Process

All Implemented Interfaces:: java.io.Serializable


public abstract class Process
 implements Serializable

An abstract class for stochastic processes

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected String`	`name`
`protected List<NamedParam>`	`params`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Process(String name, int numParam)`	Creates a new process with the specified name and number of parameters.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Object`	`sample()`	Sample a value from the process
`String`	`getName()`	Get the name of this process
`int`	`getNumParams()`	Get the number of parameters
`void`	`setParam(int id, String paramName, Object paramValue)`	Set a parameter by id, name and value
`NamedParam`	`getParam(int id)`	Get a parameter by id
`String`	`name()`	Kotlin-style property alias for getName()
`int`	`numParams()`	Kotlin-style property alias for getNumParams()
`NamedParam`	`param(int id)`	Kotlin-style property alias for getParam(int id)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Process
```
Process(String name, int numParam)
```
    Creates a new process with the specified name and number of parameters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of this process type
    
    numParam - the number of parameters required
- Method Detail
  - sample
```
 abstract Object sample()
```
    Sample a value from the process
    
    Returns:
    
    sampled value
  - getName
```
 String getName()
```
    Get the name of this process
    
    Returns:
    
    process name
  - getNumParams
```
 int getNumParams()
```
    Get the number of parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    number of parameters
  - setParam
```
 void setParam(int id, String paramName, Object paramValue)
```
    Set a parameter by id, name and value
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - parameter index (1-based)
    
    paramName - parameter name
    
    paramValue - parameter value
  - getParam
```
 NamedParam getParam(int id)
```
    Get a parameter by id
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - parameter index (1-based)
    
    Returns:
    
    the named parameter
  - name
```
 String name()
```
    Kotlin-style property alias for getName()
  - numParams
```
 int numParams()
```
    Kotlin-style property alias for getNumParams()
  - param
```
 NamedParam param(int id)
```
    Kotlin-style property alias for getParam(int id)