fr.lifl.genca.centralised
Class CentralisedCommunicator

java.lang.Object
  fr.lifl.genca.centralised.CentralisedCommunicator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Communicator

public class CentralisedCommunicator

extends java.lang.Object

implements Communicator

This class provides a communicator for a centralised application, where the communicator sends a message when it is its turn.

Author:

Marie-Hélène Verrons

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	myName
protected AgentServer	myServer
protected java.util.Vector	outBox

Constructor Summary

CentralisedCommunicator(AgentServer as, java.lang.String n)

Method Summary

void	sendOneMessage()
void	sendToAgent(java.lang.Object to, ServerMessage msg) to send a message to one participant (synchronous).
void	sendToServer(ServerMessage msg) for an agent to send a message to the names server

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myServer

protected AgentServer myServer

outBox

protected java.util.Vector outBox

myName

protected java.lang.String myName

Constructor Detail

CentralisedCommunicator

public CentralisedCommunicator(AgentServer as,
                               java.lang.String n)

Method Detail

sendToServer

public void sendToServer(ServerMessage msg)

Description copied from interface: Communicator

for an agent to send a message to the names server

Specified by:

sendToServer in interface Communicator

Parameters:

msg - the message to send

sendOneMessage

public void sendOneMessage()

sendToAgent

public void sendToAgent(java.lang.Object to,
                        ServerMessage msg)

to send a message to one participant (synchronous). Must call the method receiveMessage of the Negotiator of the agent.

Specified by:

sendToAgent in interface Communicator

Parameters:

to - the user/agent address

msg - the content of the mesage