market
Class Participant

java.lang.Object
  market.Participant

Direct Known Subclasses:

Buyer, Seller

public abstract class Participant
extends java.lang.Object

This class is an abstract representation of market participants and outlines the basic functions, particularly makeDecision().

Author:

tratch

Constructor Summary

Participant(Player p)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getParticipantName()
Player	getPlayer()
abstract Decision	makeDecision(Market pMarket)
void	setParticipantName(java.lang.String newName)
void	setPlayer(Player player)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Participant

public Participant(Player p)

Parameters:

p -

Method Detail

getParticipantName

public java.lang.String getParticipantName()

Returns:

The participant's name

getPlayer

public Player getPlayer()

Returns:

this player

makeDecision

public abstract Decision makeDecision(Market pMarket)

Parameters:

pMarket -

Returns:

A decision given the market pMarket

setParticipantName

public void setParticipantName(java.lang.String newName)

Parameters:

newName -

setPlayer

public void setPlayer(Player player)

Parameters:

player -

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object