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Class sics.agentbase.core.MessageDispatcher 

java.lang.Object
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   +----sics.agentbase.core.MessageDispatcher
public class MessageDispatcher
extends Object

Constructor Index

o MessageDispatcher()

Method Index

o addMessageListener(String, MessageListener)
Adds a message listener with the specified name.
o deliverMessage(Message)
Delivers a message to a message listener.
o getDefaultMessageDispatcher()
Returns the default MessageDispatcher.
o getMessageListener(String)
Returns the message listener with the specified name.
o removeMessageListener(String)
Removes the message listener with the specified name.

Constructors

o MessageDispatcher 
 public MessageDispatcher()

Methods

o getDefaultMessageDispatcher 
 public static MessageDispatcher getDefaultMessageDispatcher()
Returns the default MessageDispatcher.

Returns:
the default MessageDispatcher object.
o addMessageListener 
 public synchronized void addMessageListener(String name,
                                             MessageListener listener)
Adds a message listener with the specified name.

Parameters:
name - the name of the message listener to add.
listener - the message listener to be added.
o removeMessageListener 
 public synchronized void removeMessageListener(String name)
Removes the message listener with the specified name.

Parameters:
name - the name of the message listener to remove.
o getMessageListener 
 public MessageListener getMessageListener(String name)
Returns the message listener with the specified name.

Parameters:
name - the name of the message listener to return.
Returns:
the message listener or null if no message listener with the specified name exists.
o deliverMessage 
 public void deliverMessage(Message msg)
Delivers a message to a message listener. The value returned from the method getLocalReceiver in the message is used to deliver the message to a message listener with matching name.

If no message listener can be found, the method error in the message is invoked with the error RECEIVER_UNKNOWN.

Parameters:
msg - the message to be added.
See Also:
RECEIVER_UNKNOWN, getLocalReceiver, error 
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