public static void Run()
{
// Sets up and starts the simulation.
Console.WriteLine("Process communication");
var env = Sim.Environment();
// For one-to-one or many-to-one type pipes, use Resources.Store.
var pipe = Sim.Store <Message>(env);
env.Process(MessageGenerator("Generator A", env, pipe));
env.Process(MessageConsumer("Consumer A", env, pipe));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("One-to-one pipe communication");
Console.WriteLine();
env.Run(until: SimTime);
// For one-to many, instead, use BroadcastPipe.
// (Note: it could also be used for one-to-one, many-to-one or many-to-many)
env = Sim.Environment();
var bcPipe = new BroadcastPipe <Message>(env);
env.Process(MessageGenerator("Generator A", env, bcPipe));
env.Process(MessageConsumer("Consumer A", env, bcPipe.OutputConn()));
env.Process(MessageConsumer("Consumer B", env, bcPipe.OutputConn()));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("One-to-many pipe communication");
Console.WriteLine();
env.Run(until: SimTime);
}
/// <summary>
/// A process which randomly generates messages.
/// </summary>
static IEvents MessageGenerator(string name, SimEnvironment env, BroadcastPipe <Message> outPipe)
{
while (true)
{
// Waits for next transmission.
yield return(env.Timeout(Rand.Next(6, 10)));
// Messages are time stamped to later check
// if the consumer was late getting them.
var content = string.Format("{0} says hello at {1:.0}", name, env.Now);
yield return(outPipe.Put(new Message(env.Now, content)));
}
}
