1. JADE Java Agent Development Framework Jelena Jovanovic Email: [email_address]

4. JADE basics 06/04/09 CONTAINER a running instance of the JADE runtime environment PLATFORM a set of active containers The main container of the platform; all other containers register with it as soon as they start.

10. HelloWorldAgent 06/04/09 import jade.core.Agent; public class HelloWorldAgent extends Agent { protected void setup() { System.out.println(“Hello World!”); System.out.println(“My name is ” + getAID().getName() ); } }

24. The agent execution model 06/04/09

26. A more realistic HelloWorld Agent 06/04/09 import jade.core.Agent; import jade.core.behaviours.*; public class HelloWorldAgent1 extends Agent { protected void setup() { addBehaviour ( new B1 ( this ) ); } } class B1 extends SimpleBehaviour { public B1(Agent a) { super (a); } public void action () { System.out.println( "Hello World! My name is " + myAgent .getAID().getName() ); finished = true; } private boolean finished = false; public boolean done () { return finished; } }

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38. Agent communication 06/04/09

71. Moving an agent 06/04/09 A utility method containing a call to the Agent.getContentManager().fillContent(…)

82. JADE Java Agent Development Framework Jelena Jovanovic Email: [email_address]