MicroTAPAS
Class MicroActor

java.lang.Object
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  +--MicroTAPAS.MicroActor

All Implemented Interfaces:

ControlInterface, MicroActorInterface, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MicroApplicationActor, MicroDirectorActor, MobilitySupportActor

public abstract class MicroActor

extends java.lang.Object

implements MicroActorInterface, ControlInterface, java.io.Serializable

Abstract class for both ApplicatioActors and DirectorActors

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected MicroBaseFrame	bf BaseFrame for all ApplicationActors and DirectorActors
ActorContext	context Context data for this Actor
Debug	debug Debug
protected FaultHandler	fh Fault handler for actor
java.util.Properties	properties System properties

Constructor Summary

MicroActor()

Method Summary

protected RoleSession	findRoleSession(java.lang.String pRSId) This method simply passes on to context.rsc.findRoleSession just to be transparent to Applications.
java.lang.String	getGAI() Simple utility to convert GAI value to "Actor://node/pss/name" formatted String
void	init(ActorContext pContext) To leave constructor empty, this method is used to initialize Object data
void	start() Start method from the ActorInterface, here only to send Debug info
Item	status() Status report of the Actor in Item hierarchy of information element
void	term() Terminate method from the ActorInterface.
void	terminalMove(java.lang.String oldNode, java.lang.String newNode) Method to update all relevant properties once a terminal has moved.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface MicroTAPAS.MicroActorInterface

actorEntry

Methods inherited from interface MicroTAPAS.ControlInterface

cleanUp, control

Field Detail

bf

protected MicroBaseFrame bf

BaseFrame for all ApplicationActors and DirectorActors

context

public ActorContext context

Context data for this Actor

fh

protected FaultHandler fh

Fault handler for actor

properties

public java.util.Properties properties

System properties

debug

public Debug debug

Debug

Constructor Detail

MicroActor

public MicroActor()

Method Detail

init

public void init(ActorContext pContext)

To leave constructor empty, this method is used to initialize Object data

Parameters:

pContext - context data for this actor

terminalMove

public void terminalMove(java.lang.String oldNode,
                         java.lang.String newNode)

Method to update all relevant properties once a terminal has moved. Called by MicroActorManager.

Parameters:

oldNode - The old node

newNode - The new node

status

public Item status()

Status report of the Actor in Item hierarchy of information element

Returns:

Whatever context.status() returns

getGAI

public java.lang.String getGAI()

Simple utility to convert GAI value to "Actor://node/pss/name" formatted String

Returns:

linearized String-form of GAI fields

start

public void start()

Start method from the ActorInterface, here only to send Debug info

Specified by:

start in interface MicroActorInterface

term

public void term()

Terminate method from the ActorInterface. Closes the debug window

Specified by:

term in interface MicroActorInterface

findRoleSession

protected RoleSession findRoleSession(java.lang.String pRSId)

This method simply passes on to context.rsc.findRoleSession just to be transparent to Applications.

Returns:

Simply returns whatever context.rsc.findRoleSession returns