appletbots.balls
Class Kicker

java.lang.Object
  appletbots.WorldObject
      appletbots.Agent
          appletbots.balls.Kicker

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectedKicker

public class Kicker
extends Agent

A kicker agent chooses a visible ball at random and accelerates towards it. If no ball is visible the agent sets his acceleration to zero.

Author:

Erik Rasmussen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class appletbots.Agent

accelerationVectorColor, maxAcceleration, sight, velocityVectorColor, world

Fields inherited from class appletbots.WorldObject

color, mass, maxSpeed, size

Constructor Summary

Kicker(int size, int sight, double maxSpeed, double maxAcceleration)
Constructs a new Kicker with the given parameters

Method Summary

protected Ball	chooseBall() Selects a ball at random from those visible
void	observeWorld() Observes the world, and follows the Kicker Algorithm.

Methods inherited from class appletbots.Agent

getAcceleration, getMaxAcceleration, getRandomAcceleration, getShowAcceleration, getShowVelocity, getSight, getVectorsToDraw, setAcceleration, setShowAcceleration, setShowVelocity, setWorld

Methods inherited from class appletbots.WorldObject

collidedWith, getColor, getMass, getMaxSpeed, getSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Kicker

public Kicker(int size,
              int sight,
              double maxSpeed,
              double maxAcceleration)

Constructs a new Kicker with the given parameters

Parameters:

size - The agent's radius

sight - The distance the agent can see

maxSpeed - The maximum speed the agent can travel

maxAcceleration - The maximum acceleration for this agent

Method Detail

observeWorld

public void observeWorld()

Observes the world, and follows the Kicker Algorithm.

Specified by:

observeWorld in class Agent

chooseBall

protected Ball chooseBall()

Selects a ball at random from those visible

Returns:

The chosen ball