ants.freeant
Class GnutantFactory

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

AntFactory, Clearable

public class GnutantFactory

extends Object

implements AntFactory

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Alberto Montresor

, Hein Meling

Field Summary

static String	PAR_EXPLORATIONATTEMPTS Parameter name used to read explorationAttempts
static String	PAR_EXPLORATIONPROB Parameter name used to read explorationProbability
static String	PAR_MAXPROVIDERS Parameter name used to read trailDev
static String	PAR_MAXRESOURCES Parameter name used to read trailDev
static String	PAR_TRAILATTEMPTS Parameter name used to read trailAttempts
static String	PAR_TRAILDEV Parameter name used to read trailDev

Fields inherited from interface anthill.AntFactory

NAME

Constructor Summary

GnutantFactory(Factory factory, String name)
Factory for creating Gnutant ant species.

Method Summary

void	clear() Restores the object to its initial state.
Ant[]	getAnts(RequestId rid, Object request, NestId requestor) Returns a set of ants for a query.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PAR_EXPLORATIONPROB

public static final String PAR_EXPLORATIONPROB

Parameter name used to read explorationProbability

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Constant Field Values

PAR_TRAILATTEMPTS

public static final String PAR_TRAILATTEMPTS

Parameter name used to read trailAttempts

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Constant Field Values

PAR_TRAILDEV

public static final String PAR_TRAILDEV

Parameter name used to read trailDev

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Constant Field Values

PAR_EXPLORATIONATTEMPTS

public static final String PAR_EXPLORATIONATTEMPTS

Parameter name used to read explorationAttempts

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PAR_MAXRESOURCES

public static final String PAR_MAXRESOURCES

Parameter name used to read trailDev

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PAR_MAXPROVIDERS

public static final String PAR_MAXPROVIDERS

Parameter name used to read trailDev

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Constructor Detail

GnutantFactory

public GnutantFactory(Factory factory,
                      String name)

Factory for creating Gnutant ant species.

Parameters:

factory - the factory to be used to read configuration arguments and to create other configurable objects

name - the name that is associated to this instance in the configuration file

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Restores the object to its initial state.

Specified by:

clear in interface Clearable

getAnts

public Ant[] getAnts(RequestId rid,
                     Object request,
                     NestId requestor)

Returns a set of ants for a query. Each ant will take care of the research of a distinct token of the query string.

Specified by:

getAnts in interface AntFactory

Parameters:

request - the object containing the request to be satisfied