jade.content.abs

Class AbsAgentAction

java.lang.Object

jade.content.abs.AbsObjectImpl

jade.content.abs.AbsPrimitiveSlotsHolder

jade.content.abs.AbsConcept

jade.content.abs.AbsAgentAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

AbsContentElement, AbsObject, AbsTerm, AgentAction, Concept, ContentElement, Term, java.io.Serializable

public class AbsAgentAction
extends AbsConcept
implements AbsContentElement, AgentAction

An abstract descriptor that can hold an agent action expression.

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface jade.content.abs.AbsObject

ABS_AGENT_ACTION, ABS_AGGREGATE, ABS_CONCEPT, ABS_CONCEPT_SLOT_FUNCTION, ABS_CONTENT_ELEMENT_LIST, ABS_IRE, ABS_PREDICATE, ABS_PRIMITIVE, ABS_VARIABLE, UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbsAgentAction(java.lang.String typeName) Construct an Abstract descriptor to hold an agent action of the proper type, e.g.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getAbsType()
static java.lang.Class	getJavaClass()
boolean	isAContentExpression() Return true if this Abstract Content Element represents a ContentExpression of the SL Grammar (see also FIPA-SL specifications).
void	set(java.lang.String name, AbsPredicate value) Set an attribute of the agent action held by this abstract descriptor.
void	setIsAContentExpression(boolean flag) Set the isAContentExpression flag to the passed value.

Methods inherited from class jade.content.abs.AbsConcept

getAbsTerm, set

Methods inherited from class jade.content.abs.AbsPrimitiveSlotsHolder

getBoolean, getByteSequence, getDate, getDouble, getFloat, getInteger, getLong, getString, set, set, set, set, set, set, set, set, set

Methods inherited from class jade.content.abs.AbsObjectImpl

equals, getAbsObject, getCount, getNames, getTypeName, hashCode, isGrounded, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface jade.content.abs.AbsObject

getAbsObject, getCount, getNames, getTypeName, isGrounded

Constructor Detail

AbsAgentAction

public AbsAgentAction(java.lang.String typeName)

Construct an Abstract descriptor to hold an agent action of the proper type, e.g. SELL, BUY....

Parameters:

typeName - The name of the type of the agent action held by this abstract descriptor.

Method Detail

set

public void set(java.lang.String name,
                AbsPredicate value)

Set an attribute of the agent action held by this abstract descriptor.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute to be set.

value - The new value of the attribute.

getJavaClass

public static java.lang.Class getJavaClass()

isAContentExpression

public boolean isAContentExpression()

Description copied from interface: AbsContentElement

Return true if this Abstract Content Element represents a ContentExpression of the SL Grammar (see also FIPA-SL specifications).

Specified by:

isAContentExpression in interface AbsContentElement

Returns:

true if this Abstract Content Element represents a ContentExpression of the SL Grammar (see also FIPA-SL specifications), false otherwise

See Also:

AbsContent.isAContentExpression

setIsAContentExpression

public void setIsAContentExpression(boolean flag)

Description copied from interface: AbsContentElement

Set the isAContentExpression flag to the passed value. By default, if this method was not called, this value is intialized to false.

Specified by:

setIsAContentExpression in interface AbsContentElement

Parameters:

flag - true if this Abstract Content Element represents a ContentExpression of the SL Grammar (see also FIPA-SL specifications), false otherwise

See Also:

AbsContent.setIsAContentExpression(boolean flag)

getAbsType

public int getAbsType()

Specified by:

getAbsType in interface AbsObject

Overrides:

getAbsType in class AbsConcept