Package nl.uu.cs.aplib.multiAgentSupport

Class Message

java.lang.Object

nl.uu.cs.aplib.multiAgentSupport.Message

public class Message
extends Object

The class defines the messages that agents send to each other.

Author:

Wish

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	Message.MsgCastType	Different types of Message: SINGLECASR, ROLECAST, BROADCAST.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
(package private) Object[]	args
(package private) Message.MsgCastType	castTy
(package private) String	idSource
(package private) String	idTarget
(package private) String	msgName
(package private) int	priority	Message priority; currently not used.
(package private) Date	timeStamp

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Message(String idSource, int priority, Message.MsgCastType castType, String idTarget, String msgName, Object... args)	Construct a new Message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object[]	getArgs()
Message.MsgCastType	getCastTy()
String	getIdSource()
String	getIdTarget()
String	getMsgName()
Date	getTimeStamp()
Message	timestamp()	Assign a time-stamp to this message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

idSource

String idSource

idTarget

String idTarget

castTy

Message.MsgCastType castTy

timeStamp

Date timeStamp

msgName

String msgName

args

Object[] args

priority

int priority

Message priority; currently not used.

Constructor Details

Message

public Message(String idSource,
 int priority,
 Message.MsgCastType castType,
 String idTarget,
 String msgName,
 Object... args)

Construct a new Message.

Parameters:

idSource - The id of the sending agent.

priority - The priority of the message. Higher number means higher priority. Currently not used.

castType - Either SINGLECAST, ROLECAST, or BROADCAST.

idTarget - The id of the target agent if the message is SINGLECAST, and the role name if the message is ROLECAST. It is ignored if the message is BROADCAST.

msgName - The 'name' of the message. We leave it unspecified what this represents. E.g. it can be used to identify categories of the messages.

args - The arguments of the message.

Method Details

timestamp

public Message timestamp()

Assign a time-stamp to this message.

getIdSource

public String getIdSource()

getIdTarget

public String getIdTarget()

getCastTy

public Message.MsgCastType getCastTy()

getTimeStamp

public Date getTimeStamp()

getMsgName

public String getMsgName()

getArgs

public Object[] getArgs()