edu.iu.iv.modeling.tarl.topic.impl
Class DefaultTopicManager

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

TopicManager

public class DefaultTopicManager

extends java.lang.Object

implements TopicManager

This class defines a default implementation of the TopicManagerInterface. It uses the default implementations of the standard interfaces for its cause.

Author:

Jeegar T Maru

See Also:

DefaultTopicDatabase, TopicManager

Constructor Summary

DefaultTopicManager()
Creates a new instance of the TopicManager

Method Summary

void	cleanUpTopic() Removes every Topic from its database
Topic	getRandomTopic() Returns a random Topic from the database
TopicGroup	getTopics() Returns the group of all the Topics in the system
void	initializeTopics(TopicParameters topicParameters) Initializes the Topic environment to enable various operations on the Topics.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultTopicManager

public DefaultTopicManager()

Creates a new instance of the TopicManager

Method Detail

initializeTopics

public void initializeTopics(TopicParameters topicParameters)

Initializes the Topic environment to enable various operations on the Topics. Creates new topics based on the model parameters of the topic environment.

Specified by:

initializeTopics in interface TopicManager

Parameters:

topicParameters - Specifies the model parameters related to topics

getRandomTopic

public Topic getRandomTopic()

Returns a random Topic from the database

Specified by:

getRandomTopic in interface TopicManager

Returns:

a random topic

getTopics

public TopicGroup getTopics()

Returns the group of all the Topics in the system

Specified by:

getTopics in interface TopicManager

Returns:

Group of all the topics

cleanUpTopic

public void cleanUpTopic()

Removes every Topic from its database

Specified by:

cleanUpTopic in interface TopicManager