edu.indiana.iucbrf.ccbr.conversationblock.selector.flowchart
Class FlowChartNode

java.lang.Object
  edu.indiana.iucbrf.ccbr.conversationblock.selector.flowchart.FlowChartNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InstructionFlowChartNode, QuestionFlowChartNode

public abstract class FlowChartNode
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A FlowChartNode is a single node in a flow chart. It may be a question or an instruction, for example.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected boolean

isLeaf

Constructor Summary

protected

FlowChartNode()

Method Summary

abstract void	assignChild(int nextNodeIndex, FlowChartNode newNode) Give this node a child.
abstract ConversationBlock	getConversationBlockObject(CCBRDomain domain) Get the ConversationBlock object corresponding to this node.
abstract FeatureKey	getFeatureQuestioned() Get the key of the feature questioned by this node.
protected abstract FlowChartNode	getImmediateNextNode(Feature answer)
boolean	isLeaf()
abstract java.util.Iterator	nextNodesIterator()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

isLeaf

protected boolean isLeaf

Constructor Detail

FlowChartNode

protected FlowChartNode()

Method Detail

isLeaf

public boolean isLeaf()

getImmediateNextNode

protected abstract FlowChartNode getImmediateNextNode(Feature answer)

nextNodesIterator

public abstract java.util.Iterator nextNodesIterator()

getFeatureQuestioned

public abstract FeatureKey getFeatureQuestioned()

Get the key of the feature questioned by this node. May be null, for an InstructionFlowChartNode, for example.

getConversationBlockObject

public abstract ConversationBlock getConversationBlockObject(CCBRDomain domain)

Get the ConversationBlock object corresponding to this node.

assignChild

public abstract void assignChild(int nextNodeIndex,
                                 FlowChartNode newNode)

Give this node a child. The nextNodeIndex corresponds to the answer's position in the FSMFeature.