source: src/main/java/genius/core/tournament/VariablesAndValues/TournamentVariable.java

package genius.core.tournament.VariablesAndValues;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * TournamentVariable is an abstract class, it is either a ProfileVariable,
 * AgentVariable or AgentParameterVariable, and it has a set of values that it
 * can take. During the tournament, all of the values will be used one after
 * another, in the order given in the ArrayList.
 * 
 * @author wouter
 * 
 */
public abstract class TournamentVariable implements Serializable {
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 5326059723219308268L;
        ArrayList<TournamentValue> values = new ArrayList<TournamentValue>();

        /** ordered list of values this var can take */

        /** add given value to the array of values */
        public abstract void addValue(TournamentValue value) throws Exception;

        public ArrayList<TournamentValue> getValues() {
                return values;
        }

        public void setValues(ArrayList<TournamentValue> newvals) {
                values = newvals;
        }

        /**
         * varToString converts the variable name into a string. It shound NOT
         * convert the values, only the variable name and its parameters (eg
         * AgentParam[tau])
         */
        public abstract String varToString();

}