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// Copyright (C) 2011 Ingrid Nunes
//
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package bdi4jade.reasoning;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import bdi4jade.core.Capability;
import bdi4jade.core.GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription;
import bdi4jade.goal.Goal;
/**
* This interface defines the deliberation function to be used by a BDI agent.
* This strategy is used for selecting a set of goals that must be tried
* (intentions) from the set of goals.
*
* @author Ingrid Nunes
*/
public interface AgentDeliberationFunction extends AgentReasoningStrategy {
/**
* This method is responsible for selecting a set of goals that must be
* tried to be achieved (intentions) from the set of goals.
*
* @param agentGoals
* the set of agent goals, which are goals not dispatched within
* the scope of a capability.
* @param capabilityGoals
* the map from capabilities to their set of goals.
*
* @return the list of selected goals, which will become intentions.
*/
public Set<Goal> filter(Set<GoalDescription> agentGoals,
Map<Capability, Set<GoalDescription>> capabilityGoals);
}