fr.lifl.jedi.model.interactionSelection.reactiveSelection
Interface ElementSelectionNature<Element>

All Known Implementing Classes:

PreferredSelectionNature, RandomSelectionNature, WeightedSelectionNature

public interface ElementSelectionNature<Element>

Represents the nature of a selection.

All subclasses of this interface provide different heuristics to select an element among a list of elements.

Elements can have values :

• Agent
• Interaction
• RealizableInteraction

Natures can be either random, preferred or weighted. Please refer to subclasses for more informations.

Version:

JEDI V 2.2

Created the 7th nov. 2008

Modified the 4th may 2009

Author:

Yoann Kubera

SMAC Team (Systèmes Multi-Agents et Comportement)

LIFL (Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille)

University of Lille, France

See Also:

InteractionSelectionPolicy

Method Summary

ElementSelectionNature<Element>	clone() Clones the selection nature.
Element	performSelection(java.util.List<Element> elements) Performs the selection of an element among a list of elements according to the provided nature.

Method Detail

performSelection

Element performSelection(java.util.List<Element> elements)

Performs the selection of an element among a list of elements according to the provided nature.

Parameters:

elements - The set of elements in which selection is made.

Returns:

The selected element, or null if no element was selected.

clone

ElementSelectionNature<Element> clone()

Clones the selection nature.

Returns:

the new instance, which is a clone of this instance.