modelling
Class Pheromone

java.lang.Object
  sema.Element
      modelling.Pheromone

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, Signal

public class Pheromone

extends Element

implements Signal

The pheromona acts as a fix signal, that may be percieved and may return its content.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class sema.Element

Element.ElementEvent

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class sema.Element

id, world

Constructor Summary

Pheromone(World world, Area area, java.awt.Image image, java.lang.String contents, double during, Selector selector)
Creates a new pheromone that may be percieved by the element satisfying the selector.

Pheromone(World world, Area area, java.awt.Image image, java.lang.String contents, double during, java.lang.String kind)
Creates a new pheromone percieved by the elements of the given kind.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContents() Returns the message contained.
Selector	getSelector() Returns the selector.

Methods inherited from class sema.Element

canTake, compareTo, death, draw, getArea, getDrawingPriority, getHeight, getIcon, getImage, getKind, getName, getProperties, highlight, highlight, isMarked, kill, setDrawingPriority, setHeight, setKind, setMarked, setProperties, toString, union

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface sema.Signal

getArea

Constructor Detail

Pheromone

public Pheromone(World world,
                 Area area,
                 java.awt.Image image,
                 java.lang.String contents,
                 double during,
                 Selector selector)

Creates a new pheromone that may be percieved by the element satisfying the selector.

Pheromone

public Pheromone(World world,
                 Area area,
                 java.awt.Image image,
                 java.lang.String contents,
                 double during,
                 java.lang.String kind)

Creates a new pheromone percieved by the elements of the given kind.

Method Detail

getContents

public java.lang.String getContents()

Returns the message contained.

Specified by:

getContents in interface Signal

getSelector

public Selector getSelector()

Returns the selector.

Specified by:

getSelector in interface Signal