com.cometway.ak
Class MessageAgent

java.lang.Object
  com.cometway.props.Props
      com.cometway.ak.Agent
          com.cometway.ak.ServiceAgent
              com.cometway.ak.MessageAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

AgentInterface, MessageAgentInterface, HasStateMachineModel

public abstract class MessageAgent
extends ServiceAgent
implements MessageAgentInterface

A Message Agent is a Service Agent which implements the MessageAgentInterface. Extending this class provides the basic functionality which registers the agent with the Service Manager upon startup making it available to other agents as a request service.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.cometway.ak.Agent

agent_id, agentController, CREATING_STATE, debugReporter, DESTROYED_STATE, DESTROYING_STATE, errorReporter, FAILED_STATE, printlnReporter, props, RUNNING_STATE, STARTING_STATE, STOPPED_STATE, STOPPING_STATE, warningReporter

Constructor Summary

MessageAgent()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.cometway.ak.ServiceAgent

start, stop

Methods inherited from class com.cometway.ak.Agent

currentStateEquals, debug, destroy, error, error, getAgentController, getDateTimeStr, getProps, getServiceImpl, getStateMachineModel, initProps, println, register, registerService, setAgentController, setProps, toString, unregister, unregisterService, warning, warning

Methods inherited from class com.cometway.props.Props

addListener, append, copy, copyFrom, copyTo, decrementInteger, dump, enableListeners, enumerateKeys, format, getBoolean, getByteArray, getCharacter, getDate, getDate, getDateString, getDouble, getFloat, getHexString, getInteger, getKeys, getLong, getNextKey, getProperty, getProperty, getPropsContainer, getSize, getString, getString, getTokens, getTokens, getTrimmedString, getVector, hasProperty, incrementInteger, insertProps, loadProps, notifyPropsChanged, notifyPropsChangedIgnore, notifyPropsChangedIgnore, parse, propertyMatchesRegEx, readFromFile, regExPropertyMatches, removeAll, removeListener, removeProperty, resumeNotify, saveProps, set, setBoolean, setCharacter, setDefault, setDouble, setFloat, setInteger, setLong, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty, setPropsContainer, suspendNotify, writeToFile

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.cometway.ak.MessageAgentInterface

handleMessage

Constructor Detail

MessageAgent

public MessageAgent()