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# Class JavaAgent.resource.Interpreter

    java.lang.Object
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       +----JavaAgent.resource.Interpreter

public class Interpreter
extends Object

Abstract superclass of all interpreters which define the semantic binding for message content. Each subclass of Interpreter must at a minimum implement a method interpretMessage(), which takes an instance of object Language as an argument.

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Interpreter()
  Creates a new instance of Interpreter.

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interpretLanguage(KQMLmessage, Agent, Language)
  Interpret the Language instance, from the message, for the reciever according to the present Interpreter.
interpretMessage(KQMLmessage, Agent)
  Interpret a given message according to the semantics of the of the Interpreter.
isSuper(Class, String)
  Is the named class in the reflexive, transitive closure of the object's superclasses?

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Interpreter

     public Interpreter()

  Creates a new instance of Interpreter.

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interpretMessage

     public void interpretMessage(KQMLmessage message,
                                  Agent receiver) throws InterpretationException

  Interpret a given message according to the semantics of the of the Interpreter. If the language type cannot be interpreted according to the Interpreter a InterpretationException is thrown.

  Parameters:
    message - Message which needs to be interpreted.
    receiver - Agent who received the message.

interpretLanguage

     protected void interpretLanguage(KQMLmessage message,
                                      Agent receiver,
                                      Language language) throws InterpretationException

  Interpret the Language instance, from the message, for the reciever according to the present Interpreter.

  Parameters:
    message - Message which needs to be interpreted.
    receiver - Agent who received the message.
    language - Instance of Language which represents the message contents.

isSuper

     public static boolean isSuper(Class c,
                                   String compared)

  Is the named class in the reflexive, transitive closure of the object's superclasses?

  Parameters:
    c - Class being tested.
    compared - Name of which is being matched.
  Returns:
    boolean indicating superclass match.

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