physis.core
Interface Environment

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.EventListener, InteractionEventListener, ProliferationEventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnvironmentImpl, PhysisVMTracer

public interface Environment

extends InteractionEventListener, ProliferationEventListener

The environment of an organism is defined by the surrounding physical world - in Physis: the tasks and the other organisms. CRC
1. handling the interactions between the organism and the environment - InteractionEventListener, task
2. handling the placement (killing) when birth of new organism - ProliferationEventListener
3. handling the interactions between organisms (parasitism, )
4. proxy for random number generation

Method Summary

boolean	copyShouldBeMutated() Answers the question: Should the current copied instruction be mutated?
boolean	divideShouldBeMutated() Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be mutated?
int	getInputData() This provides the input from the environment (~food).
LifeSpace	getLifeSpace()
DigitalOrganism	getNeighbourRandomly(DigitalOrganism digorg) Returns one organism of the neighbours of the organism specified by the parameter.
java.util.Random	getRandom() The only one random-generator in one Physis-instance should be in the environment.
TaskLibrary	getTaskLibrary() The container of the tasks.
void	rotateForward(DigitalOrganism digorg)
void	setLifeSpace(LifeSpace lifespace_)
boolean	shouldBeDeleted() Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be deleted one instruction?
boolean	shouldBeInserted() Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be inserted extra instructions?

Methods inherited from interface physis.core.event.InteractionEventListener

interactionOccured

Methods inherited from interface physis.core.event.ProliferationEventListener

proliferationPerformed

Method Detail

getTaskLibrary

public TaskLibrary getTaskLibrary()

The container of the tasks.

setLifeSpace

public void setLifeSpace(LifeSpace lifespace_)

getLifeSpace

public LifeSpace getLifeSpace()

getInputData

public int getInputData()

This provides the input from the environment (~food).

rotateForward

public void rotateForward(DigitalOrganism digorg)

copyShouldBeMutated

public boolean copyShouldBeMutated()

Answers the question: Should the current copied instruction be mutated?

divideShouldBeMutated

public boolean divideShouldBeMutated()

Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be mutated?

shouldBeInserted

public boolean shouldBeInserted()

Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be inserted extra instructions?

shouldBeDeleted

public boolean shouldBeDeleted()

Answers the question: Should the current divided codetape be deleted one instruction?

getNeighbourRandomly

public DigitalOrganism getNeighbourRandomly(DigitalOrganism digorg)

Returns one organism of the neighbours of the organism specified by the parameter.

getRandom

public java.util.Random getRandom()

The only one random-generator in one Physis-instance should be in the environment. There shouldn't be more than one, otherwise accurate experiment repeat would be impossible.