makeProbeAtX$Y - Can I create a custom probe map for an object?

[Geoff Wright]

Hi.

In the jSwarm tutorial there is an application called SimpleObserverBug3.  One 
of the features of this app is that we are introduced how to send a message 
through the ZoomRaster object to an Object2dDisplay object.  That is, when I 
click on a bug on the raster display window, a probe map for the bug appears.  

According the jSwarm tutorial, it creates a COMPLETE probe map.

Question 1: Is there any way to customize this probe map?

For example, I have created a Commodity class which has fields: type and 
quantity.  Each bug in my model can have one or multiple instances of this 
class. (I am trying to think in OOP terms, so please correct me if this 
sounds wrong).  That is, the bug can have a productionCommodity of type 2 and 
quantity 5.  Now, when I probe the bug, I get something like this:

xPos = 42
yPos = 37
productionCommodity - Commodity
...
...

I would like to be able to probe the bug and get something like this:

xPos = 42
yPos = 37
productionCommodity: type = 2; quantity = 5
...
...

Is it possible to do something like this?

Also, I am using swarm.jar which gives me access to a number of compiled swarm 
objects.  My understanding is that these objects are written in ObjectiveC 
and there is some sort of interface (JNI) that allows java apps access to 
these objects.  Where can I learn more about this and can someone point me to 
where I would find the source code for these swarm objects?  

Thank  you.
geoff


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