org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators
Class CheapestStarter

java.lang.Object
  org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector
      org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator
          org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.CheapestStarter

public class CheapestStarter
extends AbstractAllocator

Performs allocation based on the least average cost to start a work item

Author:

Michael Adams

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

AbstractAllocator.EventPair

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

_canonicalName, _description, _displayName, _name, _params

Constructor Summary

CheapestStarter()

Method Summary

Participant

performAllocation(Set<Participant> participants, WorkItemRecord wir) Selects a single participant from the list provided that has the lowest cost rate for the work item in question

Methods inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.allocators.AbstractAllocator

getAvgDurations, getAvgDurations, getCost, getCostMap, getLoggedEvents, participantSetToMap, toXML, unmarshal

Methods inherited from class org.yawlfoundation.yawl.resourcing.AbstractSelector

addKey, addParam, addParams, getCanonicalName, getClassName, getDescription, getDisplayName, getInformation, getKeys, getName, getParamKeys, getParams, getParamValue, reconstitute, setCanonicalName, setDescription, setDisplayName, setKeyValue, setName, setParams, toString, unmarshalParams

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CheapestStarter

public CheapestStarter()

Method Detail

performAllocation

public Participant performAllocation(Set<Participant> participants,
                                     WorkItemRecord wir)

Selects a single participant from the list provided that has the lowest cost rate for the work item in question

Specified by:

performAllocation in class AbstractAllocator

Parameters:

participants - a distribution set of participants

wir - the work item to allocate

Returns:

a single participant, or null if participants is null or empty