org.micropsi.nodenet
Class DissociatorNode

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

GateTypesIF, NetIntegrityIF

public class DissociatorNode

extends Node

Complementary to the AssociatorNodes, DissociatorNodes weaken or delete Links between all Nodes within one NodeSpace that have active Gates and the slots that are connected to the dissociator.

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

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

Method Summary

protected void	dissociateActiveGates(NetEntity source, NetEntity target, int targetSlotType, double dissoActivation, double dissoWeight, double dissoConst) Dissociates all active Gates of the node with a slot of a second node.
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

DissociatorNode

protected DissociatorNode(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()

dissociateActiveGates

protected void dissociateActiveGates(NetEntity source,
                                     NetEntity target,
                                     int targetSlotType,
                                     double dissoActivation,
                                     double dissoWeight,
                                     double dissoConst)
                              throws NetIntegrityException

Dissociates all active Gates of the node with a slot of a second node. "Dissociate" means: existing links are weakened or removed.

Parameters:

source - the node to link from

target - the node to be linked

dissoActivation - the activation of the dissociator node

dissoWeight - additional dissociator weight

Throws:

NetIntegrityException - if one of the existing links is bad or the target node does not exist.

setSpace

public void setSpace(NodeSpaceModule space)

Sets the space.

Parameters:

space - The space to set