Package jade.core

Interface AgentContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

BackEndContainer

public interface AgentContainer

This interface represents the local container as it is seen by JADE kernel level services installed in the underlying Node

Version:

$Date$ $Revision$

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	AUX_CONTAINER_NAME
static String	MAIN_CONTAINER_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Agent	acquireLocalAgent(AID id)
void	addAddressToLocalAgents(String address)
Agent	addLocalAgent(AID id, Agent a)
AID[]	agentNames()
void	becomeLeader(AMSEventQueueFeeder feeder)
void	fillListFromBlockedBehaviours(List behaviours, Agent a)
void	fillListFromMessageQueue(List messages, Agent a)
void	fillListFromReadyBehaviours(List behaviours, Agent a)
AID	getAMS()
AID	getDefaultDF()
ContainerID	getID()
MainContainer	getMain()
NodeDescriptor	getNodeDescriptor()
String	getPlatformID()
ServiceFinder	getServiceFinder()
ServiceManager	getServiceManager()
Location	here()
void	initAgent(AID agentID, Agent instance, JADEPrincipal ownerPrincipal, Credentials initialCredentials)
boolean	isJoined()
boolean	isLocalAgent(AID id)
boolean	postMessagesBlockToLocalAgent(ACLMessage[] mm, AID receiverID)
boolean	postMessageToLocalAgent(ACLMessage msg, AID receiverID)
void	powerUpLocalAgent(AID agentID)
void	releaseLocalAgent(AID id)
void	removeAddressFromLocalAgents(String address)
void	removeLocalAgent(AID id)
void	shutDown()

Field Detail

MAIN_CONTAINER_NAME

static final String MAIN_CONTAINER_NAME

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Constant Field Values

AUX_CONTAINER_NAME

static final String AUX_CONTAINER_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getAMS

AID getAMS()

getDefaultDF

AID getDefaultDF()

getID

ContainerID getID()

getPlatformID

String getPlatformID()

getMain

MainContainer getMain()

getServiceFinder

ServiceFinder getServiceFinder()

isJoined

boolean isJoined()

getServiceManager

ServiceManager getServiceManager()

getNodeDescriptor

NodeDescriptor getNodeDescriptor()

initAgent

void initAgent(AID agentID,
               Agent instance,
               JADEPrincipal ownerPrincipal,
               Credentials initialCredentials)
        throws NameClashException,
               IMTPException,
               NotFoundException,
               JADESecurityException

Throws:

NameClashException

IMTPException

NotFoundException

JADESecurityException

powerUpLocalAgent

void powerUpLocalAgent(AID agentID)
                throws NotFoundException

Throws:

NotFoundException

addLocalAgent

Agent addLocalAgent(AID id,
                    Agent a)

removeLocalAgent

void removeLocalAgent(AID id)

isLocalAgent

boolean isLocalAgent(AID id)

acquireLocalAgent

Agent acquireLocalAgent(AID id)

releaseLocalAgent

void releaseLocalAgent(AID id)

agentNames

AID[] agentNames()

fillListFromMessageQueue

void fillListFromMessageQueue(List messages,
                              Agent a)

fillListFromReadyBehaviours

void fillListFromReadyBehaviours(List behaviours,
                                 Agent a)

fillListFromBlockedBehaviours

void fillListFromBlockedBehaviours(List behaviours,
                                   Agent a)

becomeLeader

void becomeLeader(AMSEventQueueFeeder feeder)

addAddressToLocalAgents

void addAddressToLocalAgents(String address)

removeAddressFromLocalAgents

void removeAddressFromLocalAgents(String address)

postMessageToLocalAgent

boolean postMessageToLocalAgent(ACLMessage msg,
                                AID receiverID)

postMessagesBlockToLocalAgent

boolean postMessagesBlockToLocalAgent(ACLMessage[] mm,
                                      AID receiverID)

here

Location here()

shutDown

void shutDown()