bdi4jade.goal

Class BeliefValueGoal<K,V>

java.lang.Object

bdi4jade.goal.AbstractBeliefGoal<K>

bdi4jade.goal.BeliefValueGoal<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of the belief name.

V - the type of the belief value.

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeliefGoal<K>, Goal, jade.content.Concept, jade.content.ContentElement, jade.content.Term, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PredicateGoal

public class BeliefValueGoal<K,V>
extends AbstractBeliefGoal<K>

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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class bdi4jade.goal.AbstractBeliefGoal

beliefName, outputBelief

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeliefValueGoal() Default constructor.
BeliefValueGoal(K beliefName) Creates a new BeliefValueGoal with the provided belief.
BeliefValueGoal(K beliefName, V value) Creates a new BeliefValueGoal with the provided belief name and a value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
V	getValue() The belief value associated with this goal.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief has the value specified in this goal.
void	setValue(V value) Sets the value of 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.AbstractBeliefGoal

getBeliefName, getOutputBelief, setBeliefName, setOutputBelief

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeliefValueGoal

public BeliefValueGoal()

Default constructor.

BeliefValueGoal

public BeliefValueGoal(K beliefName)

Creates a new BeliefValueGoal with the provided belief. The value associated with this goal is initialized with null.

Parameters:

beliefName - the belief name.

BeliefValueGoal

public BeliefValueGoal(K beliefName,
                       V 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

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractBeliefGoal<K>

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

getValue

@Parameter(direction=IN)
public V getValue()

The belief value associated with this goal.

Returns:

the belief value.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class AbstractBeliefGoal<K>

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

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.

Parameters:

beliefBase - the belief base to be checked.

Returns:

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

setValue

public void setValue(V value)

Sets the value of this goal.

Parameters:

value - the value.

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 java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this belief value goal.

See Also:

Object.toString()