agentland.resource
Interface ResourceManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

EmptyResourceManager, Namer

All Known Implementing Classes:

NamerAgent

public interface ResourceManager

extends Agent

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Method Summary

void	addRequestHook(AgentID watcher) This is so agents can watch all resource requests on the java side and add/modify them if necessary/desired.
boolean	connect(AgentID start, AgentID end) Connect two agents together (in whatever sense makes sense.)
Collection	getAgentNames(AgentID id) Return any known String names for an agentID.
ResourceBunch	lookup(Request req, Context con, AgentID requestor) Get a list of things which match the name of request.
void	registerInstance(AgentID resID) Register a Managed Agent as alive and kicking.
void	removeRequestHook(AgentID watcher)
void	replaceFor(AgentID requestor, Resource res, Request req, Context con) On behalf of some agent, replace the resource named with some other requested resource and context as defined by the passed request
ResourceBunch	request(Request request, Context context, AgentID requestor)

Methods inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

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

Method Detail

registerInstance

public void registerInstance(AgentID resID)
                      throws RemoteException

Register a Managed Agent as alive and kicking. Should be called in the agent's constructor.

request

public ResourceBunch request(Request request,
                             Context context,
                             AgentID requestor)
                      throws RemoteException

lookup

public ResourceBunch lookup(Request req,
                            Context con,
                            AgentID requestor)
                     throws RemoteException

Get a list of things which match the name of request. Do not actually request anything, just get the things that fill the request.

replaceFor

public void replaceFor(AgentID requestor,
                       Resource res,
                       Request req,
                       Context con)
                throws RemoteException

On behalf of some agent, replace the resource named with some other requested resource and context as defined by the passed request

connect

public boolean connect(AgentID start,
                       AgentID end)
                throws RemoteException

Connect two agents together (in whatever sense makes sense.)

addRequestHook

public void addRequestHook(AgentID watcher)
                    throws RemoteException

This is so agents can watch all resource requests on the java side and add/modify them if necessary/desired. (So a person locator can add person's location to request info.)

removeRequestHook

public void removeRequestHook(AgentID watcher)
                       throws RemoteException

getAgentNames

public Collection getAgentNames(AgentID id)
                         throws RemoteException

Return any known String names for an agentID. This can be used for speech recog, management of resource or whatall.