Jackal 是面向基于 Java 的代理的通信基础设施。Jackal 实现了用于代理命名、寻址、识别和通信的协议。该项目最初是通过 IBM alphaWorks 发布的，现在由 University of Maryland Baltimore County（UMBC）维护。-Jackal is a Java-based agent-oriented communications infrastructure. The Jackal achieve for proxy naming, addressing, identification and communication protocols. The project was initially released by IBM alphaWorks, by the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) maintenance.