org.optaplanner.core.api.domain.variable
Annotation Type AnchorShadowVariable

@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface AnchorShadowVariable

Specifies that a bean property 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 of a PlanningEntity class.

Required Element Summary

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