Package cmion.level3

Class MindAction

java.lang.Object

cmion.level3.MindAction

public class MindAction
extends Object

the base class for mind actions, different minds (e.g. fatima) can implement different subclasses of this

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	name	the name/identifier of the action
protected List<String>	parameters	the parameters of this action
protected String	subject	the name/identifier of the agent/ user who has performed this action

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	MindAction()	protected constructor for subclasses to use
	MindAction(String subject, String name, List<String> parameters)	create a new mind action with the specified name and parameters, if the action has no parameters, the second parameter of this constructor may be null
	MindAction(Node domNode)	create a mindAction from a DOM Node (used when parsing rules file)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	compareMatch(MindAction matchAction)	compares whether this mindAction (part of a rule with "*" allowed as name or parameter) produces a match with the mind action that is passed to this function.
boolean	equals(Object other)	override equals to allow comparisons between 2 mind actions
HashMap<String,String>	getMappings()	returns the name, subject and parameters of this action in a map, indexed by "$subject" "$action" "$parameter1", "$parameter2", etc
String	getName()	returns the name/identifier of this action
List<String>	getParameters()	returns the parameters of this action
String	getSubject()	returns the name/identifier of the agent/ user who has performed this action
int	hashCode()	define hash code for mind actions
String	toString()	returns a textual representation of this mind action

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

name

protected String name

the name/identifier of the action

subject

protected String subject

the name/identifier of the agent/ user who has performed this action

parameters

protected List<String> parameters

the parameters of this action

Constructor Details

MindAction

public MindAction(String subject,
 String name,
 List<String> parameters)

create a new mind action with the specified name and parameters, if the action has no parameters, the second parameter of this constructor may be null

MindAction

protected MindAction()

protected constructor for subclasses to use

MindAction

public MindAction(Node domNode)
           throws Exception

create a mindAction from a DOM Node (used when parsing rules file)

Throws:

Exception

Method Details

compareMatch

public boolean compareMatch(MindAction matchAction)

compares whether this mindAction (part of a rule with "*" allowed as name or parameter) produces a match with the mind action that is passed to this function. A match occurs, when all of the following 3 conditions are fulfilled: 1) the names are equal, or this.name == "*", 2.) both actions have the same number of parameters. 3) all parameters have either the same value or the value of the parameter in this is "*"

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

override equals to allow comparisons between 2 mind actions

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

define hash code for mind actions

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getName

public String getName()

returns the name/identifier of this action

getSubject

public String getSubject()

returns the name/identifier of the agent/ user who has performed this action

getParameters

public List<String> getParameters()

returns the parameters of this action

getMappings

public HashMap<String,String> getMappings()

returns the name, subject and parameters of this action in a map, indexed by "$subject" "$action" "$parameter1", "$parameter2", etc

toString

public String toString()

returns a textual representation of this mind action

Overrides:

toString in class Object