Record Class Decision

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Record

org.episteme.social.psychology.Decision

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public record Decision(String subject, String choice, String rationale, TimeCoordinate timestamp)
extends Record
implements Serializable

Represents a discrete decision made by an agent (Individual or Organization). Captures the choice, the rationale behind it, and the temporal context.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.1

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Decision(String subject, String choice, String rationale)	Creates a new Decision with the current timestamp.
Decision(String subject, String choice, String rationale, TimeCoordinate timestamp)	Creates an instance of a Decision record class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	choice()	Returns the value of the choice record component.
final boolean	equals(Object o)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
final int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code value for this object.
String	rationale()	Returns the value of the rationale record component.
String	subject()	Returns the value of the subject record component.
TimeCoordinate	timestamp()	Returns the value of the timestamp record component.
final String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this record class.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Decision

public Decision(String subject,
 String choice,
 String rationale)

Creates a new Decision with the current timestamp.

Parameters:

subject - the agent making the decision

choice - the selected option

rationale - the reasoning behind the choice

Decision

public Decision(String subject,
 String choice,
 String rationale,
 TimeCoordinate timestamp)

Creates an instance of a Decision record class.

Parameters:

subject - the value for the subject record component

choice - the value for the choice record component

rationale - the value for the rationale record component

timestamp - the value for the timestamp record component

Method Details

toString

public final String toString()

Returns a string representation of this record class. The representation contains the name of the class, followed by the name and value of each of the record components.

Specified by:

toString in class Record

Returns:

a string representation of this object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this object. The value is derived from the hash code of each of the record components.

Specified by:

hashCode in class Record

Returns:

a hash code value for this object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The objects are equal if the other object is of the same class and if all the record components are equal. All components in this record class are compared with Objects::equals(Object,Object).

Specified by:

equals in class Record

Parameters:

o - the object with which to compare

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the o argument; false otherwise.

subject

public String subject()

Returns the value of the subject record component.

Returns:

the value of the subject record component

choice

public String choice()

Returns the value of the choice record component.

Returns:

the value of the choice record component

rationale

public String rationale()

Returns the value of the rationale record component.

Returns:

the value of the rationale record component

timestamp

public TimeCoordinate timestamp()

Returns the value of the timestamp record component.

Returns:

the value of the timestamp record component