zeus.agents
Class Facilitator

java.lang.Object
  zeus.agents.BasicAgent
      zeus.agents.Facilitator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Facilitator

extends BasicAgent

implements java.lang.Runnable

The implementation of the Zeus Facilitator agent. An agent society can have any number of facilitators whose role is to provide an ability-identity look-up service (analogous to the Yellow Pages). It is unlikely that users will need to change or call directly any of the methods of this class.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	ABILITY_KEY
protected boolean	query_mode
static java.lang.String	SERVICE_KEY
protected long	timeout

Fields inherited from class zeus.agents.BasicAgent

context, CREATE, DEATH, RESUME, SUSPEND

Constructor Summary

Facilitator(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String file, java.util.Vector nameservers)

Facilitator(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String filename, java.util.Vector nameservers, long user_timeout)

Method Summary

void	abilityReceived(Performative msg) abilityReceived updates the Zeus internal database of the Facilitator for services that it knows about and can respond to queries about
void	addAbilityMonitor(AbilityMonitor monitor, long type)
void	addRelationMonitor(RelationMonitor monitor, long type)
void	addressReceived(Performative msg) addressReceived updates the address book of the facilitator so that it can send requests for service registrations to an agent
protected void	advertise(java.util.Vector v)
protected void	dispatchRequests(java.util.Vector v)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] arg)
void	removeAbilityMonitor(AbilityMonitor monitor, long type)
void	removeRelationMonitor(RelationMonitor monitor, long type)
void	run()
protected static void	usage()
protected static void	version()

Methods inherited from class zeus.agents.BasicAgent

addAgentMonitor, addMessageMonitor, getAgentContext, notifyMonitors, removeAgentMonitor, removeMessageMonitor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ABILITY_KEY

protected java.lang.String ABILITY_KEY

SERVICE_KEY

public static final java.lang.String SERVICE_KEY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

timeout

protected long timeout

query_mode

protected boolean query_mode

Constructor Detail

Facilitator

public Facilitator(java.lang.String name,
                   java.lang.String file,
                   java.util.Vector nameservers)

Facilitator

public Facilitator(java.lang.String name,
                   java.lang.String filename,
                   java.util.Vector nameservers,
                   long user_timeout)

Method Detail

addressReceived

public void addressReceived(Performative msg)

addressReceived updates the address book of the facilitator so that it can send requests for service registrations to an agent

abilityReceived

public void abilityReceived(Performative msg)

abilityReceived updates the Zeus internal database of the Facilitator for services that it knows about and can respond to queries about

dispatchRequests

protected void dispatchRequests(java.util.Vector v)

advertise

protected void advertise(java.util.Vector v)

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

addAbilityMonitor

public void addAbilityMonitor(AbilityMonitor monitor,
                              long type)

addRelationMonitor

public void addRelationMonitor(RelationMonitor monitor,
                               long type)

removeAbilityMonitor

public void removeAbilityMonitor(AbilityMonitor monitor,
                                 long type)

removeRelationMonitor

public void removeRelationMonitor(RelationMonitor monitor,
                                  long type)

version

protected static void version()

usage

protected static void usage()

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] arg)