/// <summary> Initialize and start the agent
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">Command-line arguments (run with no arguments to display help)
///
/// </param>
public virtual void startAgent(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Initializing agent...");
Adk.Initialize(SifVersion.LATEST, SIFVariant.SIF_AU, (int)SdoLibraryType.Student);
// Read the configuration file
fCfg = new AgentConfig();
Console.WriteLine("Reading configuration file...");
fCfg.Read("agent.cfg", false);
// Override the SourceId passed to the constructor with the SourceId
// specified in the configuration file
Id = fCfg.SourceId;
// Inform the ADK of the version of SIF specified in the sifVersion=
// attribute of the <agent> element
SifVersion version = fCfg.Version;
Adk.SifVersion = version;
// Now call the superclass initialize once the configuration file has been read
base.Initialize();
//
// Ask the AgentConfig instance to "apply" all configuration settings
// to this Agent; for example, all <property> elements that are children
// of the root <agent> node are parsed and applied to this Agent's
// AgentProperties object; all <zone> elements are parsed and registered
// with the Agent's ZoneFactory, and so on.
//
fCfg.Apply(this, true);
// Establish the ODBC connection to the Students.mdb database file.
// The JDBC driver and URL are specified in the agent.cfg configuration
// file and were automatically added to the AgentProperties when the
// apply method was called above.
//
Console.WriteLine("Opening database...");
AgentProperties props = Properties;
string driver = props.GetProperty("Connection");
string url = props.GetProperty("ConnectionString");
Console.WriteLine("- Using driver: " + driver);
Console.WriteLine("- Connecting to URL: " + url);
// Load the DataDriver driver
// Get a Connection
fConn = new OleDbConnection();
fConn.ConnectionString = url;
// Connect to each zone specified in the configuration file, registering
// this agent as the Provider of Learner objects. Once connected,
// send a request for LearnerPersonal.
//
Console.WriteLine("Connecting to zones and requesting LearnerPersonal objects...");
IZone[] allZones = ZoneFactory.GetAllZones();
for (int i = 0; i < allZones.Length; i++)
{
try
{
// Connect to this zone
Console.WriteLine
("- Connecting to zone \"" + allZones[i].ZoneId + "\" at " +
allZones[i].ZoneUrl);
allZones[i].SetPublisher
(this, StudentDTD.STUDENTPERSONAL, new PublishingOptions());
allZones[i].SetQueryResults(this);
allZones[i].Connect(ProvisioningFlags.Register);
// Request all students
Query q = new Query(StudentDTD.STUDENTPERSONAL);
q.UserData = "Mappings Demo";
allZones[i].Query(q);
}
catch (AdkException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(" " + ex.Message);
}
}
}
