[Pando-devel] Issues with Fifpa Console

[Cameron R. <cr...@sy...>]

Hi Vlad,

I'm just going through the fipa console plug-in and I'm having some 
problems getting it to run (I've followed the README).  Specifically, I 
get a null pointer exception when I type in "agents" at the console 
command line.  Note that I do not get the message "Activated FIPA 
Console" when I run the launcher and that the ConsolePms.activate() is 
never entered when I run it in the debugger. 

Some other generral comments:
1) The "Pms" suffix doesn't have meaning within the Pando project.  
Please rename ConsolePms to ConsoleActivator.
2) The fipa agent plug-ins 1 and 2 use the @dot convention for binary 
outputs whereas the console plug-in uses bin.  I don't see why these 
aren't consistent.
3) The pando_core.jar file has been copied into each of the prototype's 
lib folders.  Please remove pando_core.jar from the agent plug-ins and 
have the console plugin export the jar.  The agent plugins can then 
import the jar using the "Import-Package:" directive within their 
respective manifests.

Finally, I've made a few changes to the pando codebase that you'll need 
to retrieve.  Here is a general process to follow with regard to 
checking code into the Pando repository.  Please follow this each and 
every time you do a checkin.
1) Run ant -f module_build.xml all and ant -f module_build.xml test from 
the PANDO_DEV_HOME/code/modules directory.  If errors or warnings result 
then clean them.
2) Run ant -f module_build.xml clean from the 
PANDO_DEV_HOME/code/modules directory.
3) Update the Pando SVN repository from the root directory (i.e. 
PANDO_DEV_HOME).
4) Run ant -f module_build.xml all and ant -f module_build.xml test from 
the PANDO_DEV_HOME/code/modules directory.  If errors or warnings result 
then clean them.
5) Run ant -f module_build.xml clean from the 
PANDO_DEV_HOME/code/modules directory.
6) Commit the Pando SVN repository from the root directory (i.e. 
PANDO_DEV_HOME).
7) Send an email to the pando-devel list announcing that you've modified 
the repository.

Cheers,
Cameron.