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package ptolemy.codegen.c.actor.lib;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import ptolemy.codegen.c.kernel.CCodeGeneratorHelper;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;

/**
 * Generate C code for an actor that publishes tokens on a named channel.
 *
 * @see ptolemy.actor.lib.Publisher
 * @author Christopher Brooks
 * @version $Id$
 * @since Ptolemy II 6.1
 * @Pt.ProposedRating Red (mankit)
 * @Pt.AcceptedRating Red (cxh)
 *
 */
public class Publisher extends CCodeGeneratorHelper {
    /**
     * Constructor method for the Publisher helper.
     * @param actor the associated actor
     */
    public Publisher(ptolemy.actor.lib.Publisher actor) {
        super(actor);
    }

    /**
     * Generate fire code.
     * The method reads in <code>fireBlock</code> from Publisher.c and
     * replaces macros with their values and returns the processed code
     * block.
     * @return The generated code.
     * @exception IllegalActionException If the code stream encounters an
     *  error in processing the specified code block(s).
     */
    protected String _generateFireCode() throws IllegalActionException {
        super._generateFireCode();

        ptolemy.actor.lib.Publisher actor = (ptolemy.actor.lib.Publisher) getComponent();

        ArrayList args = new ArrayList();
        args.add(Integer.valueOf(0));

        // FIXME: we are getting the minimum of the input and output
        // width for now. But we still have to prove that this is
        // sufficient.
        int width = Math.min(actor.output.getWidth(), actor.input.getWidth());

        if (actor.output.numberOfSinks() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
                args.set(0, Integer.valueOf(i));
                _codeStream.appendCodeBlock("fireBlock", args);
            }
        }

        return processCode(_codeStream.toString());
    }

}