bdi4jade.goal

Class BeliefGoal

java.lang.Object

bdi4jade.goal.BeliefGoal

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeliefValueGoal

public class BeliefGoal
extends java.lang.Object
implements Goal

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

Author:

Ingrid Nunes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
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() Returns the name of the belief associated with this goal.
boolean	isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief base contains the belief of this goal.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form "BeliefGoal: belief name".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

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 name of the belief associated with this goal.

Returns:

the belief name.

isAchieved

public boolean isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase)

Checks whether 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.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form "BeliefGoal: belief name".

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this belief goal.

See Also:

Object.toString()