net.sf.tweety.agents

Class Agent

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent

Direct Known Subclasses:

DummyAgent

public abstract class Agent
extends Object

An agent is a possibly proactive entity situated in some environment.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Agent(String name) Creates a new agent with the given name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the name of this agent.
abstract Executable	next(Collection<? extends Perceivable> percepts) Determines the next action of this agent wrt.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Agent

public Agent(String name)

Creates a new agent with the given name.

Parameters:

name - some string.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this agent.

Returns:

the name of this agent.

next

public abstract Executable next(Collection<? extends Perceivable> percepts)

Determines the next action of this agent wrt. the given percepts.

Parameters:

percepts - a collection of percepts.

Returns:

an action.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object