com.rubecula.darwin.visualization
Interface VisualizationModel

All Superinterfaces:

Countable

All Known Implementing Classes:

VisualizationModel_, VisualizationModel_Standard

public interface VisualizationModel
extends Countable

Defines a model to which population delegates its graphical rendering.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

void	addAvatar(Avatar avatar) Mutator method to add an individual to this population (the index for this new individual will be the current value of Countable.getCount().
int	clean() Clean the model of dead wood, so to speak.
void	clear() Method to remove all individuals from the model.
Avatar	findAvatar(Individual individual)
void	fireModelChange() Method to notify all of the listeners that the population has changed.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getAttributes()
java.util.Collection<Avatar>	getIndividuals()
java.lang.String	getTitle()
boolean	isVisible()
void	putAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.Object attrValue) Method to set (or reset) an attribute.
boolean	removeIndividual(Avatar avatar) Mutator method to remove an individual from this population (NOTE: the indices for some of the other individual members of the population will be affected).
void	setAttributes(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes) Method to initialize several attributes at once.
void	setComponent(java.awt.Component component)
void	setVisible(boolean visible)
void	visualize(Visualizable visualizable, VisualizationFactory visualizationFactory)

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

getCount

Method Detail

addAvatar

void addAvatar(Avatar avatar)

Mutator method to add an individual to this population (the index for this new individual will be the current value of Countable.getCount().

Parameters:

avatar - an individual which is to be added to the population.

clean

int clean()

Clean the model of dead wood, so to speak.

Returns:

the number of individuals culled.

clear

void clear()

Method to remove all individuals from the model. Consider eliminating.

findAvatar

Avatar findAvatar(Individual individual)

Parameters:

individual -

Returns:

an Avatar based on the given individual.

fireModelChange

void fireModelChange()

Method to notify all of the listeners that the population has changed. In general, should be called after any calls to addAvatar(Avatar) or removeIndividual(Avatar).

getAttributes

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getAttributes()

Returns:

a map which specifies various attributes of the visualization model, derived typically from the environment.

getIndividuals

java.util.Collection<Avatar> getIndividuals()

Returns:

the current collection of individual objects.

getTitle

java.lang.String getTitle()

Returns:

get the title for this visualization model.

isVisible

boolean isVisible()

Returns:

true if this visualization model is visible.

putAttribute

void putAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                  java.lang.Object attrValue)

Method to set (or reset) an attribute.

Parameters:

attrName -

attrValue -

removeIndividual

boolean removeIndividual(Avatar avatar)

Mutator method to remove an individual from this population (NOTE: the indices for some of the other individual members of the population will be affected).

Parameters:

avatar - an individual which is to be removed from the population.

Returns:

true if the population model has changed (result would be false if individual was not a member of this population model).

setAttributes

void setAttributes(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes)

Method to initialize several attributes at once.

Parameters:

attributes -

setComponent

void setComponent(java.awt.Component component)

Parameters:

component - the component to set

setVisible

void setVisible(boolean visible)

Parameters:

visible - the visible to set

visualize

void visualize(Visualizable visualizable,
               VisualizationFactory visualizationFactory)

Parameters:

visualizable -

visualizationFactory -