org.cpsolver.coursett.preference

Class PreferenceCombination

java.lang.Object

org.cpsolver.coursett.preference.PreferenceCombination

Direct Known Subclasses:

AveragePreferenceCombination, MinMaxPreferenceCombination, SumPreferenceCombination

public abstract class PreferenceCombination
extends Object

Preference combination.

A preference can be:

• R .. required
• P .. prohibited
• number .. soft preference (smaller value is better)

Version:

CourseTT 1.3 (University Course Timetabling)
Copyright (C) 2006 - 2014 Tomáš Müller
muller@unitime.org
http://muller.unitime.org

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Author:

Tomáš Müller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PreferenceCombination()
PreferenceCombination(PreferenceCombination c)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addPreferenceInt(int intPref) Returns combined preference from the given preferences
void	addPreferenceProlog(String prologPref) Add preference a preference
abstract PreferenceCombination	clonePreferenceCombination()
static PreferenceCombination	getDefault()
abstract int	getPreferenceInt()
String	getPreferenceProlog()
boolean	isProhibited()
boolean	isRequired()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PreferenceCombination

public PreferenceCombination()

PreferenceCombination

public PreferenceCombination(PreferenceCombination c)

Method Detail

addPreferenceProlog

public void addPreferenceProlog(String prologPref)

Add preference a preference

Parameters:

prologPref - prolog preference (R for required, P for prohibited, -2 strongly preferred, ... 2 strongly discouraged)

addPreferenceInt

public void addPreferenceInt(int intPref)

Returns combined preference from the given preferences

Parameters:

intPref - preference

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

isProhibited

public boolean isProhibited()

clonePreferenceCombination

public abstract PreferenceCombination clonePreferenceCombination()

getPreferenceInt

public abstract int getPreferenceInt()

getPreferenceProlog

public String getPreferenceProlog()

getDefault

public static PreferenceCombination getDefault()