source: geniuswebcore/geniusweb/profile/utilityspace/UtilitySpace.py@ 74

from decimal import Decimal

from geniusweb.issuevalue.Bid import Bid
from geniusweb.profile.FullOrdering import FullOrdering


class UtilitySpace (FullOrdering ):
        '''
        A utilityspace defines a profile in terms of a utility of a bid. Bids with
        higher utility are preferred over bids with less utility.
        '''

        def getUtility(self, bid:Bid ) -> Decimal:
                '''
                @param bid the {@link Bid} to be evaluated
                @return the utility value of this bid. This MUST return a number in the range
                        [0,1]. 0 means preferred the least and 1 means preferred the most.
                '''

        def isPreferredOrEqual(self, bid1:Bid, bid2:Bid ) -> bool:
                return self.getUtility(bid1) >= self.getUtility(bid2)