Class MessageBoard

This implementation implements the IMessageBoard interface for in-process agents.

Inheritance

Object

MessageBoard

Implements

IMessageBoard

Namespace: Agents.Net

Assembly: Agents.Net.dll

Syntax

public sealed class MessageBoard : IDisposable, IMessageBoard

Remarks

This implementation guaranties the following qualities:

• parallelAll agents are executed parallel.

Methods

Dispose()

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Publish(Message)

Publish the specific message to all consuming and intercepting agents.

Declaration

public void Publish(Message message)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Message	message	The message to publish.

Register(Agent[])

Register the agents to the message board.

Declaration

public 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

public 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.

Implements

IMessageBoard