agentland.gui
Class GuiManagerDaemonAgent

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.gui.GuiManagerDaemonAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Agent, GuiManagerDaemon, MetagluePrimitives, Remote, Serializable, Spy

public class GuiManagerDaemonAgent

extends AgentAgent

implements GuiManagerDaemon

The job of this agent is to make sure that there is a GuiManager running on every machine where metaglue for this society is running

See Also:

AgentAgent, GuiManagerDaemon, Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

AgentAgent.Attribute

Field Summary

protected Hashtable	guiManagerAgents
protected Hashtable	guiManagers key = machine name; value = agent id of a gui manager on that machine

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Constructor Summary

GuiManagerDaemonAgent()

Method Summary

protected void	ensureGuiManager(AgentID aid) Make sure that there is a gui manager on the machine where the agent with the given agent id lives.
protected void	ensureGuiManager(String machine) Make sure that there exists a gui manager on the machine
protected GuiManager	getGuiManager(AgentID aid)
protected void	registerGuiManager(AgentID gmid)
int	showGui(GuiMaker maker) Attempts to show the gui at all available computers
protected void	startupCheck()
void	tell(Secret s) This is called if the Agent is to receive a particular secret.

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

Field Detail

guiManagers

protected Hashtable guiManagers

key = machine name; value = agent id of a gui manager on that machine

guiManagerAgents

protected Hashtable guiManagerAgents

Constructor Detail

GuiManagerDaemonAgent

public GuiManagerDaemonAgent()
                      throws RemoteException

Method Detail

tell

public void tell(Secret s)
          throws RemoteException

Description copied from interface: Spy

This is called if the Agent is to receive a particular secret.

Specified by:

tell in interface Spy

Following copied from interface: agentland.util.Spy

Parameters:

secret - a Secret value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

showGui

public int showGui(GuiMaker maker)
            throws RemoteException

Attempts to show the gui at all available computers

Specified by:

showGui in interface GuiManagerDaemon

Returns:

The number of different gui managers the gui was sent to

getGuiManager

protected GuiManager getGuiManager(AgentID aid)
                            throws RemoteException

startupCheck

protected void startupCheck()
                     throws RemoteException

ensureGuiManager

protected void ensureGuiManager(AgentID aid)
                         throws RemoteException

Make sure that there is a gui manager on the machine where the agent with the given agent id lives.

ensureGuiManager

protected void ensureGuiManager(String machine)
                         throws RemoteException

Make sure that there exists a gui manager on the machine

registerGuiManager

protected void registerGuiManager(AgentID gmid)
                           throws RemoteException