jadex.application.space.envsupport.environment
Class DefaultObjectCreationProcess

java.lang.Object
  jadex.commons.SimplePropertyObject
      jadex.application.space.envsupport.environment.DefaultObjectCreationProcess

All Implemented Interfaces:

ISpaceProcess, IPropertyObject

public class DefaultObjectCreationProcess
extends SimplePropertyObject
implements ISpaceProcess

Process for continuously creating objects in the space. The following properties are supported:

• type: The type of the object to be created (String, required).
• properties: The initial properties of the object (Map, optional).
• condition: A condition to enable/disable object creation (boolean, optional).
• tickrate: Number of ticks between object creation (double, optional, 0 == off).
• timerate: Number of milliseconds between object creation (double, optional, 0 == off).

Properties may be dynamic and refer to the environment space using $space and to the clock service using $clock.

Field Summary

protected SimpleValueFetcher	fetcher The fetcher.
protected double	lasttick The last executed tick.
protected double	lasttime The last executed time.

Fields inherited from class jadex.commons.SimplePropertyObject

pcs, properties

Fields inherited from interface jadex.application.space.envsupport.environment.ISpaceProcess

ID

Constructor Summary

DefaultObjectCreationProcess()
Create a new create food process.

Method Summary

void	execute(IClockService clock, IEnvironmentSpace space) Executes the environment process
Object	getProperty(String name) Returns a property.
void	shutdown(IEnvironmentSpace space) This method will be executed by the object before the process is removed from the execution queue.
void	start(IClockService clock, IEnvironmentSpace space) This method will be executed by the object before the process gets added to the execution queue.

Methods inherited from class jadex.commons.SimplePropertyObject

addPropertyChangeListener, getProperties, getPropertyNames, hasProperty, removePropertyChangeListener, setProperties, setProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface jadex.commons.IPropertyObject

getPropertyNames, hasProperty, setProperty

Field Detail

lasttick

protected double lasttick

The last executed tick.

lasttime

protected double lasttime

The last executed time.

fetcher

protected SimpleValueFetcher fetcher

The fetcher.

Constructor Detail

DefaultObjectCreationProcess

public DefaultObjectCreationProcess()

Create a new create food process.

Method Detail

start

public void start(IClockService clock,
                  IEnvironmentSpace space)

This method will be executed by the object before the process gets added to the execution queue.

Specified by:

start in interface ISpaceProcess

Parameters:

clock - The clock.

space - The space this process is running in.

shutdown

public void shutdown(IEnvironmentSpace space)

This method will be executed by the object before the process is removed from the execution queue.

Specified by:

shutdown in interface ISpaceProcess

Parameters:

clock - The clock.

space - The space this process is running in.

execute

public void execute(IClockService clock,
                    IEnvironmentSpace space)

Executes the environment process

Specified by:

execute in interface ISpaceProcess

Parameters:

clock - The clock.

space - The space this process is running in.

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String name)

Returns a property.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface IPropertyObject

Overrides:

getProperty in class SimplePropertyObject

Parameters:

name - name of the property

Returns:

the property