edu.rice.pcdp

Class Actor

java.lang.Object

edu.rice.pcdp.Actor

public abstract class Actor
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract base class for all user-defined actor implementations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Actor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	process(java.lang.Object msg) Method that extensions to Actor must implement to process a single message sent to this actor.
void	send(java.lang.Object msg) Call send to transmit a message to this actor, consisting of an arbitrary object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Actor

public Actor()

Method Detail

process

public abstract void process(java.lang.Object msg)

Method that extensions to Actor must implement to process a single message sent to this actor.

Parameters:

msg - The message transmitted to this actor.

send

public final void send(java.lang.Object msg)

Call send to transmit a message to this actor, consisting of an arbitrary object.

Parameters:

msg - The message to send.