com.cometway.ak
Class RunnableAgent

java.lang.Object
  com.cometway.props.Props
      com.cometway.ak.Agent
          com.cometway.ak.RunnableAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

AgentInterface, HasStateMachineModel, java.lang.Runnable

public class RunnableAgent
extends Agent
implements java.lang.Runnable

This agent calls its own run() method on its own Thread.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Thread

agentThread

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

RunnableAgent()

Method Summary

void	initProps() Initializes default properties for this agent: agent_classname (default: none), java class name that the agent kernel will instantiate and start on a Thread provided by this agent.
void	run() This method is executed on a Thread when it is started.
void	start() Starts the Thread that will execute this agent's run() method.
protected void	startThread() Creates a Thread to execute this agent's run() method.

Methods inherited from class com.cometway.ak.Agent

currentStateEquals, debug, destroy, error, error, getAgentController, getDateTimeStr, getProps, getServiceImpl, getStateMachineModel, println, register, registerService, setAgentController, setProps, stop, 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

Field Detail

agentThread

protected java.lang.Thread agentThread

Constructor Detail

RunnableAgent

public RunnableAgent()

Method Detail

initProps

public void initProps()

Initializes default properties for this agent: agent_classname (default: none), java class name that the agent kernel will instantiate and start on a Thread provided by this agent.

Specified by:

initProps in interface AgentInterface

Overrides:

initProps in class Agent

start

public void start()

Starts the Thread that will execute this agent's run() method. Nothing will happen here if agent_classname is equals to "none".

Specified by:

start in interface AgentInterface

Overrides:

start in class Agent

startThread

protected void startThread()

Creates a Thread to execute this agent's run() method.

run

public void run()

This method is executed on a Thread when it is started. If agent_classname is provided, a new agent of the specified class is instantiated and started between Thread.sleep() cycles of the duration in milliseconds specified by thread_sleep_ms.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable