ocean.negotiation
Class BuyersAgent

java.lang.Object
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  +--ocean.negotiation.BuyersAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Agent

public class BuyersAgent

extends java.lang.Object

implements Agent

Implementation of the Agent interface that submits a BidList to an Auction.

Constructor Summary

BuyersAgent()

Method Summary

OCEANDoc	createOCEANDoc(java.lang.String docContent) Create a trade proposal document from string content.
protected BidList	FormTradeProposals(OCEANDoc doc) Form a BidList from a trade proposal document.
void	setWriter(OCEANWriter ow) Set the OCEANWriter of the agent, for writing output to log files.
void	SubmitProposalToAuction(Auction auc, OCEANDoc doc, long to) Submit trade proposals in a proposal document to an auction.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BuyersAgent

public BuyersAgent()

Method Detail

setWriter

public void setWriter(OCEANWriter ow)

Description copied from interface: Agent

Set the OCEANWriter of the agent, for writing output to log files.

Specified by:

setWriter in interface Agent

FormTradeProposals

protected BidList FormTradeProposals(OCEANDoc doc)

Form a BidList from a trade proposal document.

Parameters:

the - document to parse.

Returns:

a new list of bids.

createOCEANDoc

public OCEANDoc createOCEANDoc(java.lang.String docContent)

Create a trade proposal document from string content.

Specified by:

createOCEANDoc in interface Agent

Parameters:

the - content of the document.

Returns:

a newly created proposal document.

SubmitProposalToAuction

public void SubmitProposalToAuction(Auction auc,
                                    OCEANDoc doc,
                                    long to)

Submit trade proposals in a proposal document to an auction.

Specified by:

SubmitProposalToAuction in interface Agent

Parameters:

auc - the auction to which proposals are submitted

doc - the proposal document

to - timeout for the proposals