jade.core.behaviours

Class CyclicBehaviour

java.lang.Object

jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour

jade.core.behaviours.CyclicBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GatewayBehaviour, IntrospectionServer, OntologyServer, SSResponderDispatcher

public abstract class CyclicBehaviour
extends SimpleBehaviour

Atomic behaviour that must be executed forever. This abstract class can be extended by application programmers to create behaviours that keep executing continuously (e.g. simple reactive behaviours).

Version:

$Date: 2003-11-18 14:24:25 +0100 (mar, 18 nov 2003) $ $Revision: 4550 $

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

myAgent

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CyclicBehaviour() Default constructor.
CyclicBehaviour(Agent a) This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	done() This is the method that makes CyclicBehaviour cyclic, because it always returns false.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour

reset

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

action, block, block, getAgent, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, getParent, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, restart, root, setAgent, setBehaviourName, setDataStore

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CyclicBehaviour

public CyclicBehaviour()

Default constructor. It does not set the owner agent.

CyclicBehaviour

public CyclicBehaviour(Agent a)

This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.

Parameters:

a - The agent this behaviour must belong to.

Method Detail

done

public final boolean done()

This is the method that makes CyclicBehaviour cyclic, because it always returns false.

Specified by:

done in class Behaviour

Returns:

Always false.