jmarkov.basic
Class Action

java.lang.Object
  jmarkov.basic.Action

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Action>, JMarkovElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

PropertiesAction

public abstract class Action
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<Action>, JMarkovElement

This class represents a single Action in Markov Decision Process (MDP). It implements Comparable in order to be easily organized and searched.

Author:

Germ�n Ria�o and Andres Sarmiento - Universidad de Los Andes

See Also:

Comparable, jmarkov.jmdp

Constructor Summary

Action()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	description() The user SHOULD override this method to give a complete description for the action.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) This method calls compareTo to check if the Action are equal.
abstract java.lang.String	label() The user MUST override this method to give a (hopefully short) label for the Action.
java.lang.String	toString() This calls label().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

Action

public Action()

Method Detail

label

public abstract java.lang.String label()

The user MUST override this method to give a (hopefully short) label for the Action.

Specified by:

label in interface JMarkovElement

Returns:

short description of the Action.

See Also:

JMarkovElement.description()

description

public java.lang.String description()

The user SHOULD override this method to give a complete description for the action.

Specified by:

description in interface JMarkovElement

Returns:

short description of the state.

See Also:

JMarkovElement.label()

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

This calls label().

Specified by:

toString in interface JMarkovElement

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A String label.

See Also:

JMarkovElement.label()

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

This method calls compareTo to check if the Action are equal.

Specified by:

equals in interface JMarkovElement

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - The Object to compare to.

Returns:

True if the elements are equal.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)