bdi4jade.belief

Class TransientBeliefSet<K,V>

java.lang.Object

bdi4jade.core.MetadataElementImpl

bdi4jade.belief.AbstractBelief<K,java.util.Set<V>>

bdi4jade.belief.AbstractBeliefSet<K,V>

bdi4jade.belief.TransientBeliefSet<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of the belief name.

V - the type of the belief set values.

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class TransientBeliefSet<K,V>
extends AbstractBeliefSet<K,V>

This class extends the AbstractBeliefSet class and implements BeliefSet interface, representing a transient belief set, which is not persisted in a permanent memory.

Author:

Ingrid Nunes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class bdi4jade.core.MetadataElementImpl

metadata

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TransientBeliefSet() The default constructor.
TransientBeliefSet(K name) Initializes a belief set with its name.
TransientBeliefSet(K name, java.util.Set<V> values) Initializes a belief set with its name and an initial set of values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	addSetValue(V value) Adds a value of this belief set.
java.util.Set<V>	getValue() Gets the current value of the belief.
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.
protected boolean	removeSetValue(V value) Removes a value of this belief set.
protected void	updateValue(java.util.Set<V> value) Sets the value of this belief.

Methods inherited from class bdi4jade.belief.AbstractBeliefSet

addValue, removeValue

Methods inherited from class bdi4jade.belief.AbstractBelief

addBeliefBase, clone, equals, getBeliefBases, getName, hashCode, notifyBeliefBases, removeBeliefBase, setName, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class bdi4jade.core.MetadataElementImpl

getMetadata, getMetadata, hasMetadata, putMetadata, removeMetadata

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface bdi4jade.belief.Belief

addBeliefBase, clone, getBeliefBases, getName, removeBeliefBase, setValue

Methods inherited from interface bdi4jade.core.MetadataElement

getMetadata, getMetadata, hasMetadata, putMetadata, removeMetadata

Constructor Detail

TransientBeliefSet

public TransientBeliefSet()

The default constructor. It should be only used if persistence frameworks are used.

TransientBeliefSet

public TransientBeliefSet(K name)

Initializes a belief set with its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of this belief set.

TransientBeliefSet

public TransientBeliefSet(K name,
                          java.util.Set<V> values)

Initializes a belief set with its name and an initial set of values.

Parameters:

name - the name of the belief set.

values - the initial values of this belief set.

Method Detail

addSetValue

protected void addSetValue(V value)

Description copied from class: AbstractBeliefSet

Adds a value of this belief set. It is invoked by the AbstractBeliefSet.addValue(Object) method.

Specified by:

addSetValue in class AbstractBeliefSet<K,V>

Parameters:

value - the value to be added.

See Also:

AbstractBeliefSet.addSetValue(Object)

getValue

public java.util.Set<V> getValue()

Description copied from interface: Belief

Gets the current value of the belief.

Returns:

the belief value.

See Also:

Belief.getValue()

hasValue

public boolean hasValue(V value)

Description copied from interface: BeliefSet

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.

See Also:

BeliefSet.hasValue(java.lang.Object)

iterator

public java.util.Iterator<V> iterator()

Description copied from interface: BeliefSet

Returns an iterator for this belief set.

Returns:

the iterator to iterate the values of the belief set.

See Also:

BeliefSet.iterator()

removeSetValue

protected boolean removeSetValue(V value)

Description copied from class: AbstractBeliefSet

Removes a value of this belief set. It is invoked by the AbstractBeliefSet.removeValue(Object) method.

Specified by:

removeSetValue in class AbstractBeliefSet<K,V>

Parameters:

value - the value to be added.

Returns:

true if the value was removed, false otherwise.

See Also:

AbstractBeliefSet.removeSetValue(Object)

updateValue

protected void updateValue(java.util.Set<V> value)

Description copied from class: AbstractBelief

Sets the value of this belief. It is invoked by the AbstractBelief.setValue(Object) method.

Specified by:

updateValue in class AbstractBelief<K,java.util.Set<V>>

Parameters:

value - the value to set.

See Also:

AbstractBelief.updateValue(java.lang.Object)