Class Settlement

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.natural.earth.Place

org.episteme.social.politics.Settlement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named, Positioned<EarthCoordinate>, Temporal<Temporal<?>>

public class Settlement
extends Place

Represents a localized, often primitive or community-level settlement (Chiefdom, Colony, Tribe site). Settlement is used to model smaller human or social groups (including primate or social insect colonies) that lack complex modern state infrastructure. * @version 1.1

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Place

id, traits

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Settlement(String name, PsychologicalGroup PsychologicalGroup)	Initializes a new Settlement.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addLeader(Individual leader)	Adds an individual to the leadership of the settlement.
PsychologicalGroup	getGroup()	Returns the social PsychologicalGroup associated with this settlement.
Set<Individual>	getLeaders()	Returns an unmodifiable set of the settlement's leaders (e.g., chiefs, experts).
void	removeLeader(Individual leader)	Removes an individual from leadership.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Place

addBoundary, addInhabitant, clearBoundaries, distanceTo, equals, getBoundaries, getCenter, getHistoricalName, getId, getInhabitants, getPosition, getPrecision, getRegion, getTraits, getType, getUncertaintyRadius, getWhen, greenwich, hashCode, of, removeInhabitant, setCenter, setExistenceTime, setHistoricalName, setPrecision, setRegion, setType, setUncertaintyRadius

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Constructor Details

Settlement

public Settlement(String name,
 PsychologicalGroup PsychologicalGroup)

Initializes a new Settlement.

Parameters:

name - the name of the settlement

PsychologicalGroup - the primary social PsychologicalGroup occupying the settlement

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any argument is null

Method Details

getGroup

public PsychologicalGroup getGroup()

Returns the social PsychologicalGroup associated with this settlement.

Returns:

the PsychologicalGroup

getLeaders

public Set<Individual> getLeaders()

Returns an unmodifiable set of the settlement's leaders (e.g., chiefs, experts).

Returns:

leaders set

addLeader

public void addLeader(Individual leader)

Adds an individual to the leadership of the settlement.

Parameters:

leader - the individual to add

removeLeader

public void removeLeader(Individual leader)

Removes an individual from leadership.

Parameters:

leader - the individual to remove

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Place