com.fossgalaxy.games.fireworks.utils

Class SetupUtils

java.lang.Object

com.fossgalaxy.games.fireworks.utils.SetupUtils

public final class SetupUtils
extends Object

Utility Methods for setting up game runners.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String[]	getAgentNames() Get the list of agents to use for evaluation.
static String[]	getPairedNames() Get the list of agents to use for pairing with evaluation.
static int	getRepeatCount() Get the default number of repeats to do.
static int	getSeedCount() Get the number of seeds we should be using.
static Player[]	toPlayers(String[] names, Agent[] policies)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getAgentNames

public static String[] getAgentNames()

Get the list of agents to use for evaluation.

This can be overridden using the environment variable FIREWORKS_AGENTS. These names will be passed into the agent factory in order to be created.

These are the agents that are to be considered under test.

Returns:

A list of agent names to be used in the evaluation

getPairedNames

public static String[] getPairedNames()

Get the list of agents to use for pairing with evaluation.

These are the agents that should be used as the agents to evaluate the agents under test with. These can be set using the FIREWORKS_AGENTS_PAIRED environment variable - if this is not set, it will use some sane defaults.

These are the agents that are used for testing the agents.

Returns:

a list of agent names to be paired with for evaluation

getSeedCount

public static int getSeedCount()

Get the number of seeds we should be using.

You can set this using the FIREWORKS_NUM_SEEDS envrioment variable, if not set it will return a sensible default.

Returns:

the number of seeds to use for this run.

getRepeatCount

public static int getRepeatCount()

Get the default number of repeats to do.

This controls how many times a game should be repeated, the environment variable FIREWORKS_REPEAT_COUNT controls this value. If not set, it will default to a sane value.

A repeat is the same agents running on the same seed.

Returns:

the number of runs to do.

toPlayers

public static Player[] toPlayers(String[] names,
                                 Agent[] policies)