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* Copyright (C) 2006, Laboratorio di Valutazione delle Prestazioni - Politecnico di Milano
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package jmt.engine.random;
import jmt.common.exception.IncorrectDistributionParameterException;
/**
* TODO rivedere la descrizione
*
* interface for all distributions parameters. You have to
* extend this class for every new distribution that you have.
*
* <br><br>Copyright (c) 2003
* <br>Politecnico di Milano - dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione
* @author Federico Granata (modified by Fabrizio Frontera - ffrontera@yahoo.it)
* @author Bertoli Marco, 10-oct-2005
*
*/
public abstract class AbstractParameter {
/**
* check method definition.
* It provide a method for the user to verify if the parameter that he is using
* is correct.
*
* @return boolean indicating whether or not the parameter is right.
*
*/
public boolean check() {
return true;
}
/**
* Sets mean for a given distribution parameter. This method is required to adjust distributions
* mean values into Load Dependent Service Time Strategy
* <br>Author: Bertoli Marco
* @param meanValue new mean value for this distribution
* @throws IncorrectDistributionParameterException if mean value is invalid for this distribution
*/
public void setMean(double meanValue) throws IncorrectDistributionParameterException {
throw new IncorrectDistributionParameterException("Cannot set mean value for this distribution");
}
}