io.sarl.core

Capacity Lifecycle

All Superinterfaces:

Capacity

All Known Implementing Classes:

LifecycleSkill

public interface Lifecycle
extends Capacity

Lifecycle related actions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	killMe([terminationCause : Object]) Kills this agent.
void	spawn(agentType : Class<? extends Agent>, params : Object*) Spawns a new Agent inside the default context of this agent.
void	spawn(nbAgents : int, agentType : Class<? extends Agent>, params : Object*) Spawns a group of agents inside the default context of this agent.
void	spawnInContext(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>, context : AgentContext, params : Object*) Spawns a new member agent in the parent's context (parentID).
void	spawnInContext(nbAgents : int, agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>, context : AgentContext, params : Object*) Spawns a group of agents in the parent's context (parentID).
void	spawnInContextWithID(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>, agentID : UUID, context : AgentContext, params : Object*) Spawns a new member agent in the given context.
void	spawnWithID(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>, agentID : UUID, params : Object*) Spawns a new member agent in the parent's context (parentID).

Method Detail

spawn

def spawn(agentType : Class<? extends Agent>,
          params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a new Agent inside the default context of this agent. This action must automatically register the newly created agent within the default space of the context.

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agent is initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

agentType - the type of the agent to spawn.

params - the arguments to pass in the initialization event to the spawned agent.

Since:

0.5

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned in DefaultSpace, AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

spawn

def spawn(nbAgents : int,
          agentType : Class<? extends Agent>,
          params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a group of agents inside the default context of this agent. This action must automatically register the newly created agents within the default space of the context.

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agents are initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

nbAgents - the number of agents to spawn.

agentType - the type of the agents to spawn.

params - the arguments to pass in the initialization event to the spawned agents. All the agents will receive the same initialization parameters.

Since:

0.5

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned in DefaultSpace, AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

spawnInContext

def spawnInContext(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>,
                   context : AgentContext,
                   params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a new member agent in the parent's context (parentID).

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agent is initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

agentClass - the type of the agent to spawn.

context - the context in which the agent must be spawned.

params - the arguments to pass to the initialization event that will be sent to the spawned agent.

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned inside the default context of the parent. The source of the event is this agent., AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

spawnInContext

def spawnInContext(nbAgents : int,
                   agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>,
                   context : AgentContext,
                   params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a group of agents in the parent's context (parentID).

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agents are initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

nbAgents - the number of agents to spawn.

agentClass - the type of the agents to spawn.

context - the context in which the agents must be spawned.

params - the arguments to pass to the initialization event that will be sent to the spawned agents. All the agents will receive the same initialization parameters.

Since:

0.5

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned inside the default context of the parent. The source of the event is this agent., AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

spawnInContextWithID

def spawnInContextWithID(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>,
                         agentID : UUID,
                         context : AgentContext,
                         params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a new member agent in the given context.

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agent is initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

agentClass - the type of the agent to spawn.

agentID - the identifier of the spawned agent.

context - the context in which the agent must be spawned.

params - the arguments to pass to the initialization event that will be sent to the spawned agent.

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned inside the default context of the parent. The source of the event is this agent., AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

spawnWithID

def spawnWithID(agentClass : Class<? extends Agent>,
                agentID : UUID,
                params : Object*) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Spawns a new member agent in the parent's context (parentID).

Caution: when this function returns, there is no warranty that the spawned agent is initialized at the time of the return. Indeed, agent spawning is done in parallel to the calling thread. This parallel task for spawning is not considered as an agent task, i.e. it cannot be stopped or cancelled by the spawning agent, or if this agent is killed.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

agentClass - the type of the agent to spawn.

agentID - the identifier of the spawned agent.

params - the arguments to pass to the initialization event that will be sent to the spawned agent.

Since:

0.12

Fired Events:

AgentSpawned inside the default context of the parent. The source of the event is this agent., AgentSpawnFailure if the agent cannot be spawned.

killMe

def killMe([terminationCause : Object]) : void 

Description copied from interface: Lifecycle

Kills this agent.

This action must automatically unregister this agent from the default context and therefore all its spaces including the DefaultSpace. If this is a composable agent, it must not have any members before calling this action. Otherwise a RuntimeException will be thrown.

This function does nothing if one of the following conditions evaluates to true:

• the agent is not alive.

Parameters:

terminationCause - indicates the cause of the termination of the agent. If this argument is null, the agent terminates without specific cause.

Since:

0.12

Fired Events:

AgentKilled in DefaultSpace of all Contexts to which this agent belongs, Destroy inside the agent, AgentKillFailure inside the agent