agentland.debug.launcher
Class LauncherAgent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.rmi.server.RemoteObject
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        +--java.rmi.server.RemoteServer
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              +--java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
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                    +--metaglue.AgentAgent
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                          +--agentland.debug.launcher.LauncherAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Agent, Launcher, MetagluePrimitives, Remote, Serializable

public class LauncherAgent

extends AgentAgent

implements Launcher

A Launcher agent can start other agents or query to see if they are running. Launcher is general enough to respond to requests regarding specific AgentID's, although such generality is probably useful only in very special circumstances (you're prolly better off calling reliesOn() yourself). The list of agents it knows about are stashed in a persistant map. This maps Strings ==> AgentIDs, where the string is representative of the agent; eg. "MapDisplaySpeech" ==> maps.speechin.MapDisplaySpeech

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

AgentAgent.Attribute

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Constructor Summary

LauncherAgent()

Method Summary

void	addLaunchableAgent(String spoken_text, AgentID agentid)
void	addLaunchableAgent(String spoken_text, String agentid)
String	fire_up_text(String agent_to_be_run) fire_up starts agents
String	fire_up(AgentID agent_to_be_run)
Vector	launchableAgents() launchableAgents returns a listing of agents the launcher knows about.
String	query_text(String agent_to_be_queried) query checks an agent for existence
String	query(AgentID agent_to_be_queried)
void	removeLaunchableAgent(String text)
String	whois(String agentname)

Methods inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

addMonitor, alive, defrost, defrostAll, defrostBoolean, defrostInt, defrostString, fixAttribute, fixAttribute, freeze, freeze, freeze, freezeAll, freezeVar, getAgentID, getAttribute, getCatalog, getCatalogID, getDesignation, getFrozenVariables, getLogLevel, getMetaglueAgent, getMetaglueAgentID, getOccupation, getProperties, getSociety, log, log, log, lookupClass, obtainMetaglueAgent, obtainMetaglueAgent, obtainMetaglueAgentByName, reliesOn, reliesOn, reliesOn, reliesOnSynch, removeFrozen, replaceExceptionHandler, setFreezeName, setLogLevel, setLogName, shutdown, startAgent, startAgentOn, startAgentOn, startup, status, tiedTo, tiedTo, tiedTo, tiedTo, tieToDesignation, whereAreYou

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

clone, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, unexportObject

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

getClientHost, getLog, setLog

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

equals, getRef, hashCode, toString, toStub

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

addMonitor, alive, getAgentID, getMetaglueAgentID, shutdown, startup, whereAreYou

Constructor Detail

LauncherAgent

public LauncherAgent()
              throws RemoteException

Method Detail

fire_up_text

public String fire_up_text(String agent_to_be_run)
                    throws RemoteException

Description copied from interface: Launcher

fire_up starts agents

Specified by:

fire_up_text in interface Launcher

fire_up

public String fire_up(AgentID agent_to_be_run)
               throws RemoteException

Specified by:

fire_up in interface Launcher

query_text

public String query_text(String agent_to_be_queried)
                  throws RemoteException

Description copied from interface: Launcher

query checks an agent for existence

Specified by:

query_text in interface Launcher

query

public String query(AgentID agent_to_be_queried)
             throws RemoteException

Specified by:

query in interface Launcher

launchableAgents

public Vector launchableAgents()
                        throws RemoteException

Description copied from interface: Launcher

launchableAgents returns a listing of agents the launcher knows about. this is useful for show the user what they can and cannot launch

Specified by:

launchableAgents in interface Launcher

whois

public String whois(String agentname)
             throws RemoteException

Specified by:

whois in interface Launcher

removeLaunchableAgent

public void removeLaunchableAgent(String text)
                           throws RemoteException

Specified by:

removeLaunchableAgent in interface Launcher

addLaunchableAgent

public void addLaunchableAgent(String spoken_text,
                               String agentid)
                        throws RemoteException

Specified by:

addLaunchableAgent in interface Launcher

addLaunchableAgent

public void addLaunchableAgent(String spoken_text,
                               AgentID agentid)
                        throws RemoteException

Specified by:

addLaunchableAgent in interface Launcher