[Swarm-Support] questions java Swarm2.2

[Buijsrogge, R.H. \(CTW\)]

This message is my first contribution to this list, and I start with a lot of questions, asking you for help.  I searched in the archives but I still have many questions. 

My goal is to develop ABM code in Java on Windows XP.

 

- I want to start using Swarm-2.2-java (I used the stable version Swarm-2.2-java.zip to install),but I am a bit worried whether I should do it. In  http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/apps/java/sdg/testing/  I found two of the classic examples which do fine in Swarm2.2 (jmousetrap-2001-09-13.tar.gz  and jheatbugs-2001-03-28.tar.gz).  So Swarm is installed properly.   I did not find anymore examples of code running in swarm2.2-java. I found contributed examples on http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/apps/java/contrib/  but when compiling the code (javac *.java) resulted in compiling errors. Why? These examples are from previous versions, but aren’t they compatible?  Maybe I am using the wrong compiler? Swarm-2.2-java uses the Ming compiler, so was written on the website. However, I did not install the compiler, because I assumed the compiler was included in the Swarm software. Right? But I think when I call javac, it is the jdk version that is used.

- Is javac included in the swarm software?

- Is the make mechanism not available in Swarm-2.2-java? Suggestions?

- Is Swarm-java2.2 compatible with java code, developed in previous versions like swarm2.0? 

- Am I wrong or is the community of Java Swarm2.2 users very small?

 

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

 

René  Buijsrogge