/**
* This method is called when the user asks to start the simulation in the context of the main UI
* Thread. It creates the designated number of Palantiri and adds them to the PalantiriManager. It
* then creates a Thread for each Being and has each Being attempt to acquire a Palantir for
* gazing, mediated by the PalantiriManager. The BeingTheads call methods from the
* MVP.RequiredViewOps interface to visualize what is happening to the user.
*/
@Override
public void start() {
// Initialize the Palantiri.
getModel().makePalantiri(Options.instance().numberOfPalantiri());
// Initialize the count of the number of threads Beings use to gaze.
mGazingTasks = new AtomicLong(0);
// Show the Beings on the UI.
mView.get().showBeings();
// Show the palantiri on the UI.
mView.get().showPalantiri();
// Spawn a thread that waits for all the Being threads to finish.
joinBeingsTasks();
// Create and execute an AsyncBeingTask for each Being.
Log.i(TAG, "Before createAndExecuteBeingsTasks");
createAndExecuteBeingsTasks(Options.instance().numberOfBeings());
Log.i(TAG, "After createAndExecuteBeingsTasks");
}
