org.micropsi.comp.agent
Class AgentFrameworkComponent

java.lang.Object
  org.micropsi.comp.common.AbstractComponent
      org.micropsi.comp.agent.AgentFrameworkComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActiveComponentIF, java.lang.Runnable

public class AgentFrameworkComponent

extends AbstractComponent

implements ActiveComponentIF

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.micropsi.comp.common.AbstractComponent

clients, config, consoleService, exproc, logger, prefixKey, runner, servers

Constructor Summary

AgentFrameworkComponent()

Method Summary

java.lang.Thread	getAgentThread() Returns the Agent thread
int	getInnerType()
protected long	getNextTicket() Returns the next action ticket.
void	initializeWorldAdapters() Loads and initializes the world adapters, creating action and percept descriptors.
protected void	performInitialisation() Initializes the agent framework.
void	registerAdditionalQuestionType(ConsoleQuestionTypeIF q) Registers an additional questiontype (with the override flag, so it's no problem to register the same type again).
void	run()
void	shutdown()
void	shutdownWorldAdapters() Shuts down the agent's world adapters.
void	start()

Methods inherited from class org.micropsi.comp.common.AbstractComponent

getComponentDescriptor, getComponentID, getComponentRunner, getConsoleService, getExproc, getLogger, getRealLogger, initialize, overrideComponentID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AgentFrameworkComponent

public AgentFrameworkComponent()

Method Detail

getNextTicket

protected long getNextTicket()

Returns the next action ticket.

Returns:

the next free ticket for an action

performInitialisation

protected void performInitialisation()
                              throws MicropsiException

Initializes the agent framework. Reads config, initializes word adapters, creates the theAgent implementation object.

Specified by:

performInitialisation in class AbstractComponent

Throws:

MicropsiException

registerAdditionalQuestionType

public void registerAdditionalQuestionType(ConsoleQuestionTypeIF q)

Registers an additional questiontype (with the override flag, so it's no problem to register the same type again). This is mainly meant to be used by world adapters that want to provide their own question types.

Parameters:

q - the new question type to be registered

initializeWorldAdapters

public void initializeWorldAdapters()
                             throws MicropsiException

Loads and initializes the world adapters, creating action and percept descriptors.

Throws:

MicropsiException

shutdownWorldAdapters

public void shutdownWorldAdapters()

Shuts down the agent's world adapters. The component will be in a clean state after this method has been called and can be initialized as if it hat just been created.

start

public void start()

Specified by:

start in interface ActiveComponentIF

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface ActiveComponentIF

getInnerType

public int getInnerType()

Specified by:

getInnerType in class AbstractComponent

getAgentThread

public java.lang.Thread getAgentThread()

Returns the Agent thread

Returns:

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Specified by:

shutdown in class AbstractComponent