implemented unfinished generic signal concept;

implemented example signals for starting, validating, and terminating

src/main/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/stage/io/Printer.java

@@ -86,14 +86,15 @@ public class Printer<T> extends ConsumerStage<T> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onStart() {
+	public void onStarting() {
+		super.onStarting();
 		this.initializeStream();
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void onFinished() {
+	public void onTerminating() {
 		this.closeStream();
-		super.onFinished();
+		super.onTerminating();
 	}
 
 	private void initializeStream() {

src/main/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/stage/io/TCPReader.java

@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ public class TCPReader extends ProducerStage<IMonitoringRecord> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onStart() {
+	public void onStarting() {
 		this.recordFactory = new RecordFactory();
 		this.register();
 
 		this.tcpStringReader = new TCPStringReader(this.port2, this.stringRegistry);
 		this.tcpStringReader.start();
-		super.onStart();
+		super.onStarting();
 	}
 
 	private void register() {

src/main/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/stage/kieker/TCPReaderSink.java

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class TCPReaderSink extends ProducerStage<IMonitoringRecord> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onStart() {
+	public void onStarting() {
 		this.executorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() {
 			@Override
 			public void run() {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class TCPReaderSink extends ProducerStage<IMonitoringRecord> {
 
 		this.tcpStringReader = new TCPStringReader(this.port2, this.stringRegistry);
 		this.tcpStringReader.start();
-		super.onStart();
+		super.onStarting();
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/stage/kieker/fileToRecord/BinaryFile2RecordFilter.java

@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ public class BinaryFile2RecordFilter extends ConsumerStage<File> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onStart() {
+	public void onStarting() {
 		this.recordFromBinaryFileCreator = new RecordFromBinaryFileCreator(this.logger, this.classNameRegistryRepository);
-		super.onStart();
+		super.onStarting();
 	}
 
 	public ClassNameRegistryRepository getClassNameRegistryRepository() {

src/main/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/stage/stringBuffer/StringBufferFilter.java

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ public class StringBufferFilter<T> extends ConsumerStage<T> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onStart() {
+	public void onStarting() {
 		for (final AbstractDataTypeHandler<?> handler : this.dataTypeHandlers) {
 			handler.setLogger(this.logger);
 			handler.setStringRepository(this.kiekerHashMap);
 		}
-		super.onStart();
+		super.onStarting();
 	}
 
 	private T handle(final T object) {

src/test/java/teetime/variant/methodcallWithPorts/examples/experiment17/MethodCallThroughputAnalysis17.java

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import teetime.variant.explicitScheduling.examples.throughput.TimestampObject;
 import teetime.variant.explicitScheduling.framework.core.Analysis;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.Pipeline;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.RunnableStage;
-import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.Signal;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.StageWithPort;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.pipe.IPipe;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.pipe.SpScPipe;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.pipe.UnorderedGrowablePipe;
+import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.framework.core.signal.TerminatingSignal;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.stage.CollectorSink;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.stage.NoopFilter;
 import teetime.variant.methodcallWithPorts.stage.ObjectProducer;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class MethodCallThroughputAnalysis17 extends Analysis {
 			startPipe.add(this.inputObjectCreator.create());
 		}
 		// startPipe.close();
-		startPipe.setSignal(Signal.FINISHED);
+		startPipe.setSignal(new TerminatingSignal());
 
 		UnorderedGrowablePipe.connect(relay.getOutputPort(), startTimestampFilter.getInputPort());
 

JCTools @ 88e1e25f

-Subproject commit 75998aa20b7ec897ec321c1f94192de888f2dc6e
+Subproject commit 88e1e25f9519b250258c7e5ada30935975ab2d10