Package ibis.constellation

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ActivityIdentifier	An ActivityIdentifier uniquely identifies an Activity instance.
Constellation	Main interface to Constellation.
ConstellationIdentifier	The sole purpose of a ConstellationIdentifier is to identify a constellation instance.
Timer	The Timer interface provides user-access to the timing mechanism used internally in constellation.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractContext	An AbstractContext represents some characterization of an activity or executor, and is instrumental in determining which executors can execute which activities.
Activity	In Constellation, a program consists of a collection of loosely coupled activities, which may communicate using Events.
ConstellationConfiguration	A ConstellationConfiguration represents some capabilities for running activities.
ConstellationFactory	The ConstellationFactory provides several static methods to create a Constellation instance.
ConstellationProperties	This class defines the properties that affect the behavior of constellation.
Context	A Context represents a single context, associated with an executor or activity, and determines either a specific type of activity that can be executed by an executor, or vice versa.
Event	An Event can be used for communication between activities.
OrContext	An OrContext represents a context that consists of several (more than 1) contexts.
StealPool	A StealPool is one of the mechanisms to determine the activities that are to be executed by an Executor.
StealStrategy	A StealStrategy describes a strategy, to be used by an executor, for stealing activities.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ConstellationCreationException	This exception gets thrown when a constellation instance could not be created for some reason.
NoSuitableExecutorException	This exception gets thrown when an activity is submitted from which constellation can figure out that there will not be a suitable executor that can execute it.