IGoalbase (Jadex Active Component Platform 4.0.218 API)

All Superinterfaces:

IElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

RGoalbase
```
public interface IGoalbase
extends IElement
```
The programmers interface for the goalbase. todo: getTopLevelGoals() ?

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`containsGoal(IGoal goal)`	Test if an adopted goal is already contained in the goal base.
`IGoal`	`createGoal(java.lang.String type)`	Create a goal from a template goal.
`<T> IFuture<T>`	`dispatchTopLevelGoal(IGoal goal)`	Dispatch a new top-level goal.
`IGoal[]`	`getGoals()`	Get all the adopted goals in this scope (including subgoals).
`IGoal[]`	`getGoals(java.lang.String type)`	Get all proprietary goals of a specified type (=model element name).

Methods inherited from interface jadex.bdiv3x.runtime.IElement
getModelElement

- Method Detail
  - containsGoal
```
boolean containsGoal(IGoal goal)
```
    Test if an adopted goal is already contained in the goal base.
    
    Parameters:
    
    goal - The goal to test.
    
    Returns:
    
    True, if the goal is contained.
  - getGoals
```
IGoal[] getGoals(java.lang.String type)
```
    Get all proprietary goals of a specified type (=model element name).
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The goal type.
    
    Returns:
    
    All proprietary goals of the specified type.
  - getGoals
```
IGoal[] getGoals()
```
    Get all the adopted goals in this scope (including subgoals).
    
    Returns:
    
    All goals and subgoals.
  - createGoal
```
IGoal createGoal(java.lang.String type)
```
    Create a goal from a template goal. To be processed, the goal has to be dispatched as subgoal or adopted as top-level goal.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The template goal name as specified in the ADF.
    
    Returns:
    
    The created goal.
  - dispatchTopLevelGoal
```
<T> IFuture<T> dispatchTopLevelGoal(IGoal goal)
```
    Dispatch a new top-level goal.
    
    Parameters:
    
    goal - The new goal.