zeus.concepts
Class FIPA_AddressBook

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary
      java.util.Hashtable
          zeus.concepts.AddressBook
              zeus.concepts.FIPA_AddressBook

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

public class FIPA_AddressBook

extends AddressBook

FIPA_AddressBook is an extention of the addressbook that can cope with fipa AID addresses, the intention is that this should be used to implement an ACC agent that can act as a gateway from Zeus agencies to the FIPA world.

The objective of this class is to provide something that can store agent aliases so that when the ACC gets a message that is addressed to testForwardACCiioptbtoledofuturesbtcom it can lookup the appropriate aid to construct a fipa performative which can be sent to the target agent

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Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

Field Summary

private java.util.Hashtable

FIPA_Addresses

Fields inherited from class zeus.concepts.AddressBook

Fields inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

Constructor Summary

FIPA_AddressBook()

Method Summary

boolean	add(FIPA_AID_Address fipa_address) add an address to the book
FIPA_AID_Address	checkAddress(Address addr) determine if the address for this agent is in the address book, return the correct address object if it is...
FIPA_AID_Address	lookupAlias(java.lang.String alias) find a proper address from a name of an agent
FIPA_AID_Address	lookupFIPA(java.lang.String name) find a proper address from a name of an agent
static java.lang.String	makeAlias(Address addr) utility method to be used to reconsitute local platform name from an external name/host combo

Methods inherited from class zeus.concepts.AddressBook

add, addAddressListener, del, del, lookup, removeAddressListener, replace

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

FIPA_Addresses

private java.util.Hashtable FIPA_Addresses

Constructor Detail

FIPA_AddressBook

public FIPA_AddressBook()

Method Detail

add

public boolean add(FIPA_AID_Address fipa_address)

add an address to the book

lookupFIPA

public FIPA_AID_Address lookupFIPA(java.lang.String name)

find a proper address from a name of an agent

lookupAlias

public FIPA_AID_Address lookupAlias(java.lang.String alias)

find a proper address from a name of an agent

checkAddress

public FIPA_AID_Address checkAddress(Address addr)

determine if the address for this agent is in the address book, return the correct address object if it is...

makeAlias

public static java.lang.String makeAlias(Address addr)

utility method to be used to reconsitute local platform name from an external name/host combo