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// Copyright (C) 2011 Ingrid Nunes
//
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package bdi4jade.reasoning;
import java.util.Map;
import bdi4jade.core.Capability;
import bdi4jade.core.GoalUpdateSet;
/**
* This interface defines the option generation functions to be used in the
* BDI-interpreter, by a BDI agent. This strategy is used for creating new goals
* or to drop existing ones.
*
* @author Ingrid Nunes
*/
public interface AgentOptionGenerationFunction extends AgentReasoningStrategy {
/**
* This method is responsible for generating new goals or dropping existing
* ones.
*
* @param agentGoalUpdateSet
* the {@link GoalUpdateSet} that contains the set of agent
* current goals. It has also a set of dropped goals and
* generated goals, which are used as outputs of this method.
* @param capabilityGoalUpdateSets
* the map from capabilities to their goal update set.
*/
public void generateGoals(GoalUpdateSet agentGoalUpdateSet,
Map<Capability, GoalUpdateSet> capabilityGoalUpdateSets);
}