edu.indiana.iucbrf.ccbr.conversationblock.selector
Class AbstractConversationBlockSelector

java.lang.Object
  edu.indiana.iucbrf.ccbr.conversationblock.selector.AbstractConversationBlockSelector

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConversationBlockSelector, SwingRepresentableWithDomain, SwingRepresentable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EnsembleConversationBlockSelector, FrequencyConversationBlockSelector, ImportanceMeasureConversationBlockSelector, OrderedConversationBlockSelector, RandomConversationBlockSelector

public abstract class AbstractConversationBlockSelector
extends java.lang.Object
implements ConversationBlockSelector

Provides basic abstract implementations of ConversationBlockSelector.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected ProblemDifferentiator

differentiator

Fields inherited from interface edu.indiana.util.swing.SwingRepresentable

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Constructor Summary

AbstractConversationBlockSelector(ProblemDifferentiator differentiator)
Creates a new instance of AbstractConversationBlockSelector

Method Summary

ConversationBlock	getNextBlock(Problem problemSoFar, RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration, CCBRDomain domain) The conversation block returned should not be a question to which problemSoFar already has an answer.
FeatureKey	getNextFeatureKey(Problem problemSoFar, RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration, CCBRDomain domain)
protected abstract FeatureKey	getNextFeatureKeyImpl(Problem problemSoFar, RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration, CCBRDomain domain)
void	initConversation(Problem initialProblem) Reset the state of the conversation block selector and prepare for a new conversation on the given problem.
protected abstract void	initConversationImpl(Problem initialProblem)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface edu.indiana.iucbrf.ccbr.conversationblock.selector.ConversationBlockSelector

reset

Methods inherited from interface edu.indiana.iucbrf.util.SwingRepresentableWithDomain

toSwing

Methods inherited from interface edu.indiana.util.swing.SwingRepresentable

toSwing

Field Detail

differentiator

protected ProblemDifferentiator differentiator

Constructor Detail

AbstractConversationBlockSelector

public AbstractConversationBlockSelector(ProblemDifferentiator differentiator)

Creates a new instance of AbstractConversationBlockSelector

Method Detail

getNextBlock

public ConversationBlock getNextBlock(Problem problemSoFar,
                                      RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration,
                                      CCBRDomain domain)

The conversation block returned should not be a question to which problemSoFar already has an answer. Returns null if there are no more conversation blocks to ask

Specified by:

getNextBlock in interface ConversationBlockSelector

getNextFeatureKey

public FeatureKey getNextFeatureKey(Problem problemSoFar,
                                    RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration,
                                    CCBRDomain domain)

Specified by:

getNextFeatureKey in interface ConversationBlockSelector

getNextFeatureKeyImpl

protected abstract FeatureKey getNextFeatureKeyImpl(Problem problemSoFar,
                                                    RetrievalResults casesUnderConsideration,
                                                    CCBRDomain domain)

initConversation

public void initConversation(Problem initialProblem)

Description copied from interface: ConversationBlockSelector

Reset the state of the conversation block selector and prepare for a new conversation on the given problem. For some conversation block selectors, this may be a dummy operation.

Specified by:

initConversation in interface ConversationBlockSelector

initConversationImpl

protected abstract void initConversationImpl(Problem initialProblem)