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Active Agent
An agent that initiates a connection to the JavaTest Harness harness.
Active agents enable you to run tests in parallel using many agents at once and to specify the test machines at the time you run the tests. Use the Agent Monitor window to view the list of registered active agents and synchronize active agents with the JavaTest Harness harness before running tests.
 Agent 
A lightweight  application that receives tests from the test harness, runs them
  on the implementation being tested, and reports the results back to the test
  harness. Normally, test agents are only used when the TCK and implementation
  being tested are running on different platforms. When running tests on a platform
  other than the one running the JavaTest Harness harness, you must use an agent. The
  JavaTest Harness harness uses the following three types of agents:
 
 Agent Monitor 
The JavaTest Harness harness window used to synchronize active agents and to monitor
  agent activity. The Agent Monitor window displays the agent
  pool and
  the agents currently in use. To open the Agent Monitor
  window, choose Tasks  
 Agent Pool 
A list in the Agent Monitor of the active agents that are connected with the JavaTest Harness harness and available to run tests. Agents are removed from the agent pool when they are running tests.
 
 B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Parameters 
Values used to configure an agent. The agent parameters can be set at the time the agent is started or, if the agent GUI is used, from the Parameters tab after the agent GUI has started. 
 
 Passive Agent 
Agents that must wait for a request from the JavaTest Harness harness before they can run tests.
 
The JavaTest Harness harness initiates connections to passive agents as needed. Passive agents are simpler, but less flexible than active agents because you must specify the test machine as part of the test 
configuration, not at the time you run the tests. Passive agents do not allow you to run tests in parallel. 
 
 Q R S Serial Agent 
Use serial mode (serial agent) when you want the agent to use an RS-232 serial connection. Serial agents wait for the JavaTest Harness harness to initiate the connection. Infrared, parallel, USB, and firewire connections can also be added through the JavaTest Harness API by modeling the existing serial system.
 
 T U V W X Y Z
> Monitor Agent Activity from the
  menu bar.