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Tie::Array::Iterable - Allows creation of iterators for lists and arrays
use Tie::Array::Iterable qw( quick ); my $iterarray = new Tie::Array::Iterable( 1..10 ); for( my $iter = $iterarray->start() ; !$iter->at_end() ; $iter->next() ) { print $iter->index(), " : ", $iter->value(); if ( $iter->value() == 3 ) { unshift @$iterarray, (11..15); } } my @array = ( 1..10 ); for( my $iter = iterator_from_start( @array ) ; !$iter->at_end() ; $iter->next() ) { ... } for( my $iter = iterate_from_end( @array ) ; !$iter->at_end() ; $iter->next() ) { ... }
Tie::Hash::Iterable allows one to create iterators for lists and arrays. The concept of iterators is borrowed from the C++ STL [1], in which most of the collections have iterators, though this class does not attempt to fully mimic it.
Typically, in C/C++ or Perl, the 'easy' way to visit each item on a list is to use a counter, and then a for( ;; ) loop. However, this requires knowledge on how long the array is to know when to end. In addition, if items are removed or inserted into the array during the loop, then the counter will be incorrect on the next run through the loop, and will cause problems.
While some aspects of this are fixed in Perl by the use of for or foreach, these commands still suffer when items are removed or added to the array while in these loops. Also, if one wished to use break to step out of a foreach loop, then restart where they left at some later point, there is no way to do this without maintaining some additional state information.
The concept of iterators is that each iterator is a bookmark to a spot, typically concidered between two elements. While there is some overhead to the use of iterators, it allows elements to be added or removed from the list, with the iterator adjusting appropriate, and allows the state of a list traversal to be saved when needed.
For example, the following perl code will drop into an endless block (this mimics the functionality of the above code):
my @array = (0..10); for my $i ( @a ) { print "$i\n"; if ( $i == 3 ) { unshift @a, ( 11..15 ); } }
However, the synopsis code will not be impared when the unshift operation is performed; the iteration will simply continue at the next element, being 4 in this case.
Tie::Array::Iterable does this by first tying the desired list to this class as well as blessing it in order to give it functionality. When a new iterator is requested via the iterable array object, a new object is generated from either Tie::Array::Iterable::ForwardIterator or Tie::Array::Iterable::BackwardIterator. These objects are then used in associated for loops to move through the array and to access values. When changes in the positions of elements of the initial array are made, the tied variable does the appropriate bookkeeping with any iterators that have been created to make sure they point to the appropriate elements.
Note that the iterable array object is also a tied array, and thus, you can use all standard array operations on it (with arrow notation due to the reference, of course).
The logic behind how iterators will 'move' depending on actions are listed here. Given the list
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ^ Forward iterator current position
Several possible cases can be considered:
If an item was unshifted on the list, thus pushing all elements to the right, the iterator will follow this and will still point to 5.
Removing an item from the start of the list will push all elements to the left, and the iterator again will follow and point to 5.
Since these affect the list after the position of the iterator, there is no change in the iterator at this time. However, an iterator that is at the end of the list will pass over these new elements if it is moved backwards though the list.
If the array is spliced from 3 to 6, then the position that the iterator is at is invalid, and is pushed back to the last 'valid' entry, this being between 2 and 7 after the splice and pointing to 7.
Even though we are adding new data, this is similar to the situation above, and the iterator will end up pointing at 11, sitting between 2 and 11.
This will push extra data between 3 and 4, but does not affect the position of the iteration, which will still point at 5.
Because the data is now being pushed between 4 and 5, this will affect the iterator, and the iterator will now point at 11.
Remove all data from the head to the iterator position will result it in being at the leftmost part of the array, and will be pointing at 7.
This is only for the forward iterator; the backwards iterator would work similarly.
Creates a new iterable array object; this is returned as a reference to an array. If an array is passed, then the iterable array is set up to use this array as storage.
Returns a forward iterator that can be used to iterator over the given list. This allows one to avoid explicitly creating the iterable array object first, though one still is created for this purpose.
Returns a backwards iterator that can be used to iterate over the given list.
Returns a forward iterator for the given list set at the indicated position.
Returns a backward iterator for the given list set at the indicated position.
Returns a new forward iterator set at the start of the array. Parentheses are not required.
Returns a new backward iterator set at the end of the array. Parentheses are not required.
Returns a new forward iterator set at the indicated position (or at the start of the array if no value is passed).
Returns a new backward iterator set at the indicated position (or at the end of the array if no value is passed).
This function was previously used to clear references that might accumulate; however, this functionality has been fixed, and this function does nothing besides return a true value.
The iterators that are generated by the functions above have the following functions associated with them.
Returns the current value from the array where the iterator is pointing, or undef if the iterator is at the end.
Sets the value of the array where the iterator is currently positions to the passed value. This will do nothing if the iterator is at the end of the array.
Returns the index in the array where the iterator is currently pointing.
Moves the iterator to this position in the array.
Returns true if the iterator is pointing at the end position (at the end of the array for a Forward iterator, at the start of the array for the Backward iterator), false otherwise. Parentheses are not required.
Returns true if the iterator is pointing at the start position (at the beginning of the array for a Forward iterator, at the end of the array for the Backward iterator), false otherwise. Parentheses are not required.
Advances the iterator to the next position; the value of this new position is returned as per
value(). This will not move past the end position. Parentheses are not required.
Advances the iterator to the previous position; the value of this new position is returned as per
value(). This will not move past the starting position. Parentheses are not required.
Advances the iterator to the very end position. Note that this is the undefined state, and the only way to resume traversal is to move to preceeding elements. Also note that for a backwards iterator, this means to move to the beginning of the array. Parentheses are not required.
Advances the iterator back to the starting position for the iterator. Again, for a backwards iterator, this means moving to the end of the list. Parentheses are not required.
Advances the iterator in the forward direction the number of steps passed, or just 1 if no value is passed (and thus acting like
Advances the iterator in the backward direction the number of steps passed, or just 1 if no value is passed (and thus acting like
prev()).
The 'quick' export will export
iterate_from_start,
iterate_from_end,
iterate_forward_from, and
iterate_backward_from functions into the global namespace. Optionally, you may import these functions individually.
You should not directly tie your array to this class, nor use the ForwardIterator or BackwardIterator classes directly. There are factory-like methods for these classes that you should use instead.
You might run in to trouble if you use more than MAXINT (typically 2^32 on most 32-bit machines) iterators during a single instance of the program. If this is a practical concern, please let me know; that can be fixed though with some time consumption.
Michael K. Neylon <mneylon-pm@masemware.com>
I'd like to thank Chip Salzenberg for a useful suggesting in helping to remove the reference problem without having to resort to weak references on Perlmonks.
[1] A reference guide to the C++ STL can be found at
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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In this guide, we will explore Heap Sort - the theory behind it and how to implement Heap Sort in JavaScript. We will start off with what data structure it's based on (massive foreshadow here: it's a heap!), how to perform operations on that data structure, and how that data structure can be used as means of an efficient sorting algorithm. Data structures and sorting algorithms are core concepts in programming. A computer program consistently deals with large datasets, retrieving and injecting data ad nauseam. The way we organize these datasets and operate on them is of great importance as it directly impacts the ease and speed with which the user interacts with our applications. A sorting algorithm is evaluated based on two characteristics: the time and the space the algorithm uses as a function of the dataset's size. These are known as the Time Complexity and Space Complexity respectively, and allow us to "pit" algorithms against each other in average and best-case scenarios.
Heap Sort is regarded as an efficient algorithm, with average time complexity of θ(n log(n)).
Though there exist other algorithms outperforming Heap Sort in the average scenario, its significance relies on its power to perform with the same efficacy in the worst-case scenario as it does in the best, giving it a stable runtime over varying datasets, while some algorithms may suffer from large or small ones - depending on their underlying mechanism.
Heap Sort is an in-place, non-stable, comparison-based sorting algorithm.
It does not require auxiliary data structures - it sorts the data in place and affects the original data (in-place). It doesn't preserve the relative order or equal elements. If you have two elements with the same value in an unsorted collection, their relative order might be changed (or stay the same) in the sorted collection (non-stable). Finally, the elements are compared to each other to find their order (comparison-based). Although Heap Sort is in-place (doesn't require an auxillary data structure), to make the implementation a bit clear, we will recruit an additional array during sorting. The mechanism underlying Heap Sort is fairly simple and some even call it "Improved Selection Sort".
If you'd like to read more about Selection Sort, read our Selection Sort in JavaScript!
It starts by converting the unsorted array into a heap - either a max-heap or min-heap. In the case of a max-heap, each parent holds a greater value than its descendants, making the root element the largest among the heap and vice versa. Heap Sort relies on this heap condition. At each iteration, the algorithm removes the root of the heap and pushes it into an empty array. After each removal, the heap restores itself, bubbling its second-largest (or second-smallest) element up to the root to preserve its heap condition. This process is also known as heapifying and you'll oftentimes see people refer to methods doing this as heapify. Heap Sort continues shifting the newly located root elements into the sorted array until there is none left. Using a max-heap in this manner will result in an array with elements in descending order. For the array to be in ascending order, one has to opt for a min-heap. This sort of self-sorting and selective removal is reminiscent of Selection Sort (sans the self-sorting part) hence the parallel people draw.
A heap is a tree-like data structure. The type of heap we will use for our purposes will be a binary tree (a data structure that resembles a tree branch and is bound to start with one node and if were to branch out, is allowed a maximum of two successors extending from each node). While there exist few types of heaps, there are two distinctive features of a heap:
What we have defined and depicted as a heap up until this point is merely a diagram, a collection of circles and lines. To use this structure in a JavaScript-based computer program, we need to rework it into an array or a list. Luckily, this is a fairly straightforward operation that mimics the way we build the heap in the first place. We read and shift the elements off of the heap into an array in the same order we have placed them into the heap: from left to right and level by level. An example of a heap and its array counterpart, after this shift:
This way, not only can we manage to express a heap in code, but we also gain a compass with which to navigate inside that heap. We can deduct three equations that, given each node's index, will point us to the location of its parent and its right and left children inside the array:
Now that a detailed definition of a heap is in place, we can go ahead and implement it as a JavaScript class.
In this guide, we will create and employ a max-heap. Since the difference between a max-heap and a min-heap is trivial and does not affect the general logic behind the Heap Sort algorithm, the implementation of the min-heap and, therefore, creation of an ascending order via heap sort is a matter of changing the comparison operators.
Let's go ahead and define a
MaxHeap class:
class MaxHeap{ constructor(){ this.heap = []; } parentIndex(index){ return Math.floor((index-1)/2); } leftChildIndex(index){ return (2*index + 1); } rightChildIndex(index){ return (2*index + 2); } }
In the
MaxHeap class, we have defined a constructor that initializes an empty array. Later on, we will create additional functions to populate a heap inside this array.
For the time being, however, we have only created helper functions that will return the index of the parent and children of a given node.
Whenever a new element is inserted into a heap, it is placed next to the rightmost node on the bottom level (the last empty space in the array representation) or, if the bottom level is already full, at the leftmost node of a new level. In this scenario, the heap's first requirement: completeness of the tree, is ensured. Moving forward, the heap property, which has likely been disturbed, needs to be reestablished. To move the new element to its proper place on the heap it is compared to its parent, and if the new element is larger than its parent, the elements are swapped. The new element is bubbled up in the heap, whilst being compared to its parent at each level until finally the heap property is restored: Let's add this functionality to the MaxHeap class we have previously created:
swap(a, b) { let temp = this.heap[a]; this.heap[a] = this.heap[b]; this.heap[b] = temp; } insert(item) { this.heap.push(item); var index = this.heap.length - 1; var parent = this.parentIndex(index); while(this.heap[parent] && this.heap[parent] < this.heap[index]) { this.swap(parent, index); index = this.parentIndex(index); parent = this.parentIndex(index); } }
swap() is added as a helper method to save us some redundancy in the code since while inserting the new element, we may have to perform this action several times - a number between zero and log(n) (in the case where the new element is larger than the root of the heap, and we have to make it climb the entire tree which has a height of log(the-total-number-of-its-elements) - which in other words, is a lot.
insert() operates as follows:
heapusing the built-in JavaScript method:
push().
heapas
indexand its parent as
parent.
parent(
this.heap[parent]), and that element happens to be smaller than the one at
index(
this.heap[parent] < this.heap[index), the
insert()method goes on to swap the two (
this.swap(parent, index)) and moves its cursor one level up.
A heap only allows the deletion of the root element, which afterward leaves us with a completely distorted heap. Thereon, we first have to reinstate the complete binary tree property by moving the last node of the heap to the root. Then we need to bubble this misplaced value down until the heap property is back in place:
delete() { var item = this.heap.shift(); this.heap.unshift(this.heap.pop()); var index = 0; var leftChild = this.leftChildIndex(index); var rightChild = this.rightChildIndex(index); while(this.heap[leftChild] && this.heap[leftChild] > this.heap[index] || this.heap[rightChild] > this.heap[index]){ var max = leftChild; if(this.heap[rightChild] && this.heap[rightChild] > this.heap[max]){ max = rightChild } this.swap(max, index); index = max; leftChild = this.leftChildIndex(max); rightChild = this.rightChildIndex(max); } return item; }
The
delete() method, which we create inside the
MaxHeap class, operates in the following manner:
shift()method removes the first element of the array and returns the removed element, which we then store in the
itemvariable.
heapgets removed via
pop()and gets placed to the recently emptied first space of
heapvia
unshift().
unshift()is a built-in JavaScript method that works as the counterpart to
shift(). While
shift()removes the first element of the array and shifts the rest of the elements one space back,
unshift()pushes an element to the beginning of the array and shifts the rest of the elements one space forward.
index,
rightChild,
leftChild) gets created.
while()loop checks whether there exists a left child to the
indexnode to ensure the existence of another level below (does not check for a right child yet) and if any of the children in this level is bigger than the node at [
index].
maxvariable is created to declare that the left node is the maximum value the method has encountered yet. Then inside the loop, in an
ifclause, we check whether a right child exists, and if it does, whether it is bigger than the left child we first checked. If the value of the right child is indeed bigger, its index replaces the value in
max.
this.swap(max, index).
Finally, to achieve what this guide has promised, we create a
heapSort() function (this time outside the
MaxHeap class), and supply it with an array we'd like to sort:
function heapSort(arr){ var sorted = []; var heap1 = new MaxHeap(); for(let i=0; i<arr.length; i++){="" heap1.insert(arr[i]);="" }="" for(</arr.length;>
heap1 is populated with the elements of
arr and are deleted one by one, pushing the removed elements into the sorted array. The
heap1 self-organizes with each removal, so just pushing the elements off of it into the sorted array nets us with a sorted array.
Let's create an array and test this out:
The heapSort() takes the array to be sorted as its argument. Then, it creates an empty array to place the sorted version, as well as an empty heap via which to perform the sort. Then,The heapSort() takes the array to be sorted as its argument. Then, it creates an empty array to place the sorted version, as well as an empty heap via which to perform the sort. Then,
let arr = [1, 6, 2, 3, 7, 3, 4, 6, 9]; arr = heapSort(arr); console.log(arr);
In this guide, we've learned about heap data structure and how Heap Sort operates. While not being the fastest possible algorithm, Heap Sort can be advantageous when data is partially sorted or when there is a need for a stable algorithm. Even though we have implemented it using an additional data structure, Heap Sort is essentially an in-place sorting algorithm and, for that reason, can also be used at times when memory usage is a concern.Reference: stackabuse.com | https://www.codevelop.art/heap-sort-in-javascript.html | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | refinedweb | 1,947 | 59.53 |
I'm not sure if my title adequately explains what I want to do, so I'll provide a scenario.
I have two classes in a folder, one named UserInterface.class and another named HelloWorld.class, and the contents are as follows:
import java.util.Scanner; public class UserInterface { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner kboard = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Enter path of class to execute: "); String path = kboard.nextLine(); executeClass(path); } public static void executeClass(String path) { //??? } }
public class HelloWorld { public HelloWorld() { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } }
I want to be able to input "HelloWorld.class" when UserInterface.class is run, and have "Hello World!" printed to the screen. What I am having trouble doing is finding how to do this, specifically what would be in the executeClass method in this example.
Is this possible? And if so, can someone point me in the right direction?
I have searched the documentation on sun.com and if I understand the defineClass method of ClassLoader correctly, it seems to be promising if I were to read the contents of a class file into an array of bytes, but I'm not completely sure what I would do with the return, and the notation "protected final Class<?>" as the return type seems somewhat cryptic to me. (Why is it protected, why is it final, and what in the world does <?> mean?)
Thanks for any advice you can give! | https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/90965/executing-a-class-using-path-provided-in-runtime | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | refinedweb | 240 | 68.87 |
struct BaseClass { enum TYPE { SubclassA, SubclassB, }; unsigned char type; ... }; struct SubclassA : public BaseClass { int width; ... }; struct SubclassB : public BaseClass { int stride; ... }; BaseClass *pInstance; ... int bufferWidth; if( BaseClass::SubclassA == pInstance->type ) { bufferWidth = ((SubclassA*)pInstance)->width; } else if( BaseClass::SubclassB == pInstance->type ) { bufferWidth = ((SubclassB*)pInstance)->stride; }If we were coding a pure object-oriented design, this would surely be a CodeSmell. Actually, in this trivial example, it is a CodeSmell. But there exist real cases where it's smaller and faster to check for type information than to use polymorphic dispatch. Note also that the type information is available through a member variable. Alternatively, one could write:
struct BaseClass { enum TYPE { SubclassA, SubclassB, }; virtual BaseClass::TYPE getType() const = 0; };and then return the type through a polymorphic call. However, to create the polymorphic function, this may require upwards around 100 bytes a class, at a cost of 1 byte (or at most 1 alignment) an instance. This trade-off can be significant in memory-constrained environments like embedded devices. Moreover, the polymorphic dispatch can take many times as many bytes as a simple member access. Besides which, if you're going to introduce a polymorphic getType(), why not just introduce a polymorphic getBufferWidth() through which each subclass can use whatever subclass-specific member variables it needs to use? -- MikeSmith This is one of those fine trade-off cases. There are many reasons not to do this. For one, it's a ridiculous optimization, and we all OptimizeLater anyway. But in general, this really only works well if:
./plain Normal: 220 Manual: 279 ./optimized Normal: 65 Manual: 220(Key: "Normal" uses standard polymorphism, and "Manual" is the way described on this page). Maybe I messed something up in the code to make it an unfair test. I didn't test the space consumption, though I can't really see where space would be lost or saved. Help! Is this the same thing that happened in CatchDontCheck/CatchDontCheckRefuted where someone posts some ugly code in the name of optimization that ends up not even being as optimal as the legible version? Inlining is evil. Remove the inlining. You also eat it on the inlined constructors and destructors. By the way, I'm not making this up based on suppositions about the compiler. I spend a lot of time trying different constructs out under the environment I work in and then I choose the best one empirically. I often make assumptions that aren't true, which is why I test everything out. I think that "Inlining is evil" is much too strong a statement. On many platforms, calling a function has some non-trivial cost (in both code size and execution time). An OO system favors short methods; in a lot of cases, inlining the shortest methods actually reduces code size because the method is shorter than the code required to call it. The purpose of inlining is to expose the inlined code to compiler optimization in the context of its caller. Properly refactored small methods may still contain redundancies which most compilers can only exploit when they are inlined into some larger context. Note that "clean" C++ code practically depends on compiler inlining to achieve the same performance as C. Unless you are using C++ as a bigger-better-c, judicious use of inlining is a good thing, not a bad thing. I think what you're really railing against is not inlining in itself, but the implementation of inlining in various compilers. In particular, the language/compiler should probably give the programmer more control over inlining than it usually does, since the compiler is sometimes not smart enough to control inlining itself. -- WylieGarvin
class SchemeObject { ... public SchemeString asString() { if (this instanceof SchemeString) return (SchemeString)this; throw new WrongTypeError(this, "string"); // found, expected } ... }This is done for every subtype. For example, when I need a list where the first element is a string, I can do:
public void doSomething(SchemeObject argument) { SchemeString s = argument.asPair().getCar().asString(); ... }This statement will throw a WrongTypeError when either the argument isn't a list, or the first element isn't a string. This is a very common form of casting/type checking/error throwing in my appication. So this solution is very convenient. Only when I need to do something else than throwing an error, which is pretty rare, I use the instanceof operator. I understand that this looks bad in many ways, but in every way I think about it, it's really the best solution. The number of "things that are done" with SchemeObjects (more specifically: implementations of built-in Scheme functions) is huge, and in a lot of cases work only on one type and throw a WrongTypeError on every other type. Note that a WrongTypeError is converted into a Scheme error, and does not necessarily have to be considered to be a Java error. Polymorphism wouldn't help me. String concatenation is only applicable to strings, so a concat(..) function does not belong in SchemeObject. The same goes for arithmetic functions: add, subst.... don't belong in SchemeObject because they are not applicable to strings, pairs etc. etc. Only the evaluation function could be implemented trough polymorphism, but since eval is a Scheme function too, and I already had a Scheme "procedure" abstract class, I implemented eval in the same way as every other procedure, separately. Only equals() and toString() are implemented polymorphically. In this case, every SchemeObject is a Scheme data type, but that's really the only similarity. A SchemeString and a SchemeNumber share nothing but being Scheme data types. I think that there are other cases in which TestTypesInsteadOfDispatch can be useful: When a certain collection of classes is similar in one way but polymorphous in another way, when (most) actions are naturally implemented separately, because these actions are entities of themselves, not bound to classes, TestTypesInsteadOfDispatch will be necessary. | http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?TestTypesInsteadOfDispatch | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | refinedweb | 980 | 54.83 |
Haskell Quiz/The Solitaire Cipher/Solution Igloo
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 13 January 2007
This implementation attempts to be short and beautiful rather than efficient. It's just the natural, pure solution, making use of lazy evaluation by generating an infinite key stream and then zipping that with the data.
import Data.Char import Data.List -- This handy function should be imported from Data.Maybe or somewhere, -- along with justWhen justUnless :: (a -> Bool) -> a -> Maybe a justUnless f x = if f x then Nothing else Just x -- Sanitisation, padding and splitting sanitise :: String -> String sanitise = map toUpper . filter isAlpha . filter isAscii pad :: Int -> String -> String pad n = concat . init . splitAts n . (++ replicate n 'X') splitAts :: Int -> [a] -> [[a]] splitAts n = unfoldr (fmap (splitAt n) . justUnless null) -- The deck initialKey :: [Int] initialKey = [1..54] isJokerA, isJokerB, isJoker :: Int -> Bool isJokerA = (== 53) isJokerB = (== 54) isJoker = (>= 53) toCount :: Int -> Int toCount = (`min` 53) -- Deck manipulation functions rollDown, rollDownTwice :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] rollDown f xs = case break f xs of (y:ys, [x]) -> y : x : ys (ys, x:z:zs) -> ys ++ [z, x] ++ zs rollDownTwice f = rollDown f . rollDown f tripleCut :: [Int] -> [Int] tripleCut xs = case break isJoker xs of (xs1, y:xs') -> case break isJoker xs' of (xs2, z:xs3) -> xs3 ++ [y] ++ xs2 ++ [z] ++ xs1 countCut :: [Int] -> [Int] countCut xs = case splitAt 53 xs of (xs', [n]) -> case splitAt (toCount n) xs' of (ys, zs) -> zs ++ ys ++ [n] readVal :: [Int] -> Int readVal xs@(x:_) = xs !! (toCount x) -- Algorithm alg :: (Int -> Int -> Int) -> [Int] -> String -> String alg f key = concat . intersperse " " . splitAts 5 . zipWith (arith f) (mkStream key) arith :: (Int -> Int -> Int) -> Int -> Char -> Char arith f i = chr . (+ ord 'A') . (`mod` 26) . f i . subtract (ord 'A') . ord enc, dec :: String -> String enc = alg (+) initialKey . pad 5 . sanitise dec = alg subtract initialKey . filter (' ' /=) mkStream :: [Int] -> [Int] mkStream = filter (not . isJoker) . map readVal . tail . iterate step step :: [Int] -> [Int] step = countCut . tripleCut . rollDownTwice isJokerB . rollDown isJokerA | http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/index.php?title=Haskell_Quiz/The_Solitaire_Cipher/Solution_Igloo&diff=10235&oldid=7447 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | refinedweb | 336 | 69.31 |
java.lang.Object
oracle.ide.net.FilePathoracle.ide.net.FilePath
public class FilePath
An instance of
FilePath represents a path that is made
up entire of
Files. Use of
FilePath should be
limited to classes or tools that absolutely require that
the path (whether class path, source path, doc path, etc.) operate
only on resources that are accessible through the local machine's
file system (e.g. physically local files, NFS-mounted files, files
mounted via virtual file systems, etc.).
In order to support functionality that is available through the
URLFileSystem, developers should give preference to using
URLPath instead of
FilePath whenever possible,
since code written using
FilePath will not interoperate
with the variety of URL protocols that are integrated now and in
the future.
public FilePath()
FilePaththat is initially empty.
public FilePath(java.io.File entry)
FilePaththat initially contains the specified
Fileas its sole entry. If the entry is
null, then the
FilePathcreated is initially empty.
public FilePath(java.io.File[] entries)
FilePathinitialized with the specified array of
Fileobjects. If the
entriesarray is
nullor empty, then the
FilePathcreated is initially empty.
public FilePath(FilePath filePath)(FilePath copy)
public java.io.File[] getEntries()
FilePathinstance as an array of
Files. If the
FilePathis empty, then then this method returns a
Filearray of size 0.
public void setEntries(java.io.File[] entries)
FilePathinstance to be equivalent to the specified array of
Files. If the argument is
null, then the
FilePathis cleared; subsequent calls to
getEntries()would then return an empty
Filearray.
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)
equalsin class
java.lang.Object
protected final boolean equalsImpl(FilePath filePath)
equals(Object)that can also be used by subclasses that implement
equals(Object). It assumes that the argument is not
null.
public java.lang.String toString()
toStringin class
java.lang.Object
public void addEntry(java.io.File entry)
Fileto the end of the
FilePath, if it is not already on the
FilePath. If the parameter is
null, then this method returns without doing anything.
public void addEntries(java.io.File[] entries)
Fileobjects in order to the end of the
FilePath. Each
Fileis added only if it is not already on the
FilePath. Any
nullentries are ignored. If the
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FilePathdata. | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/apirefs.1111/e13403/oracle/ide/net/FilePath.html | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | refinedweb | 461 | 52.36 |
logical_and¶
- paddle. logical_and ( x, y, out=None, name=None ) [source]
logical_andoperator computes element-wise logical AND on
xand
y, and returns
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- Parameters
x (Tensor) – the input tensor, it’s data type should be one of bool, int8, int16, in32, in64, float32, float64.
y (Tensor) – the input tensor, it’s data type should be one of bool, int8, int16, in32, in64, float32, float64.
out (Tensor) – The
Tensorthat specifies the output of the operator, which can be any
Tensorthat has been created in the program. The default value is None, and a new
Tensorwill be created to save the output.
name (str, optional) – Name for the operation (optional, default is None). For more information, please refer to Name.
- Returns
N-D Tensor. A location into which the result is stored. It’s dimension equals with
x.
Examples
import paddle x = paddle.to_tensor([True]) y = paddle.to_tensor([True, False, True, False]) res = paddle.logical_and(x, y) print(res) # [True False True False] | https://www.paddlepaddle.org.cn/documentation/docs/en/api/paddle/logical_and_en.html | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | refinedweb | 189 | 52.76 |
Last Updated on August 19, 2019
Stochastic gradient descent is the dominant method used to train deep learning models.
There are three main variants of gradient descent and it can be confusing which one to use.
In this post, you will discover the one type of gradient descent you should use in general and how to configure it.
After completing this post, you will know:
- What gradient descent is and how it works from a high level.
- What batch, stochastic, and mini-batch gradient descent are and the benefits and limitations of each method.
- That mini-batch gradient descent is the go-to method and how to configure it on your applications.
Kick-start your project with my new book Deep Learning With Python, including step-by-step tutorials and the Python source code files for all examples.
Let’s get started.
- Update Apr/2018: Added additional reference to support a batch size of 32.
- Update Jun/2019: Removed mention of average gradient.
A Gentle Introduction to Mini-Batch Gradient Descent and How to Configure Batch Size
Photo by Brian Smithson, some rights reserved.
Tutorial Overview
This tutorial is divided into 3 parts; they are:
- What is Gradient Descent?
- Contrasting the 3 Types of Gradient Descent
- How to Configure Mini-Batch Gradient Descent
What is Gradient Descent?
Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm often used for finding the weights or coefficients of machine learning algorithms, such as artificial neural networks and logistic regression.
It works by having the model make predictions on training data and using the error on the predictions to update the model in such a way as to reduce the error.
The goal of the algorithm is to find model parameters (e.g. coefficients or weights) that minimize the error of the model on the training dataset. It does this by making changes to the model that move it along a gradient or slope of errors down toward a minimum error value. This gives the algorithm its name of “gradient descent.”
The pseudocode sketch below summarizes the gradient descent algorithm:
For more information see the posts:
- Gradient Descent For Machine Learning
- How to Implement Linear Regression with Stochastic Gradient Descent from Scratch with Python
Contrasting the 3 Types of Gradient Descent
Gradient descent can vary in terms of the number of training patterns used to calculate error; that is in turn used to update the model.
The number of patterns used to calculate the error includes how stable the gradient is that is used to update the model. We will see that there is a tension in gradient descent configurations of computational efficiency and the fidelity of the error gradient.
The three main flavors of gradient descent are batch, stochastic, and mini-batch.
Let’s take a closer look at each.
What is Stochastic Gradient Descent?
Stochastic gradient descent, often abbreviated SGD, is a variation of the gradient descent algorithm that calculates the error and updates the model for each example in the training dataset.
The update of the model for each training example means that stochastic gradient descent is often called an online machine learning algorithm.
Upsides
- The frequent updates immediately give an insight into the performance of the model and the rate of improvement.
- This variant of gradient descent may be the simplest to understand and implement, especially for beginners.
- The increased model update frequency can result in faster learning on some problems.
- The noisy update process can allow the model to avoid local minima (e.g. premature convergence).
Downsides
- Updating the model so frequently is more computationally expensive than other configurations of gradient descent, taking significantly longer to train models on large datasets.
- The frequent updates can result in a noisy gradient signal, which may cause the model parameters and in turn the model error to jump around (have a higher variance over training epochs).
- The noisy learning process down the error gradient can also make it hard for the algorithm to settle on an error minimum for the model.
What is Batch Gradient Descent?
Batch gradient descent is a variation of the gradient descent algorithm that calculates the error for each example in the training dataset, but only updates the model after all training examples have been evaluated.
One cycle through the entire training dataset is called a training epoch. Therefore, it is often said that batch gradient descent performs model updates at the end of each training epoch.
Upsides
- Fewer updates to the model means this variant of gradient descent is more computationally efficient than stochastic gradient descent.
- The decreased update frequency results in a more stable error gradient and may result in a more stable convergence on some problems.
- The separation of the calculation of prediction errors and the model update lends the algorithm to parallel processing based implementations.
Downsides
- The more stable error gradient may result in premature convergence of the model to a less optimal set of parameters.
- The updates at the end of the training epoch require the additional complexity of accumulating prediction errors across all training examples.
- Commonly, batch gradient descent is implemented in such a way that it requires the entire training dataset in memory and available to the algorithm.
- Model updates, and in turn training speed, may become very slow for large datasets.
What is Mini-Batch Gradient Descent?
Mini-batch gradient descent is a variation of the gradient descent algorithm that splits the training dataset into small batches that are used to calculate model error and update model coefficients.
Implementations may choose to sum the gradient over the mini-batch.
Upsides
- The model update frequency is higher than batch gradient descent which allows for a more robust convergence, avoiding local minima.
- The batched updates provide a computationally more efficient process than stochastic gradient descent.
- The batching allows both the efficiency of not having all training data in memory and algorithm implementations.
Downsides
- Mini-batch requires the configuration of an additional “mini-batch size” hyperparameter for the learning algorithm.
- Error information must be accumulated across mini-batches of training examples like batch gradient descent.
How to Configure Mini-Batch Gradient Descent
Mini-batch gradient descent is the recommended variant of gradient descent for most applications, especially in deep learning.
Mini-batch sizes, commonly called “batch sizes” for brevity, are often tuned to an aspect of the computational architecture on which the implementation is being executed. Such as a power of two that fits the memory requirements of the GPU or CPU hardware like 32, 64, 128, 256, and so on.
Batch size is a slider on the learning process.
- Small values give a learning process that converges quickly at the cost of noise in the training process.
- Large values give a learning process that converges slowly with accurate estimates of the error gradient.
Tip 1: A good default for batch size might be 32.
… [batch size] is typically chosen between 1 and a few hundreds, e.g. [batch size] = 32 is a good default value, with values above 10 taking advantage of the speedup of matrix-matrix products over matrix-vector products.
— Practical recommendations for gradient-based training of deep architectures, 2012
Update 2018: here is another paper supporting a batch size of 32, here’s the quote (m is batch.
Tip 2: It is a good idea to review learning curves of model validation error against training time with different batch sizes when tuning the batch size.
… it can be optimized separately of the other hyperparameters, by comparing training curves (training and validation error vs amount of training time), after the other hyper-parameters (except learning rate) have been selected.
Tip 3: Tune batch size and learning rate after tuning all other hyperparameters.
… [batch size] and [learning rate] may slightly interact with other hyper-parameters so both should be re-optimized at the end. Once [batch size] is selected, it can generally be fixed while the other hyper-parameters can be further optimized (except for a momentum hyper-parameter, if one is used).
Further Reading
This section provides more resources on the topic if you are looking go deeper.
Related Posts
- Gradient Descent for Machine Learning
- How to Implement Linear Regression with Stochastic Gradient Descent from Scratch with Python
Additional Reading
- Stochastic gradient descent on Wikipedia
- Online machine learning on Wikipedia
- An overview of gradient descent optimization algorithms
- Practical recommendations for gradient-based training of deep architectures, 2012
- Efficient Mini-batch Training for Stochastic Optimization, 2014
- In deep learning, why don’t we use the whole training set to compute the gradient? on Quora
- Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Machine Learning, 2016
Summary
In this post, you discovered the gradient descent algorithm and the version that you should use in practice.
Specifically, you learned:
- What gradient descent is and how it works from a high level.
- What batch, stochastic, and mini-batch gradient descent are and the benefits and limitations of each method.
- That mini-batch gradient descent is the go-to method and how to configure it on your applications.
Do you have any questions?
Ask your questions in the comments below and I will do my best to answer.
In mini-batch part, “The model update frequency is lower than batch gradient descent which allows for a more robust convergence, avoiding local minima.”
I think this is lower than SGD, rather than BGD, am I wrong?
Typo, I meant “higher”. Fixed, thanks.
Wait, so won’t that make Adam a mini-batch gradient descent algorithm, instead of stochastic gradient descent? (At least, in Keras’ implementation)
Since in Keras, when using Adam, you can still set batch size, rather than have it update weights per each data point
The idea of batches in SGD and the Adam optimizations of SGD are orthogonal.
You can use batches with or without Adam.
More on Adam here:
Oh ok, and also isn’t SGD called so because Gradient Descent is a greedy algorithm and searches for a minima along a slope which can lead to it getting stuck with local minima and to prevent that, Stochastic Gradient Descent uses various random iteration and then a proximates the global minima from all slopes, hence the “stochastic”?
Yes, right on, it adds noise to the process which allows the process to escape local optima in search of something better.
Suppose my training data size is 1000 and batch size I selected is 128.
So, I would like to know how algorithm deals with last training set which is less than batch size?
In this case 7 weights update will be done till algorithm reach 896 training samples.
Now what happens for rest of 104 training samples.
Will it ignore the last training set or it will use 24 samples from next epoch?
It uses a smaller batch size for the last batch. The samples are still used.
Thanks for the clarification.
These quotes are from this article and the linked articles. They are subtly different, are they all true?
“Batch gradient descent is the most common form of gradient descent described in machine learning.”
“The most common optimization algorithm used in machine learning is stochastic gradient descent.”
“Mini-batch gradient descent is the recommended variant of gradient descent for most applications, especially in deep learning.”
Yes, batch/mini-batch are types of stochastic gradient descent.
Thanks for the post! It’s a very elegant summry.
However, I don’t really understand this point for the benefits of stochastic gradient descent:
– The noisy update process can allow the model to avoid local minima (e.g. premature convergence).
Can I ask why is this the case?
Wonderful question.
Because the weights will bounce around the solution space more and may bounce out of local minima given the larger variance in the updates to the weights.
Does that help?
Great summary! Concerning mini batch – you said “Implementations may choose to sum the gradient…”
Suppose there are 1000 training samples, and a mini batch size of 42. So 23 mini batches of size 42, and 1 mini batch of size of 34.
if the weights are updated based only on the sum of the gradient, would that last mini batch with a different size cause problems since the number of summations isn’t the same as the other mini batches?
Good question, in general it is better to have mini batches that have the same number of samples. In practice the difference does not seem to matter much.
Shouldn’t
predict(X, train_data)in your pseudocode be
predict(X, model)?
Yes, fixed. Thanks.
Hi Jason,great post.
Could you please explain the meaning of “sum the gradient over the mini-batch or take the average of the gradient”. What we actually summing over the mini-batch?
When you say “take the average of the gradient” I presume you mean taking the average of the parameters calculated for all mini-batches.
Also, is this post is an excerpt from your book?
Thanks
The estimate of the error gradient.
You can learn more about how the error gradient is calculated with a code example here:
Also, why in mini-batch gradient descent we simply use the output from one mini-batch processing as the input into the next mini-batch
Sorry Igor, I don’t follow. Perhaps you can rephrase your question?
I think he’s asking if you actually update the weights after computing the batch gradient calculation.
If I’m understanding write, The answer should be “yes”. You would compute the average gradient resulting from the first mini-batch and then you would use it to update the weights, then using the updated weight values to calculate the gradient in the next mini-batch. Since the present values of the weights of course determine the gradient.
Thanks. Yes, correct.
Sorry for the confusion.
Hi, Great post!
Could you please further explain the parameter updating in mini-batch?
Here is my understanding: we use one mini-batch to get the gradient and then use this gradient to update weights. For next mini-batch, we repeat above procedure and update the weights based on previous one. I am not sure my understanding is right.
Thanks.
Sounds correct.
Thank you for this well-organized, articulate summary. However, I think many would benefit from an example (i.e. facial-recognition program). In this part you might explain the unfamiliar notations employed for these equations.
I conclude thinking SGD is a kind of ‘meta-program’ or ‘auxiliary-program’ that evaluates the algorithms of the primary-program in a feedback cycle (i.e. batch, stochastic, mini-batch) that improves the accuracy of both. Is that accurate? To me, this parallels ‘mindfulness’ does that resonate?
Thank you.
SGD is an optimization algorithm plan and simple. I don’t see how it relates to mindfulness, sorry.
But how does this relate to happiness ?
Indeed!
I must say working on global optimization problems in general equals happiness for me 🙂
I must agree. It’s fun times.
ValueError: Cannot feed value of shape (32,) for Tensor ‘TargetsData/Y:0’, which has shape ‘(?, 1)’
This error occurred with this code
The data size is 768 rows
8 input
1 output
I’m sorry to hear that, perhaps post your code and error to StackOverflow.com?
this code
import tensorflow as tf
tf.reset_default_graph()
import tflearn
import numpy
import pandas
# fix random seed for reproducibility
numpy.random.seed(7)
url = “”
names = [‘Number of times pregnant’, ‘Plasma glucose’, ‘Diastolic blood ‘, ‘Triceps skin ‘, ‘2-Hour serum insulin’, ‘Body mass index’,’Diabetes pedigree function’,’Age (years)’,’Class’]
dataset = pandas.read_csv(url, names=names)
# split into input (X) and output (Y) variables
X = dataset.iloc[:, 0:8].values
Y = dataset.iloc[:, 8].values
# Graph definition
g = tflearn.input_data(shape=[None, 8])
g = tflearn.fully_connected(g, 12, activation=’relu’)
g = tflearn.fully_connected(g, 8, activation=’relu’)
g = tflearn.fully_connected(g, 1, activation=’sigmoid’)
g = tflearn.regression(g, optimizer=’adam’, learning_rate=2.,
loss=’binary_crossentropy’)
# Model training
m = tflearn.DNN(g)
m.fit(X, Y, n_epoch=50, batch_size=32)
Sorry, I don’t have material on tensorflow, I cannot give you good advice.
Great tutorial !My question is in the end does mini batch GD ,Batch GD converge to same values of parameters or there is a difference.?
Each run of the same method will converge to different results.
Each version of the method will also converge to different results.
This is a feature of stochastic optimization algorithms. Perhaps this post will help you come to terms with this:
Dear Dr. Brownlee.
Could you please clarify, is it required to keep all elements from a training sample checked by SGD? Do we have to check that all elements from the samle have been chedked so far, and then the current epoch is over? Thus, on the last iteration withian an epoch SGD chooses the last unchecked element from the training set, so it does this step in non-random way? The second question – is it required to randomly choose mini-batches (of size > 1) either?
Yes. Normally, this is easily done as part of the loop.
No batch size can be evaluated and chosen in a way that results in a stable learning process.
I want to thank you for your well detailed and self-explanatory blog post.
Do you have an idea backed by some research paper about how to choose the number of epochs?
I know this question depends on many factors but let’s narrow them down to only the dataset size in case of training ConvNets.
Set it to a very large number, then use early stopping:
Hi Jason
How would you suggest it is best to do mini batches on time-series data? I have a time-series data (of variable number of days each), I am using an LSTM architecture to learn from these time-series. I first form a look-back window and shift it over each series to form the training samples (X matrix) and the column to predict (y vector). If a batch is 32 samples, do all of the 32 samples have to be from one of series?
Have you got any code for this?
I understand in an image classification problem this wouldn’t matter, in fact having random images in the batch might give better results (making a higher fidelity batch).
looking forward to your reply. Thanks in advance.
Yes, perhaps a good place to start would be here:
Hi Jason,
My datsaset has 160,000 training examples, image size as 512*960 and I have a GV100 with 32 GB dedicated GPU Memory.
My batch size is 512, but what should be my mini batch size to give faster and accurate training results?
I have tried it as 16,32 but they don’t seem to have a much of a difference as when I run nvidia-smi the volatile GPU util is fluctuating between 0-10%. Is it because the time to load the batches on the GPU is very high? Is there any fix to increase the GPU-Util?
And considering my machine and training examples what would be the ideal batch and mini-batch size?
Thanks
It depends on the model, e.g. if you are fitting an LSTM, then the GPU cannot be used much, if you are using data augmentation, then you will not be using the GPU much.
Hi Thanks for the help.
I am using a CNN, should not it be showing high volatile-gpu usage?
Yes, unless you are using data augmentation which occurs on the CPU.
Thanks, I am not using any kind of data augmentation as of now. On running nvidia-smi the volatile GPU util is fluctuating between 0-10% and occasionally shoots up to 50-90%. Is it because the time to load the batches on the GPU is very high? Like the R/W operations are taking too much time/memory?
160,000 training examples, image size as 512*960 and I have a GV100 with 32 GB dedicated GPU Memory.
Please let me know what fixes can be done
Interesting, I’m not sure. Perhaps try posting to stackoverflow?
Hi Sarthak, I have same problem, did you find reason and solution ? (increase gpu usage rate)
Hello, have a found a solution to this problem yet? I too am facing the same issue.
Hi Jason,
When using mini-batch vs stochastic gradient descent and calculating gradients, should we divide mini-batch delta or gradient by the batch_size?
When I use a batch of 10, my algorithm converges slower (meaning takes more epochs to converge) if I divide my gradients by batch size.
If I use a batch of 10 and do not divide it by batch size, the gradients (and the steps) become too big, but they take same number of epochs to converge.
Could you please help me with this?
Best,
Deniz
No, the variance of the gradient is high and the size of the gradient is typically smaller.
Does Batch Gradient Descent calculate one epoch faster than Stochastic/Mini-Batch due to vectorization?
Yes.
Dear Jason,
I am a bit confused about tip 3: Tune batch size and learning rate after tuning all other hyperparameters.
As I understand, we can start with a batch size of e.g. 32 and then tune the hyperparameters (except batch size and learning rate), and when this is done, fine-tune the batch size and learning rate. Is this correct?
And what about optimizer, can these also be investigated at the end? It is difficult to understand in which order things should be done. By the way, have you used Adabound?
Correct.
Adam is a great “automatic” algorithm if you are getting started:
Hi Jason,
Regarding Mini-batch gradient descent, you write:
“Implementations may choose to sum the gradient over the mini-batch or take the average of the gradient which further reduces the variance of the gradient.”
When I read this it seems that we do not reduce the variance by summing the individual gradient estimates. Is that correctly understood?
I would imagine that we get a more stable gradient estimate when we sum individual gradient estimates. But maybe I am wrong?
Yes, the sum of the gradient, not the average. Fixed.
Maybe my question was not specific enough.
When averaging the observation-specific gradients, I we reduce the variance of the gradients estimate.
When summing the observation-specific gradients, do we still reduce the variance, or, given a learning rate, do we just take larger gradient steps because we sum gradients?
Both reduce variance as the direction and magnitude of each element in the sum/average differs.
you said “Tune batch size and learning rate after tuning all other hyperparameters.” and also “Once [batch size] is selected, it can generally be fixed while the other hyper-parameters can be further optimized”
I’m still confused on how to tune batch size.
so does it means we first tune all other hyperparameters and then tune batch size, and after we fix the batch size, we then tune all other hyperparameters again?
Forget the order for now.
A good start is to test a suite of different batch sizes and see how it impacts model skill.
Hi Jason,
I have been following your posts for a while, which have helped jump start my academic AI skills.
For a few months, I have been struggling with a problem and I would like to ask for your opinion.
I’m training a 3D cnn where my input consists on ~10-15 3d features and my output is a single 3D matrix.
Since I’m using a deep 3D network, the training is really slow and memory intensive, but I’m getting great results.
The inputs have highly non-linear relationships with the output so quantifying their relevance using traditional methods doesn’t deliver interpret able results. I also, try training with some features, leaving others behind, but the results are not conclusive.
Do you have any idea on how I could rank these 3D features in some sort of spatial, non-linear fashion?
Thanks a lot for you time!
Perhaps try an RFE with your 3D net on each feature/subset?
It looks like Keras performs mini batch gradient descent by default using the batch_size param.
Yes.
cons of SGD:”Updating the model so frequently is more computationally expensive than other configurations of gradient descent, taking significantly longer to train models on large datasets.”
NO, completely opposite; for one update in parameters we need to compute error: in BGD for whole data set, in nBGD for some data exmples, in SGD for only one data example. That’s why it’s so light. Am I wrong?!
I believe you are incorrect.
Batch gradient descent has one update at the end of the epoch.
Stochastic gradient descent has one update after each sample and is much slower (computationally expensive).
Perhaps this post will help:
Congratulations on the good article, although I am two years late.
Just a little question; you said: ”
* Small values give a learning process that converges quickly at the cost of noise in the
training process.
* Large values give a learning process that converges slowly with accurate estimates of
the error gradient
”
However, isn’t it the case that when we have small batches that we are approaching the SGD setting? (example: imaging if we set the batch size to just one) I agree that that would mean more noise but shouldn’t it also mean slower convergence.
And on the other hand, wouldn’t making the batches bigger mean more examples are lumped together in a parallel computing setting, and thereby attaining a faster convergence?
Thank you,
Ahmad
Yes, smaller batches approximate stochastic gradient descent, larger batches approximate batch gradient descent.
You can see examples here:
Sir is there any relationship between the size of the dataset and the selection of mini-batch size. I think the small dataset requires a small batch size. Sir can you please elaborate.
There may be.
We can better approximate the gradient if the minibatch is large enough to contain a representative sample of data from the training dataset.
Thank you! Clear and detailed explanation!
Thanks, I’m happy that it helped!
Hello Jason! I have a question.
Consider I have 32 million training examples. In BGD, for each epoch, for the update of a parameter, we need to compute a sum over all the training examples to obtain the gradient. But we do this only once (for one parameter) in one epoch. In mini-batch gradient descent with batch size 32, we compute gradient using 32 examples only. But, we have to do this 1 million times now per epoch as there are 1 million mini batches. So, shouldn’t this be as computationally heavy as BGD? I know there is a memory advantage in mini BGD, but what about the training time? We have more vectorization benefit in BGD. Considering memory is not the barrier, why is BGD slower?
Correct. More updates means more computational cost. Minibatch is slower batch is faster.
I would suggest not using batch with so many instances, you will overflow or something. You would use mini-batch.
Thanks for the reply!
So, if batch is faster than mini-batch, is it correct that memory advantage is the major reason why mini-batch is used instead of batch? Else it would be perfectly fine to use batch.
Rationale for mini-batch is often more numerically stable optimization and often faster optimization process.
Hello sir, I’m working on deep learning based classification problem. i’m not need learning expert. i have a little doubt on selecting number of samples to train model at a time. what will happen when we take when we take step_per_epochs less than total NUM_OF_SAMPLES. when i select step_per_epochs = total NUM_OF_SAMPLES / batch_size then it takes more iterations per epochs on training and also it increases computation time. Could you please clear my doubt. Please reply
Thanks and regards
You can choose the number of steps to be fewer than the number of samples, the effect might be to slow down the rate of learning.
Hello, Thanks for your summary.
Here’s a question:
Is the way you divide your data to mini batches important?
I’m not talking about the mini batch sizes,
I mean, will there be a difference in your NN operation if you change how you organise your batches ?
As an example, in the first epoch data A and B are in the same batch by random. In epoch number 2 they are in separate batches and….
But we could use the same kind of batches in every epoch,
But will there be any difference?
Yes, batches should be a new random split each epoch. Ideally stratified by class if possible.
Like always, a nice article to read and keep concepts up-to-date!
Dr. Brownlee, I have one question, which was asked me in some DL-position interview (which as you know, do not, if ever, have specific feedback on the questions asked), and still bugs me uo to this date (as I have gone through quite a lot of reads, with no apparent answer whatsoever), and it’s very related to the present subject.
It went like this: “Imagine you’ve just trained a model, using some NN, with one hidden layer, and using mini-batch SGD, with no early stop. You realize that your model gives good results. Without moving anything but INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EPOCHS, and training once more, you notice that Loss value starts to increase and reduce, instead of keep going down… WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS EFFECT?”
I know that if the number of epochs gets too high, the parameters updated by the gradient descent will start to “wander around” the minima, sometimes going a bit far from the best values, and thus increasing loss value just a bit, just to be updated and improved on next iteration… But then, explaining the question was NOT the question, but the NAME of this effect. Back then, I said that “the effect has no name, but probably a random walk around the minima”, but to be honest, I am still not sure.
Do you know if this name do have a name?
Thank you in advance.
Thanks.
I think you’re referring to “double descent”:
Hi Jason,
Thanks for the great article.
I have a confusion about SGD. As per this article it “calculates the error and updates the model for each example in the training dataset.”
So suppose my dataset consists of 1000 samples, then gradients will be calculated and parameters will be updated for 1000 times in an epoch.
But some sources take the meaning of stochastic as 1 random sample per epoch e.g. take this article which states:
“This problem is solved by Stochastic Gradient Descent. In SGD, it uses only a single sample to perform each iteration. The sample is randomly shuffled and selected for performing the iteration.”
There are couple of other resources also on the net which state similarly. They take the meaning of “stochastic” as one random sample per epoch.
Can you throw some light on this?
Thanks.
One epoch is one pass through the dataset. In SGD, one batch is one sample. More here:
If other sources claim differently, then they disagree with standard neural network definitions and you should ask them about it.
How do we visualise the reduction of variance? Do we randomly select a particular weight and accumulate all it’s gradients throughout the training and calculate variance?
A popular approach is to average the estimated model performance over many runs, the standard deviation of the score over these many runs can be an estimate of the variance in model performance. | https://machinelearningmastery.com/gentle-introduction-mini-batch-gradient-descent-configure-batch-size/ | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | refinedweb | 5,293 | 63.49 |
I'm doing a 3 part series on using wxPython and PyWin32 to capture output from a running OpenVPN session.
I use OpenVPN to connect to PCs at work. I noticed that our current method of launching OpenVPN was in a console window so that one could monitor the program's output. If the user happened to close said window, it would end the VPN session. I thought this was dumb, so I decided that I would try wrapping the interface using wxPython in such a way that I can minimize it to the system tray and bring it back up on demand to check the output if I was having an issue. If you want to follow along, then you'll need the following:
Got all those? Ok. Let's continue. To begin, create a folder to hold your scripts. We'll actually need a couple to do this right.
First, we're going to create a system tray icon.
Step 1: Pick an icon (I used one from the Tamarin set)
Step 2: Once you have the icon, we'll use a wxPython utility called img2py that will convert the icon or picture into a python file. It can be found in your Python folder after you've installed wxPython: \\path\to\Python25\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\tools (adjust as necessary for your system)
Step 3: Move the icon file to the directory in step 2 and open a command window by clicking Start, Run, and type cmd. Navigate to the directory above (using the cd command) and run the following: python img2py.py -i myIcon.ico icon.py
Step 4: Once that's done, copy the icon.py file to the the folder you created to hold your scripts. This will be coupled with some code that handles the iconization and right-click menus.
Now we'll create the logic needed for the system tray icon to respond to mouse events. I found some code in the wxPython Demo that did most of what I did. So I copied it and modified it slightly to fit my needs. You can see the end result below:
import wx from vpnIcon import getIcon class VPNIconCtrl(wx.TaskBarIcon): TBMENU_RESTORE = wx.NewId() TBMENU_CLOSE = wx.NewId() TBMENU_CHANGE = wx.NewId() def __init__(self, frame): wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self) self.frame = frame # Set the image tbIcon = getIcon() # Give the icon a tooltip self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "VPN Status") self.imgidx = 1 # bind some events self.Bind(wx.EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK, self.OnTaskBarActivate) self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnTaskBarActivate, id=self.TBMENU_RESTORE) self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnTaskBarClose, id=self.TBMENU_CLOSE) def CreatePopupMenu(self): """ This method is called by the base class when it needs to popup the menu for the default EVT_RIGHT_DOWN event. Just create the menu how you want it and return it from this function, the base class takes care of the rest. """ menu = wx.Menu() menu.Append(self.TBMENU_RESTORE, "View Status") menu.AppendSeparator() menu.Append(self.TBMENU_CLOSE, "Close Program") return menu def OnTaskBarActivate(self, evt): if self.frame.IsIconized(): self.frame.Iconize(False) if not self.frame.IsShown(): self.frame.Show(True) self.frame.Raise() def OnTaskBarClose(self, evt): self.Destroy() self.frame.Close()
Next time, we'll go over the win32 code you'll need to know and in the final piece, we'll create the GUI and put the rest of the pieces together. | https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2008/04/03/reading-openvpn-status-data-with-python/ | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | refinedweb | 567 | 65.93 |
How to handle double backslashes when binding parameters in C API?
(1.1) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-04 08:45:28 edited from 1.0 [link] [source]
Hello, I'm sure this a very novice question and due to my weakness in C or programming in general. The code below has worked fine in the C API for the past couple months but is now failing after having to change from forward slashes to backslashes in part of the JSON request. It worked for
"Historical Folder/American History" but fails for
"Historical Folder\\American History".
If this simple query is run at the command line it succeeds as below.
from json_tree( '{"r":"A","c":"A","p":"Historical Folder\\American History","g":0,"tab":"A_87"}')
fullkey value
------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ {"r":"A","c":"A","p":"Historical Folder\\American History","g":0,"tab":"A_87"}
$.r A
$.c A
$.p Historical Folder\American History
$.g 0
$.tab A_87
If the statement is prepared in the C API and then the JSON string bound as:
sqlite3_prepare_v3( db_mem->handle, "insert into request select * from json_tree( ? )", -1, SQLITE_PREPARE_PERSISTENT, &(db_mem->parse), NULL )
sqlite3_bind_text( db_mem->parse, 1, j, l, SQLITE_STATIC )// Where j points to the JSON string in json_tree() above and l is strlen(j).
The bind returns SQLITE_OK or 0 but any query run to retrieve data from table
request fails, returning code 1.
If the following code is run to expand the statement after binding,
char *exp = sqlite3_expanded_sql( db_mem->parse );
printf( "%s\n", exp );
sqlite3_free( exp );
the result is as below with one backslash, which I assume is why it fails.
insert into request select * from json_tree( '{"g":0,"r":"A","c":"A","p":"Historical Folder\American History","tab":"A_119"}' )
Although I don't know what the content of the JSON strings passed to the C application will be, I control the code that builds them.
Would you please tell me what should be done to correct this, such that the C API will return the same result as the command line.
I should add that using four backslashes as
"History Folder\\\\American History" works but is that the right way?
Thank you.
(2) By ddevienne on 2021-03-04 08:50:46 in reply to 1.0 [link] [source]
If you look at JSON's grammar, you'll see that in JSON, backslash
must be escaped with a backslash. And the same is true in C as well!
Thus to get two backslashes in the JSON, you need 4 of them in the C literal.
If you have a C++11 compiler, you can use a raw-string-literal to avoid having
to escape your backslashes in the C/C++11 code, i.e.
R"(foo\\bar)", instead
of
"foo\\\\bar" in a plain C compiler.
I suspect that's your issue. Good luck. --DD
(3) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-04 18:21:16 in reply to 2 [link] [source]
Thanks. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding; but I don't need two backslashes in the final text of the object property p passed in the JSON string.
The prepared statement includes
json_tree(?) and when the
sqlite3_bind_text() escapes it there and, when the statement is executed, it is escaped again, treating the single remaining backslash as if it were escaping the next character in the string.
?has two backslashes (to get one desired)
In this case, "History Folder\\American History" is bound as "History Folder\American History" and when subsequently executed the SQL tries to escape the "A" and fails.
Thus to get one backslash into a text column in table, it appears four backslashes are needed in the literal when binding parameters.
I understand that to get two backslashes, both need escaped requiring four in the literal. It appears that all escapes need to be "doubled" since, even though
sqlite3_bind_text() performs the escape, it is again performed before/when the statement is executed.
I wanted to make sure that is the correct way to handle it and that it'll always work.
Thanks.
(4.1) By ddevienne on 2021-03-04 18:51:53 edited from 4.0 in reply to 3 [link] [source]...
(5) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-04 21:21:16 in reply to 4.1 [link] [source]
Thanks again. I probably wrote the statement you quoted in a less than precise manner. I was speaking of '$.p' in a row of type text, not as a member of a table row of type object that would still be JSON format.
That is an interesting point, however, that I hadn't yet been forced to consider; but I tried it (that is, parsing an object with properties that are also objects) out and the escape characters, double or more backslashes, are all automatically preserved for any row of type object after the parse. Of course, that makes it quite easy.
Although I think one backslash will work in my particular case since I will be building a command using the text of the '$.p' row, I cannot say with certainty at this point; and that is not really my question. Thank you for bringing that to my attention, nonetheless.
I was just, stupidly perhaps, thinking that the text should be escaped only once; but was missing that the string passed in sqlite3_bind_text() is escaped when replacing the
?and then that expression is escaped when executed. I thought that sqlite3_bind_text() would replace the
?with the escaped string and it would not then be escaped a second time when the statement is executed.
Maybe I'm still missing something; but to get two backslashes in the text row of '$.p', the original JSON has to start with eight; because sqlite3_bind_text() will escape it to four, and then the statement will treat those four as needing escaped again to two. As long as it works that way all the time consistently, it's all I need to know.
Thanks.
(6) By Larry Brasfield (larrybr) on 2021-03-04 21:31:07 in reply to 5 [link] [source]
I'm not trying to sort out your whole perplexity, but I can address this:
because sqlite3_bind_text() will escape it to four
Banish that from your brain! sqlite3_bind_text() is responsible for getting some characters, provided in the format it expects, into whatever form the database needs (per its encoding, often the same as what ...bind_text() expects.) It does no escaping. It you seem to pass C "string" literals into it that need some kind of escape sequence processing, the compiler does that, not ...bind_text(). It similarly knows nothing of Json or how anything Json-related might be done with the text after it has been bound to a query parameter.
(7) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-04 22:07:46 in reply to 6 [link] [source]
Yeah, that was a most terrible way for me to express that.
Upon further reflection, this is a most useless question. It's not entirely a misunderstanding of C either. It's just my confusion over thinking that somehow sqlite3_bind_text() and the execution of the prepared statement were more closely related. They are two steps and each involves an escape procedure somewhere along the way, such as one in determining what will replace the
?and one in interpreting it as SQL.
If you have the authority to delete this question, please do so.
Perhaps, most likely, I better make it a rule to never post a question at 3:30 AM any longer.
Thank you.
(8.1) By Keith Medcalf (kmedcalf) on 2021-03-04 23:01:59 edited from 8.0 in reply to 5 [link] [source]
the string passed in sqlite3_bind_text() is escaped when replacing the ?
Incorrect.
sqlite3_bind_text passes a bag-o-bytes unmolested between the "external" application and the "SQLite3 internals". The bag-o-bytes is a sequence of bytes representing a C string encoded using UTF-8. "C string" means a sequence of bytes followed by a null (0) terminator. If these conditions are violated (UTF-8 encoding and null termination with no embedded null bytes) then "all hell may break loose" which may include the immediate termination of the multiverse.
"escape sequences" are interpreted by "parsers". Converting what you type as a C (or other language) program into the actual "machine code" executed by the actual physical machine requires "parsing" what you typed and interpreting "escape codes" to make up for your inability to type certain characters.
