com.agentfactory.cldc.mts
Class RequestActuator

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

public class RequestActuator
extends Actuator

This actuator enables an agent to make a request to another agent. The trigger for the actuator is request(?agent,?content). The ?agent variable represents the agent to whom the request is being made. The ?content variable represents the information content of the request.

Author:

Conor Muldoon

Constructor Summary

RequestActuator(AffectManager manager)

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

RequestActuator

public RequestActuator(AffectManager manager)

Parameters:

manager -

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.