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Interface StartInterface

All Superinterfaces:

Agent, Good, Managed, Mess, Remote, Spy

All Known Implementing Classes:

StartInterfaceAgent

public interface StartInterface

extends Mess

Interface for StartInterfaceAgent.

See Also:

Mess

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Method Summary

void	closeConnectionToStart() Close the connection to START.
boolean	connectToStart() Call this to set up connection to START
boolean	doAssert(String assertion) Make an assertion.
boolean	doCommand(String object, String args) Execute a command.
String	doQuery(String object, String args) Execute a query and return the result.
String	fread(String input) Call START's fread function.
void	hearStateChange(Secret s)
void	help() Prints the queries and commands that this agent can handle on System.out.
boolean	isConnected()
void	showFacts() Prints the facts in the system on System.out

Methods inherited from interface mess.Mess

addUserfunction, assert, assert, assertAttribute, assertSpeechTag, clear, execCommand, facts, fetch, fetchInt, loadFacts, loadFile, loadScript, loadString, loadURL, newFact, newFact, reset, retract, retract, run, saveFacts, store

Methods inherited from interface agentland.resource.Managed

getNeed, replace, replace, resources, yank, yank

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

Method Detail

doCommand

public boolean doCommand(String object,
                         String args)
                  throws RemoteException

Execute a command.

Parameters:

object - the object you are asking about

args - other parts of the command

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

doQuery

public String doQuery(String object,
                      String args)
               throws RemoteException

Execute a query and return the result.

Parameters:

object - the object you are asking about

args - other parts of the query

Returns:

the answer to the query if successful, null otherwise

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

doAssert

public boolean doAssert(String assertion)
                 throws RemoteException

Make an assertion.

Parameters:

assertion - the fact to be asserted

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

hearStateChange

public void hearStateChange(Secret s)
                     throws RemoteException

help

public void help()
          throws RemoteException

Prints the queries and commands that this agent can handle on System.out.

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

showFacts

public void showFacts()
               throws RemoteException

Prints the facts in the system on System.out

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

connectToStart

public boolean connectToStart()
                       throws RemoteException

Call this to set up connection to START

Returns:

true if successful

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

fread

public String fread(String input)
             throws RemoteException

Call START's fread function.

Parameters:

input - a string to give to fread

Returns:

START's response

closeConnectionToStart

public void closeConnectionToStart()
                            throws RemoteException

Close the connection to START.

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

isConnected

public boolean isConnected()
                    throws RemoteException