vs.worldagent
Interface IOperatorScheduler

All Superinterfaces:

IAgentModule

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicOperatorScheduler

public interface IOperatorScheduler
extends IAgentModule

Interface for operator scheduler

Author:

swartjes Created on 15-jul-2005

Method Summary

void	abort(ScheduledOperator sa) Aborts a scheduled operator
int	calcDuration(Operator theOperator) Calculates the duration of given Action in a certain knowledge context
int	calcInterruptableDuration(Operator theOperator) Calculates the interruptableDuration of given Operator in a certain knowledge context
void	clearOperatorResults() Clears the history of scheduled actions
java.util.List<ScheduledOperator>	getOperatorResults() Returns the history of scheduled actions, including their state (like aborted or finished)
java.util.List<ScheduledOperator>	getScheduledOperators() Returns the list of scheduled actions
void	pulse() Increases the time step and handles everything that has to be done in response to it
boolean	schedule(Operator newOperator) Schedules an operator
void	unschedule(ScheduledOperator sa) Removes a scheduled operator

Methods inherited from interface vs.IAgentModule

getAgent

Method Detail

abort

void abort(ScheduledOperator sa)

Aborts a scheduled operator

Parameters:

sa - the scheduled operator to abort

calcDuration

int calcDuration(Operator theOperator)

Calculates the duration of given Action in a certain knowledge context

Parameters:

theOperator - the operator to work with

Returns:

the duration in timesteps

calcInterruptableDuration

int calcInterruptableDuration(Operator theOperator)

Calculates the interruptableDuration of given Operator in a certain knowledge context

Parameters:

theOperator - the Operator to work with

Returns:

the interruptableDuration in timesteps

clearOperatorResults

void clearOperatorResults()

Clears the history of scheduled actions

getOperatorResults

java.util.List<ScheduledOperator> getOperatorResults()

Returns the history of scheduled actions, including their state (like aborted or finished)

Returns:

a List of previously scheduled actions

getScheduledOperators

java.util.List<ScheduledOperator> getScheduledOperators()

Returns the list of scheduled actions

pulse

void pulse()

Increases the time step and handles everything that has to be done in response to it

schedule

boolean schedule(Operator newOperator)

Schedules an operator

Parameters:

newOperator - the operator to schedule

Returns:

true if operator was succesfully scheduled and false otherwise

unschedule

void unschedule(ScheduledOperator sa)

Removes a scheduled operator

Parameters:

sa - the scheduled operator to remove