randomAlternatives

Description:

Indicates the desired number of alternatives. It must be a strict positive integer.

GUI information:

• Parameter values can be defined via the GUI or the XMCDA file, by default via GUI.

• Name: nbAlternatives

  Indicates the desired number of alternatives.

  • Constraint description: The value should be a positive integer.
  • Type: integer
  • Default value: 2

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodParameters

• Code:

  <methodParameters>
      <parameter
           name="nbAlternatives"> <!-- REQUIRED  -->
          <value>
              <integer>%1</integer>
          </value>
      </parameter>
  </methodParameters>
  

Description:

Indicates the desired prefix for the name of the alternatives. If not provided, alternatives will be called a1, a2, … If provided, alternatives will be called prefix1, prefix2, … Note that it will only be used if you provide a number of alternatives.

GUI information:

• Parameter values can be defined via the GUI or the XMCDA file, by default via GUI.

• Name: alternativesPrefix

  Indicates the desired prefix for the alternatives.

  • Type: string
  • Default value: “a”

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodParameters

• Code:

  <methodParameters>
      <parameter
           name="alternativesPrefix"> <!-- REQUIRED  -->
          <value>
              <label>%1</label>
          </value>
      </parameter>
  </methodParameters>
  

Description:

Indicates a list of alternatives names. When supplied, the service ignores parameters nbAlternatives and alternativesPrefix

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodParameters

• Code:

  <methodParameters>
      <parameters
           name="alternativesNames"> <!-- REQUIRED  -->
          <parameter><value>
              <label>[...]</label>
          </value></parameter>
          [..]
      </parameter>
  </methodParameters>
  

Description:

A list of alternatives with active tags.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternatives

Description:

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodMessages

For further technical details on the web service underlying this program, have a look at its documentation here.