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root/i-scream/experimental/agents/PeerHandler.java
Revision: 1.1
Committed: Fri May 4 02:04:35 2001 UTC (23 years ago) by ajm
Branch: MAIN
Log Message:
Loads of new framework but far from complete.

The BasicAgent class is as it says, a basic agent, with ability to be run from the command line to fire it into an agentstation.

AgentStations now have support for adding and removing agents and support for multiple listeners.  Also initial support for peer agent stations.  Attempted support at peer -> peer agent transfer, but run into problems.

Still no bytecode transfer, but location and method has been figured out.

The AgentSystem class is now the bootstrap class for an agent station.  It brings up the AgentStation (which is now singleton) and the Logger (also singleton - using standard i-scream logging techniques).  It is possible to specify a peer station that the booting agent station should connect to.

Initial TODO:

	agent class loader
	agent bytecode transfer
	solve peer -> peer problems - possibly by creating extra socket to send agent, but shouldn't really be needed

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# User Rev Content
1 ajm 1.1 //---PACKAGE DECLARATION---
2    
3     //---IMPORTS---
4     import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
5     import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
6     import java.io.PrintWriter;
7     import java.io.BufferedReader;
8     import java.io.InputStreamReader;
9     import java.io.IOException;
10     import java.net.Socket;
11    
12     /**
13     * Handles communication between this agent station and a peer
14     * agent stations.
15     *
16     * @author $Author: tdb1 $
17     * @version $Id: TemplateClass.java,v 1.11 2001/03/22 21:50:41 tdb1 Exp $
18     */
19     class PeerHandler extends Handler {
20    
21     //---FINAL / FINAL STATIC ATTRIBUTES---
22    
23     /**
24     * The current CVS revision of this class
25     */
26     public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.11 $";
27    
28     //---STATIC METHODS---
29    
30     //---CONSTRUCTORS---
31    
32     public PeerHandler(Socket socket) throws IOException {
33     super(socket);
34     // setup reader & writer
35     _socketIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(_socket.getInputStream()));
36     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSINIT, "created");
37     }
38    
39     //---PUBLIC METHODS---
40    
41     public void run() {
42     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSINIT, "started");
43     try {
44    
45     while(_running) {
46     // VERY basic protocol, only allow sending of agents ;-)
47     getInBoundMessage("SENDAGENT");
48     receiveAgent();
49     }
50    
51     } catch (IOException e) {
52     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.ERROR, "I/O ERROR - " + e);
53     }
54    
55     shutdownSocket();
56     AgentStation.getInstance().removePeer(this);
57     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "finished");
58     }
59    
60     public boolean sendAgent(Agent agent) {
61     boolean result = false;
62     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "starting agent transfer - outbound");
63     try {
64     // VERY basic protocol, only allow sending of agents ;-)
65    
66     // INCOMPLETE - infact it needs to create a second socket as I don't believe multiple
67     // stream types (ie, objectstream and printwriter) can be used together
68     // needs investigating
69    
70     PrintWriter socketOut = new PrintWriter(_socket.getOutputStream(), true);
71     socketOut.println("SENDAGENT");
72     socketOut.close();
73    
74     // send agent bytecode
75    
76     // TODO
77    
78     // send agent state (serialized object)
79     ObjectOutputStream objectOutStream = new ObjectOutputStream(_socket.getOutputStream());
80     AgentStation.getInstance().removeAgent(agent);
81     objectOutStream.writeObject(agent);
82     objectOutStream.flush();
83     objectOutStream.close();
84    
85     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "agent sent");
86     result = true;
87     } catch (IOException e) {
88     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.ERROR, "I/O ERROR - " + e);
89     }
90     return result;
91     }
92    
93     /**
94     * Used to shutdown this thread
95     */
96     public void shutdown() {
97     _running = false;
98     }
99    
100     /**
101     * Overrides the {@link java.lang.Object#toString() Object.toString()}
102     * method to provide clean logging (every class should have this).
103     *
104     * This uses the uk.ac.ukc.iscream.util.FormatName class
105     * to format the toString()
106     *
107     * @return the name of this class and its CVS revision
108     */
109     public String toString() {
110     return FormatName.getName(
111     _name,
112     getClass().getName(),
113     REVISION);
114     }
115    
116     //---PRIVATE/PROTECTED METHODS---
117    
118     /**
119     * Carry out functions to receive an Agent
120     * NOTE - duplicated code in DirectAgentHandler, solution? -
121     *
122     * @throws IOException on I/O error
123     */
124     private void receiveAgent() throws IOException {
125     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "starting agent transfer - inbound");
126     try {
127     // receive agent bytecode
128    
129     // TODO
130    
131     // receive agent state (serialized object)
132     ObjectInputStream objectInStream = new ObjectInputStream(_socket.getInputStream());
133     Agent agent = (Agent) objectInStream.readObject();
134     AgentStation.getInstance().addAgent(agent);
135    
136     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.DEBUG, "Agent state received");
137     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "Agent name - " + agent.getName());
138     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.DEBUG, agent.getName() + "'s transmission count - " + agent.getTransmissionCount());
139    
140     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "Welcoming agent");
141     agent.onArrival(AgentStation.getInstance());
142    
143     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "Starting agent thread");
144    
145     Thread thread = new Thread(agent);
146     thread.start();
147    
148     objectInStream.close();
149     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.SYSMSG, "agent received");
150    
151     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
152     _logger.write(toString(), Logger.ERROR, "ERROR - possible error transferring agent bytecode - " + e);
153     }
154     }
155    
156     /**
157     * Get the next inbound string from the socket and expect it
158     * to be the given text.
159     *
160     * @param expected the expected text
161     *
162     * @throws IOException on I/O error or protocol error
163     */
164     private String getInBoundMessage(String expected) throws IOException {
165     // grab the input
166     String inBound = getInBoundMessage();
167     // check if it's what we're expecting
168     if(!inBound.equals(expected)) {
169     throw new IOException("protocol error - expected:" + expected + " got:" + inBound);
170     }
171     // it should be ok then
172     return inBound;
173     }
174    
175     /**
176     * Get the next inbound string from the socket.
177     *
178     * @throws IOException on I/O error or protocol error
179     */
180     private String getInBoundMessage() throws IOException {
181     // grab the input
182     String inBound = _socketIn.readLine();
183     // check for null's, likely disconnection
184     if(inBound == null) {
185     throw new IOException("got null from peer, maybe it died");
186     }
187     // it's a valid message it seems
188     return inBound;
189     }
190    
191     //---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS---
192    
193     //---ATTRIBUTES---
194    
195     /**
196     * This is the friendly identifier of the
197     * component this class is running in.
198     * eg, a Filter may be called "filter1",
199     * If this class does not have an owning
200     * component, a name from the configuration
201     * can be placed here. This name could also
202     * be changed to null for utility classes.
203     */
204     private String _name = "PeerHandler";
205    
206     /**
207     * This holds a reference to the
208     * system logger that is being used.
209     */
210     private Logger _logger = Logger.getInstance();
211    
212     /**
213     * A "running" used by the main loop in the run() method to determine if
214     * it should continue running this thread.
215     */
216     private boolean _running = true;
217    
218     /**
219     * Used for the input stream of this socket
220     */
221     private BufferedReader _socketIn;
222    
223     //---STATIC ATTRIBUTES---
224    
225     }