Fork

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable , jline.lang.Copyable
```
public class Fork
extends Node implements Serializable
                    
```
A node that forks an incoming job into a set of sibling tasks

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`public final NodeAttribute`	`attribute`
`public Network`	`model`
`protected InputSection`	`input`
`protected OutputSection`	`output`
`protected ServiceSection`	`server`
`protected DropStrategy`	`dropStrategy`
`protected int`	`statefulIdx`
`protected int`	`nodeIndex`
`protected int`	`stationIdx`
`protected Matrix`	`state`
`protected String`	`name`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Fork(Network model)`	Creates a new fork node with default name "Fork".
`Fork(Network model, String name)`	Creates a new fork node with the specified name.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Network`	`getModel()`	Returns the network model containing this node.
`void`	`setTasksPerLink(int nTasks)`	Sets the number of tasks sent out on each outgoing link

Methods inherited from class jline.lang.nodes.Node
getAttribute, getCap, getClassCap, getDropStrategy, getInput, getNodeIndex, getOutput, getOutputStrategies, getRoutingStrategy, getSections, getServer, getState, getStatefulIdx, getStationIdx, isReferenceStation, isStateful, printSummary, reset, resetRouting, setModel, setNodeIdx, setProbRouting, setRouting, setRouting, setState, setStationIdx
Methods inherited from class jline.lang.Element
getName, setName
Methods inherited from class jline.lang.Copyable
copy
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Fork
```
Fork(Network model)
```
    Creates a new fork node with default name "Fork".
    
    Parameters:
    
    model - the network model to add this fork node to
  - Fork
```
Fork(Network model, String name)
```
    Creates a new fork node with the specified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    model - the network model to add this fork node to
    
    name - the name for this fork node
- Method Detail
  - getModel
```
 Network getModel()
```
    Returns the network model containing this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent network model
  - setTasksPerLink
```
 void setTasksPerLink(int nTasks)
```
    Sets the number of tasks sent out on each outgoing link
    
    Parameters:
    
    nTasks - - the number of tasks