Similarly, JSON glook is "parsed" into what it contains and "parses" escape characters in order to make up for your inability to type them or the JSON parsing protocol specification to represent them directly.
Sometimes there are multiple layers of parsers which mayhaps use the same escape characters. So, for example, to create a C string that respresents JSON containing a string with a special character requires that you multiplicate the relevant escape characters to make the output of the parser from the parsers' parser be what you actually intend.
(9) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-10 04:12:39 in reply to 8.1 [link] [source]
Thank you. I was confused and missing the fact that the json_tree() parse performed one escape and then the execution of the SQL statement, after the bind, parsed and escaped again; and was erroneously attributing the first escape to the bind itself since the sql expand showed one escape had been performed by that point. Thanks for the explanation.
May I ask a related bag-o-bytes question? It's part of this same sqlite process of exchanging JSON messages but is not really a sqlite-specific question. I understand if it is too far off topic.
Anytime a JSON string is of a size that is a multiple of 256 plus 10 bytes (such as 266 ad 522) and that size is passed as a uint32 prefixed to the JSON message, the message is ignored on the other end, which is a native-messaging API in a browser extension. I'm an old man but not an old programmer. Four bytes in a uint32; eight bits in a byte; eight bits represent a decimal value range from 0 to 255. What does the remainder of 10 have to do with anything? It appears to be represented by a new-line character and prints to the screen as a smiley face when the C/SQLite .exe is run from the command line. When written to a local file, the JSON string itself is moved to a new line from the first uint32 byte which is a smiley face. All other lengths appear to work fine. Could you please point me in the right direction for where to search for an answer? It might be my novice stupidity and lack of solid background in computer basics or a problem in the native-messaging API. I know sqlite is not causing the issue because it couldn't possibly return weird values for only these string sizes and the strings are built from other values in addition to those retrieved from sqlite tables; and it appears to be the uint32 size not the string itself. Thank you.
(10) By David Empson (dempson) on 2021-03-10 04:51:18 in reply to 9 [link] [source]
Somewhat off-topic for SQLite but easiest to answer the question here.
The appearance of the 10 byte on a new line in your output file means you are probably on a Windows system and you have opened the file in ASCII mode rather than binary mode. This concept only exists on platforms such as Windows which don't follow UNIX conventions for text file formats.
For text files on UNIX/Linux systems, end of line is a newline '\n' (ASCII 10). For text files on DOS/Windows, end of line is a carriage return '\r' (ASCII 13) followed by a newline '\n' (ASCII 10).
C originated on UNIX and follows the UNIX standard, so in C when writing to a file, you represent the end of line with '\n'. Since that would produce non-standard text files on Windows, the standard library for Windows C compilers defaults to ASCII mode when a file is opened. In ASCII mode, any '\n' written by the application is replaced with a "\r\n" pair, with the reverse translation for read.
In ASCII mode, if you write binary data which happens to include a byte with the value 10, the file will have a byte with the value 13 inserted before the 10, which will break your binary formatting protocol.
Solution: open the file in binary mode, which writes the data without modification, e.g. use "wb" mode for fopen() or add the O_BINARY flag for open().
If your application needs to be portable, you might want to put this part of the code in a #if/#else/#endif conditional block so opening in binary mode is specific to Windows. The "b" option for fopen() is part of the C90 standard so should be accepted and ignored on modern UNIX/Linux systems, but the O_BINARY flag for open() is a non-standard extension and may cause a compile error.
(11.2) By Gary (1codedebugger) on 2021-03-10 07:12:55 edited from 11.1 in reply to 10 [source]
Thank you very much for the explanation.
I thought these comments relative to the local text file rather than stdout in general, because I read similar information last night. I don't mess with Chrome browser at all but found in their development area a warning concerning Windows, much like your information, and it directed to a Windows web page that discussed a _setmode() function and it used _O_BINARY flag for stdin and stdout.
I tried using _setmode() on stdout with the _O_BINARY flag, with and without the underscores (for some reason half of Windows function names appear to have been deprecated and prefixed with an underscore) and it failed. It worked for stdin but not stdout.
After reading your response, I went back to that Chrome developer message and the referenced Windows web page and tried it all again; and this time it worked!
It changed _setmode() on stdout to flag _O_BINARY and the extension now reads 266 and 522 successfully. I wouldn't be surprised if I typed an 0 instead of an O in O_BINARY when I added it for stdout or something stupid like that after so many tries.
Thanks again! I can't tell you what a relief it is that it works. I was ready to throw the browser away and Windows away, and either give up or try another UI and OS. I may still do that when I get a chance anyways. | https://sqlite.org/forum/info/205aa358f14f57be | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | refinedweb | 2,449 | 68.5 |
Meeting:Board meeting 2010-10-25
From FedoraProject
Board Meeting 25 Oct 2010
Roll Call
Present
- Rex Dieter
- Tom "spot" Callaway
- Jon Stanley
- Stephen Smoogen
- Máirín Duffy :)
- Chris Tyler
- Jared Smith
Regrets
- Matt Domsch
- Chris Aillon
Agenda
Planning for F14 release next Tuesday
- Let's encourage people to keep an eye on the blocker list to keep
from having a last-minute slip
- on track for Tuesday
F15 release names
- We got the F15 release names back from RH legal. Announcement going
out today, voting opens tomorrow.
- Asturias, Blarney, Sturgis, Lovelock (Frozen monkey), Pushcart
- Election for names starts ...?
- Jared will announce names shortly after meeting
Fedora Elections, next steps?
- nominations open
- Jared will be posting call for nominations for F15 FAMSCo / FESCo / Board (today?)
- Will make another call for election questionnaire coordinators / town hall coordinators / election coordinator, which Jared will do unless someone else steps up to the plate?
- (Spot) if nobody steps up consider me a backup
- (Mizmo) will paste notes on election coordination in wiki and send to Jared
Remaining issues for approval of the multi desktop DVD (ticket #88)
- (kudos to Matt)
- If $SOMEBODY in RELENG hypothetically willing take responsibility for rel-engineering of this, and if requirements are met, are we approving for F14?
- (Jon) seems awful late to do it. Perhaps one of the criteria should be timing?
- (Smooge) how about putting timing after this... if it's not done by Alpha... it shouldn't happen
- (Spot) should be a schedule milestone?
- (Jon) we're past feature freeze, this is a feature
- (Mizmo) - example of changing things past alpha, makes it more difficult for supporting materials on the website, docs, etc.
- (Spot) (1) should there be a timing requirement in these guidelines? ... yes from my POV (Rex agrees) (2) Do we give an exception in this specific case as there were no guidelines in place when it was put together?
- (Jared) If it's built on our infrastructure, if $STRAWMAN is okay helping getting it built & hosted on our infrastructure.... in this specific case if they meet all requirements outside of schedule/timing, then yes they can move forward.
- (Mizmo) added a requirement to the doc for Fedora Design Team produced artwork & explicitly adding schedule requirement that will be waived for this particular request.
- Conclusion - Jared will talk to Christoph about our decision.
Board blog
- just need an official name, is "Fedora Board Blog" okay?
- Mizmo will send this to infrastructure team
charter for a Community Working Group
- (ticket #82), time permitting
- discussion from last meeting:
-
- Main diffs:
- accountable to board
- Suggests more specific task examples for group to do
- Rex amended draft based on discussion last week
- Any comments on the latest draft?
- lifetime for group? charter for a year
- Next steps
- If everybody is okay with draft, then approve & announce
- Mizmo brought up one nit - mission statement needs improvement - so we agreed to copy the first sentence of Goal & Strategy section to use as mission statement as well. (Rex will fix in wiki)
- Board Approved, no one opposes
- Rex will announce approved charter
- Rex will move charter to a better wiki home if necessary
- Identify some candidates to staff the group
- Send generic message widely to get interest in applications? (Spot) +1 (Jon, Rex) (This is similar to how package committee is appointed)
- Definitely don't want this to be a cabal
- When should we put out call?
- How many should we have?
- Good to have an odd number - Rex proposes 5-7
- Jon, Smooge - 5 good, 7 too many
- Not elected, appointed by Board
revisit updates vision (ticket #83)
- (Spot) word of caution that FESCo is already working on this and making progress, if we significantly change the vision they won't be terribly pleased with us at this point. His inclination is to let it sit as-is for a while... then revisit vision & implementation - post-mortem to see if it made things better or worse. It will apply retroactively to previous releases... Fedora 14 will be the first release to start with the policy.
- (Jared) What are the issues, Rex?
- Beef with second bullet point... "only fix bugs & security issues." Don't agree with that language. (Rex)
- What else would you want to do reasonable? Feature introduction... no. Feature re-work, maybe. (Jon)
- Adding new features is the exception rather than the norm. FESCo can deal with exceptions, voting on things. Already examples listed on the wiki for handling this. (Jared)
- Isn't that the heart of the policy? (Colin)
- Core vision of the statement is providing a consistent user experience. So that phrase in contention doesn't seem to add or take away to that core. (Rex)
- (Spot) I think I wrote that specific clause in the document. I wanted to make sure we added very specific language in our guidance to FESCo to ensure there's no ambiguity. Because "consistent experience" can be interpreted in 10 different ways... in the past we've seen Board guidance be spun in ways it wasn't meant to be read. So I wanted to be clear here that the approach should be to fix only bugs & security issues. There is the understanding that it won't always be possible and occasional exceptions will need to come in - but all of the guidelines for FESCo worked that way. Didn't want a pre-built loophole for people to say feature updates are okay. The number of legitimate exceptions shouldn't be too much for FESCo to deal with on a one-off basis.
- (Rex) I just feel that this is going a bit too far - overcompensating a bit too far. In IRC with gregdek & smooge a month ago in IRC.... getting Bodhi updates, testing, qa processes improved... thought that alone would help the same problem the "hard core" language addresses.
- (Spot) We have a lot of things that are altered pre this policy and post. Liked or unliked, it's understood by the vast majority of folks at this point. Let's give it a shot, quit tinkering, and revisit in 6 mos - 1 year to see if it's been successful or not. Could we point to specific cases at that time, where the policy made peoples' lives more difficult, then would be open to revisiting.
- (Jared) Tend to agree with Spot, we've tweaked so many knobs... let things have a chance and come back and revisit if needed. Need to give it a chance to see how it works and go from there.
- (Rex) On mailing list thread.... do we need to mention users in the consistent experience statement? What about the developer experience? Expand the list or take out "user" altogether?
- (Spot) We don't want to break the developer experience at will... just want to make sure we're focusing on the users. It's hard to find a developer who isn't also a user. If we want to amend to say users and developers... that would be okay. Don't want to take "user" out.
- (Jared) Gets feedback, 2-3 months after a release, so many things have changed, developer can't do what they want to do or too frustrated and can't apply updates so they have something stable to work with. Shouldn't have to make a decision between security and stability.
- (Spot) Intent of document is to provide guidance to FESCo. The document itself is not policy. If we are proposing making changes to this document at this point in time, will it affect FESCo policy in any meaningful way? In this wording change, I see the point it may have been more appropriate to say users & developers - I don't think FESCo wrote a policy biased against developers in anyway. So changing the wording now probably won't be a benefit in any way.
- (Rex) My second reservation is that a lot of times new releases of software are the things that fix bugs, and they include features. Oh my gosh, we could fix these bugs, but I can't because this vision blocks it because the bug fix is wrapped into feature update
- (Spot) Rebuttal is several groups have petitioned for exceptions in this scenario, and FESCo has reviewed them and approved exceptions in relevant cases, and I haven't been disappointed in the process of these examples. Let's watch and review these cases in the next 6 mos - 1 year and make sure that continues.
- (Jared) Point is not zero-tolerance, point is that there's some FESCo review / judgment going on. It's not to say we don't want any exception, just that we need to deal with them one-on-one basis.
- (Rex) Case studies on what went wrong? I hear that statement made a lot.... but then when pressed for details, none come out. (??)
- (Smooge) Pulse audio, kernel, mozilla, KDE (Spot).... we're not going to fix those...
- (Spot) To be fair, I don't think KDE is always founded.... there are a lot of long memories in that space. Very much the same way ppl in Linux community complaining about GCC 2.6... people bring it up today still even though ancient history. People see... once it breaks for them once, they have a long memory about it. Rex has a valid point, there's room for us to try to capture that data in a more meaningful way, whenever we come across these sorts of cases (bad experiences with Fedora regarding updates) - to document them well. Experiences with quantifiable details. Does our policy capture/resolve these in anyway? Policy for the sake of policy no good, rather policy for the sake of resolving problems.
- (Smooge) How many ppl from FESCo will be at FUDcon? Board?
- (Spot) prolly most
- (Smooge) Big issue is that we need everybody on the two sides of the room together to make sure everybody knows face-to-face not just over emails what's going on.... vs FESCo thinking one thing, us thinking another
- (Spot) Originally we did a back-and-forth with Kevin (FESCo chair at the time) and we had confirmed with them we were on the same page.
- (Jared) Propose take a look after F15 ships and then take a look, gather some info
- (Spot) Volunteers to collate, quantification with details situations where people complain about X update did something bad, send to Spot and he will keep records on that. Spot will keep them in the wiki as soon as we get one. Will make it easier for others to add on to as well.
- Let's put to a vote - to reivsit after F15 ships (jsmith)
- (Smooge) +1 (the seconding +1 :) )
- Spot +1
- jstanley +1
- Mizmo +1
- Colin +1
- rdieter +1
- Jsmith +1
- Smooge +1
- Jared will add as F15 milestone
Ticket #87 - Finalize the TLA
- Jared spoke to RH Legal this morning.... they said they are fine from their side. Paul might have something on his side but...
- (Spot) AFAIK that document should have been finalized a while ago
- (Jared) I'll double-check with legal that it's final, double-check with Paul that nothing is waiting on it - Paul says as long as text hasn't changed from ODT Paul mailed him, it's no issue.
- (Spot) will do the move to Legal namespace once hears from Jared that it's final | http://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Meeting:Board_meeting_2010-10-25&oldid=203979 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | refinedweb | 1,893 | 71.44 |
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Originally posted at the xamarin forums:
Jonathan Dick asked me for posting it here again ()
So here we go:
On stack overflow I answered some questions (e.g. ) where not inheriting from Java.Lang.Object was the cause of the problem. The main problem is, that nobody sees the message on the build output.
> Type 'MyListener ' implements Android.Runtime.IJavaObject but does not inherit from Java.Lang.Object. It is not supported.
Usually the interface is implemented with Handle and Dispose like:
public class SomeImplementation : ISomeJavaInterface
{
public IntPtr Handle
{
get
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
public void Dispose()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
// ...
}
I've added a Stackoverflow documentation for it:
I'm wondering if there is any reason for not failing early with a compiler error!? If not, this should be changed :)
This warning most certainly should become a build error. Since it cannot be really made into a compilation error I'm reassigning the bug to the build system which can capture the message and convert it to an error.
> I'm wondering if there is any reason for not failing early with a compiler error
Yes: compatibility. We "discovered" and raised this as a warning several *years* after initial release, and without knowing how much code this would impact, had -- and still have -- no idea how many projects would suddenly stop building if this warning were made an error. (The warning was added to source control in August 2013; Mono for Android 1.0 was released in 2011.)
"Pick your poison," as they say...
Additionally, this isn't limited to just source code in a project. *ANY* e.g. NuGet package or other library your App Project references could also run afoul of this.
Yes, you shouldn't do that, but wholesale changing everything is...scary, frankly.
@Dean: While this should be an error, we should also add a new MSBuild property to *disable* emitting the error, in case some project which is currently working is working *in spite of this warning.* That way if a project "suddenly breaks," there's something they can do about it.
I am confirming this behavior based on comments:
This is a common issue that Xamarin.Android developers run into because things like View.IOnClickListener() implement `IJavaObject` but do not inherit from `Java.Lang.Object`. Thus the developer who implements an interface like View.IOnClickListener needs to ensure they inherit `Java.Lang.Object`.
An optional MSBuild property can definitely help identify more cases and ultimately help fix issues in projects, libraries, etc.
This is a more involved fix than at first thought. Moving to the 15.5 milestone.
PR:
Fixed in:
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If you’re a .NET developer, working with or without a database on the back-end, your world is about to change. The emergence of LINQ and SQLMetal technologies will mark a fundamental change to your development approach to collections, and provide a simpler, more consistent way of accessing your database.
This article will provide you with an overview of these technologies, the details you need to get started, and links to more sources of information.
LINQ
The information in this article on LINQ can be compared to the first broad-brush stroke in the process of painting a landscape. Let’s start with the “5 Ws” executive summary.
What
LINQ stands for Language-Integrated Query. The LINQ technology provides a set of extensions to the .NET framework that allow developers to use the .NET language of their choice to issue queries against any data source. LINQ does not constrain you to just reading and writing records to and from your RDBMS. Your data source can be an XML file or a collection of objects in memory. It does not matter where or how the objects were loaded into memory.
LINQ’s great strength is that it offers a uniform approach to querying, via:
- LINQ to Objects – querying a collection of objects
- LINQ to SQL (originally called DLINQ)- for managing and querying relational data, as objects
- LINQ to XML (sometimes called XLINQ) – for querying XML
Why learn and master three approaches when LINQ handles them all?
Who
Microsoft developed the LINQ technology as a means for .NET Developers to query data sources from the .NET language (as opposed to SQL). Microsoft intends LINQ not to be “just another tool in the .NET developers’ toolkit”, but rather a fundamentally new approach to .NET development.
When
At the time of publication of this article, LINQ is available as a community technology preview. All samples in this article were written with May 2006 CTP. However, a March 20007 CTP has just been released by Microsoft. The code supplied in this article has been verified on both CTPs, but the article does not cover any of the new features of the March 07 CTP.
The .NET framework version 3.5 will support LINQ, and the 3.5 framework will be included with Orcas (the next release of Visual Studio). No official release date has been supplied by Microsoft but, unofficially, shipment is predicted in the second half of 2007.
Where
- Download Microsoft’s LINQ CTP – 2006 May
- Download Microsoft’s Visual Studio “Orcas” CTP – 2007 March
The May 06 CTP took me around 5 minutes to download and install. The March 07 “Orcas” CTP contains LINQ and many more new features and took me around 5 hours to download and install.
Why
LINQ incorporates some Functional Programming concepts, and addresses a broad range of development scenarios. I have found that the more I develop with it, the more places I would use it. Why? I can accomplish what I need to do in one statement, rather than a block of code. Like any new technology, there is an initial learning curve but ultimately LINQ allows a.NET developer to focus on what needs to be accomplished, rather than the details of how.
A simple LINQ application in two minutes
Here is a complete and simple LINQ example. After installing LINQ, you should be able to get this up and running in 2 minutes
- Download and Install Microsoft’s LINQ CTP – 2006 May
- Start Visual Studio 2005
- Choose Menu
- File | New | Project
- Select Project Type of “Visual C# | LINQ Preview”, then choose a Template of “LINQ Console Application”, Click “OK” (When using March 2007 CTP select “Visual C# | Windows”, then Template of “Console Application”)
- You will receive the following dialog, but just click “OK”. You will not receive this message with the March 2007 CTP and. Personally, I have not encountered any LINQ feature that worked incorrectly
- Open the Program.cs file that appears in the solution window
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
// *** Use next three statements for May 2006 CTP
using System.Query;
using System.Xml.XLinq;
using System.Data.DLinq;
// *** Use next statement for Mar 2007 CTP
// using System.Linq;
namespace LINQConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
| int [] nums = new int [] {51,2,3,14,1,6,3};
| int result = nums.Count( num => num < 5 );
|
| System.Console.WriteLine( result ); // result = 4
|
| // Keep the console window open, so you can see the results
| System.Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
- Hit F5 to run this application.
TIP:
If you are trying things out with LINQ and nothing seems to work, make sure you have added a using statement for System.Query at the top of your source module.
Coding in LINQ: developer details
I began my investigation of LINQ as replacement for a homegrown data access layer but I quickly realized that LINQ represented more than that. It represented a fundamental change in the way I would write code dealing with any collection. LINQ provides you with functionality that replaces the custom code you used to write over and over again. First let’s start by looking at details on changes to the C# and VB.Net languages.
New keywords to the .NET languages
In order to support LINQ, the var and from keywords have been added to the .NET languages.
An example use of var is as follows:
The variable x is assigned a fixed type of an int by the compiler (implicitly typed local variable). Yes, many of us remember var from VB6 but the difference here is that the var keyword causes the compiler to determine a type, and the type of x is fixed and locked for its lifetime (in VB6, the variable could subsequently be assigned to a string or a float).
The following keywords can only be used in a from statement.
- in
- join
- where
- orderby
- group
LINQ to objects: querying a collection of objects
LINQ comes with many new operators used to perform queries against any collection. Rather than writing custom code, querying against an in-memory collection is performed in one standard library (LINQ). For the moment, it is best to think of these new operators as methods. All but two operators (Range and Repeat) are available to any collection.
I will focus on the basic form (syntax) for using the vast majority of the LINQ Operators:
Collection.Operator( [param1 [, param2]] )
Some operators do not take any parameters. Others are overloaded with 0, 1 or 2 parameters. Many of the operators that take one parameter require that parameter be a Lambda expression or a Predicate expression:
- A Lambda expression is essentially an anonymous function or, in other words, a function without a name. They are a more-compact replacement for anonymous methods in .NET 2.0.
- Predicate expression: Many operators require a Lambda expression that returns a Boolean value; this is referred to as a Predicate expression.
Quick sample:
int [] nums = new int [] {51,2,3,14,1,6,3};
int result = nums.Count( num => num < 5 ); // Line2
System.Console.WriteLine( result ); // result = 4
Line 2 calls the Count() operator, supplying as parameter the Lambda expression, num => num < 5. There are two parts to this expression: the first part, num, is a name choosen by you. It is a name of a new variable which has a very limited scope. The second part, num < 5, is a predicate expression. It is an anonymous function with a return type of a boolean. So this line counts the number of items in the array named “nums” that have a value of less than 5. Those items are highlighted below:
int [] nums = new int [] {51,2,3,14,1,6,3};
The Count() operator, iterates over each item in the collection, calling the anomymous function once for each item in the collection. Each item in the collection is assigned to the variable num before the anomymous function is called. An internal variable is incremented every time the predicate expression evaluates to true, resulting in the variable result being assigned the value 4.
Any of following operators can be called on an existing collection.
- Restriction produces subset of original collection
- .Where(Predicate)
- Projection transform your collection to different type
- .Select(Projection)
- .SelectMany(Lambda)
- Partitioning produces subset of original collection
- .Take(int)
- .Skip( int)
- .TakeWhile(Predicate)
- .SkipWhile(Predicate)
- Ordering produces an ordered collection
- .OrderBy(IComparer)
- .OrderByDescending(IComparer)
- Grouping produces a group collection
- .GroupBy(IEqualityComparer)
- Set product a new set from the original collection
- .Distinct()
- .Union(Collection)
- .Intersect(Collection)
- .Except(Collection)
- Conversion transforms the collection
- .ToArray()
- .ToList()
- .ToDictionary()
- .OfType<T>()
- Element returns one element from the collection
- .First(Predicate)
- .FirstOrDefault(Predicate)
- .ElementAt(int)
- Quantifiers returns a subset of the collection
- .Any(Predicate)
- .All(Predicate)
- Aggregate returns an aggregate based on the collection
- .Count(Predicate)
- .Sum(Lambda)
- .Count(Lambda)
- .Min(Lambda)
- .Max(Lambda)
- .Average(Lambda)
- .Aggregate(Lambda)
- Miscellaneous
- .Concat(Collection)
Using FROM – code samples
Let’s take a look at a few very simple examples, in order to obtain a feel of LINQ and its power and simplicity. Later on, we’ll move on to examples of querying a database.
Selection
| static public void Selection()
| {
| int[] nums = { 5, 4, 3, 1, 3 };
|
| var addOne =
| from n in nums
| select n + 1;
|
| foreach (var i in addOne)
| {
| Console.WriteLine(i);
| }
| }
Outputs:
6
5
4
2
4
Filtering
static public void Filtering()
{
int[] nums = { 5, 4, 3, 1, 3 };
var addOne =
from n in nums
| where n < 4 // New
select n + 1;
foreach (var i in addOne)
{
Console.WriteLine(i);
}
}
Outputs:
4
2
4
Ordering
static public void Ordering()
{
int[] nums = { 5, 4, 3, 1, 3 };
var addOne =
from n in nums
where n < 4
| orderby n descending
select n + 1;
foreach (var i in addOne)
{
Console.WriteLine(i);
}
}
Outputs:
4
4
2
Projections
A Projection allows you to transform your collection into another collection, containing objects of a new type. The new type can be instance of an existing class or an anomymous type. I think projection is one of the highlights/strengths of LINQ.
static public void Projection()
{
int[] nums = { 5, 4, 3, 1, 3 };
| var prj =
from n in nums
| select new { n, o = n+1 };
| foreach (var p in prj)
{
| Console.WriteLine(“n:” + p.n + ” O:” + p.o );
}
}
Outputs:
n:5 O:6
n:4 O:5
n:3 O:4
n:1 O:2
n:3 O:4
Grouping
static public void Grouping()
{
int[] nums = { 5, 4, 3, 1, 3 };
| const int divideBy = 3;
var prj =
from n in nums
| group n by n % divideBy into g
select new {Rmndr = g.Key, Numbers = g};
foreach (var g in prj)
{
string [] numsInGrp;
| // Use .Select Operator to convert from int to string,
| // then use .ToArray()
| numsInGrp = g.Numbers.Select( n => n.ToString() ).ToArray();
| string theNums = string.Join( “,”, numsInGrp );
| Console.WriteLine(“Numbers ({0}) with Rmndr of {1}”,
| theNums, g.Rmndr);
}
}
Outputs:
Numbers (5) with Rmndr of 2
Numbers (4,1) with Rmndr of 1
Numbers (3,3) with Rmndr of 0
This highlights the advantage of using from to query collections, over the use of operators; namely that from supports the querying of one or more collections in a single statement via a join.
Must See:
In addition to these, you should definitely check out the samples folder that is installed with LINQ (C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\Samples\C#\SampleQueries). There is one solution containing a single application demonstrating over 300 samples. The samples are nicely organized, allowing you to see and run one sample at a time.
NOTE:
The samples that shipped with the May 06 CTP no longer appear to be present with the Orcas (Mar 07) CTP. At the time of publication, a set of updated samples for the Oracas CTP were available from Charlie Calvert’s blog:
SqlMetal and LINQ to SQL
Again, let’s start with the “5 Ws – Executive Summary”
What
LINQ to SQL is a replacement for ADO.NET to perform operations on your database. LINQ to SQL allows .NET developers to operate on the database using the same development approach as we saw before for dealing with in-memory collections. LINQ to SQL returns collections which are strongly typed. Strongly typed objects are backed by a corresponding pre-defined class.
A data access layer can be thought of as an object view of your relational database. In years past, people have coded their data access layer by hand, the result being that there was seldom any consistency between items created at the beginning, middle and the end of the project. Not anymore, SqlMetal will always produce a consistent data access layer:
- SQLMetal is a command line tool that can generate the data access layer in seconds.
- SqlMetal will produce either C# or VB.Net code.
- SqlMetal generates a strongly typed data access layer. This is great for reducing runtime error. Now those runtime errors pop up in the development cycle as compile errors, reducing stress on the QA dept, Support dept and upper management, later in the life cycle.
NOTE:
LINQ to SQL does not require you use SqlMetal to build your strongly typed classes. If you like to incur an excess amount of time and frustration, you can code them by hand, but SqlMetal makes them quickly and consistently.
Who
- SqlMetal and LINQ to SQL was developed by Microsoft as part the LINQ technology and will generally be used by:
- Developer responsible for the schema, or
- Database Administrator (DBA)
- .NET Developers needing to access information in a database
NOTE:
.NET developers will use LINQ to SQL together with the output generated by SqlMetal.
When
- Run SqlMetal just before releasing a new version of your schema to the development staff.
- It is important for each generated output to be assigned a unique version number. Additionally, it should be checked into source control.
Running the tool is quick and easy, but pushing the generated output to the development staff on a daily basis will likely result in extreme frustration and lost productivity. Batching modifications to the database schema will help minimize the number of times that development staff will be disrupted. It is important to synchronize the new version of the database schema with the output from SqlMetal. This is like a hand and glove, it is critical to know which glove in a pile of 30 or more go to the hand in question. Unfortunately, SqlMetal provides little help in knowing which of the 30 generated versions for SqlMetal goes with any particular instance of the database. Yes, when a database is under development and schedules are tight, it is not unheard of to have 30 or more versions of your database schema in a period of three months.
Where
- Download Microsoft’s LINQ CTP – 2006 May
- The SqlMetal executable for the May 06 CTP can, by default, be found in C:\Program Files\LINQ Preview\bin. For the March 2007 CTP, it’s C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\SDK\v3.5\Bin
Why.
Microsoft refers to these generated classes as business entities. Business entities are basically a thin, lightweight strongly typed container for data, with no associated database overhead and generally no business logic. Business entities can stand alone and apart from the database. This makes them ideal candidates to be passed between layers of your system. SqlMetal builds the classes as partial classes, allowing you to extend these classes. However, note that business entities are not to be confused with business objects. The most useful extensions of these classes (entities) are via interfaces. Find commonality and express it in those entities via interfaces. The most common error developers make when trying to extend these classes is to add methods which belong in a business object. See more on why not to do this later in this article.
SqlMetal can generate strongly typed interfaces for stored procedures and user-defined functions. From the developer point of view, it is now a complete breeze to call either a stored proc and/or a user-defined function.
The following are a couple of issues which will become evident when you start using a tool which generates your data access layer. A little pre-planning now will save you huge pain and suffering later.
Issuse #1: The quality of your database design, or the lack of it, is now propagated into the source code generated by SqlMetal, which will be used by all of your .NET development staff. Before SqlMetal, an experienced developer would hand code a class for each table, and in the process hide poor column and table names, since he or she seldom had authority to modify the database itself. SqlMetal does not allow you to just rebuild a single table at a time. Keeping hand coded classes up to date over the life a project is extremely painful. The answer is to correct the database design, the real source of the problem. It is more important now than ever to get a clean, crisp, and concise database design before imposing it on the .NET developers. I cannot overstate the importance of this.
If you have a good database design, then SqlMetal will expose its robustness. Similarly, a poor database design will translate to the generated code. SqlMetal has nothing to assist you in measuring the quality of your database design. However, one such tool, SqlTac by CaberComputing, Inc. is designed to do this.
Issue #2: Planning on obfuscating your source code to protect your investment? LINQ to SQL uses reflection to perform its magic. Some planning upfront will save you a huge amount of heartache later. You know, “later” being the week before your product is supposed to ship, and everyone is already pretty tense and nothing is going as planned. Understand what you need to obfuscate before starting. Obfuscate the business logic that is contained in your business objects. Do not obfuscate your business entities, since they contain only data and not your secret sauce, and especially since LINQ to SQL uses reflection and will not recognize the mangled names. Yes, practice and perfect your obfuscation early in the development life cycle. It has impact on other aspects as well (serialization, testing, QA, and support depts.).
Using SqlMetal: developer details
There are numerous command line options for SqlMetal. To see them all, open a DOS window at the command prompt enter SqlMetal with no parameters and press enter.
To generate source code from SQL database directly, execute the following:
sqlmetal /server:myserver /database:AdventureWorks
/code:AdventureWorks.cs /language:csharp /pluralize
SqlMetal generates a single source file (C# or VB.NET) containing entity classes, as discussed earlier, and a class which inherits from System.Data.DLinq.DataContext (System.Data.Linq.DataContext in the March 07 CTP). This new class is the conduit by which you retrieve objects from the database and submit changes back to it.
The output file generated by SqlMetal for the AdventureWorks databse is included in the code download for this article
SqlMetal output for AdventureWorks
Using LINQ to SQL: Developer Details
Having installed LINQ and run SqlMetal with the above command line, you can create a new LINQ project in Visual Studio and start querying the data.
NOTE: If you’re using the May 06 CTP, make sure you choose a LINQ Preview project template when creating a new project in Visual Studio 2005. For March 2007 CTP, there are no special templates for LINQ
The AdventureWorks.cs file generated by SqlMetal contains definitions for many classes. The following examples will make use of the following classes/members contained in the AdventureWorks.cs (change DLInq to Linq in the class names for the Orcas CTP):
- AdventureWorks – Inherits from System.Data.DLinq.DataContext
- HumanResources.Departments – System.Data.DLinq.Table<Department>
- HumanResources.Department – Class(Entity by definition)
The following examples were written with the May 2006 CTP. There are minor differences to the source for the March 2007 CTP. Source for both CTPs and be found in the code download link at the start of this article. The differences are in the namespaces for LINQ and how SqlMetal builds table names.
Read
static private void ReadRow()
{
string connectionString = “Integrated Security=SSPI;
Persist Security Info=False;
Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;
Data Source=.”;
AdventureWorks db = new AdventureWorks( connectionString );
var dept = (from d in db.HumanResources.Departments
where d.Name == “Johnny’s”
select d).First();
System.Console.WriteLine( “Name=” + dept.Name );
System.Console.WriteLine( “GroupName=” + dept.GroupName );
System.Console.WriteLine( “ModifiedDate=” +
dept.ModifiedDate );
}
Add
static private void AddRow()
{
string connectionString = “Integrated Security=SSPI;
Persist Security Info=False;
Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;
Data Source=.”;
AdventureWorks db = new AdventureWorks( connectionString );
Table<Department> deptTable = db.HumanResources.Departments;
Department dept = new Department();
dept.Name = “Johnny’s”;
dept.GroupName = “The Group”;
dept.ModifiedDate = System.DateTime.Now;
deptTable.Add( dept );
db.SubmitChanges();
}
Update
static private void UpdateRow()
{
string connectionString = “Integrated Security=SSPI;
Persist Security Info=False;
Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;
Data Source=.”;
AdventureWorks db = new AdventureWorks( connectionString );
var dept = (from d in db.HumanResources.Departments
where d.Name == “Johnny’s”
select d).First();
System.Console.WriteLine( “GroupName=” + dept.GroupName );
dept.GroupName = “Saturday Night Group”;
db.SubmitChanges();
}
static private void DeleteRow()
{
string connectionString = “Integrated Security=SSPI;
Persist Security Info=False;
Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;
Data Source=.”;
AdventureWorks db = new AdventureWorks( connectionString );
var dept = (from d in db.HumanResources.Departments
where d.Name == “Johnny’s”
select d).First();
db.HumanResources.Departments.Remove( dept );
db.SubmitChanges();
}
Benefits of Link to SQL over ADO.NET
LINQ to SQL uses ADO.NET under the covers but offer several additional benefits:
- Reduces complexity
- No plumbing
- Simpler – No more Open and Closing of connections
- Fewer lines of code
- Fewer to write
- Fewer to maintain
- Strong Typing
- Compiler type checking of the expression
- No need for lines of embedded TSQL in C# code
- No brittle points prone to run time failures
Must See
SqlTac
5 Ws – Executive Summary
What
Caber Computing, Inc. has developed an application called SqlTac.
Every database from a design and development point of view has a lifecycle, Yes, it gets design, documentation, reviewed, changed; refinements and enhancements, tracking of modifications, cloned for test purposes, announcements / communicate of these changes,
SqlTac is the only tool on the market that supports the database’s lifecycle.
Who
Who in your organization will use this tool depends on your organization. Typically one of the following:
- Developer responsible for the schema OR
- Database Administrator (DBA)
NOTE: .NET developers, QA and Tech support can use the output generated by SqlTac.
When
The commercial version of SqlTac will be released shortly after LINQ technology is released by Microsoft.
Where
Why
SqlTac addresses the issues list below and many more:
Design: SqlTac will measure the quality of your current database design, identify specific items of concern and generate SQL statements to correct these design deficiencies.
Knowledge: Building a database which solves a business problem is a complex task, requiring a vast amount of brain power to create and maintain. Typically, the thoughts surrounding the guiding principles used to develop your database schema fail to get documented, and that knowledge is lost over time. People leave and memories fade. SqlTac allows you to capture your domain knowledge; to easily identify what pieces of your domain knowledge have not been recorded. SqlTac records your domain knowledge in your database, not by creating additional table(s), but using a standard SQL interface. Now your domain knowledge can be seen when using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. By storing this knowledge in your database, it will not get lost. Now, it is backed up whenever your database is backed up.
IntelliSense: Having now captured your domain knowledge, you need to take advantage of this fact, sharing this information to the .NET developers of your team. This information will be extremely valuable to all .NET developers. SqlTac can expose your domain knowledge to the .NET developer’s favorite development tool (VS Studio), via IntelliSense. .NET Developers live their life in VS Studio; having this knowledge in VS Studio is critical and provides huge value. SqlTac does this by incorporating it into SqlMetal’s generated output as XML style comments.
Help Files: SqlTac will allow you to build standard help files of your domain knowledge with just a few mouse clicks. That’s right, help files; share them with the QA and Tech support folks. Upper Management is always asking what your team has been doing for the last “n” months. Send them the help file; this will keep the dogs at bay.
Diffs: What new in this release; SqlTac will compare any two versions of a database and identify all additions, changes and modifications. Copy the information and paste to Word, Excel and/or Outlook then email it to the troops.
Validates: Ensure fundamentals; SqlTac will validate all SQL statements, and ensure they all compile. This includes all stored procedures, views, user-defined functions, check constraints and triggers.
Using SqlTac: developer details
Before running SqlMetal or SqlTac to produce your data access layer, there are a few steps I would recommend.
Step 1: Determine the quality of your database design by measurement. I would strongly suggest a database with a rating of less than 90percentneeds to be reviewed and have modifications performed before continuing. When it comes to a database design a 65 is not a passing grade. We all know the real world dictates releasing a less than optimal schema.
- Identify discrete and specific issues that need to be addressed.
- Address these issues by modifying (fixing) your database design.
Step 2: Make sure you have captured important domain knowledge relative to the changes made in Step1.
Step 3: Verify that the SQL statements in your database still compile. This includes all stored procedures, views, triggers, check constraints and user defined functions.
Step 4: Assign a version number to your schema. When you release the schema refer to it by the published version number.
Step 5: Run a Diff on the new version and the previous version of your schema. Capture the differences and distribute them to development, QA and your management, when you’re ready to release this new version.
Step 6: Check in to source control your schema and scripts to re-build the database. This would include scripts to load the reference data which ships with an empty database.
Step 7: Most source control systems allow you to place a label on your files. Place labels on all relevant checked in files. The label should contain the version discussed earlier.
Now that you’re ready to build your data access layer, use SqlTac in place of SqlMetal. SqlTac builds output which is fully compatible with SqlMetal. It will auto assign a version number to each build. When building the source code, SqlTac will extract your domain knowledge entered in Step 2 and include it as XML comments. This provides .NET developers with your domain knowledge at their fingertips, via IntelliSense in their favorite development environment, Visual Studio. With XML comments, you can generate Help files which can be given to QA, Tech support and upper management. Upper management is always wondering what’s happening, what’s taking so long, and so on – so throw them a bone. Give them a Help file.
After generating your data access layer,
- Re-compile and run your unit test,
- Re-compile and test your application
Must See: | https://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-tools/exploring-linq,-sqlmetal-and-sqltac/ | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | refinedweb | 4,541 | 55.95 |
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false.:
const config = { plugins: [ new webpack.IgnorePlugin({ resourceRegExp: /^\.\/locale$/, contextRegExp: /moment$/, }), ], };
You can use the same mechanism to work around problematic dependencies. Example:
new webpack.IgnorePlugin({ resourceRegExp: /^(buffertools)$/ }).
To bring specific locales to your project, you should use
ContextReplacementPlugin:
const config = { plugins: [ new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin( /moment[\/\\]locale$/, /de|fi/ ), ], };
There's a Stack Overflow question that covers these ideas in detail. See also Ivan Akulov's explanation of
ContextReplacementPlugin.
You can load locales of date-fns with a similar technique to avoid bundling each.:
const config = { module: { noParse: /node_modules\/demo\/index.js/ }, };
Take care when disabling warnings as it can hide underlying issues. Consider alternatives first. There's a webpack issue that discusses the problem.
To get more information, npm provides
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ssid - Statistics Store Identifier
The Oracle Solaris Statistics Store uses statistics identifiers known as ssids, ssids name system resources, statistics and events. SSIDs also specify arithmetic and statistical operations on statistics and formatting of event output.
ssids are used by the sstore(1) command and the libsstore(3LIB) library calls. ssids can be defined through metadata, as described in the ssid-metadata(7) man page.
An ssid is a string where only //: is a reserved sequence to separate the components of the ssid. Each component can have its own character restrictions.
A //:class and //:res component pair is required to identify a system resource. The following example identifies CPU 0:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0
The //:stat component identifies a statistic. The following SSID represents the usage of CPU 0:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:stat.usage
Some statistics can be viewed either as an aggregate or by selected partitions, which are described in the //:part section. For example, CPU usage can be broken down by mode (kernel, user, and so on):
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:stat.usage//:part.mode
An event is a time-specific change to a resource or class. The following SSID describes a fault of CPU 0:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:event.fault
A variety of operations are available for statistics. For example:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:stat.usage//:part.mode//:op.rate
A pre-defined set of formatting operations is available for events.
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:event.fault//:fmt.summary
Relationships between system resources can be represented as topology in an ssid.
Slices and wildcard notation can be used to match multiple items in an ssid. * is a simple wildcard character. The following examples show the matching of CPUs in an ssid:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/*
//:class.cpu//:res.id///:s.[0:5]
Each component of an SSID has metadata with information such as description and data type. Use the info subcommand of sstore(1) to retrieve this information.
Collections are references to groups of statistics and events.
SSIDs can have the following components:
The system on which a statistic is produced. The default is //:system.name/localhost. Currently, only //:system.name/localhost is supported.
A system resource is identified by a combination of class, the resource type, and the resource name. A class defines how resources can be named within that class. A single resource might be available through multiple names within the same class. For example, both of the following names refer to the same device.
//:class.disk//:res.dev/zvblk0
//:class.disk//:res.name/zvblk0
Resource names in SSIDs typically are the same as resource names used in administrative commands.
In addition, note that some resources can appear in multiple classes under different names, formally known as aliases. For example, a disk can appear in both //:class.disk and //:class.dev. However, not all aliases for a given resource are always available.
Class names can contain only alphanumeric characters (lowercase strongly encouraged) and the hyphen character (-), and must start with an alphanumeric character. Resource names have no restrictions.
As a best practice, use a unique company name when you add a class. //:class.solaris/ and //:class.s/ are explicitly reserved. //:class.site is available for administrative use.
The current list of classes on a specific system can be viewed with the following command:
$ sstore list //:class.*
Resources within a class can be viewed with the following command:
$ sstore list //:class.cpu//:res.*
Relationships between resources are represented in the ssid namespace as topology links. Regardless of topology, you can reference any resource in the system by the last class and resource in the ssid. Resources are never named solely by their topology.
While you do not need to know system topology to name a resource, there are many situations in which exploring and representing topology are useful. You represent topologies by allowing a class/resource pair after other related resources, as in the following example:
//:class.chip//:res.id/0//:class.cpu//:res.id/0 //:class.chip//:res.id/0//:class.cpu//:res.id/1
This explains that chip 0 contains cpus 0 and 1.
A topology is only valid at a specific point in time as topologies change. You may query the topology at a point of time in the past by exploring the namespace at that time range.
Both resources and classes can have statistics. A statistic is any piece of information about the resource or class. There is a common set of supported statistic types such as counters (preferred) and scalars. See sstore(7) for more information about metadata in general and statistic types in particular.
//:class.link/phys//:res.name/net0//:stat.in-bytes
You can partition only statistics. Partitions provide a dynamic view of entities that constitute that statistic. Partitions can be defined as static or dynamic. A static partition includes a full enumeration (in metadata) of the exact names of the entities in that partition. One such static partition is the mode partition of CPU usage shown as follows:
//:class.cpu//:stat.usage//:part.mode
A dynamic partition returns a different list of entities depending on when you query it. In general, you should define partitions as complete. Combining all entities in a partition should yield 100% of the statistic. You can discover partitions on a statistic by using the sstore list command as follows:
$ sstore list //:class.cpu//:stat.usage//:part.*
Events are time-specific information about changes to a resource or class. Currently, events are captured for faults and administrative actions on various resources.
For example, administrative actions, faults, and alerts for all CPUs are respectively as follows:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/*//:event.adm-action
//:class.cpu//:res.id/*//:event.fault
//:class.cpu//:res.id/*//:event.alert
A pre-defined set of mathematical and statistical operations is allowed on statistics. The operations available for any specific statistic or event are constrained by its type and metadata.
The full list of operations is documented in ssid-op(7) and can be shown by the following command:
//:class.cpu//:stat.usage//:part.mode//:op.rate
A pre-defined set of formatting operations is allowed for events. The full list of formatting operations is documented in ssid-op(7) and can be shown by the following command:
//:class.cpu//:res.id/0//:event.fault//:fmt.summary
For more information, see the ssid-collection.json(5) man page
You can use the * as a simple wildcarding mechanism. For example, you can match all classes as follows:
//:class.*
The * can appear at any time and matches to the next //: separator. For example, you can match all classes as follows:
//:clas*
You can also match a list of resources, statistics, partitions, and other entities in the namespace using slices. This can be very helpful when you are using operations.
You can use slices to match CPUs with ID 0-5 as shown in the following example:
//:class.cpu//:res.id///:s.[0:5]
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In rails 4, I want to render a partial (say the footer) on anywhere of a page.
In home_controller.rb, I have this within a class:
def spree_application
@test = render :partial => 'spree/shared/footer'
end
<%= @test %>
Controller's
render method is different than view's one. You want to execute it in a view context:
@test = view_context.render 'spree/shared/footer'
The main difference between this method and
render_to_string is that this returns html_safe string, so html tags within your <%= @test %> won't be escaped.
UPDATE:
However this is not the proper way of dealing with your problem. You are looking for 'content_for'. This method allows you to build part of the view, which can be used within the layout. All you need to do is to modify your layout:
# Your application layout <html> <head> ... </head> <body> yield :image <div id="wrapper"> yield </div> </body> </html>
Then within your view, you can specify what is to be displayed as
yield :image with
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Hi Pushkar,
thanks for your answer!
I already know TCPMon and SOAPMonitor, but they are not what I'm searching for. I don't want
to monitor the SOAP messages.
What I would like to do is, to access the SOAP messages from within the java code of my webservice.
Is this possible?
I found some java classes in the axis API like SOAPMessage, SOAPHeader, MessageContext, etc.
And I wondered if I could use these in my webserver class? But how?
The only parameter my method search receives is the object MQueryType. But in the SOAP message,
this object is sent in XML-Format, is this correct? I would like to access the XML-representation
of this MQueryType Object.
Why I'm trying to do this is: I'm supposed to use another Java library which exspects a String
(that should be in XML format). And so I need to parse my MQueryType object to XML. But to
avoid this.... the obejct already is in XML format in the SOAP message and if I could access
the SOAP message from within the java code of my webservice, I won't have to do the parsing
myself :)
Regards,
Kerstin
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:56:32 -0700 (PDT)
> Von: Pushkar Bodas <pushkar.bodas@gs.com>
> An: axis-user@ws.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: reading SOAP Message at the webserver?
>
> Sorry, It was supposed to be TCPMon...not TCSMon... :P
>
> Pushkar Bodas wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kerstin,
> >
> > Try to use TCSMon to monitor your soap message
> > []
> > This will help you monitor the soap message exchange.
> >
> > The soap message sent can be seen in the stub as you debug through the
> > program...and also, if im not mistaken (as I use axis2, earlier I used
> > axis), axis 1.4 provides a Soap Monitor functionality, im not too sure
> > though how it works.
> >
> > thanks and regards,
> > Pushkar
> >
> >
> > Sindara.K wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all!
> >>
> >> I'm new to Axis and I'm sorry if my question sounds silly...
> >>
> >> I developed a webservice with Axis 1.4 and Java. Furthermore I wrote a
> >> Client to access this webserver.
> >> What I'm supposed to do now is to examine the SOAP Body, if it really
> >> contains the message that is contained and to validate the message for
> my
> >> purposes. So I would like to read the XML of the SOAP Body. Is that
> >> possible? How can I do this?
> >>
> >> Some more information:
> >> I created the webservice by writing the wsdl-document and then using
> the
> >> wsdl2java command for creating the java classes.
> >>
> >> An excerpt of my client code:
> >>
> >> RetManService service = new RetManServiceLocator();
> >> RetMan stub;
> >> try {
> >> stub = service.getretMan();
> >> result = stub.search(query);
> >> ...
> >> }
> >>
> >> An excerpt of my webserver code:
> >>
> >> public class RetManSOAPBindingImpl implements retrievalJava.RetMan{
> >> public MQueryType search(MQueryType queryType) throws
> RemoteException
> >> {
> >> ...
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your help!
> >>
> >> Kerstin
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Der kanns mit allen:
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Opened 7 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#13190 closed (fixed)
Empty settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS creates hard to trace problem
Description
This is an obscure problem. If in settings.py the AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS list is empty (i.e. AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=()),
then there will be no backends available to authenticate as it will override the django default behavior of using the default auth code.
When this occurs the auth login screen will just return a generic error about invalid username and password that is a pain to trace.
Unfortunately, I don't have time to figure out how to submit this change by the procedure but here is what I suggest to fix it.
In django/contrib/auth/init.py , add this check to get_backends():
def get_backends(): from django.conf import settings backends = [] for backend_path in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS: backends.append(load_backend(backend_path)) #### new code start#### if len(backends)==0: raise ImproperlyConfigured, 'settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS is empty.' #### new code end ##### return backends
It's an obscure problem, but it does seem to violate the "no magic" rule for django, and it tripped me up for a day
having to hunt it down.
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Test added. I'll agree with James Bennett about it not being critical for 1.2. I've certainly never run into this bug myself. It seems like a pretty safe/stable change though... Either way, I've got no stake in it personally.
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Bumping to 1.3 milestone.
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Added an updated patch which applies cleanly to trunk.
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This patch looks good to me. Marking as RFC.
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The code really should be changed to use the
raise Exception("message") syntax.
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Use new exception syntax.
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Milestone 1.3 deleted
This is enough of an edge case (you have to manually clear
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDSto trigger it) that it's not 1.2-critical. | https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13190 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 400 | 65.32 |
Yet another Quadrocopter - built from scratch. Running on a STM32 evaluation board.
He is flying! OK a couple of things are to do...
The stand is soldered from alloy profile.
The next thing was to add an LED backlight because the display is difficult to read in the sun.
Unfortunately the firmware is not the best choice. But since it has an AVR Mega as main controller, there are a couple of alternative firmware projects for this remote control. I decided to put "er9x" on it. All I have to do is to solder an ISP plug on the right pins of the controller and take my AVR JTAG ICE3.
The FlySky TH9X is a relative cheap 8 channel 2,4GHz remote control. I payed 80 Euros for a brand new couple of a receiver and the transmitter.
The 9CH 2,4Ghz Receiver
Sensors...
The ESC´s and the discovery are connected to the strip board which is also the power distribution board.
One of the brushless motors
The MPU-6000 IMU (inertial measurement unit) board was not to get for a reasonable price.
Instead, I got an MPU-6050 breakout board for 2,55 € in China.
Unfortunately, the MPU-6000 and MPU-6050 are not 100% compatible. Thus, the MPU-6050, for example, no SPI but only I²C. With a small change at the Aero quad source is also not a problem.
#define MPU6000_I2C
#include <Platform_MPU6000.h>
#include <Gyroscope_MPU6000.h>
#include <Accelerometer_MPU6000.h>
I've found it here
Setting up for the MPU-6050
How to compile the Aero Quad-source code is shown here:
The Discovery board is connected to the "AeroQuad Configurator" through the USB/serial interface. With that software you can do several configurations and tests.
First of all I tried to simulate the remote control by my little frequency generator and looked what the motor output shows on the oscilloscope.
Fortunately by accident I found the the AEROQUAD Project. They developed an open source flight control for multicopter, running also on the STM32F4Discovery board!
Because i had a STM32F4Discovery board laying around, I wanted to use it as the flight controller for the quadrocopter.
The frame is ready.
These parts should be the start
Hi Clovis, thank you! After some investigations in kalman filters and quaternion mathematics, I decided to take the open source firmware from the Aeroquad project. It would have taken too long to develop everything themselves. The Aeroquad firmware is also running on an Arduino based flight controllers. Maybe I will document some more details about it in the next day´s...
Nice, good job, man. I am just starting the same journey, having just bought an off-the shelf (Arduino based) flight controller, which I will use to program it from scratch as well. I have also bought crazyflie motors and will try and build my own ESC's.
Keep us updated on any advances you make!
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We now have the player shooting a projectile, but something about the feel of the mechanic isn't quite right to me. Did you come to the same conclusion? If so, what do you think is causing it?
For me, there's too much time between pressing the
Space key and the time I first see the projectile on screen. That's because we are instantiating the projectile prefabs from the center of the player cube when we use
transform.position.
In this article, we're going to create a spawn point for the projectile that, once we've implemented it, we can move around in the scene while playtesting to find the perfect position to spawn projectiles.
Nested Game Objects
In order to understand how this will work, you need to know about nesting game objects. We need a new GameObject in the scene that we can use as the starting position, and as the player moves, we want this transform to move with the player so we can guarantee it will also be in the same position relative to the player GameObject.
Child game objects do just that! If we create the spawn point as a child of the player GameObject, it will always move relative to the player. To create an empty GameObject, right-click on the player in the hierarchy and then select "Create Empty". Rename it to "Projectile Spawn".
All we need is the transform, so no need to add any additional components. We want an easy way to see where the center of the transform is. Unity has a feature called icons that we can use for this purpose.
With the spawn GameObject selected in the hierarchy, go to the inspector and click on the top left cube icon. That will open a new window where you can select the icon you want to use. I'm going to choose this one.
You may not be able to see it in the scene window because the spawn child object was created at the center of the parent player. Select the spawn object and use the move tool to pull the spawn point upward until you can see the circle icon you chose.
Once we're done, we will be able to change the position of spawned projectiles simply by moving this GameObject in the scene without changing any of our code!
Referencing GameObjects in the Edtior
In order to use the position of the spawn transform, the player script will need to get access to it. There are several ways to achieve this, but I'm going to take this opportunity to show you how to drag and drop to create references from the Unity Editor.
First, we need a variable to store the transform, then we need to pass its position vector to the
Instantiate call. Let's take care of that now. I'll omit code in the script that's not relevant.
public class Player : MonoBehaviour { ... [ ] private Transform projectileSpawnPoint; ... private void RespondToFire() { if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) { Instantiate(projectilePrefab, projectileSpawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity); } } }
That's it for code changes. Now, how exactly are we going to set that variable to the spawn GameObject? Let's head back to Unity and let it compile. Once it's complete, select the player and look at the inspector to find our new Projectile Spawn Point property.
Now, drag and drop the Projectile prefab from the Project window to the inspector where it says None (Transform). This has exactly the same result as using the small asset selector button in the right side of the field (the way we assigned the projectile in the last article).
Now that the reference has been made, you can playtest and find a position that you like. I decided on 0.9 on the Y-axis.
Code Only Solution
If you would rather accomplish this with code only, you can create an offset vector that you can add to the current player position during instantiation. When the two vectors are added, each respective element from the vector is operated on.
For example, if you create an offset vector of X=0, Y=-2, Z=0, then when the sum of the two vectors will result in the current player position minus 2 on the Y-axis.
Summary
We now have a projectile spawn point that anyone on our team can modify without the need to call us to do tedious position changes over and over again. Quickly find what feels good to you, set it, and forget it!
Take care.
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How to Schedule and Run Cron Jobs in Node.js
March 11th, 2022
What You Will Learn in This Tutorial
How to write cron jobs using crontab statements and schedule them with the
node-cron package. do, we need to install one dependency:
node-cron.
Terminal
npm i node-cron
After that's installed, go ahead an start up your server:
Terminal
cd app && joystick start
After this, your app should be running and we're ready to get started.
What is a cron job?
A cron job or "chronological job" (taken from the name of the original crontab tool that invented the concept of a cron job) is an automated task that runs at a specific time or on a specific interval. For example, in the physical world, you may wake up every day and follow a routine like:
- Take a shower (6:00 AM)
- Brush your teeth (6:15 AM)
- Get dressed (6:30 AM)
- Eat breakfast (6:40 AM)
Each part of that routine is a "job." Every single day, you "complete" or "run" that job. More likely than not, you do these same things at roughly the same time every day.
Similar to this, in an app, you may have some task that needs to be performed every day or at a specific time, for example:
- Send an email of the previous day's traffic, every day at 12:00am.
- Every three hours, clear temporary data out of a database table/collection.
- Once per week, fetch the latest price list from a vendor's API.
Each of these are jobs that need to be performed in our app. Because we don't want to run those manually (or have to remember to run them), we can write a cron job in our code that does it automatically for us.
Cron jobs can be schedule in one of two ways: automatically when we start up our application, or, on-demand via a function call.
Wiring up a cron job
Fortunately, cron jobs are simple in nature. They consist of two key parts:
- A crontab statement which describes when a job should run.
- A function to call when the current time matches the crontab statement.
To begin, we're going to write a function that can run multiple cron jobs for us and then see how to wire up each individual job:
/api/cron/index.js
export default () => { // We'll write our cron jobs here... }
Nothing much here, just a plain arrow function. Our goal will be to define our cron jobs inside of this function and then call this function when our app server starts up. This is intentional because want to make sure our app is up and running before we schedule any cron jobs (to avoid hiccups and make sure code our jobs depend on is available).
Real quick, let's see how we're going to call this on server start up:
/index.server.js
import node from "@joystick.js/node"; import api from "./api"; import cron from './api/cron'; node.app({ api, routes: { "/": (req, res) => { ... }, }).then(() => { cron(); });
In the
index.server.js file here (created for us when we ran
joystick create above), we've made a small change.
On the end of the call to
node.app()—the function that starts up our app in Joystick—we've added a
.then() callback. We're using this because we expect
node.app() to return us a JavaScript Promise. Here,
.then() is saying "after
node.app() has run and resolved, call this function."
In this code, "this function" is the function we're passing to
.then(). This function gets called immediately after
node.app() resolves (meaning, the JavaScript Promise has signaled that its work is complete and our code can continue).
At the top of our file, we've imported our
cron() function that we spec'd out in
/api/cron/index.js. Inside of our
.then() callback, we call this function to start our cron jobs after the server starts up.
/api/cron/index.js
import cron from 'node-cron'; import { EVERY_30_SECONDS, EVERY_MINUTE, EVERY_30_MINUTES, EVERY_HOUR } from './scheduleConstants'; export default () => { cron.schedule(EVERY_30_SECONDS, () => { // We'll do some work here... }); cron.schedule(EVERY_MINUTE, () => { // We'll do some work here... }); cron.schedule(EVERY_30_MINUTES, () => { // We'll do some work here... }); cron.schedule(EVERY_HOUR, () => { // We'll do some work here... }); }
Back in our
/api/cron/index.js file we filled out our function a bit. Now, up top, we can see that we've imported the
cron object from the
node-cron package we installed earlier.
Down in our exported function, we call the
cron.schedule() function which takes two arguments:
- The crontab statement defining the schedule for the cron job.
- A function to call when the time specified by the schedule occurs.
Up at the top of our file, we can see some named variables being imported from a file that we need to create in the
/api/cron folder:
scheduleConstants.js.
/api/cron/scheduleConstants.js
// NOTE: These can be easily generated with export const EVERY_30_SECONDS = '*/30 * * * * *'; export const EVERY_MINUTE = '* * * * * '; export const EVERY_30_MINUTES = '*/30 * * * *'; export const EVERY_HOUR = '0 0 * * * *';
Here, we have four different crontab statements, each specifying a different schedule. To make things easier to understand in our code, in this file, we're assigning a human-friendly name to each statement so that we can quickly interpret the schedule in our code.
Crontab statements have a unique syntax involving asterisks (or "stars," if you prefer) where each star represents some unit of time. In order, from left to right, the stars stand for:
- Minute
- Second
- Hour
- Day of the month
- Month
- Day of the week
As we see above, each star can be replaced with numbers and characters to specify certain intervals of time. This is a big topic, so if you're curious about the inner workings of crontab itself, it's recommended that you read this guide.
/api/cron/index.js
import cron from 'node-cron'; import fs from 'fs'; import { EVERY_30_SECONDS, EVERY_MINUTE, EVERY_30_MINUTES, EVERY_HOUR } from './scheduleConstants'; const generateReport = (interval = '') => { if (!fs.existsSync('reports')) { fs.mkdirSync('reports'); } const existingReports = fs.readdirSync('reports'); const reportsOfType = existingReports?.filter((existingReport) => existingReport.includes(interval)); fs.writeFileSync(`reports/${interval}_${new Date().toISOString()}.txt`, `Existing Reports: ${reportsOfType?.length}`); }; export default () => { cron.schedule(EVERY_30_SECONDS, () => { generateReport('thirty-seconds'); }); cron.schedule(EVERY_MINUTE, () => { generateReport('minute'); }); cron.schedule(EVERY_30_MINUTES, () => { generateReport('thirty-minutes'); }); cron.schedule(EVERY_HOUR, () => { generateReport('hour'); }); }
Back in our code, now we're ready to put our cron jobs to use. Like we saw before, we're importing our named crontab statements from
/api/cron/scheduleConstants.js and passing them as the first argument to
cron.schedule().
Now, we're ready to do some actual work...or at least, some fake work.
Up above our exported function and just below our imports, we've added a function
generateReport() to simulate the work of "generating a report" on some interval. That function takes in an arbitrary
interval name and attempts to create a file in the
reports directory of our app. Each file's name takes the shape of
<interval>_<timestamp>.txt where
<interval> is the
interval name we pass into the
generateReport() function and
<timestamp> is the ISO-8601 date string marking when the file was created.
