ensemble.world

Class EntityState

java.lang.Object

ensemble.world.EntityState

public class EntityState
extends java.lang.Object

Represents the state of an entity in the environment (agent or not) at a given instant.

Author:

lfthomaz

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	attributes The attributes.
double	instant The instant.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EntityState() Instantiates a new entity state.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getEntityStateAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName) Gets the entity state attribute.
double	getInstant() Gets the instant.
boolean	updateEntityStateAttribute(java.lang.String entityName, java.lang.String variable, java.lang.Object value) Updates a variable from an entity's state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

instant

public double instant

The instant.

attributes

protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes

The attributes.

Constructor Detail

EntityState

public EntityState()

Instantiates a new entity state.

Method Detail

getInstant

public double getInstant()

Gets the instant.

Returns:

the instant

getEntityStateAttribute

public java.lang.Object getEntityStateAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName)

Gets the entity state attribute.

Parameters:

attributeName - the attribute name

Returns:

the entity state attribute

updateEntityStateAttribute

public boolean updateEntityStateAttribute(java.lang.String entityName,
                                 java.lang.String variable,
                                 java.lang.Object value)

Updates a variable from an entity's state. This method can be overloaded by the user to check the data beign updated.

Parameters:

entityName - the entity name

variable - the variable

value - the value

Returns:

if the update was successful