com.agentfactory.cldc
Class ValuesActuator

java.lang.Object
  com.agentfactory.cldc.logic.Action
      com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator
          com.agentfactory.cldc.ValuesActuator

public class ValuesActuator
extends Actuator

The values actuator is enables the agent to update the benefit and cost values of a commitment. The trigger for the actuator is updateValues(?benefit,?cost,?id). The ?benefit variable represents the new benefit of the commitment. The ?cost variable represents the new cost of the commitment. The ?id variable represents the label of the commitment.

Author:

Conor Muldoon

Constructor Summary

ValuesActuator(AffectManager manager)
Creates a new instance of ValuesActuator.

Method Summary

boolean

act(FOS action) The act method is implemented by concrete classes of Action.

Methods inherited from class com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator

adoptBelief, adoptBelief, register, retractBelief

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValuesActuator

public ValuesActuator(AffectManager manager)

Creates a new instance of ValuesActuator.

Parameters:

manager - the affect manager of the agent.

Method Detail

act

public boolean act(FOS action)

Description copied from class: Action

The act method is implemented by concrete classes of Action. It provides the imperative functionality of the action.

Specified by:

act in class Action

Parameters:

action - the applied first order stucture, which matches with the identifier for the Actuator or Action.

Returns:

true if the action was successful, false otherwise.