// Returns the AID of the first found service provider
public static AID FindService(string serviceName, Agent myAgent, int timeOut)
{
AID providerAID = null;
bool found = false;
double t1 = PerformanceCounter.GetValue();
while (!found)
{
if (PerformanceCounter.GetValue() - t1 > timeOut)
break;
Application.DoEvents();
// search for a provider
DFAgentDescription template = new DFAgentDescription();
ServiceDescription sd = new ServiceDescription();
sd.setType(serviceName);
template.addServices(sd);
DFAgentDescription[] result = DFService.search(myAgent, template);
if (result != null && result.Length > 0)
{
providerAID = result[0].getName();
found = true;
}
}
return providerAID;
}
//TODO - Refactor to support list of service names
public static List <AID> Find(string serviceName, Agent myAgent)
{
var providers = new List <AID>();
var found = false;
while (!found)
{
var template = new DFAgentDescription();
var sd = new ServiceDescription();
sd.setType(serviceName);
template.addServices(sd);
DFAgentDescription[] result = DFService.search(myAgent, template);
if (result == null || result.Length <= 0)
{
continue;
}
foreach (var t in result)
{
providers.Add(t.getName());
found = true;
}
}
return(providers);
}
// Registers a service on behalf of an agent
public static void RegisterService(string serviceName, Agent myAgent)
{
DFAgentDescription dfd = new DFAgentDescription();
dfd.setName(myAgent.getAID());
ServiceDescription sd = new ServiceDescription();
sd.setType(serviceName);
sd.setName(serviceName);
dfd.addServices(sd);
DFService.register(myAgent, dfd);
}
public static void Register(string serviceName, Agent myAgent)
{
var dfd = new DFAgentDescription();
dfd.setName(myAgent.getAID());
var sd = new ServiceDescription();
sd.setType(serviceName);
sd.setName(serviceName);
dfd.addServices(sd);
DFService.register(myAgent, dfd);
}