net.sf.adf.agent
Class Agent

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.adf.agent.Agent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Agent
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Author:

Catalin Hritcu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Agent()
This it the only relevant constructor for the agent.

Method Summary

void	addTask(Task t)
AID	getAID()
java.io.Serializable	getArguments()
Logger	getLogger()
java.util.Queue<ACLMessage>	getMessageQueue()
void	onActivate()
void	onPassivate()
void	onTerminate()
void	removeTask(Task t)
void	send(ACLMessage message)
void	setContainer(AgentContainer container) This method should only be called internally by the framework.
void	setReadyTask(Task t)
void	setResult(java.io.Serializable result)
void	setup() This method is called my the agent container immediatly after the agent is instantiated.
void	setWaitingTask(Task t)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Agent

public Agent()

This it the only relevant constructor for the agent. It is called using reflection so any other constructors are simply ignored.

Method Detail

addTask

public void addTask(Task t)

getAID

public AID getAID()

getArguments

public java.io.Serializable getArguments()

getLogger

public Logger getLogger()

getMessageQueue

public java.util.Queue<ACLMessage> getMessageQueue()

onActivate

public void onActivate()

onPassivate

public void onPassivate()

onTerminate

public void onTerminate()

removeTask

public void removeTask(Task t)

send

public void send(ACLMessage message)

setContainer

public final void setContainer(AgentContainer container)

This method should only be called internally by the framework.

Parameters:

container - The container of the agent.

setReadyTask

public void setReadyTask(Task t)

setResult

public void setResult(java.io.Serializable result)

setup

public void setup()

This method is called my the agent container immediatly after the agent is instantiated. The agent is still in the Created state, so it cannot receive messages at this time.

setWaitingTask

public void setWaitingTask(Task t)