bdi4jade.belief

Interface BeliefSet<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of the belief name or key.

V - the type of the belief set values.

All Superinterfaces:

Belief<K,java.util.Set<V>>, java.lang.Cloneable, jade.content.Concept, jade.content.ContentElement, MetadataElement, java.io.Serializable, jade.content.Term

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBeliefSet, TransientBeliefSet

public interface BeliefSet<K,V>
extends Belief<K,java.util.Set<V>>

This interface represents a belief that has a set of values associated with it.

Author:

Ingrid Nunes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addValue(V value) Adds a new value to this belief set.
boolean	hasValue(V value) Checks whether this belief set has the provided value.
java.util.Iterator<V>	iterator() Returns an iterator for this belief set.
boolean	removeValue(V value) Removes a value from this belief set.

Methods inherited from interface bdi4jade.belief.Belief

addBeliefBase, clone, getBeliefBases, getName, getValue, removeBeliefBase, setValue

Methods inherited from interface bdi4jade.core.MetadataElement

getMetadata, getMetadata, hasMetadata, putMetadata, removeMetadata

Method Detail

addValue

void addValue(V value)

Adds a new value to this belief set.

Parameters:

value - the value to be added.

hasValue

boolean hasValue(V value)

Checks whether this belief set has the provided value.

Parameters:

value - the value to be checked.

Returns:

true if the belief set contains this value, false otherwise.

iterator

java.util.Iterator<V> iterator()

Returns an iterator for this belief set.

Returns:

the iterator to iterate the values of the belief set.

removeValue

boolean removeValue(V value)

Removes a value from this belief set.

Parameters:

value - the value to be removed.

Returns:

true if the value was removed, false otherwise.