agentland.software
Interface Exec

All Known Subinterfaces:

Laurete

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExecAgent

public interface Exec

extends Managed

This agent controls an exec'ed program. You can ask it questions, etc. The best thing to do with this agent is inheret from it.

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	killProgram() Kill the program.
boolean	programAlive() Is program alive or dead?
void	startProgram() Start the program, unless it is already running.

Methods inherited from interface agentland.resource.Managed

getNeed, replace, resources, yank, yank

Methods inherited from interface agentland.util.Good

getHistory, getHistoryElement, resetHistory

Methods inherited from interface agentland.util.Spy

tell

Method Detail

programAlive

public boolean programAlive()
                     throws RemoteException

Is program alive or dead?

startProgram

public void startProgram()
                  throws RemoteException

Start the program, unless it is already running.

killProgram

public void killProgram()
                 throws RemoteException

Kill the program.