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// Copyright (C) 2011  Ingrid Nunes
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package bdi4jade.goal;

import bdi4jade.belief.BeliefBase;
import bdi4jade.belief.BeliefSet;

/**
 * This class represents the goal of an agent believe in a belief that contains
 * a certain value, that is, the agent has a belief set whose name is specified
 * in this goal and it contains the specified value.
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            the type of the values in the belief set.
 * 
 * @author Ingrid Nunes
 */
public class BeliefSetValueGoal<T> extends BeliefValueGoal<T> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2493877854717226283L;

	/**
	 * Creates a new BeliefSetValueGoal with the provided belief name and a
	 * value. This value represents the one that should be part of the belief
	 * set.
	 * 
	 * @param beliefSetName
	 *            the belief name.
	 * @param value
	 *            the value that is target of this goal.
	 */
	public BeliefSetValueGoal(String beliefSetName, T value) {
		super(beliefSetName, value);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief
	 * set contains the value specified in this goal.
	 * 
	 * @param beliefBase
	 *            the belief base to be checked.
	 * @return true if the belief set contains the value specified in this goal.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Override
	public boolean isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) {
		BeliefSet<T> beliefSet = (BeliefSet<T>) beliefBase
				.getBelief(getBeliefName());
		if (beliefSet == null) {
			return false;
		} else {
			return beliefSet.hasValue(getValue());
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form
	 * "BeliefSetValueGoal: BELIEF NAME should have BELIEF VALUE".
	 * 
	 * @return the string representation of this belief value goal.
	 * 
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return new StringBuffer(getClass().getName()).append(": ")
				.append(getBeliefName()).append(" should have ")
				.append(getValue()).toString();
	}

}
