cs015.Swarm
Class BeeBehavior

java.lang.Object
  NGP.Timer
      cs015.Swarm.BeeBehavior

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

DoNothingBehavior, MoveBehavior

public abstract class BeeBehavior

extends Timer

This class represents a behavior that has a cs015.Swarm.Directional as the target that the behavior is acting on. It defines accessors and mutators for that target.

See Also:

Directional

Constructor Summary

BeeBehavior()
This constructor builds a BeeBehavior with a null target.

BeeBehavior(Directional target)
This constructor takes a new Directional to be target of the behavior and assigns it to its target instance variable.

Method Summary

abstract BeeBehavior	copy() This method will return a copy of the current behavior.
Directional	getTarget() Use this function to obtain the target of the BeeBehavior.
void	setTarget(Directional target) Use this method to set the target that a BeeBehavior is acting on.

Methods inherited from class NGP.Timer

actionPerformed, activate, getDelay, setDelay, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeeBehavior

public BeeBehavior()

This constructor builds a BeeBehavior with a null target.

BeeBehavior

public BeeBehavior(Directional target)

This constructor takes a new Directional to be target of the behavior and assigns it to its target instance variable.

Parameters:

target - The new target of the behavior.

Method Detail

setTarget

public void setTarget(Directional target)

Use this method to set the target that a BeeBehavior is acting on. The new target has to be a Directional.

Parameters:

target - The new target (A Directional)

See Also:

Directional

getTarget

public Directional getTarget()

Use this function to obtain the target of the BeeBehavior. This method returns a reference to a Directional.

Returns:

This behavior's target reference.

See Also:

Directional

copy

public abstract BeeBehavior copy()

This method will return a copy of the current behavior. The behavior will not have a target. You will have to set the behavior's target using the SetTarget() method! This method is overridden in subclasses to return the correct behavior.