com.agentfactory.cldc.p2pmts
Class DualInform

java.lang.Object
  com.agentfactory.cldc.logic.Action
      com.agentfactory.cldc.Actuator
          com.agentfactory.cldc.p2pmts.DualInform

public class DualInform
extends Actuator

The dual inform actuator is used to send inform messages. This actuator is used when both the standard message transport service and the the peer to peer message transport service are in operation. To indicate that the peer to peer message transport service is to be used, the functor of the first argument of the trigger must be p2p, otherwise the standard service will be used. 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

DualInform(AffectManager manager)
Creates and instance of DualInform.

DualInform(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

DualInform

public DualInform(AffectManager manager)

Creates and instance of DualInform.

Parameters:

manager - the affect manager of the agent.

DualInform

public DualInform(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.