nodenet
Interface Resettable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Channel, Node

public interface Resettable

An interface indicating that the state of the object can be reset to a standard initial state. This typically means getting rid of packets, setting packet counters to zero and similar re-initializations.

Author:

Patrick G. Heck, gus.heck@olin.edu

Method Summary

void	reset() Return all properties and other state to the initial state of the object so long as such changes do not alter the network structure.

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Return all properties and other state to the initial state of the object so long as such changes do not alter the network structure. For example channels should drop all contained packets, but should not forget what nodes they are attached to. NodeBehaviors should implement this if they hold onto objects read from the channel after transmitPacket is called, otherwise resetting the network will leave some packets held in the nodes.