edu.iu.iv.modeling.tarl.input.impl
Class DefaultAuthorParameters

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthorParameters

public class DefaultAuthorParameters

extends java.lang.Object

implements AuthorParameters

This class defines a default implementation of the AuthorParametersInterface interface. It defines model parameters which are related to Authors and methods to access them. This class is directly used by the DefaultAuthorManager class.

Author:

Jeegar T Maru

See Also:

DefaultAuthorManager, DefaultExecuterParameters

Constructor Summary

DefaultAuthorParameters()
Creates a new default instance for PublicationParameters.

Method Summary

int	getMaximumAge() Returns the maximum age of the authors
int	getNumCoAuthors() Returns the number of Co Authors for each Author
int	getNumDeactivationAuthors() Returns the number of authors to be deactivated in numDeactivationYears years
int	getNumDeactivationYears() Returns the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place
void	initializeDefault() Initializes the AuthorParameters with default values
void	setMaximumAge(int maximumAge) Stores the maximum age of the authors
void	setNumCoAuthors(int numCoAuthors) Stores the number of co-authors for each author
void	setNumDeactivationAuthors(int numDeactivationAuthors) Stores the number of authors to be deactivated in numDeactivationYears years
void	setNumDeactivationYears(int numDeactivationYears) Stores the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultAuthorParameters

public DefaultAuthorParameters()

Creates a new default instance for PublicationParameters. The default values are the values mentioned in the PNAS paper.

Method Detail

initializeDefault

public void initializeDefault()

Initializes the AuthorParameters with default values

Specified by:

initializeDefault in interface AuthorParameters

getMaximumAge

public int getMaximumAge()

Returns the maximum age of the authors

Specified by:

getMaximumAge in interface AuthorParameters

Returns:

the maximum age of the authors

getNumDeactivationAuthors

public int getNumDeactivationAuthors()

Returns the number of authors to be deactivated in numDeactivationYears years

Specified by:

getNumDeactivationAuthors in interface AuthorParameters

Returns:

the number of authors to be deactivate in numDeactivationYears years

getNumDeactivationYears

public int getNumDeactivationYears()

Returns the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place

Specified by:

getNumDeactivationYears in interface AuthorParameters

Returns:

the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place

getNumCoAuthors

public int getNumCoAuthors()

Returns the number of Co Authors for each Author

Specified by:

getNumCoAuthors in interface AuthorParameters

Returns:

the number of co-authors

setMaximumAge

public void setMaximumAge(int maximumAge)
                   throws TarlException

Stores the maximum age of the authors

Specified by:

setMaximumAge in interface AuthorParameters

Parameters:

maximumAge - the maximum age of the authors

Throws:

TarlException - if the field is set with an invalid value

setNumDeactivationAuthors

public void setNumDeactivationAuthors(int numDeactivationAuthors)
                               throws TarlException

Stores the number of authors to be deactivated in numDeactivationYears years

Specified by:

setNumDeactivationAuthors in interface AuthorParameters

Parameters:

numDeactivationAuthors - the number of authors to be deactivate in numDeactivationYears years

Throws:

TarlException - if the field is set with an invalid value

setNumDeactivationYears

public void setNumDeactivationYears(int numDeactivationYears)
                             throws TarlException

Stores the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place

Specified by:

setNumDeactivationYears in interface AuthorParameters

Parameters:

numDeactivationYears - the number of years in which deactivation is supposed to take place

Throws:

TarlException - if the field is set with an invalid value

setNumCoAuthors

public void setNumCoAuthors(int numCoAuthors)
                     throws TarlException

Stores the number of co-authors for each author

Specified by:

setNumCoAuthors in interface AuthorParameters

Parameters:

numCoAuthors - the number of co-authors for each author

Throws:

TarlException - if the field is set with an invalid value