Package jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement

Class AMSAgentDescription

java.lang.Object

jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.AMSAgentDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Concept, Term, Serializable, Serializable

public class AMSAgentDescription
extends Object
implements Concept

This class implements the concept of the fipa-agent-management ontology representing the description of an Agent in the AMS catalogue.

Version:

$Date$ $Revision$

Author:

Fabio Bellifemine - CSELT S.p.A.

See Also:

FIPAManagementOntology, AMSService, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	ACTIVE	String constant for the active agent life-cycle state.
static String	INITIATED	String constant for the initiated agent life-cycle state.
static String	LATENT	String constant for the latent agent life-cycle state.
static String	SUSPENDED	String constant for the suspended agent life-cycle state.
static String	TRANSIT	String constant for the transit agent life-cycle state.
static String	WAITING	String constant for the waiting agent life-cycle state.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AMSAgentDescription()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AID	getName()	Retrieve the name slot of this object.
String	getOwnership()	Retrieve the ownership slot of this object.
String	getState()	Retrieve the state slot of this object.
void	setName(AID n)	Set the name slot of this object.
void	setOwnership(String n)	Set the ownership slot of this object.
void	setState(String n)	Set the state slot of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INITIATED

public static final String INITIATED

String constant for the initiated agent life-cycle state.

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Constant Field Values

ACTIVE

public static final String ACTIVE

String constant for the active agent life-cycle state.

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Constant Field Values

SUSPENDED

public static final String SUSPENDED

String constant for the suspended agent life-cycle state.

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Constant Field Values

WAITING

public static final String WAITING

String constant for the waiting agent life-cycle state.

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Constant Field Values

TRANSIT

public static final String TRANSIT

String constant for the transit agent life-cycle state.

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Constant Field Values

LATENT

public static final String LATENT

String constant for the latent agent life-cycle state. JADE specific state indicating an agent waiting to be restored after a crash of the main container

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AMSAgentDescription

public AMSAgentDescription()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

setName

public void setName(AID n)

Set the name slot of this object.

Parameters:

n - The agent identifier for the name.

setOwnership

public void setOwnership(String n)

Set the ownership slot of this object.

Parameters:

n - The string for the ownership.

setState

public void setState(String n)

Set the state slot of this object.

Parameters:

n - The string for the state.

getName

public AID getName()

Retrieve the name slot of this object.

Returns:

The value of the name slot, or null if no value was set.

getOwnership

public String getOwnership()

Retrieve the ownership slot of this object.

Returns:

The value of the ownership slot, or null if no value was set.

getState

public String getState()

Retrieve the state slot of this object.

Returns:

The value of the state slot, or null if no value was set.