ou4.message

Class Message

java.lang.Object

ou4.message.Message

Direct Known Subclasses:

Agent, Query

public abstract class Message
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract parent class of all Messages

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Node	currentNode
protected int	maxSteps

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Message(int maxSteps, Node node) Creates a message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	die() Sets the node to dead.
boolean	isAlive() Returns wether the node is alive or not.
abstract boolean	move() Moves the message.
abstract void	update(Node n) Sets the message handle for the current object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

maxSteps

protected int maxSteps

currentNode

protected Node currentNode

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message(int maxSteps,
               Node node)
        throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Creates a message.

Parameters:

maxSteps - maximum amount of steps for message.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input is invalid.

Method Detail

move

public abstract boolean move()

Moves the message.

update

public abstract void update(Node n)

Sets the message handle for the current object.

die

public void die()

Sets the node to dead.

isAlive

public boolean isAlive()

Returns wether the node is alive or not.

Returns:

true if node is alive. false otherwise.