Kamaelia.Util.Introspector.Introspector

class Introspector(Axon.Component.component)

Introspector() -> new Introspector component.

Outputs topology (change) data describing what components there are, and how they are wired inside the running Axon system.

Inboxes

control : Shutdown signalling
inbox : NOT USED

Outboxes

outbox : Topology (change) data describing the Axon system
signal : Shutdown signalling

Methods defined here

Warning!

You should be using the inbox/outbox interface, not these methods (except construction). This documentation is designed as a roadmap as to their functionalilty for maintainers and new component developers.

introspect(self)

introspect() -> components, postboxes, linkages

Returns the current set of components, postboxes and interpostbox linkages.

components -- a dictionary, containing components as keys
postboxes -- a list of (component.id, type, "boxname") tuples, where type="i" (inbox) or "o" (outbox)
linkages -- a dictionary containing (postbox,postbox) tuples as keys, where postbox is a tuple from the postboxes list

main(self)

Main loop.

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