bdi4jade.util.goal

Class BeliefGoal

java.lang.Object

bdi4jade.util.goal.BeliefGoal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Goal, jade.content.Concept, jade.content.ContentElement, jade.content.Term, java.io.Serializable

public class BeliefGoal
extends java.lang.Object
implements Goal

This class represents the goal of an agent believe in a certain belief, i.e. the agent has a belief whose name is specified in this goal.

Author:

ingrid

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeliefGoal(java.lang.Object beliefValue) Creates a new BeliefGoal.
BeliefGoal(java.lang.String beliefName) Creates a new BeliefGoal with the provided belief name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getBeliefName()
boolean	isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) Checks if this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief base contains the belief of this goal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeliefGoal

public BeliefGoal(java.lang.Object beliefValue)

Creates a new BeliefGoal. It considers that the belief name is string returned from the toString() method of the beliefValue.

Parameters:

beliefValue - the belief value whose toString() is the belief name.

BeliefGoal

public BeliefGoal(java.lang.String beliefName)

Creates a new BeliefGoal with the provided belief name.

Parameters:

beliefName - the belief name.

Method Detail

getBeliefName

public java.lang.String getBeliefName()

Returns:

the beliefName

isAchieved

public boolean isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase)

Checks if this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief base contains the belief of this goal.

Parameters:

beliefBase - the belief base to be checked.

Returns:

true if the belief base contains the belief of this goal.