AIML - First Application

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/bots Stores AIML bots
2	c:/ab/lib Stores Java libraries
3	c:/ab/out Java class file directory
4	c:/ab/run.bat batch 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/aiml Stores AIML files
2	c:/ab/bots/test/aimlif Stores AIMLIF files
3	c:/ab/bots/test/config Stores configuration files
4	c:/ab/bots/test/sets Stores AIML Sets
5	c:/ab/bots/test/maps Stores 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: