/* CompositeProcess.java -- A composite process which wraps 1+ performances. Copyright (C) 2005 The University of Sheffield. This file is part of the CASheW-s editor. The CASheW-s editor is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. The CASheW-s editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with The CASheW-s editor; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ package nongnu.cashews.language.process; import java.util.List; /** *

* Represents the amalgamation of one or more Performances * using some control structure. A set of Performance * can be run both serially and concurrently, and provision * is also made for looping and determinstic and non-deterministic * choice. *

*

* A CompositeProcess can also have one or more consumers, * and one or more producers. These associate the inputs of the composite * processes with the inputs of the internal performances, and perform * aggregation of the output data, respectively. *

* * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) */ public abstract class CompositeProcess extends Process { /** * The consumers for this composite process. * * @serial the consumers. */ private List consumers; /** * The producers for this composite process. * * @serial the producers. */ private List producers; }