aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html
blob: 5d5b77158a4fa0bfe9ae3e47bd5a6e11418a8183 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<!-- NewPage -->
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Generated by javadoc (1.8.0_05) on Mon May 12 23:05:42 BST 2014 -->
<title>Parameter</title>
<meta name="date" content="2014-05-12">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../stylesheet.css" title="Style">
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
    try {
        if (location.href.indexOf('is-external=true') == -1) {
            parent.document.title="Parameter";
        }
    }
    catch(err) {
    }
//-->
var methods = {"i0":10};
var tabs = {65535:["t0","All Methods"],2:["t2","Instance Methods"],8:["t4","Concrete Methods"]};
var altColor = "altColor";
var rowColor = "rowColor";
var tableTab = "tableTab";
var activeTableTab = "activeTableTab";
var methods = {"i0":10,"i1":10,"i2":10,"i3":10,"i4":10,"i5":10,"i6":6,"i7":10};
var tabs = {65535:["t0","All Methods"],2:["t2","Instance Methods"],4:["t3","Abstract Methods"],8:["t4","Concrete Methods"]};
var altColor = "altColor";
var rowColor = "rowColor";
var tableTab = "tableTab";
var activeTableTab = "activeTableTab";
</script>
<noscript>
<div>JavaScript is disabled on your browser.</div>
</noscript>
<!-- ========= START OF TOP NAVBAR ======= -->
<div class="topNav"><a name="navbar.top">
<!--   -->
</a>
<div class="skipNav"><a href="#skip.navbar.top" title="Skip navigation links">Skip navigation links</a></div>
<a name="navbar.top.firstrow">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="navList" title="Navigation">
<li><a href="../../../overview-summary.html">Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="package-summary.html">Package</a></li>
<li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li>
<li><a href="class-use/Parameter.html">Use</a></li>
<li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../index-files/index-1.html">Index</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="subNav">
<ul class="navList">
<li><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/IntegerParameter.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.parameters"><span class="typeNameLink">Prev&nbsp;Class</span></a></li>
<li><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/ParameterStatus.html" title="enum in jcgp.backend.parameters"><span class="typeNameLink">Next&nbsp;Class</span></a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="navList">
<li><a href="../../../index.html?jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li>
<li><a href="Parameter.html" target="_top">No&nbsp;Frames</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_top">
<li><a href="../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All&nbsp;Classes</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
  allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_top");
  if(window==top) {
    allClassesLink.style.display = "block";
  }
  else {
    allClassesLink.style.display = "none";
  }
  //-->
</script>
</div>
<div>
<ul class="subNavList">
<li>Summary:&nbsp;</li>
<li>Nested&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Field&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Constr&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="#method.summary">Method</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="subNavList">
<li>Detail:&nbsp;</li>
<li>Field&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Constr&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="#method.detail">Method</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<a name="skip.navbar.top">
<!--   -->
</a></div>
<!-- ========= END OF TOP NAVBAR ========= -->
<!-- ======== START OF CLASS DATA ======== -->
<div class="header">
<div class="subTitle">jcgp.backend.parameters</div>
<h2 title="Class Parameter" class="title">Class Parameter&lt;T&gt;</h2>
</div>
<div class="contentContainer">
<ul class="inheritance">
<li>java.lang.Object</li>
<li>
<ul class="inheritance">
<li>jcgp.backend.parameters.Parameter&lt;T&gt;</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="description">
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<dl>
<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>
</dl>
<hr>
<br>
<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>
</div>
<div class="summary">
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<!-- =========== PROPERTY SUMMARY =========== -->
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList"><a name="property.summary">
<!--   -->
</a>
<h3>Property Summary</h3>
<table class="memberSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Property Summary table, listing properties, and an explanation">
<caption><span id="t0" class="activeTableTab"><span>All Methods</span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="t2" class="tableTab"><span><a href="javascript:show(2);">Instance Methods</a></span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="t4" class="tableTab"><span><a href="javascript:show(8);">Concrete Methods</a></span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span></caption>
<tr>
<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>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== -->
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList"><a name="method.summary">
<!--   -->
</a>
<h3>Method Summary</h3>
<table class="memberSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Method Summary table, listing methods, and an explanation">
<caption><span id="t0" class="activeTableTab"><span>All Methods</span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="t2" class="tableTab"><span><a href="javascript:show(2);">Instance Methods</a></span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="t3" class="tableTab"><span><a href="javascript:show(4);">Abstract Methods</a></span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="t4" class="tableTab"><span><a href="javascript:show(8);">Concrete Methods</a></span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></span></caption>
<tr>
<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>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList"><a name="methods.inherited.from.class.java.lang.Object">
<!--   -->
</a>
<h3>Methods inherited from class&nbsp;java.lang.Object</h3>
<code>equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="details">
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<!-- ============ PROPERTY DETAIL =========== -->
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList"><a name="property.detail">
<!--   -->
</a>
<h3>Property Detail</h3>
<a name="valueProperty">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockListLast">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== -->
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList"><a name="method.detail">
<!--   -->
</a>
<h3>Method Detail</h3>
<a name="isMonitor--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
</ul>
<a name="isCritical--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
</ul>
<a name="getStatus--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
<a name="valueProperty--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="get--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<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>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="set-java.lang.Object-">
<!--   -->
</a><a name="set-T-">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<h4>set</h4>
<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>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="validate-java.lang.Object-">
<!--   -->
</a><a name="validate-T-">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<h4>validate</h4>
<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>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="toString--">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockListLast">
<li class="blockList">
<h4>toString</h4>
<pre>public&nbsp;java.lang.String&nbsp;toString()</pre>
<dl>
<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Overrides:</span></dt>
<dd><code>toString</code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code>java.lang.Object</code></dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= -->
<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== -->
<div class="bottomNav"><a name="navbar.bottom">
<!--   -->
</a>
<div class="skipNav"><a href="#skip.navbar.bottom" title="Skip navigation links">Skip navigation links</a></div>
<a name="navbar.bottom.firstrow">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="navList" title="Navigation">
<li><a href="../../../overview-summary.html">Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="package-summary.html">Package</a></li>
<li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li>
<li><a href="class-use/Parameter.html">Use</a></li>
<li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../index-files/index-1.html">Index</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="subNav">
<ul class="navList">
<li><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/IntegerParameter.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.parameters"><span class="typeNameLink">Prev&nbsp;Class</span></a></li>
<li><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/parameters/ParameterStatus.html" title="enum in jcgp.backend.parameters"><span class="typeNameLink">Next&nbsp;Class</span></a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="navList">
<li><a href="../../../index.html?jcgp/backend/parameters/Parameter.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li>
<li><a href="Parameter.html" target="_top">No&nbsp;Frames</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_bottom">
<li><a href="../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All&nbsp;Classes</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
  allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_bottom");
  if(window==top) {
    allClassesLink.style.display = "block";
  }
  else {
    allClassesLink.style.display = "none";
  }
  //-->
</script>
</div>
<div>
<ul class="subNavList">
<li>Summary:&nbsp;</li>
<li>Nested&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Field&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Constr&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="#method.summary">Method</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="subNavList">
<li>Detail:&nbsp;</li>
<li>Field&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li>Constr&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="#method.detail">Method</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<a name="skip.navbar.bottom">
<!--   -->
</a></div>
<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= -->
</body>
</html>