BeliefNotPresentGoal.java

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// Copyright (C) 2011  Ingrid Nunes
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package bdi4jade.goal;

import bdi4jade.belief.BeliefBase;

/**
 * This class represents the goal of an agent to not believe in a certain
 * belief, that is, the agent has not belief whose name is specified in this
 * goal.
 * 
 * @author Ingrid Nunes
 */
public class BeliefNotPresentGoal<K> extends AbstractBeliefGoal<K> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2493877854717226283L;

	/**
	 * Default constructor.
	 */
	public BeliefNotPresentGoal() {

	}

	/**
	 * Creates a new BeliefNotPresentGoal with the provided belief name.
	 * 
	 * @param beliefName
	 *            the belief name.
	 */
	public BeliefNotPresentGoal(K beliefName) {
		super(beliefName);
	}

	/**
	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (obj instanceof BeliefNotPresentGoal) {
			BeliefNotPresentGoal<?> bg = (BeliefNotPresentGoal<?>) obj;
			return beliefName.equals(bg.beliefName);
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
	 */
	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		final int prime = 31;
		int result = BeliefNotPresentGoal.class.hashCode();
		result = prime * result
				+ ((beliefName == null) ? 0 : beliefName.hashCode());
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether this goal is achieved by verifying if the provided belief
	 * base contains the belief of this goal.
	 * 
	 * @param beliefBase
	 *            the belief base to be checked.
	 * @return true if the belief base contains the belief of this goal.
	 */
	public boolean isAchieved(BeliefBase beliefBase) {
		return !beliefBase.hasBelief(beliefName);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this goal, in the form
	 * "BeliefGoal: belief name".
	 * 
	 * @return the string representation of this belief goal.
	 * 
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return new StringBuffer(getClass().getName()).append(": ")
				.append(beliefName).toString();
	}

}