edu.cuny.cat.market.charging
Class ChargingPolicy

java.lang.Object
  edu.cuny.cat.market.AuctioneerPolicy
      edu.cuny.cat.market.charging.ChargingPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuctionEventListener, edu.cuny.config.param.Parameterizable, edu.cuny.obj.Resetable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdaptiveChargingPolicy, BaitAndSwitchChargingPolicy, ChargeCuttingChargingPolicy, CombiChargingPolicy, FixedChargingPolicy

public abstract class ChargingPolicy
extends AuctioneerPolicy

A charging policy determines how much a market charges.

Currently, 5 different types of charges are supported, flat charge on registration (participation in a market), flat charge on information on market activities, flat charge on shouts, flat charge on transactions, and fractional charge on transaction profit.

Default Base

charging

Version:

$Revision: 1.23 $

Author:

Jinzhong Niu

Field Summary

static int[]	FEE_TYPES types of the fees a specialist may charge, being FLAT or FRACTIONAL
protected double[]	fees current charges
static int	FLAT type of fee charged flatly
static int	FRACTIONAL type of fee charged at a fraction of another value
static int	INFORMATION_INDEX index of information fee in P_FEES.
static double[]	MAXES maximum values for different types of fees
static double[]	MINES minimum values for different types of fees
static java.lang.String	P_DEF_BASE
static java.lang.String[]	P_FEES
static int	PROFIT_INDEX index of profit fee in P_FEES.
static int	REGISTRATION_INDEX index of registration fee in P_FEES.
static int	SHOUT_INDEX index of shout fee in P_FEES.
static int	TRANSACTION_INDEX index of transaction fee in P_FEES.

Fields inherited from class edu.cuny.cat.market.AuctioneerPolicy

auctioneer

Constructor Summary

ChargingPolicy()

Method Summary

static boolean	adjustFees(double[] fees)
double[]	getFees()
double	getInformationFee()
double	getProfitFee()
double	getRegistrationFee()
double	getShoutFee()
double	getTransactionFee()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class edu.cuny.cat.market.AuctioneerPolicy

eventOccurred, getAuctioneer, initialize, reset, setAuctioneer, setup

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

P_DEF_BASE

public static final java.lang.String P_DEF_BASE

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Constant Field Values

P_FEES

public static final java.lang.String[] P_FEES

REGISTRATION_INDEX

public static final int REGISTRATION_INDEX

index of registration fee in P_FEES.

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INFORMATION_INDEX

public static final int INFORMATION_INDEX

index of information fee in P_FEES.

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SHOUT_INDEX

public static final int SHOUT_INDEX

index of shout fee in P_FEES.

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TRANSACTION_INDEX

public static final int TRANSACTION_INDEX

index of transaction fee in P_FEES.

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Constant Field Values

PROFIT_INDEX

public static final int PROFIT_INDEX

index of profit fee in P_FEES.

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Constant Field Values

FLAT

public static final int FLAT

type of fee charged flatly

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FRACTIONAL

public static final int FRACTIONAL

type of fee charged at a fraction of another value

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Constant Field Values

MAXES

public static final double[] MAXES

maximum values for different types of fees

MINES

public static final double[] MINES

minimum values for different types of fees

FEE_TYPES

public static final int[] FEE_TYPES

types of the fees a specialist may charge, being FLAT or FRACTIONAL

fees

protected double[] fees

current charges

Constructor Detail

ChargingPolicy

public ChargingPolicy()

Method Detail

getFees

public double[] getFees()

getRegistrationFee

public double getRegistrationFee()

getInformationFee

public double getInformationFee()

getShoutFee

public double getShoutFee()

getTransactionFee

public double getTransactionFee()

getProfitFee

public double getProfitFee()

adjustFees

public static boolean adjustFees(double[] fees)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AuctioneerPolicy