jade.core.behaviours
Class CyclicBehaviour

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour
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        +--jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour
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              +--jade.core.behaviours.CyclicBehaviour

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializable

public abstract class CyclicBehaviour

extends SimpleBehaviour

Atomic behaviour that must be executed forever. This abstract class can be extended by application programmers to create behaviours that keep executing continuously (e.g. simple reactive behaviours).

Version:

$Date: 2003/11/18 13:20:24 $ $Revision: 2.1 $

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

myAgent, parent

Constructor Summary

CyclicBehaviour()
Default constructor.

CyclicBehaviour(Agent a)
This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.

Method Summary

boolean

done() This is the method that makes CyclicBehaviour cyclic, because it always returns false.

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.SimpleBehaviour

reset

Methods inherited from class jade.core.behaviours.Behaviour

action, block, block, getBehaviourName, getDataStore, isRunnable, onEnd, onStart, restart, root, setAgent, setBehaviourName, setDataStore

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CyclicBehaviour

public CyclicBehaviour()

Default constructor. It does not set the owner agent.

CyclicBehaviour

public CyclicBehaviour(Agent a)

This constructor sets the owner agent for this CyclicBehaviour.

Parameters:

a - The agent this behaviour must belong to.

Method Detail

done

public final boolean done()

This is the method that makes CyclicBehaviour cyclic, because it always returns false.

Specified by:

done in class Behaviour

Returns:

Always false.