org.jactr.core.production.action
Class DefaultAction

java.lang.Object
  org.jactr.core.production.action.DefaultAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAction

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddAction, BindAction, DefaultSlotAction, ExecuteAction, ModifyAction, OutputAction, ScriptableAction, SetAction, StopAction

public abstract class DefaultAction
extends java.lang.Object
implements IAction

DefaultAction is the general base class for all the of the Actions presented (aside, of course, for IAction itself). It provides general implementations of bind(), fire(), and duplicate(). The most important of these is the bind() method which handles all the variable resolution for Actions.

Constructor Summary

DefaultAction()
Constructor for the DefaultAction object

Method Summary

void	dispose() Description of the Method
abstract double	fire(IInstantiation instantiation, double firingTime) Description of the Method
static java.lang.Object	resolve(java.lang.String variableName, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> bindings) resolve the value of variableName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.jactr.core.production.action.IAction

bind

Constructor Detail

DefaultAction

public DefaultAction()

Constructor for the DefaultAction object

Method Detail

dispose

public void dispose()

Description of the Method

Specified by:

dispose in interface IAction

fire

public abstract double fire(IInstantiation instantiation,
                            double firingTime)

Description of the Method

Specified by:

fire in interface IAction

Parameters:

instantiation - Description of the Parameter

firingTime - when this production was fired

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

resolve

public static java.lang.Object resolve(java.lang.String variableName,
                                       java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> bindings)

resolve the value of variableName

Parameters:

variableName - Description of the Parameter

bindings - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

the value of variableName or null if undefined. it the variableName points to a ISlot, the ISlot.getSlotValue() is returned.