edu.iu.iv.modeling.tarl.author.impl
Class DefaultAuthorManager

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthorManager

public class DefaultAuthorManager

extends java.lang.Object

implements AuthorManager

This class defines a default implementation to the AuthorManagerInterface. It utilizes the default implementations of the standard interfaces to achieve its cause.

Author:

Jeegar T Maru

See Also:

DefaultAuthorDatabase, DefaultAuthorUtility, AuthorManager

Constructor Summary

DefaultAuthorManager()
Creates a new instance of the AuthorManager

Method Summary

void	addAuthor(Topic topic) Adds an Author to the environment with the specified Topic.
void	cleanUpAuthor() Cleans up the Author environment.
AuthorGroup	getAuthors() Returns the group of Authors.
void	initializeAuthors(AuthorParameters authorParameters) Initializes the Author environment to enable various operations on the Authors
java.util.Collection	partitionActiveAuthors() Returns the Collection of AuthorsTopicBuckets.
void	terminateCurrentYear() Terminates the current year for the Author environment.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultAuthorManager

public DefaultAuthorManager()

Creates a new instance of the AuthorManager

Method Detail

initializeAuthors

public void initializeAuthors(AuthorParameters authorParameters)

Initializes the Author environment to enable various operations on the Authors

Specified by:

initializeAuthors in interface AuthorManager

Parameters:

authorParameters - Specifies the model parameters related to authors

addAuthor

public void addAuthor(Topic topic)
               throws TarlException

Adds an Author to the environment with the specified Topic.

Specified by:

addAuthor in interface AuthorManager

Parameters:

topic - Specifies the topic for the author

Throws:

TarlException - if the specified parameters are insufficient to construct an author

partitionActiveAuthors

public java.util.Collection partitionActiveAuthors()

Returns the Collection of AuthorsTopicBuckets.

Specified by:

partitionActiveAuthors in interface AuthorManager

Returns:

the collection of author groups

terminateCurrentYear

public void terminateCurrentYear()

Terminates the current year for the Author environment. The function should take the necessary steps that should be taken when the current year ends (for example, notifying authors about year termination).

Specified by:

terminateCurrentYear in interface AuthorManager

getAuthors

public AuthorGroup getAuthors()

Returns the group of Authors.

Specified by:

getAuthors in interface AuthorManager

Returns:

the group of authors in the system

cleanUpAuthor

public void cleanUpAuthor()

Cleans up the Author environment. It is responsible for freeing up resources that the Author environment has used for its execution.

Specified by:

cleanUpAuthor in interface AuthorManager