swarm.simtools
Interface NSelect

All Known Implementing Classes:

NSelectImpl

public interface NSelect

extends SwarmObject, SwarmObjectS

A class to select exactly N elements at random from a collection.. NSelect selects exactly N elements from a collection without repetition. A target collection must be provided.

Method Summary

void	select$from$into(int n, java.lang.Object aCollection, java.lang.Object bCollection) The select:from:into: method selects exactly N elements from a collection without repetition into another collection.

Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.SwarmObject

getCompleteProbeMap, getProbeForMessage, getProbeForVariable, getProbeMap

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Drop

drop

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject

compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.GetName

getName

Method Detail

select$from$into

public void select$from$into(int n,
                             java.lang.Object aCollection,
                             java.lang.Object bCollection)

The select:from:into: method selects exactly N elements from a collection without repetition into another collection. The selection algorithm is from Knuth.