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Re: Dynamic Agent Creation
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Sean Luke <[log in to unmask]>
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MASON Multiagent Simulation Toolkit <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:23:28 -0500
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On Mar 4, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Yang, Ming wrote:

> Yes, my question on agent portrayal can apply to arbitrary objects
> portrayal also.
> I think I have gotten my answer. The main point is the method
> "setupPortrayals()" in GUIState does not need to know exactly what are
> the objects or the number of the objects. It needs only to know the
> classifications such as the classes of the objects then it uses
> "setPortrayalForClass(..)" or " setPortrayalForAll(...) to tell the  
> way
> to portrayal them.

Right.  Or a few other method options (or if the objects are  
themselves SimplePortrayals, it'll just use them).

Sean

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