Pheromone.java

package turtlekit.pheromone;

public interface Pheromone<T> {
	
	/**
	 * @return the diffusion coefficient as a float between 0 and 1, e.g. 0.33 for 33% 
	 */
	public float getDiffusionCoefficient();

	/**
	 * @return the evaporation coefficient as a float between 0 and 1, e.g. 0.33 for 33% 
	 */
	public float getEvaporationCoefficient();
	

	public CoefficientBoundedRangeModel getDiffusionCoefficientModel();

	public CoefficientBoundedRangeModel getEvaporationCoefficientModel();
	

	
public int getMaxDirection(int xcor, int ycor) ;

	public int getMinDirection(int i, int j);

	public void evaporation();
	
	public void diffusion();
	
	public void diffusionAndEvaporation();
	
	public T get(int x, int y);

	public abstract T get(int get1dIndex);
	
	public abstract T getMaximum();

	public abstract void setMaximum(T maximum);

	/**
	 * @return the width
	 */
	public int getWidth();


	/**
	 * @return the height
	 */
	public int getHeight();


	/**
	 * @return the name
	 */
	public String getName();

	public int get1DIndex(int x, int y);
	
	public abstract void set(int index, T value);

	public void set(int x, int y, T value);

	public void incValue(int x, int y, float quantity);

	public void incValue(int code, float attractQty);

}