org.vizzini.game
Interface IComputerAgent

All Superinterfaces:

IAgent, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISearchAgent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChessComputerAgent, AbstractComputerAgent, AbstractSimpleAgent, ComputerAgent, EvaluatedPlacementAgent, SearchAgent, SearchChessAgent, SimpleChessAgent, SimpleComputerAgent, SimplePlacementAgent

public interface IComputerAgent
extends IAgent

Defines methods required by computer agents in the game framework. A computer agent instance encapsulates the logic a computer agent uses to create actions. Examples of this logic are simple coding, a minimax algorithm, or neural network based.

Since:

v0.1

Version:

v0.2

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.vizzini.game.IAgent

NAME_PROPERTY, TEAM_PROPERTY

Method Summary

void	addBusyListener(IBusyListener listener) Add the given listener.
int	evaluate(IEnvironment environment, IAdjudicator adjudicator) Evaluate the given environment for fitness from the perspective of this agent.
IActionGenerator	getActionGenerator() Return the action generator.
IEvaluator	getEvaluator() Return the evaluator.
boolean	isBusy() Return true if this is busy.
void	removeBusyListener(IBusyListener listener) Remove the given listener.

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.game.IAgent

addConcedeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addScoreListener, addToScore, concede, configure, getAction, getName, getScore, getTeam, getTokenCollection, incrementScore, removeConcedeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removeScoreListener, reset, setName, setScore, setTeam

Method Detail

getActionGenerator

IActionGenerator getActionGenerator()

Return the action generator.

Since:

v0.2

isBusy

boolean isBusy()

Return true if this is busy.

Since:

v0.1

getEvaluator

IEvaluator getEvaluator()

Return the evaluator.

Since:

v0.1

addBusyListener

void addBusyListener(IBusyListener listener)

Add the given listener.

Since:

v0.1

evaluate

int evaluate(IEnvironment environment,
             IAdjudicator adjudicator)

Evaluate the given environment for fitness from the perspective of this agent.

Parameters:

environment - Environment to evaluate.

adjudicator - Adjudicator.

Since:

v0.1

removeBusyListener

void removeBusyListener(IBusyListener listener)

Remove the given listener.

Since:

v0.1