tmf: CtfTmfEvent improvements

[deliverable/tracecompass.git] / org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core / src / org / eclipse / linuxtools / tmf / core / component / TmfComponent.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Ericsson
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
 * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
 * accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *   Francois Chouinard - Initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component;

import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.signal.TmfSignal;
import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.signal.TmfSignalManager;

/**
 * This is the base class of the TMF components.
 * <p>
 * Currently, it only addresses the inter-component signaling.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Francois Chouinard
 */
public abstract class TmfComponent implements ITmfComponent {

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Attributes
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

	private String fName;
	
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Constructor
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Default constructor. To be used in conjunction with init()
     */
    public TmfComponent() {
	    this(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    /**
     * Perform component initialization and register it as a signal listener.
     * Need to be called when the default constructor was used.
     * 
     * @param name the component name
     */
    public void init(String name) {
        fName = name;
        TmfSignalManager.register(this);
    }

	/**
	 * The standard constructor
	 * 
	 * @param name the component name
	 */
	public TmfComponent(String name) {
		init(name);
	}
	
	/**
	 * The copy constructor
	 * 
	 * @param other the other component
	 */
	public TmfComponent(TmfComponent other) {
        init(other.fName);
	}
	
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Getters/setters
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component.ITmfComponent#getName()
     */
    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return fName;
    }

	/**
	 * @param name the new component name
	 */
	protected void setName(String name) {
		fName = name;
	}

	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// ITmfComponent
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component.ITmfComponent#dispose()
	 */
	@Override
	public void dispose() {
		TmfSignalManager.deregister(this);
//		if (Tracer.isComponentTraced()) Tracer.traceComponent(this, "terminated");
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component.ITmfComponent#broadcast(org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.signal.TmfSignal)
	 */
	@Override
	public void broadcast(TmfSignal signal) {
		TmfSignalManager.dispatchSignal(signal);
	}

}