com.agentfactory.cldc.name_service
Class UniqueNameActuator

java.lang.Object
  com.agentfactory.cldc.logic.Action
      com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator
          com.agentfactory.cldc.name_service.UniqueNameActuator

public class UniqueNameActuator
extends Actuator

The unique name actuator causes the belief haveName to be adopted on the next iteration of the control cycle if the agent's name is unique. The belief requestName is adopted if the name is not unique. . The trigger for this actuator is uniqueName.

Author:

Conor Muldoon

Constructor Summary

UniqueNameActuator(AffectManager mgr)
Creates a new instance of UniqueNameActuator.

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

UniqueNameActuator

public UniqueNameActuator(AffectManager mgr)

Creates a new instance of UniqueNameActuator.

Parameters:

mgr - the affect manager for the agent.

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.