org.arakhne.tinyMAS.core

Class MessageBoxManager

java.lang.Object

org.arakhne.tinyMAS.core.MessageBoxManager

Deprecated.

See "http://www.janus-project.org"

@Deprecated
 class MessageBoxManager
extends Object

This class manager a set of message boxes. Each message box is associated to exactly one agent and contains a list of messages that were not consumed by the agent.

Author:

Stéphane GALLAND <galland@arakhne.org>, Nicolas GAUD <nicolas.gaud@utbm.fr>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MessageBoxManager() Deprecated.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Message	getNextMessage(AgentIdentifier id) Deprecated. Replies the next available message for the specified agent.
protected boolean	hasMessage(AgentIdentifier id) Deprecated. Replies if a message is available for the specified agent.
(package private) void	registerAgent(AgentIdentifier id) Deprecated. Create a message box for the specified agent
boolean	storeMessage(Message m) Deprecated. Store a message inside a box.
(package private) void	unregisterAgent(AgentIdentifier id) Deprecated. Delete the message box of the specified agent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MessageBoxManager

MessageBoxManager()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

registerAgent

void registerAgent(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Create a message box for the specified agent

Parameters:

id - is the identifier of the agent for which a box must be created.

unregisterAgent

void unregisterAgent(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Delete the message box of the specified agent

Parameters:

id - est l'identificateur de l'agent

storeMessage

public boolean storeMessage(Message m)

Deprecated.

Store a message inside a box.

The box depends on the message receiver.

Parameters:

m - is the message to store in the mailbox.

Returns:

true if the message was successfully stored, otherwise false

getNextMessage

public Message getNextMessage(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Replies the next available message for the specified agent.

This method consumes the message. It means that the message will never be obtain another time.

Parameters:

id - is the identifier of the agent for which the message was extracted.

Returns:

a message or null if none available

hasMessage

protected boolean hasMessage(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Replies if a message is available for the specified agent.

This method does not consume the message.

Parameters:

id - is the identifier of the agent for which the message was extracted.

Returns:

true if a message is available, otherwise false