An agent is a separate program that works in conjunction with the JavaTest harness to run tests on a system other than the one that is running the JavaTest harness.
You can use custom agents or the JavaTest harness agent provided with the harness to run tests. The topics in this section describe how to configure and run the agent provided with the JavaTest harness. If you are using a custom agent, refer to your test suite documentation for a description of how to configure and run the agent.
Depending on your test suite, agents are typically used to run tests on small
devices that do not support online help. The JavaTest Harness Agent's User
Guide is provided in PDF format so that you can use an appropriate viewer
to view and print the contents of the JavaTest harness agent online help.
See the following topics for detailed information about using the JavaTest harness agent: