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 messages generated by the algorithm.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodMessages

Description:

A list of alternatives with active tags.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternatives

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