eventIterate

Class: matlab.DiscreteEventSystem
Package: matlab

Create entity iterate event

Syntax

event=eventIterate(storageID,tag,priority)


Description

event=eventIterate(storageID,tag,priority) creates an event to repeatedly process entities of a storage element. You can then schedule this event by returning it as the output argument when implementing an event action method, such as exit.

Input Arguments

storageID — Storage index

double

Index of a storage element. Entities inside this storage element will be iterated.

tag — Tag

character vector

Custom tag of this entity iterate event.

priority — Priority (optional)

double

Priority of the entity iterate event. This value must be a positive integer, where a smaller value indicates a higher event priority.

Output Arguments

event — Event

MATLAB^® structure

Event that processes entities of a specific storage element.

Examples

Iterate Entities of a Storage Element

Define an event to iterate entities of a storage element..

function event = exit(obj,storage,entity,dst)
    % Define an event to iterate entities of a storage element
    % - The event is regarding to storage element 2
    % - The event has a custom tag 'search'
    % - The event shall be executed at current simulation clock time
    % - The event has a priority of 10 (a smaller numeric value
    %   indicates a higher event priority) 
    event = obj.eventIterate(2, 'search', 10);
end

Custom Entity Storage Block with Iterate Event

In this example, a custom block allows entities to enter its storage element through its input port. The storage element is a priority queue that sorts the entities based on their Diameter attribute in ascending order. Every entity entry to the block's storage invokes an iteration event to display the diameter and the position of each entity in the storage.

For more information, see Create a Custom Entity Storage Block with Iteration Event.

classdef CustomEntityStorageBlockIteration < matlab.DiscreteEventSystem
    
    % A custom entity storage block with one input port and one storage element. 
    
    % Nontunable properties 
    properties (Nontunable)
        % Capacity
        Capacity = 5;
    end
    % Create the storage element with one input and one storage.
    methods (Access=protected)

        function num = getNumInputsImpl(obj)
            num = 1;
        end
        
        function num = getNumOutputsImpl(obj)
            num = 0;
        end
        
        function entityTypes = getEntityTypesImpl(obj)
            entityType1 = obj.entityType('Wheel');
            entityTypes = entityType1;
        end
        
        function [inputTypes,outputTypes] = getEntityPortsImpl(obj)
            inputTypes = {'Wheel'};
            outputTypes={};
            
        end
        
        function [storageSpecs, I, O] = getEntityStorageImpl(obj)
            storageSpecs = obj.queuePriority('Wheel',obj.Capacity, 'Diameter','ascending');
            I = 1;
            O = [];
            
        end
        
    end
    % Entity entry event action
    methods 

        function [entity, event] = WheelEntry(obj,storage,entity, source)
            % Entity entry invokes an iterate event.      
            event = obj.eventIterate(1, '');
        end

        % The itarate event action
        function [entity,event,next] = WheelIterate(obj,storage,entity,tag,cur)
            % Display wheel id, position in the storage, and diameter.
            coder.extrinsic('fprintf');
            fprintf('Wheel id %d, Current position %d, Diameter %d\n', ...
                entity.sys.id, cur.position, entity.data.Diameter);
            if cur.size == cur.position 
                fprintf('End of Iteration \n')
            end
            next = true;
            event=[];
        end
        
    end

end

Version History

Introduced in R2016a