Interface IMessageBoard

General interface for all communication boards.

Namespace: Agents.Net

Assembly: Agents.Net.dll

Syntax

public interface IMessageBoard

Remarks

The communication boards are responsible for sending the messages to all registered agents.

Methods

Publish(Message)

Publish the specific message to all consuming and intercepting agents.

Declaration

void Publish(Message message)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Message	message	The message to publish.

Register(Agent[])

Register the agents to the message board.

Declaration

void Register(params Agent[] agents)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Agent[]	agents	Agents to register.

Remarks

Agents as well as InterceptorAgents are registered with this method.

It can be used after the Start() method, but this should be avoided, as the newly registered agent will not get any messages of the past.

Start()

Start the message board.

Declaration

void Start()

Remarks

Without executing this method, no message will be passed the any agent. When it is executed it will automatically send an InitializeMessage.