prueba1.agent
Class Agent

java.lang.Object
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  +--prueba1.agent.Agent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Alex0_0, Alex106, Alex2, AlexGUI

public abstract class Agent

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

java.lang.String	method The method that will be called in the destination
PlatformProxy	myPlatform A pointer to the platform in which the agent is existing at this moment It is transient to avoid having to unreference it when serializing the agent.

Constructor Summary

Agent()
The constructor for the agent

Method Summary

void	errorRaised() This method is called when there is an error, by the classes that manipulates the agents.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieves the name of the agent
void	moveTo(int _secs, int _num, java.lang.String _address, int _port) Moves the agent to the host and the port specified by the caller
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of the agent
abstract void	start() This method is to be called each time the agent is started.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

method

public java.lang.String method

The method that will be called in the destination

myPlatform

public transient PlatformProxy myPlatform

A pointer to the platform in which the agent is existing at this moment It is transient to avoid having to unreference it when serializing the agent.

Constructor Detail

Agent

public Agent()

The constructor for the agent

Method Detail

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of the agent

Parameters:

name -

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Retrieves the name of the agent

Returns:

String

moveTo

public void moveTo(int _secs,
                   int _num,
                   java.lang.String _address,
                   int _port)

Moves the agent to the host and the port specified by the caller

Parameters:

_secs -

_address - fully qualified name of the host

_port - port number of the machine

start

public abstract void start()

This method is to be called each time the agent is started. Users have to implement this method by extending this class

errorRaised

public void errorRaised()

This method is called when there is an error, by the classes that manipulates the agents. It has to be overridden by the agent if it wants some special behaviour.