neuroidnet.ntr
Class Peripheral

java.lang.Object
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  +--neuroidnet.ntr.Peripheral

All Implemented Interfaces:

Expressive, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Peripheral

public abstract class Peripheral

extends Object

implements Serializable, Expressive

Controls inputs to the Network. Has subclasses to create test networks with specific inputs.

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

Cengiz Gunay

See Also:

Created: Mon Nov 20 02:08:10 2000, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Network	network Pointer to associated Network object
protected double	time Peripheral system's own account of time.

Constructor Summary

Peripheral(Network network)
Creates a new Peripheral instance.

Method Summary

protected abstract void	eventsAtThisTime() Called by step(), determines periperal actions.
String	getProperties() In addition to getStatus() contents, give all static properties also.
String	getStatus() In addition to toString() contents, give transient properties of the entity without the static properties.
void	step() Peripheral control of timepass, initiates peripheral events associated with time.
String	toString() Give enough information on the entity for identification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

network

protected Network network

Pointer to associated Network object

See Also:

ntr.Network

time

protected double time

Peripheral system's own account of time.

Constructor Detail

Peripheral

public Peripheral(Network network)

Creates a new Peripheral instance. Has bidirectional interaction with the Network.

Parameters:

network - a Network value

See Also:

Network.setPeripheral(neuroidnet.ntr.Peripheral)

Method Detail

step

public void step()

Peripheral control of timepass, initiates peripheral events associated with time. Delegates to network.step().

See Also:

Network.step()

eventsAtThisTime

protected abstract void eventsAtThisTime()

Called by step(), determines periperal actions. Should be overloaded in instances of this class

See Also:

step()

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from interface: Expressive

Give enough information on the entity for identification.

Specified by:

toString in interface Expressive

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

getProperties

public String getProperties()

Description copied from interface: Expressive

In addition to getStatus() contents, give all static properties also.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface Expressive

Returns:

See Also:

Expressive.getStatus()

getStatus

public String getStatus()

Description copied from interface: Expressive

In addition to toString() contents, give transient properties of the entity without the static properties.

Specified by:

getStatus in interface Expressive

Returns:

See Also:

Expressive.toString()