Let us start creating first bot which will simply greet a user with Hello User! when a user types Hello Alice.
Create the Project Structure
As in AIML Environment Setup, we’ve extracted content of program-ab in C > ab with the following directory structure.
| S.No. | Directory & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | c:/ab/botsStores AIML bots |
| 2 | c:/ab/libStores Java libraries |
| 3 | c:/ab/outJava class file directory |
| 4 | c:/ab/run.batbatch file for running Program AB |
Now, create a directory test inside C > ab > bots and create the following directories in it.
| S.No. | Directory & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | c:/ab/bots/test/aimlStores AIML files |
| 2 | c:/ab/bots/test/aimlifStores AIMLIF files |
| 3 | c:/ab/bots/test/configStores configuration files |
| 4 | c:/ab/bots/test/setsStores AIML Sets |
| 5 | c:/ab/bots/test/mapsStores AIML Maps |
Create Source Files
Create test.aiml inside C > ab > bots > test > aiml and test.aiml.csv inside C > ab > bots > test > aimlif directories.
test.aiml
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<aiml version="1.0.1" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<category>
<pattern> HELLO ALICE </pattern>
<template>
Hello User
</template>
</category>
</aiml>
test.aiml.csv
0,HELLO ALICE,*,*,Hello User,test.aiml
Execute the Program
Open the command prompt. Go to C > ab > and type the following command −
java -cp lib/Ab.jar Main bot = test action = chat trace = false
Verify the Result
You’ll see the following output −
Working Directory = C:\ab Program AB 0.0.4.2 beta -- AI Foundation Reference AIML 2.0 implementation bot = test action = chat trace = false trace mode = false Name = test Path = C:\ab/bots/test C:\ab C:\ab/bots C:\ab/bots/test C:\ab/bots/test/aiml C:\ab/bots/test/aimlif C:\ab/bots/test/config C:\ab/bots/test/logs C:\ab/bots/test/sets C:\ab/bots/test/maps Preprocessor: 0 norms 0 persons 0 person2 Get Properties: C:\ab/bots/test/config/properties.txt addAIMLSets: C:\ab/bots/test/sets does not exist. addCategories: C:\ab/bots/test/aiml does not exist. AIML modified Tue Apr 07 22:24:29 IST 2015 AIMLIF modified Tue Apr 07 22:26:53 I ST 2015 No deleted.aiml.csv file found No deleted.aiml.csv file found Loading AIML files from C:\ab/bots/test/aimlif Reading Learnf file Loaded 1 categories in 0.009 sec --> Bot test 1 completed 0 deleted 0 unfinished (1[6])--HELLO-->(1[5])--ALICE-->(1[4])--<THAT>-->(1[3])--*-->(1[2])--<TOPIC>-->( 1[1])--*-->(0[null,null]) Hello User... 7 nodes 6 singletons 1 leaves 0 shortcuts 0 n-ary 6 branches 0.85714287 average branching Human:
Type Hello Alice and see the result and then type anything else to see the changed result.
Human: hello alice Robot: Hello User Human: bye Robot: I have no answer for that. Human: