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

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

Class getMessageClass()

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

Returns:

the class of messages this tool will handle