To get there, first, we make sure that the
reports directory actually exists (required as we'll get an error if we try to write a file to a non-existent location). To do that, up top, we've imported
fs from the
fs package—a core Node.js package used for interacting with the file system.
From that package, we use
fs.existsSync() to see if the
reports directory exists. If it doesn't, we go ahead and create it.
If it does exist, next, we read the current contents of the directory (an array list of all the files inside of the directory) as
existingReports and then take that list and filter it by
interval type using the JavaScript
Array.filter function.
With all of this, we attempt to write our file using the
<interval>_<timestamp>.txt pattern we described above as the file name, and setting the content of that file equal to a string that reads
Existing Reports: <count> where
<count> is equal to the existing number of reports of
interval type at the time of generation (e.g., for the first report it's
0, for the next it's
1, and so on).
That's it! Now, when we start up our server, we should see our cron jobs running and reports showing up in the
/reports directory.
Wrapping up
In this tutorial, we learned how to write and schedule cron jobs in Node.js using the
node-cron package. We learned how to organize our cron job code and make sure to call it after our app starts up. We also learned how crontab statements work and how to write multiple cron jobs using pre-written constants which make our crontab statements easier to understand.
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? Joining data is arguably one of the biggest uses of Hadoop. Gaining a full understanding of how Hadoop performs joins is critical for deciding which join to use and for debugging when trouble strikes. Also, once you fully understand how different joins are performed in Hadoop, you can better leverage tools like Hive and Pig. Finally, there might be the one off case where a tool just won’t get you what you need and you’ll have to roll up your sleeves and write the code yourself.
The Need for Joins
When processing large data sets the need for joining data by a common key can be very useful, if not essential. By joining data you can further gain insight such as joining with timestamps to correlate events with a time a day. The need for joining data are many and varied. We will be covering 3 types of joins, Reduce-Side joins, Map-Side joins and the Memory-Backed Join over 3 separate posts. This installment we will consider working with Reduce-Side joins.
Reduce Side Joins
Of the join patterns we will discuss, reduce-side joins are the easiest to implement. What makes reduce-side joins straight forward is the fact that Hadoop sends identical keys to the same reducer, so by default the data is organized for us. To perform the join, we simply need to cache a key and compare it to incoming keys. As long as the keys match, we can join the values from the corresponding keys. The trade off with reduce-side joins is performance, since all of the data is shuffled across the network. Within reduce-side joins there are two different scenarios we will consider: one-to-one and one-to-many. We’ll also explore options where we don’t need to keep track of the incoming keys; all values for a given key will be grouped together in the reducer.
One-To-One Joins
A one-to-one join is the case where a value from dataset ‘X’ shares a common key with a value from dataset ‘Y’. Since Hadoop guarantees that equal keys are sent to the same reducer, mapping over the two datasets will take care of the join for us. Since sorting only occurs for keys, the order of the values is unknown. We can easily fix the situation by using secondary sorting. Our implementation of secondary sorting will be to tag keys with either a “1″ or a “2″ to determine order of the values. We need to take a couple extra steps to implement our tagging strategy.
Implementing a WritableComparable
First we need to write a class that implements the WritableComparable interface that will be used to wrap our key.
public class TaggedKey implements Writable, WritableComparable<TaggedKey> { private Text joinKey = new Text(); private IntWritable tag = new IntWritable(); @Override public int compareTo(TaggedKey taggedKey) { int compareValue = this.joinKey.compareTo(taggedKey.getJoinKey()); if(compareValue == 0 ){ compareValue = this.tag.compareTo(taggedKey.getTag()); } return compareValue; } //Details left out for clarity }
When our TaggedKey class is sorted, keys with the same
joinKey value will have a secondary sort on the value of the
tag field, ensuring the order we want.
Writing a Custom Partitioner
Next we need to write a custom partitioner that will only consider the join key when determining which reducer the composite key and data are sent to:
public class TaggedJoiningPartitioner extends Partitioner<TaggedKey,Text> { @Override public int getPartition(TaggedKey taggedKey, Text text, int numPartitions) { return taggedKey.getJoinKey().hashCode() % numPartitions; } }
At this point we have what we need to join the data and ensure the order of the values. But we don’t want to keep track of the keys as they come into the
reduce() method. We want all the values grouped together for us. To accomplish this we will use a
Comparator that will consider only the join key when deciding how to group the values.
Writing a Group Comparator
Our Comparator used for grouping will look like this:
public class TaggedJoiningGroupingComparator extends WritableComparator { public TaggedJoiningGroupingComparator() { super(TaggedKey.class,true); } @Override public int compare(WritableComparable a, WritableComparable b) { TaggedKey taggedKey1 = (TaggedKey)a; TaggedKey taggedKey2 = (TaggedKey)b; return taggedKey1.getJoinKey().compareTo(taggedKey2.getJoinKey()); } }
Structure of the data
Now we need to determine what we will use for our key to join the data. For our sample data we will be using a CSV file generated from the Fakenames Generator. The first column is a GUID and that will serve as our join key. Our sample data contains information like name, address, email, job information, credit cards and automobiles owned. For the purposes of our demonstration we will take the GUID, name and address fields and place them in one file that will be structured like this:
Then we will take the GUID, email address, username, password and credit card fields and place then in another file that will look like:
cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,517-706-9565,[email protected],Waskepter38,noL2ieghie,MasterCard, 5305687295670850 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,508-307-3433,[email protected],Conerse,Gif4Edeiba,MasterCard, 5265896533330445 aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,212-780-4015,[email protected],Subjecall,AiKoiweihi6,MasterCard,524
Now we need to have a Mapper that will know how to work with our data to extract the correct key for joining and also set the proper tag.
Creating the Mapper
Here is our Mapper code:
public class JoiningMapper extends Mapper<LongWritable, Text, TaggedKey, Text> { private int keyIndex; private Splitter splitter; private Joiner joiner; private TaggedKey taggedKey = new TaggedKey(); private Text data = new Text(); private int joinOrder; @Override protected void setup(Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException { keyIndex = Integer.parseInt(context.getConfiguration().get("keyIndex")); String separator = context.getConfiguration().get("separator"); splitter = Splitter.on(separator).trimResults(); joiner = Joiner.on(separator); FileSplit fileSplit = (FileSplit)context.getInputSplit(); joinOrder = Integer.parseInt(context.getConfiguration().get(fileSplit.getPath().getName())); } @Override protected void map(LongWritable key, Text value, Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException { List<String> values = Lists.newArrayList(splitter.split(value.toString())); String joinKey = values.remove(keyIndex); String valuesWithOutKey = joiner.join(values); taggedKey.set(joinKey, joinOrder); data.set(valuesWithOutKey); context.write(taggedKey, data); } }
Let’s review what is going on in the
setup() method.
- First we get the index of our join key and the separator used in the text from values set in the Configuration when the job was launched.
- Then we create a Guava Splitter used to split the data on the separator we retrieved from the call to
context.getConfiguration().get("separator"). We also create a Guava Joiner used to put the data back together once the key has been extracted.
- Next we get the name of the file that this mapper will be processing. We use the filename to pull the join order for this file that was stored in the configuration.
We should also discuss what’s going on in the
map() method:
- Spitting our data and creating a List of the values
- Remove the join key from the list
- Re-join the data back into a single String
- Set the join key, join order and the remaining data
- Write out the data
So we have read in our data, extracted the key, set the join order and written our data back out. Let’s take a look how we will join the data.
Joining the Data
Now let’s look at how the data is joined in the reducer:
public class JoiningReducer extends Reduce<TaggedKey, Text, NullWritable, Text> { private Text joinedText = new Text(); private StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); private NullWritable nullKey = NullWritable.get(); @Override protected void reduce(TaggedKey key, Iterable<Text> values, Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException { builder.append(key.getJoinKey()).append(","); for (Text value : values) { builder.append(value.toString()).append(","); } builder.setLength(builder.length()-1); joinedText.set(builder.toString()); context.write(nullKey, joinedText); builder.setLength(0); } }
Since the key with the tag of “1″ reached the reducer first, we know that the name and address data is the first value and the email,username,password and credit card data is second. So we don’t need to keep track of any keys. We simply loop over the values and concatenate them together.
One-To-One Join results
Here are the results from running our One-To-One MapReduce job:
cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,Esther,Garner,4071 Haven Lane,Okemos,MI,517-706-9565,[email protected],Waskepter38,noL2ieghie,MasterCard, 5305687295670850 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,Timothy,Duncan,753 Stadium Drive,Taunton,MA,508-307-3433,[email protected],Conerse,Gif4Edeiba,MasterCard, 5265896533330445 aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,Brett,Ramsey,4985 Shinn Street,New York,NY,212-780-4015,[email protected],Subjecall,AiKoiweihi6,MasterCard, 5243379373546690
As we can see the two records from our sample data above have been merged into a single record. We have successfully joined the GUID, name,address,email address, username, password and credit card fields together into one file.
Specifying Join Order
At this point we may be asking how do we specify the join order for multiple files? The answer lies in our
ReduceSideJoinDriver class that serves as the driver for our MapReduce program.
public class ReduceSideJoinDriver { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Splitter splitter = Splitter.on('/'); StringBuilder filePaths = new StringBuilder(); Configuration config = new Configuration(); config.set("keyIndex", "0"); config.set("separator", ","); for(int i = 0; i< args.length - 1; i++) { String fileName = Iterables.getLast(splitter.split(args[i])); config.set(fileName, Integer.toString(i+1)); filePaths.append(args[i]).append(","); } filePaths.setLength(filePaths.length() - 1); Job job = Job.getInstance(config, "ReduceSideJoin"); job.setJarByClass(ReduceSideJoinDriver.class); FileInputFormat.addInputPaths(job, filePaths.toString()); FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(args[args.length-1])); job.setMapperClass(JoiningMapper.class); job.setReducerClass(JoiningReducer.class); job.setPartitionerClass(TaggedJoiningPartitioner.class); job.setGroupingComparatorClass(TaggedJoiningGroupingComparator.class); job.setOutputKeyClass(TaggedKey.class); job.setOutputValueClass(Text.class); System.exit(job.waitForCompletion(true) ? 0 : 1); } }
- First we create a Guava Splitter on line 5 that will split strings by a “/”.
- Then on lines 8-10 we are setting the index of our join key and the separator used in the files.
- In lines 12-17 we setting the tags for the input files to be joined. The order of the file names on the command line determines their position in the join. As we loop over the file names from the command line, we split the whole file name and retrieve the last value (the base filename) via the Guava
Iterables.getLast()method. We then call
config.set()with the filename as the key and we use
i + 1as the value, which sets the tag or join order. The last value in the
argsarray is skipped in the loop, as that is used for the output path of our MapReduce job on line 23. On the last line of the loop we append each file path in a StringBuilder which is used later (line 22) to set the input paths for the job.
- We only need to use one mapper for all files, the JoiningMapper, which is set on line 25.
- Lines 27 and 28 set our custom partitioner and group comparator (respectively) which ensure the arrival order of keys and values to the reducer and properly group the values with the correct key.
By using the partitioner and the grouping comparator we know the first value belongs to first key and can be used to join with every other value contained in the
Iterable sent to the
reduce() method for a given key. Now it’s time to consider the one-to-many join.
One-To-Many Join
The good news is with all the work that we have done up to this point, we can actually use the code as it stands to perform a one-to-many join. There are 2 approaches we can consider for the one-to-many join: 1) A small file with the single records and a second file with many records for the same key and 2) Again a smaller file with the single records, but N number of files each containing a record that matches to the first file. The main difference is that with the first approach the order of the values beyond the join of the first two keys will be unknown. With the second approach however, we will “tag” each join file so we can can control the order of all the joined values. For our example the first file will remain our GUID-name-address file, and we will have 3 additional files that will contain automobile, employer and job description records. This is probably not the most realistic scenario but it will serve for the purposes of demonstration. Here’s a sample of how the data will look before we do the join:
//The single person records //Automobile records cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,2003 Holden Cruze 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,2012 Volkswagen T5 aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,2009 Renault Trafic //Employer records cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,Creative Wealth 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,Susie's Casuals aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,Super Saver Foods //Job Description records cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,Data entry clerk 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,Precision instrument and equipment repairer aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,Gas and water service dispatcher
One-To-Many Join results
Now let’s look at a sample of the results of our one-to-many joins (using the same values from above to aid in the comparison):
cdd8dde3-0349-4f0d-b97a-7ae84b687f9c,Esther,Garner,4071 Haven Lane,Okemos,MI,2003 Holden Cruze,Creative Wealth,Data entry clerk 81a43486-07e1-4b92-b92b-03d0caa87b5f,Timothy,Duncan,753 Stadium Drive,Taunton,MA,2012 Volkswagen T5,Susie's Casuals,Precision instrument and equipment repairer aef52cf1-f565-4124-bf18-47acdac47a0e,Brett,Ramsey,4985 Shinn Street,New York,NY,2009 Renault Trafic,Super Saver Foods,Gas and water service dispatcher
As the results show, we have been able to successfully join several values in a specified order.
Conclusion
We have successfully demonstrated how we can perform reduce-side joins in MapReduce. Even though the approach is not overly complicated, we can see that performing joins in Hadoop can involve writing a fair amount of code. While learning how joins work is a useful exercise, in most cases we are much better off using tools like Hive or Pig for joining data.
The methods like .getjoinkey, .set are undefined. Am I missing any jar files that needs to be added. Thanks.
Actually the above problem got solved but when I try to run the job: it says
Error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.common.base.Splitter g_P.JoiningMapper.setup(JoiningMapper.java:29)
I have already included the guava 18.0 jar file in my lib folder but still giving the same error.
I used the following command to run the job:
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PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
use PPI; # Create a new empty document my $Document = PPI::Document->new; # Create a document from source $Document = PPI::Document->new(\'print "Hello World!\n"'); # Load a Document from a file $Document = PPI::Document->new('Module.pm'); # Does it contain any POD? if ( $Document->find_any('PPI::Token::Pod') ) { print "Module contains POD\n"; } # Get the name of the main package $pkg = $Document->find_first('PPI::Statement::Package')->namespace; # Remove all that nasty documentation $Document->prune('PPI::Token::Pod'); $Document->prune('PPI::Token::Comment'); # Save the file $Document->save('Module.pm.stripped');
This is the PPI manual. It describes its reason for existing, its general structure, its use, an overview of the API, and provides a few implementation samples.
The ability to read, and manipulate Perl (the language) programmatically other than with perl (the application) was one that caused difficulty for a long time.
The cause of this problem was Perl's complex and dynamic grammar. Although there is typically not a huge diversity in the grammar of most Perl code, certain issues cause large problems when it comes to parsing.
Indeed, quite early in Perl's history Tom Christiansen introduced the Perl community to the quote "Nothing but perl can parse Perl", or as it is more often stated now as a truism:
"Only perl can parse Perl"
One example of the sorts of things the prevent Perl being easily parsed are function signatures, as demonstrated by the following.
@result = (dothis $foo, $bar); # Which of the following is it equivalent to? @result = (dothis($foo), $bar); @result = dothis($foo, $bar);
The first line above can be interpreted in two different ways, depending on whether the
&dothis function is expecting one argument, or two, or several.
A "code parser" (something that parses for the purpose of execution) such as perl needs information that is not found in the immediate vicinity of the statement being parsed.
The information might not just be elsewhere in the file, it might not even be in the same file at all. It might also not be able to determine this information without the prior execution of a
BEGIN {} block, or the loading and execution of one or more external modules. Or worse the &dothis function may not even have been written yet.
When parsing Perl as code, you must also execute it
Even perl itself never really fully understands the structure of the source code after and indeed as it processes it, and in that sense doesn't "parse" Perl source into anything remotely like a structured document. This makes it of no real use for any task that needs to treat the source code as a document, and do so reliably and robustly.
For more information on why it is impossible to parse perl, see Randal Schwartz's seminal response to the question of "Why can't you parse Perl".
The purpose of PPI is not to parse Perl Code, but to parse Perl Documents. By treating the problem this way, we are able to parse a single file containing Perl source code "isolated" from any other resources, such as libraries upon which the code may depend, and without needing to run an instance of perl alongside or inside the parser.
Historically, using an embedded perl parser was widely considered to be the most likely avenue for finding a solution to
Parse::Perl. It was investigated from time to time and attempts have generally failed or suffered from sufficiently bad corner cases that they were abandoned.
PPI is an acronym for the longer original module name
Parse::Perl::Isolated. And in the spirit or the silly acronym games played by certain unnamed Open Source projects you may have hurd of, it also a reverse backronym of "I Parse Perl".
Of course, I could just be lying and have just made that second bit up 10 minutes before the release of PPI 1.000. Besides, all the cool Perl packages have TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms). It's a rule or something.
Why don't you just think of it as the Perl Parsing Interface for simplicity.
The original name was shortened to prevent the author (and you the users) from contracting RSI by having to type crazy things like
Parse::Perl::Isolated::Token::QuoteLike::Backtick 100 times a day.
In acknowledgment that someone may some day come up with a valid solution for the grammar problem it was decided at the commencement of the project to leave the
Parse::Perl namespace free for any such effort.
Since that time I've been able to prove to my own satisfaction that it is truly impossible to accurately parse Perl as both code and document at once. For the academics, parsing Perl suffers from the "Halting Problem".
With this in mind
Parse::Perl has now been co-opted as the title for the SourceForge project that publishes PPI and a large collection of other applications and modules related to the (document) parsing of Perl source code.
You can find this project at, however we no longer use the SourceForge CVS server. Instead, the current development version of PPI is available via SVN at.
Once you can accept that we will never be able to parse Perl well enough to meet the standards of things that treat Perl as code, it is worth re-examining
why we want to "parse" Perl at all.
What are the things that people might want a "Perl parser" for.
Analyzing the contents of a Perl document to automatically generate documentation, in parallel to, or as a replacement for, POD documentation.
Allow an indexer to locate and process all the comments and documentation from code for "full text search" applications.
Determine quality or other metrics across a body of code, and identify situations relating to particular phrases, techniques or locations.
Index functions, variables and packages within Perl code, and doing search and graph (in the node/edge sense) analysis of large code bases.
Make structural, syntax, or other changes to code in an automated manner, either independently or in assistance to an editor. This sort of task list includes backporting, forward porting, partial evaluation, "improving" code, or whatever. All the sort of things you'd want from a Perl::Editor.
Change the layout of code without changing its meaning. This includes techniques such as tidying (like perltidy), obfuscation, compressing and "squishing", or to implement formatting preferences or policies.
This includes methods of improving the presentation of code, without changing the content of the code. Modify, improve, syntax colour etc the presentation of a Perl document. Generating "IntelliText"-like functions.
If we treat this as a baseline for the sort of things we are going to have to build on top of Perl, then it becomes possible to identify a standard for how good a Perl parser needs to be.
PPI seeks to be good enough to achieve all of the above tasks, or to provide a sufficiently good API on which to allow others to implement modules in these and related areas.
However, there are going to be limits to this process. Because PPI cannot adapt to changing grammars, any code written using source filters should not be assumed to be parsable.
At one extreme, this includes anything munged by Acme::Bleach, as well as (arguably) more common cases like Switch. We do not pretend to be able to always parse code using these modules, although as long as it still follows a format that looks like Perl syntax, it may be possible to extend the lexer to handle them.
The ability to extend PPI to handle lexical additions to the language is on the drawing board to be done some time post-1.0
The goal for success was originally to be able to successfully parse 99% of all Perl documents contained in CPAN. This means the entire file in each case.
PPI has succeeded in this goal far beyond the expectations of even the author. At time of writing there are only 28 non-Acme Perl modules in CPAN that PPI is incapable of parsing. Most of these are so badly broken they do not compile as Perl code anyway.
So unless you are actively going out of your way to break PPI, you should expect that it will handle your code just fine.
PPI provides partial support for internationalisation and localisation.
Specifically, it allows the use characters from the Latin-1 character set to be used in quotes, comments, and POD. Primarily, this covers languages from Europe and South America.
PPI does not currently provide support for Unicode, although there is an initial implementation available in a development branch from CVS.
If you need Unicode support, and would like to help stress test the Unicode support so we can move it to the main branch and enable it in the main release should contact the author. (contact details below)
When PPI parses a file it builds everything into the model, including whitespace. This is needed in order to make the Document fully "Round Trip" safe.
The general concept behind a "Round Trip" parser is that it knows what it is parsing is somewhat uncertain, and so expects to get things wrong from time to time. In the cases where it parses code wrongly the tree will serialize back out to the same string of code that was read in, repairing the parser's mistake as it heads back out to the file.
The end result is that if you parse in a file and serialize it back out without changing the tree, you are guaranteed to get the same file you started with. PPI does this correctly and reliably for 100% of all known cases.
What goes in, will come out. Every time.
The one minor exception at this time is that if the newlines for your file are wrong (meaning not matching the platform newline format), PPI will localise them for you. (It isn't to be convenient, supporting arbitrary newlines would make some of the code more complicated)
Better control of the newline type is on the wish list though, and anyone wanting to help out is encouraged to contact the author.
PPI is built upon two primary "parsing" components, PPI::Tokenizer and PPI::Lexer, and a large tree of about 50 classes which implement the various the Perl Document Object Model (PDOM).
The PDOM is conceptually similar in style and intent to the regular DOM or other code Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs), but contains some differences to handle perl-specific cases, and to assist in treating the code as a document. Please note that it is not an implementation of the official Document Object Model specification, only somewhat similar to it.
On top of the Tokenizer, Lexer and the classes of the PDOM, sit a number of classes intended to make life a little easier when dealing with PDOM trees.
Both the major parsing components were hand-coded from scratch with only plain Perl code and a few small utility modules. There are no grammar or patterns mini-languages, no YACC or LEX style tools and only a small number of regular expressions.
This is primarily because of the sheer volume of accumulated cruft that exists in Perl. Not even perl itself is capable of parsing Perl documents (remember, it just parses and executes it as code).
As a result, PPI needed to be cruftier than perl itself. Feel free to shudder at this point, and hope you never have to understand the Tokenizer codebase. Speaking of which...
The Tokenizer takes source code and converts it into a series of tokens. It does this using a slow but thorough character by character manual process, rather than using a pattern system or complex regexes.
Or at least it does so conceptually. If you were to actually trace the code you would find it's not truly character by character due to a number of regexps and optimisations throughout the code. This lets the Tokenizer "skip ahead" when it can find shortcuts, so it tends to jump around a line a bit wildly at times.
In practice, the number of times the Tokenizer will actually move the character cursor itself is only about 5% - 10% higher than the number of tokens contained in the file. This makes it about as optimal as it can be made without implementing it in something other than Perl.
In 2001 when PPI was started, this structure made PPI quite slow, and not really suitable for interactive tasks. This situation has improved greatly with multi-gigahertz processors, but can still be painful when working with very large files.
The target parsing rate for PPI is about 5000 lines per gigacycle. It is currently believed to be at about 1500, and main avenue for making it to the target speed has now become PPI::XS, a drop-in XS accelerator for PPI.
Since PPI::XS has only just gotten off the ground and is currently only at proof-of-concept stage, this may take a little while. Anyone interested in helping out with PPI::XS is highly encouraged to contact the author. In fact, the design of PPI::XS means it's possible to port one function at a time safely and reliably. So every little bit will help.
The Lexer takes a token stream, and converts it to a lexical tree. Because we are parsing Perl documents this includes whitespace, comments, and all number of weird things that have no relevance when code is actually executed.
An instantiated PPI::Lexer consumes PPI::Tokenizer objects and produces PPI::Document objects. However you should probably never be working with the Lexer directly. You should just be able to create PPI::Document objects and work with them directly.
The PDOM is a structured collection of data classes that together provide a correct and scalable model for documents that follow the standard Perl syntax.
The following lists all of the 67 current PDOM classes, listing with indentation based on inheritance.
PPI::Element PPI::Node PPI::Document PPI::Document::Fragment PPI::Statement PPI::Statement::Package PPI::Statement::Include PPI::Statement::Sub PPI::Statement::Scheduled PPI::Statement::Compound PPI::Statement::Break PPI::Statement::Given PPI::Statement::When PPI::Statement::Data PPI::Statement::End PPI::Statement::Expression PPI::Statement::Variable PPI::Statement::Null PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace PPI::Statement::Unknown PPI::Structure PPI::Structure::Block PPI::Structure::Subscript PPI::Structure::Constructor PPI::Structure::Condition PPI::Structure::List PPI::Structure::For PPI::Structure::Given PPI::Structure::When PPI::Structure::Unknown PPI::Token PPI::Token::Whitespace PPI::Token::Comment PPI::Token::Pod PPI::Token::Number PPI::Token::Number::Binary PPI::Token::Number::Octal PPI::Token::Number::Hex PPI::Token::Number::Float PPI::Token::Number::Exp PPI::Token::Number::Version PPI::Token::Word PPI::Token::DashedWord PPI::Token::Symbol PPI::Token::Magic PPI::Token::ArrayIndex PPI::Token::Operator PPI::Token::Quote PPI::Token::Quote::Single PPI::Token::Quote::Double PPI::Token::Quote::Literal PPI::Token::Quote::Interpolate PPI::Token::QuoteLike PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Backtick PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Command PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Readline PPI::Token::Regexp PPI::Token::Regexp::Match PPI::Token::Regexp::Substitute PPI::Token::Regexp::Transliterate PPI::Token::HereDoc PPI::Token::Cast PPI::Token::Structure PPI::Token::Label PPI::Token::Separator PPI::Token::Data PPI::Token::End PPI::Token::Prototype PPI::Token::Attribute PPI::Token::Unknown
To summarize the above layout, all PDOM objects inherit from the PPI::Element class.
Under this are PPI::Token, strings of content with a known type, and PPI::Node, syntactically significant containers that hold other Elements.
The three most important of these are the PPI::Document, the PPI::Statement and the PPI::Structure classes.
At the top of all complete PDOM trees is a PPI::Document object. It represents a complete file of Perl source code as you might find it on disk.
There are some specialised types of document, such as PPI::Document::File and PPI::Document::Normalized but for the purposes of the PDOM they are all just considered to be the same thing.
Each Document will contain a number of Statements, Structures and Tokens.
A PPI::Statement is any series of Tokens and Structures that are treated as a single contiguous statement by perl itself. You should note that a Statement is as close as PPI can get to "parsing" the code in the sense that perl-itself parses Perl code when it is building the op-tree.
Because of the isolation and Perl's syntax, it is provably impossible for PPI to accurately determine precedence of operators or which tokens are implicit arguments to a sub call.
So rather than lead you on with a bad guess that has a strong chance of being wrong, PPI does not attempt to determine precedence or sub parameters at all.
At a fundamental level, it only knows that this series of elements represents a single Statement as perl sees it, but it can do so with enough certainty that it can be trusted.
However, for specific Statement types the PDOM is able to derive additional useful information about their meaning. For the best, most useful, and most heavily used example, see PPI::Statement::Include.
A PPI::Structure is any series of tokens contained within matching braces. This includes code blocks, conditions, function argument braces, anonymous array and hash constructors, lists, scoping braces and all other syntactic structures represented by a matching pair of braces, including (although it may not seem obvious at first)
<READLINE> braces.
Each Structure contains none, one, or many Tokens and Structures (the rules for which vary for the different Structure subclasses)
Under the PDOM structure rules, a Statement can never directly contain another child Statement, a Structure can never directly contain another child Structure, and a Document can never contain another Document anywhere in the tree.
Aside from these three rules, the PDOM tree is extremely flexible.
To demonstrate the PDOM in use lets start with an example showing how the tree might look for the following chunk of simple Perl code.
#!/usr/bin/perl print( "Hello World!" ); exit();
Translated into a PDOM tree it would have the following structure (as shown via the included PPI::Dumper).
PPI::Document PPI::Token::Comment '#!/usr/bin/perl\n' PPI::Token::Whitespace '\n' PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Word 'print' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Statement::Expression PPI::Token::Quote::Double '"Hello World!"' PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Token::Structure ';' PPI::Token::Whitespace '\n' PPI::Token::Whitespace '\n' PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Word 'exit' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Token::Structure ';' PPI::Token::Whitespace '\n'
Please note that in this example, strings are only listed for the actual PPI::Token that contains that string. Structures are listed with the type of brace characters it represents noted.
The PPI::Dumper module can be used to generate similar trees yourself.
We can make that PDOM dump a little easier to read if we strip out all the whitespace. Here it is again, sans the distracting whitespace tokens.
PPI::Document PPI::Token::Comment '#!/usr/bin/perl\n' PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Word 'print' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Statement::Expression PPI::Token::Quote::Double '"Hello World!"' PPI::Token::Structure ';' PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Word 'exit' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Token::Structure ';'
As you can see, the tree can get fairly deep at time, especially when every isolated token in a bracket becomes its own statement. This is needed to allow anything inside the tree the ability to grow. It also makes the search and analysis algorithms much more flexible.
Because of the depth and complexity of PDOM trees, a vast number of very easy to use methods have been added wherever possible to help people working with PDOM trees do normal tasks relatively quickly and efficiently.
The main PPI classes, and links to their own documentation, are listed here in alphabetical order.
The Document object, the root of the PDOM.
A cohesive fragment of a larger Document. Although not of any real current use, it is needed for use in certain internal tree manipulation algorithms.
For example, doing things like cut/copy/paste etc. Very similar to a PPI::Document, but has some additional methods and does not represent a lexical scope boundary.
A document fragment is also non-serializable, and so cannot be written out to a file.
A simple class for dumping readable debugging versions of PDOM structures, such as in the demonstration above.
The Element class is the abstract base class for all objects within the PDOM
Implements an instantiable object form of a PDOM tree search.
The PPI Lexer. Converts Token streams into PDOM trees.
The Node object, the abstract base class for all PDOM objects that can contain other Elements, such as the Document, Statement and Structure objects.
The base class for all Perl statements. Generic "evaluate for side-effects" statements are of this actual type. Other more interesting statement types belong to one of its children.
See it's own documentation for a longer description and list of all of the different statement types and sub-classes.
The abstract base class for all structures. A Structure is a language construct consisting of matching braces containing a set of other elements.
See the PPI::Structure documentation for a description and list of all of the different structure types and sub-classes.
A token is the basic unit of content. At its most basic, a Token is just a string tagged with metadata (its class, and some additional flags in some cases).
The PPI::Token::Quote and PPI::Token::QuoteLike classes provide abstract base classes for the many and varied types of quote and quote-like things in Perl. However, much of the actual quote login is implemented in a separate quote engine, based at PPI::Token::_QuoteEngine.
Classes that inherit from PPI::Token::Quote, PPI::Token::QuoteLike and PPI::Token::Regexp are generally parsed only by the Quote Engine.
The PPI Tokenizer. One Tokenizer consumes a chunk of text and provides access to a stream of PPI::Token objects.
The Tokenizer is very very complicated, to the point where even the author treads carefully when working with it.
Most of the complication is the result of optimizations which have tripled the tokenization speed, at the expense of maintainability. We cope with the spaghetti by heavily commenting everything.
The Perl Document Transformation API. Provides a standard interface and abstract base class for objects and classes that manipulate Documents.
The core PPI distribution is pure Perl and has been kept as tight as possible and with as few dependencies as possible.
It should download and install normally on any platform from within the CPAN and CPANPLUS applications, or directly using the distribution tarball. If installing by hand, you may need to install a few small utility modules first. The exact ones will depend on your version of perl.
There are no special install instructions for PPI, and the normal
Perl Makefile.PL,
make,
make test,
make install instructions apply.
The PPI namespace itself is reserved for the sole use of the modules under the umbrella of the
Parse::Perl SourceForge project.
You are recommended to use the PPIx:: namespace for PPI-specific modifications or prototypes thereof, or Perl:: for modules which provide a general Perl language-related functions.
If what you wish to implement looks like it fits into PPIx:: namespace, you should consider contacting the
Parse::Perl mailing list (detailed on the SourceForge site) first, as what you want may already be in progress, or you may wish to consider joining the team and doing it within the
Parse::Perl project itself.
- Many more analysis and utility methods for PDOM classes
- Creation of a PPI::Tutorial document
- Add many more key functions to PPI::XS
- We can always write more and better unit tests
- Complete the full implementation of ->literal (1.200)
- Full understanding of scoping (due 1.300) also guarantee that your issue will be addressed in the next release of the module.
For large changes though, please consider creating a branch so that they can be properly reviewed and trialed before being applied to the trunk.
If you cannot provide a direct test or fix, or don't have time to do so, then regular bug reports are still accepted and appreciated via the GitHub bug tracker.
For other issues or questions, contact the
Parse::Perl project mailing list.
For commercial or media-related enquiries, or to have your SVN commit bit enabled, contact the author.
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
A huge thank you to Phase N Australia () for permitting the original open sourcing and release of this distribution from what was originally several thousand hours of commercial work.
Another big thank you to The Perl Foundation () for funding for the final big refactoring and completion run.
Also, to the various co-maintainers that have contributed both large and small with tests and patches and especially to those rare few who have deep-dived into the guts to (gasp) add a feature.
- Dan Brook : PPIx::XPath, Acme::PerlML - Audrey Tang : "Line Noise" Testing - Arjen Laarhoven : Three-element ->location support - Elliot Shank : Perl 5.10 support, five-element ->location
And finally, thanks to those brave ( and foolish :) ) souls willing to dive in and use, test drive and provide feedback on PPI before version 1.000, in some cases before it made it to beta quality, and still did extremely distasteful things (like eating 50 meg of RAM a second).
I owe you all a beer. Corner me somewhere and collect at your convenience. If I missed someone who wasn't in my email history, thank you too :)
# In approximate order of appearance - Claes Jacobsson - Michael Schwern - Jeff T. Parsons - CPAN Author "CHOCOLATEBOY" - Robert Rotherberg - CPAN Author "PODMASTER" - Richard Soderberg - Nadim ibn Hamouda el Khemir - Graciliano M. P. - Leon Brocard - Jody Belka - Curtis Ovid - Yuval Kogman - Michael Schilli - Slaven Rezic - Lars Thegler - Tony Stubblebine - Tatsuhiko Miyagawa - CPAN Author "CHROMATIC" - Matisse Enzer - Roy Fulbright - Dan Brook - Johnny Lee - Johan Lindstrom
And to single one person out, thanks go to Randal Schwartz who spent a great number of hours in IRC over a critical 6 month period explaining why Perl is impossibly unparsable and constantly shoving evil and ugly corner cases in my face. He remained a tireless devil's advocate, and without his support this project genuinely could never have been completed.
So for my schooling in the Deep Magiks, you have my deepest gratitude Randal.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. | http://search.cpan.org/~mithaldu/PPI-1.217_01/lib/PPI.pm | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | refinedweb | 4,449 | 51.68 |
Print all distinct characters of a string in order (3 Methods)
Given a string, find the all distinct (or non-repeating characters) in it. For example, if the input string is “Geeks for Geeks”, then output should be ‘for’ and if input string is “Geeks Quiz”, then output should be ‘GksQuiz’.
The distinct characters should be printed in same order as they appear in input string.
Examples:
Input : Geeks for Geeks Output : for Input : Hello Geeks Output : HoGks
Method 1 (Simple : O(n2))
A Simple Solution is to run two loops. Start traversing from left side. For every character, check if it repeats or not. If the character doesn’t repeat, increment count of non-repeating characters. When the count becomes 1, return each character.
Method 2 (Efficient but requires two traversals: O(n))
- Create an array count[] to store counts of characters.
- Traverse the input string str and do following for every character x = str[i].
Increment count[x].
- Traverse the input string again and do following for every character str[i]
- If count[x] is 1, then print the unique character
- If count[x] is greater than 1, then ignore the repeated character.
Below is the implementation of above idea.
C++
Java
Python3
# Python3 program to print distinct
# characters of a string.
NO_OF_CHARS = 256
# Print duplicates present in the
# passed string
def printDistinct(str):
# Create an array of size 256 and
# count of every character in it
count = [0] * NO_OF_CHARS
# Count array with frequency of
# characters
for i in range (len(str)):
if(str[i] != ‘ ‘):
count[ord(str[i])] += 1
n = i
# Print characters having count
# more than 0
for i in range(n):
if (count[ord(str[i])] == 1):
print (str[i], end = “”)
# Driver Code
if __name__ == “__main__”:
str = “GeeksforGeeks”
printDistinct(str)
# This code is contributed by ita_c
C#
Output:
for
Method 3 (O(n) and requires one traversal)
The idea is to use two auxiliary arrays of size 256 (Assuming that characters are stored using 8 bits).
- distinct characters. Sort indexes and print characters using it. Note that this step takes O(1) time assuming number of characters are fixed (typically 256)
Below is the implementation of above idea.
C++
Java
C#
Output::
- String with k distinct characters and no same characters adjacent
- Print all distinct circular strings of length M in lexicographical order
- Print characters having odd frequencies in order of occurrence
- Print characters and their frequencies in order of occurrence
- Convert given string so that it holds only distinct characters
- Print common characters of two Strings in alphabetical order
- Check whether count of distinct characters in a string is Prime or not
- Generating distinct subsequences of a given string in lexicographic order
- Length of the smallest sub-string consisting of maximum distinct characters
- Python code to print common characters of two Strings in alphabetical order
- Check if the characters of a given string are in alphabetical order
- Check if string follows order of characters defined by a pattern or not | Set 1
- Check if string follows order of characters defined by a pattern or not | Set 2
- Check if string follows order of characters defined by a pattern or not | Set 3
- Java Program to print distinct permutations of a string
Improved By : parashar, nitin mittal, Ita_c | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/print-all-distinct-characters-of-a-string-in-order-3-methods/ | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | refinedweb | 543 | 50.8 |
this code is supposed to do the following...
* The command line parameters will consist of a sequence of commands and data.
Individual commands are-
A uri ip : add URI and IP string pairs to the link list.
there is no printout in response to this command.
example "A 64.125.19.2"
D uri : delete the URI and its associated IP from the link list.
example "D"
there is no printout in response to this command.
U uri : given a URI find the IP address from the link list.
example "U"
there shall be a printed response then a linefeed.
example "62.125.19.2"
if there is no match then print "nil" then a linefeed.
I ip : given an IP find the URI from the link list.
example "I 64.125.19.2"
there shall be a printed response then a linefeed.
example ""
if there is no match then print "nil" then a linefeed.
N : print out the number of items in the link list then
a line feed.
? : any other command letter apart from "T" and "t"
should cause the program to terminate and print
"command error" thena linefeed.
The allowed commands can be used to provide
testing features (eg list out the link list).
* There may be several commands on the command line, for example-
- "A 1.2.3.4 A 7.8.9.10 N"
response "2".
- "A 1.2.3.4 A 7.8.9.10 U"
response "7.8.9.10".
- "A 1.2.3.4 A 7.8.9.10 U"
response "nil".
- "A 1.2.3.4 A 7.8.9.10 u"
response "command error".
apart from changing this code to class, i dont know how to do U and I, as well as D...
#include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; struct Node { char *ip; char *uri; struct Node *next; }; struct List { Node *head; }; void optionA(List &list, char *ip, char *uri) { Node * temp = new Node; temp->ip = ip; temp->uri = uri; temp->next = list.head; list.head = temp;} void optionD(List &list, char *uri) { system ("pause");/* your code here */} void optionU(List &list, char *uri) { /* your code here */} void optionI(List &list, char *ip) { /* your code here */} void optionN(List &list) { int count = 0; Node* current = list.head; while (current != NULL) { count++; current = current->next; } cout<<count<<endl; } // my function, list void optionL(List &list) { Node* current = list.head; whiile (current != NULL) { printf("%s %s\n", current->uri, current->ip); //cout<<current->uri<<endl; //cout<<current->ip<<endl; //system ("pause"); current = current->next; } printf("\n"); } int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { List list = {NULL}; for(int i=1; i<argc; i++) { char letter = argv[i][0]; switch (letter){ case 'A': optionA(list, argv[++i], argv[++i]); break; case 'D': optionD(list, argv[++i]); break; case 'U': optionU(list, argv[++i]); break; case 'I': optionI(list, argv[++i]); break; case 'N': optionN(list); break; case 'L': optionL(list); break; default: cout<<"command error"<<endl;break; //exit(1); //break; } } system ("pause"); return 0; }
This post has been edited by anya_ritika: 05 May 2009 - 11:31 PM | http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/103601-converting-from-struct-to-classes/ | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | refinedweb | 515 | 83.66 |
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When displaying a graph in a chart, I would like to set my own range and tickmark values. So when setting a range from -0.15 to 0.65 with the majortickmark set to 0.1, I would like to see Yvalues of 0.65, 0.55, 0.45, 0.35 till -0.15.
When using it now, it will move the axis to display nice round numbers
(see green graph in the attachment).
How can I do this?
Thanks,
Egbert
Hi,
Ticks generation was improved in the new version, now ticks/labels at edges are shown, also we exposed the TickProvider property on IAxis, which allows to implement custom tick generation algorithm and apply it to axis. To get desired chart behavior, please, try implementing custom TickProvider in the following way:
public class DoubleTickProvider : TickProvider<double> { public override double[] GetMinorTicks(IAxisParams axis) { return GenerateTicks((DoubleRange) axis.VisibleRange, (double)axis.MinorDelta); } private static double[] GenerateTicks(DoubleRange tickRange, double delta) { var ticks = new List<double>(); int i = 0; double tick = tickRange.Min; while (tick<=tickRange.Max) { tick = tickRange.Min+i*delta; ticks.Add(tick); i++; } return ticks.ToArray(); } public override double[] GetMajorTicks(IAxisParams axis) { return GenerateTicks((DoubleRange)axis.VisibleRange, (double)axis.MajorDelta); } }
Assign its instance to the TickProvider property on axis.
Please, try the above and let us know if it gives you the desired behavior.
Best regards,
Yuriy
Turns out in V3.0 we’ve implemented the Tick provider API:.
Hope this helps!
Hello Egbert,
The only API we provide to allow customization of tick / gridline intervals is what we’ve discussed already here.
However it seems to me your question is that you want the gridlines to be based off the Green (final) axis, is that correct? If so, then you need to set the property AxisBase.IsPrimaryAxis on that axis, which causes SciChart to use it to generate gridlines.
Is that what you are asking?
Best regards,
Andrew | https://www.scichart.com/questions/question/setting-range-and-tickmarks | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | refinedweb | 320 | 60.41 |
On Oct 3, 11:45 pm, horos11 <horo... at gmail.com> wrote: > > It's not a bug. In Python classes and global variables share the same > > namespace. > > > Don't you think you should learn a bit more about how Python manages > > objects and namespaces before going around calling things bugs? > > > Carl Banks > > No, I don't think so.. > > Say you went to another country, where the people wore lead shoes, > hence not only going slower, but getting lead poisoning from time to > time. > > Pointing out that shoes made of fabric might just be better should not > be heresy. This analogy is wrong on two counts: 1. Pointing out that the "fabric might be better" is not analogous to what you did. You claimed that Python's behavior was a bug, which would be analogous to me saying, "lead shoes should be illegal". 2. I know enough about the properties of fabric and lead to make an informed complaint over the use of lead for shoes, even if I am new to the country. However you very clearly have a poor understanding of Python's namespace and object models, and so you have little standing to claim that Python is buggy in how it treats its namespaces. I'd say the strongest claim you have grounds to make, given the level of understanding you've shown, is "this is very confusing to noobs". BTW, the Python maintainers are very particular to define "bug" as "Python behaves differently than it is documentated to", and Python is most definitely documented as acting the way it does. > In this case, I think the overall goal was syntax simplicity, but it > sure as hell makes things confusing. No warning, or anything. The sane > behavior IMO would be to disallow the assignment unless put through a > special function, something like: > > class(state) = ... > After all, python does have a precedent when you try to join, when: > > ":".join([1,2]) > > does not work because [1,2] is an array of ints, whereas > > ":" . join( str(x) for x in [1,2]) > > does. No, it really isn't a precedent. Yes, Python does type-checking quite a bit, however there is no precedent at all for customizing assignment to a regular variable. When you write "a = b", a gets bound to the same object as b is bound to, end of story. You can't customize it, you can't prevent it, you can hook into it, and neither object is notified that an assignment is happening. This is true even if a or b happen to be a class. And if you say, "Well you should be able to customize assigment", my answer is, "You were saying there was a precedent, I said there was not". If you want to argue that it should be possible to customize assignment, be my guest, but you'll have to do it without the benefit of a precedent. (You can customize assignment to an attribute or item, but that is not what we're talking about, especially since classes are hardly ever attributes or items.) Carl Banks | https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-October/553522.html | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | refinedweb | 515 | 70.53 |
First Look: Optimizing SQL Performance with InterSystems Products
This First Look guide introduces you to InterSystems SQL query optimization, including the use of query analysis tools, several indexing methods, and the ability to review runtime statistics over time.
To browse all of the First Looks, including others that can be performed on a free cloud instance
Opens in a new window or web instance
Opens in a new window, see InterSystems First Looks.
Query Optimization with InterSystems SQL
InterSystems IRIS® data platform offers a full suite of tools for SQL query performance tuning:
Graphical displays for query plan analysis
Indexing strategies such as bitmap and bitslice indexing that are compact and can be processed efficiently by vectorized CPU instructions. Each type of index offers benefits for certain query types, such as logical conditions, counting, and aggregate functions. With indexing, you can achieve query performance results of up to billions of rows per second on one core.
Metrics on SQL query performance over time
The query performance numbers shown in the demos below are representative of multiple trials of the demos on a single Windows 10 laptop. You may see different query performance numbers depending on your environment.
Want a quick demo of the SQL capabilities of InterSystems IRIS? Check out the SQL QuickStart
Opens in a new window!
Demo: Showing and Interpreting a Query Plan Before Optimization
Before you Begin
This First Look is best experienced after reading and working through First Look: InterSystems SQL. Here you will use the InterSystems IRIS SQL Shell again; the data you will use comes from the million-record table of stock transaction data you created when you worked through the demos in that First Look.
You will also run the TuneTable utility, which examines the data in the table and creates statistics used by the InterSystems SQL query optimizer (the engine that decides how best to run any query). These statistics include the size of the table (extent size) and the number of unique values per column (selectivity). The optimizer uses table size in scenarios like determining join order, where it’s best to start with the smaller table. Selectivity helps the optimizer choose the best index in the case where a table has multiple indices. In a production instance, you normally run TuneTable only once: after data is loaded into a table and before you go live.
First Look: InterSystems SQL explains how to take the following steps required to run the demo in that First Look and the one here:
Select an InterSystems IRIS instance. Your choices include several types of licensed and free evaluation instances; for information on how to deploy each type, see Deploying InterSystems IRIS
Opens in a new window in InterSystems IRIS Basics: Connecting an IDE.
Open the InterSystems Terminal
Opens in a new window (Terminal for short) to run the SQL Shell.
Obtain utility files for this guide from the GitHub repo
Opens in a new window, including
stock_table_demo_two.csv, which contains a million rows of stock table data
Loader.xml, a class file that contains a utility method to load the data from stock_table_demo_two.csv into an InterSystems IRIS table
Running the TuneTable Utility
If your InterSystems IRIS instance no longer includes the StockTableDemoTwo table, recreate and load it by following the first four steps in Demo: Using Bitmap Indexing To Maximize Query Performance
Opens in a new window (stop before executing the SELECT DISTINCT query).
In the SQL Shell, run the TuneTable utility on the FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo as follows:
OBJ DO $SYSTEM.SQL.TuneTable("FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo")
This command generates no visible output in the SQL Shell.
Using the EXPLAIN Keyword to Show a Query Plan
This demo assumes that you want to obtain the average price for all “SELL” transactions. Given that the table contains a million rows, the needed query could potentially be very slow.
While you may already want to proceed with creating indices on the Price and TransactionType fields, it will be instructive to see the query plan before you begin optimization work. In the SQL Shell, you can show a plan for a query by prepending the EXPLAIN keyword to it. The query plan shows how the SQL query optimizer will use indices, if any, or whether it will read the table data directly to execute the statements.
To use the EXPLAIN keyword to show a query plan, execute the following statement in the SQL Shell:
EXPLAIN SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL'
This will return the query plan, formatted as XML:
Plan "<plans> <plan> <sql> SELECT AVG ( Price ) AS AveragePrice FROM FirstLook . StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = ? /*#OPTIONS {""DynamicSQLTypeList"":""1""} */ </sql> <cost value=""1827000""/> Call module B. Output the row. <module name=""B"" top=""1""> Process query in parallel, partitioning master map FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo.IDKEY into subranges of T1.ID values, piping results to temp-file A: SELECT count(T1.Price),sum(T1.Price) FROM %NOPARALLEL FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo T1 where ((%SQLUPPER(T1.TransactionType) = %SQLUPPER(?))) Read temp-file A, looping on a counter. For each row: Accumulate the count([value]). Accumulate the sum([value]). </module> </plan> <plan> <sql> SELECT COUNT ( T1 . Price ) , SUM ( T1 . Price ) FROM %NOPARALLEL FirstLook . StockTableDemoTwo T1 WHERE ( ( %SQLUPPER ( T1 . TransactionType ) = %SQLUPPER ( ? ) ) ) %PARTITION BY T1 . ID > ? AND T1 . ID <= ? </sql> <cost value=""1827000""/> Call module B. Output the row. <module name=""B"" top=""1""> Read master map FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo.IDKEY, looping on ID (with a range condition). For each row: Accumulate the count(Price). Accumulate the sum(Price). </module> </plan> </plans>"
You’ll see that a query plan generated to execute a SQL query can be divided into modules, each of which performs a distinct part of the execution plan, such as evaluating a subquery.
Actually, this query plan is divided into two separate plans. The top plan is for the initial query. It calls a module B, in which the “master map” is partitioned and a subquery is executed in parallel over each partition. A plan for the subquery follows the plan for the initial query.
In “Spotting Potential Performance Issues in Query Plan Results”, you’ll learn to recognize the problems with this query.
Using the SQL Query Interface in the Management Portal to Show a Query Plan
InterSystems IRIS offers a web-based interface in the Management Portal for SQL query execution and plan analysis.
To show a query plan using the SQL query interface in the Management Portal:
Open the Management Portal for your instance in your browser, using the URL described for your instance
Opens in a new window in InterSystems IRIS Basics: Connecting an IDE.
Make sure you are in the USER namespace. If you are not already there:
In the top panel of the screen, click SWITCH to the right of the name of the current namespace.
In the popup, choose USER and click OK.
Navigate to SQL page (System Explorer > SQL).
Omitting the EXPLAIN keyword, paste the query from “Using the EXPLAIN Keyword to Show a Query Plan” into the text field in the Execute Query tab.
Click Show Plan to display a query plan. The results will look much like this:
Interpreting these results is the subject of the next section.
Spotting Potential Performance Issues in Query Plan Results
Looking at the query plan results, you can see that there are some serious potential performance issues with this query. If you look at the plan for the subquery, which is where the actually work is done, you can see that the first task is “read master map.” What this means is that the InterSystems SQL query optimizer will not use any indices to run the query; instead, the query will loop over all of the IDs in the table. Especially in the case of a large table, this indicates a query that will not perform well.
As you optimize the query, you’ll see its execution time decrease, and the query plan will change significantly as well.
Relative cost can be a good predictor of performance, but relative only to a particular query. If you add an index to a table and see that the relative cost goes down, it’s likely that query will now run much faster. However, relative cost is not intended to compare the performance of two different queries.
Testing Query Execution
To get some actual data as to how the unoptimized query will perform, run it in the SQL Shell:
SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL' GO
The output will look something like this:
AveragePrice 266.1595139195757844 1 Rows(s) Affected statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0009s/6/1246/0ms execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.2599s/1000075/8502571/0ms cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls5
Statement preparation and execution metrics are listed separately. Take special notice of two items:
Execution time was 0.2599 seconds. While this does not seem like a very long time, it can be vastly improved with the use of indices.
The number of globals read in the execution step was 1,000,075. (Globals are multidimensional sparse arrays used by InterSystems IRIS to store data; for more information, see the “Introduction to Globals” chapter of Introduction to InterSystems IRIS Programming.) To improve query performance, this number should be decreased. You’ll see that happen in the next section.
Preparation is done only once: the first time a query is planned anew. Queries are automatically replanned if a relevant table is modified or if an index is added or removed. Most applications will prepare a query only once, but will execute it many times. So our focus in this demo will be on tuning execution performance.
Demo: Testing Query Optimizations
Adding a Bitslice Index to the Price Field
If your query will include aggregate functions on one or more fields, adding a bitslice index to one or more of those fields may improve performance.
A bitslice index represents each numeric data value in a field as a binary bit string, with a bitmap for each digit in the binary value to record which rows have a 1 for that binary digit.
Since we want to get the average price for all “SELL” transactions, it makes sense to add a bitslice index to the Price field. To create the bitslice index PriceIdx on the Price field, execute the following statement in the SQL Shell:
CREATE BITSLICE INDEX PriceIdx ON TABLE FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo (Price) 9. CREATE BITSLICE INDEX PriceIdx ON TABLE FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo (Price) 0 Rows Affected statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0091s/2000/13151/0ms execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 1.4268s/2087789/55765062/1ms cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls7
Just because you’ve created the index does not necessarily mean that the InterSystems SQL query optimizer will use it, however, as you’ll see below.
Testing the Effects of the Bitslice Index
To see if the new bitslice index makes any difference in how the query will be executed, or how fast it runs, use either method described above (the SQL Shell or the Management Portal) to show the query plan.
As you’ll see, the query plan remains the same as before. The InterSystems SQL query optimizer will not use the new index.
Running the query yields nearly the same performance statistics as it did before you created the bitslice index (0.2559 seconds of execution time compared with 0.2599). InterSystems IRIS intelligently caches query plans and data, so subsequent runs of the same query may result in improved performance, as may have been the case here given the slight difference in query performance times. Other applications running on the machine can affect performance as well.
SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL' GO 10. SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL' AveragePrice 266.1595139195757844 1 Rows(s) Affected statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0569s/35431/227191/0ms execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.2559s/1000075/8502571/0ms cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls8
If you remove the WHERE clause from the query, you’ll see quite a different result when you show the query plan:
As you can see, the bitslice index is read as the first step of the query plan. The “master map” is not read in this plan.
The SQL query optimizer also uses a second index, FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo.$StockTableDemoTwo. This is a bitmap extent index, which is automatically created whenever the CREATE TABLE SQL statement is executed. It is a bitmap index of all the rows in the table, not just one field, and the value of each bit reflects whether or not the row actually exists.
However, the query that we truly want to run contains a WHERE clause. So we’ll have to find a way to get the SQL query optimizer to use the index when the WHERE clause is present.
Adding a Bitmap Index To the TransactionType Field
If you read the InterSystems SQL Optimization Guide, you’ll find that the InterSystems SQL query optimizer will often use a bitslice index when it is combined with a bitmap index on the field in a WHERE clause.
This is because aggregate queries without the WHERE clause can simply aggregate all the data in the index. However, to aggregate only the rows that satisfy a WHERE condition, a query must mask those bits out of the bitslice index for rows that do not satisfy the condition. A bitmap index on the field in the WHERE clause allows this mask to be constructed efficiently.
Fortunately, the other field in the query, TransactionType, is a good candidate for a bitmap index because its count of possible values is two (“SELL” and “BUY”).
To add a bitmap index to the TransactionType field, execute the following statement in the SQL Shell:
CREATE BITMAP INDEX TransactionTypeIdx ON TABLE FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo (TransactionType) 11. CREATE BITMAP INDEX TransactionTypeIdx ON TABLE FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo (TransactionType) 0 Rows Affected statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0069s/2001/13291/0ms execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 1.1046s/2088960/19771584/0ms cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls7
Retesting Query Performance
Now that you have added bitslice and bitmap indices: if you show the query plan for
SELECT AVG(Price) as AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL'
in SQL Shell or in the Management Portal, you’ll see that the query optimizer uses the two indices you created to obtain the best performance.
Note as well that the relative cost of 18742 is a small fraction of the unoptimized query, whose cost was 1827000.
Finally, if you run the query in SQL Shell, you’ll see a much more efficient use of globals (594 as opposed to 1000075).
Most critically, the indexed query ran nearly 85 times faster than the unindexed query (0.0031 seconds of execution time as opposed to 0.2599).
SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL' GO 12. SELECT AVG(Price) As AveragePrice FROM FirstLook.StockTableDemoTwo WHERE TransactionType = 'SELL' AveragePrice 266.1595139195757844 1 Rows(s) Affected statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0554s/34877/186130/0ms execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0031s/594/2878/0ms cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls8
To track the performance of the query over time, InterSystems IRIS provides query statistics, which you’ll learn how to view in the next section.
Viewing Query Performance Over Time
To track down slow-running queries or see how a new query is doing in production, you can use the SQL Statements view in the Management Portal. To navigate to this view, open the SQL query interface in the Management Portal and click SQL Statements.
If, for example, the query you tuned above ran nine times under its original (unoptimized) plan, you might see something like:
Clicking on the statement’s link in the SQL Statement Text column allows you to view the query in SQL form:
After you optimize the query and run it a few times, you can expect to see improvements in the Total time and Average time columns.
Note that the value of Count has dropped. This is because the addition of the bitmap and bitslice indices caused the query plan to change, which in turn triggered a removal of cached queries for the associated class. The query has run under the new query plan a total of eight times, four times on average per day.
Learn More About InterSystems SQL
To learn more about SQL and InterSystems IRIS, see: | https://docs.intersystems.com/healthconnectlatest/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=AFL_SQLQUERYOPT | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | refinedweb | 2,758 | 54.83 |
[Solved] Cannot build 5.0 Beta2 project using OpenGL
Repost from
Realized "Installation and Deployment" is the correct category
I’ve tried everything (….well clearly not everything or it would be working) but I cannot get a 5.0 beta project that uses opengl to compile on Windows 7.
I have “QT += core gui opengl widgets” in my pro file so the Qt OpenGL module should be available
#include <QtOpenGL> is present. However, I get all sorts of compile errors like
“‘GL_MODELVIEW’ : undeclared identifier”
“‘glMatrixMode’: identifier not found”
I THINK I have added the proper PATH, Include, and Lib variables pointing to the right folders, but at this point I'm not sure anymore.
Clearly an opengl library somewhere isn’t being included properly but its driving me nuts which it is. I shouldn’t have to download opengl separately, right? Isn’t it included as part of Qt?
- sierdzio Moderators
Qt5 uses Angle by default. You need to compile it yourself if you want to use OpenGL. OpenGL headers are not included with Qt, and you need to have a proper driver on your machine.
I'm currently trying to build QT5 from scratch (4 hr build and stuff keeps going wrong, life is misery) but could you clarify / correct me if I'm wrong?
When you say build it yourself you mean Qt5 per , correct?
I want to build an exe that runs fine on any win machine. I assume compiling with -opengl locks your executables in with either Nvidia or ATI? Should I be using angle?
Stupid question, but what headers should I be including? When I try I keep getting macro redefinition errors such as glFloat.
- sierdzio Moderators
Yes, correct.
Probably not, OpenGL is platform-agnostic to a lage degree. Then again, angle is default for a reason.
No idea, sorry. I do most of my coding on Linux, and here everything with regard to OpenGL just works. Make sure you do have your AMD/ Nvidia/ Intel drivers installed. Stock Windows includes OpenGL 1.1 only, Qt requires OpenGL 2.0.
I've solved the problem and feel very ashamed of my fail....
OpenGl uses AngleProject which works fine, however, Angle doesn't include Glut support which you'll need to add yourself.
download glut.h AND its accompanying glut32.lib from the internet. Depending on where you save them make sure to add their paths to the "INCLUDE" and "LIB" system variables in Projects Tab->Build Environment
add #include "glut.h" to your code
In Qt Creator right click your project in the projects window and select "Add Library" Chose "External library" (System Library is probably cleaner, but I'll let you add glut.h to your system if you choose). Browse to the library file AND make sure that the Include path is correct. DO NOT trust Qt Creator to auto complete the Include Path. I didn't look at it and QT Creator auto completed the wrong path, took me 30 min to realize that was messing up my linker.
I am also facing the same build issue with the latest qt5 source code when configuring the build with -no-opengl option.
Is there any soft fix to build it.
My requirement is I need only qtquick1,I dont need qtquick2.Is there a way to enable only qtquick1 only.if yes,Please let me know | https://forum.qt.io/topic/21968/solved-cannot-build-5-0-beta2-project-using-opengl | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | refinedweb | 563 | 75.4 |
Powerful and easy to use Swift Query Builder
FluentQuery
It's a swift lib that gives ability to build complex raw SQL-queries in a more easy way using KeyPaths. I call it FQL sunglasses
Built for Vapor3 and depends on Fluent package because it uses Model.reflectProperty(forKey:) method to decode KeyPaths.
For now it support Postgres's SQL-syntax only. But I'm working on MySQL support and it will be available soon. If you're looking for MySQL support please feel free to file an issue with future request to let me know that you need it.
Now it supports: query with most common predicates, building json objects in select, subqueries, subquery into json, joins, aggregate functions, etc.
Note: the project is in active development state and it may cause huge syntax changes before v1.0.0
If you have great ideas of how to improve this package write me (@iMike) in Vapor's discord chat or just send pull request.
