DataSource (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AggregateDataSource, NonAggregateDataSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregateDataSourceWrapper, BatchRunDataSource, CountDataSource, MethodDataSource, NonAggregateDataSourceWrapper, ParameterDataSource, RandomSeedDataSource, TickCountDataSource
```
public interface DataSource
```
Interface for classes that can function as the source of data to be logged or charted.

Author:

Nick Collier

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getDataType()`	Gets the type of data produced by this DataSource.
`String`	`getId()`	Gets the unique id of this DataSource.
`Class<?>`	`getSourceType()`	Gets the type of the object that this DataSource can retreive data from.

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Gets the unique id of this DataSource. The id should be unique across the DataSet that this source is added to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the unique id of this DataSource.
  - getDataType
```
Class<?> getDataType()
```
    Gets the type of data produced by this DataSource.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of data produced by this DataSource.
  - getSourceType
```
Class<?> getSourceType()
```
    Gets the type of the object that this DataSource can retreive data from.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of the object that this DataSource can retreive data from.