edu.vub.at.actors
Interface ATMailbox

All Superinterfaces:

ATAbstractGrammar, ATConversions, ATExpression, ATObject, ATStatement, ATTable

public interface ATMailbox

extends ATTable

A mailbox is a special kind of table object used to buffer asynchronous messages

Method Summary

ATObject	base_dequeue()
ATObject	base_enqueue(ATObject value)
ATTable	base_flush() Clears the content of the mailbox (i.e. mailbox becomes empty) and return all current messages in a fresh table, which is no longer causally connected to this mailbox.
ATSymbol	base_getName()

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable

base__oppls_, base_at, base_atPut, base_each_, base_filter_, base_find_, base_getLength, base_implode, base_isEmpty, base_join, base_map_, base_select, base_with_collect_

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject

base__opeql__opeql_, base_init, base_new, meta_addField, meta_addMethod, meta_assignField, meta_assignVariable, meta_clone, meta_defineField, meta_doesNotUnderstand, meta_eval, meta_extend, meta_getDynamicParent, meta_getLexicalParent, meta_getStripes, meta_grabField, meta_grabMethod, meta_invoke, meta_isCloneOf, meta_isRelatedTo, meta_isStripedWith, meta_listFields, meta_listMethods, meta_lookup, meta_newInstance, meta_pass, meta_print, meta_quote, meta_receive, meta_resolve, meta_respondsTo, meta_select, meta_send, meta_share

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.ATConversions

asAmbientTalkObject, asJavaClassUnderSymbiosis, asJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, asNativeBoolean, asNativeException, asNativeFarReference, asNativeFraction, asNativeNumber, asNativeNumeric, asNativeTable, asNativeText, base_asActorMirror, base_asAsyncMessage, base_asBegin, base_asBoolean, base_asClosure, base_asDefinition, base_asExpression, base_asFarReference, base_asField, base_asHandler, base_asMessage, base_asMessageCreation, base_asMethod, base_asMirror, base_asNumber, base_asSplice, base_asStatement, base_asStripe, base_asSymbol, base_asTable, base_asUnquoteSplice, base_asVariableAssignment, base_isBoolean, base_isCallFrame, base_isClosure, base_isFarReference, base_isMessageCreation, base_isMethod, base_isMirror, base_isSplice, base_isStripe, base_isSymbol, base_isTable, base_isUnquoteSplice, base_isVariableAssignment, isAmbientTalkObject, isJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, isNativeBoolean, isNativeField, isNativeText

Method Detail

base_getName

public ATSymbol base_getName()

base_enqueue

public ATObject base_enqueue(ATObject value)
                      throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_dequeue

public ATObject base_dequeue()
                      throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_flush

public ATTable base_flush()
                   throws InterpreterException

Clears the content of the mailbox (i.e. mailbox becomes empty) and return all current messages in a fresh table, which is no longer causally connected to this mailbox.

Throws:

InterpreterException