com.agentfactory.platform.mts
Class FIPAMessageQueue

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      com.agentfactory.platform.mts.FIPAMessageQueue

public class FIPAMessageQueue
extends java.util.Observable

This is a test class for the module implementation. It contains a single method that prints something to the screen.

Constructor Summary

FIPAMessageQueue(Agent agent)

Method Summary

java.util.ArrayList	getMessageQueue()
java.util.ArrayList	getMessages() This method generates an ArrayList of the Messages that were received by an agent since the last check.
java.util.ArrayList	getMessages(java.lang.String language)
boolean	hasMessages()
void	receiveMessage(Message message) This method is used by FIPA Message Transport Services to deliver new messages received to the relevant agents.
boolean	sendMessage(Message message) This method is used to send messages created by FIPA actuators.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, clearChanged, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FIPAMessageQueue

public FIPAMessageQueue(Agent agent)

Method Detail

receiveMessage

public void receiveMessage(Message message)

This method is used by FIPA Message Transport Services to deliver new messages received to the relevant agents. The method has been synchronized to ensure that no messages are added whilst the agent is gathering beliefs about the currently received messages.

Parameters:

message - a newly received FIPA message.

sendMessage

public boolean sendMessage(Message message)

This method is used to send messages created by FIPA actuators. It is passed through the Message Queue because this provides a simple way of capturing the events of sending and receiving a message.

Parameters:

message - the FIPA message to be sent.

getMessages

public java.util.ArrayList getMessages()

This method generates an ArrayList of the Messages that were received by an agent since the last check. This method is synchronized to ensure that no messages are added to the queue whilst the message list is being generated. The messages added to this list are removed from the queue.

Returns:

an ArrayList of Strings that represent beliefs about the messages received by the agent.

getMessages

public java.util.ArrayList getMessages(java.lang.String language)

hasMessages

public boolean hasMessages()

getMessageQueue

public java.util.ArrayList getMessageQueue()