aima.core.search.framework

Interface PerceptToStateFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

FullyObservableVacuumEnvironmentPerceptToStateFunction

public interface PerceptToStateFunction

This interface is to define how to Map a Percept to a State representation for a problem solver within a specific environment. This arises in the description of the Online Search algorithms from Chapter 4.

Author:

Ciaran O'Reilly

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getState(Percept p) Get the problem state associated with a Percept.

Method Detail

getState

java.lang.Object getState(Percept p)

Get the problem state associated with a Percept.

Parameters:

p - the percept to be transformed to a problem state.

Returns:

a problem state derived from the Percept p.