Hope it'll be useful for someone :)
Quick Intro
struct PublicUser: Codable { var name: String var petName: String var petType: String var petToysQuantity: Int } try FQL() .select(all: User.self) .select(\Pet.name, as: "petName") .select(\PetType.name, as: "petType") .select(.count(\PetToy.id), as: "petToysQuantity") .from(User.self) .join(.left, Pet.self, where: \Pet.id == \User.idPet) .join(.left, PetType.self, where: \PetType.id == \Pet.idType) .join(.left, PetToy.self, where: \PetToy.idPet == \Pet.id) .groupBy(\User.id, \Pet.id, \PetType.id, \PetToy.id) .execute(on: conn) .decode(PublicUser.self) // -> Future<[PublicUser]> 🔥🔥🔥
Install through Swift Package Manager
Edit your
Package.swift
//add this repo to dependencies .package(url: "", from: "0.4.23") //and don't forget about targets //"FluentQuery"
One more little intro
I love to write raw SQL queries because it gives ability to flexibly use all the power of database engine.
And Vapor's Fleunt allows you to do raw queries, but the biggest problem of raw queries is its hard to maintain them.
I faced with that problem and I started developing this lib to write raw SQL queries in swift-way by using KeyPaths.
And let's take a look what we have :)
How it works
First of all you need to import the lib
import FluentQuery
Then create
FQL object, build your SQL query using methods described below and as first step just print it as a raw string
let query = FQL() //some building print("rawQuery: \(query)")
Several examples
1. Simple
// SELECT * FROM "User" WHERE age > 18 let fql = FQL().select(all: User.self) .from(User.self) .where(\User.age > 18) .execute(on: conn) .decode(User.self)
2. Simple with join
// SELECT u.*, r.name as region FROM "User" as u WHERE u.age > 18 LEFT JOIN "UserRegion" as r ON u.idRegion = r.id let fql = FQL().select(all: User.self) .select(\UserRegion.name) .from(User.self) .where(\User.age > 18) .join(.left, UserRegion.self, where: \User.idRegion == \UserRegion.id) .execute(on: conn) .decode(UserWithRegion.self)
3. Medium 🙂 with query into jsonB obejcts
// SELECT (SELECT to_jsonb(u)) as user, (SELECT to_jsonb(r)) as region FROM "User" as u WHERE u.age > 18 LEFT JOIN "UserRegion" as r ON u.idRegion = r.id let fql = FQL().select(.row(User.self), as: "user") .select(.row(UserRegion.self), as: "region") .from(User.self) .where(\User.age > 18) .join(.left, UserRegion.self, where: \User.idRegion == \UserRegion.id) .execute(on: conn) .decode(UserWithRegion.self) // in this case UserWithRegion struct will look like this struct UserWithRegion: Codable { var user: User var region: UserRegion }
4. Complex
Let's take a look how to use it with some example request
Imagine that you have a list of cars
So you have
Car fluent model
final class Car: Model { var id: UUID? var year: String var color: String var engineCapacity: Double var idBrand: UUID var idModel: UUID var idBodyType: UUID var idEngineType: UUID var idGearboxType: UUID }
and related models
final class Brand: Decodable { var id: UUID? var value: String } final class Model: Decodable { var id: UUID? var value: String } final class BodyType: Decodable { var id: UUID? var value: String } final class EngineType: Decodable { var id: UUID? var value: String } final class GearboxType: Decodable { var id: UUID? var value: String }
ok, and you want to get every car as convenient codable model
struct PublicCar: Content { var id: UUID var year: String var color: String var engineCapacity: Double var brand: Brand var model: Model var bodyType: BodyType var engineType: EngineType var gearboxType: GearboxType }
Here's example request code for that situation
func getListOfCars(_ req: Request) throws -> Future<[PublicCar]> { return req.requestPooledConnection(to: .psql).flatMap { conn -> EventLoopFuture<[PublicCar]> in defer { try? req.releasePooledConnection(conn, to: .psql) } return FQL() .select(distinct: \Car.id) .select(\Car.year, as: "year") .select(\Car.color, as: "color") .select(\Car.engineCapacity, as: "engineCapacity") .select(.row(Brand.self), as: "brand") .select(.row(Model.self), as: "model") .select(.row(BodyType.self), as: "bodyType") .select(.row(EngineType.self), as: "engineType") .select(.row(GearboxType.self), as: "gearboxType") .from(Car.self) .join(.left, Brand.self, where: \Brand.id == \Car.idBrand) .join(.left, Model.self, where: \Model.id == \Car.idModel) .join(.left, BodyType.self, where: \BodyType.id == \Car.idBodyType) .join(.left, EngineType.self, where: \EngineType.id == \Car.idEngineType) .join(.left, GearboxType.self, where: \GearboxType.id == \Car.idGearboxType) .groupBy(\Car.id, \Brand.id, \Model.id, \BodyType.id, \EngineType.id, \GearboxType.id) .orderBy(.asc(\Brand.value), .asc(\Model.value)) .execute(on: conn) .decode(PublicCar.self) } }
Hahah, that's cool right? 😃
As you can see we've build complex query to get all depended values and decoded postgres raw response to our codable model.
BTW, this is a raw SQL equivalent
SELECT DISTINCT c.id, c.year, c.color, c."engineCapacity", (SELECT toJsonb(brand)) as "brand", (SELECT toJsonb(model)) as "model", (SELECT toJsonb(bt)) as "bodyType", (SELECT toJsonb(et)) as "engineType", (SELECT toJsonb(gt)) as "gearboxType" FROM "Cars" as c LEFT JOIN "Brands" as brand ON c."idBrand" = brand.id LEFT JOIN "Models" as model ON c."idModel" = model.id LEFT JOIN "BodyTypes" as bt ON c."idBodyType" = bt.id LEFT JOIN "EngineTypes" as et ON c."idEngineType" = et.id LEFT JOIN "GearboxTypes" as gt ON c."idGearboxType" = gt.id GROUP BY c.id, brand.id, model.id, bt.id, et.id, gt.id ORDER BY brand.value ASC, model.value ASC
So why do you need to use this lib for your complex queries?
The reason #1 is KeyPaths!
If you will change your models in the future you'll have to remember where you used links to this model properties and rewrite them manually and if you forgot one you will get headache in production. But with KeyPaths you will be able to compile your project only while all links to the models properties are up to date. Even better, you will be able to use
refactor functionality of Xcode! 😄
The reason #2 is
if/else statements
With
FQL's query builder you can use
if/else wherever you need. And it's super convenient to compare with using
if/else while createing raw query string. 😉
The reason #3
It is faster than multiple consecutive requests
The reason #4
You can join on join on join on join on join on join 😁😁😁
With this lib you can do real complex queries! 🔥 And you still flexible cause you can use if/else statements while building and even create two separate queries with the same basement using
let separateQuery = FQL(copy: originalQuery) 🕺
Methods
The list of the methods which
FQL provide with
These methods will add fields which will be used between
SELECT and
FROM
SELECT _here_some_fields_list_ FROM
So to add what you want to select call these methods one by one
BTW, read about aliases below
From
Join
.join(FQJoinMode, Table, where: FQWhere)
enum FQJoinMode { case left, right, inner, outer }
As
Table you can put
Car.self or
someAlias
About
FQWhere please read below
Where
.where(FQWhere)
You can write where predicate two ways
First is object oriented
FQWhere(predicate).and(predicate).or(predicate).and(FQWhere).or(FQWhere)
Second is predicate oriented
Example for AND statements
\User.email == "[email protected]" && \User.password == "qwerty" && \User.active == true
Example for OR statements
\User.email == "[email protected]" || \User.email == "[email protected]" || \User.email == "[email protected]"
Example for both AND and OR statements
\User.email == "[email protected]" && FQWhere(\User.role == .admin || \User.role == .staff)
What FQWhere() doing here? It groups OR statements into round brackets to achieve
a AND (b OR c) sql code.
What
predicate is?
It may be
KeyPath operator KeyPath or
KeyPath operator Value
KeyPath may be
\Car.id or
someAlias.k(\.id)
Value may be any value like int, string, uuid, array, or even something optional or nil
List of available operators you saw above in cheatsheet
Some examples
FQWhere(someAlias.k(\.deletedAt) == nil) FQWhere(someAlias.k(\.id) == 12).and(\Car.color ~~ ["blue", "red", "white"]) FQWhere(\Car.year == "2018").and(\Brand.value !~ ["Chevrolet", "Toyota"]) FQWhere(\Car.year != "2005").and(someAlias.k(\.engineCapacity) > 1.6)
Where grouping example
if you need to group predicates like
"Cars"."engineCapacity" > 1.6 AND ("Brands".value LIKE '%YO%' OR "Brands".value LIKE '%ET')
then do it like this
FQWhere(\Car.engineCapacity > 1.6).and(FQWhere(\Brand.value ~~ "YO").or(\Brand.value ~= "ET"))
Cheatsheet
Having
.having(FQWhere)
About
FQWhere you already read above, but as having calls after data aggregation you may additionally filter your results using aggreagate functions such as
SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX
.having(FQWhere(.count(\Car.id) > 0)) //OR .having(FQWhere(.count(someAlias.k(\.id)) > 0)) //and of course you an use .and().or().groupStart().groupEnd()
Group by
.groupBy(\Car.id, \Brand.id, \Model.id)
or
.groupBy(FQGroupBy(\Car.id).and(\Brand.id).and(\Model.id))
or
let groupBy = FQGroupBy(\Car.id) groupBy.and(\Brand.id) groupBy.and(\Model.id) .groupBy(groupBy)
Order by
.orderBy(FQOrderBy(\Car.year, .asc).and(someAlias.k(\.name), .desc))
or
.orderBy(.asc(\Car.year), .desc(someAlias.k(\.name)))
Offset
Limit
JSON
You can build
json on
jsonb object by creating
FQJSON instance
After creating instance you should fill it by calling
.field(key, value) method like
FQJSON(.binary).field("brand", \Brand.value).field("model", someAlias.k(\.value))
as you may see it accepts keyPaths and aliased keypaths
but also it accept function as value, here's the list of available functions
Aliases
FQAlias<OriginalClass>(aliasKey) or
OriginalClass.alias(aliasKey)
Also you can use static alias
OriginalClass.alias if you need only one its variation
And you can generate random alias
OriginalClass.randomAlias but keep in mind that every call to
randomAlias generates new alias as it's computed property
What's that for?
When you write complex query you may have several joins or subqueries to the same table and you need to use aliases for that like
"Cars" as c
Usage
So with FQL you can create aliases like this
//"CarBrand" as b let aliasBrand = CarBrand.alias("b") //"CarModel" as m let aliasModel = CarModel.alias("m") //"EngineType" as e let aliasEngineType = EngineType.alias("e")
and you can use KeyPaths of original tables referenced to these aliases like this
aliasBrand.k(\.id) aliasBrand.k(\.value) aliasModel.k(\.id) aliasModel.k(\.value) aliasEngineType.k(\.id) aliasEngineType.k(\.value)
Executing query
.execute(on: PostgreSQLConnection)
try FQL().select(all: User.self).execute(on: conn)
Decoding query
.decode(Decodable.Type, dateDecodingstrategy: JSONDecoder.DateDecodingStrategy?)
try FQL().select(all: User.self).execute(on: conn).decode(PublicUser.self)
Custom DateDecodingStrategy
By default date decoding strategy is
yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z' which is compatible with postgres
timestamp
But you can specify custom DateDecodingStrategy like this
try FQL().select(all: User.self).execute(on: conn).decode(PublicUser.self, dateDecodingStrategy: .secondsSince1970)
or like this
let formatter = DateFormatter() formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" try FQL().select(all: User.self).execute(on: conn).decode(PublicUser.self, dateDecodingStrategy: .formatted(formatter))
or if you have two or more columns with different date format in the same model then you could create your own date formatter like described in issue #3 | https://iosexample.com/powerful-and-easy-to-use-swift-query-builder/ | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | refinedweb | 1,996 | 50.43 |
Namespace: MailBee.MimeNamespace: MailBee.Mime
If the e-mail message is not entire, the developer can use PartCount property to examine whether the e-mail message is composite (i.e. actually consists of several messages which must be joined to get the complete message). To get the index of the part the message represents, use PartIndex property.
However, the message may be incomplete even if it's a normal message. For instance, if you downloaded only a message header from the mail server, the message will be incomplete too (you'll need to download the entire message to get it completely).
using System; using MailBee; using MailBee.Mime; using MailBee.Pop3Mail; class Sample { static void Main(string[] args) { // Download the first mail message from the specified POP3 account. MailMessage msg = Pop3.QuickDownloadMessage("mail.domain.com", "jdoe", "password", 1, 10); // Check whatever the message is entire, partial, // or it was received incompletely. if (msg.IsEntire) { Console.WriteLine("The message was completely received"); } else if (msg.PartCount > 1) { Console.WriteLine(@"The message is partial (part index is " + msg.PartIndex + ")"); } else { Console.WriteLine(@"The message was not completely received (the body is larger than 10 lines downloaded)"); } } }
Imports System Imports MailBee Imports MailBee.Mime Imports MailBee.Pop3Mail Module Sample Sub Main(ByVal args As String()) ' Download the first mail message from the specified POP3 account. Dim msg As MailMessage = Pop3.QuickDownloadMessage("mail.domain.com", "jdoe", "password", 1, 10) ' Check whatever the message is entire, partial, ' or it was received incompletely. If msg.IsEntire Then Console.WriteLine("The message was completely received") ElseIf msg.PartCount > 1 Then Console.WriteLine("The message is partial (part index is " & _ msg.PartIndex.ToString & ")") Else Console.WriteLine("The message was not completely received " & _ "(the body is larger than 10 lines downloaded)") End If End Sub End Module | https://afterlogic.com/mailbee-net/docs/MailBee.Mime.MailMessage.IsEntire.html | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | refinedweb | 300 | 52.46 |
Hello.
I have a really simple question, but so far can't find an answer to it. I'm using DX in unmanaged C++.
So, I have a class GameApp in namespace Game. I want to export GameApp class into dll so I can use it in my further applications (also I want to inherit it in my app which will use this dll). So far I exported public methods via __declspec(dllexport), but some things are seem can't be exported in dll this way. For example some STL types and DX pointers can't be exported.
Can someone point out direction to solve my problem? Thanks.
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#1 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 1546
Posted 29 June 2012 - 12:25 PM
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 01:41 AM
Exporting classes in DLL would be a problem sometimes.
Maybe the better way would be COM intefaces.
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Getting Yii to play nice with PHP 5.3 namespaces
#1
Posted 17 July 2010 - 02:36 PM
I have tried creating my own autoloader and registered it using Yii::registerAutoloader(), but for some reason the Yii autoloader is running first some of the time.
If anyone has solved the problem, or knows of a strategy that works, I would appreciate it if you would share it with me.
#2
Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:10 AM
spl_autoload_unregister(array('YiiBase','autoload')); spl_autoload_register($callback);
btw., it will be great if you will share your autoloader along with some usage examples.
Enjoying Yii? Star us at github: 1.1 and 2.0.
#3
Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:23 AM
I will write my own autoloader that detects namespaces and loads them, otherwise it will call the Yii::autoload() explicitly instead of letting SPL fall through.
I will post the results of my tests, with code.
#4
Posted 18 July 2010 - 03:20 PM
This more advanced autoloader looks so simple, it would be great if Yii had something like it for those of us that use PHP 5.3 and/or components from more than one framework. (Yii is my core framework, but I am a hardcore DRY guy.)
Here is what Symfony's autoloader looks like if anyone wants to use it or port it.
#5
Posted 27 November 2012 - 03:48 PM
My classes are in two-level namespaces, e.g. "vendor\package\Class", standard PSR-2 conventions - I cannot for the life of me get these to autoload.
The documentation on this subject is shifty - 3 paragraphs talking about how to autoload "application\components\GoogleMap", but then the example shown at the end of that whole discussion is a simple 1-level namespace. And yes, that works - I can map a root-level namespace to a folder and get that to autoload. But I have two packages from the same vendor, so that's not good enough.
Has this problem not been addressed in later versions of Yii?
Do I really have to circumvent Yii's autoloader and pull in the one from Zend or Symfony like I've seen it explained in various blog posts??
#6
Posted 07 December 2012 - 12:04 PM
I find it astounding that Yii to this day still doesn't have an actual autoloader - a class you can extend.
Bottom line is, using namespaces with Yii is painful and takes WAY too much work - this is an ordinary, basic requirement for any developer these days, nearly all modern third-party packages use namespaces by now.
This should not require any work or thought at all, and certainly should not involve pulling third-party packages from other frameworks.
What. The. Hell.
#7
Posted 12 December 2012 - 07:52 PM
FYI, I used it to import the Balanced Payments library that I had previously posted a forum question about here:
Just to clarify, your custom yii.php file goes in the core yii dir (not docroot) and replaces the standard yii.php file that docroot/index.php includes right? Is there a "pure" solution that doesn't involve hacking core (if not, I can certainly live with this)? Also, the constant YII_PATH is defined in YiiBase.php so how are you using it in yii.php before YiiBase.php is included?
#8
Posted 13 December 2012 - 07:39 AM
rbot, on 12 December 2012 - 07:52 PM, said:
You don't need to hack the core - just create your own "yii.php" somewhere outside the code. If you look at the standard Yii class, it's just an empty class that extends YiiBase. It's designed this way, so that you can extend YiiBase with your own Yii class, which enables you to add or override methods in the static Yii class.
So you don't need to hack any of the files in the actual Yii codebase, just ignore the standard Yii-class and load your own instead.
rbot, on 12 December 2012 - 07:52 PM, said:
That's an artifact of the way I set up my own Yii apps, you can substitute that as needed. (I have a separate environment setup, configuration and bootstrapping system that loads before Yii does...)
#9
Posted 15 May 2013 - 02:53 PM
mindplay, on 13 December 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:
I went down this path... Unfortunately because of the poorly coded YiiBase.php (i.e. use of self:: and Yii:: instead of static:
My solution was to just to yank the Yii autoloader completely and use the composer one. I've almost got it working and will share my results.
I'm having issues now where the autoloader is trying to prefix a namespace to global PHP classes used inside Yii (i.e. \Iterator in CListIterator)
#10
Posted 16 May 2013 - 07:01 AM
lucifurious, on 15 May 2013 - 02:53 PM, said:
I agree, it's not sound, but late static binding was only introduced in PHP 5.3, Yii still targets PHP 5.1, and unfortunately has not gotten the maintenance it should have since it's initial release.
Having made the (also questionable) design choice of using a static class, they did the best they could under the circumstances, which was to have this vestigial Yii-class in place, so that at least you can override certain methods by loading a different implementation of that class.
For most common purposes, such as overriding createWebApplication(), it doesn't cause any problems, because no code ever calls YiiBase::anything() - all calls are made to Yii::something() which by default will bubble up to the YiiBase parent class, unless you provide your own implementation. But yes, any method that references self::something() (or worse, static private variables) from inside the YiiBase class, will have to be completely replaced (cut and paste!) if you want to "override" the default implementation.
The solution I posted does work - I'm using it in production on two different sites by now.
#11
Posted 17 June 2013 - 09:37 AM
- Enh #1481: Added support for autoloading namespaced classes (Qiang)
(change log -)
#12
Posted 17 June 2013 - 06:07 PM
phpguy, on 17 June 2013 - 09:37 AM, said:
Actually that was added in 1.1.5, but it never seemed to work for anybody.
#13
Posted 04 May 2014 - 08:49 AM
There is no need for write any complicated autoloaders. Yii has support for namespaced classes but it is well hidden
The solution is described here:
Personally I prefer a mixture of above solution with Yii application configuration. I'm going to explain it basing on example.
Example
I would like to add Complexify class () which is using namespace Complexify.
The first step is to update aliases parameter of the application in the configuration file to register Complexify alias and point it to a directory where our namespaced class is:
'aliases' => array( 'common' => $root . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'common', 'Complexify' => $root . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'common' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'extensions' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'complexify' ),
Note that:
- $root points to my root directory
- aliasses do not point the class ifself but only the folder where the namespaced class is stored;
Now I can create the class using namespace:
$check = new \Complexify\Complexify();
#14
Posted 04 October 2014 - 05:18 AM
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Today, we’re going to start the next multi-million-dollar pizza chain. You might think that the first thing we need to make pizza is a pizza oven and the ability to make toast without burning it, but who ever became a millionaire by following the “conventional” approach? Instead, we’re going to start with the ordering system.
The days when you could just shout “supreme” and receive your pizza are gone. Everyone has very specific preferences, either for health reasons (“no cheese, I’m lactose intolerant”), taste reasons (“no anchovies”) or lack-of-taste reasons (“extra anchovies”), and a regular menu simply cannot handle all of the possible combinations. So we’re going to use a voice recognition system to take our orders.
Project Oxford is a bundle of cloud-based machine-intelligence tools. You can find everything from face detection and emotion recognition through to spell checking (try the demos from your browser). We are going to be using the speech APIs and the Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS) to create our pizza store. All of these services are in preview right now and don’t cost anything.
We will use Python 3.5 and the projectoxford library to access the APIs. You can use Visual Studio Community 2015 to write the Python code, or any other editor. However, the audio APIs in the
projectoxford library currently only work on Windows (you can help us fix this).
Step 1. Take the Order
Before integrating speech, we will start by making a pizza ordering script that works with the keyboard.
Start with a blank Python file, write a welcome message, and then ask the customer for their order. Feel free to change the name to whatever you like.
print("Hello, welcome to Fabrikam Pizza Shack") order = input("How may I help you?")
It’s always polite to repeat the order back to the customer, so they can correct you if you misheard.
print("You said:", order)
We’ll come back to actually understanding the order soon, but right now we need to thank our customer so they come back again. Poor customer loyalty is a great way to make sure we never become millionaire pizza tycoons. (Make sure you use the same name here as when you welcomed your customer, or else they will be very confused.)
print("Thank you for visiting Fabrikam Pizza Shack")
That’s the basic structure! You can now test your pizza ordering system by pressing F5 (in Visual Studio) or running the script from PowerShell or the command prompt.
Step 2. Talk to your Customer
While our text-based interface is functional, it isn’t really as fluent as our customers expect or deserve. Luckily, we can very easily add both text-to-speech and speech-to-text functionality and interact directly with them.
First, we need to install the projectoxford library from PyPI. The easiest way to do this is using pip, or through Visual Studio.
C:\Projects\FabrikamPizzaShack> pip install projectoxford Installing collected packages: projectoxford Running setup.py install for projectoxford ... done Successfully installed projectoxford-0.3.1
Next, visit and subscribe to the speech API service. That will give you a “Primary Key” that you can save for later.
Finally, at the very top of our script, we need to import the speech API client, and then replace the normal print and input functions with ones that will use the microphone and speakers. You’ll need to paste your API key from above. You can also change the locale to match your own, which may improve speech recognition, but be aware that not all combinations of locale and gender will work. (Changing locale changes the language, so if you choose “es-MX” you’ll need to speak Spanish and not English.)
from projectoxford.speech import SpeechClient sc = SpeechClient("PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE", gender='Male', locale='en-US') print = sc.print input = sc.input
Make sure you have your volume up, microphone ready, and run the script again. Instead of typing your responses, you can just speak after the beep to make an order. Try saying “I’d like pizza with some ham and tomato”, “how about pizza with cheese and bacon and cheese and bacon and cheese and bacon”, or if you’re ordering for someone else, “cheese pizza with anchovies, anchovies and anchovies”.
Step 3. Understand the Order
As fun as it is to have our pizza sales assistant read back exactly what you said, it doesn’t feel like you have been understood. You can order anything you like and it sounds like we’ll give it to you. (Go ahead, try ordering a golf club, a sports car, or world peace.) What will really make our pizza shop a money-maker is to understand what the customer has asked for.
To perform this processing, we will turn again to Project Oxford. LUIS takes simple examples of phrases and uses machine learning to create an service that extrapolates to whatever a user asks. For example, if we teach LUIS that “I’d like pizza with cheese and bacon” is a pizza order, LUIS can also identify other statements that look like pizza orders, and can extract information like the list of toppings. The more examples and more usage, the better it gets.
For our pizza shop, you can download a predefined set of examples from here. This is a JSON file with statements like “can I have pizza with pineapple and bacon” and “sausage and pepperoni on my pizza please”, some non-pizza requests such as “I would like a sandwich with bacon, lettuce and tomato”, and it has the classifications already included. We will import this into LUIS to save creating a new application, but you can watch this video to see how to start from scratch.
Go to luis.ai/ and sign in with your Microsoft Account. Once you are in, click the “New App” button and select “Import Existing Application”. Download the Pizza.json file and then select the downloaded file in LUIS, then click Import. Feel free to enter an utterance of your own here, or simply click “Train” in the lower-left corner. When training is complete, click the “Publish” button in the upper-left and then “Publish web service” to get your URL.
Back in our Python script, we want to import the LuisClient class from projectoxford and pass in our URL (make sure that you include the “&q=” at the end of the URL).
from projectoxford.luis import LuisClient lc = LuisClient("YOUR-URL-GOES-HERE")
Now, after obtaining the order from the customer, we can call into LUIS to see what the customer is asking for. The three parameters returned from query are the intent, a list of entity names (in this case, the toppings), and a list of entity types (here we only have “Topping”, but you can support different types).
print("You said: ", order) intent, toppings, _ = lc.query(order)
If the intent is “Pizza” and we have at least one topping, we know what the customer has asked for. If a customer asks for something else, such as a sandwich or golf clubs, the intent will not be “Pizza” and so we will apologize. The speech module has a helpful join_and function that will make the list of toppings into something that can be read out loud.
from projectoxford.speech import join_and if intent == "Pizza" and toppings: print("I will send you a pizza with", join_and(toppings)) else: print("Sorry, we only sell pizza here.") print("Thank you for visiting Fabrikam Pizza Shack")
Summary
With our functional, automated pizza ordering system, we are sure to very quickly succeed in this market. If you want to keep extending the system, here are a few ideas you could try.
- Determine how much the pizza will cost, based on the toppings requested
- Expand your empire by training LUIS to recognize sandwich orders
- Change the voice in the speech client (personally, I like
gender="Female", locale="en-AU")
With Project Oxford and Python, you can very quickly create highly interactive applications that hear what you say, know what you mean, and can talk back to you. Let us know in the comments what you create, and visit the Visual Studio blog to find ten other new things to try.
Extraordinary work- keep it up. The future is counting on it.
Very interesting!
Very nice!!
This algorithm is impressive. I’ll try to use it.
I really look forward to use it. Well done.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND!
Hi, very nice work! But I encountered a problem, I didn’t work through the step 2, an exception occurred, it said “unable to obtain authorization token”.
@Liqiang Du
Did you replace “PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE” with a key retrieved from?
Yes, I replaced “PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE” with the key got from the portal and it is “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”. Anything I miss?
The keys are masked initially and there is a “Show” link to display the actual key – it should look more like a GUID with no hyphens. My apologies for not mentioning that in the post.
Thank you for you reply, it works now. 🙂
I get this message when trying to install projectoxford from VS2015:
—– Installing ‘projectoxford’ —–
Collecting projectoxford
…
Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by ‘ConnectTimeoutError(, ‘Connection to pypi.python.org timed out. (connect timeout=15)’)’: /simple/projectoxford/
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement projectoxford (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for projectoxford
—– Failed to install ‘projectox’ —–
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Provides a way to mark a resource as used for the duration of the instance's scope.
More...
#include <MarkScope.h>
Provides a way to mark a resource as used for the duration of the instance's scope.
This is handy because we don't have to worry about releasing the resource if there are multiple return points, exception handling, or other such issues which might otherwise cause you to forget to release it -- let C++ do it for you!
Definition at line 11 of file MarkScope.h.
List of all members.
constructor, for marking resources which require no data
Definition at line 14 of file MarkScope.h.
constructor, accepts data parameter to pass to Resource::useResource()
Definition at line 18 of file MarkScope.h.
copy constructor, marks resource used, copying ms's data reference (better make sure the Resource support recursive usage...)
Definition at line 22 of file MarkScope.h.
copy constructor, accepts additional data parameter to pass to Resource::useResource()
Definition at line 26 of file MarkScope.h.
destructor, releases resource
Definition at line 30 of file MarkScope.h.
accessor to return the data used to access the resource
Definition at line 37 of file MarkScope.h.
accessor to return the resource being marked
Definition at line 35 of file MarkScope.h.
[private]
assignment prohibited (can't reassign the reference we already hold)
renew the resource usage -- call release and use again with the new data
Definition at line 41 of file MarkScope.h.
renew the resource usage -- call release and use again, with the same data
Definition at line 39 of file MarkScope.h.
[protected]
data passed to resource when using it and releasing it
Definition at line 45 of file MarkScope.h.
Referenced by getData(), MarkScope(), reset(), and ~MarkScope().
the resource we're using
Definition at line 44 of file MarkScope.h.
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Hey experts,
in my scenario, i had a lot of incoming xml files. For each file i have to check if there is a specific element in this xml. If the element is existing, the message should be rejected. If the node is NOT existing, the message should be send to the configured receiver.
In the receiver determination, i said that if no receiver is found, the message should be ignored. Now i have to configure the condition, so that only xml-files without the element gets a receiver.
With the given four operations, this is not possible. I searched the internet and found some topics about my problem, but it still dont work. My non-functional solution is:
/p1:Node1/p1:Node2/p1:Node3[not(Element1)]
EX
I also found and tried this, also without success:
/p1:Node1/p1:Node2/p1:Node3[count(Element)
= 0] EX
In both cases, it works exactly the other way it should work – the xml without element gets no receiver, but the xml with the element does.
Can you please give me a hint? ;-) We use PI 7.31
Regards,
Chris
Hi Chris!
Your second condition definitely should work. Try another one:
//p1:Node1[count(p1:Node2/p1:Node3/Element)=0] EX
Also check if namespace prefixes should be used for any/all elements in XPath and namespace definition is supplied.
Regards, Evgeniy.
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Frankly speaking, I don't know why it doesn't work with your condition :-) Maybe if you provide your payload I could check.
Hi Christopher,
try with the below condition
count(/p1:Node1/p1:Node2/p1:Node3[Element]) = 0
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‘Throw’ and ‘throws’ would seem similar in general life having a difference of tenses only. However, in the programming language, Java, these two are very different from each other and used to do various tasks. Throw and Throws are keywords in java used in exception handling.
Use of Throw and Throws in Java
The ‘Throw’ keyword is used to give an instance of exception that the programmer has manually created to JVM whereas the ‘throws’ keyword is used to give the responsibilities of exception handling, occurred in the method to the caller method.
Syntax-wise: In throw instance of exception is defined in the exception block/ class. In Throws the throw keyword is followed by the exception class
Throw vs Throws in Java
What is Throw in Java
Throw keyword in java is used to throw an exception explicitly and logically defined by the programmer during the program control moves from one block to another assuming the errors exception are defined and handled accordingly.
Throw Syntax
syntax of throw :- throw <instance>;
Throw Example in Java
void mtod (){ throw new mathsexception(“we are sorry there is no solution”); } Program : public class ThrowExample{ void Votingage(int age){ if(age<18) throw new ArithmeticException("you can't vote as not Eligible to vote"); else System.out.println("Eligible for voting"); } public static void main(String args[]){ ThrowExample obj = new ThrowExample(); obj.Votingage(13); System.out.println("End Of Program"); } }
OUTPUT
$java -Xmx128M -Xms16M ThrowExample
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: you can't vote as not Eligible to vote at ThrowExample.Votingage(ThrowExample.java:5) at ThrowExample.main(ThrowExample.java:11)
What is Throws in Java?
Throws: is used to declare and call an exception block, which means its working is similar to the try-catch block.
Throws Example in Java
public class ThrowsExample{ int divion(int a, int b) throws ArithmeticException{ int intet = a/b; return intet; } public static void main(String args[]){ ThrowsExample obj = new ThrowsExample(); try{ System.out.println(obj.divion(15,0)); } catch(ArithmeticException e){ System.out.println("Division cannot be done using ZERO"); } } }
Output
$java -Xmx128M -Xms16M ThrowsExample
Division cannot be done using ZERO
Key difference between Throws and Throw in Java
✓ The basic difference between these two terms is that ‘throws’ keyword uses the name of the exception classes where the ‘throw’ keyword uses the exception object.
✓The ‘throw’ keyword can throw only one i.e. a single exception instance. On the other hand, throws keyword can throw multiple exception classes and separate by a comma.
✓The ‘throw’ keyword is used to simply throw an exception where ‘throws’ keyword is used for declaration of exception, which indicates the exception that is thrown by the method.
✓The ‘throw’ keyword could be utilised inside method or static block initializer. The ‘throws,’ on the other hand, could only be used in method declaration.
✓The ‘throw’ keyword is unable to propagate the unchecked exception to the calling method where ‘throws’ keyword is used to propagate exception to the calling method. However, unchecked exception could be propagated by using throw keyword word.
✓Another basis for the difference between the two is syntax. The syntax of ‘throw’ is followed by an instance variable but syntax of ‘throws’ is followed by the exception class names.
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HTML reports shows pass even if the test Fails in Sikuli
Hi
I am new to sikuli and currently automating my Desktop application
I am writing a script to check if the image is present on the application or not and generating the HTML report
But the report always shows the tests pass even if i close the application to check if it shows fail or not
Please tell me how to solve this error
Thank you in advance
Here is the code:
import os
import HTMLTestRunner
import unittest
import sys
import logUtils
logger = logUtils.
class Util(unittest.
def setUp(self):
# setup the test environment needed to execute the tests in this function
try:
TD5 = os.popen(
if exists(
else:
except Exception, e:
str(e)
def tearDown(self):
# After completion of the tests tear down exits the application
try:
if exists(
else:
except Exception:
print Exception
def test_newProject
try:
if exists(
if exists(
else:
except Exception, e:
str(e)
suite = unittest.
outFile = open(r"
runner = HTMLTestRunner.
runner.run(suite)
HTML report:
It shows pass in the report and when i click pass it shows me this
pt1.1: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Tools\
stream.write(fs % msg)
File "C:\Tools\
stream.write(fs % msg)
ValueError: I/O operation on closed file
Logged from file ToolbarUtil.py, line 18
.... repeated
Question information
- Language:
- English Edit question
- Status:
- Solved
- For:
- Sikuli Edit question
- Assignee:
- No assignee Edit question
- Solved by:
- Vishal singh
- Solved:
- 2018-01-31
- Last query:
- 2018-01-31
- Last reply:
- 2018-01-31
... and there is some misunderstanding about tests pass/fail:
If in a test a not caught exception happens, the test is ended as error (neither pass nor fail).
If anything happens in the test, that does not break with an exception, the test will pass nevertheless.
Only assert yielding a result False will fail the test - but you do not have any asserts in your test!
Thanks for the reply RaiMan
Can you show me an example like a code snippet what i am doing wrong exactly
I want to create test report as well as test log what i am doing after each step
Generally you should think about using RobotFrameWork. if it is about testing with SikuliX.
There is a wrapping library:
https:/
If you want to stick with your setup:
Use the SikuliX user logging - is much simpler:
http://
If I would do it (no logging):
setUp/tearDown should handle any bad situation and exit if it does not make sense to continue
def setUp(self):
TD5 = os.popen(
if not exists(
exit(1) # makes no sense to continue
def tearDown(self):
if exists(
if not waitVanish(
else:
.... only one aspect per test
def test_ClickNewPr
#### see below
if exists(
if exists(
#### this should never happen, see setup
else:
... so this would be my test:
def test_ClickNewPr
if exists(
click()
assert exists(
else:
assert False, "TD5_newProject
Thank you so much for your help RaiMan
I think i got it
How to setup and how to use Unittest module
Thanks once again
apparently you have a problem with the logger feature when running the scripts in the IDE.
Try to run your script from commandline.
BTW: your concept is a little bit weird:
HTMLTestRunner, but there is not one assert, to report what's going wrong in a test, but instead you use the logging feature to report whats going wrong.
You are using UnitTest/
In setup you should simply exit, if the tests cannot be run, same in tearDown. | https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/663899 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | refinedweb | 588 | 62.72 |
Logging Definition
Logging is the process of recording application actions, activities and state to a secondary interface.
Logging is the process of recording application activities into log files. Data saved in a log file are called logs and are usually identified with the
.logextension (some people use other extension preferences)
In this article, you will discover how to use - Winston to log your application activities into files instead of logging into the console.
Why Do you need to Log Data
Why do we need to Log application activities you may ask; Well, logging;
- Helps us know when something or an issue occurs with our app, especially when it's in production mode.
- Helps monitor and Keep track of your system activities.
- Helps persist data so you can view this data for analysis later
Let’s begin with our Winston Logger
In this tutorial, we will need an ExpressJS application running on our machine and one prerequisite to using express is to have Node installed on your machine.
If you do not want to go through the entire process, you can clone this repository for the complete code.
Let's Dive In
Open up your terminal on your desktop or preferred folder location.
I have a special folder where I keep all tutorial-related files so I’ll open it up on my terminal.
Within your folder dir, create a new folder, I'll call mine
winston-tutand initialize node with either yarn or npm
(I’ll be using yarn).
mkdir winston-tut cd winston-tut yarn init -y
Open it up with your preferred code editor
( I’ll be using code-insiders ).
code-insider ./
After that, we’ll have to install express, winston and dotenv
yarn add express winston dotenv
Also, we’ll need to install - nodemon as a dev dependency, so as to be able to restart our server automatically in dev mode.
yarn add -D nodemon
Also, you will have to modify your
package.json file to be able to use ECMAScript 6 modulejs.
Ensure your node is version 14 or higher. You can check for the version of your node on your terminal with the command
node -vor
node --version. You can download the current node here.
- Open your
package.jsonand simply add the following;
“type”:”module”, “scripts”:{ “start:dev”:nodemon app”, “start”:”node app” },
- Create a new file from your terminal in your working dir with
touch app.jswhere you'll spin up your express server.
- Add the following code to your
app.js
import Express from "express"; const app = Express(); const port = process.env.PORT || 3000; app.listen(port, () => { console.log(`App running on port ${ port }`); })
Run
yarn start:dev to start the server in dev mode.
Create another file
winston.js. This is where we'll write our code for the logger.
import winston from 'winston' const { transports, format, createLogger } = winston const { combine, printf } = format
For your reference
- Winston requires at least one transport to create a log. A transport is where the log is saved. Read more on transports
- This allows flexibility when writing your own transports in case you wish to include a default format with your transport. Read more on format.
Since we want our logger to be in a readable human format, we'll have to do some custom winston configuration
// .. // .. const customLog = printf(({ level, message }) => { return `Level:[${ level }] LogTime: [${ logTime }] Message:-[${ message }]` }) const logger = new createLogger({ format: combine(customLog), transports: [ new transports.File({ level: 'info', dirname: 'logs', json: true, handleExceptions: true, filename: `combined.log` }) ], exitOnError: false }) export default logger
The Logger configuration above logs to a file. We’ll add a transport array to the log configuration object.
Later in this guide, we’ll see how we can log error and other log levels to a file and to the console too.
- Back to our
app.js, let's import our logger
import logger from "./winston.js" //... // ... app.listen(port, () => { logger.log('info', `App running on port ${ port }`); })
From the code above example:
Every time the server starts or restarts, Winston will record a log to the combined.log file.
Now let's log error level into it's own file for readability and also do some personalization in terms of logging with date and timestamps.
- Back to our
winston.jsfile we'll write a custom logic.
// ... // ... // Create a log time const logTime = new Date().toLocaleDateString() const customLog = printf(({ level, message }) => { return `Level:[${ level }] LogTime: [${ logTime }] Message:-[${ message }]` }) // Custom date for logging files with date of occurance const date = new Date() const newdate = `${ date.getDate() }-${ date.getMonth() }-${ date.getFullYear() }` const options = { info: { level: 'info', dirname: 'logs/combibned', json: true, handleExceptions: true, datePattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH', filename: `combined-${ newdate }.log`, }, error: { level: 'error', dirname: 'logs/error', json: true, handleExceptions: true, filename: `error-${ newdate }.log`, }, console: { level: 'debug', json: false, handleExceptions: true, colorize: true, }, } const logger = new createLogger({ format: combine(customLog), transports: [ new transports.File(options.info), new transports.File(options.error), new transports.Console(options.console) ], exitOnError: false })
- Back to our
app.js, let's import our logger
import logger from "./winston.js" //... // ... logger.error("This is an error log") logger.warn("This is a warn log") logger.debug("This is logged to the Console only ") app.listen(port, () => { logger.log('info', `App running on port ${ port }`); })
Logging to database
- With winston, it is very easy to log application activities to a database.
I will be logging into a mongo database in this section. I will write on how to do so in other databases soon.
Let's begin
We'll need to install a dependency winston-mongo
yarn add winston-mongo
- Back to our
winston.jsfile we'll just add few lines of code to our existing logic.
import ("winston-mongodb"); // .. // .. // .. const options = { dbinfo: { level: "info", collection: "deliveryLog", db: process.env.MONGO_URI, options: { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }, maxsize: 52428800, // 50MB }, // .. // .. } const logger = new createLogger({ format: combine(customLog), transports: [ // .. // .. new transports.MongoDB(options.dbinfo), ], exitOnError: false })
And that's all for logging with winston. You can visit winston's github repo for more.
You can view complete code here.
Finally
Logging is the best approach to adopt for your production application. Also, there are other standard (premium) logging tools out there.
Always remember logging is best to be in a readable human format as it helps debugging easier.
You might ask when to log, I'll say it's best to log when your app starts and it's best to log into a separate database when your app hits production.
Some of the standard logging instances include:
- Logging when there is an error or the app encounters unexpected exceptions.
- Logging when a system event takes place.
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Claudio writes: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Russell Coker wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion about checking for a directory. But how will I > > determine what version of LVM if it's a directory? Will there be > > /proc/lvm/version? > > You can check the LVM and IOP version in /proc/lvm/global. > > [claudio pokey:/home/claudio] cat /proc/lvm/global > LVM module version 0.9 (13/11/2000) > > Total: 1 VG 1 PV 5 LVs (5 LVs open 5 times) > > Global: 15258 bytes malloced IOP version: 10 14:55:25 active > also have the 3 lines of LVM path setting in the root .bashrc. This approach means that anyone who has old tools directly installed in /sbin can still survive the installation of new tools in /sbin/lvm-$I. This will leave me with the following in rc.sysinit/.bashrc: if [ -f /etc/lvmtab ]; then IOP=`lvmiopversion 2> /dev/null` rc=$? if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then [ -d /sbin/lvm-$IOP ] && PATH=/sbin/lvm-$IOP:$PATH vgchange -a y rc=$? fi # error handling if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then # blah fi fi Heinz, can you consider adding the lvmiopversion.c file to the LVM CVS? No matter which way we go it will probably be a useful command to have. Cheers, Andreas ========================== lvmiopversion.c =================================== /* * tools/lvmiopversion.c * * Copyright (C) 2000 Andreas Dilger <adilger turbolinux com> * * LVM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) * any later version. * *VM; see the file COPYING. If not, write to * the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <lvm_user.h> #ifdef DEBUG int opt_d; #endif char *cmd = "lvmiopversion"; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int ver = lvm_get_iop_version(); if (ver < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "%s -- LVM driver/module not loaded?\n\n", cmd); return LVM_EDRIVER; } printf("%d\n", ver); return 0; } -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" -- Dogbert | http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2000-December/msg00141.html | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | refinedweb | 352 | 72.66 |
> However, integer, but it still > complains. Can you post in those tracebacks? > Any advice on what I can do to fix this? well, let's look over the program; > range = range() >>> range = range() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in ? range = range() TypeError: range() requires 1-3 int arguments I think you should be asking for a list here. try: range = [] instead. > print range > raw_input("click ok to carry ok") > target = generatenumber(range) #kicks the whole thing off > > def range(): > strtop = raw_input("What is your top number?") > strbottom = raw_input("What is your bottom number?") > top = int(strtop) > bottom = int(strbottom) > range = [bottom, top] > print "range top is ", range[0] > print "range bottom is ", range[1] > return range line by line ... > strtop = raw_input("What is your top number?") > strbottom = raw_input("What is your bottom number?") What you have above, is very readable, but can also be expressed as without really sacraficing readability; top = int(raw_input("What is your top number?")) bottom = int(raw_input("What is your bottom number?")) range = [bottom, top] You are trying to use your 'range = range()' as if it were a list range = [bottom, top] ... if you WANT a list, then ask for with a 'range = []' statement as shown above. print "range top is ", range[0] print "range bottom is ", range[1] return range and you are using range like a range ... so as a recomndation your variable being named 'range' is bad namespace ettiquitte. how about rangelist = [] instead? > def generatenumber(range): > top = int (range[0]) > bottom = int (range[1]) > target = random.randrange(range[1], range[0]) # and I've also tried (bottom,top) # and probably gotten bad results too, range isn;t really a list > print "Target is ", target > ok = raw_input("please press enter to continue") > return target -- Programmer's mantra; Observe, Brainstorm, Prototype, Repeat David Broadwell | https://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-April/029419.html | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | refinedweb | 304 | 74.49 |
running into a problem with this example code in that when I try to =
run it, I get no output or prompt for input when running it from the =
MSYS command line. Can someone explain what the problem is? I find =
that if I run it in gdb, I can see the output and put in input fine, but =
not from the command line itself, possibly from the fact that gdb opens =
up another window? Thanks.
John
Example Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <string.h>
typedef struct alarm_tag {
int seconds;
char message[64];
} my_alarm_t;
int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
char line[128];
my_alarm_t* alarm;
while (1)
{
printf ("Alarm> ");
if ( fgets ( line, sizeof (line), stdin ) =3D=3D 0 ) exit (0);
if ( strlen (line) <=3D 1 ) continue;
alarm =3D (my_alarm_t*)malloc (sizeof(my_alarm_t));
if ( sscanf ( line, "%d %64[^\n]", &alarm->seconds, alarm->message ) =
< 2 ) {
fprintf (stderr, "Bad Command\n");
free (alarm);
}
else {
printf ("(%d) %s\n", alarm->seconds, alarm->message);
free (alarm);
}
}
} | https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/mailman/mingw-users/thread/A4AA05CE92DACC43886D133DB94A926E01D47D09@medicine-exch1.medicine.uiowa.edu/ | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | refinedweb | 164 | 66.78 |
everything to run a project in a distributed and serverless fashion
Project description
Algernon
everything you need to be serverless and amazing
overview
Algernon works in the AWS ecosystem, so if you are somewhere else, this isn't for you #sad_emoji_face
Everything in the Algernon world is broken down to the smallest unit of work, which we call a Task. A Task has a task_name and an optional callback. When you run a Task, you can supply it with task_kwargs, which will be the payload delivered to the Task code.
listeners and queues
Every Task is associated with an SQS queue and an SNS topic. The SNS topic serves as the listener, messages sent to it will be transferred to the corresponding queue for processing.
workers
To simplify deployment, a single Lambda Function may serve multiple Tasks. In this case, you should use a handler capable of parsing out the task_name and routing the task accordingly. We commonly use:
from some_package import tasks def handler(event, context): task_name = event['task_name'] task_kwargs = event.get('task_kwargs', {}) task_fn = getattr(tasks, task_name) if task_fn is None: raise RuntimeError(f'task: {task_name} is not registered with the system') results = task_fn(**task_kwargs) return results
The lambda function is subscribed to the SQS queue, so as tasks are pushed into the queue from the listener, the workers automatically pick them up and start working.
idempotence
By default, workers will pull messages from the queue in batches of ten. If one of the tasks in that batch fails, the entire batch remains in the queue, meaning all those tasks will run again. For this reason, you must be markedly diligent to make your code idempotent. Whether it runs once, or it runs a hundred times, the result should be the same (this includes entries to databases, additions to storage, etc)
callbacks
Once a task has run, the results can be sent to another Task, creating a chain. You specify the name of the next task under the callback key in the Task invocation.
context
When a Lambda function invokes Python code, it provides the handler with two positional arguments, event and context. We hijack the context, and use it to persist resources across a batch. The original AWS context is preserved under the key 'aws'. You can store your own information into this context dictionary, and those will be available throughout the life of the Task Worker.
Common uses of the context is to store database connections, retrieved credentials, or other things you don't want to repeat ten times when your workers pull a batch.
Objects and Utilities
the @queued decorator
This function decorator is applied to the Worker handler function. It allows you to code your handler as if it were being directly invoked by Lambda. The decorator takes care of parsing the batch messages from SQS and sending indicated callbacks.
the serializers
Algernon loves object oriented programming, and one of our early struggles was in trying to get our objects from Task to Task. To accomplish this, we provide a base object (AlgObject), which has one required class method (parse_json). Objects which inherit from AlgObject can be sent across the wire in Task task_kwargs.
To serialize and rebuild AlgObjects, you can use the ajson utility included in this library.
from algernon import ajson, AlgObject class DatabaseCredentials(AlgObject): def __init__(self, username, password, read_url, write_url): self._username = username self._password = password self._read_url = read_url self._write_url = write_url @classmethod def parse_json(cls, json_dict): return cls(json_dict['username'], json_dict['password'], json_dict['read_url'], json_dict['write_url']) credentials = DatabaseCredentials('my_username', '31iteP@zzW0rd', 'some_db_url', 'some_other_db_url') strung_credentials = ajson.dumps(credentials) # send them to the next task rebuilt_credentials = ajson.loads(strung_credentials)
The ajson utility also handles some common JSON problem children.
- Python datetime objects
- Tuples
- Sets
- Decimals
the rebuild_event function
To support modularity, the @queued decorator does not run messages through the ajson utility before sending them to the Task handler. This decision allows one Task Worker to handle messages meant for a different Task Worker, such as when routing or replaying messages. If you try to use the ajson utility on messages that contain AlgObjects from another Worker, and those AlgObjects are not imported into the Worker handler, your Worker will fail.
If you know that certain Tasks will only ever receive messages that can be rebuilt within the module, you can use the rebuild_event function to restore the AlgObjects in the message.
from algernon import queued, rebuild_event @queued def handler(event, context): event = rebuild_event(event) task_name = event['task_name'] task_kwargs = event['task_kwargs'] db_credentials = task_kwargs['db_credentials']
the @lambda_logged decorator
Lambda functions capture all logging activity and store it through the CloudWatch service. To help organize and search these logs, you can decorate your Task or Worker handler with the @lambda_logged decorator. Doing so will clear all existing loggers, which we have found solves many logging problems with Lambda, and then setup the root logger to include timestamp, function information, and request information with your logging. Additionally, you can toggle debug level logging on by setting the environment variable "DEBUG" to True. Additionally, the decorator will activate the native Lambda connection the X-Ray service. If you set this decorator, and then run your Worker, you can see the traces for your function with their stats under the AWS X-Ray service.
This decorator activates logging for the most common libraries (requests, SQLite, etc). You can decorate your own functions directly to help improve the granularity of your tracing.
from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder @xray_recorder.capture def some_task(**kwargs): print(f'hey, did some work with {kwargs}')
We have found that the Python boto library and the native x-ray library tend to produce chatter in the logs, so this decorator sets both of them to log level WARNING.
combining decorators
you absolutely can use the @queued and @lambda_logged decorators together on the same handler.
StoredData
when passing information from function to function, as during a callback, the task_kwargs are not sent across the wire whole. To help handle large messages, the results of the function will be uploaded to S3 and replaced with a pointer. When the information arrives at the next task, the information is automatically pulled from S3 and put back in place. You specify the bucket to send the information to by setting the "ALGERNON_BUCKET_NAME" environment variable. By default, StoredData objects are set with the prefix "cache". You can change this by "CACHE_FOLDER_NAME" environment variable. We suggest you set up expiration lifecycle rules on the bucket you use for this purpose to keep costs down.
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Ok first Question:
How to pass an array of 20 pointers, pointing to a strucutre (I think that is what I have declared). Would like to know what would be written in the function prototype and the function definition header
Second Question
I see that I have declared array of 20 pointers, each pointing to the structure I created. Now is it possible I use just one pointer which points to an Structure array of say 20.
Third Question
Which way is better. Basically what I am thinking is declaring an array of 20 pointers to the contact, i am not really using up much memory but if I declare an structure array of 20 I would be declaring memory, and then if I use a pointer to point to it, it wouldn't be pretty much foo. But thats just what I am thinking
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; struct contact { char firstName[20]; char lastName[20]; char phoneNum[20]; char emailAdd[80]; }; void getInput(contact *, ifstream); int main(void) { contact *myContacts[5]; //I am not sure whether this is the correcet way ifstream fin; ofstream fout; getInput(myContacts, fin) } void getInput(contact *myContacts, ifstream fin) { fin.open("file.txt"); for(int i = 0; fin.eof(); i++) { myContacts[i]->firstName; myContacts[i]->lastName; myContacts[i]->phoneNum; myContacts[i]->emailAdd; } } | http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/153247-passing-pointer-array-structure/page__p__911633 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | refinedweb | 224 | 54.46 |
A namespace package for a number of useful sub-packages and modules.
Project description. Finally, the setup.py script for PLIB uses the setuputils helper module, which helps to automate away much of the boilerplate in Python setup scripts. This module is available as a separate release at.
This version of PLIB is intended to run on the latest Python 2 versions. It has been tested on 2.7, but most of it should run on 2.6 as well; the main known exception is the options module in plib.stdlib, which uses the argparse standard library module that was added in 2.7. If you need to run PLIB on earlier Python versions, the “legacy” version of PLIB is available at as the plib2 package. However, the PLIB API in this and future versions is considerably changed from the “legacy” API, so programs written using plib2 will have to be ported to the new API to use this or future PLIB versions.
The PLIB Sub-Packages
The individual sub-packages and modules contain docstrings with more information about their usage; here they are briefly listed and described.
(Note: This is intended to be the final release of PLIB as a complete package including all its sub-packages. The next PLIB release is intended to be a Beta release of the STDLIB sub-package, followed by the GUI and IO sub-packages. The XML sub-package might or might not be released later; the ``lxml`` package has evolved a lot since PLIB.XML was last tested. The ``plib.gui`` and ``plib.io`` releases will each require ``plib.stdlib``, so ``pip install plib.gui`` or ``pip install plib.io`` should also install ``plib.stdlib``. Splitting the sub-packages this way allows you to only install what you need, and also allows each sub-package to have its own release schedule, independent of the others.)
PLIB.GUI
This sub-package.IO
This sub-package contains classes that encapsulate various forms of client/server I/O channels. It is organized into sub-packages itself to make the namespace easier to use. First, the base sub-package contains base classes that implement common basic functionality that is built on by the rest of PLIB.IO.
Most of the remaining sub-packages fall into three main chatgen module which contains a simple class, chat_replies, that yields replies from a remote server as a generator, proc module provides a shortcut function sub-packages. See the docstrings for the class and the sub-packages using it for more information..
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ShowTime is the simplest and best way to display all your taps and gestures on screen. Perfect for that demo, presentation or video.
One file (or pod install) is all you need to add that extra polish your demos. ShowTime even displays the level of force you're applying, and can be configured to show the actual number of taps performed. Apple Pencil events are configurable and disabled by default.
ShowTime works as soon as your app runs with no setup required, but is also highly configurable if you don't like the defaults.
ShowTime works with single- and multi-window setups, as well as in iOS widgets, and works with any Swift or Objective-C project.
It takes less than a minute to install ShowTime, consider using it when you're sharing or recording your screen through QuickTime or AirPlay.
By default, the size of the visual touches are 44pt; this mirrors Apple's guidelines for minimum hit size for buttons on iOS. You're free to change this, of course!
Showing your gestures during demos gives your audience a much clearer context on what's happening on your device. Try ShowTime for your next demo, it's insanely easy to set up!
ADDED BONUS: Adding ShowTime as a pod to your XCUI automation test target will show the taps and gestures while your automation tests run.
pod 'ShowTime', '~> 2'to your Podfile and run
pod updatein Terminal.
ShowTime.swiftinto your project or copy the contents of it where ever you like.
pod 'ShowTime', '~> 1'to your Podfile and run
pod updatein Terminal.
1.0.1and drop
ShowTime.swiftinto your project, or copy the contents of it where ever you like.
Note: If you use the latest version of ShowTime without switching to
1.0.1 you'll end up with the Swift 4 version which won't work with projects using Swift 3
ShowTime works out of the box (you don't even need to import the framework anywhere), but you can customise it to turn it on or off, change the colour of the taps, and even choose whether to display the number of taps for multiple taps.
There's lots of options to play with which helps ShowTime work with your app's character during demos.
Here's a list of options:
// Defines when and if ShowTime is enabled. // // Possible values are: // - .always // - .never // - .debugOnly // // `.always` by default, ShowTime.enabled: ShowTime.Enabled // The fill (background) color of a visual touch. // When set to `.auto`, ShowTime automatically uses the stroke color with a 50% alpha. // This makes it super quick to change ShowTime to fit in better with your brand. // `.auto`) // - .custom (Provide your own custom animation block) // // `.standard` by default. ShowTime.disappearAnimation: ShowTime.Animation // The delay, in seconds, before the visual touch disappears after a touch ends. // `0 // The font of the text to use when showing multiple tap counts. // `.systemFont(ofSize: 17, weight: .bold)` by default. ShowTime.multipleTapCountTextFont: UIFont // Whether visual touches should visually show how much force is applied. // `true` by default (show off that amazing tech!). ShowTime.shouldShowForce: Bool // Whether touch events from Apple Pencil are ignored. // `true` by default. ShowTime.shouldIgnoreApplePencilEvents: Bool swizzle the
sendEvent(_:) method.(_:).
ShowTime automatically swizzles functions which doesn't require the framework to be imported with
import ShowTime, so after install the cocoapod, ShowTime is automagically enabled. The only time you'll need to import the framework is if you want to play around with the configuration.
Yes, I've never seen any weird crashes but it's never been stress tested, so to do so is at your own risk.
People watching a demo of your app don't know exactly what your fingers are doing, so showing how many times you've tapped on a specific part of the screen really helps people understand the gestures you're carrying out..
I'm guessing that most of the time, if you're demoing using an Apple Pencil then you're demoing drawing or something similar, so you wouldn't want a touch to display at that location. You can easily disable this behaviour if you need touch events to show for Apple Pencil interactions.
This is possible, you'd just need to set the colour in
viewDidLoad or
viewDidAppear(_:) in the screens you want to change the colour of the taps on. It adds a small layer of complexity, but certainly possible.
Kane Cheshire, @KaneCheshire
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hey
just need a second opinion to help see whats wrong with my code. im trying to drop a piece to the bottom of the row. im using avr studio 4
please see attached file
bigfoot
This is a discussion on Need a second opinion - code error and i cant see it within the C Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; hey just need a second opinion to help see whats wrong with my code. im trying to drop a piece ...
hey
just need a second opinion to help see whats wrong with my code. im trying to drop a piece to the bottom of the row. im using avr studio 4
please see attached file
bigfoot
What are the symptoms?
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Mats
Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them!
Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
im getting 22 error codes every second trial, and sometimes it doesnt stop building, or to be awesome, it doesnt compile at all
Just post it like this:
[CODE] [CODE]
Code:else { if (c == ' ') { board_updated = 1; while (board_updated == 1); { (vara = attempt_drop_piece_one_row() ); if(vara == 1 ) board_updated = 1; else board_updated = 0; } // end while loop // fix_piece_to_board();} // end else if } } } // end if if this is; }
so its just how i entered it thats making all the errors?
Please use an attachment or inline your assignment / work.
Don't use a proprietary file format which only a subset of people can read, and which is a known vector for malware.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
I support as the first necessary step to a free Europe.
2. We'd need at least the first few error messages.
I can see lots of syntax problems.
The red text above will certainly confuse the compiler - what are you trying to do here?The red text above will certainly confuse the compiler - what are you trying to do here?Code:if this is int8_t attempt_drop_piece_one_row(void)
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Mats
Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them!
Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
alright i'll try get it together
A lot of these lines look really wrong. And they are mainly syntax errors as matsp said.
Do you mean: else if (c == ' ') {Do you mean: else if (c == ' ') {else { if (c == ' ')
Here as well:
It should probably be:It should probably be:if(vara == 1 )
board_updated = 1;
else board_updated = 0;
} // end while loop
Please use an editor like Context if you can't style out the code properly.Please use an editor like Context if you can't style out the code properly.Code:if (vara == 1) { board_updated = 1; } else { board_updated = 0; }
It will do the auto formatting for you.
Last edited by JFonseka; 10-25-2007 at 03:35 AM.
