org.powertac.server
Class CompetitionSetupService

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.server.CompetitionSetupService

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.powertac.common.interfaces.CompetitionSetup

@Service
public class CompetitionSetupService
extends Object
implements org.powertac.common.interfaces.CompetitionSetup

Manages command-line and file processing for pre-game simulation setup. A simulation can be started in one of two ways:

• By running the process with command-line arguments as specified in PowerTacServer, or
• by calling the preGame() method to set up the environment and allow configuration of the next game, through a web (or REST) interface.

Author:

John Collins

Constructor Summary

CompetitionSetupService()
Standard constructor

Method Summary

void	preGame() Pre-game server setup - creates the basic configuration elements to make them accessible to the web-based game-setup functions.
boolean	preGame(URL bootFile) Sets up the simulator, with config overrides provided in a file containing a sequence of PluginConfig instances.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompetitionSetupService

public CompetitionSetupService()

Standard constructor

Method Detail

preGame

public void preGame()

Pre-game server setup - creates the basic configuration elements to make them accessible to the web-based game-setup functions. This method must be called when the server is started, and again at the completion of each simulation. The actual simulation is started with a call to competitionControlService.runOnce().

Specified by:

preGame in interface org.powertac.common.interfaces.CompetitionSetup

preGame

public boolean preGame(URL bootFile)

Sets up the simulator, with config overrides provided in a file containing a sequence of PluginConfig instances. Errors are logged if one or more PluginConfig instances cannot be used in the current server setup.