nonStarvingEntry to be able to accept other types of entities and their args....

nonStarvingEntry to be able to accept other types of entities and their args. One test with Batches added

dream/simulation/JSONInputs/NonStarvingEntryBatch.json

+{
+    "_class": "Dream.Simulation",
+    "edges": {
+        "0": [
+            "NS1",
+            "M1",
+            {}
+        ],
+        "1": [
+            "M1",
+            "E1",
+            {}
+        ]
+    },
+    "general": {
+        "_class": "Dream.Configuration",
+        "confidenceLevel": "0.95",
+        "maxSimTime": "10",
+        "numberOfReplications": "1",
+        "trace": "No"
+    },
+    "nodes": {
+        "E1": {
+            "_class": "Dream.Exit",
+            "left": 0.5,
+            "name": "Stock",
+            "top": 0.10215053763440862
+        },
+        "M1": {
+            "_class": "Dream.BatchScrapMachine",
+            "failures": {
+                "failureDistribution": "No"
+            },
+            "left": 0.5,
+            "name": "Moulding",
+            "processingTime": {
+                "distributionType": "Fixed",
+                "mean": 0.02
+            },
+            "top": 0.5
+        },
+        "NS1": {
+            "_class": "Dream.NonStarvingEntry",
+            "entityData": {
+                "_class": "Dream.Batch",
+				"numberOfUnits":"100"
+            },
+            "left": 0.5,
+            "name": "Raw Material",
+            "top": 0.8978494623655914
+        }
+    }
+}
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dream/simulation/NonStarvingEntry.py

@@ -59,12 +59,15 @@ class NonStarvingEntry(Queue):
         from Globals import G
         import Globals
         entityType=self.entityData.get('_class', None)
+        extraArgs=dict(self.entityData)
+        extraArgs.pop('_class')
         assert entityType, 'the entity type of the non starving buffer could not be identified'
         entityType=Globals.getClassFromName(entityType)
         Eargs={'id':G.numberOfEntities,
                'name':str(entityType)+str(G.numberOfEntities),
                'currentStation':self
                }
+        Eargs.update(extraArgs)
         E=entityType(**Eargs)
         Globals.setWIP([E])
         G.numberOfEntities+=1

dream/tests/dump/NonStarvingEntryBatch.json.result

+{
+ "_class": "Dream.Simulation", 
+ "elementList": [
+  {
+   "_class": "Dream.Exit", 
+   "family": "Exit", 
+   "id": "E1", 
+   "results": {
+    "lifespan": 5.0, 
+    "takt_time": 2.0, 
+    "throughput": 4, 
+    "unitsThroughput": 400
+   }
+  }, 
+  {
+   "_class": "Dream.BatchScrapMachine", 
+   "family": "Server", 
+   "id": "M1", 
+   "results": {
+    "blockage_ratio": 0.0, 
+    "failure_ratio": 0.0, 
+    "waiting_ratio": 0.0, 
+    "working_ratio": 100.0
+   }
+  }, 
+  {
+   "_class": "Dream.NonStarvingEntry", 
+   "family": "Entry", 
+   "id": "NS1", 
+   "results": {}
+  }
+ ], 
+ "general": {
+  "_class": "Dream.Configuration"
+ }
+}
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