AgentIDs

API

Fjage.AgentID — Type

An identifier for an agent or a topic.

Fjage.AgentID — Type

aid = AgentID(name[, istopic])
aid = AgentID(name[, owner])
aid = AgentID(name[, istopic[, owner]])

Create an AgentID, optionally with an owner.

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Base.:<< — Method

rsp = aid << msg

Send a request via the gateway to the specified agent, and wait for a response.

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Fjage.request — Function

rsp = request(aid, msg[, timeout])

Send a request via the gateway to the specified agent, and wait for a response. The response is returned. The agentID (aid) specified must be an "owned" agentID obtained from the agent(gw, name) function or returned by the agentforservice(gw, service) function. The timeout is specified in milliseconds, and defaults to 1 second if unspecified.

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Fjage.send — Method

send(aid, msg)

Send a message via the gateway to the specified agent. The agentID (aid) specified must be an "owned" agentID obtained from the agent(gw, name) function or returned by the agentforservice(gw, service) function.

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Fjage.topic — Method

aid = topic([owner,] name[, subtopic])

Creates an AgentID for a named topic, optionally owned by an owner. AgentIDs that are associated with gateways/agents can be used directly in send() and request() calls.

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