jadex.adapter
Interface IToolAdapter

public interface IToolAdapter

This interface can be used to provide tool-specific platform-independent functionality to application agents.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

IToolAdapter.IToolReply This interface allows e.g. tool adapters to send native messages to tool agents (without requiring ADF-defined message events).

Method Summary

Class	getMessageClass() The tool type supported by this adapter (e.g.
void	handleToolRequest(AgentIdentifier tool, AgentAction request, IToolAdapter.IToolReply reply) Handle a request from a tool agent.

Method Detail

handleToolRequest

public void handleToolRequest(AgentIdentifier tool,
                              AgentAction request,
                              IToolAdapter.IToolReply reply)

Handle a request from a tool agent.

Parameters:

tool - The tool agent that issued the request.

request - The the request or query.

reply - A callback interface to the platform allowing the tool adapter to send reply messages to the tool agents.

getMessageClass

public Class getMessageClass()

The tool type supported by this adapter (e.g. "tracer").

Returns:

the class of messages this tool will handle