swarm.space
Interface Int2dFiler

All Known Implementing Classes:

Int2dFilerImpl

public interface Int2dFiler

extends SwarmObject, SwarmObjectS

Saves the state of a Discrete2d object [DEPRECATED].. The Int2dFiler class is used to save the state of any Discrete2d object (or a subclass thereof) to a specified file. Use of this protocol is deprecated, the ability to write the state of a Discrete2d instance to disk (serialize) is now encoded directly to the Discrete2d class, via the lisp and HDF5 archiver features.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	fileTo(java.lang.String aFileName) When the Int2dFiler receives this message, it opens a file called fileName, stores the state of a pre-specified space into it, and then closes the file.
java.lang.Object	setBackground(int aValue) This message is optional.
java.lang.Object	setDiscrete2dToFile(Discrete2d sSpace) Set the target space to be filled.
java.lang.Object	setValueMessage(Selector aSelector) This message is optional.

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

setDiscrete2dToFile

public java.lang.Object setDiscrete2dToFile(Discrete2d sSpace)

Set the target space to be filled. This message can be used more than once, but often it is useful to keep one Int2dFiler per space (e.g. when the space is saved multiple times).

setValueMessage

public java.lang.Object setValueMessage(Selector aSelector)

This message is optional. It is used when the target Discrete2d contains objects. By sending each object the message specified by the selector, the Int2dFiler is able to get from the object an integer representing its state, which it then writes to the file.

setBackground

public java.lang.Object setBackground(int aValue)

This message is optional. It is used when the target Discrete2d contains objects. If a particular location in the space has no resident object, the argument of this message is the value which gets writtent to the file. The default background value is 0.

fileTo

public java.lang.Object fileTo(java.lang.String aFileName)

When the Int2dFiler receives this message, it opens a file called fileName, stores the state of a pre-specified space into it, and then closes the file.