it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.agent
Class BasicGui

java.lang.Object
  jade.core.Agent
      jade.gui.GuiAgent
          it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.agent.BasicGui

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

BuyerAgent, QueryAgent, SellerAgent, ServiceAgent

public class BasicGui

extends jade.gui.GuiAgent

BasicGUI class: this class defines the basic fields and methods every agent with a GUI posseses

Version:

1.0 $Date: 20/03/2002

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class jade.gui.GuiAgent

Nested classes inherited from class jade.core.Agent

Field Summary

private jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.DFAgentDescription	_dfd
private jade.core.ContainerID	bornIn variable to store the Container where the agent was born

Fields inherited from class jade.gui.GuiAgent

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

BasicGui()

Method Summary

protected void	addServices(jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.ServiceDescription sd) builds the description of the service provided by this agent.
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	onGuiEvent(jade.gui.GuiEvent ev) overrides the coresponding methods of jade.gui.GuiAgent
protected void	registration() registers with the DF.
protected boolean	removeServices(jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.ServiceDescription sd)
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.gui.GuiAgent

postGuiEvent

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

private jade.core.ContainerID bornIn

variable to store the Container where the agent was born

_dfd

private jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.DFAgentDescription _dfd

Constructor Detail

BasicGui

public BasicGui()

Method Detail

registration

protected void registration()

registers with the DF. NOTE!! This is done in a blocking way so as to be sure that the agent starts executing its behaviours only if the operation was succesfull

addServices

protected void addServices(jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.ServiceDescription sd)

builds the description of the service provided by this agent. The description is included in the AgentDescritpion for registering with the DF. The method of the Basic or BasicGui classes provides a standard description. it is strongly suggested to override this method in order to set the right information about the agent's service.

removeServices

protected boolean removeServices(jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.ServiceDescription sd)

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

setup

protected void setup()

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

onGuiEvent

protected void onGuiEvent(jade.gui.GuiEvent ev)

overrides the coresponding methods of jade.gui.GuiAgent