Package FAtiMA.ReactiveComponent

Class ActionTendencies

java.lang.Object

FAtiMA.ReactiveComponent.ActionTendencies

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class ActionTendencies
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Implements a character's set of Action Tendencies and implements the selection mechanism

Author:

Joao Dias

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected java.util.ArrayList<Action>	_actions
protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Long>	_filteredActions

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ActionTendencies()	Create a new ActionTendenciesSet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	AddAction(Action action)	Adds a Action to the ActionTendencies Set
void	CheckIntegrity(FAtiMA.Core.IntegrityValidator val)	Checks the Integrity of all the actions by testing if any of them refers to a SpeechAct not defined
void	ClearFilters()
java.lang.Object	clone()
java.util.ArrayList<Action>	getActions()
void	IgnoreActionForDuration(FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction va, long time)	Temporarly deactives an action tendency.
protected boolean	isIgnored(FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction va)
void	Print()
FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.BaseEmotion	RecognizeEmotion(FAtiMA.Core.AgentModel am, FAtiMA.Core.wellFormedNames.Name action)
void	ReinforceActionTendency(java.lang.String action)
FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction	SelectAction(FAtiMA.Core.AgentModel am)	Selects the most appropriate ActionTendency given the character's emotional state

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_actions

protected java.util.ArrayList<Action> _actions

_filteredActions

protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Long> _filteredActions

Constructor Detail

ActionTendencies

public ActionTendencies()

Create a new ActionTendenciesSet

Method Detail

AddAction

public void AddAction(Action action)

Adds a Action to the ActionTendencies Set

Parameters:

action -

getActions

public java.util.ArrayList<Action> getActions()

CheckIntegrity

public void CheckIntegrity(FAtiMA.Core.IntegrityValidator val)
                    throws FAtiMA.Core.exceptions.UnknownSpeechActException

Checks the Integrity of all the actions by testing if any of them refers to a SpeechAct not defined

Parameters:

val - - an IntegrityValidator used do detect undefined speechActs

Throws:

FAtiMA.Core.exceptions.UnknownSpeechActException - - thrown when an action references a SpeechAct not defined

See Also:

IntegrityValidator

IgnoreActionForDuration

public void IgnoreActionForDuration(FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction va,
                                    long time)

Temporarly deactives an action tendency. It means that even if the action's preconditions and emotions are verified, the action is not selected for execution

Parameters:

va - - the action tendency to be deactivated

time - - the amount of time that the action should be deactivated

ClearFilters

public void ClearFilters()

isIgnored

protected boolean isIgnored(FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction va)

SelectAction

public FAtiMA.Core.ValuedAction SelectAction(FAtiMA.Core.AgentModel am)

Selects the most appropriate ActionTendency given the character's emotional state

Parameters:

am - - the agent's emotional state that influences the actions performed

Returns:

the most relevant Action (according to the emotional state)

RecognizeEmotion

public FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.BaseEmotion RecognizeEmotion(FAtiMA.Core.AgentModel am,
                                                               FAtiMA.Core.wellFormedNames.Name action)

ReinforceActionTendency

public void ReinforceActionTendency(java.lang.String action)

Print

public void Print()

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object