ants.core
Class Entity

java.lang.Object
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  +--ants.core.Entity

Direct Known Subclasses:

Application, Extension

public abstract class Entity

extends java.lang.Object

An Entity is an abstract class from which all Node-resident "things" are subclassed. For example, applications, channels, extensions and the node interface are all Entities.

Every entity has a name.

Every entity has a set of "arguments" it understands. These arguments are represented as string pairs: an argument name and argument value. Each subclass of entity can define its own arguments and their default values. At this level, the only argument is '-log' (defaults to '0'.)

Author:

David Wetherall, Utah Janos Team

See Also:

KeyArgs

Method Summary

java.lang.String

toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object