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<h2 title="Class BDIAgentMsgReceiver" class="title">Class BDIAgentMsgReceiver</h2>
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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">BDIAgentMsgReceiver</span>
extends jade.proto.states.MsgReceiver</pre>
<div class="block">This class extends the <code>MsgReceiver</code> behavior from the JADE platform
 and is responsible for receiving agent messages and creating
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 creates solely if there is an agent plan of any capability that is able to
 process the message.</div>
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<dd>Ingrid Nunes</dd>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../bdi4jade/message/BDIAgentMsgReceiver.BDIAgentMatchExpression.html" title="class in bdi4jade.message">BDIAgentMsgReceiver.BDIAgentMatchExpression</a></span></code>
<div class="block">This class implements the <code>MessageTemplate.MatchExpression</code> interface from JADE and
 is responsible for verifying if there is at least one agent capability
 with a plan that is able to process a given message.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../bdi4jade/message/BDIAgentMsgReceiver.html#BDIAgentMsgReceiver-bdi4jade.core.BDIAgent-">BDIAgentMsgReceiver</a></span>(<a href="../../bdi4jade/core/BDIAgent.html" title="interface in bdi4jade.core">BDIAgent</a>&nbsp;agent)</code>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../bdi4jade/message/BDIAgentMsgReceiver.html#handleMessage-jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage-">handleMessage</a></span>(jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage&nbsp;msg)</code>
<div class="block">Creates a <a href="../../bdi4jade/message/MessageGoal.html" title="class in bdi4jade.message"><code>MessageGoal</code></a> for the received message, when handling the
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;java.lang.Object MSG_KEY</pre>
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<pre>public&nbsp;BDIAgentMsgReceiver(<a href="../../bdi4jade/core/BDIAgent.html" title="interface in bdi4jade.core">BDIAgent</a>&nbsp;agent)</pre>
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<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;done()</pre>
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<pre>protected&nbsp;void&nbsp;handleMessage(jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage&nbsp;msg)</pre>
<div class="block">Creates a <a href="../../bdi4jade/message/MessageGoal.html" title="class in bdi4jade.message"><code>MessageGoal</code></a> for the received message, when handling the
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