JADE_SL.abs
Class AbsHelper

java.lang.Object
  JADE_SL.abs.AbsHelper

public class AbsHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

Constructor Summary

AbsHelper()

Method Summary

static AbsAgentAction	externaliseACLMessage(ACLMessage obj, Ontology onto) Converts an ACLMessage into an AbsAgentAction using the specified ontology.
static AbsConcept	externaliseAID(AID obj) Converts an AID into an AbsConcept representing an AID
static AbsContentElementList	externaliseContentElementList(ContentElementList obj, Ontology onto) Converts a ContentElementList into an AbsContentElementList using the specified ontology.
static AbsAggregate	externaliseIterator(java.util.Iterator obj, Ontology onto) Converts an Iterator into a AbsAggregate using the specified ontology.
static AbsAggregate	externaliseList(java.util.List obj, Ontology onto) Converts a List into a AbsAggregate using the specified ontology.
static OntoACLMessage	internaliseACLMessage(AbsAgentAction absMsg, Ontology onto) Converts to an AbsAgentAction representing an ACLMessage into an OntoACLMessage using the specified ontology.
static OntoAID	internaliseAID(AbsConcept aid) Converts an AbsConcept representing an AID into an OntoAID
static ContentElementList	internaliseContentElementList(AbsContentElementList l, Ontology onto) Converts to an AbsContentElementList into a ContentElementList using the specified ontology.
static java.util.List	internaliseList(AbsAggregate aggregate, Ontology onto) Converts an AbsAggregate into a List using the specified ontology.
static java.lang.String	toString(AbsObject abs)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbsHelper

public AbsHelper()

Method Detail

externaliseList

public static AbsAggregate externaliseList(java.util.List obj,
                                           Ontology onto)
                                    throws OntologyException

Converts a List into a AbsAggregate using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

obj - the List

onto - the ontology.

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

Throws:

OntologyException

externaliseIterator

public static AbsAggregate externaliseIterator(java.util.Iterator obj,
                                               Ontology onto)
                                        throws OntologyException

Converts an Iterator into a AbsAggregate using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

obj - the Iterator

onto - the ontology.

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

Throws:

OntologyException

externaliseAID

public static AbsConcept externaliseAID(AID obj)

Converts an AID into an AbsConcept representing an AID

Parameters:

obj - the AID

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

externaliseContentElementList

public static AbsContentElementList externaliseContentElementList(ContentElementList obj,
                                                                  Ontology onto)
                                                           throws OntologyException

Converts a ContentElementList into an AbsContentElementList using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

obj - the ContentElementList

onto - the ontology.

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

Throws:

OntologyException

externaliseACLMessage

public static AbsAgentAction externaliseACLMessage(ACLMessage obj,
                                                   Ontology onto)
                                            throws OntologyException

Converts an ACLMessage into an AbsAgentAction using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

obj - the ACLMessage

onto - the ontology.

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

Throws:

OntologyException

internaliseList

public static java.util.List internaliseList(AbsAggregate aggregate,
                                             Ontology onto)
                                      throws OntologyException

Converts an AbsAggregate into a List using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

onto - the ontology

Returns:

the List

Throws:

OntologyException

internaliseAID

public static OntoAID internaliseAID(AbsConcept aid)
                              throws OntologyException

Converts an AbsConcept representing an AID into an OntoAID

Returns:

the OntoAID

Throws:

OntologyException - if aid does not represent a valid AID

internaliseContentElementList

public static ContentElementList internaliseContentElementList(AbsContentElementList l,
                                                               Ontology onto)
                                                        throws OntologyException

Converts to an AbsContentElementList into a ContentElementList using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

onto - the ontology

Returns:

the ContentElementList

Throws:

OntologyException

internaliseACLMessage

public static OntoACLMessage internaliseACLMessage(AbsAgentAction absMsg,
                                                   Ontology onto)
                                            throws OntologyException

Converts to an AbsAgentAction representing an ACLMessage into an OntoACLMessage using the specified ontology.

Parameters:

onto - the ontology

Returns:

the OntoACLMessage

Throws:

OntologyException

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(AbsObject abs)