dynamic destination on exit block - simulation

Question

i need to forward an agent to a specific service depending on a cycle written in a database; in the model, i have written the following code:
serviceTo = selectFrom(ciclo)
.where(ciclo.sequenza.eq(agent.sequenza))
.where(ciclo.sku.eq(agent.SKU))
.uniqueResult(ciclo.service);
serviceTo.take(agent)
the problem is that: "serviceTo" is a string and the method take is not working with that. how can i use the "serviceTo" variable in order to deliver the agent to the right enter?

Answer 1

You will need to parse your value, eg. convert your string serviceTo, that you retrieve from the database to a Java/AnyLogic object of type Enter.
In order to do so, create a Collection allMyEntersCollecton of type Enter and add all your Enter-objects that you want to be able to parse. You can also do this by selecting all your Enter blocks, right click, and use create Collection.
Create a parsing function parseEnter that returns a result of type Others/Enter and takes an input parameter serviceTo of type String:
for(int i=0;i<allMyEntersCollection.size();i++){
if(allMyEntersCollection.get(i).getName().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceTo)){
return allMyEntersCollection.get(i);
}
}
//nothing found, will probably cause a NullPointerException later:
return null;
Now all you have to do is to run this function parseEnter with your parameters:
Enter serviceToObject = parseEnter(serviceTo);
Of course the parsing only works if the String really contains exactly the name of any of the Enter objects in your Collection.
Use the resulting Enter-object:
serviceToObject.take(myExampleAgent);