agentland.resource.namer
Interface Namer

All Known Implementing Classes:

NamerAgent

public interface Namer

extends Good, ResourceManager

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Method Summary

void	addTranslation(String start, String target)
void	addWatchedOccupation(String s)
boolean	clearTranslation(String trans) Remove translation from lists.
boolean	clearWatchedOccupation(String occ) Remove watched occupation from list.
AgentID	translate(AgentID start_id) Given an ID, translate it into a new ID.
AgentID	translate(String start_id)

Methods inherited from interface agentland.util.Good

getHistory, getHistoryElement, resetHistory

Methods inherited from interface agentland.resource.ResourceManager

addRequestHook, connect, getAgentNames, lookup, registerInstance, removeRequestHook, replaceFor, request

Methods inherited from interface agentland.util.Spy

tell

Method Detail

translate

public AgentID translate(AgentID start_id)
                  throws RemoteException

Given an ID, translate it into a new ID. Uses two persistent maps. "translations" is a list of known translations from agentID to agentID. "watchedOccupations" is a list of which occupations demand a query. If an id is on the watched list, and no translation is known, the system will query user for the new agentID and store it for further use. (Does via promptbox, so it needs a display.)

translate

public AgentID translate(String start_id)
                  throws RemoteException

addWatchedOccupation

public void addWatchedOccupation(String s)
                          throws RemoteException

addTranslation

public void addTranslation(String start,
                           String target)
                    throws RemoteException

clearTranslation

public boolean clearTranslation(String trans)
                         throws RemoteException

Remove translation from lists.

Returns:

true if found and removed.

clearWatchedOccupation

public boolean clearWatchedOccupation(String occ)
                               throws RemoteException

Remove watched occupation from list.

Returns:

true if found and removed.