Uses of Package
jade.core

Packages that use jade.core

jade.content	This package and its sub-packages contain classes that support the user in creating and manipulating complex content expressions according to a given content language and ontology.
jade.content.abs
jade.content.onto.basic
jade.core	This package contains the microkernel of JADE system.
jade.core.behaviours	This package is a subpackage of jade.core and contains the classes used to implement basic agent behaviours.
jade.core.event
jade.domain	This package and its sub-packages contains FIPA specific agents and ontologies.
jade.domain.DFGUIManagement
jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement	This package contains the definition of the FIPA-Agent-Management ontology as specified by the FIPA standard FIPA Agent Management Specification - document no. 23 version H (15th August 2001).
jade.domain.JADEAgentManagement	This package contains the definition of the JADE-Agent-Management ontology, the vocabulary with the list of used symbols, and all the Java classes that implement the concepts of the ontology.
jade.domain.introspection	This package contains the definition of the ontology used by JADE for internal monitoring of the agent platform and running agents.
jade.domain.mobility	This package contains the definition of the JADE-mobility ontology, the vocabulary with the list of used symbols, and all the Java classes that implement the concepts of the ontology.
jade.gui	This package contains general purpose components that can be used to build Swing-based Graphical User Interfaces for JADE agents.
jade.lang.acl	This package contains the support for the FIPA Agent Communication Language (ACL) including the ACLMessage class, the parser, the encoder, and an helper class for representing templates of ACL messages.
jade.mtp
jade.proto	This package contains role behaviours for FIPA standard protocols.
jade.util	This package contains utility classes and in particular: classes for handling properties in an extended way (see the Tutorial), the Logger class for logging capabilities; the leap subpackage, that is a replacement for the Java collection framework that is not supported by J2ME.
jade.wrapper	Together with the classes jade.core.Profile and jade.core.Runtime this package provides support for the JADE in-process interface that allows external Java applications to use JADE as a kind of library and to launch the JADE Runtime from within the application itself.
jade.wrapper.gateway	This is a subpackage of jade.wrapper and contains a set of classes that enables a non-JADE application to issue commands to a JADE-based application.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.content

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.content.abs

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.content.onto.basic

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.core

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AgentContainer
This interface represents the local container as it is seen by JADE kernel level services installed in the underlying Node

AgentDescriptor
Hold all information about an agent

AgentManager
This interface provides Agent Life Cycle management services to the platform AMS.

AgentManager.Listener
This callback interface is implemented by the AMS in order to be notified of significant platform-level events (e.g. container added or removed, agents birth or death, mtp configuration changes, etc.).

AgentState
This class represents the Life-Cycle state of an agent.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

BackEnd

BackEndContainer.AgentImage
Inner class AgentImage

BackEndManager
This class is an auxiliary JADE Node that act as parent node for all back-ends in the local JVM

BEConnectionManager

BehaviourID
This class represents an unique identifier referring to a specific agent behaviour.

CallbackInvokator
This class is used internally by the framework and is not accessible to users.

Command
The Command interface has to be implemented by all JADE kernel-level commands, used by the various platform services.

ContainerID
A class identifying an aget container in the JADE platform.

FEListener
Interface to be implemented by classes that need to be notified about FrontEnd relevant events such as BORN_AGENT and DEAD_AGENT.

Filter
Base class for command filters, that allow to set up an open-ended chain of platform services to process commands coming from the upper JADE layers.

FrontEnd

HorizontalCommand
The HorizontalCommand interface represents those kernel-level commands that are exchanged among the slices of a given JADE service, and they are sent across the network by the platform IMTP.

IMTPException
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the communication with a remote object

IMTPManager

LifeCycle
Common bas class for all agent life cycle states.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

MainContainer

MainContainerImpl
This class is a concrete implementation of the JADE main container, providing runtime support to JADE agents, and the special, front end container where the AMS and the Default DF can run.

MessageQueue
The interface to be implemented by agent message queue implementations

NameClashException
This exception is thrown when trying to create an agent with an already existing name.

Node
This interface represents a node of a JADE platform (i.e. a component that can host a slice of a platform-level service).

NodeDescriptor
The NodeDescriptor class serves as a meta-level description of a kernel-level service.

NodeEventListener
This interface is used to notify the JADE kernel of important events related to the platform nodes.

NodeFailureMonitor
The abstract class NodeFailureMonitor provides a basic implementation for classes that are used to monitor the availability of nodes and detect node failures.

NotFoundException
This exception is thrown when some component (agent, agent container, etc.)

PlatformManager

PlatformManagerImpl
The ServiceManagerImpl class is the actual implementation of JADE platform Service Manager and Service Finder components.

