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Agent Configuration

Agent configuration consists of a set of configuration parameters for each of the Agent operators. The configuration information is stored in a file as an XML document. On Agent startup, a corresponding director reads the information from the configuration file and uses it to configure the operators. As a result, all operators are initialized with the parameters currently stored in the configuration file.

Because the configuration information is stored as an XML document, it can be edited and sent to Agent from a client program just like any other request. Agent, receiving the configuration data, will create a new configuration file replacing the existing file. At the same time all free-pool operators are released, the busy operators are marked for exiting on message processing completion, and the new operators are invoked newly configured. The single operators -- the operators that have no pool and are running at all times -- handle the configuration message as a regular request and reconfigure themselves on the fly. Agent configuration information can be retrieved and modified using Agent API.

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