Insert..Code:/* ** board.c ** ** Written by Peter Sutton ** ** Board data is stored in an array of rowtype (which is wide enough ** to hold a bit for each column). The bits of the rowtype ** represent whether that square is occupied or not (a 1 indicates ** occupied). The least significant BOARD_WIDTH bits are used. The ** least significant bit is on the right. */ #include "board.h" #include "pieces.h" #include "timer.h" #include "score.h" #include "led_display.h" /* ** Function prototypes. ** Board.h has the prototypes for functions in this module which ** are available externally, and because we include "board.h" above ** we do not need to repeat those prototypes. */ int8_t piece_overlap(piece_type* piece, int8_t row_num); void check_for_completed_rows(void); /* ** Global variables ** */ rowtype board[BOARD_ROWS]; piece_type current_piece; /* Current dropping piece */ int8_t piece_row_num; /* Current row number of the bottom of ** the current piece, -1 if have ** no current piece */ /* ** Initialise board - no pieces (i.e. set the row data to contain ** all zeroes.) */ void init_board(void) { int8_t i; for(i=0; i < BOARD_ROWS; i++) { board[i] = 0; } /* -1 in piece_row_num indicates no current piece */ piece_row_num = -1; } /* ** Copy board to LED display. Note that difference in definitions of ** rows and columns for the board and the LED display. The Tetris board ** has 15 rows (numbered from the bottom), each 7 bits wide (with the ** 7 columns numbered as per the bits - i.e. least significant (0) on ** the right). The LED display has 7 rows (0 at the top, 6 at the bottom) ** with 15 columns (numbered from 0 at the bottom to 14 at the top). */ void copy_board_to_led_display(void) { /* The board has BOARD_ROWS (e.g. 15), each of width BOARD_WIDTH. ** Board row 0 corresponds to LED display column bit 0 etc. ** The function updates our LED display to reflect the ** current state of the board. */ int8_t board_row_num; int8_t board_col_num; uint16_t led_display_row; for(board_col_num = 0; board_col_num < BOARD_WIDTH; board_col_num++) { led_display_row = 0; for(board_row_num = BOARD_ROWS-1; board_row_num >= 0; board_row_num--) { led_display_row <<=1; led_display_row |= (board[board_row_num]>>board_col_num)&1; /* If the current piece covers this row - add it in also. */ if(piece_row_num >= 0 && board_row_num >= piece_row_num && board_row_num < (piece_row_num + current_piece.y_dimension)) { led_display_row |= ((current_piece.rowdata[board_row_num - piece_row_num] >>board_col_num)&1); } } /* Copy this row to the LED display. Lower LED display ** row numbers correspond to higher board column numbers */ display[6-board_col_num] = led_display_row; } } /* ** Checks whether have current piece */ int8_t have_current_piece(void) { return (piece_row_num != -1); } /* ** Add random piece, return false (0) if we can't add the piece - this ** means the game is over. */ int8_t add_random_piece(void) { current_piece = generate_random_piece(); /* We add the piece at a position that ensures it will fit on ** the board, even if rotated (i.e. we check it's maximum ** dimension and come down that many rows). ** This allows rotation without worrying ** about whether the piece will end up off the top of the ** board or not. */ if(current_piece.x_dimension > current_piece.y_dimension) { piece_row_num = BOARD_ROWS - current_piece.x_dimension; } else { piece_row_num = BOARD_ROWS - current_piece.y_dimension; } if(piece_overlap(¤t_piece, piece_row_num)) { /* Game is over */ piece_row_num = -1; /* no current piece */ return 0; } else { return 1; } } /* ** Attempt to move the current piece to the left or right. ** This succeeds if ** (1) the piece isn't all the way to the side, and ** (2) the board contains no pieces in that position. ** Returns 1 if move successful, 0 otherwise. */ int8_t attempt_move(int8_t direction) { piece_type backup_piece; /* ** Make a copy of our piece in its current position (in case ** we need to restore it) */ copy_piece(¤t_piece, &backup_piece); /* ** Move the piece template left/right, if possible (will only ** fail if the piece is up against the side). */ if(direction == MOVE_LEFT) { if(!move_piece_left(¤t_piece)) { return 0; } } else { if(!move_piece_right(¤t_piece)) { return 0; } } /* ** If we get here, piece is not at edge. ** Check that the board will allow a move (i.e. the pieces ** won't overlap). */ if(piece_overlap(¤t_piece, piece_row_num)) { /* ** Current board position does not allow move. ** Restore original piece */ copy_piece(&backup_piece, ¤t_piece); return 0; } /* Move has been made - return success */ return 1; } /* ** Attempt to drop the piece by one row. This succeeds unless there ** are squares blocked on the row below or we're at the bottom of ** the board. Returns 1 if drop succeeded, ** 0 otherwise. (If the drop fails, the caller should add the piece ** to the board.) */; } /* ** Attempt to rotate the piece clockwise 90 degrees. Returns 1 if the ** rotation is successful, 0 otherwise (e.g. a piece on the board ** blocks the rotation). */ int8_t attempt_rotation(void) { /* We calculate what the rotated piece would look like, ** then compute if it would interect with any board pieces */ piece_type backup_piece; /* ** Make a copy of our piece in its current orientation (in case ** we need to restore it) */ copy_piece(¤t_piece, &backup_piece); /* ** Attempt rotation (will only fail if too close to right hand ** side) */ if(!rotate_piece(¤t_piece)) { return 0; } /* ** Need to check if rotated piece will intersect with existing ** pieces. If yes, restore old piece and return failure */ if(piece_overlap(¤t_piece, piece_row_num)) { /* ** Current board position does not allow move. ** Restore original piece */ copy_piece(&backup_piece, ¤t_piece); return 0; } /* Move has been made - return success */ return 1; } /* ** Add piece to board at its current position. We do this using a ** bitwise OR for each row that contains the piece. */ void fix_piece_to_board(void) { int8_t i; for(i=0; i < current_piece.y_dimension; i++) { board[piece_row_num + i] |= current_piece.rowdata[i]; } /* ** Indicate that we no longer have a current piece */ piece_row_num = -1; check_for_completed_rows(); } #define COMPLETED_ROW ((1<<BOARD_WIDTH)-1) void check_for_completed_rows(void) { int8_t i, j; for(i = 0; i < BOARD_ROWS; ) { // check if row is completed if(board[i]==COMPLETED_ROW) { // let j = the row, loop through j to board_rows, // moving each row (j+1) down one (j), and insert a null row at the top j = i; for(; j < BOARD_ROWS; ++j) { board[j] = board[j+1]; } // the top row = BOARD_ROWS-1 ( remember, arrays start at zero ) board[BOARD_ROWS-1] = 0; // if 0 means an empty row // board[i] is actually a new row, so we don't increment i as this // would mean that we wouldn't check the new "i" row. } else ++i; // increment i, that row isn't completed } } /* Suggested approach is to iterate over all the rows (0 to ** BOARD_ROWS -1)in the board and check if the row is all ones ** i.e. matches ((1 << BOARD_WIDTH) - 1). ** If a row of all ones is found, the rows above the current ** one should all be moved down one position and a zero row ** inserted at the top. ** Repeat this process if more than one completed row is ** found. ** ** e.g. if rows 2 and 4 are completed (all ones), then ** rows 0 and 1 at the bottom will remain unchanged ** old row 3 becomes row 2 ** old row 5 becomes row 3 ** old row 6 becomes row 4 ** ... ** old row BOARD_ROWS - 1 becomes row BOARD_ROWS - 3; ** row BOARD_ROWS - 2 (second top row) is set to 0 ** row BOARD_ROWS - 1 (top row) is set to 0 */ /* ** Check whether the given piece will intersect with pieces already on the ** board (assuming the piece is placed at the given row number). */ int8_t piece_overlap(piece_type* piece, int8_t row_num) { int8_t row; for(row=0; row < piece->y_dimension; row++) { if(piece->rowdata[row] & board[row_num + row]) { /* Got an intersection (AND is non-zero) */ return 1; } } return 0; } /* * FILE: project.c * * This is the main file. * * Written by Peter Sutton */ #include "board.h" #include "pieces.h" #include "led_display.h" #include "score.h" #include "serialio.h" #include "terminalio.h" #include "timer.h" #include <stdio.h> #include <avr/io.h> #include <avr/interrupt.h> #include <avr/pgmspace.h> /* ** Function prototypes - these are defined below main() */ void new_game(void); void splash_screen(void); void handle_game_over(void); void time_increment(void); volatile uint8_t time_passed_flag; /* * main -- Main program. */ int main(void) { uint8_t board_updated = 1; uint8_t chars_into_escape_sequence = 0; uint8_t vara = 0; uint8_t varb = 0; char c; /* Initialise our main clock */ init_timer_0(); /* Initialise serial I/O */ init_serial_stdio(19200, 0); /* Make the display_row() function be called every 2ms */ start_sw_timer(0, 2, display_row, 0); /* Make the time_increment() function be called every 0.5s. ** This function will just set the time_passed_flag to 1. */ start_sw_timer(1, 500, time_increment, 0); /* ** Turn on interrupts (needed for timer to work) */ sei(); /* ** Display splash screen */ splash_screen(); /* ** Perform necessary initialisations for a new game. */ new_game(); /* ** Event loop - wait for a certain amount of time to pass (depending on how ** we've initialised the timer) or wait ** for a character to arrive from standard input. The time_passed_flag ** is set within the timer interrupt handler (whenever our time target ** is reached). */ for(;;) { if(time_passed_flag) { time_passed_flag = 0; if(have_current_piece()) { /* ** Attempt to drop current piece by one row */ board_updated = attempt_drop_piece_one_row(); if(!board_updated) { /* Couldn't drop piece - add to board */ fix_piece_to_board(); board_updated = 1; } } else { /* ** No current piece - add one */ if(add_random_piece()) { /* Addition of piece succeeded */ board_updated = 1; } else { /* Addition failed - game over */ handle_game_over(); } } } if(input_available()) { /* Read the input from our terminal and handle it */ c = fgetc(stdin); if(chars_into_escape_sequence == 0 && c == '\x1b') { /* ** Received ESCAPE character - we're one character into ** an escape sequence */ chars_into_escape_sequence = 1; } else if(chars_into_escape_sequence == 1 && c == '[') { /* ** We're two characters into an escape sequence */ chars_into_escape_sequence = 2; } else if (chars_into_escape_sequence == 2 && c >= 'A' && c <= 'D' && have_current_piece()) { /* ** Have received a cursor key escape sequence - process it if ** we have a current piece - otherwise ignore it */ if(c == 'A') { /* Cursor up key pressed - Rotate piece if possible */ board_updated = attempt_rotation(); } else if(c == 'B') { /* Cursor down key pressed - Drop piece if possible */ board_updated = attempt_drop_piece_one_row(); if(!board_updated) { /* Couldn't drop piece - add to board */ fix_piece_to_board(); board_updated = 1; } } else if(c == 'C') { /* Cursor right key pressed - Move right if possible */ board_updated = attempt_move(MOVE_RIGHT); } else { /* c == 'D' */ /* Presume that cursor left key pressed - move left if possible */ board_updated = attempt_move(MOVE_LEFT); } /* We're no longer part way through an escape sequence */ chars_into_escape_sequence = 0; } else if(chars_into_escape_sequence) { /* ** We started an escape sequence but didn't get a character ** we recognised - discard it and assume that we're not ** in an escape sequence. */ chars_into_escape_sequence = 0; } else { /* ** Some other character received. Handle it (or ignore it). */ if (c == 'N' || c == 'n'){ new_game() ; main();} //} else { if (c == ' ') { board_updated = 1; while (board_updated == 1); { (vara = attempt_drop_piece_one_row() ); if(vara == 1 ) board_updated = 1; else board_updated = 0; } // end while loop // fix_piece_to_board();} // end else if } } } // end if /* ** YOUR CODE HERE TO CHECK FOR OTHER KEY PRESSES ** AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. You may need to ** add code in other locations also. */ } if(board_updated) { /* ** Update display of board since its appearance has changed. */ copy_board_to_led_display(); board_updated = 0; } } } void time_increment(void) { /* Function that gets called when a certain amount of time passes */ time_passed_flag = 1; } void new_game(void) { /* ** Initialise the board and the screen */ init_board(); init_display(); init_score(); } /* ** Display some suitable message to the user that includes your name(s). ** You may need to use terminalio functions to position the cursor appropriately. */ /* Add software delay here. Use a software timer that counts to a certain value ** and wait for it to finish. Consider use of the wait_for_sw_timer_wraparound() ** function. */ void dummy_timer_func(void) {} void splash_screen(void) { /* Clear the terminal screen */ clear_terminal(); /* YOUR CODE HERE - replace the following */ move_cursor(30, 0); printf_P(PSTR("Tetris \n")) ; move_cursor(27,10); printf_P(PSTR("Xavia Troeger \n")) ; move_cursor(29,11); printf_P(PSTR("41407563 \n")) ; start_sw_timer(3, 2000, dummy_timer_func, 0); wait_for_sw_timer_wraparound(2); stop_sw_timer(3); draw_horizontal_line(15, 0, 78) ; move_cursor(0, 17); printf_P(PSTR("Score:")); } void handle_game_over(void) { /* Print "Game over" to the terminal */ printf_P(PSTR("Game over")); /* Stop our timer (means we won't be attempting to drop pieces */ stop_sw_timer(1); }
ok. the update is that
1. no more error messages
2. the while loop isnt running properly
3. i want the loop to work
4. i want the piece to drop until it hits the bottom or untill it hits another piece and then i want it to be fixed there
i think thats everything...
how's it looking?
Well I am pretty sure you didn't code that yourself. So either you copied it wrongly and that's why the while loop isn't working, or you mistakenly edited it.
I am not sure about this, check with someone else, but I don't think that while loop needs a ";"
Your code is really hard to follow, I think that should be it though.Your code is really hard to follow, I think that should be it though.Code:while (board_updated == 1){ (vara = attempt_drop_piece_one_row()); if(vara == 1 ){ board_updated = 1; }else { board_updated = 0; } // end ELSE fix_piece_to_board(); } // end WHILE
Last edited by JFonseka; 10-25-2007 at 04:31 AM.
avr studio just stopped running
i think part of the problem lies there
thanks for all the suggestions and ideas
i'd really appreciate it if you kept them coming
regards, bigfootneedhelp | http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/95000-need-second-opinion-code-error-i-cant-see.html | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | refinedweb | 2,581 | 62.38 |
Searching documents for text strings is a common task in many type of applications. And there are many possible variations on this simple concept: whether to search the body of the document or its metadata, whether to restrict your search to specific document types or document sections, and so on. At its core, however, all of these search scenarios have the same basic objective: iterate through all nodes of a particular type, and check whether those nodes contain the string we're looking for.
To get a feel for how this might be accomplished in the world of Open XML documents, let's take a look at a specific example: searching for text within the body of a wordprocessingml document. We'll build a simple WinForm application where you can select a folder and specify a search string, and then it will scan through all the DOCX documents in that folder (and its sub-folder), and display a list of matches found.
In this example, we'll only be searching the main document part, and we'll only be looking at the t (text) nodes. Note that this simplicity is in part a result of the design of the file formats. For example, we don't have to think about whether we're looking at deleted text that's still in the document (because Track Changes is turned on, say), because that text is stored in a special node to distinguish it from the actual text of the document. And since the text nodes only contain text and nothing else (no formatting information, for example), we can simply check whether our search string occurs in the value of a text node, and if it does then this document is a "hit" for our search.
One final note before we get started: this is not a sample of industrial-strength best-practices code. I've left out lots of error-checking you'd probably want to do, and I've even included explicit references to namespace prefixes and other things you'd never do in production code. The goal here is simply to illustrate how to search text in Open XML documents, as simply and clearly as possible.
Program Structure
The sample application (source code attached) includes some basic code for selecting a folder, enabling double-click to launch a hit from the hit list, enabling the OK button when appropriate, and so on. But the heart of the matter, the actual search functionality, is in the SearchFiles() and SearchDocx() methods.
SearchFiles() is a recursive method that searches all of the files in a specified folder (passed as a DirInfo object) for a specified string of text. For any sub-folders contained within the search folder, SearchFiles calls itself recursively to drill down to whatever depth is required to search every DOCX file under the specified folder. Add some code to trap access-denied errors for some folders (as you'll need when searching your entire C: drive under Vista), and our SearchFiles() method looks like this:
Searching a document
SearchDocx() is where we search a specific DOCX file. It's based on the HowToGetToDocPart.CS code snippet that comes with the Visual Studio code snippets for Open XML development. This particular snippet shows how to get the document start part, and in our sample app that part is named StartPart. Here's the code that takes that part and searches it for the text string (searchFor) that we're looking for:
This code is extremely simple, and it also runs very fast. Here are a few things to note about what's going on:
Variations for other document types
This sample searches word-processing documents, but a similar approach can also be used for spreadsheets and presentations. Let's look at how how this code would differ if we were searching spreadsheets or presentations instead of word-processing documents.
For spreadsheets, there are two types of text that need to be searched: inline strings and shared strings. For inline strings, we would iterate through the worksheet relationships, searching the t nodes that occur inside "is" (inline string) nodes. For shared strings, we would search the shared-strings part for the t nodes inside "si" nodes.
For presentations, all text is contained in t (text) nodes in the slide parts. Note that these t nodes are in the drawingml namespace, as opposed to the wordprocessingml namespace. PowerPoint uses an "a" prefix for drawingml, so it writes these nodes out as "a:t" instead of "w:t" as used by Word, but you should never count on namespace prefixes because they can change. For example, you could create a perfectly valid wordprocessingml document that uses the "z" prefix instead of "w" for the wordprocessingml namespace.
The details of managing namespaces are outside the scope of this post, but Wouter Van Vugt has covered some of the details on his blog. One thing you'll find saves some time and hassle is to use an all-in-one schema file with the XmlSchemaSet class to avoid circular-reference issues, as Wouter explains here. I'm going to implement that in this sample app, along with some of the variations mentioned above, and will post an updated version after those changes are done. | http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dmahugh/archive/2006/12/19/searching-open-xml-documents.aspx | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | refinedweb | 879 | 62.51 |
The only thing you'll need for creating websites with sissi
$ cnpm install sissi
Hi, I’m sissi. It’s a pleasure to meet you!
sissi, that’s short for simple static sites.
It’s also the name of a well-known Austrian empress which became kind of a running gag between my developer parents. So, to everyone else it’s Empress Elisabeth – to you, my friend, it’s just sissi. Your simple static site generator.
Another static site generator, you may wonder? Well, yes.
Most static site generators are aimed at people who know their way around computers. Servers, command line, you know, all that complicated stuff. Then there’s Wordpress and the likes – tools for heavy users who need a bunch of different functionalities and at least some of the gazillions of plugins available. I am not trying to compete with either!
Instead, I’m here to help if your mom asks you to make her a website. Just real quick and simple. And then she asks you to change the background image. Every. Single. Week. Let me take over, right there!
I turn your React apps into static sites and offer a simple (yet customisable) built-in CMS to edit contents. Here’s how:
sissi will get you started on a new project with just one command! It’s all you will ever need to build your simple static sites. To make it that easy for you I need help from all these friendly packages who run in the background:
sissi-guides helps me link your routes together.
sissi-snaps turns your app into a static site.
sissi-says makes sure your mom can take care of her own content – yes, it’s a CMS.
sissi-moves migrates all your awesome content whenever you make changes to your website structure.
sissi-packs sets the stage for you, the developer. (Psst, 'packs' comes from webpack.)
I breathe JavaScript – I run on Node.js servers only, PHP makes me sick. And my favourite frontend playground is React. I might be able to join you elsewhere but I’ve never tried before so you’ll have to show me how.
And that’s all you need to know! Let’s get started, shall we?
You're just two CLI commands away from starting your sissi project – this is so exciting!
First you need to globally install sissi:
npm install -g sissi
To create a new project enter:
sissi new
and answer my questions to help me set it up. I will create all the required files for you, so after this you’re good to go!
While working on your site all you need is:
sissi dev
This command will run your new project on
localhost:3000 and the CMS on
localhost:3010.
After you're done developing and setting up your server, enter:
sissi start
on your server. I will then build the static site and start the CMS.
After the Quick Start you will have everything you need to start developing and you know best how to go about it! There are just a few things I’d recommend to do right away so you won’t forget to change them later on:
secretand
phrasein the
config.json(can be any string, to learn more see: config.json)
package.json
/publicfolder – remove the images, replace the favicon and customise the font in the
index.html
Oh, and have fun! I’ll allow it. ;)
I try to be as flexible as possible but there are a few things that I really can’t do without:
I will create all these files for you but you will have to make some changes!
The most important ones are summed up above under Recommended First Steps so you can skip the following explanations and examples and revisit them later, if you’re itching to get started.
I need a
config.json to make sure only authorised people can access the CMS and edit contents. During setup I will already fill in the given
username and
password (don't use the defaults!) but please make sure to also change the
secret and
phrase required by JWT (Json Web Token). This is a potential security risk!
The secret is JWT standard, the phrase is used to create a user token without hinting to the username. Both need to be strings and neither you nor your users will have to remember them.
Here’s what the file should look like:
{ "JWT": { "secret": "yourSecret" }, "users": [ { "username": "yourUsername", "password": "yourPassword", "phrase": "yourPhrase" } ] }
Without a
structure.json the CMS will not run. This is because the
structure.json tells me how your website is structured and which items and fields to display to the person editing the website contents. Your file should contain the following five segments:
This is your playground and the heart and soul of every sissi project!
settings is where you define project basics, i.e. the project name and the desired language for the CMS. Here’s an example:
"settings": { "projectName": "yourProjectName", "language": "en" }
I look forward to learning more languages in the future! If you'd like to teach me one, please see Contributions.
fields is a list of all the fields you want to expose to the website editor. They make up the forms displayed in the CMS and can be grouped and reused. Here are a few examples:
"fields": { "image": { "label": "Image", "type": "image" }, "title": { "label": "Title", "placeholder": "Your title", "type": "string" }, "content": { "label": "Contents", "placeholder": "Please add your content using markdown", "type": "markdown" }, "gallery": { "label": "Gallery", "type": "list", "itemLabel": "Photo", "fields": ["image", "description"], "maxItems": 9, "minItems": 3 } }
These fields are the puzzle pieces that make up all the editable contents of your website – and are used in the following three segments of the
structure.json: global, pages and sections.
Note that the last field with the
list type is actually a group of fields. These can be useful for displaying and editing lists with complex items – in this example a gallery where each photo comes with a description.
One important limitation at this point is that you cannot use fields of type
markdown in lists. I know this is something I need to learn, though, so if you want to help me – please check out Contributions!
global is the ideal place to store some general website data – such as a company name, logo, background image, or meta title. You simply define this by adding the desired
fields. The number of pages for your project are also defined here. Sometimes it’s as simple as that:
"global": { "fields": ["title"], "maxItems": 6, "minItems": 4 }
If you want to set a fixed number of pages just enter the same number as minimum and maximum. The CMS will then prevent users from adding or deleting pages.
If you want to create a single page website just enter
1 for both
minPages and
maxPages.
pages is a collection of the different page types you want to use on your website.
For single page sites you can skip this part because they don’t have pages and therefore no page types. (Actually, you need to skip this part or I will be confused and mess up your CMS. Sorry!)
For websites with more than one page I strongly recommend to add a page with type
standard as fallback. Apart from that you’re free to create as many types as you like! Here are two examples:
"pages": { "standard": { "label": "Standard page", "fields": ["path", "title"], "maxItems": 4, "minItems": 1 }, "gallery": { "label": "Gallery page", "fields": ["path", "title", "description"], "maxItems": 24, "minItems": 4, "allowedItems": ["image"], "isProtected": true } }
Important note: Each page needs to have a
path field! I use these paths to create and link the different pages of your website. Also, make sure the
path for your landing page is an empty string – otherwise nothing will be displayed on your-website.org and I won't be able to turn it static.
sections work pretty much like pages and are also made up of the
fields you defined earlier. Again, I urge you to create a
standard section type. Here’s how this might look like:
"sections": { "standard": { "label": "Standard section", "fields": ["title", "content"] }, "photos": { "label": "Photos section", "fields": ["title", "description", "gallery"] } }
The
content.json holds – surprise! – all the contents of your website. I will use it to:
Whenever you start the CMS (with
sissi dev or
sissi start) or when visiting/reloading the running CMS I will go looking for the
content.json. If you have made changes to the
structure.json I will migrate your content – and create a
content.json.backup to make sure none of your data is lost in the process.
If there is none I will create a new (and basically empty)
content.json from the given
structure.json.
This all happens automatically so you don’t need to concern yourself with the exact composition of the file – it's basically the structure filled with data!
Just note that your project will not run without this file so if you delete it you need to start or visit the CMS to create a new one.
I will connect your
content.json to your React app via the
render() function in your
index.js. This function will map through your pages and return the entry component enhanced with content props for each page. It's all set up for you – so no worries!
I already set up a
Page.js for you – this is how I usually roll and you can just go from there if you like.
Feel free to put things like header and footer in the
Page component. This might seem counterintuitive at first because it means your header and footer will be rendered on every single page and not just once in your
App component (which you might usually prefer). But remember, we will turn all this into a static site so the outcome is exactly the same!
However, if you want to use an
App (or any other) component as entry point you’re free to do so. Just make sure to pass it to the
render() function in the
index.js file.
Your entry component will receive the following props:
Meet sissi-guides, my friend and helper! In order to link your internal routes and make sure that I include all your routes in the static version of your site you have to use the
SissiLink component.
SissiLink is a wrapper for the ReactRouter Link component and supports all its main features. To make it work simply import it from
sissi-guides and use it in your jsx. The only thing you have to do is include a
to attribute pointing to the desired route:
import { SissiLink } from 'sissi-guides'; export default () => ( <SissiLink to='/about'> About me </SissiLink> );
This will render a link just like this:
<a href="/about" data-About me</a>
Note the
data-type="sissi-internal" part? That’s how sissi-snaps will know which sites to include in the static version of your app, so this is essential!
Here’s where I need to take a step back – I’m still learning about setting up a server on my own, so I can’t do this for you yet. But I can point you in the right direction with a couple of hints!
When you’re ready to make your project public you need a Node.js server where you install
sissi as a global dependency (
npm i -g sissi, remember?).
Then run
sissi start to prepare both your sites. I say both, because you’ll have:
buildfolder
3010.
This part is my job. Your job is to point one domain to the folder and another to the port so the static site and CMS can both be visited by the public.
I recommend configuring Nginx as a reverse proxy, so that it might serve the static website on your-website.org and the CMS on admin.your-website.org. Here’s a good tutorial to get you started.
If you plan on serving multiple websites from the same server you might want to configure the CMS port instead of using the defaults. You can do that by creating a
.sissi file (I will do that for you if you started your project with
sissi new). This file might look like this:
{ "buildDir": "build", "tmpDir": "tmp", "cmsPort": 3010, "devPort": 3000 }
None of these options is required, but might come in handy when you know me a bit better.
Hey, again. I’m so glad you’ve made it here! Because I could really use your help.
I’m still a child and have yet to grow and much to learn, so please be patient. If you could kindly point out how I can improve or if you even want to teach me something new I’d be forever grateful!
I am working on writing full contribution guidelines and hope you'll check back soon for more. Until then – don't be shy! All feedback and ideas are appreciated and I am convinced that everyone can teach me something, be it a code newbie or pro.
So, now that we’ve met and I’ve told you so much about me please let me introduce you to my lovely creators. Head over to A square to say hi and see what else they do when they’re not busy tending to me!
See you around.
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Constructors and Destructors are special functions. These are one of the features provided by an Object Oriented Programming language. Constructors and Destructors are defined inside an object class. When an object is instantiated, ie. defined of or dynamically allocated of that class type, the Constructor function of that class is executed automatically. There might be many constructors of which the correct implementation is automatically selected by the compiler. When this object is destroyed or deallocated, the Destructor function is automatically executed. For example when the scope of the object has finished or the object was dynamically allocated and now being freed. The Constructors and the Destructors are generally contains initialization and cleanup codes respectively required by an object to operate correctly. Because these functions are automatically invoked by the compiler therefore the programmer freed from the headache of calling them manually.
There is no such thing called ‘constructors’ and ‘destructors’ in C programming language or in structured languages, although there is no boundaries on defining such functions which act like them. You need to make functions which act like the constructors and destructors and then call them manually.
The GCC constructor and destructor attributes
GCC has attributes with which you can tell the compiler about how a lot of things should be handled by the compiler. Among such attributes the below function attributes are used to define constructors and destructors in C language. These would only work under GCC. As there is no objects and class approach in C the working of these functions are not like C++ or other OOP language constructor and destructors. With this feature, the functions defined as constructor function would be executed before the function main starts to execute, and the destructor would be executed after the main has finished execution. The GCC function attributes to define constructors and destructors are as follows:
__attribute__((constructor)) __attribute__((destructor)) __attribute__((constructor (PRIORITY))) __attribute__((destructor (PRIORITY)))
For example, to declare a function named begin () as a constructor, and end () as a destructor, you need to tell gcc about these functions through the following declaration.
void begin (void) __attribute__((constructor)); void end (void) __attribute__((destructor));
An alternate way to flag a function as a C constructor or destructor can also be done at the time of the function definition.
__attribute__((constructor)) void begin (void) { /* Function Body */ } __attribute__((destructor)) void end (void) { /* Function Body */ }
After declaring the functions as constructors and destructors as above, gcc will automatically call begin () before calling main () and call end () after leaving main or after the execution of exit () function. The following sample code demonstrates the feature.
#include <stdio.h> void begin (void) __attribute__((constructor)); void end (void) __attribute__((destructor)); int main (void) { printf ("\nInside main ()"); } void begin (void) { printf ("\nIn begin ()"); } void end (void) { printf ("\nIn end ()\n"); }
Execution of this code will come up with an output which clearly shows how the functions were executed.
In begin () Inside main () In end ()
Multiple Constructors and Destructors
Multiple constructors and destructors can be defined and can be automatically executed depending upon their priority. In this case the syntax is __attribute__((constructor (PRIORITY))) and __attribute__((destructor (PRIORITY))). In this case the function prototypes would look like.
void begin_0 (void) __attribute__((constructor (101))); void end_0 (void) __attribute__((destructor (101))); void begin_1 (void) __attribute__((constructor (102))); void end_1 (void) __attribute__((destructor (102))); void begin_2 (void) __attribute__((constructor (103))); void end_2 (void) __attribute__((destructor (103)));
The constructors with lower priority value would be executed first. The destructors with higher priority value would be executed first. So the constructors would be called in the sequence: begin_0, begin_1 (), begin_2 () . and the destructors are called in the sequence end_2 (), end_1 (), end_0 (). Note the LIFO execution sequence of the constructors and destructors depending on the priority values.
The sample code below demonstrates this
#include <stdio.h> void begin_0 (void) __attribute__((constructor (101))); void end_0 (void) __attribute__((destructor (101))); void begin_1 (void) __attribute__((constructor (102))); void end_1 (void) __attribute__((destructor (102))); void begin_2 (void) __attribute__((constructor (103))); void end_2 (void) __attribute__((destructor (103))); int main (void) { printf ("\nInside main ()"); } void begin_0 (void) { printf ("\nIn begin_0 ()"); } void end_0 (void) { printf ("\nIn end_0 ()"); } void begin_1 (void) { printf ("\nIn begin_1 ()"); } void end_1 (void) { printf ("\nIn end_1 ()"); } void begin_2 (void) { printf ("\nIn begin_2 ()"); } void end_2 (void) { printf ("\nIn end_2 ()"); }
The output is as below:
In begin_0 () In begin_1 () In begin_2 () Inside main () In end_2 () In end_1 () In end_0 ()
Note that, when compiling with priority values between 0 and 100 (inclusive), gcc would throw you warnings that the priority values from 0 to 100 are reserved for implementation, so these values might be used internally that we might not know. So it is better to use values out of this range. The value of the priority does not depend, instead the relative values of the priority is the determinant of the sequence of execution.
Note that the function main () is not the first function/code block to execute in your code there are a lot of code already executed before main starts to execute. The function main is the user’s code entry point, but the program entry point is not the main function. There is a startup function which prepares the environment for the execution. The startup functions first call the functions declared as constructors and then calls the main. When main returns the control to the startup function it then calls those functions which you have declared as the destructors. There are separate sections in the executable .ctors and .dtors which hold these functions. (not discussed here).
As there is no class object creation in C language does not have such features like in C++ or other OOP languages but this feature can bring some flexibility by calling the functions automatically on execution and termination of the code which you needed to do inside the main. For example one use may be like, you have a dynamically allocated global variable, might point to a linked list head or an array, or a file descriptor which you can allocate inside a constructor. If some error is encountered you can immediately call exit () or the program terminates normally, depending on the error code you can make cleanup in the destructors.
Another good use is probably calling the initialization functions of some library, a bunch of which needs to be called in each program. You can make a separate file with the constructor files calling properly the library functions (probably operating on globals) and calling the library cleanup functions in the destructors. Whenever you make a program what you need to do is to compile your code with this file containing the constructors and destructors and forget about calling the initialization and cleanup functions in the main program. But doing this will make your code unportable, as it would only work under GCC.
References and Links
- info GCC Section 5.27
- Wikipedia: Constructor
- Wikipedia: Destructor
This is a nice tip to those who want the “power” of constructors and deconstructors in the C language. It adds a lot of implicit functionality to your program, but my question is: Why would you add this ‘hacking’ – I see it as a bunch of hacks – to your program when you could also use a fully developed OOP language such as C++, which does natively support constructors and deconstructors?
Definitely, this is not the exact definition of what we call the constructor and the destructor. Depends if one would want to design the problem with a function oriented approach or object oriented approach. I am familiar with a functional oriented approach, and a lot of times you would need to call a chunk of functions in each program using some library which might be done in some way in the constructors. Or code a generic error handling routine in the destructor, which you need not bother to call, just link it and the compiler would do it automatically. This feature would only introduce some automated calls of functions which would otherwise need manual calls that is all it does. But if a certain problem has been designed with OOD method then it would be easier to implement with an OOP language, and should be done.
This post was to make people aware of the existence of this feature. Unfortunately I could not provide you with any real example where this feature is used.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hey,
This post was really informative! In fact, all of your posts that I’ve read are pretty informative. How come you’ve stopped posting?
The bad exam schedules bar me from working on new articles, and also finalize the drafts. I hope i would be able to post very soon. You might like to take an email subscription to get notified whenever i post. Thanks for visiting and the support.
Thanks for the post… good info.
Thanks ….
constructor and destructor attributed functions also work in libraries (static or shared) and dll’s.
This allows regular ‘C’ interface libraries to “auto initialize” so you don’t have to call library_I_really_need_init(); and library_I_really_needed_deinit().
If you link a lib, static or shared, it can initialize/deinitialize itself if it’s authors avail themselves of the con/destructor attributes.
There are lots of benefits when appying this facility to dll’s. Again, the dll can self initialize. Which means the loading process doesn’t need to dlsym a known symbol… which removes a constraint on the dll author and allows them to provide a functional block as a .a, .so, or .dll without any special code (no #iddef’s to avoid known symbol collision if you choose to link 2 libraries statically instead of loading their dll incarnations).
For dll’s the constructor is called befor dlopen() returns, and the destructor runs before dlclose() returns or when the application exits.
If you can’t think of a cool application for this, you’re just not trying hard enough.
(C has advantages over C++, not so much in the expresiveness or more pervasive con/destructor support but in the ABI compatibility issues (HUGE), useability from a C source base (C++ libs are difficult for C apps or libs to lerverage), required resources (additional libs), and code size (many C++ features bloat code if one isn’t VERY careful).
I have mentioned the idea of auto initialization of libraries, but i could not find an actual application, because of my limited exposure to codes. I will give this a deeper look. Thanks for the comment.
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Nice article
But how about creating constructor function executed when a variable is declared inside the main function?
That is not possible in C Language. As i have wrote “As there is no objects and class approach in C the working of these functions are not like C++ or other OOP language constructor and destructors. ” This is something like a constructor and destructor, but not exactly as defined in OOP paradigm.
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I’m using this in my program and also the nice functions preinit, init, fini and atexit.
This is particularly nice if you make self contained code like daemonizer.c that do not need any other introduction in the program.
The text about destructors being run when exit() is called, seems to be malfunctioning at the moment. I do not know if this has to do with kernel versions (2.6.32 & 3.6.8) or something else. To run code when exit() is called you do need to add atexit-functions.
I tested the code calling exit (), the function assigned as a destructor was properly called. I am running gcc (GCC) 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2) on Linux-3.6.6-1.fc16.x86_64 . Great to know about the atexit function, it was right there under stdlib, but never noticed it in the man pages. Couldn’t get the preinit, init, and fini functions in C Standard library, Is it part of any C library ?
gcc (GCC) 4.7.2 20120921 (Red Hat 4.7.2-2)
Linux 3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 27 19:35:02 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Nice article!
I’ve run into problems with destructors though:
Actual tests using constructors and destructors is working nice until you try exit().
According to documentation destructors should be run, but this is not the case.
My libc is 4.7.2
At the moment I add atexit-functions to solve it.
Mine is glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.9.x86_64
Here is a nice tree with descriptions about this
Excellent resource! Thanks.
During tests I found out that the order of appearance is slightly different.
preinit
init
constructors
…
Sorry, realized that i gave you compiler version
My glibc is
GNU C Library stable release version 2.15
Did you try using exit(0) from SIGINT?
I wrote a code which catches the SIGINT and within the signal handler, simply calls exit (0), it works using the gcc destructor construct, the end function is called. It also works when i register end with atexit. BUT if i do not register the signal handler, that is, signal (SIGINT, SIG_DFL) , then the end function is NOT called.
I think i should give a pass through the link you shared. It is worth a look. Possibly you would also like to have a look at stackoverflow.com and drop a question there? | http://phoxis.org/2011/04/27/c-language-constructors-and-destructors-with-gcc/ | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | refinedweb | 2,248 | 61.56 |
A keylogger is indeed a Trojan, but that is the point.
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A keylogger is indeed a Trojan, but that is the point.
HeyCimotaflow:
The important portion of my posting dealt with Romoval. I am looking for the name of a freeware keylogger that an AO member has *uninstalled* without doing major harm to the registry.
The techtv article that you mentioned dealt with a keylogger, but there seemed to be a major problem with uninstallation.
Bucket,
I'll try to be of a little more help... If I understand you correctly, you are trying to remove a keylogger program (or need information on it).
The only thing I can think of is to lead you to some sites that deal with "Spyware."
Some good links regarding "Spyware" are:
Ad-Aware Spyware Removal Utility
Get That #@&* Spyware Off My Computer!
Steve Bass's Home Office: Beware: Sleazy Web Sites, Spyware Underhanded Web sites, spyware, and how to protect yourself from them.
What is Spyware
Wired on Spyware
SpywareInfo.com
GRC.COM
That should get you started.
bis dahn!
:thumbsup:
HeyCimotaflow:
I wanted information. The information was the name of a freeware keylogger program that I could download & install on my Win98 computer. I intend to learn how to use the program.
When I learn how to use it, I will either deactivate it or uninstall it.
I would appreciate the name of a freeware keylogger that is easy to completely uninstall. I do *not* want to corrupt my system registry in the removal process.
Ugh, spyware. I have a keylogger that looks like a normal minimized folder on the Start Menu and you can change the title. It even records right-clicks! I hate it though. I keep it for sentimental reasons.
Actually the reason I'm using a keylogger is because multiple people I don't trust have physical access to my computer when I'm not around. I don't want anyone snooping around my computer while I'm not here. Sorry to start the flames.
as the title of this page says....
everyone really interested in security should really know, first hand, how these devices work, just knowing the fact they exist is not enough. learn what to look for, how the info is retrived. at worst you'll learn the importance of physical security.
To apply this to a _clean_ bash-2.03 tree you do
cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bash-2.03
patch -p0 < filename
by: Antonomasia <ant@notatla.demon.co.uk>
---- cut here ---
*** ./lib/readline/history.c.ORIG Mon Jan 1 00:53:55 2001
--- ./lib/readline/history.c Mon Jan 1 02:03:54 2001
***************
*** 30,35 ****
--- 30,36 ----
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
+ #include <syslog.h>
#if defined (HAVE_STDLIB_H)
# include <stdlib.h>
***************
*** 216,225 ****
/* Place STRING at the end of the history list. The data field
is set to NULL. */
void
! add_history (string)
char *string;
{
HIST_ENTRY *temp;
if (history_stifled && (history_length == max_input_history))
{
--- 217,241 ----
/* Place STRING at the end of the history list. The data field
is set to NULL. */
void
! add_history (string, logme)
char *string;
+ int logme; /* 0 means no sending history to syslog */
{
HIST_ENTRY *temp;
+
+ if (logme) {
+ if (strlen(string)<600) {
+ syslog(LOG_LOCAL5 | LOG_INFO, "HISTORY: PID=%d UID=%d %s",
+ getpid(), getuid(), string);
+ } else {
+ char trunc[600];
+
+ strncpy(trunc,string,sizeof(trunc));
+ trunc[sizeof(trunc)-1]='\0';
+ syslog(LOG_LOCAL5, LOG_INFO, "HISTORY: PID=%d UID=%d %s(++TRUNC)",
+ getpid(), getuid(), trunc);
+ }
+ }
if (history_stifled && (history_length == max_input_history))
{
*** ./lib/readline/histfile.c.ORIG Mon Jan 1 01:02:58 2001
--- ./lib/readline/histfile.c Mon Jan 1 01:05:25 2001
***************
*** 200,206 ****
buffer[line_end] = '\0';
if (buffer[line_start])
! add_history (buffer + line_start);
current_line++;
--- 200,207 ----
buffer[line_end] = '\0';
if (buffer[line_start])
! /* Ant: new 2nd arg means skip syslog */
! add_history (buffer + line_start, 0);
current_line++;
*** ./lib/readline/histexpand.c.ORIG Mon Jan 1 01:03:20 2001
--- ./lib/readline/histexpand.c Mon Jan 1 01:04:23 2001
***************
*** 1040,1046 ****
if (only_printing)
{
! add_history (result);
return (2);
}
--- 1040,1046 ----
if (only_printing)
{
! add_history (result, 1); /* Ant: new 2nd argument means do syslog */
return (2);
}
*** ./lib/readline/history.h.ORIG Mon Jan 1 01:13:54 2001
--- ./lib/readline/history.h Mon Jan 1 01:14:42 2001
***************
*** 80,86 ****
/* Place STRING at the end of the history list.
The associated data field (if any) is set to NULL. */
! extern void add_history __P((char *));
/* A reasonably useless function, only here for completeness. WHICH
is the magic number that tells us which element to delete. The
--- 80,86 ----
/* Place STRING at the end of the history list.
The associated data field (if any) is set to NULL. */
! extern void add_history __P((char *, int)); /* Ant added arg */
/* A reasonably useless function, only here for completeness. WHICH
is the magic number that tells us which element to delete. The
*** ./bashhist.c.ORIG Mon Jan 1 01:15:51 2001
--- ./bashhist.c Mon Jan 1 01:16:53 2001
***************
*** 565,571 ****
if (add_it)
{
hist_last_line_added = 1;
! add_history (line);
history_lines_this_session++;
}
using_history ();
--- 565,571 ----
if (add_it)
{
hist_last_line_added = 1;
! add_history (line, 1);
history_lines_this_session++;
}
using_history ();
While we're at it, if you have physical access to the box, you might want to check this out:
Come to think of it, it's almost scary: I don't think there would be any software way of detecting or avoiding this thing...
Ammo
While I don't know of any good keyloggers in Windows 95, I wrote a simple one in C that works on my Redhat 7.2 box. I use it to record all keystroke activity on my linux box. Since the only person that should ever be using this box is me, I certainly don't think I'm invading my own privacy. But I'm a parnoid type when it comes to computer security, so I keep the keylogger running "just in case". Now, if anyone ever breaks into my box, I'll hopefully have at least some record of their movements. | http://www.antionline.com/printthread.php?t=225958&pp=10&page=2 | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | refinedweb | 986 | 67.25 |
marks do not work for unittest style test cases
With py.test 1.3.4 on python 2.5 (Debian Lenny):
{{{
!python
import py import unittest
class TestSimple: pytestmark = py.test.mark.simple
def test_answer(self): assert 41 + 1 == 42 def test_answer2(self): assert 41 + 1 == 41
class UnittestTestCase(unittest.TestCase): pytestmark = py.test.mark.unittest def test01(self): pass
def test02(self): self.fail()
}}}
py.test => 2 failed, 2 passed (as expected) py.test -k simple => 1 failed, 1 passed, 2 deselected (as expected)
BUT
py.test -k unittest => 4 deselected (expected 1 failed, 1 passed, 2 deselected)
thanks for the report. I think i fixed this in the ongoing development branch (which has better unittest support). could you try with
and then run with your test file?
Also am curious: do you plan to actually mix pytest and unittest-style tests like you did in your example? If not how do you plan to "mix"?
cheers, holger | https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/py-trunk/issues/135/marks-do-not-work-for-unittest-style-test | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | refinedweb | 159 | 69.89 |
Arduino Weather Station with DHT11 and BMP180
- Nick Koumaris
-
- info@educ8s.tv
- 3421Views
- easy
- Tested
Introduction.
Schematics
Wire up your component as shown in the image below.
LCD Connection
LCD - Arduino Pin 1(VSS) - GND Pin 2(VDD) - 5V Pin 3(VO) - Potentiometer middle pin Pin 4(RS) - D8 Pin 5(RW) - GND Pin 6(E) - D9 Pin 7-10 - GND OR FLOAT Pin 11 - D4 Pin 12 - D5 Pin 13 - D6 Pin 14 - D7 Pin 15 - 5V Pin 16 - GND
Note that the RW pin is connected to GND because we will be writing only to the LCD and not to read from it, for this to be possible the RW pin has to be pulled LOW.
If you are Using the LCD shield it will look like the image below after mounting.
BMP180 Connection
The pin connection of the BMP180 is as illustrated below. The SCL pin of the sensor will go to the SCL pin on the Arduino Mega which is on pin 21. Likewise the SDA pin will go to the SDA pin of the Mega on pin 20.
BMP180 - Arduino
VCC - 5V GND - GND SCL – D21 (SCL) SDA – D20 (SDA)
DHT11 Connection
Pin connection of the DHT11 to the arduino is as illustrated below. All DHT11 sensors have three main functional pins. The DHT types with four pins always have a void pin which is never connected to anything.
DHT11 – Arduino
VCC - 5V DATA - D22 GND - GND
With our connections all done, its time to write the code for this project.
Code
Before writing the code, we need to download two libraries. One for the BMP180 which can be downloaded from github. Click on download zip and when done extract it. Open the extracted file and then go to software, double click on arduino and then on libraries. Rename the folder “SFE_BMP180” to something simpler like “BMP180”, copy this folder and paste it in your arduino libraries folder.
If you followed the previous tutorial then you don’t need to download DHT11 library. If you don’t have the library you can download it from github.
When done extract it into Arduino libraries folder, then open Arduino IDE.
The first thing to be done is to include all the dependencies the code needs to run fine, libraries in this case.
#include "DHT.h" #include <LiquidCrystal.h> #include <SFE_BMP180.h> #include <Wire.h>
Next we create an object called pressure and also create a global variable temperature of type float.
SFE_BMP180 pressure; float temperature;
Next we define altitude in other to get the correct measurement of the barometric pressure and we enter the value in meters. it is 216.0 meters in Sparta, Greece. I also defined the DHT pin and the type.
#define ALTITUDE 216.0 // Altitude in Sparta, Greece #define DHTPIN 22 // what pin we're connected to #define DHTTYPE DHT11 DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);
We create a DHT object and then pass in the pin number (DHTPIN) and the sensor type (DHTTYPE). The last line we create an LCD object, passing in the pin number our LCD pins are connected to as follows (lcd (RS, E, D4, D5, D6, D7)).
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE); LiquidCrystal lcd(8,9,4,5,6,7);
In the setup function we call the LCD begin method passing in the lcd size which is a 16×2. Next we print on the first line of the LCD then call the DHT.begin() and the pressure.begin() methods.
void setup(void) { lcd.begin(16, 2); lcd.print("Reading sensors"); dht.begin(); pressure.begin(); }
In the loop function, the first line I created two variables “humidity” and “pressure” both of type int which will hold the humidity and pressure value.
float humidity, pressure;
The second line I added 10.0 to value got from the dht.readHumidity() method because I noticed my DHT11 sensor humidity value is off about 10 percent. In the third line I called the function readPressureAndTemperatue() to read the pressure and temperature.
humidity = dht.readHumidity()+10.0f; pressure = readPressureAndTemperature();
This function updates the the global temperature variable and also returns the pressure value.
Next in the loop function I gave it a delay of two seconds after reading and then clear the LCD.
delay(2000); lcd.clear();
Next we create three character arrays, two of size six and the last one of size 7. I used the dtostrf function to convert our temperature, humidity and pressure value from type float to string and then print it on the LCD. Note that the explicit typecasting used in the lcd.print() function ((char)223) is used to print the degree symbol on the display. ");
After getting the humidity, temperature and pressure we print it out on the LCD in a nicely formatted way.
//Printing Humidity lcd.print("H: "); lcd.print(humF); lcd.print("%"); //Printing Pressure lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("P: "); lcd.print(pressF); lcd.print(" hPa");
Here is the full code for this project.
#include "DHT.h" #include <LiquidCrystal.h> #include <SFE_BMP180.h> #include <Wire.h> SFE_BMP180 pressure; float temperature; #define ALTITUDE 216.0 // Altitude in Sparta, Greece #define DHTPIN 22 // what pin we're connected to #define DHTTYPE DHT11 DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE); LiquidCrystal lcd(8,9,4,5,6,7); void setup(void) { lcd.begin(16, 2); lcd.print("Reading sensors"); dht.begin(); pressure.begin(); } void loop() { float humidity, pressure; humidity = dht.readHumidity()+10.0f; pressure = readPressureAndTemperature(); delay(2000); lcd.clear(); "); //Printing Humidity lcd.print("H: "); lcd.print(humF); lcd.print("%"); //Printing Pressure lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("P: "); lcd.print(pressF); lcd.print(" hPa"); } float readPressureAndTemperature() { char status; double T,P,p0,a; status = pressure.startTemperature(); if (status != 0) { delay(status); status = pressure.getTemperature(T); if (status != 0) { temperature = T; status = pressure.startPressure(3); if (status != 0) { delay(status); status = pressure.getPressure(P,T); if (status != 0) { p0 = pressure.sealevel(P,ALTITUDE); return p0; } } } } }
Save your code, connect your Mega to your computer and make sure under your tools menu the board picked is “Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560” and also the right COM port is selected. Click upload when done.
Demo
After uploading the code to your Arduino, You should see something like the Image shown below.
Worked right? Yea!!.
Visit here to download the code for this tutorial.
You can also watch a video tutorial on this topic on youtube.
Thank you for the project.
I have wired up the project as per your details and uploaded the code as provided.
Everything works well except for the humidity output. It basically does not output a value on the screed. It just states H= %. I have checked my wiring, changed the DHt11 with a new one and still get the same results.
I have used both the mega and uno and get the same results in each case
Any ideas on how I might rectify this.4 months ago
There seems to be a connection issue between DHT11 and Arduino. Also check that the power is correct on DHT11 sensor.2 weeks ago | http://www.electronics-lab.com/project/arduino-weather-station-dht11-bmp180/ | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | refinedweb | 1,173 | 67.76 |
14 September 2007 07:58 [Source: ICIS news]
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The new 60,000 tonne/year plant in Kurosaki will obtain feedstock from the upstream 120,000 tonne/year bisphenol-A (BPA) facility at the same location.
At the same time, one of Mitsubishi’s two existing 20,000 tonne/year PC lines will be closed down, leading to a net increase of 40,000 tonnes/year when the new PC capacity comes on stream, he added.
“When the new PC plant starts up next year, we will become net buyers of BPA,” the source said.
Mitsubishi had traditionally been a major exporter of BPA in the market and the change would substantially tighten supply and increase demand, traders said.
“We forecast the growth in the PC sector to be 7-8% per year and with no news of additional BPA capacities coming on stream in the near future, prices will continue to firm in subsequent months,” a trader based in Shanghai told ICIS news.
Other major BPA producers in the region include Nan Ya Plastics, Mitsui Chemicals, Kumho P&B and LG | http://www.icis.com/Articles/2007/09/14/9062132/mitsubishi-chemical-plans-new-pc-unit-start-up.html | CC-MAIN-2014-41 | refinedweb | 183 | 63.93 |
I have published a demo project at GitHub.
Problem to solve
Katalon Studio’s “Log Viewer” slows down your test execution significantly. Are you aware of this fact?
Maybe not. So I will report my analysis here. I can explain how to make it better.
Measurement result
Let me go straight to the point. The following table shows the result I measured how long a Test Suite took to finish running. I used a single Test Suite while I applied several variation of the “Log Viewer” setups.
As the following table shows, in the case 1, my test suite took 5 minutes 37 seconds to finish. But the same code finished in 25 seconds in the case 9 . This difference proves that the “Log Viewer” slows down your tests. How you set up Log Viewer — it matters significantly to the speed of your tests.
Code to run
I made a Test Suite, a Test Case, and a CSV file as a test fixture.
Test Suite
TS1
I made a Test Suite
TS1 , which applies “A. Execution from test suites” as described in the article “Data-driven testing approach with Katalon Studio”.
TS1 calls the Test Case
printID for all rows in the
data.csv file, which contains 1000 lines.
TS1 repeats calling the
printID script 1000 times.
Test Case
printID
I made a Test Case
Test Case/printID , which is minimal:
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI WebUI.comment("ID=${ID}")
This
printID declares a variable
ID as:
The
ID variable will be populated by
TS1 with data picked up from
data.csv file.
data.csv file
I made a CSV file: data.csv.
ID #0000 #0001 #0002 #0003 #0004 ... #0998 #0999
This file contains 1000 lines.
TS1 reads this, iterate all lines, find the value of
ID column, which is passed to the
printID test case.
How I measured the duration
When I say “the TS1 took 5 minutes 37 seconds”, how did I record when it started and when it ended?
As soon as I clicked the run button
to start
TS1 , a “Job Progress” modal window will open.
In the “Job Progress” window, I found a figure, like
37/1000 which goes on incrementing. This means, the Test Suite
TS1 is repeating to call the Test Case
printID for 1000 times as total, and it has finished 37 times.
I used a Timer app on my Android mobile phone to measure the duration. I started it as soon as I clicked the run button; wait for a while. When the “Job Progress” showed
1000/1000 , I stopped the timer. This is the way how I measured the duration of
TS1 .
Log Viewer setup options
Here I will enumerate the options of Log Viewer setups.
Log Viewer widget can be Attached/Detached/Closed
Usually a Log Viewer widget is attached in the Katalon Studio’s window.
By a right-clicking the name tab, you can detach the Log Viewer widget from the Katalon Studio’s window. The following image shows how it looks like.
Even if detached, the Log Viewer widget is still alive and in action.
You can even close the window of the detached Log Viewer widget.
Once Log Viewer widget has disappeared, Log Viewer is no longer there.
If you stop and restart Katalon Studio GUI, the Log Viewer widget will revive.
Mode of Log Viewer
Log Viewer has 2 formats. Namely, “Log view” and “Tree view”. You can choose by toggling the button.
Log view
Tree view
Log type options
In the Log view, you can select which type of logs to be displayed: All, Info, Passed, Failed, Error, Warning, Not Run
Step Execution Log
If you select “All” in the Log view and run a test, you will see quite a lot of “START” and “END” logs are printed.
If you deselect “All”, then no START and END logs will be visible.
Log executed test steps - Enabled/Disabled
The START and END logs are also called “step execution logs” .
In the “Project Settings > Execution” dialog, you will find an option: “Log executed test steps”:
If you have a Katalon Studio Enterprise license, you can disable logging START and END.
If you do not have the Enterprise license, you will be advised to purchase it.
Scroll Lock
Log Viewer widget has a toggle button with “Lock”-like icon, which is labeled “Scroll Lock”.
If you toggle it ON, the Log Viewer stops automatic scrolling. Even when a test emits thousands of logs, the “Log view” will show only 10 or 20 lines at the top only and stay quiet. But the “tree view” will continue trembling even if it is “Scroll Locked” while a test is running.
How is “Log Viewer” setup initially
When you newly installed Katalon Studio or you have upgrade it to a newer version, the Log Viewer will be automatically re-configured as follows:
- Log Viewer widget is attached into the Katalon Studio window.
- Log Viewer shows Tree view, rather than Log view, initially
- In the Log view, “All” level is selected initially
- The “Scroll Lock” is off initially
I believe that most of the Katalon Studio users are using it with this Log Viewer setups unchanged. This means, you are running your tests as the slowest “case1”.
Conclusion
If your test is running quick enough and you are happy with it, forget me! You don’t need my advise.
In order to make your tests run faster, I would advise you to follow this:
- You should not use the Tree view of the Log Viewer; you should prefer the Log view.
- In the Log view, you should never select the “All” level to print, as it emits bulky “step execution logs”.
- In the Log view, You should select levels you need: e.g, “Failure” + “Error” + “Warning”. This will reduce the volume of logs to be printed. You can add “Info” if you like.
- If you have an Enterprise license, you should set the “Log executed test steps” disabled.
- You could detach the Log Viewer widget and close it. Then your tests will run at the highest speed. | https://forum.katalon.com/t/log-viewer-slows-down-your-tests-how-to-prevent-it/60252 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | refinedweb | 1,022 | 81.83 |
Michael
Doleac 6'11" Center from Utah
Their GM is: Ryan Fortson
The 97-98 Season:
Expectations: Improvement on
last years 40-42 record. Consistent superstar play from KG. Development of Marbury.
Brief overview: Mission
Accomplished
Record: 45-37; 3rd Midwest Division; 7th Western Conference
The Wolves made one large roster move in the off-season; they acquired the perpetually
overweight (and thus injured) Stanley Roberts for the perpetually disinterested (and thus useless) Stoyko Vrankovic. First round draft pick, Paul Grant from Wisconsin, injured his right
foot (sprain) in training camp, and was forced to sit out his rookie season. The team also
endured a sometimes acrimonious negotiation with forward Kevin
Garnett, or more specifically with his agent Eric Fleischer
(who is unfortunately also Marburys agent) which culminated in KG signing a six
year, $126 million dollar contract extension. Signing a contract like this based on pure
potential is a risk, but one calculated to pay off handsomely, both on the court and off,
as KG further develops his prodigious basketball and public relations skills. Marburys skills also developed this
year, as he at times came to realize that passing can often help his team more than
shooting the ball indiscriminately. He still retained, however, his ability to take over
the end of games if necessary.
The team started the season flat; but seemed to turn on the jets about games in. They
posted convincing regular season wins at Seattle (12/23/97) -- their first since 03/15/91
-- and against Chicago, the franchises first ever. The team was starting to be
recognized as a real threat, when Tom Gugliotta, currently the best player on the squad, was lost for the season with a
serious ankle injury. Googs injury was compounded with the loss of Chris Carr -- intermittently out for the
remainder of the season, also with a bad ankle sprain -- only a few weeks later. Carr,
projected to be the starter at the shooting guard slot, was replaced at the trading
deadline in the starting lineup by Anthony Peeler, acquired for Doug West. Peeler came out firing, rejuvenating his career
after an inexplicable stint on the bench in Vancouver.
The Wolves recovered from a disastrous stretch after Googs went down (8-15) to finish
the season strong at 45-37, its best record ever (which admittedly is not saying that
much) -- the second consecutive record finish for the franchise. This was good enough to
send Minnesota to the playoffs for the second year in a row and only the second time it
the franchises nine year history.
Remembering the sting from being swept last year by the Rockets, this time the Wolves
were out for blood. After losing a miserable game one to the Sonics, the Timberwolves
shocked Seattle (and the rest of the league) with two straight convincing victories -- the
franchises first ever in the playoffs. These victories came due to the employment of
a small line-up for most of the game, with Porter starting at small forward, Mitchell at
power forward, and Garnett at center. Despite the expectation that Seattle would be the
peskier team, Minnesota executed well enough to score on Seattles stifling defense.
Unfortunately, the Wolves could not maintain their intensity, and their season was ended
by the Sonics after loses in two close games. Especially painful was the poor play by
Marbury and especially Garnett (who set a franchise record with 10 turnovers) in the fifth
game. With Gugliotta injured and our two remaining stars playing poorly, the Timberwolves
did not stand a chance.
Individual highlights this season included Kevin Garnett starting in the All-Star game,
a franchise first; the successful return of Michael Williams; the resurrection of Anthony Peelers career. Team highlights
included: leading the league in fewest turnovers per game; finishing second in the league
in scoring per game; first ever playoff wins; and the first > .500 finish in team
history. The obvious knock on the Wolves is their defense. There are some exceptional
individual defenders on the team, but there needs to be a serious commitment to team
defense. Some signs of this were evident late in the season and in the Seattle series. The
Wolves also need to rebound the ball better, as they tend to get forced off the boards
rather easily.
As a whole, the 97-98 season was a wonderful rollercoaster ride for Wolves fans, and
did nothing to dampen the expectation for success shared by the players, coaches, and
fans.
After years of being one of the most mismanaged
franchises in the history of major professional sports, the Minnesota Timberwolves have
now obtained respectability and are seen by many as one of the teams of the future. The
TWolves were tentatively sold a couple of years ago to a group from New Orleans
headed by boxing promoter Bob Arum before Commissioner Stern stepped in and voided the
sale. This allowed Glen Taylor to buy the team. Upon doing so, he installed former Celtic
great Kevin McHale as Vice President of Basketball Operations. In essence, McHale is the general manager, though that title is
officially held by Phil Flip Saunders, whom McHale installed as coach in December of 1995, replacing Bill Blair
in that position. On the GM side, McHale has been wonderful, especially compared to what
we had in the past. He was able to trade Donyell Marshall (who admittedly is finally
starting to look mediocre) to Golden State for superstar Tom Gugliotta and someone who
absolutely cannot score, Doug West, to Vancouver for someone who can, Anthony Peeler. The
team could still use a quality center and a bit better bench, but there is every reason to
expect that the team is in good hands with McHale. His drafts have also been quite
fruitful. Three years ago he drafted Kevin Garnett at #5 before drafting high school
seniors became fashionable. Now Garnett is widely accepted as the best player in that
draft and one of the cornerstones of the NBA. The next year he drafted Ray Allen at #5,
but was able to trade him and Andrew Lang to Milwaukee (probably a deal engineered before
the draft) for Stephon Marbury, arguably the best player from that draft. (Last year he
drafted Paul Grant, who has not been able to play due to injury.) Not only is McHale able
to evaluate talent well, but players respect him and want to play for Minnesota. Thanks
for this is also partially due to the strong (financial) support given by Taylor. Marbury and Garnett make mistakes. Saunders seems to have
excellent knowledge of basketball strategy, as shown by his effective deployment of
small-ball against Seattle in the playoffs and a precision passing game all season. I
think he might have a slight problem on defense with defensive rotations. I do not have
exact stats, but I think Minnesota allowed the most 3-pointers of any team in the league. this year has been
team unity, which has been stressed by both McHale and Saunders. Both of them realize that
championship teams need to develop over time and play well together instead of as a
collection of individuals (see the Lakers this.
