bdi4jade.goal

Class BeliefValueGoal<T>

java.lang.Object

bdi4jade.goal.BeliefGoal

bdi4jade.goal.BeliefValueGoal<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the belief value.

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeliefSetValueGoal

public class BeliefValueGoal<T>
extends BeliefGoal

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

Author:

Ingrid Nunes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeliefValueGoal(java.lang.String beliefName, T value) Creates a new BeliefValueGoal with the provided belief name and a value.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	getValue() The belief value associated with this goal.
boolean	isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief has the value specified in this goal.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form "BeliefValueGoal: BELIEF NAME should be BELIEF VALUE".

Methods inherited from class bdi4jade.goal.BeliefGoal

getBeliefName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeliefValueGoal

public BeliefValueGoal(java.lang.String beliefName,
               T value)

Creates a new BeliefValueGoal with the provided belief name and a value. This value represents the value that is aimed to be associated with the belief.

Parameters:

beliefName - the belief name.

value - the value that is target of this goal.

Method Detail

getValue

public T getValue()

The belief value associated with this goal.

Returns:

the belief value.

isAchieved

public boolean isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase)

Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief has the value specified in this goal.

Overrides:

isAchieved in class BeliefGoal

Parameters:

beliefBase - the belief base to be checked.

Returns:

true if the belief has the value specified in this goal, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form "BeliefValueGoal: BELIEF NAME should be BELIEF VALUE".

Overrides:

toString in class BeliefGoal

Returns:

the string representation of this belief value goal.

See Also:

Object.toString()