MicroTAPAS
Interface MicroActorInterface

All Superinterfaces:
java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
MicroActor, MicroDirector1

public interface MicroActorInterface
extends java.io.Serializable

Reference to the dynamically created Actor objects


Method Summary
 RequestResult actorEntry(RequestPars rp)
          Common enrty point of Actors to invoke some activity from outside the Actors
 void start()
          Common start-up entry point of all Actors after creation
 void term()
          Common terminate entry point of all Actors
 

Method Detail

actorEntry

public RequestResult actorEntry(RequestPars rp)
                         throws java.lang.Exception
Common enrty point of Actors to invoke some activity from outside the Actors

Parameters:
rp - Parameters for the activity this actorEntry will attempt to carry out
Returns:
Result of the activity this actorEntry attempted to carry out
java.lang.Exception

start

public void start()
Common start-up entry point of all Actors after creation


term

public void term()
Common terminate entry point of all Actors



The Telematics Architecture for Plug-and-Play Systems (TAPAS) is a research project undertaken by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Telematics department which aims at developing an architecture for network-based service systems with a) flexibility and adaptability, b) robustness and survivability, and c) QoS awareness and resource control.

More information can be found at the project's homepage at http://tapas.item.ntnu.no and the project manager, Professor Finn Arve Aagesen, can be reached at finn.arve.aagesen@item.ntnu.no.