Class CompositeBehaviour

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
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        +--jade.core.behaviours.CompositeBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ParallelBehaviour, SerialBehaviour

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public abstract class CompositeBehaviour extends Behaviour

An abstract superclass for behaviours composed by many parts. This class holds inside a number of children behaviours. When a CompositeBehaviour receives it execution quantum from the agent scheduler, it executes one of its children according to some policy. This class must be extended to provide the actual scheduling policy to apply when running children behaviours.

 

 

Version:

$Date: 2008-10-08 15:14:15 +0200 (mer, 08 ott 2008) $ $Revision: 6050 $

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma, Giovanni Caire - TILAB

See Also:

SequentialBehaviour, ParallelBehaviour, FSMBehaviour, Serialized Form

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Field Summary

 

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

myAgent

 

Constructor Summary
protected	CompositeBehaviour()           Default constructor, does not set the owner agent.
protected	CompositeBehaviour(Agent a)           This constructor sets the owner agent.

 

Method Summary
void	action()           Executes this CompositeBehaviour.
protected abstract  boolean	checkTermination(boolean currentDone, int currentResult)           This methods is called after the execution of each child in order to check whether the CompositeBehaviour should terminate.
boolean	done()           Checks whether this behaviour has terminated.
abstract  Collection	getChildren()           This method returns a Collection view of the children of this CompositeBehaviour
protected abstract  Behaviour	getCurrent()           This method returns the child behaviour currently scheduled for execution
void	reset()           Puts a CompositeBehaviour back in initial state.
protected  void	resetChildren()
protected abstract  void	scheduleFirst()           This method schedules the first child to be executed
protected abstract  void	scheduleNext(boolean currentDone, int currentResult)           This method schedules the next child to be executed
void	setAgent(Agent a)           Associates this behaviour with the agent it belongs to.

 

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

block, block, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, getParent, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, restart, root, setBehaviourName, setDataStore

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

 

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