core

Class ProblemXMLData

java.lang.Object

core.ComponentXMLData

core.ProblemXMLData

public class ProblemXMLData
extends ComponentXMLData

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProblemXMLData(ComponentType ctype, java.io.File xmlfile) Constructor of this problem class.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getMaximumNumberOfPlayers()
int	getMinimumNumberOfPlayers()
AbstractProblem	getNewProblemInstance() Returns a new problem instance created from this source data.
int	getRequiredNumberOfInputs()
int	getRequiredNumberOfOutputs()
java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,XMLFieldEntry>	getRequirements() Returns a map containing the loaded requirement pairs defined in the XML file.

Methods inherited from class core.ComponentXMLData

getAuthor, getClassDir, getClassName, getComponentClass, getComponentType, getDescription, getImageLocation, getKeywords, getName, getNewMethodInstance, getNewRankingInstance, getNewRepresentationInstance, getProperties, getSourceXMLFile, getTypeOfProperty, getValueOfProperty, getVersion, isLoadedSuccessfully, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProblemXMLData

public ProblemXMLData(ComponentType ctype,
              java.io.File xmlfile)
               throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Constructor of this problem class. Basically, it loads up all the data from the given XML file and puts them in the appropriate variables.

Parameters:

ctype - The type of this component.

xmlfile - The XML file used to load up data into this class.

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - if the component type is not problem or multi problem

Method Detail

getRequiredNumberOfInputs

public int getRequiredNumberOfInputs()

getRequiredNumberOfOutputs

public int getRequiredNumberOfOutputs()

getMinimumNumberOfPlayers

public int getMinimumNumberOfPlayers()

getMaximumNumberOfPlayers

public int getMaximumNumberOfPlayers()

getRequirements

public java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,XMLFieldEntry> getRequirements()

Returns a map containing the loaded requirement pairs defined in the XML file. Since only single problem and multi problem components have requirements it will throw and IllegalAccessException

Returns:

A map of requirements or null if the type of this component is not single problem or multi problem.

getNewProblemInstance

public AbstractProblem getNewProblemInstance()
                                      throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Returns a new problem instance created from this source data.

Returns:

A new problem instance

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - if an error occurs while instantiating the encapsulated problem object