source: src/main/java/genius/core/timeline/Timeline.java@ 209

package genius.core.timeline;

/**
 * A time line, running from t = 0 (start) to t = 1 (deadline).
 */
public abstract class Timeline implements TimeLineInfo {
        protected boolean hasDeadline;
        protected boolean paused = false;

        /**
         * In a time-based protocol, time passes within a round. In contrast, in a
         * rounds-based protocol time only passes when the action is presented.
         */
        public enum Type {
                /**
                 * Time passes with wall clock time. Usually the clock used is
                 * {@link System#nanoTime()} or similar so it also proceeds while others
                 * use the CPU.
                 */
                Time,
                /**
                 * time advances only when the action is presented. Time is frozen while
                 * an agent is computing its next step.
                 */
                Rounds;
        }

        /**
         * Gets the time, running from t = 0 (start) to t = 1 (deadline). The time
         * is normalized, so agents need not be concerned with the actual internal
         * clock.
         *
         * @return current time in the interval [0, 1].
         */
        public abstract double getTime();

        /**
         * @return amount of time in seconds, or amount of rounds depending on
         *         timeline type.
         */
        public abstract double getTotalTime();

        /**
         * @return amount of seconds passed, or amount of rounds passed depending on
         *         the timeline type.
         */
        public abstract double getCurrentTime();

        /**
         * @return true if deadline is reached.
         */
        public boolean isDeadlineReached() {
                return hasDeadline && (getTime() >= 1.0);
        }

        /**
         * @return type of time: Type.Time or Type.Rounds.
         */
        public Type getType() {
                return Type.Time;
        }

        /**
         * @return true if timeline is paused.
         */
        public boolean isPaused() {
                return paused;
        }
}