modelling
Class CommunicatingAgent

java.lang.Object
  sema.Element
      sema.Agent
          modelling.CommunicatingAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Communicating, java.lang.Comparable

public class CommunicatingAgent

extends Agent

implements Communicating

Agent able to communicate with other agents.

Nested Class Summary

class

CommunicatingAgent.Discussion Action of discuting.

Nested classes inherited from class sema.Agent

Agent.Action

Nested classes inherited from class sema.Element

Element.ElementEvent

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class sema.Element

id, world

Constructor Summary

CommunicatingAgent(World world, Area area, float delay, java.awt.Image image)

Method Summary

Communicating.Discussion	getCurrentDiscussion() Returns the current discussion.
boolean	hear(java.lang.String speech, Communicating speaker) Receipts the speaker's words.
protected void	setCurrentDiscussion(CommunicatingAgent.Discussion speech) Allows to set the current discussion.
protected boolean	setNextAnswer(java.lang.String question, Communicating speaker) It computes the answer to give back from the 'question' of the speaker, if it decides no to answer it return false, else it return true and preselect the answer to give the next time we open the mouth ( action of the discussion )

Methods inherited from class sema.Agent

acceptAction, getDelay, registerAction, setDelay, unregisterAction

Methods inherited from class sema.Element

canTake, compareTo, death, draw, getArea, getDrawingPriority, getHeight, getIcon, getImage, getKind, getName, getProperties, highlight, highlight, isMarked, kill, setDrawingPriority, setHeight, setKind, setMarked, setProperties, toString, union

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CommunicatingAgent

public CommunicatingAgent(World world,
                          Area area,
                          float delay,
                          java.awt.Image image)

Method Detail

setNextAnswer

protected boolean setNextAnswer(java.lang.String question,
                                Communicating speaker)

It computes the answer to give back from the 'question' of the speaker, if it decides no to answer it return false, else it return true and preselect the answer to give the next time we open the mouth ( action of the discussion )

getCurrentDiscussion

public Communicating.Discussion getCurrentDiscussion()

Returns the current discussion.

Specified by:

getCurrentDiscussion in interface Communicating

setCurrentDiscussion

protected void setCurrentDiscussion(CommunicatingAgent.Discussion speech)

Allows to set the current discussion.

hear

public boolean hear(java.lang.String speech,
                    Communicating speaker)

Receipts the speaker's words. Calls setNextAnswer to determinate the answer. Resumes eventually the current discussion.

Specified by:

hear in interface Communicating