org.arakhne.tinyMAS.core

Class MessageTransportService

java.lang.Object

org.arakhne.tinyMAS.core.MessageTransportService

Direct Known Subclasses:

NetworkMessageTransportService

Deprecated.

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

@Deprecated
public class MessageTransportService
extends Object

This component permits to route the message between agents.

The implementation of this MTS assumes that only one kernel is available. It does not support more than one kernel and network communication.

Author:

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MessageTransportService() Deprecated.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected KernelIdentifier	getKernelId() Deprecated. Replies the identifier of a kernel.
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 local message box for the specified agent.
protected boolean	registerInLocalBoxes(Message m) Deprecated. Store the specified message inside the local message boxes.
boolean	send(Message m) Deprecated. Send the specified message according to the knownledge of this MTS.
void	startMTS() Deprecated. Invoked by the kernel when the MTS should start.
void	stopMTS() Deprecated. Invoked by the kernel when the MTS should stop.
(package private) void	unregisterAgent(AgentIdentifier id) Deprecated. Delete the local 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

MessageTransportService

public MessageTransportService()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

stopMTS

public void stopMTS()

Deprecated.

Invoked by the kernel when the MTS should stop.

startMTS

public void startMTS()

Deprecated.

Invoked by the kernel when the MTS should start.

registerAgent

void registerAgent(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Create a local message box for the specified agent.

unregisterAgent

void unregisterAgent(AgentIdentifier id)

Deprecated.

Delete the local message box of the specified agent.

send

public boolean send(Message m)

Deprecated.

Send the specified message according to the knownledge of this MTS.

registerInLocalBoxes

protected boolean registerInLocalBoxes(Message m)

Deprecated.

Store the specified message inside the local message boxes.

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

getKernelId

protected KernelIdentifier getKernelId()

Deprecated.

Replies the identifier of a kernel.

This method is invoked by the kernel to obtain its own identifier.