jade.core

Interface HorizontalCommand

All Superinterfaces:

Command, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericCommand

public interface HorizontalCommand
extends Command, Serializable

The HorizontalCommand interface represents those kernel-level commands that are exchanged among the slices of a given JADE service, and they are sent across the network by the platform IMTP.

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - FRAMeTech s.r.l.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getInteraction() Query the interaction this command object is a part of.
java.lang.String	getService() Access the service object this command belongs to.

Methods inherited from interface jade.core.Command

getCredentials, getName, getParam, getParams, getPrincipal, getReturnValue, setCredentials, setPrincipal, setReturnValue

Method Detail

getService

java.lang.String getService()

Access the service object this command belongs to. A command object belongs exactly to one single service.

Specified by:

getService in interface Command

Returns:

The name of a Service object, such that this command is one of the allowed commands for that service.

getInteraction

java.lang.String getInteraction()

Query the interaction this command object is a part of. A command object is part of exactly one single interaction. Some services can generate interactions made by many commands, which can be grouped together because calling getInteraction() on them yields the same result.

Returns:

A String serving as a service-unique identifier for the interaction of this command object.