在cmd窗口中键入java jade.Boot -gui x:Simple1，出现图形界面。
Main-Container 包含Simple1 agent 和其他三个JADE创造的 agents：
RMA: the Remote Management Agent，用来处理GUI界面
ams: the Agent Management Service - 核心agent，跟踪系统中所有的 JADE programs 和 agents
DF: the Directory Facility, a yellow page service,agents在这儿可以发布服务。
在典型的Jade application中，不同的agent放在不同的container中，在几个计算机中运行；但只有一个核心agent（AMS）跟踪所有的地址。同样，也只有一个DF。运行DF和AMS的Jade program 叫做 Main-Container，必须要首先启动它。 Main-Container有local RMI registry，其他container都从这注册表中寻找自己的地址。如果一个secondary container和Main-Container在同一电脑上运行，它会自动连到AMS和DF上。如果在不同电脑上运行，我们就需要识别Main-Container的主机地址。……我们需要用到一下选项：
-container：标志是secondary container，需要用Main-Container的服务
-host ：标志在哪里可以发现Main-Container。
下面有个例子，在这个例子中，我们在同一个计算机上执行4个container。
1) a main container with no other agents
2) a container with a Simple1 agent called Fred
3) another secondary container with another Simple agent
4) finally a container for the RMA agent
下面这一节讲的东西我不是很明白。
Personally, I would find it more natural to have a "-main" option for the Main-Container and let the others be 'secondary' by default instead of having to use the option "-container", but it's not my choice. Assuming that applications above are running on a machine whose internet address is "phobos.iro.umontreal.ca" and that I want to start yet another Simple agent on "deimos.iro.umontreal.ca", the following whould do the trick.
deimos% java jade.Boot -container -host phobos Susan:Simple1
If I were on a remote site, like "bert.cs.wichita.edu", I should use:
bert% java jade.Boot -container -host phobos.iro.umontreal.ca Susan:Simple1
There are other options which can be used with Jade. These are detailed, not in a User's Guide or Programmer's Guide where you would expect them to be but in the Administrator's Guide. However, the easiest way to get the documentation is to use the "-help" option of Jade:
% java jade.Boot -help
But you have to remember the exact keyword "-help" because misspelled options are just ignored. In conclusion, here are the most useful options for the beginner: -gui, -container, -host and -help.
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