ISKernel:agent (Object Type)

Overview

Object Type Vitals

agent
Defined By	Inner Space
Inherits	none
Reduces To	agent
Variable Object Type	none
Uses Sub-Types	no
C/C++ Type	void *

Refers to an Agent

Members

• uint ID: The Agent's ID number, assigned when the Agent is loaded
• unistring Name: The Name of the Agent
• bool Started: TRUE if the Agent is Started
• jsonobject Metadata: Metadata associated with the Agent
• filepath Directory: If the Agent is in its own directory, this is that directory

Methods

• Start: Starts the Agent. Event handlers will start firing
• Stop: Stops the Agent. Event handlers will stop firing
• Remove: Stops and Removes the Agent
• FireEvent[name]: Fires the event by the specified name. Event handlers are processed in the following order: global, platform, process
• FireEvent[-reverse,name]: Fires the event by the specified name, in reverse order. This is used, for example, for "onAgentShutdown" to initiate the process shutdown, then platform shutdown, then global shutdown handlers
• SetEventHandler[type,json]: Where type is one of "global" "platform" or "process", this sets a specified event handler to the given json

See Also

• Agents
• LavishScript Object Types
• Inner Space Kernel Object Types