swarm.objectbase
Class SwarmImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--swarm.BaseImpl
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        +--swarm.objectbase.SwarmImpl

public class SwarmImpl
extends BaseImpl
implements SwarmProcess, SwarmProcessS, SwarmS, Swarm

A temporal container.. A Swarm is a community of agents sharing a common timescale as well as common memory pool.


Constructor Summary
SwarmImpl()
           
SwarmImpl(Zone aZone)
          The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options.
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.SwarmProcess
getActivity, getInternalZone
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.Swarm
activateIn, buildActions, buildObjects, getCompleteProbeMap, getProbeForVariable, getProbeMap
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.ActionType
activateIn
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Zone
allocIVars, allocIVarsComponent, copyIVars, copyIVarsComponent, describeForEach, describeForEachID, freeIVars, freeIVarsComponent, getComponentZone, getPageSize, getPopulation
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.SynchronizationType
getSynchronizationType
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Drop
drop
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject
compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.GetName
getName
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SwarmImpl

public SwarmImpl()

SwarmImpl

public SwarmImpl(Zone aZone)
The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options. The zone argument specifies the source of storage for the new object. The receiving object of this message is a previously defined type object. The message is declared as a class message (with a + declaration tag) to indicate that the message is accepted only by the type object itself rather than an already created instance of the type (which a - declaration tag otherwise defines). The create: message returns the new object just created. This object is an instance of some class selected to implement the type. The class which a type selects to implement an object may be obtained by the getClass message, but is not otherwise visible to the calling program. A caller never refers to any class name when creating objects using these messages, only to type names, which are automatically published as global constants from any @protocol declaration.