Profile
This class allows retrieving configuration-dependent classes.

ProfileException
This class represents an exception related to JADE profile creation or management.

ResourceManager
This is the interface that must be implemented by a class managing Thread resources on a Container

Runtime
The singleton instance (accessible through the instance() static method) of this class allows controlling the JADE runtime system from an external application.

Service
The Service interface represents a centralized view of a JADE kernel-level service.

Service.Slice
The Slice nested interface represents that part of a service that is deployed at a given network node.

ServiceDescriptor
The ServiceDescriptor class serves as a meta-level description of a kernel-level service.

ServiceException
Generic exception thrown by JADE kernel level services.

ServiceFinder
The ServiceFinder interface serves as an access point for kernel-level service discovery.

ServiceHelper
This interface is implemented by all the service helper classes, i.e.

ServiceManager
The ServiceManager interface serves as an access point for kernel-level service management.

Sink
The Sink interface has to be implemented by all the components that process JADE kernel-level commands in an exclusive and terminal way.

SliceProxy
An implementation of the Service.Slice interface, supporting routed dispatching of horizontal commands.

Specifier
This class represent a specifier and collects a name, a className, and an array of arguments.

Timer
This class is used by the JADE internal timing system to schedule actions after a given amount of time.

TimerDispatcher
This class implements the JADE internal timing system.

TimerListener
This interface is used by the JADE internal timing system to execute an action scheduled after a given amount of time.

UnreachableException
This exception is thrown when some agent container cannot be contacted.

VerticalCommand
The VerticalCommand interface represents those kernel-level commands that are sent to or through JADE kernel-level services.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.core.behaviours

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

NotFoundException
This exception is thrown when some component (agent, agent container, etc.)

Classes in jade.core used by jade.core.event

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AgentContainer
This interface represents the local container as it is seen by JADE kernel level services installed in the underlying Node

AgentState
This class represents the Life-Cycle state of an agent.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

BaseService
The BaseService abstract class partially implements the Service interface, providing a simple and uniform mechanism for slice management and service discovery.

BehaviourID
This class represents an unique identifier referring to a specific agent behaviour.

Channel
This class represents a communication channel, over which ACL messages can travel.

ContainerID
A class identifying an aget container in the JADE platform.

Filter
Base class for command filters, that allow to set up an open-ended chain of platform services to process commands coming from the upper JADE layers.

IMTPException
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the communication with a remote object

Profile
This class allows retrieving configuration-dependent classes.

ProfileException
This class represents an exception related to JADE profile creation or management.

Service
The Service interface represents a centralized view of a JADE kernel-level service.

Service.Slice
The Slice nested interface represents that part of a service that is deployed at a given network node.

ServiceException
Generic exception thrown by JADE kernel level services.

ServiceHelper
This interface is implemented by all the service helper classes, i.e.

Sink
The Sink interface has to be implemented by all the components that process JADE kernel-level commands in an exclusive and terminal way.

SliceProxy
An implementation of the Service.Slice interface, supporting routed dispatching of horizontal commands.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AgentManager
This interface provides Agent Life Cycle management services to the platform AMS.

AgentManager.Listener
This callback interface is implemented by the AMS in order to be notified of significant platform-level events (e.g. container added or removed, agents birth or death, mtp configuration changes, etc.).

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

TimerListener
This interface is used by the JADE internal timing system to execute an action scheduled after a given amount of time.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain.DFGUIManagement

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain.JADEAgentManagement

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

ContainerID
A class identifying an aget container in the JADE platform.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain.introspection

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AgentState
This class represents the Life-Cycle state of an agent.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

BehaviourID
This class represents an unique identifier referring to a specific agent behaviour.

Channel
This class represents a communication channel, over which ACL messages can travel.

ContainerID
A class identifying an aget container in the JADE platform.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.domain.mobility

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.gui

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

TimerListener
This interface is used by the JADE internal timing system to execute an action scheduled after a given amount of time.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.lang.acl

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.mtp

Profile
This class allows retrieving configuration-dependent classes.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.proto

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Classes in jade.core used by jade.util

IMTPException
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the communication with a remote object

IMTPManager

Classes in jade.core used by jade.wrapper

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AgentContainer
This interface represents the local container as it is seen by JADE kernel level services installed in the underlying Node

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

Location
Abstract interface to represent JADE network locations.

NotFoundException
This exception is thrown when some component (agent, agent container, etc.)

Classes in jade.core used by jade.wrapper.gateway

Agent
The Agent class is the common superclass for user defined software agents.

AID
This class represents a JADE Agent Identifier.

TimerListener
This interface is used by the JADE internal timing system to execute an action scheduled after a given amount of time.