Package jade.core.behaviours

This package is a subpackage of jade.core and contains the classes used to implement basic agent behaviours. JADE agents schedule their behaviours within a single Java thread, using cooperative, non preemptive scheduling.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ReceiverBehaviour.Handle	An interface representing ACL messages due to arrive within a time limit.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ActionExecutor<ActionT extends AgentAction,ResultT>	Base class for behaviours intended to request the execution of an action to a given actor and get back the result (if any)
BaseInitiator	Base class for behaviours implementing a FIPA-request like pattern with a single target agent.
Behaviour	Abstract base class for JADE behaviours.
CompositeBehaviour	An abstract superclass for behaviours composed by many parts.
CyclicBehaviour	Atomic behaviour that must be executed forever.
DataStore
FSMBehaviour	Composite behaviour with Finite State Machine based children scheduling.
LoaderBehaviour	This behaviour serves behaviour-loading requests according to the Behaviour-loading ontology.
OneShotBehaviour	Atomic behaviour that executes just once.
OntologyServer	Ready made behaviour that for each incoming message automatically invokes a corresponding method of the form public void serveCcccPppp(Cccc c, ACLMessage msg) throws Exception where Cccc represents the key content-element referenced by the incoming message msg and Pppp represents the performative of the message. ContentElement-s representing SL0 operators action, done and result are automatically managed so that for instance if an incoming REQUEST message is received carrying a content of type ((action (actor ...) (Sell ...))) a serving method with signature public void serveSellRequest(Sell s, ACLMessage msg) throws Exception will be searched. Serving methods are responsible for sending back responses if any.
OutcomeManager	Utility class to manage the outcome of a behaviour in a uniform way
ParallelBehaviour	Composite behaviour with concurrent children scheduling.
ReceiverBehaviour	Behaviour for receiving an ACL message.
SenderBehaviour	Behaviour for sending an ACL message.
SequentialBehaviour	Composite behaviour with sequential children scheduling.
SerialBehaviour	Base class for all composite behaviour whose children run serially, i.e.
SimpleBehaviour	An atomic behaviour.
ThreadedBehaviourFactory	This class provides support for executing JADE Behaviours in dedicated Java Threads.
TickerBehaviour	This abstract class implements a Behaviour that periodically executes a user-defined piece of code.
WakerBehaviour	This abstract class implements a OneShot task that must be executed only one just after a given timeout is elapsed.
WrapperBehaviour	This behaviour allows modifying on the fly the way an existing behaviour object works The following piece of code provides an example where we modify the done() method of an existing behaviour object to print on the standard output a proper message when the behaviour is completing.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ReceiverBehaviour.NotYetReady	Exception class for timeouts.
ReceiverBehaviour.TimedOut	Exception class for timeouts.