/*
* Created on Aug 18, 2005 Copyright (C) 2001-5, Anthony Harrison anh23@pitt.edu
* (jactr.org) This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the
* hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
* implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
* the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have
* received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
* Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.jactr.core.buffer;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.jactr.core.chunk.IChunk;
/**
* interface for an activation buffer that can contain more than one chunk.
*
* @author developer
*/
public interface ICapacityBuffer extends IActivationBuffer
{
static public final String EJECTION_POLICY_PARAM = "EjectionPolicy";
static public enum EjectionPolicy {
LeastRecentlyUsed, LeastRecentlyMatched, LeastRecentlyAdded, MostRecentlyUsed, MostRecentlyMatched, MostRecentlyAdded
};
public Collection<IChunk> getSourceChunks();
public EjectionPolicy getEjectionPolicy();
public void setEjectionPolicy(EjectionPolicy policy);
}