com.rubecula.darwin.domain.helper
Interface Mortal

All Superinterfaces:

net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable, Individual

All Known Subinterfaces:

Organism

All Known Implementing Classes:

Organism_, Organism_Asexual, Organism_Sexual, Organism_TS

public interface Mortal
extends Individual

Interface to define the operations supported by a "mortal" object, i.e. one that has a finite lifespan.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

void	age() Mutating method to "age" this organism by one generation.
int	getAge()
boolean	isViable()
void	setViable(boolean viable)

Methods inherited from interface com.rubecula.darwin.foundation.Individual

getVisualizable, isNew, isVisible

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable

getIdentifier

Method Detail

age

void age()

Mutating method to "age" this organism by one generation.

getAge

int getAge()

Returns:

the current age of this organism

isViable

boolean isViable()

Returns:

true if this organism is part of a population model (generally this is true, except temporarily when an organism is first born or newly dead)

setViable

void setViable(boolean viable)

Parameters:

viable - if false, then we (temporarily) mark this organism as not being part of a population model.