choco.branch
Class AbstractBranching

java.lang.Object
  choco.branch.AbstractBranching

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractIntBranching, PalmAbstractBranching

public abstract class AbstractBranching
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String[]	LOG_DECISION_MSG
protected static java.lang.String	LOG_DOWN_MSG
protected static java.lang.String	LOG_UP_MSG
protected static java.util.logging.Logger	logger an object for logging trace statements
protected AbstractGlobalSearchSolver	manager the main control object (responsible for the whole exploration, while the branching object is responsible only at the choice point level
protected AbstractBranching	nextBranching a link towards the next branching object (once this one is exhausted)

Constructor Summary

AbstractBranching()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	getDecisionLogMsg(int branchIndex) used for logging messages related to the search tree
AbstractBranching	getNextBranching() Gets the next branching.
void	setNextBranching(AbstractBranching nextBranching) Sets the next branching.
void	setSolver(AbstractGlobalSearchSolver s)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

manager

protected AbstractGlobalSearchSolver manager

the main control object (responsible for the whole exploration, while the branching object is responsible only at the choice point level

nextBranching

protected AbstractBranching nextBranching

a link towards the next branching object (once this one is exhausted)

logger

protected static java.util.logging.Logger logger

an object for logging trace statements

LOG_DOWN_MSG

protected static java.lang.String LOG_DOWN_MSG

LOG_UP_MSG

protected static java.lang.String LOG_UP_MSG

LOG_DECISION_MSG

protected static java.lang.String[] LOG_DECISION_MSG

Constructor Detail

AbstractBranching

public AbstractBranching()

Method Detail

setSolver

public void setSolver(AbstractGlobalSearchSolver s)

getNextBranching

public AbstractBranching getNextBranching()

Gets the next branching.

setNextBranching

public void setNextBranching(AbstractBranching nextBranching)

Sets the next branching.

getDecisionLogMsg

public abstract java.lang.String getDecisionLogMsg(int branchIndex)

used for logging messages related to the search tree

Parameters:

branchIndex -

Returns:

an string that will be printed between the branching object and the branch index Suggested implementations return LOG_DECISION_MSG[0] or LOG_DECISION_MSG[branchIndex]