Class Simulation

java.lang.Object
  Simulation

Direct Known Subclasses:

BirdSimulation, CrowdSimulation, DESimulation, DiseaseSimulation, PoliticalSimulation, WDSimulation

public class Simulation
extends Object

Class that implements a general Simulation

Author:

Mark Guzdial, Barb Ericson

Constructor Summary

Simulation()
Constructor to set output to null

Simulation(Picture bg)
Constructor to set output to null

Method Summary

void	add(Agent newOne) Add this actor to the agents list
void	closeFile() close the file and clear the output stream
void	endStep(int t) End of step processing
LinkedList	getAgents() Get a linked list of all agents
BufferedWriter	getOutput() Method to get the BufferedOutput to write to
World	getWorld() Method to get the world
void	openFile(String filename) Open the input file and set the BufferedWriter to speak to it.
void	openFrames(String dir) Open a frame sequencer using the given directory
void	remove(Agent newOne) Remove this actor from the agents list
void	run() Run for a default of 50 timesteps
void	run(int numSteps) Ask all agents to run for the number of input steps
void	setUp() setUp the simulation.
String	toString() Return a string with information on the number of agents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Simulation

public Simulation()

Constructor to set output to null

Simulation

public Simulation(Picture bg)

Constructor to set output to null

Method Detail

getWorld

public World getWorld()

Method to get the world

getOutput

public BufferedWriter getOutput()

Method to get the BufferedOutput to write to

getAgents

public LinkedList getAgents()

Get a linked list of all agents

Returns:

a linked list of all agent

add

public void add(Agent newOne)

Add this actor to the agents list

Parameters:

newOne - agent to add to the list

remove

public void remove(Agent newOne)

Remove this actor from the agents list

Parameters:

newOne - the agent to remove from the list

setUp

public void setUp()

setUp the simulation. Subclasses should call this (via super) and create agents.

openFile

public void openFile(String filename)

Open the input file and set the BufferedWriter to speak to it.

Parameters:

filename - the filename to open

openFrames

public void openFrames(String dir)

Open a frame sequencer using the given directory

Parameters:

dir - name of the directory

run

public void run(int numSteps)

Ask all agents to run for the number of input steps

Parameters:

numSteps - the number of timesteps to run

run

public void run()

Run for a default of 50 timesteps

endStep

public void endStep(int t)

End of step processing

Parameters:

t - the current timestep number

toString

public String toString()

Return a string with information on the number of agents. Will probably be overridden in subclsses.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the information string

closeFile

public void closeFile()

close the file and clear the output stream