gridsim.parallel.scheduler
Interface PrioritySelector

public interface PrioritySelector

This interface is used by a scheduler to obtain the priority of a given schedule item (i.e. job or advance reservation). This information is used by allocation policies that use priorities such as AggressiveMultiPartitions.

Since:

5.0

Author:

Marcos Dias de Assuncao

Method Summary

int	getSchedulePriority(ScheduleItem item) Returns the priority of the item to be assigned by the scheduler or allocation policy.

Method Detail

getSchedulePriority

int getSchedulePriority(ScheduleItem item)

Returns the priority of the item to be assigned by the scheduler or allocation policy.

Parameters:

item - the item whose priority needs to be obtained.

Returns:

the priority of the schedule item or -1 if unknown.