appletbots.tag
Class TagAgent

java.lang.Object
  appletbots.WorldObject
      appletbots.Agent
          appletbots.tag.TagAgent

public class TagAgent
extends Agent

If a tag agent is "it", he will try to touch whichever non-"it" agent is closest to him. When that contact is made, the agent he touched is "it". If a tag agent is not "it", he will not accelerate unless he sees an agent that is "it", in which case the non-"it" agent will accelerate away from the agent that is "it". Additionally, when an agent is tagged "it", its maximum speed decreases by 20% and it must wait 10 time cycles before accelerating; this is to prevent two agents getting locked together repeatedly tagging one another.

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

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

Method Summary

void	collidedWith(WorldObject object) Informs the object that it has been in a collision
boolean	isIt() Returns whether or not this agent is "it"
void	observeWorld() Observes the world, and follows the Tag Agent Algorithm.
void	setIt(boolean it) Sets whether or not this agent is "it"

Methods inherited from class appletbots.Agent

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

Methods inherited from class appletbots.WorldObject

getColor, getMass, getMaxSpeed, getSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TagAgent

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

Constructs a new TagAgent 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 Tag Agent Algorithm.

Specified by:

observeWorld in class Agent

setIt

public void setIt(boolean it)

Sets whether or not this agent is "it"

Parameters:

it - Whether or not this agent is "it"

isIt

public boolean isIt()

Returns whether or not this agent is "it"

Returns:

Whether or not this agent is "it"

collidedWith

public void collidedWith(WorldObject object)

Informs the object that it has been in a collision

Overrides:

collidedWith in class WorldObject

Parameters:

object - The object collided with