private boolean allocateTimeBox(TimeBox timeBox, Participant participant) {
if (!remainingTimeboxes.contains(timeBox)) {
remainingTimeboxes.remove(timeBox);
System.out.println("error, trying to allocate a timebox that is already allocated!");
return false;
}
Integer a = allocationsPerTimebox.get(timeBox);
if (a == null) a = 0;
Room room = rooms.get(a);
OralDefense oralDefense;
try {
oralDefense = OralDefenseFactory.createOralDefense(participant, room, timeBox);
System.out.println("");
System.out.println(
"new oral defense created for student " + participant.getStudent().getId());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
return false;
}
a++;
allocationsPerTimebox.put(timeBox, a);
if (a == rooms.size()) {
remainingTimeboxes.remove(timeBox);
}
remainingParticipants.remove(participant);
System.out.println("remaining students : " + remainingParticipants.size());
System.out.println("");
buffer.remove(participant);
results.add(oralDefense);
hasNewAllocations = true;
return true;
}
private void tryAllocation() {
hasNewAllocations = false;
boolean b = true;
while (b) {
for (Participant p : Lists.newArrayList(remainingParticipants)) {
System.out.println("check possibles timeboxes for student " + p.getStudent().getId());
checkPossiblesTimeboxes(p, Lists.newArrayList(remainingTimeboxes), null);
}
if (hasNewAllocations) {
System.out.println("try allocation : success");
}
b = hasNewAllocations;
hasNewAllocations = false;
}
}