jade.core.behaviours

Class LoaderBehaviour

java.lang.Object

jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

jade.core.behaviours.LoaderBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class LoaderBehaviour
extends Behaviour

This behaviour serves behaviour-loading requests according to the Behaviour-loading ontology. When an agent runs an instance of this behaviour it becomes able to load and execute completely new behaviours, i.e. behaviours whose code is not included in the classpath of the JVM where the agent lives. Loading behaviour requests must have the ACLMessage.REQUEST performative and must use the BehaviourLoading ontology and the LEAP language.
NOT available in MIDP

Author:

Giovanni Caire - TILAB

See Also:

LoadBehaviour, BehaviourLoadingOntology, LEAPCodec, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

myAgent

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LoaderBehaviour() Construct a LoaderBehaviour.
LoaderBehaviour(Agent a) Construct a LoaderBehaviour to be executed by a given agent.
LoaderBehaviour(Agent a, java.lang.ClassLoader cl) Construct a LoaderBehaviour to be executed by a given agent and that will use a given class loader to load behaviours whose code is not embedded in the LoadBehaviour request.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	accept(ACLMessage msg) Suclasses may redefine this method to prevent the behaviour loading operation under specific conditions.
void	action() The action() method is redefined to serve behaviour loading requests
protected void	addBehaviour(Behaviour b, ACLMessage request) Add a loaded behaviour to the agent.
boolean	done() The done() method is redefined to make this behaviour terminate when its stop() method is called.
protected void	getOutputParameters(Behaviour b, List params)
protected void	setInputParameters(Behaviour b, List params)
void	stop() Make this behaviour terminate.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

block, block, getAgent, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, getParent, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, reset, 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

LoaderBehaviour

public LoaderBehaviour()

Construct a LoaderBehaviour.

LoaderBehaviour

public LoaderBehaviour(Agent a)

Construct a LoaderBehaviour to be executed by a given agent.

LoaderBehaviour

public LoaderBehaviour(Agent a,
                       java.lang.ClassLoader cl)

Construct a LoaderBehaviour to be executed by a given agent and that will use a given class loader to load behaviours whose code is not embedded in the LoadBehaviour request.

Method Detail

action

public final void action()

The action() method is redefined to serve behaviour loading requests

Specified by:

action in class Behaviour

See Also:

CompositeBehaviour

done

public boolean done()

The done() method is redefined to make this behaviour terminate when its stop() method is called.

Specified by:

done in class Behaviour

Returns:

true if the behaviour has completely executed.

stop

public void stop()

Make this behaviour terminate.

addBehaviour

protected void addBehaviour(Behaviour b,
                            ACLMessage request)

Add a loaded behaviour to the agent. Subclasses may redefine this method to handle the behaviour addition operation in an application specific way.

Parameters:

b - The Behaviour to be added.

request - The ACLMessage carrying the LoadBehaviour request.

accept

protected boolean accept(ACLMessage msg)

Suclasses may redefine this method to prevent the behaviour loading operation under specific conditions. This default implementation always returns true

setInputParameters

protected void setInputParameters(Behaviour b,
                                  List params)

getOutputParameters

protected void getOutputParameters(Behaviour b,
                                   List params)