gr.uoa.di.madgik.commons.infra.nodeselection
Interface NodeSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

BestNodeSelector, CostBasedNodeSelector, DistanceNodeSelector, LRUNodeSelector, MRUNodeSelector, RandomNodeSelector, RUNodeSelector

public interface NodeSelector

Method Summary

List<HostingNodeInfo>	assessNodes(List<HostingNode> candidates) Assesses the suitability of the candidate set of nodes without keeping internal memory of node selection.
void	markSelected(HostingNode node)
HostingNode	selectNode(List<HostingNode> candidates) Selects the most suitable node and marks the selection internally, if necessary

Method Detail

selectNode

HostingNode selectNode(List<HostingNode> candidates)

Selects the most suitable node and marks the selection internally, if necessary

Parameters:

candidates - The candidate set of nodes

Returns:

The most suitable node

assessNodes

List<HostingNodeInfo> assessNodes(List<HostingNode> candidates)

Assesses the suitability of the candidate set of nodes without keeping internal memory of node selection.

Parameters:

candidates - The candidate set of nodes

Returns:

A sorted list of the candidate set ordered by the most to the least suitable.

markSelected

void markSelected(HostingNode node)