baseexperiment.cpp

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 *  FARSA                                                                       *
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#include "baseexperiment.h"
#include "baseexperimentgui.h"

namespace farsa {

namespace __BaseExperiment_internal {
    class BaseExperimentUIManager : public ParameterSettableUI
    {
    public:
        BaseExperimentUIManager(BaseExperiment* experiment) :
            ParameterSettableUI(),
            m_experiment(experiment)
        {
        }

        virtual ~BaseExperimentUIManager()
        {
            // Nothing to do here
        }

        virtual void fillActionsMenu(QMenu* actionsMenu)
        {
            m_experiment->fillActionsMenu(actionsMenu);
        }

        virtual QList<ParameterSettableUIViewer> getViewers(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags)
        {
            return m_experiment->getViewers(parent, flags);
        }

        virtual void addAdditionalMenus(QMenuBar* menuBar)
        {
            m_experiment->addAdditionalMenus(menuBar);
        }

    private:
        BaseExperiment* const m_experiment;
    };
}

BaseExperiment::Notifee::Notifee(BaseExperiment& experiment) :
    NewDatumNotifiable<__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl>(),
    m_experiment(experiment)
{
}

BaseExperiment::Notifee::~Notifee()
{
}

void BaseExperiment::Notifee::newDatumAvailable(DataDownloader<__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl>* downloader)
{
    const __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl* d = downloader->downloadDatum();

    switch (d->action) {
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::StartOperation:
            m_experiment.runOperation(d->operationID);
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::StartOperationPaused:
            m_experiment.pause();
            m_experiment.runOperation(d->operationID);
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::StopOperation:
            m_experiment.stop();
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::PauseOperation:
            m_experiment.pause();
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::StepOperation:
            m_experiment.step();
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::ResumeOperation:
            m_experiment.resume();
            break;
        case __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl::ChangeInterval:
            m_experiment.changeInterval(d->interval, false);
            break;
    }
}

BaseExperiment::BaseExperiment() :
    Component(),
    ParameterSettableUI(),
    ThreadOperation(),
    m_operationsVector(),
    m_actionSignalsMapper(new QSignalMapper(NULL)), // parent is NULL because we take care of deleting this object by ourself
    m_workerThread(new WorkerThread(NULL)), // parent is NULL because we take care of deleting this object by ourself
    m_runningOperationID(-1),
    m_batchRunning(false),
    m_stop(false),
    m_mutex(),
    m_waitCondition(),
    m_pause(false),
    m_previousPauseStatus(false),
    m_delay(0),
    m_notifee(*this),
    m_dataExchange(2, DataUploaderDownloader<__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus, __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl>::OverrideOlder, &m_notifee, NULL)
{
    // Disabling the check of association before upload because we could never get associated (e.g. when running in batch)
    m_dataExchange.checkAssociationBeforeUpload(false);

    // We have to add the stop() operation
    addOperation("stopCurrentOperation", &BaseExperiment::stopCurrentOperation, false);

    // Connecting the mapped signal of m_actionSignalsMapper to our slot
    connect(m_actionSignalsMapper.get(), SIGNAL(mapped(int)), this, SLOT(runOperation(int)));
    connect(m_workerThread.get(), SIGNAL(exceptionDuringOperation(farsa::BaseException*)), this, SLOT(exceptionDuringOperation(farsa::BaseException*)), Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection);
}

BaseExperiment::~BaseExperiment()
{
    // Stopping the thread
    m_workerThread->quit();

    // Removing all operation wrappers
    foreach (AbstractOperationWrapper* op, m_operationsVector) {
        delete op;
    }
}

void BaseExperiment::configure(ConfigurationParameters& params, QString)
{
    // Reading whether we are running in batch mode or not. The parameter is only present if we are running in batch,
    // so we must use false as default value for m_batchRunning
    m_batchRunning = ConfigurationHelper::getBool(params, "__INTERNAL__/BatchRunning", false);
}

void BaseExperiment::save(ConfigurationParameters& params, QString prefix)
{
    // This should always be called
    params.startObjectParameters(prefix, "BaseExperiment", this);
}

void BaseExperiment::describe(QString type)
{
    Descriptor d = addTypeDescription(type, "The base class of experiments");
}

void BaseExperiment::postConfigureInitialization()
{
    // Starting the inner thread
    m_workerThread->start();

    setStatus("Configured");
}

ParameterSettableUI* BaseExperiment::getUIManager()
{
    return new __BaseExperiment_internal::BaseExperimentUIManager(this);
}

void BaseExperiment::fillActionsMenu(QMenu* actionsMenu)
{
    // This simply gets the list of actions from getActionsForOperations() and then adds them to the menu
    QList<QAction*> actions = getActionsForOperations(actionsMenu);

    foreach (QAction* a, actions) {
        actionsMenu->addAction(a);
    }
}

QList<ParameterSettableUIViewer> BaseExperiment::getViewers(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags)
{
    // The default implementation only adds the BaseExperimentGUI widget
    QList<farsa::ParameterSettableUIViewer> viewers;

    BaseExperimentGUI* gui = new BaseExperimentGUI(this, parent, flags);
    viewers.append(farsa::ParameterSettableUIViewer(gui, "Experiment Control"));

    return viewers;
}

void BaseExperiment::addAdditionalMenus(QMenuBar*)
{
    // The default implementation does nothing
}

void BaseExperiment::run()
{
    // Executing the next action. The action ID should be a positive number and be in the vector. Moreover
    // the action should use a separate thread
    Q_ASSERT(m_runningOperationID >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(m_runningOperationID < m_operationsVector.size());
    Q_ASSERT(m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->useSeparateThread);

