Package jade.core.messaging

Class TopicManagementFEService

java.lang.Object

jade.core.FEService

jade.core.messaging.TopicManagementFEService

public class TopicManagementFEService
extends FEService

Front-end side service class for the TopicManagementService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TopicManagementFEService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getBEServiceClassName()	In many cases for the Front-End service to work properly it is necessary that the real service (or possibly a modified version of it) is active in the Back-End.
ServiceHelper	getHelper(Agent a)	Subclasses must implement this method to return the helper for accessing this service.
String	getName()	Subclasses must implement this method to return the name of this service.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.FEService

invoke

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TopicManagementFEService

public TopicManagementFEService()

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: FEService

Subclasses must implement this method to return the name of this service. Such name must be specified by an agent in the getHelper() method when retrieving the helper for this service.

Specified by:

getName in class FEService

Returns:

The name of this service

getBEServiceClassName

public String getBEServiceClassName()

Description copied from class: FEService

In many cases for the Front-End service to work properly it is necessary that the real service (or possibly a modified version of it) is active in the Back-End. In such cases subclasses may redefine this method to return the fully qualified name of the class implementing the back-end side counterpart of this service.

Overrides:

getBEServiceClassName in class FEService

Returns:

The fully qualified name of the class implementing the back-end side counterpart of this service

getHelper

public ServiceHelper getHelper(Agent a)

Description copied from class: FEService

Subclasses must implement this method to return the helper for accessing this service.

Specified by:

getHelper in class FEService

Parameters:

a - The agent which the helper is requested for.

Returns:

The ServiceHelper to be used by the agent.