/** * *************************************************************** * JADE - Java Agent DEvelopment Framework is a framework to develop * multi-agent systems in compliance with the FIPA specifications. * Copyright (C) 2000 CSELT S.p.A. * * GNU Lesser General Public License * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, * version 2.1 of the License. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * ************************************************************** */ package examples.protocols; import jade.core.Agent; import jade.core.AID; import jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage; import jade.proto.AchieveREInitiator; import jade.domain.FIPANames; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Vector; /** This example shows how to implement the initiator role in a FIPA-request interaction protocol. In this case in particular we use an <code>AchieveREInitiator</code> ("Achieve Rational effect") to request a dummy action to a number of agents (whose local names must be specified as arguments). @author Giovanni Caire - TILAB */ public class FIPARequestInitiatorAgent extends Agent { private int nResponders; protected void setup() { // Read names of responders as arguments Object[] args = getArguments(); if (args != null && args.length > 0) { nResponders = args.length; System.out.println("Requesting dummy-action to "+nResponders+" responders."); // Fill the REQUEST message ACLMessage msg = new ACLMessage(ACLMessage.REQUEST); for (int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) { msg.addReceiver(new AID((String) args[i], AID.ISLOCALNAME)); } msg.setProtocol(FIPANames.InteractionProtocol.FIPA_REQUEST); // We want to receive a reply in 10 secs msg.setReplyByDate(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000)); msg.setContent("dummy-action"); addBehaviour(new AchieveREInitiator(this, msg) { protected void handleInform(ACLMessage inform) { System.out.println("Agent "+inform.getSender().getName()+" successfully performed the requested action"); } protected void handleRefuse(ACLMessage refuse) { System.out.println("Agent "+refuse.getSender().getName()+" refused to perform the requested action"); nResponders--; } protected void handleFailure(ACLMessage failure) { if (failure.getSender().equals(myAgent.getAMS())) { // FAILURE notification from the JADE runtime: the receiver // does not exist System.out.println("Responder does not exist"); } else { System.out.println("Agent "+failure.getSender().getName()+" failed to perform the requested action"); } } protected void handleAllResultNotifications(Vector notifications) { if (notifications.size() < nResponders) { // Some responder didn't reply within the specified timeout System.out.println("Timeout expired: missing "+(nResponders - notifications.size())+" responses"); } } } ); } else { System.out.println("No responder specified."); } } }