Descriptor (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContextSchedulableDescriptor<T>, DisplayDescriptor, SchedulableDescriptor, UserPanelDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDescriptor, AbstractTextSinkDescriptor, AgentDescriptor, BasicDisplayDescriptor, CartesianDisplayDescriptor, ChartDescriptor, ConsoleSinkDescriptor, DataSetDescriptor, DefaultContextSchedulableDescriptor, DefaultDescriptor, DefaultDisplayDescriptor, DefaultSchedulableDescriptor, DefaultUserPanelDescriptor, FileSinkDescriptor, GISDisplayDescriptor, HistogramChartDescriptor, NetworkDescriptor, TimeSeriesChartDescriptor
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public interface Descriptor
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Interface representing a descriptor used to build a simulation's settings. This is meant to be extended by specialized descriptors and the actual simulation built by controller actions that parse the descriptors and build the necessary simulation pieces.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/12/21 22:25:34 $

Author:

Jerry Vos

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Retrieves the name of the descriptor.
`void`	`setName(String name)`	Sets the name of the descriptor.

- Method Detail
  - getName
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String getName()
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    Retrieves the name of the descriptor. This will generally be used for displaying the descriptor in GUIs and in other situations.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of this descriptor
  - setName
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void setName(String name)
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    Sets the name of the descriptor. This will generally be used for displaying the descriptor in GUIs and in other situations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of this descriptor