org.opencyc.chat
Class ConsoleChat

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.opencyc.chat.ConsoleChat
All Implemented Interfaces:
ChatSender

public class ConsoleChat
extends java.lang.Object
implements ChatSender

Provides a console chat application using the Cyc ChatterBot.

The chat conversation is in the form of a text conversation using asynchronous receiving and sending of messages.

Author:
Stephen L. Reed

Copyright 2001 Cycorp, Inc., license is open source GNU LGPL.

the license

www.opencyc.org

OpenCyc at SourceForge

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Field Summary
protected  ChatterBot chatterBot
          reference to ChatterBot
 
Constructor Summary
ConsoleChat()
          Constructs a new ConsoleChat object.
 
Method Summary
protected  void chat()
          Provides a console interface to the ChatterBot.
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Provides a main function to launch the ConsoleChat application.
protected  java.lang.String receiveChatMessage()
          Receives chat messages from the user.
 void sendChatMessage(java.lang.String chatMessage)
          Sends the chat message from Cyc into the chat system.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

chatterBot

protected ChatterBot chatterBot
reference to ChatterBot
Constructor Detail

ConsoleChat

public ConsoleChat()
Constructs a new ConsoleChat object.
Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
Provides a main function to launch the ConsoleChat application. The args are not used.
Parameters:
args - not used

chat

protected void chat()
             throws CycApiException,
                    java.io.IOException,
                    ChatException
Provides a console interface to the ChatterBot.

receiveChatMessage

protected java.lang.String receiveChatMessage()
                                       throws java.io.IOException
Receives chat messages from the user.

sendChatMessage

public void sendChatMessage(java.lang.String chatMessage)
Sends the chat message from Cyc into the chat system.
Specified by:
sendChatMessage in interface ChatSender