mess
Interface Mess

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessAgent

public interface Mess

extends Managed

An Agent for interfacing with Jess, the Java Expert System Shell. This effectively creates the basis of the Metaglue Expert System Shell (MESS).

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	addUserfunction(Serializable uf)
void	assert(Fact f)
void	assert(String s)
void	assertAttribute(String attrName)
void	assertSpeechTag(String tagName, String tagValue)
void	clear()
void	execCommand(String cmd) Passes a JESS command to the engine.
Vector	facts()
String	fetch(String name)
int	fetchInt(String name)
void	loadFacts()
boolean	loadFile(String fname) Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a filename.
boolean	loadScript(String packageList)
boolean	loadString(String s) Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a string.
boolean	loadURL(String url) Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a URL.
Fact	newFact(Fact f)
Fact	newFact(String s)
void	reset()
void	retract(Fact f)
void	retract(String s)
Hashtable	run()
void	saveFacts()
void	store(String name, Object value)

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

loadURL

public boolean loadURL(String url)
                throws RemoteException

Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a URL. If the URL is not fully specified, an intelligent base URL will be used to resolve ambiguity. If the loaded code includes the `(run)' directive, this will also run the expert system to completion.

loadScript

public boolean loadScript(String packageList)
                   throws RemoteException

loadFile

public boolean loadFile(String fname)
                 throws RemoteException

Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a filename.

loadString

public boolean loadString(String s)
                   throws RemoteException

Loads a set of definitions into the interpreter from a string.

reset

public void reset()
           throws RemoteException

clear

public void clear()
           throws RemoteException

run

public Hashtable run()
              throws RemoteException

newFact

public Fact newFact(String s)
             throws RemoteException

newFact

public Fact newFact(Fact f)
             throws RemoteException

assert

public void assert(String s)
            throws RemoteException

assert

public void assert(Fact f)
            throws RemoteException

retract

public void retract(String s)
             throws RemoteException

retract

public void retract(Fact f)
             throws RemoteException

store

public void store(String name,
                  Object value)
           throws RemoteException

fetch

public String fetch(String name)
             throws RemoteException

fetchInt

public int fetchInt(String name)
             throws RemoteException

facts

public Vector facts()
             throws RemoteException

saveFacts

public void saveFacts()
               throws RemoteException

loadFacts

public void loadFacts()
               throws RemoteException

execCommand

public void execCommand(String cmd)
                 throws RemoteException

Passes a JESS command to the engine.

addUserfunction

public void addUserfunction(Serializable uf)
                     throws RemoteException

assertAttribute

public void assertAttribute(String attrName)
                     throws RemoteException

assertSpeechTag

public void assertSpeechTag(String tagName,
                            String tagValue)
                     throws RemoteException