Package jade.mtp

Interface MTP

All Superinterfaces:

InChannel, OutChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessageTransportProtocol, MessageTransportProtocol

public interface MTP
extends InChannel, OutChannel

Abstract interface for Message Transport Protocols

Version:

$Date$ $Revision$

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita` di Parma

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jade.mtp.InChannel

InChannel.Dispatcher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	addrToStr(TransportAddress ta)	Converts a TransportAddress object into a string representation.
String	getName()	Reads the name of the message transport protocol managed by this MTP.
String[]	getSupportedProtocols()
TransportAddress	strToAddr(String rep)	Converts a string representing a valid address in this MTP to a TransportAddress object.

Methods inherited from interface jade.mtp.InChannel

activate, activate, deactivate, deactivate

Methods inherited from interface jade.mtp.OutChannel

deliver

Method Detail

strToAddr

TransportAddress strToAddr(String rep)
                    throws MTPException

Converts a string representing a valid address in this MTP to a TransportAddress object.

Parameters:

rep - The string representation of the address.

Returns:

A TransportAddress object, created from the given string.

Throws:

MTPException - If the given string is not a valid address according to this MTP.

addrToStr

String addrToStr(TransportAddress ta)
          throws MTPException

Converts a TransportAddress object into a string representation.

Parameters:

ta - The TransportAddress object.

Returns:

A string representing the given address.

Throws:

MTPException - If the given TransportAddress is not a valid address for this MTP.

getName

String getName()

Reads the name of the message transport protocol managed by this MTP. The FIPA standard message transport protocols have a name starting with "fipa.mts.mtp".

Returns:

A string, that is the name of this MTP.

getSupportedProtocols

String[] getSupportedProtocols()