This website is dedicated to Agent Programming and the Comet Way Agent Kernel.

Version 3.0 was released April 24, 2008 and is a major improvement over the previous public release:

• New WebServer with WebServer extensions for more customized request handling.
• New SecureWebServer agent uses javax.net.ssl package for HTTPS support.
• New Props features to make data handling easier.
• New PropsSchema class for describing and interpreting PropsLists.
• New support for HTTP path rewriting and CGI interfaces.
• New RunaableAgent class for agents that need to execute on their own thread.
• New PropsListServiceManager adds regular expression support and multiple registrations.
• Updated JDBCConnection classes for improved JDBC connection pooling performance.
• Updated ExecuteCommand class to support the specification of the working directory, and improved stream buffering performance.
• Support for ISO-8859-1 added to HTTPClient.
• Support for ISO-8601 added to DateTools and XMLPropsList related classes.

Check back often for news and updates!

Version 2.6 was released March 22, 2007:

• New webserver agents are even more secure and robust than before.
• New email list agent for sending mail-merged messages.
• New improved Props features make data handling even easier.
• A simplified PropsList persistence model.
• New tools for supporting XHTML code generation.
• New throttled file server agent.
• Optimizations to email message model.
• More file based tools and agents for common operations.
• Importing/exporting a PropsList to delimited files.
• Importing/exporting a PropsList to a JDBC database.
• Importing/exporting a PropsList to a PropsSchema.
• Extensive HTTP client support and protocol compatibility.

• The Agent Kernel implements a dynamic component software model specifically designed for deploying Agent Applications.
• Link up interchangeable agent-based components to create robust Agent Applications.
• Includes agents for handling operations between web-based (HTTP), email-based (SMTP and POP3), database (JDBC and XML), and GUI-based (Swing) services.
• Designed for the command line; easily enhanced by your favorite IDE.
• A mature framework for Agent Programming.
• Write your own customized agents using the Java Programming Language.
• Created especially for the Java programming language from Sun Microsystems.
• The Java Programming Language ensures 100% compatibility with a growing number of 3rd party Java APIs and platforms.

• Implemented completely in the Java™ programming language
• Easier to use than J2EE or Servlets
• Small footprint
• Easily configured using XML
• Swing-based agent browser
• Integrated state machine model
• Pattern based task scheduling
• Low-overhead agent request API
• Generic object database
• Support for SMTP & POP3
• Error reporting by email
• Agents serve dynamic web content
• Manage HTTP session data
• Navigate websites autonomously
• Built-in logging API
• HTTP distribution and proxy
• Integrates with databases via JDBC
• Small footprint XML parser
• Load only needed features
• Send reporting output to files
• VT100 friendly reporting
• Unique text buffer model
• Regular expression support

The Comet Way Agent Kernel 3.0 is compatible with Java™ Runtime Environments JDK 1.4 or later.

The kernel has been tested on a variety of platforms including:

Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Apple Mac OS X
Sun Solaris Linux FreeBSD

Contact us to talk about developing support for your hardware platform or for information about porting to new Java-enabled platforms.