org.ascape.model.rule
Class ExecuteThenUpdate

java.lang.Object
  org.ascape.model.AscapeObject
      org.ascape.model.rule.Rule
          org.ascape.model.rule.ExecuteThenUpdate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, HasName, RandomFunctions

Direct Known Subclasses:

Diffusion

public abstract class ExecuteThenUpdate
extends Rule

A rule that should be executed in two phases; executing (calculating), and then updating. Assumes by rule execution, allowing for a form of by rule synchronous operation. (Please let me know if you can think of any reason why this might be useful in by agent execution.) See subclass Diffusion for the raison d'être of this class.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Miles Parker

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.ascape.model.AscapeObject

ARBITRARY_SEED, name, scape

Constructor Summary

ExecuteThenUpdate()
Constructs an execute and update rule.

ExecuteThenUpdate(java.lang.String name)
Constructs an execute and update rule with the provided name.

Method Summary

abstract void	execute(Agent agent) Execute phase of the rule.
abstract void	update(Agent agent) Execute update phase.

Methods inherited from class org.ascape.model.rule.Rule

getScape, isCauseRemoval, isIterateAll, isRandomExecution, setScape

Methods inherited from class org.ascape.model.AscapeObject

clone, diffDeep, diffDeep, diffDeepBFS, diffDeepDFS, diffDeepValidate, diffDeepVisit, equalsDeep, equalsDeep, equalsDeep, getComparisonStream, getName, getRandom, getRandomSeed, randomInRange, randomInRange, randomIs, randomToLimit, reseed, setComparisonStream, setName, setRandom, setRandomSeed, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExecuteThenUpdate

public ExecuteThenUpdate()

Constructs an execute and update rule.

ExecuteThenUpdate

public ExecuteThenUpdate(java.lang.String name)

Constructs an execute and update rule with the provided name. It is strongly encouraged to provide a name for all rules.

Parameters:

name - the name of this object

Method Detail

execute

public abstract void execute(Agent agent)

Execute phase of the rule. Here you perform a calculation based on dependent values in other cells.

Specified by:

execute in class Rule

Parameters:

agent - the playing agent

update

public abstract void update(Agent agent)

Execute update phase. Here you update the cell's values, after all cells have had there next step values calculated.

Parameters:

agent - the playing agent