Hi mark,

Good luck with the PhD viva. 

I got GeoMason from the Google Code Subversion. 

From what I can infer you're trying to dynamically render
the color for each geometry based on looking up some real value from
an agent?

Yes. What I  do is  to updated the  color of the geometry using some real value from a matching agent (note my agents are the world countries therefore therefore there is a one-to-one mapping between agents and geometry. )

Now, the code works which means that the map is updated but I have to click on the map (it seems that my clicking on the map the repaint method is invoked). What I fail to do is to make the update automatically. 

The question is how can I force the display to update the color of the geometry by calling the public void draw(Object object, Graphics2D graphics, DrawInfo2D info) at the end of each simulation? 
 
  public void draw(Object object, Graphics2D graphics, DrawInfo2D info)
    {
    
     MasonGeometry gm= (MasonGeometry) object;
     ArrayList<AttributeField> arrayL= (ArrayList<AttributeField>)gm.geometry.getUserData();
     Iterator itr= arrayL.iterator();
     AttributeField attriField;
while(itr.hasNext())
{
      attriField = (AttributeField) itr.next();
      if (attriField.name.equals("CNTRY_NAME"))
      {
      paint = colorMap.getColor(getAgent((String) attriField.value));
     // System.out.println(getAgent((String) attriField.value) + "  "+ attriField.value);
      }
          
     }

        super.draw(object, graphics, info);  
       
    }

The getAgent((String) attriField.value) method returns the 'Oil Production' of the relevant agent/country at the relevant simulation step. 

Regards,
Vlasios
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London Metropolitan Business School
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On 23 Nov 2010, at 22:48, Mark Coletti wrote:

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM, vlasios voudouris
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi all,
This is a question about Geomason.

[code snipped]

The above codes works well. But what it fails to do is to update the map
after each step

Sorry for the tardy response.  I'm a PhD student preparing for my
comprehensive exam and thesis topic proposal defense, so my schedule
is a little erratic.

In any case, I'd like a little more context here to understand your
problem.  From what I can infer you're trying to dynamically render
the color for each geometry based on looking up some real value from
an agent?

Also, just out of curiosity, did you get the GeoMason code from the
old java.net site or the current Google Code Subversion repository?

Cheers,

Mark