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standby :content <performative> :language KQML :ontology <word> :reply-with <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>This type indicates that the sender wants the recipient to take the would-be response(s) from the performative in :content, and announce its readiness to accept requests for the responses.
ready :reply-with <expression> :in-reply-to <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>This type indicates that the sender will answer requests for the responses to the performative contained in some performative with the :in-reply-to label. The :reply-with parameter is, in function, the returned generator.
next :in-reply-to <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>This type indicates that the sender wishes to receive the next response from those promised by the performative identified by the :in-reply-to parameter.
NOTE: The next performative does not have a :reply-with parameter because the :in-reply-to parameter of the next response should match the :reply-with parameter of the performative embedded in the original standby message.
rest :in-reply-to <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>This type indicates that the sender wishes to receive the remaining responses, in a stream, from those promised by the ready performative identified by the :in-reply-to parameter.
discard :in-reply-to <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>This type indicates that the sender will issue no more replies to the ready performative identified by the :in-reply-to parameter. (This is a courtesy to the owner of the generator, so it can reclaim resources needed to maintain the generator.)
generator :content <expression> :aspect <expression> :language <word> :ontology <word> :reply-with <expression> :sender <word> :receiver <word>
This type is the same as:
(standby :content (stream-all :content <expression> :aspect <expression> :language <word> :ontology <word> :sender <word> :receiver <word>) :language KQML :reply-with <expression>)
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