ibis.gmi
Class CombineReply

java.lang.Object
  ibis.gmi.ReplyScheme
      ibis.gmi.CombineReply

public class CombineReply

extends ReplyScheme

The CombineReply class must be used to configure a group method with a combined reply. There are two combiner types: FlatCombiner which combines results in gather style, and BinomialCombiner, which combines results in reduce style.

See Also:

GroupMethod.configure(ibis.gmi.InvocationScheme, ibis.gmi.ReplyScheme)

Field Summary

BinomialCombiner	binomialCombiner The reduce style combiner.
FlatCombiner	flatCombiner The gather style combiner.

Fields inherited from class ibis.gmi.ReplyScheme

R_COMBINE_BINOMIAL, R_COMBINE_FLAT, R_DISCARD, R_FORWARD, R_PERSONALIZED, R_PERSONALIZED_COMBINE_BINOMIAL, R_PERSONALIZED_COMBINE_FLAT, R_PERSONALIZED_FORWARD, R_PERSONALIZED_RETURN, R_RETURN

Constructor Summary

CombineReply(BinomialCombiner binCombiner)
Constructor with a BinomialCombiner.

CombineReply(FlatCombiner flatCombiner)
Constructor with a FlatCombiner.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

flatCombiner

public FlatCombiner flatCombiner

The gather style combiner.

binomialCombiner

public BinomialCombiner binomialCombiner

The reduce style combiner.

Constructor Detail

CombineReply

public CombineReply(FlatCombiner flatCombiner)
             throws ConfigurationException

Constructor with a FlatCombiner.

Parameters:

flatCombiner - the FlatCombiner

Throws:

ConfigurationException - when the parameter is null.

CombineReply

public CombineReply(BinomialCombiner binCombiner)
             throws ConfigurationException

Constructor with a BinomialCombiner.

Parameters:

binCombiner - the BinomialCombiner

Throws:

ConfigurationException - when the parameter is null.