/*
 * NodeBehavior.java
 * Part of the BinSort problem set.
 *
 * Developed for "Rethinking CS101", a project of Lynn Andrea Stein's AP Group.
 * For more information, see http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/cs101, the
 * CS101 homepage or email las@ai.mit.edu.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 * Please do not redistribute without obtaining permission.
 */

package BinSort;

/**
 * NodeBehavior is the interface you must implement in your code.  It
 * defines a single method, act. 
 */
public interface NodeBehavior {

/**
 * act is the method you will write for this lab.  It has two arguments,
 * both arrays, corresponding to the inputs and outputs availble to you.  Note
 * that the elements passed are availble, but perhaps disabled, full, or
 * empty.  You will need to be careful for these conditions.  act is called 
 * repeatedly by a node from within a while (true) {} loop.  You should only 
 * deal with a single task on each iteration...leave the looping to the node.
 */
    public void act( InputChannel[]  inputChannels,
		     OutputChannel[] outputChannels );
}