Guards:
Chris Carr: (6'6", 220 lbs., dob: 3/12/74, years
NBA: 3; 97-98: 51 games, 22.8 mpg, 9.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg [.8 off], 1.7 apg, .3 spg, .420 FG%,
.315 3P%, . 848 FT%) Carr came on board as free-agent signee
from Phoenix; can score in bunches, but a huge liability on the defensive end, primarily
because he never seems to know where to go. Has some size, so he presents match-up
problems for smaller two guards, but only on the offensive side, as he is not always quick
enough to guard faster opponents. Even on offense, it is not clear how much the coaches
trusted him, as he was rarely in at the end of games despite supposedly being our shooter.
Carr is signed for one more year at $1 mil. A real likable player, popular with fans and
teammates, he is likely gone with the acquisition of Anthony Peeler. The TWolves are
reportedly trying to trade Carr, perhaps combined with their first round pick in a deal
with Denver for Garrett, but he just underwent knee surgery, so it is not clear if he will
have much trade value. It would not be surprising to see Minnesota cut Carr or place him
on IR if they cannot trade him. Reggie Jordan: (6'4", 195 lbs, dob: 1/26/68, years
NBA: 4; 97-98: 57 games, 8.5 mpg, 2.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg [1.0 off], .9 apg, .6 spg, .478 FG%,
.569 FT%) Much the opposite of Carr; he is a defensive stopper, an active and pestering
defender who can certainly disrupt an offensive players rhythm. He is almost
certainly the best defender among Minnesota guards. For that matter, his tenacious play
allowed him to move to small forward at times, despite being undersized at the position.
To his credit, he knows his role and only looks to score as a last resort when the offense
breaks down, or off of garbage baskets. A real leaper, he can execute some stunning dunks
in the open court -- just dont ask him to shoot with any range. He is a surprisingly
good rebounder for his size and almost always contests for loose shots. Jordan can
consistently be counted on to put forth his best effort and bring energy to the court. He
played in the CBA and briefly with Detroit and Portland before signing with the Wolves
mid-way through last season. Jordan is a free agent, but is not likely to attract much
interest from other teams. Still, management seems to think he is a keeper, as he is cheap
and fills a role that the Wolves sorely need (backcourt D). Jordan has already
participated in some summer promotional efforts for the Timberwolves, which is probably a
sign that he is expected to have a slot on the roster.
Stephon (Starbury) Marbury: (6'2", 180 lbs, dob:
2/20/77, years NBA: 2; 97-98: 82 games, 38.0 mpg, 17.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg [.7 off], 8.6 apg,
1.27 spg, .415 FG%, .313 3P%, .731 FT%) The class of the
Wolves backcourt. A true playmaker (he was already 4th in the league this year in
assists) and scorer who can kill you with the drive -- only Allen Iverson is quicker to
the hoop -- or the long shot. He has the size and the skills to be the prototypical point
guard. Marbury is very acrobatic and sometimes almost Jordan-like in the shots he can
make. Unafraid to take a game over; however, he will sometimes overcompensate for a
struggling team and dig himself and the team into a ditch with a poor shooting night. When
he is calm and collected, however, hes pretty much undefendable. A natural point
guard, with inhuman passing instincts; like Iverson, sometimes his passes are so accurate
and so unexpected that a teammate will fumble the ball -- he more than anyone else
probably missed Dean Garrett (who signed as a free agent over the summer with Denver) this
last season, as Garrett was a perfect recipient of the bullet pass in traffic. Needs to
work on his defense, but is athletic enough, and prideful enough, that he can and will
rise to a defensive challenge. He also has a tendency to miss key free throws toward the
end of games, but that may vanish with experience. With focused energy, he will be a
perennial All-NBA guard. One of the three best point guards in the West, along with Kidd
and Payton (Stoudamire is close). (And yes, I am well aware that Van Exel wend to the
All-Star Game.) Nitpicks aside, he is second only to Garnett in value to the franchise.
Id put his value as equal to Gugliotta in a pure hoops sense, but he is about seven
years younger. He is signed through one more year as part of his rookie contract, but the
Timberwolves have exclusive rights to negotiate a contract extension with him this summer.
Marbury has been the subject of various trade rumors, but it is unlikely, at least in my
opinion, that the TWolves would even entertain serious offers until after the new
Collective Bargaining Agreement is finalized and the new salary cap guidelines are known.
It is quite possible that a restrictive cap could help Minnesotas chances of
resigning Marbury by hindering his mobility. After the tension surrounding Garnetts
contract was resolves, Marbury pledged that his extension negotiations would go much more
smoothly. Then in February, about the time he was pissed off about being snubbed for the
All-Star Game back home in Madison Square Garden, he complained to Sports Illustrated
about the Minnesota weather and lack of a night life. He supposedly wants to play for his
beloved Knicks, but the Knicks will not have enough cap room in a year (barring major
trades) to sign Marbury and McHale knows this. Marbury also wants to win and hopefully
realizes that the best place for doing that, as well as getting a competitive salary, is
in Minnesota. In all likelihood will remain a Wolf for the foreseeable future, as Taylor
certainly has the money to spend on the team.
Anthony Peeler: (6'4", 212 lbs, dob: 11/25/69, years
NBA: 6; 97-98: 38 games [with Wolves], 31.4 mpg, 12.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg [1.0 off], 3.6 apg, 1.6
spg, .452 FG%, .424 3P%, .766 FT%) Acquired from Vancouver
for Doug West. While I, like all Wolves fans, was disappointed to see West (the last
original Timberwolf) go, the trade has paid off bountifully. Most importantly, Peeler
provides the outside shooting threat that the TWolves desperately needed. Example:
Peeler made more three pointers this season than West has made his entire career.
Ironically, Minnesota might not have traded for Peeler and his scoring ability if
Gugliotta, their leading scorer, had not been injured. By this twist of fate, though, the
TWolves found themselves a quite pleasant surprise. I had wondered where Peeler had
disappeared to, after some serious success in the crowded pre-$haq Lakers backcourt.
(Peeler was traded to Vancouver to free up cap room.) Seems that he never lost his game. A
big, physical two guard, who found his shooting touch in his first game with the Wolves
after riding the Grizzly pine for waaaay to long. He also showed a real commitment to
defense, and plays remarkably well within the Wolves system. His main role is to
position himself behind the three-point line to spread the floor so that Marbury can drive
and, if necessary, dish to Peeler for the three. Peeler is the teams best distance
shooter, and a versatile, athletic inside presence. He can absolutely score in bunches
(see the 3rd game of the playoffs), and will throw himself around for the team. Peeler is
under contract until 2001 and set to earn $2.5 mil next year. Peeler has very quickly
developed into starting two that Chris Carr was to be.
Terry Porter: (6'3", 195 lbs, dob: 4/8/63, years
NBA: 13; 97-98: 82 games, 21.8 mpg, 9.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg [.5 off], 3.0 apg, .8 spg, .449 FG%,
.395 3P%, .856 FT%) Porter provides experience off the bench.
A point in height only, really has the scorers mentality. Good scorer and defender,
real stable, and a free-throw shooting ace. Before the arrival of Peeler, Porter served in
the role of designate three-point shooter, a role he still reprises from time to time,
especially in clutch situations. He has always suffered criticism for his lack of
playmaking abilities (Drexler was the actual playmaker on those great Trailblazer teams),
but at times will play the point so as to free up Stephon for a scoring binge. Hes
not the smartest (in a hoops sense) guard in the world, but his age and experience have
imparted a good amount of maturity to his game, though he still occasionally makes bad
passes that would not be expected from someone who has played as much basketball as he
has. On a team that can pass as well as the Wolves, all that is really needed from a point
guard is the ability to get the ball in play and occasionally break the press. For the
most part, Porter can fill this role quite suitably. Porter is a free agent this summer
and might elicit marginal experience from other teams, though probably not much. He is
very popular with his teammates and the coaching staff and has brought great leadership to
the locker room, especially as a mentor for Marbury. Because of this, as well as his
ability to hit key shots and generally serve as a capable back-up guard, he will probably
be re-signed, despite his advanced (in basketball terms) age, for one or two more years.
There is a chance, however, that he will retire.
DeJuan Wheat: (6'0", 165 lbs., dob: 10/14/73, years
NBA: 1; 97-98: 34 games, 4.4 mpg, 1.7 ppg, .3 rpg, .7 apg, .2 spg, .400 FG%, .471 3P%,
.600 FT%) A slight little point guard, who looks to shoot,
Wheat has apparently has impressed the Wolves coaching staff in limited minutes. An energy
player, perhaps with some work on his handles could fill 15 minutes a game when offense is
needed. Size is an issue -- hes a real small 6' -- but he has an inhumanly quick
release on his jump shot, and, as Peeler often brings the ball up, his playmaking skills
are not as exposed as they could be. He was drafted by the Lakers in the second round last
year and then signed by Minnesota, mostly because Williams was still injured at the time
(and was not expected to return) after being cut by L.A.. He is a free agent this summer,
and the return to health of Michael Williams probably means that he will not be re-signed
unless the Wolves truly believe that Wheat can develop into a quality back-up point guard
in a couple of years. Unless another team signs him, though, Wheat will likely be brought
to training camp, and might even stick with the team if Williams is injured. Michael
Williams: (6'2", 175 lbs., dob: 7/23/66, years NBA: 10; 97-98: 25 games, 6.4 mpg, 2.6
ppg, .6 rpg, 1.3 apg, .4 spg, .333 FG%, .970 FT%) Williams finally started playing again
this season after years of suffering with a plantar facia (foot) injury. Had some serious
minutes in the Seattle series, and proved that he is still a viable player. If he
continues to rehab as well as he has, he could take the veteran guard mantle from a
retiring Terry Porter, if indeed Porter does retire. Hes a smart player, a hard
worker, and an absolute killer at the line. His game has always involved drawing fouls,
and its good to see that he hasnt lost that ability even as his injuries have
slowed him up. His outside shooting is somewhat suspect, especially from three-point
range. Williams has one more year left on his contract at a little under $3 mil and is
therefore likely to stay with the Wolves, as he is still considered damaged goods by the
rest of the league, especially at his high salary.
Forwards:
Bill Curley: (6'9", 245 lbs, dob: 5/29/72 , years
NBA: 5; 97-98: 11 games, 13.3 mpg, 3.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg [1.0 off], .4 apg, .485 FG%, .667 FT%) Curley was a throw-in for salary cap reasons on the deal that sent J.R.
Rider to Portland. He was injured at the time (ankle and knee) and stayed injured for well
over two seasons until late this past season. His main purpose when playing is to bang
people around and soften up the other team. Curley actually has a decent mid-range shot,
but not something that you would want to depend upon late in the game. Even before his
injuries, he was not especially mobile. He might be good for a few minutes as a defensive
presence against slower power forwards and centers, but not much more than that. He is
signed through next season at $1.54 mil.
Kevin (KG; Big Ticket) Garnett: (6'11", 220 lbs,
dob: 5/19/76, years NBA: 3; 97-98: 82 games, 39.3 mpg, 18.5 ppg, 9.6 rpg [2.7off], 4.2
apg, 1.7 spg, 1.83 bpg, .491 FG%, .738 FT%) Needless to say,
KG is the franchise. A definite superstar in the making, he is amazingly consistent,
scoring in double figures every game of the season (until his disastrous game 5 at
Seattle). I dont have the stats to back this up, but Id be willing to bet that
he scored between 15 and 25 points in three-quarters of his games. He stepped up his game
a bit after Gugliotta went down for the season with an injury. All things considered, he
is also probably the best defensive player on the team and has guarded players at all five
positions. He is an excellent ball handler, as evidenced by his assist numbers, which are
amazingly second on the team. He is beginning to develop a more consistent jump shot (it
would be nice if he could add a consistent 3-point shot [.188%] to his repertoire), but
could probably stand to drive the lane more. He needs to gain strength without losing
speed. This will help him not only drive the lane but also make him a better defensive
presence in the post, something the Timberwolves desperately need. He creates huge
match-up problems on both sides of the ball and often demands double teams offensively.
Minor criticisms aside, he is the most valuable player on the team. He is signed until
2004 with a $125mil contract extension that goes into effect next year.
Tom (Googs) Gugliotta: (6'10", 240 lbs, dob:
12/19/69, years NBA: 6; 97-98: 41 games, 38.6mpg, 20.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg [2.6off], 4.1 apg, 1.5
spg, .5 bpg, .502 FG%, .821 FT%) A crucial member to the team
and its most consistent scorer before going down with an ankle injury (bone spurs) in
January. Along with Garnett, he forms arguably the best forward combo in the league. Googs
is a bit stronger, so he usually plays the power forward position, but it is not unusual
to see them used interchangeably on both offense and defense. Googs is a better outside
shooter at this point in his career than KG, though he still cannot hit 3-pointers
consistently (.118%). Still, Gugliotta frequently pops out for a jumper when someone else
drives. He is known for his willingness to sacrifice himself defensively, a problem
exacerbated by Minnesotas lack of consistent center play, frequently contesting
tough rebounds. Googs will not dominate players with his strength, but has enough talent
and quick enough feet to compensate for this. When Googs went down with an injury,
Minnesota was arguably one of the hottest teams in the NBA. It took the Wolves several
games to adjust before finishing the season strong. Despite the Wolves eventual
ability to adjust, though, make no mistake that Googs is crucial to this team if they are
to win a championship. Gugliotta can and almost certainly will opt-out of his contract
this summer. However, he has openly expressed interest in staying in Minnesota and
suggested that he would be willing to accept slightly less than market value to do so. It
is fully expected that Minnesota will re-sign him.
Tom Hammonds: (6'9", 225 lbs, dob: 3/27/67, years
NBA: 9; 97-98: 57 games, 20.0 mpg, 6.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg [1.8 off], .6 apg, .3 bpg, .516 FG%,
.697 FT%) Hammonds, who was signed after the Wolves cut Cliff
Rozier, has developed into quite a workhorse for the Wolves. Toward the end of the season,
he was getting around 8 rebounds per game. More importantly, he served as a strong
defensive presence on the blocks. This is not so evident from his stats, but he played a
crucial role in stopping the opponents inside players. Hammonds even saw his share
of time at center, especially when Roberts and Parks were injured for the last few games
of the season. Hammonds offense is limited to only a few feet from the basket, but
he is decent at put-backs. His numbers may not be big, but he can put in solid minutes off
of the bench. Unfortunately, because of salary cap restrictions, the Wolves can only give
him a 20% raise from the veteran minimum he earned this year. (This is barring changes in
the CBA.) Hammonds wants to stay in Minnesota, but at least for next year would have to
take less than he could get on the free agent market. Consequently, it is not likely that
he will be back.
Sam (Sam-I-Am) Mitchell: (6'7", 210 lbs, dob:
9/2/63, years NBA: 9, 97-98: 81 games, 27.6 mpg, 12.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg [1.5 off], 1.3 apg, .8
spg, .3 bpg, .464 FG%, .349 3P%, .832 FT%) After a couple of
weeks of line-up experimentation, Mitchell eventually to Gugliottas spot a starting
power forward. Mitchell was probably a bit undersized for this position, as evidenced by
his relatively low rebounding numbers. Mitchell is a gritty player, though, and not
someone to be ignored on either offense or defense. On defense, Mitchell is pesky and
quick enough to defend both power and small forwards. On offense, Mitchell can hit a
20-foot baseline jumper with amazing consistency and scores most of his points this way
off of defensive rotations. He is also a decent three-point shooter, again usually from
the baseline. He is neither big nor fast enough to cause match-up problems, but he can
punish teams that do not play him honestly. Mitchell is a very intelligent player and
always seems to know where to be on both sides of the ball. His veteran leadership helps
the young Timberwolves like Marbury and Garnett both on and off the court. His is
34-years-old, but he played his first few seasons in the less demanding European leagues,
so he probably has a few more good years left in him. All in all, he is Minnesotas
most valuable reserve. In the first half of the season, he played the role of sixth man
and might have received some consideration for the corresponding award if the injury to
Googs had not forced him into the starting line-up. He is a free agent this summer, but
wants to stay in Minnesota and there is every reason to expect that the Twolves will
re-sign him and make Mitchell their sixth man again.
Cherokee (Chief) Parks: 6'11", 240 lbs, dob:
10/11/72, years NBA: 3; 97-98: 79 games, 21.6 mpg, 7.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg [1.8 off], .7 apg, 1.1
bpg, .499 FG%, .651 FT%) The Timberwolves acquired Parks
basically for nothing (the restructuring of trade conditions) in a trade from Dallas. He
has contributed a little more than nothing, but is still a bit of a disappointment for a
lottery player. I am placing Parks with the forwards because that is his true position.
Part of the disappointment about Cherokee might be due to the fact that he has been forced
to play out of position at center most of his time with the Timberwolves, a position which
he is just not strong enough to handle effectively. He has a decent outside shot, though
nothing approaching three- point range, which can cause limited defensive problems for
other teams by drawing their center out of the blocks. Cherokee does not, however, possess
effective post-up moves, mostly because of his lack of strength. Similarly, he is
susceptible to post-up moves on defense because of his lack of strength. He does have
enough hops to block the occasional shot. Cherokee started 43 games at center mostly
because many other teams do not have good centers. However, it is clear that Cherokee is
not the answer at center if the Wolves want to win a championship. Someone else is needed
to guard Shaq, Robinson, Duncan, and other strong quick centers in the league. Cherokee
might still be adequate coming off the bench, but even then power forward is probably a
better position for him. He is a free agent this summer and may seek employment elsewhere
depending on who Minnesota drafts. Given that the Timberwolves will probably not pick up
the option on Roberts (see below), combined with the fact that Grant has still not played
a game in the NBA, I imagine Parks will probably be re-signed as an insurance policy. If
he is, McHale and Co. is going to have to put Parks on a rigorous weight training program
over the summer.
Centers
Paul Grant: (7'0", 245 lbs, dob: 1/6/74, years NBA:
R; 97-98: did not play due to injury [96-97 at Wisconsin: 12.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, .494 FG%,
.713 FT%]) Given Minnesotas woes at center, they could
have used Grant this year, but he missed the season with an injury that was eventually
diagnosed as being similar to the one that sidelined Gugliotta. Many people were surprised
the Timberwolves drafted Grant at #20 last year, but faced with the prospect of losing
Garrett to free agency and not sure if Roberts would be healthy for much of the season,
the pick looked reasonable in retrospect. McHale reportedly drafted Grant because of his
toughness and aggressiveness on defense. Barring a major trade, Grant will definitely have
the opportunity to compete for the starting job at center next season.
Zeliko Rebraca: (6'11", weight unknown, dob: ?,
years NBA 0) Who? Rebraca is a European center whose rights
the Wolves acquired I think from Seattle in exchange for a second round pick. He is
supposed to be a great leaper and shot blocker and is improving offensively. For his
Italian League team he averaged 17.1 ppg in 31.1 mpg with 6.7 rpg (1.9 off) and accounted
for 22% of his teams offense last season. He shot 64.3 FG% and 80.6 FT%. I have
never seen him play, but these seem like decent numbers. Because he is a second round
pick, the TWolves must be under the cap (not likely) if they want to sign him for
above the league minimum. If they cut Roberts and decide not to re-sign Parks, it is
possible the management might try to figure out a way to bring Rebraca over. Likely,
though, he will continue to play in Europe, where I imagine he is earning more than the
NBA league minimum.
Stanley (Big Fella) Roberts: (7'0", 290 lbs
[probably an underestimate], dob: 2/7/70, years NBA 7; 97-98: 74 games, 6.2 ppg, 4.9 rbg
[1.5 off], .4 apg, 1.0 bpg, .495 FG%, .481 FT%) Acquired last
year in a draft-day trade for Stoyko Vrankovic, Roberts has been a marginal improvement,
but still not the answer for the Wolves at center. He definitely takes up space on the
defense, but his weight makes him extremely slow, which leads to frequent foul trouble.
Plus, his atrocious free throw shooting means that you definitely do not want him in at
the end of games. He has a long history of injuries, but he stayed healthy enough this
year to play in most of the games, though he did wear down toward the end of the season
and consequently missed the playoffs. On offense, he can dunk, but that is about it. (I
have to admit, though, that it quite fun to watch him lumber toward the basket and dunk.)
His hands are not good enough to catch passes from Marbury when he drives the lane, nor is
Roberts quick enough to really be in position in the first place. He is scheduled to make
around $4.5 mil next year, but Minnesota has the option to buy out his contract for $1
mil. Roberts might be acceptable as a back-up center, but is not worth the money it would
take to keep him. It is doubtful that Roberts will ever get in the shape necessary for him
to be a quality starting center, so the Wolves will probably exercise their buyout option
and not bring him back next year unless they can get absolutely no one else at center.
Given the above evaluation of players and their
likelihood of staying with the team the roster for next season looks like this so far:
Starters: Reserves:
Team Needs: You will note
that I already have the league limit of 12 players on my roster. This is one reason why I
expect Carr to be traded and why I dont expect Roberts or Wheat to return. Of
course, there is always the injured reserve list to play with. Packaging Carr with a
player or a pick or trading Carr for a non-guaranteed pick will create more space for
other players on the roster. Then again, I would not be surprised to see either Williams
or Curley legitimately injured at the beginning of the season, given their histories of
injury. This might give Wheat a spot on the team, depending on who the Wolves select in
the second round. Plus, I am sure the Wolves would love to have Hammonds if they can
convince him to come back for less money than he could earn elsewhere.
Still, it is usually a bad idea to base your plans and picks on thin possibilities
rather than on who you are fairly certain you will have. Given the above likely scenario,
the most pressing need is at center, especially considering that Grant is still vastly
unproven at that position. Team rebounding was not too terrible, but it did pose problems
at times. More importantly, a lack of consistent interior defense caused frequent double
teams that left other players open for easy shots. The other major need is a consistent
bench. Googs (when healthy), Marbury, and Garnett all played in the high thirties in
minutes. Porter and Mitchell are both capable reserves, but both are also in the tail end
of their careers. The TWolves expect to be challenging for a championship (assuming
they can re-sign Marbury) in two or three years, after they have gotten more experience in
the playoffs. Consequently, all plans for supporting players must be made with that in
mind. Minnesota is well on track to achieve this goal, but minor improvements do need to
be made. In addition to needing help up front, their other major needs are a solid outside
shooter (Porter is too old and Jordan cannot shoot) and a point guard who can give
consistent minutes in relief of Marbury (Williams has yet to prove that he can play a full
season again and even then is still probably not good for more than 12-15 minutes a game
on good nights). As shown by small-ball in the Seattle series, though, frontcourt help is
a much more pressing need. The Wolves are generally able to defend teams without a
powerful center, which most teams do not have, but they never came all that close to
competing against the Lakers/Shaq in four regular season games and need to get the players
to do so if they are going to advance beyond them in the playoffs eventually. The same
could be said for Duncan, Robinson, and San Antonio. If the opposing center is quick but
not strong, like sometimes with Olajuwan, Saunders can put Garnett on him. However,
Minnesota desperately needs someone to guard the stronger players in the league. Parks was
too weak to fill this need and Roberts too slow. If possible, the Timberwolves will draft
someone who can play center for them. If not, they should probably pick the best available
power forward, with emphasis on the word power.
Michael Doleac 6'11"
Center from Utah
Doleac is a bit slow and has underdeveloped post moves,
but the Wolves do not need him for his speed, only his strength. Doleac seems to have the
weight (265 lbs) and strength to slow down opposing centers enough to ease the defensive
pressure off of other interior players, thus reducing the need for double teams. This
should help out on defensive rotations and should give KG more freedom on the defensive
end to roam around and block shots, something he is already quite good at. Doleac is not a
great rebounder, but should be adequate at it. Doleac is also not a great shot blocker,
but can at least alter some shots if opposing guards try to drive the lane. On the
offensive end, Doleac has good enough hands to catch drop off passes from a penetrating
Marbury. Doleac also has quite a good outside shot for a big man, which could draw out the
opposing center enough to open up the middle for drives by Marbury and others. Doleac
shoots free throws at over 80%, which could come in handy toward the end of games when
teams are usually removing their big men for fear of them getting fouled and going to the
line. Furthermore, Doleac is an intelligent player who will be able to learn the offensive
and defensive systems that Minnesota uses and will know where to be at all times. In a
precision passing offense like the Wolves use, this is a very valuable skill. On the
downside, other than the limitations mentioned above, Doleac might turn out to be a big
stiff like Luc Longley who is decent but not necessarily someone you want to pin your
offensive/defensive hopes at center on. Then again, you could do worse than getting
Longley at #17. Also, some have questioned his work ethic. To sum up, despite a potential
to be a flop and less than awe-inspiring skills, Doleac fits the TWolves needs
to well to pass up with this pick. In short, he is the best available center available and
not a reach at this slot.
Brian Skinner (Baylor): At 6'10" and 240 to 255 lbs (depending on where you look), Skinner
could probably play some minutes at center, but is more suited for power forward. Skinner
was one of the best shot blockers in college this past season. He is also a tenacious
rebounder. He plays very strong and could give Minnesota what they need in this
department. Skinner has decent scoring ability inside, but not much of an outside shot.
His free throw percentage is in the mid-60% you often find in centers. His physical
attributes and skills actually remind me some of Dean Garrett, who the TWolves
sorely miss. If he can accept his role as a primarily a defensive player who scores on the
occasional dunk or putback, he can become quite an effective player in this league. I
agonized greatly between him and Doleac and think that Skinner will be a very good
selection for whomever does take him.
Keon Clark (UNLV): He is 6'10", but only 220 lbs, so it is unlikely that he will be
able to play much center in the NBA, at least not against stronger opponents. Minnesota
already tried a light, weak center with Cherokee Parks and it did not work out, though
admittedly Clark is a much better leaper than Parks. Still, he does not fit my assessment
of what the Timberwolves need. Perhaps more importantly, he has serious attitude and
coachability questions. He was kicked off his team only nine games into the season. I
think that McHale is right in avoiding this type of player. Clark is uncoachable and thus
will not succeed at the NBA level. Last year Minnesota drafted Gordon Malone in the second
round. Malone had a great deal of talent (including good leaping ability), but he was
always lost on the court and was the first player cut in training camp. He has since gone
on to be cut by his CBA team. Someone before Minnesota will probably take a chance on
Clark as he is one of the best leapers in the draft, but they will be making a mistake.
Matt Harpring (Georgia
Tech): His 6'7" height and outside shot reminds me a
great deal of Sam Mitchell. Eventually, the Wolves are going to need another small forward
who can come off the bench and score from the outside, but they have more pressing needs
for the moment. Harpring would be a good addition to the team, but he would not solve
their problems with interior defense.
As for others, I dont think that Jelani McCoy will put forth the effort to be a good defender. The stats for Nesterovic are not impressive enough to make me want to draft him, especially since
European players are often poor defensively. I could not find any information on Stepanija
and am not going to draft a player blind. The same goes for power forward Mirsad Turkcan. I think that Skinner is clearly better than Ansu Sesay.
I do not expect that Doleac will be available when
Minnesota picks at #17, especially if Dirk Nowitzki and Lamar Odom are really out of the
draft. This is not a criticism of other GMs in this draft as I think our record is
probably as good as that of the real GMs. If Doleac is indeed gone, I think there is
a very good chance that the TWolves will pick Skinner (which may very well end up
being a better pick than my selection of Doleac). McHale has said that he wants the
meanest, toughest big man he can find and Skinner likely fits that bill. The fact that he
was the high scorer at the recent Chicago pre-draft camp with 44 points in two games is an
added bonus. If Doleac or Pat Garrity fall to them at #17, the Wolves would have to
consider them as well. Despite past success, I dont think that they would take a
high schooler, since either Harrington or Lewis would be too much of a project and the
team is looking for a more immediate contribution. The Timberwolves are supposedly
bringing in twelve players for workouts, so things are wide open. If they do not like the
big men who are available, they might surprise people a bit and take Michael Dickerson if
he is available, though only if they are fairly sure they can trade Carr. The European
centers might merit some serious attention, certainly more than I am able to give them,
but we already had a bad experience with a European center in Stoyko Vrankovic. Also,
these centers are likely to be long term projects. Last year, McHale surprised everyone by
reaching down to select Grant, though in retrospect the selection made some sense. The
clincher was supposedly that McHale liked the toughness he saw when he looked in
Grants eye at a workout. This shows that potential draftees are not only going to
have to have good stats and skills, but also be the type of player that McHale thinks will
fit into the team emotionally. I think Skinner shows this more than any of the other big
men that are likely to be available at #17.
As mentioned several times, the team is likely to trade
Carr, or at least make their best effort to do so. The two prevalent rumors are to trade
Carr and the #17 pick to Denver for Dean Garrett or to trade Carr for an early second
round pick so that they can select hometown hero Sam Jacobson. Both of these trades have
some plausibility, though Im not sure I would bet on either of them happening. Other
trades for Garrett may be attempted as Minnesota is supposedly desperate for them and
Garrett really wants to return (he was in team offices a couple of weeks ago). Until they
sign some of their free-agents, I doubt that the TWolves have much that would elicit
trade interest from other teams (considering they are basically limited to Carr, Williams,
Curley, and maybe Roberts). With Garnetts big contract, they are well over the
expected salary cap and thus will not be able to sign any free agents except for the
league minimum. Minnesota does have its million dollar cap exemption available and might
use it on a sharpshooter depending on who it looks like they will have on their roster
toward the end of the summer. Shooters are usually easier to find than interior defenders,
so this is probably a problem that can be put off for a couple of months. Of course, the
impending lockout may force everything to be put off for a couple of months. When things
do resume, expect the Minnesota Timberwolves to be well prepared to enter the new season
gunning for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs and advancement to the
second round or beyond!.
James F. Black (Season overview and Guards)
jfb@wavefront.com
Ryan Fortson (Remainder)
fortson@polisci.umn.edu
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This chapter describes issues associated with Oracle JDeveloper 10g (10.1.2.1.0). It includes the following topics:
Section 6.1, "Introduction"
Section 6.2, "What's New in JDeveloper 10.1.2.1.0"
Section 6.3, "Migration Issues"
Section 6.4, "Deployment Issues"
Section 6.5, "ADF DataAction for Struts Known Issues"
Section 6.6, "ADF Business Components Issues"
Section 6.7, "ADF UIX Issues"
Section 6.8, "Apache Struts Restrictions"
Section 6.9, "Data Binding Issues"
Section 6.10, "JClient Issues"
Section 6.11, "Toplink Issues"
Section 6.12, "Web Services Issues"
Section 6.13, "Modeling Issues"
Section 6.14, "Team Based Development Issues"
Section 6.15, "Unix-Specific Issues"
Section 6.16, "Macintosh OS X Issues"
Section 6.17, "Screen Reader Issues"
Section 6.18, "Miscellaneous Issues"
JDeveloperer.1.0 adds a small number of new features:
Section 6.2.1, "Offline Database Objects"
Section 6.2.2, "Struts Page Flow Diagram"
Section 6.2.3, "Improvements in the Business Components Wizards"
Section 6.2.4, "ADF Business Components Performance Improvements"
Section 6.2.5, "Data Binding"
Section 6.2.6, "Embedded OC4J"
Section 6.2.7, "JDBC Drivers"
Section 6.2.8, "ADF Runtime in Oracle Application Server 10.1.2"
In the Import Offline Database Objects Wizard, the schema selection is now the last step. This was done to allow the schema to be defaulted to the online schema name for TopLink projects.
Rendering and general responsiveness of large diagrams has improved for dynamic projects.
Performance of Struts editing is further improved by only validating the XML against the DTD when the project is compiled or when the developer chooses to explicitly validate it from the context menu, rather than every time that the Struts editor gains focus.
It is now possible to create actions that are not prefixed with a "/" (forward slash). This means that you can create private actions that are not directly accessible from a browser by specifying a page name without an initial "/" character. Conversely, if you need your action to be accessible from a browser directly, include the "/" at the start of the name.:
With your web page or struts page flow diagram open in the editor, go to the UI model tab in the structure pane.
Edit the action binding for the Create operation.
In the dropdown list, select the CreateInsert action, replacing the Create action which is shown by default..
This section contains information about migrating your JDeveloper applications:
Section 6.3.1, "JDeveloper 9.0.3 PL/SQL Web Service Has Compile Errors When Regenerated"
Section 6.3.2, "Regeneration of Migrated Web Service May Result in an Incomplete Deployment Profile"
Section 6.3.3, "WS-I Test Tools Location Must be Entered Again"
Section 6.3.4, "Migrating Struts Applications to Oracle JDeveloper 10g Struts Applications Created in Oracle9i JDeveloper"
Section 6.3.5, "Default Iterators for View Object Rowsets Advance to First Row When Bound to ADF Iterator Bindings"
Section 6.3.6, "Migrating Projects that Use bc4jhtml.jar"
Section 6.3.7, "Migrating JClient Projects with Java Web Start and JNLP"
Section 6.3.8, "Custom JClient Error Handler Dialog Migration"
Section 6.3.9, "EJB: Migration of OC4J 9.0.x Native CMP Mappings"
Section 6.3.10, "Trouble Migrating Web Applications from Oracle9i JDeveloper 9.0.4"
Section 6.3.11, "Migration Dialog May Display when Migrating from 9.0.5.1 to 10.1.2"
Section 6.3.12, "Oracle-Style Bind Parameters Work Differently"
Section 6.3.13, "Migrating EJB CMR Relationships to Oracle10g JDeveloper Release 10.1.2"
Section 6.3.14, "Migrated 9.0.X UIX/BC4J/JSP Applications Do Not Have UIX Resources and Styles Available"
(3023311) If you open a JDeveloper 9.0.3 project and attempt to regenerate a PL/SQL web service in that project, it will be left in an uncompilable state afterwards.
Workaround:Before you regenerate the service, remove from the project all of the Java files directly related to the service package and any object types used by that service.
(3506154) When you regenerate a web service that has been migrated from a previous version of JDeveloper, you may find that the regenerated interface is missing from the deployment profile which will cause the deployed service to be inaccessible.
Workaround:
Use the deployment profile dialog to manually include the missing file, then redeploy the service.
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JDeveloper or other tools may not compile correctly after migrating to Oracle JDeveloper 10g production release. This may happen even if the applications were previously successfully migrated to Oracle JDeveloper 10g.
If you have a Struts application that no longer compiles correctly after migration to JDeveloper 10g, the migration process may have incorrectly removed the struts.jar file from your WEB-INF/lib directory.
To correct Struts compilation errors after migration:
Copy the correct struts.jar file from the JDeveloper_installation_directory/jakarta-struts/lib directory into your project's WEB-INF/lib directory.
The new ADF iterator bindings in JDeveloper 10g cause the iterator to which they are bound to advance to the first row in the row set.. *
The issue can also surface in middle-tier business logic which is written to loop over row set; }
Here are two basic solutions:
Where only testing whether the first row exists, use the first() API and test whether it is null or not.
Where performing iteration over the row set, use.
Choose a CMP Entity bean, right-click on its EJB node in the JDev navigator and select 'Edit CMP Mappings...'.
Once the CMP Mapping Editor opens and the 'CMP Field Mappings' tree node is selected, click on the 'Relationship Mappings' tab and visit each relationship in which the CMP Entity bean participates. Simply visiting the panel will cause the new data to be saved when the panel is exited.
While still in the CMP Mappings editor, repeat this process for each CMP Entity bean in the EJB module. When done, exit the mapping editor by selecting 'OK' to apply the changes.
Once these steps have been performed, the EJB module is ready to be deployed to an OC4J 10.x server.
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(3797912) When you migrate an application from Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 9.0.5.1 to Release 10.1.2, the Migration dialog may open, even though the technology stack has not changed between these releases. You can safely ignore this dialog.
(3848733) Oracle JDeveloper releases 9.0.5.2 and earlier contained a version of JDBC that did not provide strict error checking for Oracle-style bind parameters. This allowed expressions that contained more than one bind parameter with the same name, such as:
WHERE SALARY > :1 AND DEPARTMENT = :2 AND MANAGER_ID = :1
Both the first and third parameters (10.1.2) provides stricter error checking, and will throw an exception on expressions like the above where clauses or parameters contain
setWhereClauseParams(new Object[] { value1, value1, }
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(3665125) If you migrate a 9.0.X UIX/BC4J/JSP complete application project to JDeveloper 10g and then run the application, the UIX resources and styles are not seen at runtime. Since the migration process only removes objects and files that are related to prior versions of the product, it does not add the new installables.
Workaround:
Migrate your applications.
Rebuild the model and view projects individually for your 9.0.X applications to add the latest UIX resources and styles.
This section contains information about issues related to deploying your application with JDeveloper:
Section 6.4.1, "XSQL Page Processor Cannot Read Pages from Unexpanded Servlet 2.2 WAR File"
Section 6.4.2, "Type Incompatibilities when Deploying to WebLogic"
Section 6.4.3, "WebLogic6.1 Fails to Understand 'Windows-1252' Encoding in XML Files"
Section 6.4.4, "ejb-ref in web.xml not Updated if the Bean Type is Changed from Remote to Local"
Section 6.4.5, "Proper Deployment Profiles not Shown for Projects with ADF UIX Technology Scope"
Section 6.4.6, "Additional Details for Deploying UIX Applications to WebLogic"
Section 6.4.7, "Configuring Persistence-Manager in orion-ejb-jar.xml not Supported for OracleAS 10.1.2"
Section 6.4.8, "Starting ADF Application Exception in Websphere 5.1"
Section 6.4.9, "Additional Details for Deploying UIX Applications to WebLogic"
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jdev_install/jdbc/lib directory.
WebLogic6.1 fails to understand Windows-1252 encoding in XML files. This is a bug in the XML parser.
In the Environment panel change the Encoding field to UTF-8.
Click OK.
Now create a new project and your application.
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When you deploy container-managed persistence (CMP) entity beans from JDeveloper 10.1.2 to OracleAS 10.1.2 and previous versions, you can't configure persistence-manager settings in orion-ejb-jar.xml. These settings will cause a deployment error.
(3590864).
If you are using Standalone OC4J to run an application that uses JAAS authentication and Oracle ADF Business Components, and you are not using the copy of jazn.xml provided in
<oc4j_home>/home/config, you must pass the location of your copy of jazn.xml to the JVM using the property oracle.security.jazn.config. For example, if your jazn.xml file is in the directory
/jazn/, use the command:
java -Doracle.security.jazn.config=/jazn/jazn.xml -jar oc4j.jar
to start the server.
(4025025) When deploying a JClient WebStart application based on a BC4J Session Bean to Oracle Application Server, you may encounter the following deployment error:
Closing connection to Oc4jDcmServlet #### DCM command did not complete successfully (-8) #### HTTP return code was -8 Exit status of DCM servlet client: -8
To fix this problem, follow the workaround described below:
In the web.xml file generated by JClient WebStart Wizard, remove the <ejb-ref> element and its contents completely. A sample entry in web.xml looks like:
<ejb-ref> <ejb-ref-name>ejb/AppModuleBean</ejb-ref-name> <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type> <home>mypackage1.common.ejb.beanmanaged.AppModuleHome</home> <remote>mypackage1.common.ejb.beanmanaged.RemoteAppModule</remote> <ejb-link>AppModuleBean</ejb-link> </ejb-ref>
Remove the profile dependencies set in the war deployment profile. To do this:
Double click on the war profile (client_war.deploy)
Select Profile Dependencies in the tree displayed on the left side of the panel.
Uncheck the profile dependencies in the tree displayed on the right side of the panel.
Deploy the war to Oracle Application Server and run WebStart.
This section contains information about issues related to ADF:
Section 6.5.1, "Best Practice for ADF Binding to Method Results"
Section 6.5.2, "Data Actions Extending DataForwardAction Change to Data Pages Incorrectly"
In an ADF-based Struts web application, when trying to display data on a page that is the result of a declarative method invocation on your data control, we recommend performing the method invocation in a separate DataAction (with its own binding container) that, in turn, forwards to the DataAction or DataPage that will perform the rendering of the method's results. An attempt to execute the method declaratively via a method action binding in the same binding container as the iterator bound to its results, can run into problems.
(4113412) When you customize the basic ADF Data Action, their custom action class should directly or indirectly extend the DataAction class in the
oracle.adf.controller.struts.actions package. On the other hand, when you customize an action for an ADF Data Page it should directly or indirectly extend the DataForwardAction class in that same package. Additionally for data pages, JDeveloper associates the action to its related page by recording the name of the page in the value of the parameter attribute of the Struts action in your struts-config.xml file. In contrast, plain data actions which are not data pages do not have a parameter attribute recorded.
In 9.0.5.2 and 10.1.2 it is possible for users to accidentally create a custom data action class which incorrectly extends the DataForwardAction class instead of the correct DataAction class. This was harmless in 9.0.5.2, but in 10.1.2 a data action whose custom action class extends DataForwardAction instead of just DataAction has an undesirable side-effect when the Struts page flow diagram is opened the first time in each JDeveloper session. JDeveloper 10.1.2 notices that the action extends DataForwardAction and assumes that you meant it to be a data page. It then notices this presumed data page is missing its required parameter attribute, so JDeveloper 10.1.2 adds a
parameter="unknown" attribute for it. This can have the unwanted side effect of making your data action nodes in the diagram turn into data page nodes.
The way to avoid the problem is to insure that your custom data action classes that are not intended to be data pages:
Extend
DataAction instead of
DataForwardAction
Do not have a parameter attribute in their corresponding
struts-config.xml
<action> element entry.
This section contains information about issues with ADF Business Components:
Section 6.6.1, "Don't Use "Scan Source Path" Project with ADF Business Components"
Section 6.6.2, "No Such Method Error For ADF BC4J JSP Application in WebLogic 8.1.2"
Section 6.6.3, "View Object Custom Methods In Batch Mode"
Section 6.6.4, "Authentication Using LDAP Does not Work with Standalone OC4J"
Section 6.6.5, "ClassCastException Accessing One-To-Many Entity View Link Accessor"
Section 6.6.6, "Do Not Use Over 19 Top-Level Application Module Instances in One Application"
(3508285) The JDeveloper project option "Scan Source Paths to Determine Project Contents" does not work reliably for ADF Business Components. For this release, we recommend not using this project option if your project contains any ADF business components.
(3739767)
(3274140) When running in "batch mode", client-side code making use of a custom ADF View Object interface must do so by first returning the view object (cast to this custom interface) from a application module custom method. Otherwise, a ClassCastException can be thrown.
(3903758).
(4113607) Prior to JDeveloper 10.1.2, ADF BC runtime was incorrectly hard-coding an expectation that the return type of a view link accessor exposed at entity level was a RowIterator. This assumption caused problems when the exposed viewlink was a 1-to-1 link. This bug (3839762) was fixed in 10.1.2, but the fix uncovered a new issue after 10.1.2 Build 1811 shipped. The issue is a design time bug that incorrectly reverses the source and the destination types of the view link. The design time bug writes the view link accessor type in the entity's XML descriptor. Prior to 10.1.2, when the expectation of a RowIterator was hard-coded, the wrong type that was in the XML was unimportant since it had no dependency with the type at runtime. Since JDeveloper 10.1.2.1.0 uses the XML-based <ViewLinkAccessor> row type info, the type mismatch raises this new ClassCastException.
For example, if you expose a WorksInDeptLink view link between DeptView and EmpView on the Dept EO level with an accessor name of Employees, the incorrect XML snippet is placed in the Dept.xml file:
<!--" IsUpdateable="false" > </ViewLinkAccessor>
If your DeptView VO is exposing a custom Row class, it will reflect that instead and look like:
<!--="test.mypackage.DeptViewRowImpl" IsUpdateable="false" > </ViewLinkAccessor>
The is that neither the
generic oracle.jbo.Row nor the more specific
test.mypackage.DeptViewRowImpl is correct for the return type of this accessor. The workaround until we fix this issue in a maintenance release is to update the Dept.xml file outside of JDeveloper to reflect the correct type of the view link accessor. In the example above, you would change the type to be
oracle.jbo.RowIterator like this:
Iterator" IsUpdateable="false" > </ViewLinkAccessor>
In the case of Web applications, each top-level application module uses a session cookie to increase application stability (using failover) and to help manage state. ADF also adds a cookie of its own. A limitation in Microsoft Internet Explorer prevents it from accepting more than 20 cookies per unique host. Therefore, if your application may be accessed through Microsoft Internet Explorer, and you have not disabled failover, you should not use more than 19 top-level application module instances per client instance. Any additional application module instances you need should be nested in the definition for one of the 19. Using more than 19 top-level application module instances in a single client instance may cause unpredictable behavior with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
This section contains information about issues with ADF UIX:
Section 6.7.1, "Third-party Popup Blockers and Toolbars May Interfere With ADF UIX"
Section 6.7.2, "Javascript Compression May Cause Errors in ADF UIX"
Section 6.7.3, "UIT Templates not Available for Context Menu Insertion"
Section 6.7.4, "Setting Source Attribute for UIX Image Component Fails if Image on Different Drive"
Section 6.7.5, "Live Data in UIX Preview"
(2900583).
(3038299) Under certain conditions all of the .uit templates in a project may not appear on the context menu for insertion into a UIX page. Performing a Save All operation will force all the templates in the project to be available.
(3458363) When setting the source attribute for an UIX image component, if you choose an image that is outside of your html_root directory and located on a different drive than JDeveloper is installed, the optional copying of the file into the html_root fails. The workaround is to manually move/copy the image file in the file system.
UIX Preview does not support showing live data for pages bound using ADF Data Controls in this release.
This section contains information about restrictions with JDeveloper and Apache Struts:
Section 6.8.1, "Multiple Struts Application Modules within a Single Project not Supported"
Section 6.8.2, "Only Partial Support for Tiles Based Applications"
Section 6.8.3, "<welcome-file> Entries in Web.xml"
Section 6.8.4, "Action Attribute Must be Edited When Using HTML Form in JSP Pages"
Section 6.8.5, "Drag and Drop of Method on to Data Page/Action Fails with Overlapping Forward Label"
Section 6.8.6, "Directory WEB-INF Does Not Exist Message Is Shown in Console".
(3423938).
(3452660).
(3443358).
(3976907) When designing or running a simple struts Application you may get an erroneous message on the console:
Directory C:\WEB-INF does not exist.
This message can be safely ignored.
This section contains information about data binding issues:
Section 6.9.1, "Avoiding Performance Problems Fetching Data or Retrofitting Client Side Cache"
Section 6.9.2, "Scalar Attributes Returned by Bean Accessors"
Section 6.9.3, "NoDefExeception When Rendering a Bean with No Scalar Attributes"
Section 6.9.4, "oracle.jbo.domain.Array Data Type"
Section 6.9.5, "Not Possible to Set Type of Rowset Return Type in Custom AM Method"
Section 6.9.6, "If Secondary RSI is Used for Master, No Detail Rows Are Returned"
Section 6.9.7, "DataControl IDs in .cpx File Must be Unique"
(3278854) To avoid performance problems in fetching data or retrofitting client side cache with a modified rangeSize, Oracle advises to set the same rangeSize for all usages of a RowSetIterator associated to iterator bindings in multiple binding containers of the same application/application flow.
(3389123) Scalar attributes returned by Bean accessors are marked as 'readonly' in ADF data binding. Support for updating these values is not implemented in this release.
(3475505) Using the <adf:render> or <adf:inputrender> tags will throw an oracle.jbo.NoDefException when you attempt to render a bean that contains no scalar attributes.
(3412750).
(3323420).
(3507403) If a view link master/detail is dropped on a page and then the master view object's RSIName is modified to be non-null, then the detail is not actively coordinated with the master as the dropped detail is bound to a default RowSetIterator on the master view object (and not the named RSI). The workaround is to not edit/modify the RSIName for the master ViewObject's iteratorBinding. Leave it as null.
(3539053) When you work with more than one business service in your client project, the ID for each data control data control (in the Property Inspector) in the .cpx file to use the same name.
(4081647) When creating a read-only view object by selecting the Read-only Access radio group on the first panel of the JDeveloper 10.1.2 view object wizard, after entering your SQL query on the following panel, if you continue to (Next>) through the wizard and end up visiting the "Attributes" panel, the first attribute will inadvertently have its "Selected in Query" property set to false. This changes the SQL-derived attribute populated by your query's first SELECT list column into a transient attribute unintentionally. The two easy workarounds are:
Click Finish in the view object wizard before advancing to the Attributes page of the wizard, or
Mark the
Selected in Query property for the first attribute back to
true.
This section contains information about JClient issues:
Section 6.10.1, "Tooltip Text Is Not Picked up by JClient Clients"
Section 6.10.2, "JClient Controls Ignore Business Components Control Hints at Design Time"
Section 6.10.3, "JClient Controls Bound to a Collection are Not Visible in the Java Visual Editor"
Section 6.10.4, "JClient No Longer Creates Rows Ready to Commit"
Section 6.10.5, "Java Web Start Not Launched in IE 5.5"
(3442568) JClient clients ignore any tooltip text that has been entered for an underlying entity object attribute or view object attribute. To work around this issue you can set the tooltip text in your client code. This example shows how to set the tooltip text for the Deptno attribute:
mDeptno.setToolTipText(panelBinding.findCtrlValueBinding("Deptno").getTooltip());
(3405193) The display width and display height set for the Business Components attributes in the Entity Object Editor or View Object Editor will not be used to render the control in the Java Visual Editor.
(3379812):
Override and ignore the setNewRowState() call in ViewRowImpl subclass.
Override the default navbar action for create and after the super, get the current row on the iterator and set it's new row state back to NEW using getIteratorBinding().getCurrentRow().setNewRowState(Row.STATUS_NEW)
Implement a custom action-performed event for the Create/New button and call" %>
This section contains information about JDeveloper and Toplink Issues:
Section 6.11.1, "Using the Custom Query Tab in the Mapping Editor"
Section 6.11.2, "Importing Projects from TopLink Mapping Workbench"
Section 6.11.3, "Cannot Modify the Primary Key Attribute of an Object in a Unit of Work"
Section 6.11.4, "orion-ejb-jar.xml Required to Deploy Using TopLink CMP"
Section 6.11.5, "Exception When Mapping Classes with TopLink Technology Scope"
Section 6.11.6, "TopLink Mappings Tab Not Available in Code Editor"
Section 6.11.7, "TopLink Descriptors May Be Lost After Modifying .JAVA Files"
Section 6.11.8, "Accessors (getters and setters) May Not Appear as Methods in the TopLink Mappings Editor"
Section 6.11.9, "TopLink Mappings Structure Window May Not Update Properly"
Section 6.11.10, "Toplink Accessibility Issues"
Section 6.11.11, "Class Names Containing Dollar Signs"
Section 6.11.12, "Using TopLink Mapping Editor with Oracle10g Database"
Section 6.11.13, "Migrating TopLink Data Control Parameters"
Section 6.11.14, "Some Attributes May Not Appear in TopLink Structure Window"
Section 6.11.15, "TopLink Default Queries are Non-Configurable"
Section 6.11.16, "Using TopLink ADF Data Bindings"
Section 6.11.17, "Using Database Session with Connection Pool Causes SessionLoader Exception"
Section 6.11.18, "Refactoring Classes Does Not Update TopLink Descriptors"
Section 6.11.19, "Adding a Preceding Space to a Session Name Causes Exception at Runtime"
Section 6.11.20, "Synchronizing Datacontrols.dcx and Databindings.cpx"
Section 6.11.21, "Error When Deleting and Committing a Record"
Section 6.11.22, "Multibyte Strings in "Source" View for session.xml Appear Garbled"
Section 6.11.23, "Resetting TopLink Units of Work will Improve Performance":
Create a new JDeveloper TopLink-enabled project.
Create an offline database object for the project. Use one of the following methods to create the necessary database tables (as identified in the \mw\table directory of the Mapping Workbench project).
If the tables in the Mapping Workbench project were imported from a live database, import the tables into the JDeveloper project.
If the tables were created in the Mapping Workbench project and do not reside on a live database, manually create each database table.
Close the JDeveloper project.
Copy the following files and directories from the original Mapping Workbench project:
Schema.Table in a text editor, open the toplink_mappings.mwp file and make the following changes:
Change the project's <name> element
Change the project's <name> element to toplink_mappings.
Convert each database table's <name> element
The <database-table> element lists each database table in a <name> element. This <name> may include a catalog, schema, and table name. You must change each table to include only a schema and table name.
The following table demonstrates several sample conversions:
In a text editor, open each descriptor's <projectname>/descriptor/<descriptor name>.xml file and make the following changes:
Convert the descriptor's table elements for each database table.
Reopen the JDeveloper project and use one of the following methods to add the source files to your project:
<name> that you changed in the toplink_mappings.mwp file, you must make the identical name change in the following elements in each descriptor's <project name>/descriptor/<descriptor name>.xml file:
<field-table> <primary-table> <associated-table> <reference-table> <reference-name> <relation-table> <sequencing-policy-table> <source-table> <target-table>
Choose the Scan Source Paths to Determine Project Contents option on the Project Settings dialog. This adds the source files to your dynamic source path.
Choose Project > Add to Project to add the contents of the <project name>/src folder. This adds the source files directly to your project.For EJB projects, choose File > Import > EJB Deployment Descriptor File. Use the wizard to import the <project name>/META-INF/ejb-jar.xml and /src files.
(3376332).
(3492309):
Create a minimal orion-ejb-jar.xml by selecting Deployment Descriptors | orion-ejb-jar.xml from the New Gallery dialog.
Click the TopLink Mappings node in the application navigator.
Click each CMP EJB in the TopLink Mappings Structure pane. This will open the TopLink mapping editor and adds
< attribute entries for the <entity-deployment> tag for each CMP EJB.
(3530302). To eliminate this error, you should compile the classes once, before mapping them the first time.
(2986395) After adding a TopLink deployment descriptor in the Code Editor, the TopLink Mappings tab may not appear in the Code Editor. You must close, then reopen the Code Editor to display the TopLink Mappings tab.
(3733058).
(3633296) To ensure that the accessors appear as methods in the TopLink Mappings editor, you must close the Mappings Editor, save the JDeveloper project, then reopen the Mappings Editor. The accessors will now appear as methods.
(3747403 and 3773050) When making changes to a mapped attribute, the TopLink Mappings Structure window may not properly update to show the changes. You must save the project after making the changes to update the TopLink Mappings Structure window.
( 3845935, 3845909, 3845804) When using JAWS screen reader with the TopLink Mapping editor, the following user interface elements may not be read correctly:
Preallocation field on the Sequencing tab
Specific mapping type in the TopLink Mappings structure window.
(3768125) Class names that contain a dollar sign ($) are assumed to be inner classes. You cannot use the TopLink Mapping editor to create a TopLink descriptor for these classes.
(3856465) JDeveloper does not include a 10g-specific database file. To use an Oracle10g database with the TopLink Mapping editor, select the Oracle9i database option.
(3859963).
(3813680) When adding attributes to the .java file in code, you must save the file to ensure that the attributes correctly appear in the TopLink Structure window.
(3603407) In the TopLink Mapping editor, you cannot configure the caching options for the default TopLink queries (such as readAll, and readOne). For example, you cannot change items such as cache usage, binding, timeout, and row return.
(3736337) To use the TopLink ADF data bindings in JDeveloper when deploying to OracleAS 10g (10.1.2.1.0), select the Tools | ADF Runtime Installer option in JDeveloper. It is not necessary to use the ADF Runtime Installer when using standalone OC4J.
(3887079) In the TopLink sessions.xml, if you are using a Database session, do not create or use a Connection Pool. Connection Pools should only be used with Server sessions.
(3903528 and 3926599).
(3900559) Although JDeveloper allows you to prepend a space to the name of a session the TopLink sessions.xml, doing so will cause an exception at runtime. Ensure that your session names do not begin with a space.
(3917609) When working with data controls in JDeveloper, changes in the DCX may not be reflected in the CPX. To avoid this problem, be sure to modify the data bindings (CPX) before modifying the data controls (DCX).
(3815959, 3903366):
Set the 1:M relationship as "privately owned". This will indicate to TopLink that when the related object is removed from the 1:M Collection that it should be deleted from the database rather than updated to have a null FK value. This option should be used carefully as a disassociation of an object in a 1:M Collection will result in the associated database row being deleted.
Turn the non-null constraint on the source column in the foreign key constraint off. This will allow the null update to occur without an integrity constraint violation.
(3983407) When multibyte strings are in session.xml, they appear as garbled in "Source" view for session.xml. This is just a view problem. "Source" view or session.xml is read-only and the actual session.xml is encoded properly.
When a TopLink Unit of Work is committed, its state is not automatically reset. Over multiple transactions, this will cause the Unit of Work's change set to grow, which may eventually degrade performance. You can reset the Unit of Work's state explicitly by calling TopLinkDataControl.resetState() from within your View or Controller layer. For example, from within a Struts DataAction's
handleLifecycle() method, you could use code like the following:. It is possible that after you regenerate a PL/SQL web service you will get compilation errors caused by some files being removed from the project during regeneration. To correct this, you need to add the files back to the project by hand.
This section contains information about Web Services issues:
Section 6.12.1, "Insight Not Available for WSDL Documents"
Section 6.12.2, "Compilation Errors After Regeneration of PL/SQL Web Service"
Section 6.12.3, "In the Find Web Services Wizard, JAWS Will Only Return a Valid Value Once the Row is Loaded"
Section 6.12.4, "Changing the Project in the PL/SQL Web Services Wizard May Fail to Update the Context Root for the Endpoint"
Section 6.12.5, "Must Use Schema Qualified Name for PL/SQL Web Service"
Section 6.12.6, "Web Service Stub Fails if Generated from JDeveloper Install Path with Space"
Section 6.12.7, "Cannot Generate Stubs for Web Services which Reference Base64"
Section 6.12.8, "JPublisher Generates Incorrect Code if the PL/SQL Package Name Contains Hyphens"
Section 6.12.9, "Location of WS-I Log File has to be on Same System Drive as JDeveloper"
Section 6.12.10, "Cannot Generate a Stub or Skeleton for a WSDL that Uses Certain Types"
Section 6.12.11, "Using Underscores in Namespace Paths Can Cause Runtime Errors for Web Services"
Section 6.12.12, "Report for Web Service on UDDI Registry Is Garbled"
(2954818).
(3431499).
(3194304) If you use an accessibility reader such as JAWS, you need caution when using the Find Web Services wizard. On the Model.
(3477647).
(2966028) In a PL/SQL web service that uses XMLTYPE as a parameter or an attribute of an object type, you must use the schema qualified name of SYS.XMLTYPE.
(3068701).
(2920137).
(3522618).
(3535903).
(3912349):
Restrictions of simpleTypes
complexTypes which define attributes
(3992526) When you have a web service running in OC4J, and run a generated stub against it, the stub will fail with a 'No deserializer found' message when the target namespace for the service has an underscore in the first part of the URL. This is because when the stub is run, the underscore in the target namespace is changed to a hyphen, for example, becomes.
The workaround is to either:
Hand edit the generated stub to replace the underscore with a hyphen. Find the line that starts "m_smr.mapTypes(..." which contains the target namespace, and change the underscore in the namespace with a hyphen.
After generating the web service, but before deploying it, hand edit the WSDL document to replace the underscore in the target namespace with a hyphen. Next, deploy the service. Finally, generate the stub directly from the WSDL document (under the WEB-INF.wsdl node in the navigator) rather than from the web service itself.
(4070841) When selecting "View Report" on the context menu for any Web Service on UDDI registry the information page about the selected Web Service is shown with all multibyte characters garbled on JA locale. This is just a view issue and can be avoided by the following workaround:
Extract the file used for formatting report with the following command:
cd <DevSuiteHome>/jdev/lib/<J2SE_Install>/bin/jar xvf jdev.jar oracle/jdevimpl/webservices/uddi/report/uddiservicerpt.xsl
Open the extracted file in the text editor and change the following code:
<xsl:output
to
<xsl:output : For Windows, or SJIS environment on Unix
<xsl:output : For EUC environment on UNIX
Open
<JDev_Install>jdev/bin/jdev.conf and add the following code:
AddVMOption -Duddi.serviceReport.Stylesheet=<JDev_Install>/jdev/lib/oracle/jdevimpl/webservices/uddi/report/uddiservicerpt.xsl
This section contains information about issues related to modeling:
Section 6.13.1, "Erasing UML Diagram Elements From Disk"
Section 6.13.2, "Erasing Modeled EJBs From Disk"
Section 6.13.3, "Deleting Element from Diagram without Deleting Constraint Affects Node in Add to Diagram Dialog"
Section 6.13.4, "Renaming a Modeled Java Class to an Invalid Name Causes Errors"
(3421852).
(3100651).
(3431254) When you have an element with a constraint attached to it modeled on a diagram, and you delete the element but not the constraint, you will not be able to expand the Constraint node on the Add to Diagram dialog.
(3495725).
This section contains information about issues related to Team Based Development:
Section 6.14.1, "CVS Support: Using Backslash Notation to Create NT PSERVER Connection"
Section 6.14.2, "WebDAV: Unable to Unlock Files on WebDAV Connection to Oracle9iAS Server"
Section 6.14.3, "Version History Against Oracle SCM"
(3075917) When there is a drive letter in the repository field of a CVs connection's root value, you must not use the drive letter followed by two forward slashes, for example:
d//cvshome
Instead the repository should be qualified by either an initial forward slash:
/d//cvshome
or you should use a colon after the drive letter:
d:\cvshome
(2624464) If you lock a file on a WebDAV connection to an Oracle9iAS server, that file cannot be unlocked using JDeveloper.
(3998099) You may receive a CDR-17043 and SQL error occurred when opening version history against Oracle SCM. Currently there is no workaround available.
