/**
* Dispatch a message to an agent in the FrontEnd. If this method is called by a thread that is
* serving a message sent by an agent in the FrontEnd too, nothing is done as the dispatch has
* already taken place in the FrontEnd (see messageOut()).
*/
public boolean postMessageToLocalAgent(ACLMessage msg, AID receiverID) {
// Try first in the LADT
boolean found = super.postMessageToLocalAgent(msg, receiverID);
if (found) {
return found;
} else {
// The receiver must be in the FrontEnd
AgentImage image = (AgentImage) agentImages.get(receiverID);
if (image != null) {
if (agentImages.containsKey(msg.getSender()) && isExplicitReceiver(msg, receiverID)) {
// The message was sent by an agent living in the FrontEnd. The
// receiverID (living in the FrontEnd too) has already received
// the message.
// The second part of the condition ensures that, if the
// message was not directly sent to the receiver (e.g. it was sent to a topic
// or an alias), message delivery occurs normally.
// FIXME: This does not take into account that an agent not living
// in the FrontEnd may send a message on behalf of an agent living
// in the FrontEnd.
return true;
}
try {
// Forward the message to the FrontEnd
int size;
if (msg.hasByteSequenceContent()) {
size = msg.getByteSequenceContent().length;
} else {
size = msg.getContent() != null ? msg.getContent().length() : 0;
}
myLogger.log(
Logger.INFO,
getID()
+ " - Delivering IN message "
+ ACLMessage.getPerformative(msg.getPerformative())
+ ", size="
+ size);
myFrontEnd.messageIn(msg, receiverID.getLocalName());
handlePosted(receiverID, msg);
return true;
} catch (NotFoundException nfe) {
System.out.println("WARNING: Missing agent in FrontEnd");
return false;
} catch (IMTPException imtpe) {
System.out.println("WARNING: Can't deliver message to FrontEnd");
return false;
}
} else {
// Agent not found
System.out.println("WARNING: Agent " + receiverID + " not found on BackEnd container");
return false;
}
}
}
/** An agent has just died on the FrontEnd. Remove its image and notify the Main */
public void deadAgent(String name) throws IMTPException {
AID id = new AID(name, AID.ISLOCALNAME);
myLogger.log(Logger.INFO, getID() + " - Handling termination of agent " + id.getLocalName());
handleEnd(id);
}