ai.stateMachine

Interface State

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttackingState, DefendingState, PassiveState, SupportState

public interface State

Interface for all agent behavioural states. Agent behavioural states dictate the actions available to a agent, and it's decision making process as to what action is taken. Created by raghavnarula on 05/11/2015.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	enterState(CommandPlayer context) Called when a state is entered.
void	exitState(CommandPlayer context) Called when a state is exited.
void	processModel(CommandPlayer context, EnvironmentModel model) Using the current game state, decide what action to take.
void	updateState(StateMachine stateMachine, EnvironmentModel model) Decide if the players behavioural state should change, and if it should, change it.

Method Detail

enterState

void enterState(CommandPlayer context)

Called when a state is entered.

Parameters:

context - The agent to which this state applies

exitState

void exitState(CommandPlayer context)

Called when a state is exited.

Parameters:

context - The agent to which this state applies

processModel

void processModel(CommandPlayer context,
                  EnvironmentModel model)

Using the current game state, decide what action to take.

Parameters:

context - The agent to which this state applies

model - Model containing the current game state.

updateState

void updateState(StateMachine stateMachine,
                 EnvironmentModel model)

Decide if the players behavioural state should change, and if it should, change it. This decision is based on the current game state.

Parameters:

stateMachine - State Machine to update.

model - Model containing the current game state.