com.agentfactory.cldc.mts
Class InformActuator

java.lang.Object
  com.agentfactory.cldc.logic.Action
      com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator
          com.agentfactory.cldc.mts.InformActuator

public class InformActuator
extends Actuator

The inform actuator is used to send inform messages. The trigger for the actuator is inform(?agent,?content). The ?agent variable represents the name of the agent that the message is to be sent to. The ?content variable represents the content of the message.

Author:

Conor Muldoon

Constructor Summary

InformActuator(AffectManager manager)
Creates and instance of InformActuator.

InformActuator(AffectManager manager, java.lang.String s)
Creates an instance of the inform actuator using the specified affect manager and trigger.

Method Summary

boolean

act(FOS action) The act method is implemented by concrete classes of Action.

Methods inherited from class com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator

adoptBelief, adoptBelief, register, retractBelief

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InformActuator

public InformActuator(AffectManager manager)

Creates and instance of InformActuator.

Parameters:

manager - the affect manager of the agent.

InformActuator

public InformActuator(AffectManager manager,
                      java.lang.String s)

Creates an instance of the inform actuator using the specified affect manager and trigger.

Parameters:

manager - the affect manager of the agent.

s - a string representation of the trigger of the actuator.

Method Detail

act

public boolean act(FOS action)

Description copied from class: Action

The act method is implemented by concrete classes of Action. It provides the imperative functionality of the action.

Specified by:

act in class Action

Parameters:

action - the applied first order stucture, which matches with the identifier for the Actuator or Action.

Returns:

true if the action was successful, false otherwise.