public Organism pickPrey() {
Organism preferred = null; // declare a preferred prey
int maxpreference = 0;
for (Organism potentialPrey :
getParent()
.getInhabitants()) // cycle through all potential prey (organisms in the same ecosystem)
{
if (foods.getPrefFor(potentialPrey.getSpecies())
> maxpreference) // if the organism is the most preferred of all encountered so far
{
preferred = potentialPrey; // set this organism to tne new preferred prey
maxpreference =
foods.getPrefFor(
preferred
.getSpecies()); // set its preference to the new maxpreference, for comparison
// purposes
}
}
return preferred; // return the preferred organism
}
