jadex.bridge.service.types.awareness

Interface IAwarenessManagementService

public interface IAwarenessManagementService

Service for managing discovery infos.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IFuture<Boolean>	addAwarenessInfo(AwarenessInfo info) Announce an awareness info.
IFuture<Collection<DiscoveryInfo>>	getKnownPlatforms() Get the currently known platforms.
IFuture<DiscoveryInfo>	getPlatformInfo(IComponentIdentifier cid) Get the discovery info for a platform, if any.
ITerminableIntermediateFuture<DiscoveryInfo>	subscribeToPlatformList(boolean include_initial) Retrieve information about platforms as they appear or vanish.

Method Detail

addAwarenessInfo

IFuture<Boolean> addAwarenessInfo(AwarenessInfo info)

Announce an awareness info.

Parameters:

info - The info (passed as local reference).

Returns:

True, if was a new awareness info.

getPlatformInfo

IFuture<DiscoveryInfo> getPlatformInfo(IComponentIdentifier cid)

Get the discovery info for a platform, if any.

Parameters:

cid - The platform id.

Returns:

The discovery info.

getKnownPlatforms

IFuture<Collection<DiscoveryInfo>> getKnownPlatforms()

Get the currently known platforms.

Returns:

The discovery infos of known platforms.

subscribeToPlatformList

ITerminableIntermediateFuture<DiscoveryInfo> subscribeToPlatformList(boolean include_initial)

Retrieve information about platforms as they appear or vanish.

Parameters:

include_initial - If true, information about initially known platforms will be immediately posted to the caller. Otherwise only changes that happen after the subscription will be posted.

Returns:

An intermediate future that is notified about any changes.