Class Subject

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.natural.methodology.experiment.Subject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Identified<Identification>, Named, Positioned<Place>

public class Subject
extends Object
implements Named, Identified<Identification>, Positioned<Place>, Serializable

A class representing an animal or human subject that takes part in an experiment.

In a scientific experiment, the subject is the individual being observed or tested.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	Subject.State

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Subject(Individual individual)	Creates a new Subject for the given individual.
Subject(Individual individual, List<Task> tasks)	Creates a new Subject for the given individual and tasks.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addTask(Task task)
void	addValuedVariable(ValuedVariable valuedVariable)
void	addValuedVariables(Collection<ValuedVariable> variables)
Set<ValuedVariable>	getAllValuedVariables()
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
Individual	getIndividual()
String	getName()
Place	getPosition()	Returns the position of this entity.
Instant	getStartTime()
Subject.State	getState()
List<Task>	getTasks()
boolean	isValid()
void	setName(String name)
void	setState(Subject.State state)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Subject

public Subject(Individual individual)

Creates a new Subject for the given individual.

Parameters:

individual - The individual participating in the experiment.

Subject

public Subject(Individual individual,
 List<Task> tasks)

Creates a new Subject for the given individual and tasks.

Parameters:

individual - The individual participating in the experiment.

tasks - The tasks assigned to this subject.

Method Details

getId

public Identification getId()

Description copied from interface: Identified

Returns the unique identifier of this entity.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identified<Identification>

Returns:

the identifier

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

setName

public void setName(String name)

getIndividual

public Individual getIndividual()

getState

public Subject.State getState()

setState

public void setState(Subject.State state)

isValid

public boolean isValid()

getTasks

public List<Task> getTasks()

addTask

public void addTask(Task task)

addValuedVariable

public void addValuedVariable(ValuedVariable valuedVariable)

addValuedVariables

public void addValuedVariables(Collection<ValuedVariable> variables)

getAllValuedVariables

public Set<ValuedVariable> getAllValuedVariables()

getStartTime

public Instant getStartTime()

getPosition

public Place getPosition()

Description copied from interface: Positioned

Returns the position of this entity.

Specified by:

getPosition in interface Positioned<Place>

Returns:

the position.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object