EntityInterface.java

package nl.tudelft.bw4t.server.eis;

/**
 * class to specify for our RobotEntity that it needs to implement initializePerceptionCycle. We can't cast to
 * RobotEntity directly because RobotEntity class is loaded only in Repast since it is a Repast object, we can't load
 * that class here because of access restrictions to repast classes.
 */

public interface EntityInterface {
    /**
     * To be called when a new perception cycle starts. This allows the entity to 'lock' the current repast state so
     * that percepts are coherent.
     */
    void initializePerceptionCycle();

    /**
     * to be called when robot is connected, so that we can inject the entity into Repast for painting. #2326
     */
    void connect();

    /**
     * call this whenever the entity gets disconnected from the environment.
     */
    void disconnect();
}