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from abc import abstractmethod
from ...utils.override import overrides
from ..boards.mem_mode import MemMode
from .abstract_generator_core import AbstractGeneratorCore

from .abstract_processor import AbstractProcessor
from ..boards.abstract_board import AbstractBoard

from typing import List


class AbstractGenerator(AbstractProcessor):
    """The abstract generator
    It defines the external interface of every generator component.
    """

    def __init__(self, cores: List[AbstractGeneratorCore]) -> None:
        """
        Create a list of AbstractGeneratorCore (which is an AbstractCore),
        to pass to the constructor of the AbstractProcessor. Due to the
        different prototypes for the constructor of different generator types
        inputs are noted as *args. This way the abstract method _create_cores
        could be called without AbstractGenerator having to know what the
        prototype for the constructor of the inheriting class is. It also
        limits the _create_cores function to only using positional arguments.
        keyword (optional arguments) are still allowable in the constructor of
        the inheriting classes.
        """
        super().__init__(cores=cores)

    @overrides(AbstractProcessor)
    def incorporate_processor(self, board: AbstractBoard) -> None:
        board.set_mem_mode(MemMode.TIMING)

    @abstractmethod
    def start_traffic(self) -> None:
        """
        Depending on what the internal generator core for inheriting classes is
        this method needs to be implemented in detail or implmeneted as pass.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def _post_instantiate(self) -> None:
        self.start_traffic()