springs.context.threads
Class AgentCreator

java.lang.Object
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        +--springs.context.threads.AgentCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AgentCreator_RMIImpl

public abstract class AgentCreator

extends java.lang.Thread

A Springs agent creator.

Author:

Sergio Ilarri Artigas

Field Summary

protected springs.agent.SpringsAgent	_agent
protected java.lang.Throwable	_error
protected boolean	_isMoving

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

AgentCreator(springs.agent.SpringsAgent agent, boolean isMoving)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	createAgent() Creates the agent.
protected abstract void	createAgentTemplate()
java.lang.Throwable	getError() In case the creation failed, it gets the error.
boolean	isSuccessful() Obtains if the agent creation was successful.
void	run() Performs the creation of the agent in background.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_agent

protected springs.agent.SpringsAgent _agent

_error

protected java.lang.Throwable _error

_isMoving

protected boolean _isMoving

Constructor Detail

AgentCreator

public AgentCreator(springs.agent.SpringsAgent agent,
                    boolean isMoving)

Constructor.

Parameters:

agent - the agent.

isMoving - a boolean indicating if the agent is sent because of a movement from another context.

See Also:

SpringsAgent

Method Detail

isSuccessful

public boolean isSuccessful()

Obtains if the agent creation was successful.

Returns:

a boolean indicating whether the creation was successful.

getError

public java.lang.Throwable getError()

In case the creation failed, it gets the error.

Returns:

the error.

See Also:

Throwable

run

public void run()

Performs the creation of the agent in background.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

createAgent

public void createAgent()
                 throws CreationException,
                        AlreadyExistingAgentException

Creates the agent.

Throws:

CreationException - if error.

AlreadyExistingAgentException - if the agent cannot be registered because it already exist at the context.

See Also:

CreationException, AlreadyExistingAgentException

createAgentTemplate

protected abstract void createAgentTemplate()
                                     throws CreationException,
                                            AlreadyExistingAgentException

CreationException

AlreadyExistingAgentException