org.jcsp.plugNplay

Class BlackHole

java.lang.Object

org.jcsp.plugNplay.BlackHole

All Implemented Interfaces:

CSProcess

public final class BlackHole
extends java.lang.Object
implements CSProcess

Black holes anything sent to it.

Process Diagram

Description

BlackHole is a process that accepts everything sent to it. This class can be used to ignore the output from a process while ensuring that the data is always read from the channel.

Note: this functionality is (more efficiently) provided by a BlackHoleChannel.

Channel Protocols

Input Channels
in	java.lang.Object	The in Channel can accept data of any Class.

Author:

P.H. Welch and P.D. Austin

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BlackHole(ChannelInput in) Construct a new BlackHole process with the input Channel in.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	run() The main body of this process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BlackHole

public BlackHole(ChannelInput in)

Construct a new BlackHole process with the input Channel in.

Parameters:

in - the input channel

Method Detail

run

public void run()

The main body of this process.

Specified by:

run in interface CSProcess