examples.communication
Interface AgentService

All Known Implementing Classes:

Agent

public interface AgentService

This interface is used as a service from agents of type examples.communication.Agent in order to get information for the implicit names of their "friends" or to get a teminating signal.

Author:

Zaharina Velikova, Jan Peters

See Also:

Agent

Field Summary

static String

PUBLISH_KEY_PREFIX The key prefix under which this service is going to be published.

Method Summary

void	initImplicitNames(ArrayList implicitNames) Initialises the implicit name of the agent's "friends"
void	signalTermination() Sends a terminating signal to the agent.

Field Detail

PUBLISH_KEY_PREFIX

public static final String PUBLISH_KEY_PREFIX

The key prefix under which this service is going to be published.

Method Detail

initImplicitNames

public void initImplicitNames(ArrayList implicitNames)

Initialises the implicit name of the agent's "friends"

Parameters:

implicitNames - DOCUMENT ME!

signalTermination

public void signalTermination()

Sends a terminating signal to the agent.