//
// $Id$
//
// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
// Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

package com.threerings.bureau.client {

import com.threerings.bureau.data.AgentObject;

/**
 * Represents an agent running within a bureau client.
 */
public class Agent
{
    /**
     * Initializes the Agent with the distributed agent object.
     */
    public function init (agentObj :AgentObject) :void
    {
        _agentObj = agentObj;
    }

    /**
     * Starts the code running in the agent.
     */
    public function start () :void
    {
        throw new Error("Abstract method");
    }

    /**
     * Stops the code running in the agent.
     */
    public function stop () :void
    {
        throw new Error("Abstract method");
    }

    /**
     * The shared agent object.
     */
    protected var _agentObj :AgentObject;
}

}