Transport

Overview and Key Concepts

The Transport object is a specialized Task Executer designed to work with the Acquire and Release Transport activities. It is moved around the model by staff and used to transport person flowitems. It also defines the behavior of people who enter and exit it.

Events

The transport uses the standard events that are common to all task executers. See Task Executer Concepts - Events for an explanation of these events.

States

On Acquire

The on acquire event fires when the transport is acquired by an Acquire Transport activity.

It has the following parameters:

Event Parameter Type Explanation
Pulling Token Token The token in the Acquire Transport activity.
Puller Object The object acquiring the transport.

On Release

The on release event fires when the transport is released by a Release Transport activity.

It has the following parameters:

Event Parameter Type Explanation
Releasing Token Token The token in the Release Transport activity.

This object also uses the task executer states. See Task Executer Concepts - States for more information.

Statistics

The transport uses the standard statistics that are common to all task executers. See Task Executer Concepts - Statistics for an explanation of these statistics.

Properties

The Transport object uses the following properties panels: