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+<h2 title="Class Parameter" class="title">Class Parameter&lt;T&gt;</h2>
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+<ul class="inheritance">
+<li>java.lang.Object</li>
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+<ul class="inheritance">
+<li>jcgp.backend.parameters.Parameter&lt;T&gt;</li>
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+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Type Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>T</code> - the data type stored in the parameter.</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Direct Known Subclasses:</dt>
+<dd><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/BooleanParameter.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.parameters">BooleanParameter</a>, <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/DoubleParameter.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.parameters">DoubleParameter</a>, <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/IntegerParameter.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.parameters">IntegerParameter</a></dd>
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+<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">Parameter&lt;T&gt;</span>
+extends java.lang.Object</pre>
+<div class="block">Specifies an abstract model of a module parameter.
+ <br><br>
+ Parameters are values which control the operation of modules.
+ They can be freely modified and accessed by the module in which
+ they are declared. Additionally, the module may choose to expose
+ some of its parameters to a user interface, so that information
+ is displayed. If that is the case, the parameter can be made
+ read-only by setting the monitor flag (it becomes a parameter
+ monitor). In addition, settings the critical flag indicates to
+ the experiment that any changes to the parameter should result in
+ an experiment-wide reset.
+ <br><br>
+ <code>Parameter</code> is abstract. A typical implementation defines
+ the data type T and initialises the <code>valueProperty</code> field
+ with a suitable type. For the sake of clarity, it may not be ideal
+ for a subclass constructor to expose an argument for the monitor
+ field. Instead, a different class should be created which constructs
+ the parameter as a monitor, so that the distinction between a regular
+ parameter and a parameter monitor is more apparent. The boolean, integer
+ and double implementations of parameter (and their associated monitors)
+ implement this pattern, refer to them for more details.
+ <br><br>
+ The <code>status</code> field holds the current status of the parameter,
+ which should change whenever the parameter value changes.
+ In order for this to happen, <code>validate()</code> is called whenever
+ the parameter status should be updated. This being the case, it should
+ be overridden on an instance-to-instance basis, as each parameter
+ will likely have different validity criteria. The type of status is
+ <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/ParameterStatus.html" title="enum in jcgp.backend.parameters"><code>ParameterStatus</code></a>, an enum type defining all valid states.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
+<dd>Eduardo Pedroni</dd>
+<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
+<dd><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/modules/Module.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules"><code>Module</code></a></dd>
+</dl>
+</li>
+</ul>
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+<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Type</th>
+<th class="colLast" scope="col">Property and Description</th>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i0" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyProperty&lt;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&gt;</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#valueProperty">value</a></span></code>
+<div class="block">This method is intended for bindings only.</div>
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+<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th>
+<th class="colLast" scope="col">Method and Description</th>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i0" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a></code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#get--">get</a></span>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i1" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/ParameterStatus.html" title="enum in jcgp.backend.parameters">ParameterStatus</a></code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#getStatus--">getStatus</a></span>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i2" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#isCritical--">isCritical</a></span>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i3" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#isMonitor--">isMonitor</a></span>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i4" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#set-T-">set</a></span>(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&nbsp;newValue)</code>
+<div class="block">Sets the parameter to the specified value, if the property
+ is not bound.</div>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i5" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#toString--">toString</a></span>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i6" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract void</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#validate-T-">validate</a></span>(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&nbsp;newValue)</code>
+<div class="block">This is a callback method which gets called whenever changes
+ to parameters (not only its own instance) are made.</div>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i7" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyProperty&lt;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&gt;</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html#valueProperty--">valueProperty</a></span>()</code>
+<div class="block">This method is intended for bindings only.</div>
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+<h3>Methods inherited from class&nbsp;java.lang.Object</h3>
+<code>equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait</code></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
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+</ul>
+</div>
+<div class="details">
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+<h3>Property Detail</h3>
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+<h4>value</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyProperty&lt;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&gt; valueProperty</pre>
+<div class="block">This method is intended for bindings only. Changes to the parameter
+ value should be made using <code>set()</code>.</div>
+</li>
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+<h4>isMonitor</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isMonitor()</pre>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>true if the parameter is a monitor.</dd>
+</dl>
+</li>
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+<h4>isCritical</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isCritical()</pre>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>true if the parameter is critical.</dd>
+</dl>
+</li>
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+<h4>getStatus</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/ParameterStatus.html" title="enum in jcgp.backend.parameters">ParameterStatus</a>&nbsp;getStatus()</pre>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>the current status of the parameter.</dd>
+</dl>
+</li>
+</ul>
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+<h4>valueProperty</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyProperty&lt;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&gt;&nbsp;valueProperty()</pre>
+<div class="block">This method is intended for bindings only. Changes to the parameter
+ value should be made using <code>set()</code>.</div>
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+<h4>get</h4>
+<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&nbsp;get()</pre>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>the parameter's current value.</dd>
+</dl>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;set(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&nbsp;newValue)</pre>
+<div class="block">Sets the parameter to the specified value, if the property
+ is not bound.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>newValue</code> - the new value for the parameter.</dd>
+</dl>
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+<pre>public abstract&nbsp;void&nbsp;validate(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" title="type parameter in Parameter">T</a>&nbsp;newValue)</pre>
+<div class="block">This is a callback method which gets called whenever changes
+ to parameters (not only its own instance) are made. This method
+ is intended to set the <code>status</code> field according to the
+ new value, so that the user can be informed if any parameters
+ are currently set to invalid values.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>newValue</code> - the new value.</dd>
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