Package FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState

Class ActiveEmotion

java.lang.Object

FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.BaseEmotion

FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.ActiveEmotion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ActiveEmotion
extends BaseEmotion

Represents an Emotion with intensity that is active in the character's emotional state, i.e, the character is feeling the emotion

Author:

Joao Dias

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Object	_baseEmotionClass
protected int	_decay
protected float	_intensity
protected int	_threshold

Fields inherited from class FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.BaseEmotion

_appraisalVariables, _cause, _direction, _potential, _type, _valence

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ActiveEmotion(BaseEmotion potEm, float potential, int threshold, int decay)	Creates a new ActiveEmotion

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
float	DecayEmotion()	Decays the emotion according to the system's timer
Object	getBaseEmotionClass()
float	GetIntensity()	Gets the emotion's intensity
float	GetPotential()	Gets the emotion's potential
void	ReforceEmotion(float potential)	Reforces the intensity of the emotion by a given potential
void	SetDecay(int decay)	Sets the decay rate for the emotion
void	SetIntensity(float potential)	Sets the intensity of the emotion
void	SetThreshold(int threshold)	Sets the threshold for the specific emotion
String	toXml()	Converts the ActiveEmotion to XMl

Methods inherited from class FAtiMA.Core.emotionalState.BaseEmotion

GetAppraisalVariables, GetCause, GetDirection, GetHashKey, getType, getValence, hashCode, increasePotential, SetCause, setPotential, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

_decay

protected int _decay

_intensity

protected float _intensity

_threshold

protected int _threshold

_baseEmotionClass

protected Object _baseEmotionClass

Constructor Details

ActiveEmotion

public ActiveEmotion(BaseEmotion potEm,
 float potential,
 int threshold,
 int decay)

Creates a new ActiveEmotion

Parameters:

potEm - - the BaseEmotion that is the base for this ActiveEmotion

potential - - the potential for the intensity of the emotion

threshold - - the threshold for the specific emotion

decay - - the decay rate for the specific emotion

Method Details

DecayEmotion

public float DecayEmotion()

Decays the emotion according to the system's timer

Returns:

the intensity of the emotion after being decayed

GetIntensity

public float GetIntensity()

Gets the emotion's intensity

Returns:

the intensity of the emotion

getBaseEmotionClass

public Object getBaseEmotionClass()

ReforceEmotion

public void ReforceEmotion(float potential)

Reforces the intensity of the emotion by a given potential

Parameters:

potential - - the potential for the reinformcement of the emotion's intensity

SetDecay

public void SetDecay(int decay)

Sets the decay rate for the emotion

Parameters:

decay - - the new decay rate (ranged between 1 and 10)

SetIntensity

public void SetIntensity(float potential)

Sets the intensity of the emotion

Parameters:

potential - - the potential for the emotion's intensity

GetPotential

public float GetPotential()

Gets the emotion's potential

Overrides:

GetPotential in class BaseEmotion

Returns:

- the potential for the intensity of the emotion

SetThreshold

public void SetThreshold(int threshold)

Sets the threshold for the specific emotion

Parameters:

threshold - - the new threshold (ranged between 1 and 10)

toXml

public String toXml()

Converts the ActiveEmotion to XMl

Returns:

a XML String that contains all information about the ActiveEmotion