Class RequestActionMessage

java.lang.Object

madkit.kernel.Message

madkit.messages.ObjectMessage<String>

madkit.messages.StringMessage

madkit.action.RequestActionMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class RequestActionMessage
extends StringMessage

A message used to model a request made to an agent to perform an action that corresponds to an internal method call. The message contains the name of the method to call and the parameters to pass to the method.

It is especially used in RequestAgentMessageAction and AgentMethodAction which are mainly designed to be used in a GUI to request an agent to perform an action.

Upon reception of such a message, an agent can use Agent.handleRequestActionMessage(RequestActionMessage) to automatically perform the underlying method call.

See Also:

• AgentMethodAction
• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RequestActionMessage(String methodName, Object... parameters)	Builds a new request message with the name of the method to call and the parameters to pass to the method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object[]	getParameters()	Gets the parameters to pass to the method.

Methods inherited from class madkit.messages.ObjectMessage

getContent, toString

Methods inherited from class madkit.kernel.Message

clone, getConversationID, getReceiver, getSender, getSenderRole

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RequestActionMessage

public RequestActionMessage(String methodName,
 Object... parameters)

Builds a new request message with the name of the method to call and the parameters to pass to the method.

Parameters:

methodName - the name of the method to call

parameters - the parameters to pass to the method

Method Details

getParameters

public Object[] getParameters()

Gets the parameters to pass to the method.

Returns:

the parameters