How to run agent behaviors without connecting to an XMPP Server?

[rakeshpimplikar]

• SPADE version: 3.1.4
• Python version: 3.6.8
• Operating System: Windows 10 64 bit

Description

I have defined a periodic behavior for a simple SPADE agent. When I instantiate the agent with a valid jabber id and password, periodic behavior works fine. If jabber id and password are not valid, it gives login error and periodic behavior doesn't work.

I want to know if it is mandatory to provide a valid jabber id and password. Can we run a SPADE agent normally without connecting it to an XMPP server?

[javipalanca]

At the moment it is mandatory to connect to an XMPP server. In the future I would like to implement (myself or some collaborator who volunteers) a plugin to have disconnected agents since there are some applications where it's not necessary to take advantage of XMPP like messaging or presence notification. But for now it's future work...