CyclicBehaviour (de.enflexit.jade 4.6.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
- - jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour
  - - jade.core.behaviours.CyclicBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GatewayBehaviour, IntrospectionServer, OntologyServer, ReceiveCyclicBehaviour, SensorManager, SSResponderDispatcher
```
public abstract class CyclicBehaviour
extends SimpleBehaviour
```
Atomic behaviour that must be executed forever. This abstract class can be extended by application programmers to create behaviours that keep executing continuously (e.g. simple reactive behaviours).

Version:

$Date$ $Revision$

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
  Behaviour.RunnableChangedEvent

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
  myAgent, myEvent, NOTIFY_DOWN, NOTIFY_UP, parent, STATE_BLOCKED, STATE_READY, STATE_RUNNING

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CyclicBehaviour()
Default constructor.

CyclicBehaviour(Agent a)
This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`done()`	This is the method that makes `CyclicBehaviour` cyclic, because it always returns `false`.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour
reset

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
action, actionWrapper, block, block, getAgent, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, getExecutionState, getParent, getRestartCounter, handle, handleBlockEvent, handleRestartEvent, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, restart, root, setAgent, setBehaviourName, setDataStore, setExecutionState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CyclicBehaviour
```
public CyclicBehaviour()
```
    Default constructor. It does not set the owner agent.
  - CyclicBehaviour
```
public CyclicBehaviour(Agent a)
```
    This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - The agent this behaviour must belong to.
- Method Detail
  - done
```
public final boolean done()
```
    This is the method that makes CyclicBehaviour cyclic, because it always returns false.
    
    Specified by:
    
    done in class Behaviour
    
    Returns:
    
    Always false.