Due to the independency,variability,and tailorability of software service in the open environment,the research of middleware which supports software services multi-mode interaction is thus of great importance.In this paper,an agent-based multi-mode interaction middleware model and its supporting system for software services were proposed.This model includes an interaction feature decomposition and configuration model to enable interaction programming,an agent-based mid-dleware model,and a programmable coordination media based on reflection technology.The decomposition and configuration model for interaction features can assist programmers in interaction programming by analyzing and synthesizing interaction features.The agent-based middleware model provides a runtime framework for service multi-mode interaction.The programmable coordination media is able to effectively support software service coordination based on multi-mode interaction.To verify feasibility and efficiency of the above method,the de-sign,implementation and performance analysis of Artemis-M3C,a multi-mode in-teraction middleware for software services,were introduced.The result shows that the above method is feasible and that the Artemis-M3C system is practical and ef-fective in multi-mode interaction.
