public IPredictor getPredictor()
{
IPredictor predictor = null;
// Prepare the predictor
// Create new instance for each thread for concurrent simulation
// In the same time reuse the predictors after threads released them
lock (this)
{
bool foundFree = false;
int i = 0;
for (; i < predictorLocked.Count; i++)
{
if (!predictorLocked[i])
{
foundFree = true; break;
}
}
if (foundFree)
{
if (predictorLocked[i] == true)
{
throw new Exception("Lock mechanism fail!");
}
predictorLocked[i] = true;
predictor = predictorInstances[i];
}
else
{
predictor = createPredictorInstance();
if (predictor == null)
{
return(null);
}
predictorInstances.Add(predictor);
predictorLocked.Add(true);
}
}
predictor.reset();
return(predictor);
}