ca.nengo.model.impl

Interface NodeFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ALIFNeuronFactory, GruberNeuronFactory, HodgkinHuxleySpikeGenerator.HodgkinHuxleyNeuronFactory, LIFNeuronFactory, PoissonSpikeGenerator.LinearNeuronFactory, PoissonSpikeGenerator.SigmoidNeuronFactory, PyramidalNetwork.PoiraziDendriteFactory, SpikingNeuronFactory

public interface NodeFactory
extends java.io.Serializable

Produces Nodes. This interface does not define rules as to how the Nodes are parameterized, but a given implementation might use parameters that are constant across nodes, drawn from a PDF, selected from a database, etc.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getTypeDescription()
Node	make(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

make

Node make(java.lang.String name)
          throws StructuralException

Parameters:

name - The name of the Node (unique within containing Ensemble or Network)

Returns:

A new Node

Throws:

StructuralException - for any problem that prevents construction

getTypeDescription

java.lang.String getTypeDescription()

Returns:

A short description of the type of Node created by this factory