The Agent Launch Command Line Tool

The agent launch command line tool allows the user to specify the same information as is specified in the Wizard. The command line tool can be used within batch files and shell scripts to automate the launching of agents. To launch the DBAccessAgent with the same parameters as specified above in the Wizard, the user types the following command line:

bootStrap -d dbserver,queryDatabase -d workstation,reportResults -f QueryResult.class C:\MyAgents\DBAccessAgent.class

The command line tools syntax looks like the following

bootStrap [-d hostname,method] [-f relatedfile.class] [-h] agentfile.class

The user specifies the agent class file as the last parameter to the command. Note that in order to be launched with the command line tool, the agent must contain a constructor which takes no arguments. The Destinations of the agent's Itinerary are specified with the -d option. A Destination is specified by the hostname followed by a comma (no space) followed by the name of the method to invoke. The user specifies related class files that should be sent with the agent using the -f option. The -h option brings up some command line help.