edu.colorado.simulations
Class BooleanSource

java.lang.Object
  edu.colorado.simulations.BooleanSource

public class BooleanSource
extends java.lang.Object

A BooleanSource provides a random sequence of boolean values.

Java Source Code for this class:

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/edu/colorado/simulations/BooleanSource.java

Constructor Summary

BooleanSource(double p)
Initialize a BooleanSource.

Method Summary

boolean

query() Get the next value from this BooleanSource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BooleanSource

public BooleanSource(double p)

Initialize a BooleanSource.

Parameters:

p - a probability

Precondition:

0 <= p and p <= 1.

Postcondition:

This BooleanSource has been initialized so that p is the approximate probability of returning true in any subsequent activation of the query method.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Indicates that p is outside of its legal range.

Method Detail

query

public boolean query()

Get the next value from this BooleanSource.

Parameters:

- - none

Returns:

The return value is either true or false, with the probability of a true value being determined by the argument that was given to the constructor.