Class RemoteService.resource.ServiceInterpreter

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Class RemoteService.resource.ServiceInterpreter

java.lang.Object
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   +----JavaAgent.resource.Interpreter
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           +----RemoteService.resource.ServiceInterpreter

public class ServiceInterpreter
extends Interpreter

Subclass of Interpreter used for communication between ClientAgents, ServiceAgents and ServiceBrokers. Facilitates the exchange of subclasses of Service between ServiceAgents and ClientAgents, and the registration of Services with the ServiceBroker.

Supports the following message types:

(ask-available): Sent from a ClientAgent to the ServiceBroker asking for a list of currently registered services.
(tell-available :available <service name> <service agent name> [<service name> <service agent name> <URL for descrip file> <URL for gif file>]*) : Sent from the ServiceBroker to the ClientAgent.
(register-service :name <service name> :descrip <URL for descrip file> :gif <URL for gif file>): Sent from a ServiceAgent to the ServiceBroker.
(unregister-service :name <service name>): Sent from a ServiceAgent to the ServiceBroker and ClientAgents and from the ServiceBroker to ClientAgents.
(request-service :name <service name>): Sent from a ClientAgent to a ServiceAgent.
(tell-service :name <service name> :location <class name> <class URL>): Sent from a ServiceAgent to a ClientAgent, provides the class name and URL for a subclass of Service.
(add-service :name <service name> :class <class name>): Sent from the init_file to a ServiceAgent. It is assumed that the class file, description file and gif file are all in shared classes and have the names <service name>.descrip and <service name>.gif.
(update-service :name <service name> :location <class name> <URL>): Sent from a ServiceAgent to a ClientAgent when the implementation of a service has changed. Not currently used.

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ServiceInterpreter()

interpretLanguage(KQMLmessage, Agent, Language): Handles a received message which references the "service" Interpreter.

ServiceInterpreter

  public ServiceInterpreter()

interpretLanguage

  protected void interpretLanguage(KQMLmessage message,
                                   Agent receiver,
                                   Language language) throws InterpretationException

Handles a received message which references the "service" Interpreter.

Parameters:: message - Message which needs to be interpreted.; receiver - Agent who received the message.; language - Instance of Language which represents the message contents.
Overrides:: interpretLanguage in class Interpreter

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