一个Agent如何以程序的方式生成另一个Agent

 

可以通过以下方式进行创建：

String name = "Alice" ;

        AgentContainer c = getContainerController();

        try {

            AgentController a = c.createNewAgent( name, "Pong", null );

            a.start();

        }

        catch (Exception e){}

其中，createNewAgent方法的第一个参数是要创建的Agent的名称，第二个是Agent的类名，实际使用时要包括他所在的命名空间（包名），第三个参数是要传入的参数的名称。

例子：

package jadePrime.acl;

/**

 * Program which creates another Agent and sends

     ------------     it some messages

     comm2.java

 *

 */

 

import jade.core.Agent;

import jade.core.behaviours.*;

import jade.core.AID;

import jade.wrapper.AgentContainer;

import jade.wrapper.AgentController;

import jade.lang.acl.*;

public class Comm2 extends Agent {

     String name = "Alice" ;

     AID alice = new AID( name, AID.ISLOCALNAME );

     protected void setup(){

           

            AgentContainer c=getContainerController();

            System.out.println("find container!");

           

            try{

                   AgentController a=c.createNewAgent(name,"jadePrime.acl.Pong",null);

                   a.start();

                   System.out.println("++++pong has created:"+alice);

                  

            }

            catch (Exception e){

                   System.out.println("Create Agent Error!");

                   addBehaviour(new SimpleBehaviour(this){

                          int n=0;

                          public void action()

                           {

                                 ACLMessage msg = new ACLMessage(ACLMessage.INFORM);

                                 msg.setContent("Message #" + n );

                                 msg.addReceiver(alice);

                                 System.out.println("+++ Sending: " + n);

                                 send(msg);

                                 block( 1000 );

                           }

 

                          public boolean done(){return ++n>3;}

                   });

            }

           

     }

}

当我们创建一个Comm2的Agent时，在控制台上会打印出创建alice成功的消息。

如何收集当前AMS中Agent列表

package jadePrime.manage;

 

import jade.core.Agent;

import jade.core.AID;

 

import jade.domain.AMSService;

import jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.*;

 

public class AMSDump extends Agent

{

    protected void setup()

    {

       AMSAgentDescription [] agents = null;

        try {

            SearchConstraints c = new SearchConstraints();

            c.setMaxResults (new Long(-1));

           agents = AMSService.search( this, new AMSAgentDescription (), c );

       }

       catch (Exception e) {

            System.out.println( "Problem searching AMS: " + e );

            e.printStackTrace();

       }

      

       AID myID = getAID();

       for (int i=0; i<agents.length;i++)

       {

           AID agentID = agents[i].getName();

           System.out.println(

               ( agentID.equals( myID ) ? "*** " : "    ")

               + i + ": " + agentID.getName()

           );

       }

       doDelete();

       //System.exit(0);

    }

      

}//end class AMSDump

详见：http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/%7Evaucher/Agents/Jade/primer4.html#5