org.mates
Class Mates

java.lang.Object
  org.mates.Mates

All Implemented Interfaces:

GreetingProvider

public class Mates

extends java.lang.Object

implements GreetingProvider

Main driver class for MATES. This class parses the command line input, creates the appropriate user interface, and instantiates the experiment.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	REV_DATE
static java.lang.String	VERSION

Constructor Summary

Mates()

Method Summary

static Experiment	getExperiment(java.lang.String experiment_class_name) Returns a new experiment object instantiated from its class name.
java.lang.String	getGreeting()
static UserInterface	getUserInterface() Returns the user interface being used with this instance of MATES.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

VERSION

public static final java.lang.String VERSION

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Constant Field Values

REV_DATE

public static final java.lang.String REV_DATE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Mates

public Mates()

Method Detail

getUserInterface

public static UserInterface getUserInterface()

Returns the user interface being used with this instance of MATES.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

getGreeting

public java.lang.String getGreeting()

Specified by:

getGreeting in interface GreetingProvider

getExperiment

public static Experiment getExperiment(java.lang.String experiment_class_name)
                                throws java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                       java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                       java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                       java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException,
                                       java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                                       java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Returns a new experiment object instantiated from its class name.

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException