org.micropsi.nodenet
Class ActivatorNode

java.lang.Object
  org.micropsi.nodenet.NetEntity
      org.micropsi.nodenet.Node
          org.micropsi.nodenet.ActivatorNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

GateTypesIF, NetIntegrityIF

public class ActivatorNode

extends Node

An ActivatorNode can be used to increase the activation of all Nodes within one NodeSpace. As NodeSpaces are hierarchical, this will also affect all Nodes in the nested NodeSpaces. ActivatorNodes put, when activated, their activation into the slots of all Nodes of their NodeSpace.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.micropsi.nodenet.Node

genericLinks, genSlot

Fields inherited from class org.micropsi.nodenet.NetEntity

entityManager, gates, slots

Fields inherited from interface org.micropsi.nodenet.GateTypesIF

GT_ASSOCIATION, GT_CAT, GT_DISSOCIATION, GT_EXP, GT_GEN, GT_POR, GT_REF, GT_RET, GT_SUB, GT_SUR, GT_SYM

Fields inherited from interface org.micropsi.nodenet.NetIntegrityIF

BAD_KEY, BAD_LINK, BAD_OUTPUT_FUNCTION, BAD_SLOT, DUPLICATE_KEY, UNKNOWN_ENTITY, UNKNOWN_MODULE

Constructor Summary

protected

ActivatorNode(java.lang.String nodeID, NetEntityManager manager)

Method Summary

void	setSpace(NodeSpaceModule space) Sets the space.
protected void	use() Some nodes perform low-level java operations when activated.

Methods inherited from class org.micropsi.nodenet.Node

calculateGates, getEntityType, getGenActivation, getType, propagateActivation

Methods inherited from class org.micropsi.nodenet.NetEntity

addGate, addSlot, changeParameter, checkIntegrity, confirmNewActivation, createLinkTo, createLinkTo, deleteGate, deleteLink, deleteSlot, destroy, getEntityName, getFirstLinkAt, getGate, getGates, getID, getLastLinkAt, getLink, getNumberOfGates, getNumberOfSlots, getParentID, getSlot, getSlots, hasName, isActive, reportIntegrityStatus, setEntityName, setParentID, toString, unlinkCompletely, updateDecayState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActivatorNode

protected ActivatorNode(java.lang.String nodeID,
                        NetEntityManager manager)

See Also:

NetEntity.NetEntity(String, NetEntityManager)

Method Detail

use

protected void use()
            throws NetIntegrityException

Description copied from class: Node

Some nodes perform low-level java operations when activated. (Dissociators, activators and the like.) This method is not meant to get java functionality into the net - use NativeModules for this purpose!

Specified by:

use in class Node

Throws:

NetIntegrityException - if something is wrong with the net

See Also:

Node.use()

setSpace

public void setSpace(NodeSpaceModule space)

Sets the space.

Parameters:

space - The space to set