ants.messor
Class MessorAntFactory

java.lang.Object
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  +--ants.messor.MessorAntFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

AntFactory, Clearable

public class MessorAntFactory

extends Object

implements AntFactory

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Alberto Montresor

Field Summary

static String	MAX_EXPLORING_PROB Parameter name used to read maxExploringProb
static String	MAX_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB Parameter name used to read maxKeepSearchingProb
static String	MAX_SEARCH_DEV Parameter name used to read maxSearchDev
static String	MAX_TARGET_RATIO Parameter name used to read maxTargetRatio
static String	MAX_TRANSPORT Parameter name used to read transportPercentage
static String	MIN_EXPLORING_PROB Parameter name used to read minExploringProb
static String	MIN_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB Parameter name used to read minKeepSearchingProb
static String	MIN_SEARCH_DEV Parameter name used to read minSearchDev
static String	MIN_TARGET_RATIO Parameter name used to read maxTargetRatio
static String	TRANSPORT_PERCENTAGE Parameter name used to read transportPercentage
static String	VISITED_BUFFER_SIZE Parameter name used to read VisitedBufferSize

Fields inherited from interface anthill.AntFactory

NAME

Constructor Summary

MessorAntFactory(Factory factory, String name)

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

MAX_EXPLORING_PROB

public static final String MAX_EXPLORING_PROB

Parameter name used to read maxExploringProb

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MIN_EXPLORING_PROB

public static final String MIN_EXPLORING_PROB

Parameter name used to read minExploringProb

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MAX_SEARCH_DEV

public static final String MAX_SEARCH_DEV

Parameter name used to read maxSearchDev

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MIN_SEARCH_DEV

public static final String MIN_SEARCH_DEV

Parameter name used to read minSearchDev

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MAX_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB

public static final String MAX_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB

Parameter name used to read maxKeepSearchingProb

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MIN_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB

public static final String MIN_KEEPSEARCHING_PROB

Parameter name used to read minKeepSearchingProb

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MAX_TARGET_RATIO

public static final String MAX_TARGET_RATIO

Parameter name used to read maxTargetRatio

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MIN_TARGET_RATIO

public static final String MIN_TARGET_RATIO

Parameter name used to read maxTargetRatio

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TRANSPORT_PERCENTAGE

public static final String TRANSPORT_PERCENTAGE

Parameter name used to read transportPercentage

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MAX_TRANSPORT

public static final String MAX_TRANSPORT

Parameter name used to read transportPercentage

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VISITED_BUFFER_SIZE

public static final String VISITED_BUFFER_SIZE

Parameter name used to read VisitedBufferSize

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Constructor Detail

MessorAntFactory

public MessorAntFactory(Factory factory,
                        String name)

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