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Is it possible to create multiples agents in the same container (not Main-Container) in Java Agent Development Framework (JADE)? I tried using -agents parameter but it didn't work. Thanks in advance

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From the tutorials. To create an agent using command the command line use: 

java -cp lib\jade.jar;classes jade.Boot -gui -agents ping1:examples.PingAgent.PingAgent

java jade.Boot -agents "a:agents.AgentClass;b:agents.AgentClass"

Note that the classpath includes JADE classes (lib\jade.jar) and the previously compiled classes of the examples (classes). Note also that the value of the -agents option takes the form:

 <agent-local-name>:<fully-qualified-agent-class>

Using JADE terminology, this is called an "Agent Specifier". More than one agent can be started by just typing several agent specifiers separated by a semicolon (';') as in the example below:

 java -cp lib\jade.jar;classes jade.Boot -gui -agents ping1:examples.PingAgent.PingAgent;ping2:examples.PingAgent.PingAgent