gridsim.auction
Class MessageInformStart

Object
  Message
      MessageInformStart

public class MessageInformStart
extends Message

This class represents a message that is sent by the auctioneer to bidders when an auction starts

Since:

GridSim Toolkit 4.0

Author:

Marcos Dias de Assuncao

See Also:

AuctionTags

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Message

TO_ALL_BIDDERS

Constructor Summary

MessageInformStart(int auctionID, int protocol)
Constructor

Method Summary

int	getAuctioneer() Returns the auctioneer or source of this message
boolean	setAuctioneer(int auctioneer) Sets the auctioneer or source of this message
String	toString() Converts message to String

Methods inherited from class Message

getAttribute, getAttributes, getAuctionID, getDestinationID, getMessageID, getProtocol, getScheduleTime, getSourceID, scheduleToBeSent, setAttribute, setAttributes, setAuctionID, setDestinationID, setMessageID, setProtocol, setSourceID

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageInformStart

public MessageInformStart(int auctionID,
                          int protocol)

Constructor

Parameters:

auctionID - The auction this message belongs to

protocol - the auction protocol in use

Method Detail

setAuctioneer

public boolean setAuctioneer(int auctioneer)

Sets the auctioneer or source of this message

Parameters:

auctioneer - the auctioeer's ID

Returns:

true if the auctioneer is properly set

Pre Condition:

bidder == some GridSim entity's id

getAuctioneer

public int getAuctioneer()

Returns the auctioneer or source of this message

Returns:

the auctioneer's ID

toString

public String toString()

Converts message to String

Overrides:

toString in class Message

Returns:

the string representation of the message