jadex.adapter
Interface IMessageAdapter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageAdapter

public interface IMessageAdapter

Interface for external messages to be passed to a Jadex agent. The methods of this interface are called in the following order:

1. The system checks if the message is a reply to a message sent earlier using calling the getValue() method for conversation identifying parameters.
2. The match() method is used to check which event type(s) can be used to represent the message. When the message is a reply, only event types of correponding capabilities are checked.
3. The getMessage() method is provided to allow access to the message representation of the underlying platform (e.g. from plans). This method may be called several times.

Method Summary

Object	getMessage() Get the platform message.
Object	getValue(String name) Get a parameter or parameter set value.
boolean	match(IMMessageEvent msgevent) todo: is it possible to remove this method somehow?

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(IMMessageEvent msgevent)

todo: is it possible to remove this method somehow? Match a message with a message event.

Parameters:

msgevent - The message event.

Returns:

True, if message matches the message event.

getMessage

public Object getMessage()

Get the platform message.

Returns:

The platform specific message.

getValue

public Object getValue(String name)

Get a parameter or parameter set value. The value must possibly converted to the Jadex format, e.g. when native agent identifiers are used.

Returns:

The value or array of values of the parameter (set).