PammSkeletonCode

• Requires CORBA, KQML, and JESS imports.

	// Agent imports
	import Agent.KQML.*;
	import Agent.Engine.*;
	import Agent.CORBA.*;

	// Generic CORBA/KQML/JESS based agent startup class

	public class AgentStartup?
	{
	protected JESSSystem	m_jessSystem;	// JESS system
	protected CORBA_KQMLEventDispatcher	m_kqmlDispatcher;	// Communications (KQML)

	public AgentStartup?( String id, String sInitFile, String sDefaultPath, boolean bShowKBDialogs )
	{
		// Create JESS system object
		m_jessSystem = new JESSSystem();

	/* START: Display Dialogs */
		if ( bShowKBDialogs )
		{
		// Create dialog to updates of KB (DEBUG)
		FactsDialog fd = new FactsDialog( id );
		RulesDialog? rd = new RulesDialog?( id );

		// Pass system object to dialogs for updates
		fd.setJESSSystem( m_jessSystem );
		rd.setJESSSystem( m_jessSystem );

		// Add notification objects
		m_jessSystem.addNotificationSink( fd );
		m_jessSystem.addNotificationSink( rd );		}  

	/* END: Display Dialogs */

		// Create KQML dispatcher
		m_kqmlDispatcher = new CORBA_KQMLEventDispatcher(new KQML_JESSMessageHandler( m_jessSystem ), id );

		// Set up default path in JESS
		m_jessSystem.executeCommand( "(defglobal ?*home-dir* = \"" + StringEx?.makeSafeString(sDefaultPath) + "\")" );

		// Load JESS extensions
		m_jessSystem.executeFile( sDefaultPath + "extensions.jess" );

		// Register name of this agent in KB
		m_jessSystem.executeCommand( "(defglobal ?*this-agent* = " + id + ")" );

		// Initialize with appropriate file (if given)
		if ( sInitFile != null )
		m_jessSystem.executeFile( sInitFile );			
	}	
	}

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