13.1 - Introduction to Plans

A plan is a set of tasks, set data requests, and global commands that an entity carries out in order.

The plan for an entity is maintained by the entity’s DtVrfObjectPlanManager (vrfObjPlanMgr.h).

The DtVrfObjectManager for each back-end has a DtVrfObjectPlanAdministrator. This class reads and writes the plan (.pln) files when scenarios are loaded and saved. It also acts as a dispatcher, forwarding plan messages such as Abandon Plan to the DtVrfObjectPlanManager for the recipient of the message.

It is likely that you are reading this chapter for one of the following reasons:

• You want to create or manipulate plans programmatically. Read all of this chapter.
• You want to derive new conditions or conditional expressions. Read 13.8 - Conditional Expressions and see the Add Condition (GUI) and Add Condition (Sim) examples.
• You are overriding task or set statements. If so, you do not need to touch the Plan Manager or make changes to plan classes. You can read this chapter for fun.

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