meter. Subclasses needs to override: measure(drcl.net.Packet, double), reset(), duplicate(Object) and info(String).

Author:

Rong Zheng (zhengr@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu) version 1.0 07/16/00

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Meter()

Method Summary

abstract void	duplicate(java.lang.Object source_) opies the content of the source_ object to this object.
java.lang.String	info()
abstract java.lang.String	info(java.lang.String prefix_) Prints out the content of this meter.
protected abstract int	measure(Packet p, double now_) Returns the label for the packet based on the measurement and the agreement of the connection the packet belongs to.
abstract void	reset() Resets this meter to be used anew.

Methods inherited from class drcl.DrclObj

clone, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Meter

public Meter()

Method Detail

measure

protected abstract int measure(Packet p,
                               double now_)

Returns the label for the packet based on the measurement and the agreement of the connection the packet belongs to.

reset

public abstract void reset()

Resets this meter to be used anew.

duplicate

public abstract void duplicate(java.lang.Object source_)

Description copied from class: DrclObj

opies the content of the source_ object to this object. he subclass must implement this method to realize DrclObj.clone().

Overrides:

duplicate in class DrclObj

info

public java.lang.String info()

info

public abstract java.lang.String info(java.lang.String prefix_)

Prints out the content of this meter.

Parameters:

prefix_ - prefix that should be prepended to each line of the result.