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/*
 * VueAgentType.java
 *
 * Created on December 22, 2003, 2:16 PM
 */

package tufts.oki.shared;
import java.util.*;

/**
 *  This class serves as a generic type for VUE agent types.  All
 *  keynames should be unique.  It is recommended that agent type keynames be created
 *  by concatenating a specific function type to the AGENT_TYPE_KEY provided here.<br>
 *  <br>
 *  For example:  VueAgentType.AGENT_TYPE_KEY + ".Tufts.Student"
 *
 * @author  Mark Norton
 */
public class VueAgentType extends osid.shared.Type {
     public static final String AGENT_TYPE_KEY = "osid.shared.Agent";
     public static Vector agentTypes = null;
    
    /** Creates a new instance of VueAgentType given a keyname. */
    public VueAgentType(String keyname) {
        super ("osid.shared", tufts.oki.OsidManager.AUTHORITY, keyname);
        
        //  Initialize the global list of function types and add the new one.
        if (agentTypes == null)
            agentTypes = new Vector(100);
        agentTypes.add (keyname);
    }
    
    /** Creates a new instance of VueAgentType given a keyname and description.  */
    public VueAgentType(String keyname, String description) {
        super ("osid.shared", tufts.oki.OsidManager.AUTHORITY, keyname, description);
        
        //  Initialize the global list of function types and add the new one.
        if (agentTypes == null)
            agentTypes = new Vector(100);
        agentTypes.add (keyname);
    }
}