jadex.adapter
Interface IConnection

public interface IConnection

todo: we need to refactor this, either IConnection will be usable for more than only standalone todo: adapter or if not it should be moved (problem is used is AgentIdentifier) IConnection

Since:

Aug 22, 2005

Author:

walczak

Field Summary

static IConnection	DEAD_CONNECTION DEAD_CONNECTION: used to mark connections without an end
static IConnection	LOCAL_CONNECTION LOCAL_CONNECTION: used to mark local connections
static String	SENDER The sender field of a message.

Method Summary

void	close() Used to close the connection
String	getAddress()
boolean	isClosed()
void	send(IMessage message) Send a hashmap.

Field Detail

SENDER

public static final String SENDER

The sender field of a message.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DEAD_CONNECTION

public static final IConnection DEAD_CONNECTION

DEAD_CONNECTION: used to mark connections without an end

LOCAL_CONNECTION

public static final IConnection LOCAL_CONNECTION

LOCAL_CONNECTION: used to mark local connections

Method Detail

send

public void send(IMessage message)
          throws MessageFailureException

Send a hashmap.

Parameters:

message -

Throws:

MessageFailureException

close

public void close()

Used to close the connection

isClosed

public boolean isClosed()

Returns:

True, if the connection is closed

getAddress

public String getAddress()

Returns:

the String representation of an address