animals

Class Animal

java.lang.Object

animals.Animal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Animal>

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bull, Cow, Heifer

public class Animal
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<Animal>

Super class for all animals

Author:

karma

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Animal(repast.simphony.context.Context theContext) give Repast context to the animal

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	aging() age the animal by one month
int	compareTo(Animal anotherAnimal) compares the age of one animal to another animal
double	getAge() returns the age of the animal in months
double	getBodyWeight() return the body-weight in kg
void	incrBodyWeight(double lwg) increase or decrease the body weight by monthly live-weight gain or loss
void	removeMe() removes the animal from the repast context
void	setIniAge(double iniAge) set the initial age when born or bought

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Animal

public Animal(repast.simphony.context.Context theContext)

give Repast context to the animal

Parameters:

theContext -

Method Detail

getBodyWeight

public double getBodyWeight()

return the body-weight in kg

Returns:

incrBodyWeight

public void incrBodyWeight(double lwg)

increase or decrease the body weight by monthly live-weight gain or loss

Parameters:

lwg -

aging

public void aging()

age the animal by one month

setIniAge

public void setIniAge(double iniAge)

set the initial age when born or bought

Parameters:

iniAge -

getAge

public double getAge()

returns the age of the animal in months

Returns:

removeMe

public void removeMe()

removes the animal from the repast context

compareTo

public int compareTo(Animal anotherAnimal)

compares the age of one animal to another animal

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<Animal>