com.anji.nn
Class StepHourglassConnection

java.lang.Object
  com.anji.nn.StepHourglassConnection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Connection

public class StepHourglassConnection
extends java.lang.Object
implements Connection

StepHourglassConnection Connection returning a value between 0 and 1, where 1 indicates the fully allotted amount of time remaining and 0 indicates no time remainnig.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.anji.nn.Connection

XML_TAG

Constructor Summary

StepHourglassConnection()
ctor

Method Summary

long	cost()
double	read() returns ratio of time remaining to total time
void	reset() reset hourglass to have max time remaining
void	reset(int aMaxSteps) reset hourglass to have max time remaining
void	step() proceed one step closer to completion
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.String	toXml()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StepHourglassConnection

public StepHourglassConnection()

ctor

Method Detail

reset

public void reset(int aMaxSteps)

reset hourglass to have max time remaining

Parameters:

aMaxSteps - maximum steps before hourglass is empty

reset

public void reset()

reset hourglass to have max time remaining

read

public double read()

returns ratio of time remaining to total time

Specified by:

read in interface Connection

Returns:

double value carried on this connection from incoming neuron

See Also:

Connection.read()

step

public void step()

proceed one step closer to completion

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

toXml

public java.lang.String toXml()

Specified by:

toXml in interface Connection

Returns:

String representation of object

See Also:

Connection.toXml()

cost

public long cost()

Specified by:

cost in interface Connection

Returns:

number corresponding to cost of activation in resources

See Also:

Connection.cost()