it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.agent
Class Basic

java.lang.Object
  jade.core.Agent
      it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.agent.Basic

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, java.io.Serializable, jade.util.leap.Serializable, jade.core.TimerListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

WrapperAgent

public class Basic

extends jade.core.Agent

BasicAgent class: this class defines the basic fields and methods every agent with no GUI posseses

Version:

1.0 $Date: 20/03/2002

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class jade.core.Agent

Field Summary

jade.core.ContainerID

bornIn variable to store the Container where the agent was born

Fields inherited from class jade.core.Agent

AP_ACTIVE, AP_DELETED, AP_IDLE, AP_INITIATED, AP_MAX, AP_MIN, AP_SUSPENDED, AP_TRANSIT, AP_WAITING, currentBehaviour, currentMessage, D_ACTIVE, D_MAX, D_MIN, D_RETIRED, D_SUSPENDED, D_UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Basic()

Method Summary

protected void	afterMove() standard action after moving.
protected void	back() move the agent back home to the container it was born in
protected void	beforeMove() standard action before moving.
java.lang.String	bornContainerID() returns the ID of the container the agent was born in
protected void	extendedSetup() allows further agent's intialisation (to be overriden)
protected void	handIn() delivers results to the agent's owner (to be overridden)
protected void	opening() opens agent's activites (to be overriden)
protected void	registration() registers with the DF
protected void	setup() sets up the basic configuration for each agent, overriding the corresponding method defined in jade.core.Agent
protected java.lang.String	thisContainerID() returns the ID of the current container the agent is placed in
protected java.lang.String	thisPlatformID() returns the ID of the current platform the agent executes in

Methods inherited from class jade.core.Agent

addBehaviour, afterClone, beforeClone, blockingReceive, blockingReceive, blockingReceive, blockingReceive, doActivate, doClone, doDelete, doMove, doStart, doSuspend, doTimeOut, doWait, doWait, doWake, extractPassword, extractUsername, getAID, getAMS, getArguments, getAuthority, getCertificateFolder, getContainerController, getContentManager, getCurQueueSize, getDefaultDF, getHap, getLocalName, getName, getO2AObject, getPrincipal, getProperty, getQueueSize, getState, here, notifyChangeBehaviourState, notifyRestarted, postMessage, putBack, putO2AObject, read, read, receive, receive, removeBehaviour, restartLater, restore, run, send, setArguments, setEnabledO2ACommunication, setOwnership, setPrincipal, setQueueSize, takeDown, waitUntilStarted, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

bornIn

public jade.core.ContainerID bornIn

variable to store the Container where the agent was born

Constructor Detail

Basic

public Basic()

Method Detail

registration

protected void registration()

registers with the DF

opening

protected void opening()

opens agent's activites (to be overriden)

extendedSetup

protected void extendedSetup()

allows further agent's intialisation (to be overriden)

beforeMove

protected void beforeMove()

standard action before moving. Each agent can define its own behaviour before moving by simply overriding this method

afterMove

protected void afterMove()

standard action after moving. Each agent can define its own behaviour after moving by simply overriding this method

thisPlatformID

protected java.lang.String thisPlatformID()

returns the ID of the current platform the agent executes in

thisContainerID

protected java.lang.String thisContainerID()

returns the ID of the current container the agent is placed in

bornContainerID

public java.lang.String bornContainerID()

returns the ID of the container the agent was born in

back

protected void back()

move the agent back home to the container it was born in

handIn

protected void handIn()

delivers results to the agent's owner (to be overridden)

setup

protected void setup()

sets up the basic configuration for each agent, overriding the corresponding method defined in jade.core.Agent