jade.core.behaviours
Class SerialBehaviour

java.lang.Object
  jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
      jade.core.behaviours.CompositeBehaviour
          jade.core.behaviours.SerialBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

FSMBehaviour, SequentialBehaviour

public abstract class SerialBehaviour
extends CompositeBehaviour

Base class for all composite behaviour whose children run serially, i.e. the composite behaviour is blocked if and only if its current child is blocked.

Author:

Giovanni Caire - Telecom Italia Lab

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

Behaviour.RunnableChangedEvent

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.CompositeBehaviour

currentExecuted

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

myAgent, myEvent, NOTIFY_DOWN, NOTIFY_UP, parent, STATE_BLOCKED, STATE_READY, STATE_RUNNING

Constructor Summary

protected	SerialBehaviour() Create a new SerialBehaviour object, without setting the owner agent.
protected	SerialBehaviour(Agent a) Create a new SerialBehaviour object and set the owner agent.

Method Summary

protected void

handle(Behaviour.RunnableChangedEvent rce) Handle block/restart notifications.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.CompositeBehaviour

action, checkTermination, done, getChildren, getCurrent, handleBlockEvent, handleRestartEvent, registerAsChild, reset, resetChildren, scheduleFirst, scheduleNext, setAgent

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

actionWrapper, block, block, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, getExecutionState, getParent, getRestartCounter, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, restart, root, setBehaviourName, setDataStore, setExecutionState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SerialBehaviour

protected SerialBehaviour()

Create a new SerialBehaviour object, without setting the owner agent.

SerialBehaviour

protected SerialBehaviour(Agent a)

Create a new SerialBehaviour object and set the owner agent.

Parameters:

a - The agent owning this behaviour.

Method Detail

handle

protected void handle(Behaviour.RunnableChangedEvent rce)

Handle block/restart notifications. A SerialBehaviour is blocked only when its currently active child is blocked, and becomes ready again when its current child is ready. This method takes care of the various possibilities.

Overrides:

handle in class Behaviour

Parameters:

rce - The event to handle.