de.ls5.jlearn.interfaces
Interface AsyncOracle

All Superinterfaces:

Oracle, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsyncOracleImpl

public interface AsyncOracle
extends Oracle

An asynchronous oracle buffers queries, which can be retrieved and processed.

Author:

merten

Method Summary

void	answerQuery(Word query, Word answer) Provide an answer for a query previously retrieved from this asynchronous oracle.
List<Word>	getQueries(int max) Retrieve a list of queries currently buffered in this asynchronous oracle.

Methods inherited from interface de.ls5.jlearn.interfaces.Oracle

processQuery

Method Detail

getQueries

List<Word> getQueries(int max)

Retrieve a list of queries currently buffered in this asynchronous oracle.

Parameters:

max - the maximal number of queries to be retrieved

Returns:

a List of query Word objects

answerQuery

void answerQuery(Word query,
                 Word answer)

Provide an answer for a query previously retrieved from this asynchronous oracle.

Parameters:

query - a query previously retrieved from this asynchronous oracle

answer - the result of the query