This section contains information about JDeveloper and Unix-specific issues:
Section 6.15.1, "Running CodeCoach from the Command Line on Linux"
Section 6.15.2, "OJVM Installation on Linux"
This section contains information about JDeveloper and Macintosh OS X issues:
Section 6.16.1, "Can't Scroll Down Using the Scroll Button in Help"
Section 6.16.2, "Clicking Near the Edge of the Smart Data or Data Window Gives a Console Exception"
Section 6.16.3, "Running a JClient Application Displays Diagnostic Information From Apple's VM"
Section 6.16.4, "Active View Does Not Get Highlighted"
Section 6.16.5, "Column/Row Re-Arrange not Working"
Section 6.16.6, "UI Outline Does Not Show Graphics"
Section 6.16.7, "The Context Menu Does Not Pop Up on the JSP Visual Editor"
Section 6.16.8, "The Focus is Never Set to the Proper Text Field in Dialogs"
Section 6.16.9, "Dynamic JNLP Files Do Not Work in Safari"
Section 6.16.10, "Floating a Dockable Window Will Disable the Menu Bar"
Section 6.16.11, "Java Developer Tools Required for Quick Javadoc to Work"
Section 6.16.12, "Dragging From the Palette not Supported"
(3762896) When in the Help, you must use the actual scrollbar to scroll instead of using the scroll buttons directly. Apple Bug #3748025.
(3761047) If you look at the Console Window, you may see this exception occur. It is harmless and does not impact the use of JDeveloper in any way.
(3722494) You may notice diagnostic information appearing in the console from the Java VM distributed with OS X. This information is harmless.
(3728924) On other platforms the embedded window that is active is highlighted in a darker color. This is not the case on Mac OS X.
(3757344) In the JSP/HTML Visual Editor, you cannot use drag-and-drop to rearrange columns or rows.
(3760903) Under OS X, The UI Debugger does not display the UI outline.
(3895704) When using a single button mouse on OS X, the context menu does not popup. The workaround is to use Command-Shift-Minus or a two-button mouse.
(3896729) When some dialogs are invoked, the focus is set on the button and not in the text field. You should click in the text field to set focus or tab to it before typing.
(3907098) When creating a Web Start application, choose static JNLP files instead of a JSP dynamically generating a JNLP file. Safari ignores the MIME type and uses the file extension to determine if Web Start should be launched.
(3765717).
(3845763) Drag and Drop the palette is not enabled on Mac OS X. You must select the palette item then click in the visual designer at the location for the component to appear.
This section contains information about JDeveloper and screen reader issues:
Section 6.17.1, "JDeveloper Can be Installed with Java Access Bridge 1.2"
Section 6.17.2, "Issues With JDeveloper 10.1.2 When Using JAWS 3.70"
Section 6.17.3, "Issues With JDeveloper 10.1.2 When Using Either JAWS 3.70 or JAWS 5.0"
Section 6.17.4, "Issues With JDeveloper 10.1.2 When Using JAWS 5.0"
Section 6.17.5, "Issues With JAWS 3.70"
Section 6.17.6, "Issues With JAWS 5.0"
Please follow the steps in the Install Guide for setting up JDeveloper to work with JAWS, and download accessbridge-1_2.zip from: (i.e. checkbox name, checkbox state - checked or not checked). In other checklist implementations, JAWS reads only the list item information (list box name, list item), without reading any checkbox information. There is no workaround. (JDeveloper bug 3663621, JAWS bug 3692427)
This section contains information about miscellaneous JDeveloper issues:
Chapter 6, "Error Message When Deploying Applications Using the IDE (4502734)"
Chapter 6, "Unable to Debug with Client VM when JDeveloper Started with JDK 1.5\JRE\BIN in Path (4502080)"
Section 6.18.3, "Issue When Upgrading Library Definition from JDeveloper 10.1.2.0.0 to 10.1.2.1.0"
Section 6.18.4, "Null Pointer Exception in the UML Class Editor"
Section 6.18.5, "Running JDeveloper on Windows XP Service Pack 2"
Section 6.18.6, "Fail to Make/Run JSPs if Unused tlds Exist in Jars in WEB-INF/lib"
Section 6.18.7, "Using JDeveloper in a Multibyte Environment Obscures Some Characters in Text"
Section 6.18.8, "JSP/HTML Editor Cannot Decode File's Encoding Correctly if the File Has Large HEAD Tags"
Section 6.18.9, "Working with Offline Database Definitions"
Users will see the error message
checkIsLocalHost() error: during the deployment of applications using JDeveloper. This message can be ignored and does not have any effect on the overall deployment process.
If you have jdk1.5\jre\bin on your path when you start JDeveloper on Windows, you will not be able to use the debugger with JDK1. (The default JDK with JDeveloper 10.1.2) with the HotSpot JVMs (hotspot, client, or server). Attempting to debug with JDK1.4 with a HotSpot JVM will cause the following error to appear in the log window:
FATAL ERROR in native method: No transports initialized Transport dt_socket failed to initialize, rc = 509.
The error is caused by the debuggee process looking for the dt_socket.dll and finding the JDK1.5 version of the dll from the jdk1.5\jre\bin directory on the path instead of the JDK1.4 version of the DLL The error will not occur when using the debugger with OJVM because OJVM does not use the dt_socket.dll.
Try either of these workarounds to avoid this problem:
Remove jdk1.5\jre\bin from the path before starting JDeveloper.
Use OJVM when debugging. This is specified in the Project Properties dialog box, on the Runner panel.
(4148838) If you created your own library definition in JDeveloper 10.1.2.0.0 and manually added the EL Jar files (commons-el.jar, jsp-el-api.jar, and oracle-el.jar) to your library, you may see
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Keeping Javascript test naming updated after refactoring
Jan Küster
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Some days ago I ran into a problem. I refactored (simply renamed) some Functions and faced the situation, that I also had to update all the names in my tests, too... manually!
This is because I did not assigned the Functions a proper name, when I created them as a property of something else:
export const Utils = {} Utils.isDefined = function (obj) { return typeof obj !== 'undefined' && obj !== null } // ...
In the tests I then wrote the function name by hand:
import { Utils } from '../Utils.js' describe ('Utils', function () { describe ('isDefined', function () { // ... }) })
Now later I realized, that the name
isDefined is somewhat wrong picked and I refactored it to
exists:
Utils.exists = function (obj) { return typeof obj !== 'undefined' && obj !== null }
Well, my tests were not covered by the update and still were outputting the old
isDefined:
Utils isDefined ✓ ...
I was thinking "how could I make my test automatically reflect my Function's namespaces?" and luckily (since ECMA2015) there is a nice way to always get a Function's name, using the
name property:
import { Utils } from '../Utils.js' describe ('Utils', function () { describe (Utils.exists.name, function () { // ... }) })
This will always be the Function's name, because it references to it and is thus covered by the refactoring. Keep in mind however, that in the current state of this code there will be nothing returned as name. This is because the Function simply has no name, yet. To do so we need to declare not only the property but also the Function name:
Utils.exists = function exists (obj) { return typeof obj !== 'undefined' && obj !== null }
and the tests are then automatically reflecting the naming:
Utils exists ✓ ...
Simple tweak with a great reduction in follow-up work here. For those of you, who think this would then require to double rename (property and Function name) then I encourage you to try out with your IDE: usually you should just have to refactor-rename one of them to trigger the refactoring of both.
Note, that in order to make this work with arrow functions, you need to declare them as variables:
const exists = (obj) => typeof obj !== 'undefined' && obj !== null Utils.exists = exists
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Redirecting All Kinds of stdout in Python
Redirecting All Kinds of stdout in Python
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A common task in Python (especially while testing or debugging) is to redirect sys.stdout to a stream or a file while executing some piece of code. However, simply "redirecting stdout" is sometimes not as easy as one would expect; hence the slightly strange title of this post. In particular, things become interesting when you want C code running within your Python process (including, but not limited to, Python modules implemented as C extensions) to also have its stdout redirected according to your wish. This turns out to be tricky and leads us into the interesting world of file descriptors, buffers and system calls.
But let's start with the basics.
Pure Python
The simplest case arises when the underlying Python code writes to stdout, whether by calling print, sys.stdout.write or some equivalent method. If the code you have does all its printing from Python, redirection is very easy. With Python 3.4 we even have a built-in tool in the standard library for this purpose - contextlib.redirect_stdout. Here's how to use it:
from contextlib import redirect_stdout f = io.StringIO() with redirect_stdout(f): print('foobar') print(12) print('Got stdout: "{0}"'.format(f.getvalue()))
When this code runs, the actual print calls within the with block don't emit anything to the screen, and you'll see their output captured by in the stream f. Incidentally, note how perfect the with statement is for this goal - everything within the block gets redirected; once the block is done, things are cleaned up for you and redirection stops.
If you're stuck on an older and uncool Python, prior to 3.4 [1], what then? Well, redirect_stdout is really easy to implement on your own. I'll change its name slightly to avoid confusion:
from contextlib import contextmanager @contextmanager def stdout_redirector(stream): old_stdout = sys.stdout sys.stdout = stream try: yield finally: sys.stdout = old_stdout
So we're back in the game:
f = io.StringIO() with stdout_redirector(f): print('foobar') print(12) print('Got stdout: "{0}"'.format(f.getvalue()))
Redirecting C-level streams
Now, let's take our shiny redirector for a more challenging ride:
import ctypes libc = ctypes.CDLL(None) f = io.StringIO() with stdout_redirector(f): print('foobar') print(12) libc.puts(b'this comes from C') os.system('echo and this is from echo') print('Got stdout: "{0}"'.format(f.getvalue()))
I'm using ctypes to directly invoke the C library's puts function [2]. This simulates what happens when C code called from within our Python code prints to stdout - the same would apply to a Python module using a C extension. Another addition is the os.system call to invoke a subprocess that also prints to stdout. What we get from this is:
this comes from C and this is from echo Got stdout: "foobar 12 "
Err... no good. The prints got redirected as expected, but the output from puts and echo flew right past our redirector and ended up in the terminal without being caught. What gives?
To grasp why this didn't work, we have to first understand what sys.stdout actually is in Python.
Detour - on file descriptors and streams
This section dives into some internals of the operating system, the C library, and Python [3]. If you just want to know how to properly redirect printouts from C in Python, you can safely skip to the next section (though understanding how the redirection works will be difficult).
Files are opened by the OS, which keeps a system-wide table of open files, some of which may point to the same underlying disk data (two processes can have the same file open at the same time, each reading from a different place, etc.)
File descriptors are another abstraction, which is managed per-process. Each process has its own table of open file descriptors that point into the system-wide table. Here's a schematic, taken from The Linux Programming Interface:
File descriptors allow sharing open files between processes (for example when creating child processes with fork). They're also useful for redirecting from one entry to another, which is relevant to this post. Suppose that we make file descriptor 5 a copy of file descriptor 4. Then all writes to 5 will behave in the same way as writes to 4. Coupled with the fact that the standard output is just another file descriptor on Unix (usually index 1), you can see where this is going. The full code is given in the next section.
File descriptors are not the end of the story, however. You can read and write to them with the read and write system calls, but this is not the way things are typically done. The C runtime library provides a convenient abstraction around file descriptors - streams. These are exposed to the programmer as the opaque FILE structure with a set of functions that act on it (for example fprintf and fgets).
FILE is a fairly complex structure, but the most important things to know about it is that it holds a file descriptor to which the actual system calls are directed, and it provides buffering, to ensure that the system call (which is expensive) is not called too often. Suppose you emit stuff to a binary file, a byte or two at a time. Unbuffered writes to the file descriptor with write would be quite expensive because each write invokes a system call. On the other hand, using fwrite is much cheaper because the typicall call to this function just copies your data into its internal buffer and advances a pointer. Only occasionally (depending on the buffer size and flags) will an actual write system call be issued.
With this information in hand, it should be easy to understand what stdout actually is for a C program. stdout is a global FILE object kept for us by the C library, and it buffers output to file descriptor number 1. Calls to functions like printf and puts add data into this buffer. fflush forces its flushing to the file descriptor, and so on.
But we're talking about Python here, not C. So how does Python translate calls to sys.stdout.write to actual output?
Python uses its own abstraction over the underlying file descriptor - a file object. Moreover, in Python 3 this file object is further wrapper in an io.TextIOWrapper, because what we pass to print is a Unicode string, but the underlying write system calls accept binary data, so encoding has to happen en route.
The important take-away from this is: Python and a C extension loaded by it (this is similarly relevant to C code invoked via ctypes) run in the same process, and share the underlying file descriptor for standard output. However, while Python has its own high-level wrapper around it - sys.stdout, the C code uses its own FILE object. Therefore, simply replacing sys.stdout cannot, in principle, affect output from C code. To make the replacement deeper, we have to touch something shared by the Python and C runtimes - the file descriptor.
Redirecting with file descriptor duplication
Without further ado, here is an improved stdout_redirector that also redirects output from C code [4]:
from contextlib import contextmanager import ctypes import io import os, sys import tempfile libc = ctypes.CDLL(None) c_stdout = ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(libc, 'stdout') @contextmanager def stdout_redirector(stream): # The original fd stdout points to. Usually 1 on POSIX systems. original_stdout_fd = sys.stdout.fileno() def _redirect_stdout(to_fd): """Redirect stdout to the given file descriptor.""" # Flush the C-level buffer stdout libc.fflush(c_stdout) # Flush and close sys.stdout - also closes the file descriptor (fd) sys.stdout.close() # Make original_stdout_fd point to the same file as to_fd os.dup2(to_fd, original_stdout_fd) # Create a new sys.stdout that points to the redirected fd sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(os.fdopen(original_stdout_fd, 'wb')) # Save a copy of the original stdout fd in saved_stdout_fd saved_stdout_fd = os.dup(original_stdout_fd) try: # Create a temporary file and redirect stdout to it tfile = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w+b') _redirect_stdout(tfile.fileno()) # Yield to caller, then redirect stdout back to the saved fd yield _redirect_stdout(saved_stdout_fd) # Copy contents of temporary file to the given stream tfile.flush() tfile.seek(0, io.SEEK_SET) stream.write(tfile.read()) finally: tfile.close() os.close(saved_stdout_fd)
There are a lot of details here (such as managing the temporary file into which output is redirected) that may obscure the key approach: using dup and dup2 to manipulate file descriptors. These functions let us duplicate file descriptors and make any descriptor point at any file. I won't spend more time on them - go ahead and read their documentation, if you're interested. The detour section should provide enough background to understand it.
Let's try this:
f = io.BytesIO() with stdout_redirector(f): print('foobar') print(12) libc.puts(b'this comes from C') os.system('echo and this is from echo') print('Got stdout: "{0}"'.format(f.getvalue().decode('utf-8')))
Gives us:
Got stdout: "and this is from echo this comes from C foobar 12 "
Success! A few things to note:
- The output order may not be what we expected. This is due to buffering. If it's important to preserve order between different kinds of output (i.e. between C and Python), further work is required to disable buffering on all relevant streams.
- You may wonder why the output of echo was redirected at all? The answer is that file descriptors are inherited by subprocesses. Since we rigged fd 1 to point to our file instead of the standard output prior to forking to echo, this is where its output went.
- We use a BytesIO here. This is because on the lowest level, the file descriptors are binary. It may be possible to do the decoding when copying from the temporary file into the given stream, but that can hide problems. Python has its in-memory understanding of Unicode, but who knows what is the right encoding for data printed out from underlying C code? This is why this particular redirection approach leaves the decoding to the caller.
- The above also makes this code specific to Python 3. There's no magic involved, and porting to Python 2 is trivial, but some assumptions made here don't hold (such as sys.stdout being a io.TextIOWrapper).
Redirecting the stdout of a child process
We've just seen that the file descriptor duplication approach lets us grab the output from child processes as well. But it may not always be the most convenient way to achieve this task. In the general case, you typically use the subprocess module to launch child processes, and you may launch several such processes either in a pipe or separately. Some programs will even juggle multiple subprocesses launched this way in different threads. Moreover, while these subprocesses are running you may want to emit something to stdout and you don't want this output to be captured.
So, managing the stdout file descriptor in the general case can be messy; it is also unnecessary, because there's a much simpler way.
The subprocess module's swiss knife Popen class (which serve as the basis for much of the rest of the module) accepts a stdout parameter, which we can use to ask it to get access to the child's stdout:
import subprocess echo_cmd = ['echo', 'this', 'comes', 'from', 'echo'] proc = subprocess.Popen(echo_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) output = proc.communicate()[0] print('Got stdout:', output)
The subprocess.PIPE argument can be used to set up actual child process pipes (a la the shell), but in its simplest incarnation it captures the process's output.
If you only launch a single child process at a time and are interested in its output, there's an even simpler way:
output = subprocess.check_output(echo_cmd) print('Got stdout:', output)
check_output will capture and return the child's standard output to you; it will also raise an exception if the child exist with a non-zero return code.
Conclusion
I hope I covered most of the common cases where "stdout redirection" is needed in Python. Naturally, all of the same applies to the other standard output stream - stderr. Also, I hope the background on file descriptors was sufficiently clear to explain the redirection code; squeezing this topic in such a short space is challenging. Let me know if any questions remain or if there's something I could have explained better.
Finally, while it is conceptually simple, the code for the redirector is quite long; I'll be happy to hear if you find a shorter way to achieve the same effect.
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This CSS3 module defines properties for text manipulation and specifies their processing model. It covers line breaking, justification and alignment, white space handling,
This module describes the typesetting controls of CSS; that is, the features of CSS that control the translation of source text to formatted, line-wrapped text. Various CSS properties provide control over case transformation, white space collapsing, text wrapping, line breaking rules and hyphenation, alignment and justification, spacing, and indentation.
Font selection is covered in CSS Fonts Level 3 [CSS3-FONTS].
Features for decorating text, such as underlines, emphasis marks, and shadows, (previously part of this module) are covered in CSS Text Decoration Level 3 [CSS3-TEXT-DECOR].
Bidirectional and vertical text are addressed in CSS Writing Modes Level 3 [CSS3-WRITING-MODES].
This module, together with [CSS3-TEXT-DECOR], required by typographical tradition.
For example, to properly letter-space the Thai word คำ (U+0E04 + U+0E33), the U+0E33 needs to be decomposed into U+0E4D + U+0E32, and then the extra letter-space inserted before the U+0E32: คํ า.
A slightly more complex example is น้ำ (U+0E19 + U+0E49 + U+0E33). In this case, normal Thai shaping will first decompose the U+0E33 into U+0E4D + U+0E32 and then swap the U+0E4D with the U+0E49, giving U+0E19 + U+0E4D + U+0E49 + U+0E32. As before the extra letter-space is then inserted before the U+0E32: นํ้ า..
The content language of an element is the
(human) language the element is declared to be in, according to the rules
of the document
language. For example, the rules for determining the content language of an HTML element
use the
lang attribute and are defined in [HTML5], and the rules for determining
the content language of an XML
element use the
xml:lang attribute and are defined in [XML10]. Note that it is
possible for the content language
of an element to be unknown.
capitalize’ to follow language-specific
titlecasing conventions (such as skipping articles in English).
The following example converts the ASCII characters used in abbreviations in Japanese text to their fullwidth variants so that they lay out and line break like ideographs:
abbr:lang(ja) { text-transform: full-width; } content language is Turkish (or another Turkic language that uses Turkish casing rules); in other languages, the usual mapping of “I” and “i” is required. This rule is thus conditionally defined in Unicode's SpecialCasing.txt file..
Text transformation happens after white
space processing, which means that
nowrap’) is presented below:
See Line Breaking for details on wrapping behavior.. White space processing in CSS interprets white space characters only for rendering: it has no effect on the underlying document data.
White space processing in CSS is controlled with the ‘
white-space’
property. language–defined segment break, CRLF
sequence (U+000D U+000A), carriage return (U+000D), and line feed (U+000A)
in the text is treated as a segment break,
which is then interpreted for rendering as specified by the
pre-wrap’, any sequence of spaces is treated as a
sequence of non-breaking spaces. However, a soft wrap opportunity exists at
the end of the sequence.
Then, the entire block is rendered. Inlines are laid out, taking bidi
reordering into account, and wrapping as
specified by the ‘
white-space’ property.
The following example illustrates the interaction of white-space collapsing and bidirectionality.,. Note that browser implementations do not currently follow these rules (although IE does in some cases transform the break).
As each line is laid out,
tab-size’ property.
white-space’ set to ‘
pre-wrap’ the UA may visually collapse their character advance widths.
White space that was not removed or collapsed during the white space processing steps is called preserved white space.
tab-size’ property
This property determines the tab size used to render preserved tab characters (U+0009). Integers represent the measure as multiples of the space character's advance width (U+0020). Negative values are not allowed.
When inline-level content is laid out into lines, it is broken across line boxes. Such a break is called a line break. When a line is broken due to explicit line-breaking controls, or due to the start or end of a block, it is a forced line break. When a line is broken due to content wrapping (i.e. when the UA creates unforced line breaks in order to fit the content within the measure), it is a soft wrap break. The process of breaking inline-level content into lines is called line breaking.
Wrapping is only performed at an allowed break point, called a soft wrap opportunity.
In most writing systems, in the absence of hyphenation a soft wrap opportunity occurs only at word boundaries. Many such systems use spaces or punctuation to explicitly separate words, and soft wrap soft wrap opportunities in such texts.
In several other writing systems, (including Chinese, Japanese, Yi, and sometimes also Korean) a soft wrap opportunity is based on syllable boundaries, not word boundaries. In these systems a line can break anywhere except between certain character combinations. Additionally the level of strictness in these restrictions can vary with the typesetting style.
CSS does not fully define where soft wrap opportunities occur, however some controls are provided to distinguish common variations.
Further information on line breaking conventions can be found in [JLREQ] and [JIS4051] for Japanese, [ZHMARK] for Chinese, and in [UAX14] for all scripts in Unicode.
Any guidance for appropriate references here would be much appreciated.
When determining line breaks:’:.
The CSSWG recognizes that in a future edition of the specification finer control over line breaking may be necessary to satisfy high-end publishing requirements.
word-break:
keep-all’). 기 /* break between syllables */ /* break only at spaces */ 기.
To enable additional break opportunities only in the case of
overflow, see in Korean (which uses spaces between words), and is also useful for mixed-script text where CJK snippets are mixed into another language that uses spaces for separation.
Symbols that line-break the same way as letters of a particular category are affected the same way as those letters.
Here's a mixed-script sample text:
这是一些汉字, and some Latin, و کمی نوشتنن عربی, และตัวอย่างการเขียนภาษาไทย.และ·ตัวอย่าง·การเขียน·ภาษาไทย.
word-break: break-all’
这·是·一·些·汉·字,·แ·ล·ะ·ตั·ว·อ·ย่·า·ง·ก·า·ร·เ·ขี·ย·น·ภ·า·ษ·า·ไ·ท·ย.
word-break: keep-all’
这是一些汉字,·and·some·Latin,·و·کمی·نوشتن.
Hyphenation allows the controlled splitting of words to improve the layout of paragraphs, typically splitting words at syllabic or morphemic boundaries and visually indicating the split (usually by inserting a hyphen, U+2010). In some cases, hyphenation may also alter the spelling of a word. Regardless, hyphenation is a rendering effect only: it must have no effect on the underlying document content or on text selection or searching.
Hyphenation occurs when the line breaks at a valid hyphenation opportunity, which creates a
soft wrap opportunity within
the word. In CSS it is controlled with the’
In Unicode, U+00AD is a conditional "soft hyphen" and U+2010 is an unconditional”..
A block of text is a stack of line boxes.. (See ‘
text-justify’.) If an element's white space is.
If (after justification, if any) the inline contents of a line box are too long to fit within it, then the contents are start-aligned: any content that doesn't fit overflows the line box's end edge.
See Bidirectionality and line boxes for details on how to determine the start and end edges of a line box..
When justifying text, the user agent takes the remaining space between the ends of a line's contents and the edges of its line box, and distributes that space throughout its contents so that the contents exactly fill the line box. The user agent may alternatively distribute negative space, putting more content on the line than would otherwise fit under normal spacing conditions. opportunity in Japanese. The UA might therefore assign these characters to a higher prioritization level than the opportunities between ideographic characters..).
The guidelines in this level of CSS do not describe a complete justification algorithm. They are merely a minimum set of requirements that a complete algorithm should meet. Limiting the set of requirements gives UAs some latitude in choosing a justification algorithm that meets their needs and desired balance of quality, speed, and complexity.
For instance, a basic but fast justification algorithm might use a simple greedy method for determining line breaks, then distribute leftover space. This algorithm could follow the guidelines by expanding word spaces first, expanding between letters only if the spaces between words hit a limit defined by the UA.
A more sophisticated but slower justification algorithm might use a Knuth/Plass method where expansion opportunities and limits were assigned weights and assessed with other line breaking considerations. This algorithm could follow the guidelines by giving more weight to word separators than letter spacing.
A UA can also tailor its justification rules by language, to produce results more closely aligned to the typography of that language. For example, it's not defined whether expansion or compression is preferred, so a UA may, for example, bias towards compression for CJK languages but towards expansion for Western alphabetic languages.
As another example, 3.8 Line Adjustment in [JLREQ] gives an example of a set of
rules for how a text formatter can justify Japanese text. A UA could use
this algorithm when the ‘
text-justify’ property is ‘
auto’. However, since the rules described in the
document specifically target Japanese, they may produce non-optimal
results when used to justify other languages such as English. The UA
could adapt the rules to accommodate other scripts by, for instance,
omitting the rule to compress half-width spaces (rule a. of 3.8.3). Or it
could keep the rule, but only enable it when the content language is
known to be Japanese.
The UA may enable or break optional ligatures or use other font features such as alternate glyphs or glyph compression to help justify the text under any method. This behavior is not controlled by this level of CSS. However, UAs must not break required ligatures or otherwise disable features required to correctly shape complex scripts.. Phoenician Word Separator (U+1091F). If there are no word-separator characters, or if.
Letter-spacing must not be applied at the beginning or at the end of a line.
Because letter-spacing is not applied at the beginning or end of a line, text always fits flush with the edge of the block.
p { letter-spacing: 1em; } <p>abc</p>
a b c
a b c
UAs therefore must not append letter spacing to the right or trailing edge of a line:
a b c
Letter spacing between two
letter-spacing’ to an element containing only
a single character has no effect on the rendered result:
p { letter-spacing: 1em; } span { letter-spacing: 2em; } <p>a<span>b</span>c</p>
a b c
An inline box only includes letter spacing between characters completely contained within that element:
p { letter-spacing: 1em; } <p>a<span>bb</span>c</p>
a b b c
It is incorrect to include the letter spacing on the right or trailing edge of the element:
a b b c
Letter spacing is inserted after RTL reordering, so
the letter spacing applied to the inner span below has no effect, since
after reordering the ‘
c’ doesn't end up
next to ‘
א’:
p { letter-spacing: 1em; } span { letter-spacing: 2em; } <!-- abc followed by Hebrew letters alef (א), bet (ב) and gimel (ג) --> <!-- Reordering will display these in reverse order. --> <p>ab<span>cא</span>בג</p>
a b c א ב ג
Letter-spacing ignores
letter-spacing’), user agents should not apply
optional ligatures.
For example, if the word “filial” is letter-spaced, an “fi” ligature should not be used as it will prevent even spacing of the text.
If it is able, the UA may apply letter-spacing to cursive scripts by translating the total spacing distributed to a run of such letters into some form of cursive elongation for that run. Otherwise, if the UA cannot expand text from a cursive script without breaking its cursive connections, it must not apply spacing between any pair of that script's letters at all.
Edge effects control the indentation of lines with respect to other
lines in the block (‘
text-indent’) and how content is measured, hangs and may be placed outside the line box (or in the indent) at the start or at the end of a line of text.
Note that if there is not sufficient padding on the block
container,able mark and the edge of the line prevent the mark from hanging. For example, a period at the end of an inline box with end padding does not hang at the end edge of a line. At most one punctuation character may hang at.
Stops and commas allowed to hang include:
The UA may include other characters as appropriate.
The CSS Working Group would appreciate if UAs including other characters would inform the working group of such additions.
The ‘
allow-end’ and ‘
force-end’ are two variations of hanging punctuation
used in East Asia.
p { text-align: justify; hanging-punctuation: allow-end; }
p { text-align: justify; when the line is expanded, the punctuation
is pushed outside the line.
The start and
end
edges of a line box are determined by the inline base direction of
the line box. In most cases, this is given by its containing block's
computed ‘
direction’.
However if its containing block has ‘
unicode-bidi:
plaintext’ [CSS3-WRITING-MODES],
the line box's inline base direction must be determined by the
base direction of the bidi paragraph to which it belongs:
that is, the bidi paragraph for which the line box holds content.
An empty line box (i.e. one that contains no atomic inlines or characters
other than the line-breaking character, if any), takes its inline base
direction from the preceding line box (if any), or, if this is the
first line box in the containing block, then from the ‘
direction’ property of the containing block.
In the following example, assuming the
<block> is a
preformatted block (‘
display: block; white-space:
pre’) inheriting ‘
text-align: start’,
every other line is right-aligned:
<block style="unicode-bidi: plaintext"> Latin و·کمی Latin و·کمی Latin و·کمی </block>
Note that the inline base direction determined here applies
to the line box itself, and not to its contents. It affects ‘
text-align’, ‘
text-align-last’, ‘
text-indent’, and
‘
hanging-punctuation’, i.e. the position and
alignment of its contents with respect to its edges. It does not affect
the formatting or ordering of its content.
In the following example:
<para style="display: block; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi:plaintext"> <quote style="unicode-bidi:plaintext">שלום!</quote>", he said. </para>
The result should be a left-aligned line looking like this:
"!שלום", he said.
The line is left-aligned (despite the containing block having ‘
direction: rtl’) because the containing block (the
<para>) has ‘
unicode-bidi:plaintext’, and the line box belongs to a
bidi paragraph that is LTR. This is because that paragraph's first
character with a strong direction is the LTR "h" from "he". The RTL
"שלום!" does precede the "he", but it sits in its own bidi-isolated
paragraph that is not immediately contained by the
<para>, and is thus irrelevent to the line box's
alignment. From from the standpoint of the bidi paragraph immediately
contained by the
<para> containing block, the
<quote>’s bidi-isolated paragraph inside it is, by
definition, just a neutral U+FFFC character, so the immediately-contained
paragraph becomes LTR by virtue of the "he" following it.
<fieldset style="direction: rtl"> <textarea style="unicode-bidi:plaintext"> Hello! </textarea> </fieldset>
As expected, the "Hello!" should be displayed LTR (i.e. with the
exclamation mark on the right end, despite the
<textarea>’s ‘
direction:rtl’) and left-aligned. This makes the empty
line following it left-aligned as well, which means that the caret on
that line should appear at its left edge. The first empty line, on the
other hand, should be right-aligned, due to the RTL direction of its
containing paragraph, the
<textarea>.
The following list defines the order of text operations. (Implementations are not bound to this order as long as the resulting layout is the same.).
This specification would not have been possible without the help from: Ayman Aldahleh, Bert Bos, Tantek Çelik, James Clark,, Alan Stearns, Michel Suignard, Takao Suzuki, Frank Tang, Chris Thrasher, Etan Wexler, Chris Wilson, Masafumi Yabe and Steve Zilles.
Major changes include:. | http://www.w3.org/TR/i18n-format/ | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | refinedweb | 2,828 | 51.89 |
Release version: 3.0.0 | Release date: 21.06 Unity project with your desired networks, and configure all your ad formats.
Step 1. Import SDK
Our API has slightly changed comparing to the manual distribution method, so you might need to update your scripts accordingly. Check the Upgrade guide for more details.
Make sure to remove previously installed Appodeal Plugin via corresponding tool at the top menu: 'Appodeal → Remove plugin'.
Copy the link below, head to the Window → Package Manager → "+" → Add package from git URL , paste the copied link there and press enter. (Import EDM if prompted). Before switching to Android platform, select File → Build Settings → Android in Unity menu bar.
2. Add flag Custom Gradle Template for Unity 2017.4 - Unity 2019.2 versions or for Unity 2019.3 and higher activate the following toggles under Build Settings → Player Settings → Publishing settings:
- Custom Main Gradle Template
- Custom Gradle Properties Template optional permissions you want.
Some networks and 3rd party dependencies (related to network dependencies) can include their own permissions to the manifest. If you want to force remove such permissions you can refer to this guide. .
Open Appodeal → Appodeal Settings window in Unity top bar menu. Tick the corresponding checkbox.
2.2.2 Configure App Transport Security Settings
In order to serve ads, the SDK requires you to allow arbitrary loads. Set up NSAppTransportSecurity key to allow arbitrary loads following the steps:
Open Appodeal → Appodeal Settings window in Unity top bar menu. Tick the corresponding checkbox.
2.2.
2.2.4.
AdMob App ID is the unique ID assigned to your app.
To find the AdMob App ID in your AdMob account, go to Apps → your application → app settings and copy the AdMob App ID.
Add AdMob App Ids from the Unity Menu bar Appodeal → Appodeal Settings tool for each platform.
For more information about Admob sync check out our FAQ .
Step 3. Initialize SDK
Before loading and displaying ads, you need to initialize Appodeal SDK, as follows:
3.1 Import namespaces
using AppodealStack.Monetization.Api; using AppodealStack.Monetization.Common;
3.2 Add following сode to
Start() method of your main scene’s MonoBehavior(List<string> errors) {}
Use the type codes below to set the preferred ad format:
AppodealAdType.Interstitialfor interstitial.
AppodealAdType.RewardedVideofor rewarded videos.
AppodealAdType.Bannerfor banners.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 241774
Given pcf file could not be imported
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:05 EST
Description of problem:
My university provided me a pcf file for configuring my vpn access (Cisco).
However, importing the pcf file with
nm-vpn-properties --import-service
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc --import-file vpn.university.de.pcf
fails because the file "does not contain valid data".
The pcf file is attached - the university also provides a binary certificate
file, if this is of any interest.
Created attachment 155695 [details]
The pcf file of my university
I'm not really sure if the command line above should work as you expect.
However '/usr/share/doc/vpnc-0.4.0/pcf2vpnc ~/download/vpn.university.de.pcf'
works fine and produces a config file for vpnc.
So I'm reassigning it to NM-vpnc.
I took the command line above from the gnome menu entry for the NetworkManager
import of vpnc files.
But even if I use pcf2vpnc to create a vpnc file I cannot import it into the
NetworkManager vpnc client.
The file can't be imported because it is incomplete, and the vpnc import code
can only handle a PCF file that has the following fields set: Description, Host
and GroupName.
I wrote a patch to change that behavior, to make it fill the fields it can from
a partial pcf file. Expect an update soon.
Thanks, nice. I will test it as soon as it is available.
Anything new about this bug? I checked with the current Fedora 8 and the
import still doesn't work.
The problem I see is that even if I relax the PCF import code, you still won't
be able to connect unless you provide a group name (the --id option of vpnc)
manually. How do you connect manually with vpnc ? Do you happen to know the
group name and type it manually ? Could you give me the vpnc command you're using ?
I guess I could make the patch display a warning if it imports an incomplete PCF
file.
I never connected with these data with a free VPN client. My university only
provides a Cisco VPN client together with a certificate and the above
mentioned configuration file.
But I asked the administrators about the missing group and now wait for an
answer.
I would recommend to first try to connect manually directly using the "vpnc"
command. Next we will tackle how to integrate whatever options you needed in the
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If they provided a client-side certificate, that could mean the use of the
"--auth-mode cert" option which is apparently not implemented in vpnc, according
to the man page.
Closed as WONTFIX.
I talked to my system administrators: they do not use group authentication due
to a security problem:
Instead, the system uses a special way of authentication described by Karl
Gaissmaier:
Unfortunately, this description is in German only, but I will try to roughly
translate the first paragraphs (but not the actual howto):
"The idea is to configure the Cisco VPN concentrator without PSK's and without
full featured PKI. The clients get a dummy certificate (you can call it "group
certificate" if you are mean). The VPN server gets a "real" certificate you
have to keep an eye on; the client certificates can be shared with anyone
(each VPN group will require a certificate).
The certificate makes sure that no one can be a MitM during the IKE Phase 1.
In the now secured tunnel XAUTH and MODE-CFG can be used as usual."
The system admins also mentioned that vpnc currently does not support this way
of authentication as far as they know. Therefore I closed the bug report as
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You often need to print out objects to see what is in them.
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You often need to print out objects to see what is in them.
This question probably belongs more in object-oriented programming, but I've grown attached to this thread now. :P
The way I'm organizing my tower classes is that I have a superclass, called Tower, which contains all the fields that every Tower needs to have. Then, I extend that class to make the actual tower classes. So for example, I have...
public class FlareTower extends Tower
...so that the FlareTower class gains all of Tower's fields and methods.
Where my question comes is here: if I tell a method to take a Tower as an argument, for example...
public void addTower(Tower t)
...or something like that, and then I use the method in a code like this...
addTower(new FlareTower());
...would Java accept that? So, even though I actually input a FlareTower as the argument and the method expects a Tower, wouldn't Java accept it because FlareTower is a subclass based on the class Tower?
Yes that describes inheritance.
Okay. Thank you! That is good to know before I accidentally write 20 more methods than I actually need to. :P
Alright, now I've got a new little idea. Soon, I will have my OpenGameGUI completed. One of the sections of the OpenGameGUI will be the "Levels" tab. What I want to happen is this: when the user hovers over a level's icon (for example, level 1 will have a square button that says "1" on it), I want a JPanel to appear next to the mouse displaying information on the level (so, if it's locked, say so; if the user has beat it, display his/her best score, etc.).
I know I can use a MouseListener to display the panel tooltips and a MouseMotionListener to move the panel tooltips with the user's mouse, but how can I make the panels that will act as tooltips appear on top of the other Components of the GUI? I've heard of GlassPanes and Z-alignment, but I'd like some advice about which way is the best to go, and may some good documentation to look at. Thanks!
Hmm... A random curiosity struck me. Is there any way to create a gradient fill for components, instead of just using...
<Component>.setBackground(Color c);
...? Or perhaps a special type of color that is actually a gradient? Any help would be appreciated! :D
I've never seen anything that simple.
Code java:
LinearGradientPaint gradient = new LinearGradientPaint(start, end, fractions, colors); g2d.setPaint(gradient); g2d.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
You might consider posting separate questions in separate threads.
Okay. I'll do that in the future, after this is solved (pointless to start a new thread halfway through a solution).Okay. I'll do that in the future, after this is solved (pointless to start a new thread halfway through a solution).Quote:
You might consider posting separate questions in separate threads.
g2d.setPaint() is telling the g2d (Graphics2D Class, right? or is g2d an instance?) to use the specified gradient to paint Components, and g2d.fillRect() fills the specified area of a... JFrame? Component? How can I apply this to a JLabel?
Thanks for your help!
Yeah, g2d is an instance of Graphics2D. You can get one by overriding paintComponent and casting the Graphics Object, which is actually a Graphics2D Object. And it fills whatever you want, you just have to override paintComponent.
I'd say do the second choice, but then from within that super class you make multiple classes in which you detail what each of the objects are, if your a beginner, it might take a while to get to write that code | http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/%20java-theory-questions/12805-tower-defense-java-3-printingthethread.html | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | refinedweb | 639 | 64.81 |
A question came up on an internal email list.
You will get this error in the following code, as per the rules of C#:
try
{
….
}
catch(Exception e)
{
// Handle cleanup.
throw;
}
With the exception of disabling this specific warning, is there anyway to have the Exception variable in a catch that is not using it (so that debugging is easier) and not hit this warning?
Can the warning be disabled only for catch()? (Yeah, I am guessing it can’t too, worth asking. :))
The goal is to make it easy to set a breakpoint here & see the details of the exception, without interfering with the behavior of the program. ‘throw e’ is different from ‘throw’ here.
One proposal was to throw a new exception, with ‘e’ as the inner exception. The proposal relied too much on strings for my taste, so I put this together:
using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
[Serializable]
public class RethrownException : ApplicationException
{
public static void Throw(Exception exception)
{
throw new RethrownException(exception);
}
public RethrownException(Exception inner) : base(null, inner) { }
public RethrownException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context) { }
}
And here’s the usage:
try
{
throw new System.Exception(“sdfs”);
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
RethrownException.Throw(ex);
}
What do you think?
Doesn’t the debugger in 2003 have a special local value called $exception that contains the thrown exception?
It seems that the recommendation from the CLR team these days is avoid deriving from ApplicationException…
I don’t like the wrap and rethrow idea. You are not adding any useful information to the original exception, just making things unnecessarily complicated.
The original code should just use try/finally.
When you rethrow this way, you restart the stack trace and therefore lose the context of the original exception.
you should just
try {
}
catch {
throw;
}
Why get rid of the warning? You have $exception and if you still want the ex variable for debugging, the warning is a friendly reminder to get rid of it later on.
If there is important information in that method you may want to tracing it out somehow so you can debug the problem in release builds and on non-dev machines too.
I keep hearing about $exception….how does that work. How do you access it?
Josh: The guidelines are a bit mixed up. It depends on where you read.
I’ll have to research it more. We now generate exception implementations for you, so we better get it right!
Some more notes for you:
try/finally doesn’t give me the exception in the debugger.
My rethrow implementation sucks because it chagnes the exception type – a caller can’t catch properly.
In VS 2003, the debugger has a pseudo variable called "$exception" that is available when you break on a throw. You’ll see this with an unhandled exception, for example.
In VS 2005, the debugger also shows $exception in a catch block.
So, in VS2002 and VS2003, the need is still there, but I think I would follow Omer’s approach if I really needed this.
catch(Exception e){
Debug.WriteLine( e ); // eliminated in release builds
throw;
}
Another option is:
catch (Exception e)
{
Exception temp = e;
throw;
}
I’m lazy, I don’t like setting breakpoints here and there – if there’s an exception, I want to be there automatically. So what we did was creating a base exception in our companies base class library, whe each constructor is doing an Assert. Each caught "System.Exception" is rethrown, packed into our base Exception (we use the FxCop Rules). If there’s an exception, Assert will tell me and bring me to the right spot.
One big disadvantage is that sometimes there are many many Asserts. Thus, to handle "expected" Asserts, we implemented a configurable exception-suppression-mechanism.
Of course, the base code pattern you’re using here will be flagged as problematic by FxCop: one should stay away from catch-all (catching System.Exception) error handling.
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Need help with small problems
Don Seracino
Greenhorn
Joined: Mar 18, 2011
Posts: 1
posted
Mar 18, 2011 23:20:14
0
So I'm pretty new to
Java
and this is my first semester. Can anybody help me out and tell me what I'm getting wrong here in my "okUserName() method"? I keep trying to work on it but I'm definitely stumped. Also I have an alternate driver class with a main method & a file in the same folder, but everything is perfect there.
*mind the awful indentation I just copy and pasted from my ide.
import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.*; /** * WoWAccount.java * holds data for WoWDriver * @author Don Seracino * @version 3.0 */ public class WoWAccount { private String username; private String password; public String filename; /** * WoWAccount Constructor */ public WoWAccount() { username = "DEFAULT"; password = "DEFAULT"; filename = "DEFAULT"; } /** * WoWAccount Constructor * @param usrName * @param pwd */ public WoWAccount(String usrName, String pwd) { username = usrName; password = pwd; } /** * Sets user name * @param usrName */ public void setUsrName(String usrName) { username = usrName; } /** * Sets password * @param pwd */ public void setPassword(String pwd) { password = pwd; } /** * Get user name * @return username */ public String getUsrName() { return username; } /** * Get password * @return password */ public String getPassword() { return password; } /** * Writes Username & Password to a file * @param usrName * @param pwd */ public static void writeFile(String fname,String usrName, String pwd) { fname = "users.txt"; File file = new File("users.txt"); Scanner input = null; try { input = new Scanner(fname); while (input.hasNext()); { System.out.println("Your username of " + usrName); System.out.println("& password of " + pwd); System.out.println("has been written to the file"); } } catch(FileNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("I'm sorry that file does not exist"); } finally { if (input != null) input.close(); } } /** * Checks password * okPassword * @param pwd * @return boolean true \ false */ public static boolean okPassword(String pwd, String filename) { int countU = 0, countL = 0, countD = 0; boolean passOk = true; if(pwd.length() >= 6 && pwd.length() <= 20) { for(int i = 0; i < pwd.length(); i++) { if (Character.isUpperCase(pwd.charAt(i))) { countU ++; } else if(Character.isLowerCase(pwd.charAt(i))) { countL ++; } else if(Character.isDigit(pwd.charAt(i))) { countD ++; } }// end of for if(countU > 0 && countL > 0 && countD > 0) { passOk = true; } else { passOk = false; } }// end of if statement else { return passOk = false; }// end of else statement return passOk; }// end passwordOK /** * Checks user name in file * @param usrname * @param filename */ public static boolean okUsername(String usrName, String filename) { boolean unique = true, rightLength = true; Scanner input = null; if (usrName.length() > 6 && usrName.length() < 12) { try { input = new Scanner(new File(filename)); while(input.hasNext()) { String curUsrName = input.next(); if(curUsrName == usrName) { return unique; } }// end while unique = false; } catch(FileNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("Sorry this file does not exist"); } finally { if(unique != false) { input.close(); } return rightLength; } }// end if else { System.out.println("Sorry User name must be Greater than" + "6 characters\n & less than 12"); rightLength = false; } } }
Rajasekar Krishnan
Greenhorn
Joined: Feb 27, 2008
Posts: 16
I like...
posted
Mar 19, 2011 02:13:58
0
Hi Don,
I don't know whether i understood completly your actual problem or not.
But when i take the code to my IDE, i found two compiler error.
1) writeFile(): no need of handling
FileNotFoundException
there, because no code throwing this checked exception.
2) okUsername(): should return boolean value. Method should have a default return type irrespective of the return statement which is there in condition scope.
Thanks,
Rajasekar.
Greg Brannon
Bartender
Joined: Oct 24, 2010
Posts: 563
posted
Mar 19, 2011 03:18:57
0
Please, please, please post your code in code tags.
I believe the problem with your okUserName() method is that you have a return statement in an if clause (or in if clauses). When the compiler sees this, it assumes it is possible that the if clauses will never be executed so that a return may never occur, causing the error, method x() must return <something>. A way to correct this is with an else statement:
if () { return x; } else { return y; }
That way the compiler will see there will always be a value returned.
Always learning Java, currently using Eclipse on Fedora.
Linux user#: 501795
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From v2.8.0, pymatgen comes with a fairly robust system of managing units. In essence, subclasses of float and numpy array is provided to attach units to any quantity, as well as provide for conversions. These are loaded at the root level of pymatgen and some properties (e.g., atomic masses, final energies) are returned with attached units. This demo provides an outline of some of the capabilities.
Let's start with some common units, like Energy.
import pymatgen as mg #The constructor is simply the value + a string unit. e = mg.Energy(1000, "Ha") #Let's perform a conversion. Note that when printing, the units are printed as well. print "{} = {}".format(e, e.to("eV")) #To check what units are supported print "Supported energy units are {}".format(e.supported_units)
1000.0 Ha = 27211.383859999998 eV Supported energy units are ('kJ', 'J', 'eV', 'Ha', 'Ry')
Units support all functionality that is supported by floats. Unit combinations are automatically taken care of.
dist = mg.Length(65, "mile") time = mg.Time(30, "min") speed = dist / time print "The speed is {}".format(speed) #Let's do a more sensible unit. print "The speed is {}".format(speed.to("mile h^-1"))
The speed is 2.1666666666666665 mile min^-1 The speed is 130.0 mile h^-1
Note that complex units are specified as space-separated powers of units. Powers are specified using "^". E.g., "kg m s^-1". Only integer powers are supported.
Now, let's do some basic science.
g = mg.FloatWithUnit(9.81, "m s^-2") #Acceleration due to gravity m = mg.Mass(2, "kg") h = mg.Length(10, "m") print "The force is {}".format(m * g) print "The potential energy is force is {}".format((m * g * h).to("J"))
The force is 19.62 N The potential energy is force is 196.20000000000002 J
Some highly complex conversions are possible with this system. Let's do some made up units. We will also demonstrate pymatgen's internal unit consistency checks.
made_up = mg.FloatWithUnit(100, "Ha^3 bohr^-2") print made_up.to("J^3 ang^-2")
2.959243823351516e-50 J^3 ang^-2
try: made_up.to("J^2") except mg.UnitError as ex: print ex
Units are not compatible!
For arrays, we have the equivalent EnergyArray, ... and ArrayWithUnit classes. All other functionality remain the same.
dists = mg.LengthArray([1, 2, 3], "mile") times = mg.TimeArray([0.11, 0.12, 0.23], "h") print "Speeds are {}".format(dists / times)
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#include <iostream> using namespace std; char board[3][3] ; // board a global variable, can be accessed by all functions in this program void boardinit () //Intializes board { for (int i = 0 ; i < 3 ; i++) for(int j = 0; j < 3; j++) board[i][j] = '-'; } void showboard () // prints the board on screen { cout << board[0][0] << " | " << board[0][1] << " | " << board[0][2] << endl; cout << board[1][0] << " | " << board[1][1] << " | " << board[1][2] << endl; cout << board[2][0] << " | " << board[2][1] << " | " << board[2][2] << endl; } int main() { cout << "Welcome to C++ tic tac toe game !!!" << endl; cout << "Initializing board please wait : " << endl; void boardinit (); void showboard (); cout << "Game begins : " << endl; system("pause"); }
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Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
As soon as she walked through my door I knew her type: she was an argument waiting to happen. I wondered if the argument was required... or merely optional? Guess I'd know the parameters soon enough.
"I'm Star At Data," she offered.
She made it sound like a pass. But was the pass by name? Or by position?
"I think someone's trying to execute me. Some caller."
"Okay, I'll see what I can find out. Meanwhile, we're gonna have to limit the scope of your accessibility."
"I'd prefer not to be bound like that," she replied.
"I see you know my methods," I shot back.
She just stared at me, like I was a block. Suddenly I wasn't surprised someone wanted to dispatch her.
"I'll return later," she purred. "Meanwhile, I'm counting on you to give me some closure."
It was gonna be another routine investigation.
— Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Camel"
This.
As if that weren't bounty enough, Apocalypse 6 also covers the object-oriented subroutines: methods and submethods. We will, however, defer a discussion of those until Exegesis 12.
Playing Our Parts
Suppose we want to be able to partition a list into two arrays (hereafter
known as "sheep" and "goats"), according to some user-supplied criterion. We'll
call the necessary subroutine
&part, because it
partitions a list into two parts.
In the most general case, we could specify how
&part splits
the list up by passing it a subroutine.
&part could then call
that subroutine for each element, placing the element in the "sheep" array if
the subroutine returns true, and into the "goats" array otherwise. It would
then return a list of references to the two resulting arrays.
For example, calling:
($cats, $chattels) = part &is_feline, @animals;
would result in
$cats being assigned a reference to an array
containing all the animals that are feline and
$chattels being
assigned a reference to an array containing everything else that exists merely
for the convenience of cats.
Note that in the above example (and throughout the remainder of this
discussion), when we're talking about a subroutine as an object in its own
right, we'll use the
& sigil; but when we're talking about a
call to the subroutine, there will be no
& before its name.
That's a distinction Perl 6 enforces too: subroutine calls never have an
ampersand; references to the corresponding
Code object always
do.
Part: The First
The Perl 6 implementation of
&part would therefore be:
sub part (Code $is_sheep, *@data) { my (@sheep, @goats); for @data { if $is_sheep($_) { push @sheep, $_ } else { push @goats, $_ } } return (\@sheep, \@goats); }
As in Perl 5, the
sub keyword declares a subroutine. As in Perl
5, the name of the subroutine follows the
sub and — assuming
that name doesn't include a package qualifier — the resulting subroutine
is installed into the current package.
Unlike Perl 5, in Perl 6 we are allowed to specify a formal
parameter list after the subroutine's name. This list consists of zero or more
parameter variables. Each of these parameter variables is really a lexical
variable declaration, but because they're in a parameter list we don't need to
(and aren't allowed to!) use the keyword
my.
Just as with a regular variable, each parameter can be given a storage type,
indicating what kind of value it is allowed to store. In the above example,
for instance, the
$is_sheep parameter is given the type
Code, indicating that it is restricted to objects of that type
(i.e. the first argument must be a subroutine or block).
Each of these parameter variables is automatically scoped to the body of the subroutine, where it can be used to access the arguments with which the subroutine was called.
A word about terminology: an "argument" is a item in the list of data that is passed as part of a subroutine call. A "parameter" is a special variable inside the subroutine itself. So the subroutine call sends arguments, which the subroutine then accesses via its parameters.
Perl 5 has parameters too, but they're not user-specifiable. They're always
called
$_[0],
$_[1],
$_[2], etc.
Not-So-Secret Alias
However, one way in which Perl 5 and Perl 6 parameters are similar is that, unlike Certain Other Languages, Perl parameters don't receive copies of their respective arguments. Instead, Perl parameters become aliases for the corresponding arguments.
That's already the case in Perl 5. So, for example, we can write a temperature conversion utility like:
# Perl 5 code... sub Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin { $_[0] -= 32; $_[0] /= 1.8; $_[0] += 273.15; } # and later... Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin($reactor_temp);
When the subroutine is called, within the body of
&Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin the
$_[0] variable becomes
just another name for
$reactor_temp. So the changes the subroutine
makes to
$_[0] are really being made to
$reactor_temp, and at the end of the call
$reactor_temp has been converted to the new temperature scale.
That's very handy when we intend to change the values of arguments (as in
the above example), but it's potentially a very nasty trap too. Many
programmers, accustomed to the pass-by-copy semantics of other languages, will
unconsciously fall into the habit of treating the contents of
$_[0] as if they were a copy. Eventually that will lead to some
subroutine unintentionally changing one of its arguments — a bug that is
often very hard to diagnose and frequently even harder to track down.
So Perl 6 modifies the way parameters and arguments interact. Explicit parameters are still aliases to the original arguments, but in Perl 6 they're constant aliases by default. That means, unless we specifically tell Perl 6 otherwise, it's illegal to change an argument by modifying the corresponding parameter within a subroutine.
All of which means that a the naïve translation of
&Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin to Perl 6 isn't going to work:
# Perl 6 code... sub Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin(Num $temp) { $temp -= 32; $temp /= 1.8; $temp += 273.15; }
That's because
$temp (and hence the actual value it's an alias
for) is treated as a constant within the body of
&Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin. In fact, we'd get a compile time error
message like:
Cannot modify constant parameter ($temp) in &Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin
If we want to be able to modify arguments via Perl 6 parameters, we have to
say so up front, by declaring them
is rw ("read-write"):
sub Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin (Num $temp is rw) { $temp -= 32; $temp /= 1.8; $temp += 273.15; }
This requires a few extra keystrokes when the old behaviour is needed, but
saves a huge amount of hard-to-debug grief in the most common cases. As a
bonus, an explicit
is rw declaration means that the compiler can
generally catch mistakes like this:
$absolute_temp = Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin(212);
Because we specified that the
$temp argument has to be
read-writeable, the compiler can easily catch attempts to pass in a read-only
value.
Alternatively, we might prefer that
$temp not be an alias at
all. We might prefer that
&Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin take a
copy of its argument, which we could then modify without affecting the
original, ultimately returning it as our converted value. We can do that too in
Perl 6, using the
is copy trait:
sub Fahrenheit_to_Kelvin(Num $temp is copy) { $temp -= 32; $temp /= 1.8; $temp += 273.15; return $temp; }
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
Defining the Parameters
Meanwhile, back at the
&part, we have:
sub part (Code $is_sheep, *@data) {...}
which means that
&part expects its first argument to be a
scalar value of type
Code (or
Code reference). Within
the subroutine that first argument will thereafter be accessed via the name
$is_sheep.
The second parameter (
*@data) is what's known as a "slurpy
array". That is, it's an array parameter with the special marker
(
*) in front of it, indicating to the compiler that
@data is supposed to grab all the remaining arguments passed to
&part and make each element of
@data an alias to
one of those arguments.
In other words, the
*@data parameter does just what
@_ does in Perl 5: it grabs all the available arguments and makes
its elements aliases for those arguments. The only differences are that in Perl
6 we're allowed to give that slurpy array a sensible name, and we're allowed to
specify other individual parameters before it — to give separate sensible
names to one or more of the preliminary arguments to the call.
But why (you're probably wondering) do we need an asterisk for that? Surely
if we had defined
&part like this:
sub part (Code $is_sheep, @data) {...} # note: no asterisk on @data
the array in the second parameter slot would have slurped up all the remaining arguments anyway.
Well, no. Declaring a parameter to be a regular (non-slurpy) array tells the
subroutine to expect the corresponding argument to be a actual array (or an
array reference). So if
&part had been defined with its second
parameter just
@data (rather than
*@data), then we
could call it like this:
part \&selector, @animal_sounds;
or this:
part \&selector, ["woof","meow","ook!"];
but not like this:
part \&selector, "woof", "meow", "ook!";
In each case, the compiler would compare the type of the second argument
with the type required by the second parameter (i.e. an
Array). In
the first two cases, the types match and everything is copacetic. In the third
case, the second argument is a string, not an array or array reference, so we
get a compile-time error message:
Type mismatch in call to &part: @data expects Array but got Str instead
Another way of thinking about the difference between slurpy and regular parameters is to realize that a slurpy parameter imposes a list (i.e. flattening) context on the corresponding arguments, whereas a regular, non-slurpy parameter doesn't flatten or listify. Instead, it insists on a single argument of the correct type.
So, if we want
&part to handle raw lists as data, we need
to tell the
@data parameter to take whatever it finds —
array or list — and flatten everything down to a list. That's what the
asterisk on
*@data does.
Because of that all-you-can-eat behaviour, slurpy arrays like this are generally placed at the very end of the parameter list and used to collect data for the subroutine. The preceding non-slurpy arguments generally tell the subroutine what to do; the slurpy array generally tells it what to do it to.
Splats and Slurps
Another aspect of Perl 6's distinction between slurpy and non-slurpy parameters can be seen when we write a subroutine that takes multiple scalar parameters, then try to pass an array to that subroutine.
For example, suppose we wrote:
sub log($message, $date, $time) {...}
If we happen to have the date and time in a handy array, we might expect
that we could just call
log like so:
log("Starting up...", @date_and_time);
We might then be surprised when this fails even to compile.
The problem is that each of
&log's three scalar parameters
imposes a scalar context on the corresponding argument in any call to
log. So
"Starting up..." is first evaluated in the
scalar context imposed by the
$message parameter and the resulting
string is bound to
$message. Then
@date_and_time is
evaluated in the scalar context imposed by
$date, and the
resulting array reference is bound to
$date. Then the compiler
discovers that there is no third argument to bind to the
$time
parameter and kills your program.
Of course, it has to work that way, or we don't get the
ever-so-useful "array parameter takes an unflattened array argument" behaviour
described earlier. Unfortunately, that otherwise admirable behaviour is
actually getting in the way here and preventing
@date_and_time
from flattening as we want.
So Perl 6 also provides a simple way of explicitly flattening an array (or a
hash for that matter): the unary prefix
* operator:
log("Starting up...", *@date_and_time);
This operator (known as "splat") simply flattens its argument into a list. Since it's a unary operator, it does that flattening before the arguments are bound to their respective parameters.
The syntactic similarity of a "slurpy"
* in a parameter list,
and a "splatty"
* in an argument list is quite deliberate. It
reflects a behavioral similarity: just as a slurpy asterisk implicitly
flattens any argument to which its parameter is bound, so too a splatty
asterisk explicitly flattens any argument to which it is applied.
I Do Declare
By the way, take another look at those examples above — the ones with
the
{...} where their subroutine bodies should be. Those dots
aren't just metasyntactic; they're real executable Perl 6 code. A subroutine
definition with a
{...} for its body isn't actually a
definition at all. It's a declaration.
In the same way that the Perl 5 declaration:
# Perl 5 code... sub part;
states that there exists a subroutine
&part, without
actually saying how it's implemented, so too:
# Perl 6 code... sub part (Code $is_sheep, *@data) {...}
states that there exists a subroutine
&part that takes a
Code object and a list of data, without saying how it's
implemented. In fact, the old
sub part; syntax is no longer
allowed; in Perl 6 you have to yada-yada-yada when you're making a
declaration.
Body Parts
With the parameter list taking care of getting the right arguments into the
right parameters in the right way, the body of the
&part
subroutine is then quite straightforward:
{ my (@sheep, @goats); for @data { if $is_sheep($_) { push @sheep, $_ } else { push @goats, $_ } } return (\@sheep, \@goats); }
According to the original specification, we need to return references to two
arrays. So we first create those arrays. Then we iterate through each element
of the data (which the
for aliases to
$_, just as in
Perl 5). For each element, we take the
Code object that was
passed as
$is_sheep (let's just call it the selector from
now on) and we call it, passing the current data element. If the selector
returns true, we push the data element onto the array of "sheep", otherwise it
is appended to the list of "goats". Once all the data has been divvied up, we
return references to the two arrays.
Note that, if this were Perl 5, we'd have to unpack the
@_
array into a list of lexical variables and then explicitly check that
$is_sheep is a valid
Code object. In the Perl 6
version there's no
@_, the parameters are already lexicals, and
the type-checking is handled automatically.
Call of the Wild
With the explicit parameter list in place, we can use
&part
in a variety of ways. If we already have a subroutine that is a suitable
test:
sub is_feline ($animal) { return $animal.isa(Cat); }
then we can just pass that to
&part, along with the data to
be partitioned, then grab the two array references that come back:
($cats, $chattels) = part &is_feline, @animals;
This works fine, because the first parameter of
&part
expects a
Code object, and that's exactly what
&is_feline is. Note that we couldn't just put
is_feline there (i.e. without the ampersand), since that would
indicate a call to
&is_feline, rather than a
reference to it.
