Agent Class

The Agent class represents an agent in the Advanced Queuing context.

Table 13-3 Summary of Agent Methods

Method	Summary
Agent()	`Agent` class constructor.
getAddress()	Returns the address of the `Agent`.
getName()	Returns the name of the `Agent`.
getProtocol()	Returns the protocol of the `Agent`.
isNull()	Tests whether the `Agent` object is `NULL`.
operator=()	Assignment operator for `Agent`.
setAddress()	Sets address of the `Agent` object.
setName()	Sets name of the `Agent` object.
setNull()	Sets `Agent` object to `NULL`.
setProtocol()	Sets protocol of the `Agent` object.

Agent()

Agent class constructor.

Syntax	Description
Agent( const Environment *env);	Creates an `Agent` object initialized to its default values.
Agent( const Agent& agent);	Copy constructor.
Agent( const Environment *env, const string& name, const string& address, unsigned int protocol = 0);	Creates an `Agent` object with specified `Agent`'s name, address, and protocol.

Parameter	Description
env	Environment
name	Name
agent	Original agent
address	Address
protocol	Protocol

getAddress()

Returns a string containing Agent's address.

Syntax

string getAddress() const;

getName()

Returns a string containing Agent's name.

Syntax

string getName() const;

getProtocol()

Returns a numeric code representing Agent's protocol.

Syntax

unsigned int getProtocol() const;

isNull()

Tests whether the Agent object is NULL. If the Agent object is NULL, then TRUE is returned; otherwise, FALSE is returned.

Syntax

bool isNull() const;

operator=()

Assignment operator for Agent class.

Syntax

void operator=(
const Agent& agent);

Parameter	Description
agent	The original `Agent` object.

setAddress()

Sets the address of the Agent object.

Syntax

void setAddress(
   const string& addr);

Parameter	Description
addr	The name of the `Agent` object.

setName()

Sets the name of the Agent object.

Syntax

void setName(
   const string& name);

Parameter	Description
name	The name of the `Agent` object.

setNull()

Sets the Agent object to NULL. Unless operating in an inner scope, this call should be made before terminating the Connection used to create this Agent.

Syntax

void setNull();

setProtocol()

Sets the protocol of the Agent object.

Syntax

void setProtocol(
   unsigned int protocol = 0);

Parameter	Description
protocol	The protocol of the `Agent` object.