/**
* *************************************************************************** Begin: Methods to
* handle children communication
* ***************************************************************************
*/
public static void askChildren(BasicActor gridActor) throws Exception {
// If there are children, then ...
if (gridActor.getContext().getChildren().iterator().hasNext()) {
BasicRequest request;
RequestContent requestContent = gridActor.returnRequestContentToSend();
// check if it is a MultiRequestContainer
if (requestContent instanceof MultiRequestContainer) {
MultiRequestContainer mrequest = (MultiRequestContainer) requestContent;
// send the current message to the children
if (mrequest.getCurrentRequestContent() instanceof SingleReceiverRequestContainer) {
executeAskSpecificChildrenLogic(
gridActor, (SingleReceiverRequestContainer) mrequest.getCurrentRequestContent());
} else {
request =
new BasicRequest(
gridActor.getCurrentTimeStep(),
gridActor.downStreamTrace,
mrequest.getCurrentRequestContent());
executeAskChildrenLogic(gridActor, request);
}
} else // normal execution without MultiRequestContainer
{
request =
new BasicRequest(
gridActor.getCurrentTimeStep(), gridActor.downStreamTrace, requestContent);
executeAskChildrenLogic(gridActor, request);
}
}
gridActor.upStreamTrace.add(gridActor.getSelf());
}