    // Start operation. Here we also signal that the operation has started/ended. Notice that we are calling a non thread-safe function
    // from a thread different from the one in which this object lives, but it is OK since when we are here we are not calling this
    // function from other places
    uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationStarted, m_runningOperationID);
    m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->executeOperation();
    uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationEnded, m_runningOperationID);
}

void BaseExperiment::stop()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    m_stop = true;

    // Also resuming the operation if it was sleeping
    m_pause = false;
    m_waitCondition.wakeAll();
}

void BaseExperiment::pause()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    // This is made this way so that m_pause is modified even if nothing is running (to be able to decide how the simulation starts)
    m_pause = true;
}

void BaseExperiment::step()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    if ((m_runningOperationID != -1) && m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->steppable && m_pause) {
        m_waitCondition.wakeAll();
    }
}

void BaseExperiment::resume()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    // This is made this way so that m_pause is modified even if nothing is running (to be able to decide how the simulation starts)
    const bool nowPaused = m_pause;
    m_pause = false;

    if ((m_runningOperationID != -1) && m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->steppable && nowPaused) {
        m_waitCondition.wakeAll();
    }
}

void BaseExperiment::changeInterval(unsigned long interval)
{
    changeInterval(interval, true);
}

unsigned long BaseExperiment::currentInterval() const
{
    return m_delay;
}

const QVector<BaseExperiment::AbstractOperationWrapper*>& BaseExperiment::getOperations() const
{
    return m_operationsVector;
}

DataUploaderDownloader<__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus, __BaseExperiment_internal::OperationControl>* BaseExperiment::getUploaderDownloader()
{
    return &m_dataExchange;
}

void BaseExperiment::stopCurrentOperation(bool wait)
{
    // Stopping the current operation, if running
    m_workerThread->stopCurrentOperation(wait);
}

void BaseExperiment::stopCurrentOperation()
{
    stopCurrentOperation(false);
}

QList<QAction*> BaseExperiment::getActionsForOperations(QObject* actionsParent) const
{
    QList<QAction*> actions;

    for (int i = 0; i < m_operationsVector.size(); i++) {
        // Creating the new action
        QAction* act = new QAction(m_operationsVector[i]->name, actionsParent);

        // Connecting the signal of the new QAction to the m_actionSignalsMapper slot and setting
        // the mapping
        connect(act, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_actionSignalsMapper.get(), SLOT(map()));
        m_actionSignalsMapper->setMapping(act, i);

        // Adding to the list of actions
        actions.push_back(act);
    }

    return actions;
}

bool BaseExperiment::batchRunning() const
{
    return m_batchRunning;
}

bool BaseExperiment::stopSimulation()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    return m_stop;
}

void BaseExperiment::checkPause()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    if ((m_runningOperationID == -1) || (!m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->steppable)) {
        return;
    }

    if (m_pause) {
        if (m_previousPauseStatus == false) {
            uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationPaused, m_runningOperationID);
        }
        m_waitCondition.wait(&m_mutex);
        if (m_pause == false) {
            uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationResumed, m_runningOperationID);
        }
    } else {
        if (m_previousPauseStatus == true) {
            uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationResumed, m_runningOperationID);
        }
        if (m_delay != 0) {
            m_waitCondition.wait(&m_mutex, m_delay);
        }
    }
    m_previousPauseStatus = m_pause;
}

void BaseExperiment::exceptionDuringOperation(BaseException *e)
{
    Logger::error(QString("Error while executing the current operation, an exception was thrown. Reason: ") + e->what());

    // Here we laso have to signal the GUI that the operation has stopped
    uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationEnded, m_runningOperationID);
}

void BaseExperiment::runOperation(int operationID)
{
    // Executing the next action. The action ID should be a positive number and be in the vector
    Q_ASSERT(operationID >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(operationID < m_operationsVector.size());

    m_runningOperationID = operationID;
    if ((m_batchRunning) || (!m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->useSeparateThread)) {
        // Resetting stop
        resetStop();

        // Starting operation directly. Here we also signal when the operation starts and ends
        uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationStarted, m_runningOperationID);
        m_operationsVector[m_runningOperationID]->executeOperation();
        uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationEnded, m_runningOperationID);
    } else {
        // Checking if another operation is running. If it is, prints a warning and doesn't do anything. Here there is
        // a possible race condition: if an operation is scheduled after the condition in the if is cheked but before
        // addOperation is executed we could end up with two operations in the queue. However this is the only function
        // that can schedule operations and this is never run concurrently. Moreover having two operations in the
        // queue of the worker thread is not a big problem.
        if (m_workerThread->operationRunning()) {
            Logger::error("Cannot run the requested operation because another action is currently running; please wait until it finish, or stop it before");
            return;
        }

        // Resetting stop
        resetStop();

        // Starting operation
        m_workerThread->addOperation(this, false);
    }
}

void BaseExperiment::resetStop()
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    m_stop = false;
}

void BaseExperiment::uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::Status status, unsigned int operationID, unsigned long newDelay)
{
    DatumToUpload<__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus> d(m_dataExchange);
    d->status = status;
    d->operationID = operationID;
    d->delay = newDelay;
}

void BaseExperiment::changeInterval(unsigned long interval, bool sendNotificationToGUI)
{
    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);

    m_delay = interval;

    if (sendNotificationToGUI) {
        uploadNewOperationStatus(__BaseExperiment_internal::OperationStatus::OperationStepDelayChanged, m_runningOperationID, m_delay);
    }
}

} // End namespace farsa