• This version of AgentService contains fixes which allow the platform to be executed as a Windows Service. It includes also the necessary classes for supporting the AgentService Mobile Infrastructure.

Modified files:

• Added ImprovedConversation.cs
• Agent.cs
• LightAgentFactory.cs
• Knowledge.cs
• Conversation.cs
• ConversationBody.cs
• ConversationFilters.cs
• DefaultMsgClient.cs
• DefaultYellowPagesClient.cs
• ILogClient.cs
• ILoggingModule.cs
• IMobilityClient.cs
• ImprovedConversation.cs
• ImprovedMessageClient.cs
• IMsgClient.cs
• IPersistenceclient.cs
• IWhitePagesClient.cs
• IYellowPages.cs
• OntologicalConversation.cs
• Binder.cs
• Platform.cs
• PlatformController.cs
• PlatformShell.cs
• ServiceController.cs
• AMS.cs
• InstallRepository.cs
• DefaultYellowPagesServer.cs
• ImprovedMessagingModule.cs
• QueueItemManager.cs
• RemotingMediator.cs
• Synchronizer.cs
• BasicOntology.cs
• OntologyTypeDescriptor.cs
• OntologyTypeDescriptorCollection.cs
• ObjectSchema.cs
• AbsHelper.cs
• ReflectiveIntrospector.cs
• Consoles.cs
• IMsgService.cs
• AgentDescription.cs
• AgentState.cs
• AID.cs
• DFAgentDescription.cs
• SearchConstraints.cs
• ServiceComparison.cs
• ServiceDescription.cs
• ServiceDescriptioncollection.cs
• Descriptors.cs
• TypeDescriptorCollection.cs
• AgentMessage.cs
• AgentMessageCollection.cs
• IConversation.cs
• IConversationCollection.cs
• MessageBody.cs
• MessageBodyItem.cs
• MessageBodyItemCollection.cs
• MessageEnvelope.cs
• BinHexEnconding.cs
• XmlBatch.cs
• XmlInstallManager.cs

• AgentService is now equipped with a new fast messaging module.

Modified files:

• Added ImprovedConversation.cs
• Added ImprovedMsgClient.cs
• Added ImprovedMessagingModule.cs
• Added IImprovedMessagingModule.cs

• The AgentService solution is now compatible with Visual Studio 2008 and the framework .NET 3.5

Modified files:

• The files involved in the automatic conversion managed by Visual Studio 2008.

• Fixed some bugs in the default messaging module.
• Fixed a problem in the remoting service for the message exchange with remote platforms.
• Added a little step by step guide for the inter-platform communication.

Modified files:

• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\DefaultMessagingModule.cs

Added files:

• \InterPlatformCommunication.pdf

• Provided a more consistent API for the IMessagingModule interface.
• Introduced the GetMessages and GetMessage methods that have replaced the PeekMessage, ReceiveMessage and GetAllMessages API.
These two new methods substitute the previous three ones and provided more flexibility in desigining message clients. GetMessage and GetMessages introduce a message filtering feature performed on the module.
• Changed code for MTS, MTSProxy, MsgBatchClient and DefaultMessageClients classes to comply with the new APIs.
• Changed the implementation of DefaultMessagingModule.
• Added the batch AgentService.Platform.BatchBase along with the AgentSetupData, AssemblySetupData, and BatchSetupData in same namespace. The XmlBatch class which provides a default implementation of the BatchBase class has been added into the xmlconfig project. This class specializes the ReadSetup method of the batch class and provide a standard way to setup the configuration of a batch through Xml files. Batch developers have now hust to derive from XmlBatch and change anything.
• Added the TESTS directory which will hold test projects for the fatures of the platform.

Added files:

• \AgentService 1.0\Platform\Batch.cs
• \xmlconf\XmlBatch.cs

Modified files:

• \DEMO\AgentDemo\AuctionData.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Platform\ServiceController.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Platform\MTSProxy.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Modules\IMessagingModule.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Runtime\MsgBatchClient.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Runtime\DefaultMsgClient.cs

• Just a modification to the Quick Start guide.

Modified files:

• QuickStart.pdf

• Added the remoting service for inter-platform communication.
• Fixed some bugs related to the activation of the remoting service.

Added files:

• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\Federation.cs
• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\IRemotingSend.cs
• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\RemotePlatform.cs
• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\RemotingMediator.cs
• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\RemotingSend.cs

Modified files:

• \AgentService 1.0\Agent\Runtime\Conversation.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Agent\Runtime\ConversationBody.cs
• \AgentService 1.0\Agent\Runtime\IMessagingModule.cs
• \AgentServiceDefaultModule\DefaultMessagingModule.cs
• \AgentServiceInterface\Ontology\ACLMessageBody.cs