agentland.device.intelliCD
Class AnyButtonAgent

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.util.GoodAgent
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                                +--agentland.device.intelliCD.AnyButtonAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Agent, AnyButton, Good, MetagluePrimitives, Remote, Serializable, Spy

public class AnyButtonAgent

extends GoodAgent

implements AnyButton

A simple agent which locates an IntelliCD agent in the current society and starts up a Button to talk to it. This is probably the easiest way to start up a CD controller, since it do the right thing under most circumstances.

See Also:

GoodAgent, AnyButton, IntelliCDAgent, LittleButtonAgent, Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

AgentAgent.Attribute

Fields inherited from class agentland.util.GoodAgent

alert, notifier

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Constructor Summary

AnyButtonAgent()

Method Summary

protected boolean

checks(String society) Performs the necessary processing to find out if an IntelliCDAgent is running in the given society.

Methods inherited from class agentland.util.GoodAgent

addSpy, addSpy, alert, alertString, beep, error, getAlert, getHistory, getHistoryElement, getPersistentMap, log, notify, removeSpy, removeSpy, resetHistory, safeRely, safeRely, safeRely, setNiceLogName, tell

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, 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 agentland.util.Good

getHistory, getHistoryElement, resetHistory

Methods inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

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

Methods inherited from interface agentland.util.Spy

tell

Constructor Detail

AnyButtonAgent

public AnyButtonAgent()
               throws RemoteException

Method Detail

checks

protected boolean checks(String society)

Performs the necessary processing to find out if an IntelliCDAgent is running in the given society.

Parameters:

society - The society to check for a running IntelliCD.

Returns:

true if the agent is running.