jcaas
Class EvalScript

java.lang.Object
  jcaas.EvalScript

public class EvalScript
extends java.lang.Object

EvalScript represents the behavior as defined by an evaluation script. It starts a new thread that monitors the BlackBoard and responds to changes.

Method Summary

static EvalScript	compile(java.io.File file) Compiles the given pointer to a script file and returns an instance of this class which encapsulates the functionality of the given script.
static EvalScript	compile(java.io.InputStream input) Compiles the given input stream and returns an instance of this class which encapsulates the functionality of the given script.
EvaluationContext	getEvaluationContext()
void	init()
void	run() Runs this script in a new thread to monitor the BlackBoard.
void	stop() Signals this class's running thread that it should stop execution.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getEvaluationContext

public EvaluationContext getEvaluationContext()

compile

public static EvalScript compile(java.io.File file)
                          throws java.lang.Exception

Compiles the given pointer to a script file and returns an instance of this class which encapsulates the functionality of the given script.

Parameters:

file - a pointer to a script file.

Returns:

an instance of this class representing the scripts behavior.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown if there is a parsing error, lexical error, or an I/O error (essentially for anything).

compile

public static EvalScript compile(java.io.InputStream input)
                          throws java.lang.Exception

Compiles the given input stream and returns an instance of this class which encapsulates the functionality of the given script.

Parameters:

input - the input stream to read

Returns:

an instance of this class representing the scripts behavior.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown if there is a parsing error, lexical error, or an I/O error (essentially for anything).

init

public void init()

run

public void run()

Runs this script in a new thread to monitor the BlackBoard.

stop

public void stop()

Signals this class's running thread that it should stop execution. The time from signalling the thread to stop and the time it actually stops may vary.