## org.opencyc.cycagent
Interface MessageReceiver

All Known Implementing Classes:
  GenericAgent

public interface MessageReceiver

Defines the message-receiver call-back interface for interacting with an agent community such as CoABS or FIPA-OS.

Author:
  Stephen L. Reed

  Copyright 2001 Cycorp, Inc., license is open source GNU LGPL.

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Method Summary
`java.lang.String` `getAgentType()` Returns the agent type for FIPA-OS
`java.lang.String` `getMyAgentName()` name of the local agent
`void` `messageReceived(int remoteAgentCommunity, fipaos.ont.fipa.ACL acl)` Notifies my agent that an Agent Communication Language message has been received.

Method Detail

### getMyAgentName

    public java.lang.String getMyAgentName()

  name of the local agent

### getAgentType

    public java.lang.String getAgentType()

  Returns the agent type for FIPA-OS

### messageReceived

    public void messageReceived(int remoteAgentCommunity,
                                fipaos.ont.fipa.ACL acl)

  Notifies my agent that an Agent Communication Language message has been received.
  Parameters:
    `remoteAgentCommunity` - indicates either CoAbs or FIPA-OS agent community
    `acl` - the Agent Communication Language message which has been received for my agent