/**
   * Creates instances of CloudSim's Cloudlet class from a customer's utilization profile.
   *
   * @param ugr the utilization profile.
   * @param brokerId the id of the broker that owns the cloudlets.
   * @param numOfVms the number of virtual machines.
   * @return a list of Cloudlet instances.
   * @since 1.0
   */
  static List<Cloudlet> createCloudlets(UtilizationProfile ugr, int brokerId, long numOfVms)
      throws IOException, ServiceDeniedException {
    List<Cloudlet> list = new ArrayList<Cloudlet>();

    for (int i = 0; i < numOfVms; i++) {

      Optional<UtilizationModel> cpu =
          UTILIZATION_MODEL.getExtensionInstanceByName(ugr.getUtilizationModelCpuAlias());

      if (!cpu.isPresent()) {
        Dialog.showErrorMessage(
            null,
            format(
                "Error on loading the CPU utilization model [%s]",
                ugr.getUtilizationModelCpuAlias()));
        return null;
      }

      Optional<UtilizationModel> ram =
          UTILIZATION_MODEL.getExtensionInstanceByName(ugr.getUtilizationModelRamAlias());

      if (!ram.isPresent()) {
        Dialog.showErrorMessage(
            null,
            format(
                "Error on loading the RAM utilization model [%s]",
                ugr.getUtilizationModelRamAlias()));
        return null;
      }

      Optional<UtilizationModel> bw =
          UTILIZATION_MODEL.getExtensionInstanceByName(ugr.getUtilizationModelBwAlias());

      if (!bw.isPresent()) {
        Dialog.showErrorMessage(
            null,
            format(
                "Error on loading the bandwidth utilization model [%s]",
                ugr.getUtilizationModelBwAlias()));
        return null;
      }

      Cloudlet cloudlet =
          new Cloudlet(
              i,
              (long) ((long) ugr.getLength() * RandomNumberGenerator.getRandomNumbers(1).get(0)),
              ugr.getCloudletsPesNumber(),
              ugr.getFileSize(),
              ugr.getOutputSize(),
              cpu.get(),
              ram.get(),
              bw.get());

      cloudlet.setUserId(brokerId);
      cloudlet.setVmId(i);
      list.add(cloudlet);
    }

    return list;
  }