clipgenerator

Class StandardClipBudgetMaker

java.lang.Object

clipgenerator.StandardClipBudgetMaker

public class StandardClipBudgetMaker
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StandardClipBudgetMaker(ClipProcess.ClipBlockProcess clipBlockProcess)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getStorageProbability(AcousticDataUnit dataUnit) Calculate a probability for storing the next unit.
void	initialise(long timeMillis) Initialise the budget maker.
boolean	shouldStore(AcousticDataUnit dataUnit) Should store a data unit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StandardClipBudgetMaker

public StandardClipBudgetMaker(ClipProcess.ClipBlockProcess clipBlockProcess)

Parameters:

clipBlockProcess -

Method Detail

initialise

public void initialise(long timeMillis)

Initialise the budget maker.
This gets called before acquisition starts.
It may involve a quick whiz through the existing data output folder to see how much data has been stored to date and what the size of currently stored files is.

shouldStore

public boolean shouldStore(AcousticDataUnit dataUnit)

Should store a data unit.
Decision based on remaining budget, data rate, etc.

Parameters:

dataUnit - data unit to consider

Returns:

true if the data unit should be stored, false otherwise.

getStorageProbability

public double getStorageProbability(AcousticDataUnit dataUnit)

Calculate a probability for storing the next unit.

Parameters:

dataUnit -

Returns:

a probability between 0 (don't store) and 1 (definitely store).