org.jactr.core.buffer
Interface IRequestableBuffer

All Superinterfaces:

IActivationBuffer, IInitializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAuralActivationBuffer, IAuralLocationBuffer, IDelegatedRequestableBuffer, IMotorActivationBuffer, IPerceptualBuffer, IVisualActivationBuffer, IVisualLocationBuffer, IVocalActivationBuffer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCapacityBuffer6, AbstractCapacityPMActivationBuffer6, AbstractPMActivationBuffer6, AbstractRequestableBuffer6, DefaultAuralActivationBuffer, DefaultAuralLocationBuffer, DefaultDelegatedRequestableBuffer6, DefaultGoalBuffer6, DefaultImaginalBuffer, DefaultMotorActivationBuffer6, DefaultRetrievalBuffer6, DefaultVisualActivationBuffer6, DefaultVisualLocationBuffer6, DefaultVocalActivationBuffer6

public interface IRequestableBuffer
extends IActivationBuffer

Marker interface for buffers that can accept IRequests that will then be forwarded to the owning module for processing.

Author:

harrison

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.jactr.core.buffer.IActivationBuffer

AURAL, AURAL_LOCATION, GOAL, IMAGINAL, MOTOR, RETRIEVAL, VISUAL, VISUAL_LOCATION, VOCAL

Method Summary

boolean	request(IRequest source) Make a request of the module.
boolean	willAccept(IRequest request) return true if this buffer would accept this request

Methods inherited from interface org.jactr.core.buffer.IActivationBuffer

addListener, addSourceChunk, clear, contains, dispose, getActivation, getG, getModel, getModule, getName, getSourceChunk, getSourceChunks, handlesEncoding, isStrictHarvestingEnabled, matched, removeListener, removeSourceChunk, setActivation, setG

Methods inherited from interface org.jactr.core.utils.IInitializable

initialize

Method Detail

willAccept

boolean willAccept(IRequest request)

return true if this buffer would accept this request

Parameters:

request -

Returns:

request

boolean request(IRequest source)
                throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Make a request of the module. Returns true if the request was accepted, false if not.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the request is accepted but invalid