How to use

configureInstances

method

in

org.powertac.common.interfaces.ServerConfiguration

/**
 * Retrieves the list of configured beans
 */
public Map<String, Collection<?>> getBeans ()
{
 if (null != beans) {
  // already configured
  return beans;
 }
 configure();
 beans = new HashMap<>();
 for (String classname : beanTypes) {
  Class<?> clazz;
  try {
   clazz = Class.forName("org.powertac.evcustomer.beans." + classname);
   Collection<?> list = serverConfiguration.configureInstances(clazz);
   beans.put(classname, list);
   log.info("Loaded " + list.size() + " instances of " + classname);
  }
  catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
   log.error("Cannot find class " + classname);
  } 
 }
 return beans;
}

/**
 * Retrieves the list of configured beans, given a package prefix and a list
 * of classnames in that package. The final argument should be an instance in
 * the module where the bean classes are found. This is where the classloader
 * comes from.
 */
public Map<String, Collection<?>> getBeans ()
{
 if (null != beans)
  // already configured
  return beans;
 configure();
 beans = new HashMap<String, Collection<?>>();
 for (String classname : beanTypes) {
  Class<?> clazz;
  try {
   clazz = Class.forName("org.powertac.customer.model." + classname);
   Collection<?> list = serverConfiguration.configureInstances(clazz);
   beans.put(classname, list);
   log.info("Loaded " + list.size() + " instances of " + classname);
  }
  catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
   log.error("Cannot find class " + classname);
  } 
 }
 return beans;
}

try {
 clazz = Class.forName("org.powertac.factoredcustomer." + classname);
 Collection<?> list = serverConfiguration.configureInstances(clazz);
 if (list == null) {
  structures.put(classname, new HashMap<>());

AbstractCustomer modelEx = modelIterator.next();
Collection<?> instances =
  serverConfig.configureInstances(modelEx.getClass());
for (Object modelObj: instances) {
 AbstractCustomer model = (AbstractCustomer) modelObj;

Collection<?> gencoColl = serverConfig.configureInstances(Genco.class);
if (null != gencoColl) {
 for (Object gencoObj: gencoColl) {