edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.environment
Interface Environment

All Superinterfaces:

FrameworkModule, FullyInitializable, Initializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnvironmentImpl

public interface Environment
extends FrameworkModule

Specification for domains that the framework can use as an environment. Generally speaking environments can be sensed and can receive actions.

Author:

Ryan J. McCall

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getState(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,?> params) Returns the environment's state
void	processAction(java.lang.Object action) Process the specified action updating the environment's state accordingly.
void	resetState() Resets the state of the environment

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.FrameworkModule

addListener, addSubModule, containsSubmodule, containsSubmodule, decayModule, getAssistingTaskSpawner, getModuleContent, getModuleName, getSubmodule, getSubmodule, getSubmodules, setAssistingTaskSpawner, setModuleName, taskManagerDecayModule

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.initialization.FullyInitializable

setAssociatedModule

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.initialization.Initializable

containsParameter, getParam, getParameters, init, init

Method Detail

resetState

void resetState()

Resets the state of the environment

processAction

void processAction(java.lang.Object action)

Process the specified action updating the environment's state accordingly.

Parameters:

action - an algorithm to be processed by the environment

getState

java.lang.Object getState(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,?> params)

Returns the environment's state

Parameters:

params - Map of optional parameters specifying the aspect of the state which will be returned

Returns:

some part of the environment's state depending on the parameters