jade.content.abs

Interface AbsContentElement

All Superinterfaces:

AbsObject, ContentElement, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsAgentAction, AbsContentElementList, AbsIRE, AbsPredicate

public interface AbsContentElement
extends AbsObject, ContentElement

An abstract descriptor that can hold a generic content element expression.

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isAContentExpression() Return true if this Abstract Content Element represents a ContentExpression of the SL Grammar (see also FIPA-SL specifications).
void	setIsAContentExpression(boolean flag) Set the isAContentExpression flag to the passed value.

Methods inherited from interface jade.content.abs.AbsObject

getAbsObject, getAbsType, getCount, getNames, getTypeName, isGrounded

Method Detail

isAContentExpression

boolean isAContentExpression()

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

Returns:

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

setIsAContentExpression

void setIsAContentExpression(boolean flag)

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

Parameters:

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