EASE.Agents.Engine
Class InstantiatedManager

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

InstantiatedListAgent

public class InstantiatedManager

extends InstantiatedAgent

Field Summary

boolean	breakContracts
protected java.util.Hashtable	contractedAgents
protected java.util.Vector	currentContracts
protected Debugger	debugger
protected boolean	first
protected boolean	killed
boolean	makeContracts
protected java.util.Vector	oldContracts

Fields inherited from class EASE.Agents.Engine.InstantiatedAgent

listeners, params, parent, parentPriority, paused, sensingEngine, sm, template, userFailEnded, userSuccessEnded

Constructor Summary

InstantiatedManager(GenericAgent template, java.util.Hashtable params, InstantiatedAgent parent)

Method Summary

void	addSubcontractedAgent(InstantiatedContract ic, InstantiatedAgent ia) This function is called by the controller to tell the manager which agent it has contracted.
java.util.Vector	breakContracts() This function is called by the controller to find out which contracts should be broken.
void	endContract() Simply set killed to false.
boolean	execute() Manager specific execution.
java.util.Vector	makeContracts() This function is called by the controller to find out which contracts should be started.
boolean	terminate() Returns whether or not the agent has received an end contract message
void	userPause(boolean pause) Pauses/wakes all subcontracted agents.

Methods inherited from class EASE.Agents.Engine.InstantiatedAgent

addListener, failing, getName, getParams, getParent, getState, notifyAllChangeListeners, notifyChange, paused, priority, priorityTrace, succeeded, toString, transitionTrace, userEndContract

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

killed

protected boolean killed

first

protected boolean first

makeContracts

public boolean makeContracts

breakContracts

public boolean breakContracts

currentContracts

protected java.util.Vector currentContracts

oldContracts

protected java.util.Vector oldContracts

contractedAgents

protected java.util.Hashtable contractedAgents

debugger

protected Debugger debugger

Constructor Detail

InstantiatedManager

public InstantiatedManager(GenericAgent template,
                           java.util.Hashtable params,
                           InstantiatedAgent parent)

Method Detail

makeContracts

public java.util.Vector makeContracts()

This function is called by the controller to find out which contracts should be started.

Members of the Vector are of type InstantiatedContract.

breakContracts

public java.util.Vector breakContracts()

This function is called by the controller to find out which contracts should be broken.

addSubcontractedAgent

public void addSubcontractedAgent(InstantiatedContract ic,
                                  InstantiatedAgent ia)

This function is called by the controller to tell the manager which agent it has contracted.

The manager needs to keep this information so that it can tell the controller which contracts to break later.

endContract

public void endContract()

Simply set killed to false.

Overrides:

endContract in class InstantiatedAgent

userPause

public void userPause(boolean pause)

Pauses/wakes all subcontracted agents.

Overrides:

userPause in class InstantiatedAgent

terminate

public boolean terminate()

Returns whether or not the agent has received an end contract message

Overrides:

terminate in class InstantiatedAgent

execute

public boolean execute()

Manager specific execution.

Killed is before first in order to get rid of some problems when agent is contracted and killed in the same step. More general sync problem remains.

Overrides:

execute in class InstantiatedAgent