org.optaplanner.core.api.domain.variable

Annotation Type AnchorShadowVariable

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface AnchorShadowVariable

Specifies that a bean property (or a field) is the anchor of a chained PlanningVariable, which implies it's a shadow variable.

It is specified on a getter of a java bean property (or a field) of a PlanningEntity class.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	sourceVariableName The source planning variable is a chained planning variable that leads to the anchor.

Element Detail

sourceVariableName

public abstract String sourceVariableName

The source planning variable is a chained planning variable that leads to the anchor.

Both the genuine variable and the shadow variable should be consistent: if A chains to B, then A must have the same anchor as B (unless B is the anchor).

When the Solver changes a genuine variable, it adjusts the shadow variable accordingly. In practice, the Solver ignores shadow variables (except for consistency housekeeping).

Returns:

the variable property name on this entity class that leads to the anchor