/// <summary>
/// A POSH competence, containing competence priority elements.
///
/// Initialises the competence.
///
/// If no goal is given, then the goal will never be reached.
///
/// The log domain is set to "[AgentId].C.[competence_name]".
/// </summary>
/// <param name="agent">The competence's agent.</param>
/// <param name="competenceName">The name of the competence.</param>
/// <param name="priorityElements">The priority elements of the competence,
/// in their order of priority.</param>
/// <param name="goal">The goal of the competence.</param>
public Competence(Agent agent, string competenceName, CompetencePriorityElement[] priorityElements, Trigger goal)
: base(string.Format("C.{0}",competenceName),agent)
{
this.name = competenceName;
if (priorityElements.Length > 0 )
this.elements = new List<CompetencePriorityElement>(priorityElements);
else
this.elements = new List<CompetencePriorityElement>();
this.goal = goal;
log.Debug("Created");
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a reset copy of itsself.
///
/// This method creates a copy of itsself that has a copy of the
/// reset priority elements but is otherwise equal.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public override CopiableElement copy()
{
// everything besides the elements stays the same. That's why
// we make a shallow copy and only copy the elements separately.
CompetencePriorityElement newObj = (CompetencePriorityElement)this.MemberwiseClone();
List <CompetenceElement> newElements = new List <CompetenceElement>();
foreach (CompetenceElement elem in elements)
{
newElements.Add((CompetenceElement)elem.copy());
}
newObj.elements = newElements;
return(newObj);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the list of priority elements of the competence.
///
/// Calling this method also resets the competence.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="elements"></param>
public void setElements(CompetencePriorityElement[] elements)
{
this.elements = new List<CompetencePriorityElement>(elements);
reset();
}
