USER GUIDE

Visual Modeler

Version 1.1

June 2003

 

Contents


Introduction

The Visual Modeler is a visual modeling tool provided in the GridSim Toolkit that enables the user to create simulation models on different Grid testbeds and generate default Grid Broker source codes in Java.


Documentation

For API documentation of the Visual Modeler, please refer to the following sources:


System Requirements

Visual Modeler requires the following software to be installed:


How to start Visual Modeler

To start the Visual Modeler, please perform the following steps:

  1. Ensure that Java 2 SDK Version 1.4 (or above) is installed.

  2. Type the following command:
    In Unix/Linux:   java -jar $GRIDSIM/jars/visualmodeler.jar
    In Windows:      java -jar %GRIDSIM%\jars\visualmodeler.jar
    NOTE: $GRIDSIM or %GRIDSIM% is the location of the GridSim Toolkit package.
    You should see the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the Visual Modeler with a new simulation model as shown below.




How to use Visual Modeler

Steps:

  1. Create a simulation model. There are 3 methods to do so:
  2. Save the simulation model if any changes are made.

  3. Generate the source codes.


Functions

The Visual Modeler supports the following functionalities:


File


User


Resource


Auto Wizard

Steps:

  1. Click on the "Auto Wizard" toolbar button.

  2. Specify the number of users and resources in the Wizard Dialog and click the "OK" button.



  3. You will see the users and resources created.




Generate Source Codes

Steps:

  1. Click on the "Generate Source Codes" toolbar button.

  2. Specify the name of the Java file and click on the "Save" button.



  3. You should see the following message box indicating that the Java source codes are generated successfully. Click on the "OK" button.



  4. This is the java source codes generated.