EventSpace.java

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package io.sarl.lang.core;

import java.util.UUID;

import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Inline;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Pure;

/**
 * Event driven Interaction {@link Space} for agents.
 *
 * @author $Author: srodriguez$
 * @version $FullVersion$
 * @mavengroupid $GroupId$
 * @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
 */
public interface EventSpace extends Space {

	/**
	 * Returns the address of the agent identified by <code>id</code>.
	 *
	 * @param id - the agent's id.
	 * @return the agent's address in this space.
	 */
	@Pure
	Address getAddress(UUID id);

	/**
	 * Emits the event inside this space with the given scope. Only agents
	 * matching the scope will receive the event.
	 *
	 * @param event - the event to emit in the space.
	 * @param scope - the definition of the list of receiviers of the event.
	 */
	void emit(Event event, Scope<Address> scope);

	/**
	 * Emits the event inside this space. All registered agents will receive the event.
	 *
	 * @param event - the event to emit in the space.
	 */
	@Inline(value = "emit($1, null)")
	default void emit(Event event) {
		emit(event, null);
	}

}