org.mule
Class AbstractAgent

java.lang.Object
  org.mule.AbstractAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Agent, MuleContextAware, Disposable, Initialisable, Lifecycle, Startable, Stoppable, NamedObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractNotificationLoggerAgent, ConfigScannerAgent, DefaultJmxSupportAgent, HeartbeatAgent, JdmkAgent, JmxAgent, Log4jAgent, Mx4jAgent, RemoteDispatcherAgent, RmiRegistryAgent, WrapperManagerAgent

public abstract class AbstractAgent
extends Object
implements Agent, MuleContextAware

Implements common methods for all Agents. Importantly, the Management context is made available to Agents that extend this.

Field Summary

protected MuleContext	muleContext
protected String	name

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

PHASE_NAME

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractAgent(String name)

Method Summary

List<Class<? extends Agent>>	getDependentAgents()
String	getDescription() A description of the agent that gets displayed in the splash screen when the Mule Context starts up.
String	getName() Gets the name of the object
void	setMuleContext(MuleContext context)
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of the object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

initialise

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

start

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

stop

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

dispose

Field Detail

muleContext

protected MuleContext muleContext

name

protected String name

Constructor Detail

AbstractAgent

protected AbstractAgent(String name)

Method Detail

getName

public final String getName()

Description copied from interface: NamedObject

Gets the name of the object

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedObject

Returns:

the name of the object

setName

public final void setName(String name)

Description copied from interface: NamedObject

Sets the name of the object

Specified by:

setName in interface NamedObject

Parameters:

name - the name of the object

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: Agent

A description of the agent that gets displayed in the splash screen when the Mule Context starts up.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Agent

Returns:

a 1 line description of the agent.

getDependentAgents

public List<Class<? extends Agent>> getDependentAgents()

Specified by:

getDependentAgents in interface Agent

Returns:

List of Class objects (agent classes) that this Agent requires to be started before it can start itself. The implementation of this class may never return null.

setMuleContext

public void setMuleContext(MuleContext context)

Specified by:

setMuleContext in interface MuleContextAware