AktCommunicationStrategy - README.txt

14/9/01 Stephen Potter, AIAI.

This directory contains the java source and compiled classes
for AktCommunicationStrategy. This code implements message-
passing between the various I-X packages using the Aktbus
protocol (developed independently at the University of 
Aberdeen as part of the Advanced Knowledge Technologies 
project).

The code to which this readme relates assumes v.0.1.1(b) of
the Aktbus (released 12/9/01). Since this is an early (and
practically untried) version of the Aktbus, changes to this
package should be expected - hopefully, any changes will be
compatible with earlier versions, though. Consequently, some
alterations to the AktCommunicationStrategy contained in
this directory *may* be necessary in the future.

At the moment, the code assumes that all I-X components are
running on the same host machine, and accept messages on
the following ports:

	IDEEL 5040
	ILEED 5050
	ITEST 5060



In order to compile (& run) AktCommunicationStrategy, the
following must be included in the classpath:

I-X-System/Imports/jdom.jar
I-X-System/Imports/xerces.jar (run only)
I-X-System/Imports/aktbus-core.jar
I-X-System/Imports/xml.jar
I-X-System/Imports/brazil-util-http.jar

Within the I-X-System, the final 3 of these jars are solely
used in this context to implement the Aktbus communications.

Sample compile command (run from I-X-System/I-X): 

javac -classpath .:../Imports/jdom.jar:../Imports/xml.jar:
../Imports/brazil-util-http.jar:../Imports/aktbus-core.jar 
			ix/akt/AktCommunicationStrategy.java


Sample run command (running I_TEST):

java -classpath .:../Imports/jdom.jar:../Imports/xerces.jar:
../Imports/aktbus-core.jar:../Imports/brazil-util-http.jar:
../Imports/xml.jar	 ix.itest.I_TEST -ipc=akt