jadex.micro

Interface IMicroAgent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPojoMicroAgent

All Known Implementing Classes:

KernelComponentAgent, KernelMicroAgent, KernelMultiAgent, MicroAgent, PojoMicroAgent

public interface IMicroAgent

This is a base interface for a minimal kernel agent. All methods are called on agent thread (i.e. not concurrently)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IFuture<Void>	agentCreated() Called once after agent creation.
IFuture<Void>	agentKilled() Called just before the agent is removed from the platform.
IFuture<Void>	executeBody() Called once after agent has been started.
void	messageArrived(Map<String,Object> msg, MessageType mt) Called, whenever a message is received.

Method Detail

agentCreated

IFuture<Void> agentCreated()

Called once after agent creation. Creation is considered done when the returned future is finished.

executeBody

IFuture<Void> executeBody()

Called once after agent has been started.

messageArrived

void messageArrived(Map<String,Object> msg,
                  MessageType mt)

Called, whenever a message is received.

Parameters:

msg - The message map.

mt - The message type.

agentKilled

IFuture<Void> agentKilled()

Called just before the agent is removed from the platform. Deletion is considered done when the returned future is finished.