jadex.runtime
Interface IEventbase

All Superinterfaces:

IElement

public interface IEventbase

extends IElement

Interface for an event base.

Method Summary

IInternalEvent	createInternalEvent(String type) Create a new intenal event.
IInternalEvent	createInternalEvent(String type, Object content) Deprecated. Convenience method for easy conversion to the new Jadex version. Will be removed in later releases.
IMessageEvent	createMessageEvent(String type) Create a new message event.
IMessageEvent	createMessageEventFromNative(Object message, String metype) Create a new message event.
void	deregisterEvent(IMEvent mevent) Deregister an event model.
void	deregisterEventReference(IMEventReference meventref) Deregister an event reference model.
void	dispatchInternalEvent(IInternalEvent event) Dispatch an event.
void	registerEvent(IMEvent mevent) Register a new event model.
void	registerEventReference(IMEventReference meventref) Register a new event reference model.
IFilter	sendMessage(IMessageEvent me) Send a message after some delay.

Methods inherited from interface jadex.runtime.IElement

getModelElement, getName

Method Detail

sendMessage

public IFilter sendMessage(IMessageEvent me)

Send a message after some delay.

Parameters:

me - The message event.

Returns:

The filter to wait for an answer.

dispatchInternalEvent

public void dispatchInternalEvent(IInternalEvent event)

Dispatch an event.

Parameters:

event - The event.

createMessageEventFromNative

public IMessageEvent createMessageEventFromNative(Object message,
                                                  String metype)

Create a new message event.

Returns:

The new message event.

createMessageEvent

public IMessageEvent createMessageEvent(String type)

Create a new message event.

Returns:

The new message event.

createInternalEvent

public IInternalEvent createInternalEvent(String type)

Create a new intenal event.

Returns:

The new intenal event.

createInternalEvent

public IInternalEvent createInternalEvent(String type,
                                          Object content)

Deprecated. Convenience method for easy conversion to the new Jadex version. Will be removed in later releases.

Create a legacy internal event (not explicitly defined in ADF).

Returns:

The new internal event.

registerEvent

public void registerEvent(IMEvent mevent)

Register a new event model.

Parameters:

mevent - The event model.

registerEventReference

public void registerEventReference(IMEventReference meventref)

Register a new event reference model.

Parameters:

meventref - The event reference model.

deregisterEvent

public void deregisterEvent(IMEvent mevent)

Deregister an event model.

Parameters:

mevent - The event model.

deregisterEventReference

public void deregisterEventReference(IMEventReference meventref)

Deregister an event reference model.

Parameters:

meventref - The event reference model.