Package jade.core.behaviours

Class OneShotBehaviour

java.lang.Object

jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour

jade.core.behaviours.OneShotBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ReplySender, SenderBehaviour, StateResetter

public abstract class OneShotBehaviour
extends SimpleBehaviour

Atomic behaviour that executes just once. This abstract class can be extended by application programmers to create behaviours for operations that need to be done just one time.

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	done()	This is the method that makes OneShotBehaviour one-shot, because it always returns true.

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

OneShotBehaviour

public OneShotBehaviour()

Default constructor. It does not set the owner agent.

OneShotBehaviour

public OneShotBehaviour(Agent a)

This constructor sets the owner agent for this OneShotBehaviour.

Parameters:

a - The agent this behaviour belongs to.

Method Detail

done

public final boolean done()

This is the method that makes OneShotBehaviour one-shot, because it always returns true.

Specified by:

done in class Behaviour

Returns:

Always true.