In Perl 5 we'd have had to write
\&is_feline to get a
reference to the subroutine. However, since the
$is_sheep
parameter specifies that the first argument must be a scalar (i.e. it imposes a
scalar context on the first argument slot), in Perl 6 we don't have to create a
subroutine reference explicitly. Putting a code object in the scalar context
auto-magically enreferences it (just as an array or hash is automatically
converted to a reference in scalar context). Of course, an explicit
Code reference is perfectly acceptable there too:
($cats, $chattels) = part \&is_feline, @animals;
Alternatively, rather than going to the trouble of declaring a separate subroutine to sort our sheep from our goats, we might prefer to conjure up a suitable (anonymous) subroutine on the spot:
($cats, $chattels) = part sub ($animal) { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) }, @animals;
In a Bind
So far we've always captured the two array references returned from the
part call by assigning the result of the call to a list of
scalars. But we might instead prefer to bind them to actual arrays:
(@cats, @chattels) := part sub($animal) { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) }, @animals;
Using binding (
:=) instead of assignment (
=)
causes
@cats and
@chattels to become aliases for the
two anonymous arrays returned by
&part.
In fact, this aliasing of the two return values to
@cats and
@chattels uses exactly the same mechanism that is used to
alias subroutine parameters to their corresponding arguments. We could almost
think of the lefthand side of the
:= as a parameter list (in this
case, consisting of two non-slurpy array parameters), and the righthand side
of the
:= as being the corresponding argument list. The only
difference is that the variables on the lefthand side of a
:= are
not implicitly treated as constant.
One consequence of the similarities between binding and parameter passing is that we can put a slurpy array on the left of a binding:
(@Good, $Bad, *@Ugly) := (@Adams, @Vin, @Chico, @OReilly, @Lee, @Luck, @Britt);
The first pseudo-parameter (
@Good) on the left expects an
array, so it binds to
@Adams from the list on the right.
The second pseudo-parameter (
$Bad) expects a scalar. That means
it imposes a scalar context on the second element of the righthand list. So
@Vin evaluates to a reference to the original array and
$Bad becomes an alias for
\@Vin.
The final pseudo-parameter (
*@Ugly) is slurpy, so it expects
the rest of the lefthand side to be a list it can slurp up. In order to ensure
that, the slurpy asterisk causes the remaining pseudo-arguments on the right to
be flattened into a list, whose elements are then aliased to successive
elements of
@Ugly.
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
Who Shall Sit in Judgment?
Conjuring up an anonymous subroutine in each call to
part is
intrinsically neither good nor bad, but it sure is ugly:
($cats, $chattels) = part sub($animal) { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) }, @animals;
Fortunately, there's a cleaner way to specify the selector within the call
to
part. We can use a parameterized block instead:
($cats, $chattels) = part -> $animal { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
A parameterized block is just a normal brace-delimited block, except that
you're allowed to put a list of parameters out in front of it, preceded by an
arrow (
->). So the actual parameterized block in the above
example is:
-> $animal { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) }
In Perl 6, a block is a subspecies of
Code object, so it's
perfectly okay to pass a parameterized block as the first argument to
&part. Like a real subroutine, a parameterized block can be
subsequently invoked and passed an argument list. The body of the
&part subroutine will continue to work just fine.
It's important to realize that parameterized blocks aren't
subroutines though. They're blocks, and so there are important differences in
their behaviour. The most important difference is that you can't
return from a parameterized block, the way you can from a
subroutine. For example, this:
part sub($animal) { return $animal.size < $breadbox }, @creatures
works fine, returning the result of each size comparison every time the
anonymous subroutine is called within
&part.
But in this "pointier" version:
part -> $animal { return $animal.size < $breadbox } @creatures
the
return isn't inside a nested subroutine; it's inside a
block. The first time the parameterized block is executed within
&part it causes the subroutine in which the block was defined
(i.e. the subroutine that's calling
part) to return!
Oops.
The problem with that second example, of course, is not that we were too
Lazy to write the full anonymous subroutine. The problem is that we weren't
Lazy enough: we forgot to leave out the
return. Just like
a Perl 5
do or
eval block, a Perl 6 parameterized
block evaluates to the value of the last statement executed within it. We only
needed to say:
part -> $animal { $animal.size < $breadbox } @creatures
Note too that, because the parameterized block is a block, we don't need to put a comma after it to separate it from the second argument. In fact, anywhere a block is used as an argument to a subroutine, any comma before or after the block is optional.
Cowabunga!
Even with the slight abbreviation provided by using a parameterized block
instead of an anonymous subroutine, it's all too easy to lose track of the the
actual data (i.e.
@animals) when it's buried at the end of that
long selector definition.
We can help it stand out a little better by using a new feature of Perl 6: the "pipeline" operator:
($cats, $chattels) = part sub($animal) { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) } <== @animals;
The
<== operator takes a subroutine call as its
lefthand argument and a list of data as its righthand arguments. The
subroutine being called on the left must have a slurpy array parameter (e.g.
*@data) and the list on the operator's right is then bound to that
parameter.
In other words, a
<== in a subroutine call marks the end of
the specific arguments and the start of the slurped data.
Pipelines are more interesting when there are several stages to the process, as in this Perl 6 version of the Schwartzian transform:
@shortest_first = map { .key } # 4 <== sort { $^a.value <=> $^b.value } # 3 <== map { $_ => .height } # 2 <== @animals; # 1
This example takes the array
@animals, flattens it into a list
(#1), pipes that list in as the data for a
map operation (#2),
takes the resulting list of object/height pairs and pipes that in to the
sort (#3), then takes the resulting sorted list of pairs and
maps out just the sorted objects (#4).
Of course, since the data lists for all of these functions always come at the end of the call anyway, we could have just written that as:
@shortest_first = map { .key } # 4 sort { $^a.value <=> $^b.value } # 3 map { $_ => .height } # 2 @animals; # 1
But there's no reason to stint ourselves: the pipelines cost nothing in performance, and often make the flow of data much clearer.
One problem that many people have with pipelined list processing techniques like the Schwartzian Transform is that the pipeline flows the "wrong" way: the code reads left-to-right/top-to-bottom but the data (and execution) runs right-to-left/bottom-to-top. Happily, Perl 6 has a solution for that too. It provides a "reversed" version of the pipeline operator, to make it easy to create left-to-right pipelines:
@animals ==> map { $_ => .height } # 1 ==> sort { $^a.value <=> $^b.value } # 2 ==> map { .key } # 3 ==> @shortest_first; # 4
This version works exactly the same as the previous right-to-left/bottom-to-top examples, except that now the various components of the pipeline are written and performed in the "natural" order.
The
==> operator is the mirror-image of
<==,
both visually and in its behaviour. That is, it takes a subroutine call as its
righthand argument and a list of data on its left, and binds the lefthand
list to the slurpy array parameter of the subroutine being called on the
right.
Note that this last example makes use of a special dispensation given to both pipeline operators. The argument on the "sharp" side is supposed to be a subroutine call. However, if it is a variable, or a list of variables, then the pipeline operator simply assigns the list from its "blunt" side to variable (or list) on its "sharp" side.
Hence, if we preferred to partition our animals left-to-right, we could write:
@animals ==> part sub ($animal) { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) } ==> ($cats, $chattels);
The Incredible Shrinking Selector
Of course, even with a parameterized block instead of an anonymous subroutine, the definition of the selector argument is still klunky:
($cats, $chattels) = part -> $animal { $animal.isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
But it doesn't have to be so intrusive. There's another way to create a
parameterized block. Instead of explicitly enumerating the parameters after a
->, we could use placeholder variables instead.
As explained in Apocalypse 4, a placeholder variable is one whose sigil is
immediately followed by a caret (
^). Any block containing one or
more placeholder variables is automatically a parameterized block, without the
need for an explicit
-> or parameter list. Instead, the block's
parameter list is determined automatically from the set of placeholder
variables enclosed by the block's braces.
We could simplify our partitioning to:
($cats, $chattels) = part { $^animal.isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
Here
$^animal is a placeholder, so the block immediately
surrounding it becomes a parameterized block — in this case with exactly
one parameter.
Better still, any block containing a
$_ is also a parameterized
block — with a single parameter named
$_. We could dispense
with the explicit placeholder and just write our partitioning statement:
($cats, $chattels) = part { $_.isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
which is really a shorthand for the parameterized block:
($cats, $chattels) = part -> $_ { $_.isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
Come to think of it, since we now have the unary dot operator (which calls a
method using
$_ as the invocant), we don't even need the explicit
$_:
($cats, $chattels) = part { .isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
Part: The Second
But wait, there's even...err...less!
We could very easily extend
&part so that we don't even
need the block in that case; so that we could just pass the raw class in as the
first parameter:
($cats, $chattels) = part Animal::Cat, @animals;
To do that, the type of the first parameter will have to become
Class, which is the (meta-)type of all classes. However, if we
changed
&part's parameter list in that way:
sub part (Class $is_sheep, *@data) {...}
then all our existing code that currently passes
Code objects
as
&part's first argument will break.
Somehow we need to be able to pass either a
Code
object or a
Class as
&part's first
argument. To accomplish that, we need to take a short detour into...
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
The Wonderful World of Junctions
Perl 6 introduces an entirely new scalar data-type: the junction. A
junction is a single scalar value that can act like two or more values at once.
So, for example, we can create a value that behaves like any of the values
1,
4, or
9, by writing:
$monolith = any(1,4,9);
The scalar value returned by
any and subsequently stored in
$monolith is equal to
1. And at the same time it's
also equal to
4. And to
9. It's equal to any of them.
Hence the name of the
any function that we used to set it up.
What good it that? Well, if it's equal to "any of them" then, with a single comparison, we can test if some other value is also equal to "any of them":
if $dave == any(1,4,9) { print "I'm sorry, Dave, you're just a square." }
That's considerably shorter (and more maintainable) than:
if $dave == 1 || $dave == 4 || $dave == 9 { print "I'm sorry, Dave, you're just a square." }
It even reads more naturally.
Better still, Perl 6 provides an n-ary operator that builds the same kinds of junctions from its operands:
if $dave == 1|4|9 { print "I'm sorry, Dave, you're just a square." }
Once you get used to this notation, it too is very easy to follow: if Dave equals 1 or 4 or 9....
(Yes, the Perl 5 bitwise OR is still available in Perl 6; it's just spelled differently now).
The
any function is more useful when the values under
consideration are stored in a single array. For example, we could check whether
a new value is bigger than any we've already seen:
if $newval > any(@oldvals) { print "$newval isn't the smallest." }
In Perl 5 we'd have to write that:
if (grep { $newval > $_ } @oldvals) { print "$newval isn't the smallest." }
which isn't as clear and isn't as quick (since the
any version
will short-circuit as soon as it knows the comparison is true, whereas the
grep version will churn through every element of
@oldvals no matter what).
An
any is even more useful when we have a collection of new
values to check against the old ones. We can say:
if any(@newvals) > any(@oldvals) { print "Already seen at least one smaller value." }
instead of resorting to the horror of nested
greps:
if (grep { my $old = $_; grep { $_ > $old } @newvals } @oldvals) { print "Already seen at least one smaller value." }
What if we wanted to check whether all of the new values were
greater than any of the old ones? For that we use a different kind of junction
— one that is equal to all our values at once (rather than just any one
of them). We can create such a junction with the
all function:
if all(@newvals) > any(@oldvals) { print "These are all bigger than something already seen." }
We could also test if all the new values are greater than all the old ones (not merely greater than at least one of them), with:
if all(@newvals) > all(@oldvals) { print "These are all bigger than everything already seen." }
There's an operator for building
all junctions too. No prizes
for guessing. It's n-ary
&. So, if we needed to check that the
maximal dimension of some object is within acceptable limits, we could say:
if $max_dimension < $height & $width & $depth { print "A maximal dimension of $max_dimension is okay." }
That last example is the same as:
if $max_dimension < $height && $max_dimension < $width && $max_dimension < $depth { print "A maximal dimension of $max_dimension is okay." }
any junctions are known as disjunctions, because they
act like they're in a boolean OR: "this OR that OR the other".
all
junctions are known as conjunctions, because they have an implicit AND
between their values — "this AND that AND the other".
There are two other types of junction available in Perl 6:
abjunctions and injunctions. An abjunction is created using
the
one function and represents exactly one of its possible values
at any given time:
if one(@roots) == 0 { print "Unique root to polynomial."; }
In other words, it's as though there were an implicit n-ary XOR between each pair of values.
Injunctions represent none of their values and hence are constructed with a
built-in named
none:
if $passwd eq none(@previous_passwds) { print "New password is acceptable."; }
They're like a multi-part NEITHER...NOR...NOR...
We can build a junction out of any scalar type. For example, strings:
my $known_title = 'Mr' | 'Mrs' | 'Ms' | 'Dr' | 'Rev';
if %person{title} ne $known_title { print "Unknown title: %person{title}."; }
or even
Code references:
my &ideal := \&tall & \&dark & \&handsome;
if ideal($date) { # Same as: if tall($date) && dark($date) && handsome($date) swoon(); }
The Best of Both Worlds
So a disjunction (
any) allows us to create a scalar value that
is either this or that.
In Perl 6, classes (or, more specifically,
Class objects) are
scalar values. So it follows that we can create a disjunction of classes. For
example:
Floor::Wax | Dessert::Topping
gives us a type that can be either
Floor::Wax
or
Dessert::Topping. So a variable declared with that
type:
my Floor::Wax|Dessert::Topping $shimmer;
can store either a
Floor::Wax object or a
Dessert::Topping object. A parameter declared with that type:
sub advertise(Floor::Wax|Dessert::Topping $shimmer) {...}
can be passed an argument that is of either type.
Matcher Smarter, not Harder
So, in order to extend
&part to accept a
Class
as its first argument, whilst allowing it to accept a
Code object
in that position, we just use a type junction:
sub part (Code|Class $is_sheep, *@data) { my (@sheep, @goats); for @data { when $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_ } default { push @goats, $_ } } return (\@sheep, \@goats); }
There are only two differences between this version and the previous one.
The first difference is, of course, that we have changed the type of the first
parameter. Previously it was
Code; now it's
Code|Class.
The second change is in the body of the subroutine itself. We replaced the
partitioning
if statement:
for @data { if $is_sheep($_) { push @sheep, $_ } else { push @goats, $_ } }
With a switch:
for @data { when $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_ } default { push @goats, $_ } }
Now the actual work of categorizing each element as a "sheep" or a "goat" is
done by the
when statement, because:
when $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_ }
Is equivalent to:
if $_ ~~ $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_; next }
When
$is_sheep is a subroutine reference, that implicit
smart-match will simply pass
$_ (the current data element) to the
subroutine and then evaluate the return value as a boolean. On the other hand,
when
$is_sheep is a class, the smart-match will check to see if
the object in
$_ belongs to the same class or some derived
class.
The single
when statement handles either type of selector
—
Code or
Class — auto-magically. That's
why it's known as smart-matching.
Having now allowed class names as selectors, we can take the final step and simplify:
($cats, $chattels) = part { .isa(Animal::Cat) } @animals;
to:
($cats, $chattels) = part Animal::Cat, @animals;
Note, however, that the comma is back. Only blocks can appear in argument lists without accompanying commas, and the raw class isn't a block.
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
Partitioning Rules!
Now that the
when's implicit smart-match is doing the hard work
of deciding how to evaluate each data element against the selector, adding new
kinds of selectors becomes trivial. For example, here's a third version of
&part which also allows Perl 6 rules (i.e. patterns) to be
used to partition a list:
sub part (Code|Class|Rule $is_sheep, *@data) { my (@sheep, @goats); for @data { when $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_ } default { push @goats, $_ } } return (\@sheep, \@goats);
All we needed to do was to tell
&part that its first
argument was also allowed to be of type
Rule. That allows us to
call
&part like this:
($cats, $chattels) = part /meow/, @animal_sounds;
In the scalar context imposed by the
$is_sheep parameter, the
/meow/ pattern evaluates to a
Rule object (rather
than immediately doing a match). That
Rule object is then bound
to
$is_sheep and subsequently used as the selector in the
when statement.
Note that the body of this third version is exactly the same as that of the
previous version. No change is required because, when it detects that
$is_sheep is a
Rule object, the
when's
smart-matching will auto-magically do a pattern match.
In the same way, we could further extend
&part to allow the
user to pass a hash as the selector:
my %is_cat = ( cat => 1, tiger => 1, lion => 1, leopard => 1, # etc. ); ($cats, $chattels) = part %is_cat, @animal_names;
simply by changing the parameter list of
&part to:
sub part (Code|Class|Rule|Hash $is_sheep, *@data) { # body exactly as before }
Once again, the smart-match hidden in the
when statement just
Does The Right Thing. On detecting a hash being matched against each datum, it
will use the datum as a key, do a hash look up, and evaluate the truth of the
corresponding entry in the hash.
Of course, the ever-increasing disjunction of allowable selector types is rapidly threatening to overwhelm the entire parameter list. At this point it would make sense to factor the type-junction out, give it a logical name, and use that name instead. To do that, we just write:
type Selector ::= Code | Class | Rule | Hash;
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, *@data) { # body exactly as before }
The
::= binding operator is just like the
:=
binding operator, except that it operates at compile-time. It's the right
choice here because types need to be fully defined at compile-time, so the
compiler can do as much static type checking as possible.
The effect of the binding is to make the name
Selector an alias
for
Code
|
Class
|
Rule
|
Hash. Then we can just use
Selector wherever we want that particular disjunctive type.
Out with the New and in with the Old
Let's take a step back for a moment.
We've already seen how powerful and clean these new-fangled explicit
parameters can be, but maybe you still prefer the Perl 5 approach. After all,
@_ was good enough fer Grandpappy when he lernt hisself Perl as a
boy, dangnabit!
In Perl 6 we can still pass our arguments the old-fashioned way and then process them manually:
# Still valid Perl 6... sub part { # Unpack and verify args... my ($is_sheep, @data) = @_; croak "First argument to &part is not Code, Hash, Rule, or Class" unless $is_sheep.isa(Selector); # Then proceed as before... my (@sheep, @goats); for @data { when $is_sheep { push @sheep, $_ } default { push @goats, $_ } } return (\@sheep, \@goats); }
If we declare a subroutine without a parameter list, Perl 6 automatically
supplies one for us, consisting of a single slurpy array named
@_:
sub part {...} # means: sub part (*@_) {...}
That is, any un-parametered Perl 6 subroutine expects to flatten and then
slurp up an arbitrarily long list of arguments, binding them to the elements of
a parameter called
@_. That's pretty much what a Perl 5 subroutine
does. The only important difference is that in Perl 6 that slurpy
@_ is, like all Perl 6 parameters, constant by default. So, if we
want the exact behaviour of a Perl 5 subroutine — including
being able to modify elements of
@_ — we need to be
explicit:
sub part (*@_ is rw) {...}
Note that "declare a subroutine without a parameter list" doesn't mean "declare a subroutine with an empty parameter list":
sub part {...} # without parameter list sub part () {...} # empty parameter list
An empty parameter list specifies that the subroutine takes exactly zero
arguments, whereas a missing parameter list means it takes any number of
arguments and binds them to the implicit parameter
@_.
Of course, by using the implicit
@_ instead of named
parameters, we're merely doing extra work that Perl 6 could do for us, as well
as making the subroutine body more complex, harder to maintain, and slower.
We're also eliminating any chance of Perl 6 identifying argument mismatches at
compile-time. And, unless we're prepared to complexify the code even further,
we're preventing client code from using named arguments (see "Name your poison"
below).
But this is Perl, not Fascism. We're not in the business of imposing the One True Coding Style on Perl hackers. So if you want to pass your arguments the old-fashioned way, Perl 6 makes sure you still can.
A Pair of Lists in a List of Pairs
Suppose now that, instead of getting a list of array references back, we
wanted to get back a list of
key=>value pairs, where each value
was one of the array refs and each key some kind of identifying label (we'll
see why that might be particularly handy soon).
The easiest solution is to use two fixed keys (for example,
"
sheep" and "
goats"):
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, *@data) returns List of Pair { my %herd; for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{"sheep"}, $_ } default { push %herd{"goats"}, $_ } } return *%herd; }
The parameter list of the subroutine is unchanged, but now we've added a
return type after it, using the
returns keyword. That return type
is
List of Pair, which tells the compiler that any
return statements in the subroutine are expected to return a list
of values, each of which is a Perl 6
key=>value pair.
Parametric Types
Note that this type is different from those we've seen so far: it's
compound. The
of Pair suffix is actually an argument that modifies
the principal type
List, telling the container type what kind of
value it's allowed to store. This is possible because
List is a
parametric type. That is, it's a type that can be specified with
arguments that modify how it works. The idea is a little like C++ templates,
except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated.
The specific parameters for a parametric type are normally specified in square brackets, immediately after the class name. The arguments that define a particular instance of the class are likewise passed in square brackets. For example:
class Table[Class $of] {...} class Logfile[Str $filename] {...} module SecureOps[AuthKey $key] {...} # and later: sub typeset(Table of Contents $toc) {...} # Expects an object whose class is Table # and which stores Contents objects my Logfile["./log"] $file; # $file can only store logfiles that log to ./log $plaintext = SecureOps[$KEY]::decode($cryptotext); # Only use &decode if our $KEY entitles us to
Note that type names like
Table of Contents and
List of
Pair are really just tidier ways to say
Table[of=>Contents] and
List[of=>Pair].
By convention, when we pass an argument to the
$of parameter of
a parametric type, we're telling that type what kind of value we're expecting
it to store. For example: whenever we access an element of
List of
Pair, we expect to get back a
Pair. Similarly we could
specify
List of Int,
Array of Str, or
Hash of
Num.
Admittedly
List of Pair doesn't seem much tidier than
List(of=>Pair), but as container types get more complex, the
advantages start to become obvious. For example, consider a data structure
consisting of an array of arrays of arrays of hashes of numbers (such as one
might use to store, say, several years worth of daily climatic data). Using the
of notation that's just:
type Climate::Record ::= Array of Array of Array of Hash of Num;
Without the
of keyword, it's:
type Climate::Record ::= Array(of=>Array(of=>Array(of=>Hash(of=>Num))));
which is starting to look uncomfortably like Lisp.
Parametric types may have any number of parameters with any names we like,
but only type parameters named
$of have special syntactic support
built into Perl.
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
TMTOWTDeclareI
While we're talking about type declarations, it's worth noting that we could
also have put
&part's new return type out in front (just as
we've been doing with variable and parameter types). However, this is only
allowed for subroutines when the subroutine is explicitly scoped:
# lexical subroutine my List of Pair sub part (Selector $is_sheep, *@data) {...}
or:
# package subroutine our List of Pair sub part (Selector $is_sheep, *@data) {...}
The return type goes between the scoping keyword (
my or
our) and the
sub keyword. And, of course, the
returns keyword is not used.
Contrariwise, we can also put variable/parameter type information
after the variable name. To do that, we use the
of
keyword:
my sub part ($is_sheep of Selector, *@data) returns List of Pair {...}
This makes sense, when you think about it. As we saw above,
of
tells the preceding container what type of value it's supposed to store, so
$is_sheep of Selector tells
$is_sheep it's supposed
to store a
Selector.
You Are What You Eat -- Not!
Careful though: we have to remember to use
of there, not
is. It would be a mistake to write:
my sub part ($is_sheep is Selector, *@data) returns List of Pair {...}
That's because Perl 6 variables and parameters can be more precisely typed than variables in most other languages. Specifically, Perl 6 allows us to specify both the storage type of a variable (i.e. what kinds of values it can contain) and the implementation class of the variable (i.e. how the variable itself is actually implemented).
The
is keyword indicates what a particular container (variable,
parameter, etc.) is — namely, how it's implemented and how it
operates. Saying:
sub bark(@dogs is Pack) {...}
specifies that, although the
@dogs parameter looks like an
Array, it's actually implemented by the
Pack class
instead.
That declaration is not specifying that the
@dogs variable stores
Pack objects. In fact,
it's not saying anything at all about what
@dogs stores. Since its
storage type has been left unspecified,
@dogs inherits the default
storage type —
Any — which allows its elements to
store any kind of scalar value.
If we'd wanted to specify that
@dogs was a normal array, but
that it can only store
Dog objects, we'd need to write:
sub bark(@dogs of Dog) {...}
and if we'd wanted it to store
Dogs but be
implemented by the
Pack class, we'd have to write:
sub bark(@dogs is Pack of Dog) {...}
Appending
is SomeType to a variable or parameter is the Perl 6
equivalent of Perl 5's
tie mechanism, except that the tying is
part of the declaration. For example:
my $Elvis is King of Rock&Roll;
rather than a run-time function call like:
# Perl 5 code... my $Elvis; tie $Elvis, 'King', stores=>all('Rock','Roll');
In any case, the simple rule for
of vs
is is:
to say what a variable stores, use
of; to say how the variable
itself works, use
is.
Many Happy Returns
Meanwhile, we're still attempting to create a version of
&part that returns a list of pairs. The easiest way to create
and return a suitable list of pairs is to flatten a hash in a list context.
This is precisely what the
return statement does:
return *%herd;
using the splatty star. Although, in this case, we could have simply written:
return %herd;
since the declared return type (
List of Pair) automatically
imposes list context (and hence list flattening) on any
return
statement within
&part.
Of course, it will only make sense to return a flattened hash if we've
already partitioned the original data into that hash. So the bodies of the
when and
default statements inside
&part have to be changed accordingly. Now, instead of pushing
each element onto one of two separate arrays, we push each element onto one of
the two arrays stored inside
%herd:
for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{"sheep"}, $_ } default { push %herd{"goats"}, $_ } }
It Lives!!!!!
Assuming that each of the hash entries (
%herd{"sheep"} and
%herd{"goats"}) will be storing a reference to one of the two
arrays, we can simply push each data element onto the appropriate array.
In Perl 5 we'd have to dereference each of the array references inside our hash before we could push a new element onto it:
# Perl 5 code... push @{$herd{"sheep"}}, $_;
But in Perl 6, the first parameter of
push expects an array, so
if we give it an array reference, the interpreter can work out that it needs to
dereference that first argument. So we can just write:
# Perl 6 code... push %herd{"sheep"}, $_;
(Remember that, in Perl 6, hashes keep their
% sigil, even when
being indexed).
Initially, of course, the entries of
%herd don't contain
references to arrays at all; like all uninitialized hash entries, they contain
undef. But, because
push itself is defined like
so:
sub push (@array is rw, *@data) {...}
an actual read-writable array is expected as the first argument. If a
scalar variable containing
undef is passed to such a parameter,
Perl 6 detects the fact and autovivifies the necessary array, placing a
reference to it into the previously undefined scalar argument. That behaviour
makes it trivially easy to create subroutines that autovivify read/write
arguments, in the same way that Perl 5's
open does.
It's also possible to declare a read/write parameter that doesn't
autovivify in this way: using the
is ref trait instead of
is
rw:
sub push_only_if_real_array (@array is ref, *@data) {...}
is ref still allows the parameter to be read from and written
to, but throws an exception if the corresponding argument isn't already a real
referent of some kind.
A Label by Any Other Name
Mandating fixed labels for the two arrays being returned seems a little inflexible, so we could add another — optional — parameter via which user-selected key names could be passed...
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str ?@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>, *@data ) returns List of Pair { my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{$sheep}, $_ } default { push %herd{$goats}, $_ } } return *%herd; }
Optional parameters in Perl 6 are prefixed with a
? marker
(just as slurpy parameters are prefixed with
*). Like required
parameters, optional parameters are passed positionally, so the above example
means that the second argument is expected to be an array of strings. This has
important consequences for backwards compatibility — as we'll see
shortly.
As well as declaring it to be optional (using a leading
?), we
also declare the
@labels parameter to have exactly two elements,
by specifying the
is dim(2) trait. The
is dim trait
takes one or more integer values. The number of values it's given specifies the
number of dimensions the array has; the values themselves specify how many
elements long the array is in each dimension. For example, to create a
four-dimensional array of 7x24x60x60 elements, we'd declare it:
my @seconds is dim(7,24,60,60);
In the latest version of
&part, the
@labels is
dim(2) declaration means that
@labels is a normal
one-dimensional array, but that it has only two elements in that one
dimension.
The final component of the declaration of
@labels is the
specification of its default value. Any optional parameter may be given a
default value, to which it will be bound if no corresponding argument is
provided. The default value can be any expression that yields a value
compatible with the type of the optional parameter.
In the above version of
&part, for the sake of backwards
compatibility we make the optional
@labels default to the list of
two strings
<<sheep goats>> (using the new
Perl 6 list-of-strings syntax).
Thus if we provide an array of two strings explicitly, the two strings we
provide will be used as keys for the two pairs returned. If we don't specify
the labels ourselves,
"sheep" and
"goats" will be
used.
Name Your Poison
With the latest version of
&part defined to return named
pairs, we can now write:
@parts = part Animal::Cat, <<cat chattel>>, @animals; # returns: (cat=>[...], chattel=>[...]) # instead of: (sheep=>[...], goats=>[...])
The first argument (
Animal::Cat) is bound to
&part's
$is_sheep parameter (as before). The
second argument (
<<cat chattel>>) is now bound to the
optional
@labels parameter, leaving the
@animals
argument to be flattened into a list and slurped up by the
@data
parameter.
We could also pass some or all of the arguments as named arguments. A named argument is simply a Perl 6 pair, where the key is the name of the intended parameter, and the value is the actual argument to be bound to that parameter. That makes sense: every parameter we ever declare has to have a name, so there's no good reason why we shouldn't be allowed to pass it an argument using that name to single it out.
An important restriction on named arguments is that they cannot come before positional arguments, or after any arguments that are bound to a slurpy array. Otherwise, there would be no efficient, single-pass way of working out which unnamed arguments belong to which parameters. Apart from that one overarching restriction (which Larry likes to think of as a zoning law), we're free to pass named arguments in any order we like. That's a huge advantage in any subroutine that takes a large number of parameters, because it means we no longer have to remember their order, just their names.
For example, using named arguments we could rewrite the above
part call as any of the following:
# Use named argument to pass optional @labels argument... @parts = part Animal::Cat, labels => <<cat chattel>>, @animals; # Use named argument to pass both @labels and @data arguments... @parts = part Animal::Cat, labels => <<cat chattel>>, data => @animals; # The order in which named arguments are passed doesn't matter... @parts = part Animal::Cat, data => @animals, labels => <<cat chattel>>; # Can pass *all* arguments by name... @parts = part is_sheep => Animal::Cat, labels => <<cat chattel>>, data => @animals; # And the order still doesn't matter... @parts = part data => @animals, labels => <<cat chattel>>, is_sheep => Animal::Cat; # etc.
As long as we never put a named argument before a positional argument, or after any unnamed data for the slurpy array, the named arguments can appear in any convenient order. They can even be pulled out of a flattened hash:
@parts = part *%args;
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
Who Gets the Last Piece of Cake?
We're making progress. Whether we pass its arguments by name or
positionally, our call to
part produces two partitions of the
original list. Those partitions now come back with convenient labels that we
can specify via the optional
@labels parameter.
But now there's a problem. Even though we explicitly marked it as optional,
it turns out that things can go horribly wrong if we don't actually supply that
optional argument. Which is not very "optional". Worse, it means there's
potentially a problem with every single legacy call to
part that
was coded before we added the optional parameter.
For example, consider the call:
@pets = ('Canis latrans', 'Felis sylvestris'); @parts = part /:i felis/, @pets; # expected to return: (sheep=>['Felis sylvestris'], goats=>['Canis latrans'] ) # actually returns: ('Canis latrans'=>[], 'Felis sylvestris'=>[])
What went wrong?
Well, when the call to
part is matching its argument list
against
&call's parameter list, it works left-to-right as
follows:
- The first parameter (
$is_sheep) is declared as a scalar of type
Selector, so the first argument must be a
Codeor a
Classor a
Hashor a
Rule. It's actually a
Rule, so the call mechanism binds that rule to
$is_sheep.
- The second parameter (
?@labels) is declared as an array of two strings, so the second argument must be an array of two strings.
@petsis an array of two strings, so we bind that array to
@labels. (Oops!)
- The third parameter (
*@data) is declared as a slurpy array, so any remaining arguments should be flattened and bound to successive elements of
@data. There are no remaining arguments, so there's nothing to flatten-and-bind, so
@dataremains empty.
That's the problem. If we pass the arguments positionally and there are not enough of them to bind to every parameter, the parameters at the start of the parameter list are bound before those towards the end. Even if those earlier parameters are marked optional. In other words, argument binding is "greedy" and (for obvious efficiency reasons) it never backtracks to see if there might be better ways to match arguments to parameters. Which means, in this case, that our data is being preemptively "stolen" by our labels.
Pipeline to the Rescue!
So in general (and in the above example in particular) we need some way of indicating that a positional argument belongs to the slurpy data, not to some preceding optional parameter. One way to do that is to pass the ambiguous argument by name:
@parts = part /:i felis/, data=>@pets;
Then there can be no mistake about which argument belongs to what parameter.
But there's also a purely positional way to tell the call to
part that
@pets belongs to the slurpy
@data, not to the optional
@labels. We can pipeline
it directly there. After all, that's precisely what the pipeline operator does:
it binds the list on its blunt side to the slurpy array parameter of the call
on its sharp side. So we could just write:
@parts = part /:i felis/ <== @pets; # returns: (sheep=>['Felis sylvestris'], goats=>['Canis latrans'])
Because
@pets now appears on the blunt end of a pipeline,
there's no way it can be interpreted as anything other than the slurped data
for the call to
part.
A Natural Assumption
Of course, as a solution to the problem of legacy code, this is highly
sub-optimal. It requires that every single pre-existing call to
part be modified (by having a pipeline inserted). That will
almost certainly be too painful.
Our new optional labels would be much more useful if their existence itself
were also optional — if we could somehow add a single statement to the
start of any legacy code file and thereby cause
&part to work
like it used to in the good old days before labels. In other words, what we
really want is an impostor
&part subroutine that pretends that
it only has the original two parameters (
$is_sheep and
@data), but then when it's called surreptitiously supplies an
appropriate value for the new
@label parameter and quietly calls
the real
&part.
In Perl 6, that's easy. All we need is a good curry.
We write the following at the start of the file:
use List::Part; # Supposing &part is defined in this module my &part ::= &List::Part::part.assuming(labels => <<sheep goats>>)
That second line is a little imposing so let's break it down. First of all:
List::Part::part
is just the fully qualified name of the
&part subroutine
that's defined in the
List::Part module (which, for the purposes
of this example, is where we're saying
&part lives). So:
&List::Part::part
is the actual
Code object corresponding to the
&part subroutine. So:
&List::Part::part.assuming(...)
is a method call on that
Code object. This is the tricky bit,
but it's no big deal really. If a
Code object really is an object,
we certainly ought to be able to call methods on it. So:
&List::Part::part.assuming(labels => <<sheep goats>>)
calls the
assuming method of the
Code object
&part and passes the
assuming method a named
argument whose name is
labels and whose value is the list of
strings
<<sheep goats>>.
Now, if we only knew what the
.assuming method did...
That About Wraps it Up
What the
.assuming(...) method does is place an anonymous
wrapper around an existing
Code object and then return a reference
to (what appears to be) an entirely separate
Code object. That new
Code object works exactly like the original — except that
the new one is missing one or more of the original's parameters.
Specifically, the parameter list of the wrapper subroutine doesn't have any
of the parameters that were named in in the call to
.assuming.
Instead those missing parameters are automatically filled in whenever the new
subroutine is called, using the values of those named arguments to
.assuming.
All of which simply means that the method call:
&List::Part::part.assuming(labels => <<sheep goats>>)
returns a reference to a new subroutine that acts like this:
sub ($is_sheep, *@data) { return part($is_sheep, labels=><<sheep goats>>, *@data) }
That is, because we passed a
labels => <<sheep goats>>
argument to
.assuming, we get back a subroutine without a
labels parameter, but which then just calls
part and
inserts the value
<<sheep goats>> for the
missing parameter.
Or, as the code itself suggests:
&List::Part::part.assuming(labels => <<sheep goats>>)
gives us what
&List::Part::part would become under the
assumption that the value of
@labels is always
<<sheep goats>> .
How does that help with our source code backwards compatibility problem? It
completely solves it. All we have to do is to make Perl 6 use that carefully
wrapped, two-parameter version of
&part in all our legacy
code, instead of the full three-parameter one. To do that, we merely create a
lexical subroutine of the same name and bind the wrapped version to that
lexical:
my &part ::= &List::Part::part.assuming(labels => <<sheep goats>>);
The
my &part declares a lexical subroutine named
&part (in exactly the same way that a
my $part
would declare a lexical variable named
$part). The
my
keyword says that it's lexical and the sigil says what kind of thing it is
(
& for subroutine, in this case). Then we simply install the
wrapped version of
&List::Part::part as the implementation of
the new lexical
&part and we're done.
Just as lexical variables hide package or global variables of the same name,
so too a lexical subroutine hides any package or global subroutine of the same
name. So
my &part hides the imported
&List::Part::part, and every subsequent call to
part(...) in the rest of the current scope calls the lexical
&part instead.
Because that lexical version is bound to a label-assuming wrapper, it
doesn't have a
labels parameter, so none of the legacy calls to
&part are broken. Instead, the lexical
&part
just silently "fills in" the
labels parameter with the value we
originally gave to
.assuming.
If we needed to add another partitioning call within the scope of that
lexical
&part, but we wanted to use those sexy new non-default
labels, we could do so by calling the actual three-parameter
&part via its fully qualified name, like so:
@parts = List::Part::part(Animal::Cat, <<cat chattel>>, @animals);
Pair Bonding
One major advantage of having
&part return a list of pairs
rather than a simple list of arrays is that now, instead of positional
binding:
# with original (list-of-arrays) version of &part... (@cats, @chattels) := part Animal::Cat <== @animals;
we can do "named binding"
# with latest (list-of-pairs) version of &part... (goats=>@chattels, sheep=>@cats) := part Animal::Cat <== @animals;
Named binding???
Well, we just learned that we can bind arguments to parameters by name, but
earlier we saw that parameter binding is merely an implicit form of explicit
:= binding. So the inevitable conclusion is that the only reason
we can bind parameters by name is because
:= supports named
binding.
And indeed it does. If a
:= finds a list of pairs on its
righthand side, and a list of simple variables on its lefthand side, it uses
named binding instead of positional binding. That is, instead of binding first
to first, second to second, etc., the
:= uses the key of each
righthand pair to determine the name of the variable on its left to which the
value of the pair should be bound.
That sounds complicated, but the effect is very easy to understand:
# Positional binding... ($who, $why) := ($because, "me"); # same as: $who := $because; $why := "me"; # Named binding... ($who, $why) := (why => $because, who => "me"); # same as: $who := "me"; $why := $because;
Even more usefully, if the binding operator detects a list of pairs on its left and another list of pairs on its right, it binds the value of the first pair on the right to the value of the identically named pair on the left (again, regardless of where the two pairs appear in their respective lists). Then it binds the value of the second pair on the right to the value of the identically named pair on the left, and so on.
That means we can set up a named
:= binding in which the names
of the bound variables don't even have to match the keys of the values being
bound to them:
# Explicitly named binding... (who=>$name, why=>$reason) := (why => $because, who => "me"); # same as: $name := "me"; $reason := $because;
The most common use for that feature will probably be to create "free-standing" aliases for particular entries in a hash:
(who=>$name, why=>$reason) := *%explanation; # same as: $name := %explanation{who}; $reason := %explanation{why};
or to convert particular hash entries into aliases for other variables:
*%details := (who=>"me", why=>$because); # same as: %details{who} := "me", %details{why} := $because;
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
An Argument in Name Only
It's pretty cool that Perl 6 automatically lets us specify positional arguments — and even return values — by name rather than position.
But what if we'd prefer that some of our arguments could only be
specified by name. After all, the
@labels parameter isn't really
in the same league as the
$is_sheep parameter: it's only an option
after all, and one that most people probably won't use. It shouldn't really be
a positional parameter at all.
We can specify that the
labels argument is
only to be passed by name...by changing the previous declaration of the
@labels parameter very slightly:
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>, *@data ) returns List of Pair { my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{$sheep}, $_ } default { push %herd{$goats}, $_ } } return *%herd; }
In fact, there's only a single character's worth of difference in the whole
definition. Whereas before we declared the
@labels parameter like
this:
Str ?@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>
now we declare it like this:
Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>
Changing that
? prefix to a
+ changes
@labels from an optional positional-or-named parameter to an
optional named-only parameter. Now if we want to pass in a
labels
argument, we can only pass it by name. Attempting to pass it positionally will
result in some extreme prejudice from the compiler.
Named-only parameters are still optional parameters however, so legacy code that omits the labels:
%parts = part Animal::Cat <== @animals;
still works fine (and still causes the
@labels parameter to
default to
<<sheep goats>>).
Better yet, converting
@labels from a positional to a
named-only parameter also solves the problem of legacy code of the form:
%parts = part Animals::Cat, @animals;
@animals can't possibly be intended for the
@labels parameter now. We explicitly specified that labels can
only be passed by name, and the
@animals argument isn't named.
So named-only parameters give us a clean way of upgrading a subroutine and still supporting legacy code. Indeed, in many cases the only reasonable way to add a new parameter to an existing, widely used, Perl 6 subroutine will be to add it as a named-only parameter.
Careful with that Arg, Eugene!
Of course, there's no free lunch here. The cost of solving the legacy code problem is that we changed the meaning of any more recent code like this:
%parts = part Animal::Cat, <<cat chattel>>, @animals; # Oops!
When
@labels was positional-or-named, the
<<cat chattel>> argument could only be
interpreted as being intended for
@labels. But now, there's no way
it can be for
@labels (because it isn't named), so Perl 6 assumes
that the list is just part of the slurped data. The two-element list will now
be flattened (along with
@animals), resulting in a single list
that is then bound to the
@data parameter, as if we'd written:
%parts = part Animal::Cat <== 'cat', 'chattel', @animals;
This is yet another reason why named-only should probably be the first choice for optional parameters.
Temporal Life Insurance
Being able to add name-only parameters to existing subroutines is an
important way of future-proofing any calls to the subroutine. So long as we
continue to add only named-only parameters to
&part, the order
in which the subroutine expects its positional and slurpy arguments will be
unchanged, so every existing call to
part will continue to work
correctly.
Curiously, the reverse is also true. Named-only parameters also provide us with a way to "history-proof" subroutine calls. That is, we can allow a subroutine to accept named arguments that it doesn't (yet) know how to handle! Like so:
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>> *%extras, # <-- NEW PARAMETER ADDED HERE *@data, ) returns List of Pair { # Handle extras... carp "Ignoring unknown named parameter '$_'" for keys %extras; # Remainder of subroutine as before... my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{$sheep}, $_ } default { push %herd{$goats}, $_ } } return *%herd; } # and later... %parts = part Animal::Cat, label=><<Good Bad>>, max=>3, @data; # warns: "Ignoring unknown parameter 'max' at future.pl, line 19"
The
*%extras parameter is a "slurpy hash". Just as the slurpy
array parameter (
*@data) sucks up any additional positional
arguments for which there's no explicit parameter, a slurpy hash sucks up any
named arguments that are unaccounted for. In the above example, for instance,
&part has no
$max parameter, so passing the named
argument
max=>3 would normally produce a (compile-time)
exception:
Invalid named parameter ('max') in call to &part
However, because
&part now has a slurpy hash, that
extraneous named argument is simply bound to the appropriate entry of
%extras and (in this example) used to generate a warning.
The more common use of such slurpy hashes is to capture the named arguments that are passed to an object constructor and have them automatically forwarded to the constructors of the appropriate ancestral classes. We'll explore that technique in Exegesis 12.
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Arrays
So far we've progressively extended
&part from the first
simple version that only accepted subroutines as selectors, to the most recent
versions that can now also use classes, rules, or hashes to partition their
data.
Suppose we also wanted to allow the user to specify a list of integer
indices as the selector, and thereby allow
&part to separate a
slice of data from its "anti-slice". In other words, instead of:
%data{2357} = [ @data[2,3,5,7] ]; %data{other} = [ @data[0,1,4,6,8..@data-1] ];
we could write:
%data = part [2,3,5,7], labels=>["2357","other"], @data;
We could certainly extend
&part to do that:
type Selector ::= Code | Class | Rule | Hash | (Array of Int); sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>, *@data ) returns List of Pair { my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); if $is_sheep.isa(Array of Int) { for @data.kv -> $index, $value { if $index == any($is_sheep) { push %herd{$sheep}, $value } else { push %herd{$goats}, $value } } } else { for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{$sheep}, $_ } default { push %herd{$goats}, $_ } } } return *%herd; } # and later, if there's a prize for finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or last... %prize = part [0, 1, 2, @horses-1], labels => << placed also_ran >>, @horses;
Note that this is the first time we couldn't just add another class to the
Selector type and rely on the smart-match inside the
when to work out how to tell "sheep" from "goats". The problem
here is that when the selector is an array of integers, the value of
each data element no longer determines its sheepishness/goatility. It's now the
element's position (i.e. its index) that decides its fate. Since our
existing smart-match compares values, not positions, the
when
can't pick out the right elements for us. Instead, we have to consider both
the index and the value of each data element.
To do that we use the
@data array's
.kv method.
Just as calling the
.kv method on a hash returns key,
value, key, value, key, value,
etc., so too calling the
.kv method on an array returns
index, value, index, value, index,
value, etc. Then we just use a parameterized block as our
for block, specifying that it has two arguments. That causes the
for to grab two elements of the list its iterating (i.e. one index
and one value) on each iteration.
Then we simply test to see if the current index is any of those specified in
$is_sheep's array and, if so, we push the corresponding value:
for @data.kv -> $index, $value { if $index == any(@$is_sheep) { push %herd{$sheep}, $value } else { push %herd{$goats}, $value } }
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
A Parting of the ... err ... Parts
That works okay, but it's not perfect. In fact, as it's presented above the
&part subroutine is now both an ugly solution and an
inefficient one.
It's ugly because
&part is now twice as long as it was
before. The two branches of control-flow within it are similar in form but
quite different in function. One partitions the data according to the
contents of a datum; the other, according to a datum's
position in
@data.
It's inefficient because it effectively tests the type of the selector
argument twice: once (implicitly) when it's first bound to the
$is_sheep parameter, and then again (explicitly) in the call to
.isa.
It would be cleaner and more maintainable to break these two nearly unrelated behaviours out into separate subroutines. And it would be more efficient if we could select between those two subroutines by testing the type of the selector only once.
Of course, in Perl 6 we can do just that — with a multisub.
What's a multisub? It's a collection of related subroutines (known as "variants"), all of which have the same name but different parameter lists. When the multisub is called and passed a list of arguments, Perl 6 examines the types of the arguments, finds the variant with the same name and the most compatible parameter list, and calls that variant.
By the way, you might be more familiar with the term multimethod. A multisub is a multiply dispatched subroutine, in the same way that a multimethod is a multiply dispatched method. There'll be much more about those in Exegesis 12.
Multisubs provide facilities something akin to function overloading in C++. We set up several subroutines with the same logical name (because they implement the same logical action). But each takes a distinct set of argument types and does the appropriate things with those particular arguments.
However, multisubs are more "intelligent" that mere overloaded subroutines. With overloaded subroutines, the compiler examines the compile-time types of the subroutine's arguments and hard codes a call to the appropriate variant based on that information. With multisubs, the compiler takes no part in the variant selection process. Instead, the interpreter decides which variant to invoke at the time the call is actually made. It does that by examining the run-time type of each argument, making use of its inheritance relationships to resolve any ambiguities.
To see why a run-time decision is better, consider the following code:
class Lion is Cat {...} # Lion inherits from Cat multi sub feed(Cat $c) { pat $c; my $glop = open 'Can'; spoon_out($glop); } multi sub feed(Lion $l) { $l.stalk($prey) and kill; } my Cat $fluffy = Lion.new; feed($fluffy);
In Perl 6, the call to
feed will correctly invoke the second
variant because the interpreter knows that
$fluffy actually
contains a reference to a
Lion object at the time the call is made
(even though the nominal type of the variable is
Cat).
If Perl 6 multisubs worked like C++'s function overloading, the call to
feed($fluffy) would invoke the first version of
feed, because all that the compiler knows for sure at compile-time
is that
$fluffy is declared to store
Cat objects.
That's precisely why Perl 6 doesn't do it that way. We prefer leave the
hand-feeding of lions to other languages.
Many Parts
As the above example shows, in Perl 6, multisub variants are defined by
prepending the
sub keyword with another keyword:
multi. The parameters that the interpreter is going to consider
when deciding which variant to call are specified to the left of a colon
(
:), with any other parameters specified to the right. If there is
no colon in the parameter list (as above), all the parameters are
considered when deciding which variant to invoke.
We could re-factor the most recent version of
&part like
so:
type Selector ::= Code | Class | Rule | Hash; multi sub part (Selector $is_sheep: Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>, *@data ) returns List of Pair { my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); for @data { when $is_sheep { push %herd{$sheep}, $_ } default { push %herd{$goats}, $_ } } return *%herd; } multi sub part (Int @sheep_indices: Str +@labels is dim(2) = <<sheep goats>>, *@data ) returns List of Pair { my ($sheep, $goats) is constant = @labels; my %herd = ($sheep=>[], $goats=>[]); for @data -> $index, $value { if $index == any(@sheep_indices) { push %herd{$sheep}, $value } else { push %herd{$goats}, $value } } return *%herd; }
Here we create two variants of a single multisub named
&part. The first variant will be invoked whenever
&part is called with a
Selector object as its
first argument (that is, when it is passed a
Code or
Class or
Rule or
Hash object as its
selector).
The second variant will be invoked only if the first argument is an
Array of Int. If the first argument is anything else, an exception
will be thrown.
Notice how similar the body of the first variant is to the earlier
subroutine versions. Likewise, the body of the second variant is almost
identical to the
if branch of the previous (subroutine)
version.
Notice too how the body of each variant only has to deal with the particular type of selector that its first parameter specifies. That's because the interpreter has already determined what type of thing the first argument was when deciding which variant to call. A particular variant will only ever be called if the first argument is compatible with that variant's first parameter.
Call Me Early
Suppose we wanted more control over the default labels that
&part uses for its return values. For example, suppose we
wanted to be able to prompt the user for the appropriate defaults —
before the program runs.
The default value for an optional parameter can be any valid Perl expression whose result is compatible with the type of the parameter. We could simply write:
my Str @def_labels; BEGIN { print "Enter 2 default labels: "; @def_labels = split(/\s+/, <>, 3).[0..1]; } sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = @def_labels, *@data ) returns List of Pair { # body as before }
We first define an array variable:
my Str @def_labels;
This will ultimately serve as the expression that the
@labels
parameter uses as its default:
Str +@labels is dim(2) = @def_labels
Then we merely need a
BEGIN block (so that it runs before the
program starts) in which we prompt for the required information:
print "Enter 2 default labels: ";
read it in:
<>
split the input line into three pieces using whitespace as a separator:
split(/\s+/, <>, 3)
grab the first two of those pieces:
split(/\s+/, <>, 3).[0..1]
and assign them to
@def_labels:
@def_labels = split(/\s+/, <>, 3).[0..1];
We're now guaranteed that
@def_labels has the necessary default
labels before
&part is ever called.
Core Breach
Built-ins like
&split can also be given named arguments in
Perl 6, so, alternatively, we could write the
BEGIN block like
so:
BEGIN { print "Enter 2 default labels: "; @def_labels = split(str=><>, max=>3).[0..1]; }
Here we're leaving out the split pattern entirely and making use of
&split's default split-on-whitespace behaviour.
Incidentally, an important goal of Perl 6 is to make the language powerful enough to natively implement all its own built-ins. We won't actually implement it that way, since screamingly fast performance is another goal, but we do want to make it easy for anyone to create their own versions of any Perl built-in or control structure.
So, for example,
&split would be declared like this:
sub split( Rule|Str ?$sep = /\s+/, Str ?$str = $CALLER::_, Int ?$max = Inf ) { # implementation here }
Note first that every one of
&split's parameters is
optional, and that the defaults are the same as in Perl 5. If we omit the
separator pattern, the default separator is whitespace; if we omit the string
to be split,
&split splits the caller's
$_
variable; if we omit the "maximum number of pieces to return" argument, there
is no upper limit on the number of splits that may be made.
Note that we can't just declare the second parameter like so:
Str ?$str = $_,
That's because, in Perl 6, the
$_ variable is lexical (not
global), so a subroutine doesn't have direct access to the
$_ of
its caller. That means that Perl 6 needs a special way to access a caller's
$_.
That special way is via the
CALLER:: namespace. Writing
$CALLER::_ gives us access to the
$_ of whatever
scope called the current subroutine. This works for other variables too
(
$CALLER::foo,
@CALLER::bar, etc.) but is rarely
useful, since we're only allowed to use
CALLER:: to access
variables that already exist, and
$_ is about the only variable
that a subroutine can rely upon to be present in any scope it might be called
from.
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
A Constant Source of Joy
Setting up the
@def_labels array at compile-time and then using
it as the default for the
@labels parameter works fine, but
there's always the chance that the array might somehow be accidentally
reassigned later. If that's not desirable, then we need to make the array a
constant. In Perl 6 that looks like this:
my @def_labels is constant = BEGIN { print "Enter 2 default labels: "; split(/\s+/, <>, 3).[0..1]; };
The
is constant trait is the way we prevent any Perl 6 variable
from being reassigned after it's been declared. It effectively replaces the
STORE method of the variable's implementation with one that throws
an exception whenever it's called. It also instructs the compiler to keep an
eye out for compile-time-detectable modifications to the variable and die
violently if it finds any.
Whenever a variable is declared
is constant it must be
initialized as part of its declaration. In this case we use the return value of
a
BEGIN block as the initializer value.
Oh, by the way,
BEGIN blocks have return values in Perl 6.
Specifically, they return the value of the last statement executed inside them
(just like a Perl 5
do or
eval block does, except
that
BEGINs do it at compile-time).
In the above example the result of the
BEGIN is the return
value of the call to
split. So
@def_labels is
initialized to the two default labels, which cannot thereafter be changed.
BEGIN at the Scene of the Crime
Of course, the
@def_labels array is really just a temporary
storage facility for transferring the results of the
BEGIN block
to the default value of the
@labels parameter.
We could easily do away with it entirely, by simply putting the
BEGIN block right there in the parameter list:
sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = BEGIN { print "Enter 2 default labels: "; split(/\s+/, <>, 3).[0..1]; }, *@data ) returns List of Pair { # body as before }
And that works fine.
Macro Biology
The only problem is that it's ugly, brutish, and not at all short. If only
there were some way of calling the
BEGIN block at that point
without having to put the actual
BEGIN block at that point....
Well, of course there is such a way. In Perl 6 a block is just a special
kind of nameless subroutine... and a subroutine is just a special name-ful kind
of block. So it shouldn't really come as a surprise that
BEGIN
blocks have a name-ful, subroutine-ish counterpart. They're called
macros and they look and act very much like ordinary subroutine,
except that they run at compile-time.
So, for example, we could create a compile-time subroutine that requests and returns our user-specified labels:
macro request(int $n, Str $what) returns List of Str { print "Enter $n $what: "; my @def_labels = split(/\s+/, <>, $n+1); return { @def_labels[0..$n-1] }; } # and later... sub part (Selector $is_sheep, Str +@labels is dim(2) = request(2,"default labels"), *@data ) returns List of Pair { # body as before }
Calls to a macro are invoked during compilation (not at run-time). In fact,
like a
BEGIN block, a macro call is executed as soon as the parser
has finished parsing it. So, in the above example, when the parser has parsed
the declaration of the
@labels parameter and then the
= sign indicating a default value, it comes across what looks like
a subroutine call. As soon as it has parsed that subroutine call (including its
argument list) it will detect that the subroutine
&request is
actually a macro, so it will immediately call
&request with
the specified arguments (
2 and
"default labels").
Whenever a macro like
&request is invoked, the parser
itself intercepts the macro's return value and integrates it somehow back into
the parse tree it is in the middle of building. If the macro returns a block
— as
&request does in the above example — the
parser extracts the the contents of that block and inserts the parse tree of
those contents into the program's parse tree. In other words, if a macro
returns a block, a precompiled version of whatever is inside the block replaces
the original macro call.
Alternatively, a macro can return a string. In that case, the parser inserts
that string back into the source code in place of the macro call and then
reparses it. This means we could also write
&request like
this:
macro request(int $n, Str $what) returns List of Str { print "Enter $n $what: "; return "<< ( @(split(/\s+/, <>, $n+1).[0..$n-1]) >>"; }
in which case it would return a string containing the characters
"<<", followed by the two labels that the
request call reads in, followed by a closing double angles. The
parser would then substitute that string in place of the macro call, discover
it was a
<<...>> word list, and use that list as the
default labels.
Macros for
BEGIN-ners
Macros are enormously powerful. In fact, in Perl 6, we could implement the
functionality of
BEGIN itself using a macro:
macro MY_BEGIN (&block) { my $context = want; if $context ~~ List { my @values = block(); return { *@values }; } elsif $context ~~ Scalar { my $value = block(); return { $value }; } else { block(); return; } }
The
MY_BEGIN macro declares a single parameter
(
&block). Because that parameter is specified with the
Code sigil (
&), the macro requires that the
corresponding argument must be a block or subroutine of some type. Within the
body of
&MY_BEGIN that argument is bound to the
lexical subroutine
&block (just as a
$foo parameter would bind its corresponding argument to a lexical
scalar variable, or a
@foo parameter would bind its argument to a
lexical array).
&MY_BEGIN then calls the
want function, which
is Perl 6's replacement for
wantarray.
want returns
a scalar value that simultaneously represents any the contexts in which the
current subroutine was called. In other words, it returns a disjunction of
various classes. We then compare that context information against the three
possibilities —
List,
Scalar, and (by
elimination)
Void.
If
MY_BEGIN was called in a list context, we evaluate its
block/closure argument in a list context, capture the results in an array
(
@values), and then return a block containing the contents of that
array flattened back to a list. In a scalar context we do much the same thing,
except that
MY_BEGIN's argument is evaluated in scalar context and
a block containing that scalar result is returned. In a void context (the only
remaining possibility), the argument is simply evaluated and nothing is
returned.
In the first two cases, returning a block causes the original macro call to
be replaced by a parse tree, specifically, the parse tree representing the
values that resulted from executing the original block passed to
MY_BEGIN.
In the final case — a void context — the compiler isn't expecting to replace the macro call with anything, so it doesn't matter what we return, just as long as we evaluate the block. The macro call itself is simply eliminated from the final parse-tree.
Note that
MY_BEGIN could be written more concisely than it was
above, by taking advantage of the smart-matching behaviour of a switch
statement:
macro MY_BEGIN (&block) { given want { when List { my @values = block(); return { *@values }; } when Scalar { my $value = block(); return { $value }; } when Void { block(); return } } }
A Macro by Any Other Syntax ...
Because macros are called by the parser, it's possible to have them interact with the parser itself. In particular, it's possible for a macro to tell the parser how the macro's own argument list should be parsed.
For example, we could give the
&request macro its own
non-standard argument syntax, so that instead of calling it as:
request(2,"default labels")
we could just write:
request(2 default labels)
To do that we'd define
&request like so:
macro request(int $n, Str $what) is parsed( /:w \( (\d+) (.*?) \) / ) returns List of Str { print "Enter $n $what: "; my @def_labels = split(/\s+/, <>, $n+1); return { @def_labels[0..$n-1] }; }
The
is parsed trait tells the parser what to look for
immediately after it encounters the macro's name. In the above example, the
parser is told that, after encountering the sequence
"request" it
should expect to match the pattern:
/ :w # Allow whitespace between the tokens \( # Match an opening paren (\d+) # Capture one-or-more digits (.*?) # Capture everything else up to... \) # ...a closing paren /
Note that the one-or-more-digits and the anything-up-to-paren bits of the
pattern are in capturing parentheses. This is important because the list of
substrings that an
is parsed pattern captures is then used as the
argument list to the macro call. The captured digits become the first argument
(which is then bound to the
$n parameter) and the captured
"everything else" becomes the second argument (and is bound to
$what).
Normally, of course, we don't need to specify the
is parsed
trait when setting up a macro. Since a macro is a kind of subroutine, by
default its argument list is parsed the same as any other subroutine's —
as a comma-separated list of Perl 6 expressions.
Editor's note: this document is out of date and remains here for historic interest. See Synopsis 6 for the current design information.
Refactoring Parameter Lists
By this stage, you might be justified in feeling that
&part's parameter list is getting just a leeeeettle too
sophisticated for its own good. Moreover, if we were using the multisub
version, that complexity would have to be repeated in every variant.
Philosophically though, that's okay. The later versions of
&part are doing some fairly sophisticated things, and the
complexity required to achieve that has to go somewhere. Putting that extra
complexity in the parameter list means that the body of
&part
stays much simpler, as do any calls to
&part.
That's the whole point: Complexify locally to simplify globally. Or maybe: Complexify declaratively to simplify procedurally.
But there's precious little room for the consolations of philosophy when you're swamped in code and up to your assembler in allomorphism. So, rather than having to maintain those complex and repetitive parameter lists, we might prefer to factor out the common infrastructure. With, of course, yet another macro:
macro PART_PARAMS { my ($sheep,$goats) = request(2 default labels); return "Str +\@labels is dim(2) = <<$sheep $goats>>, *\@data"; } multi sub part (Selector $is_sheep, PART_PARAMS) { # body as before } multi sub part (Int @is_sheep, PART_PARAMS) { # body as before }
Here we create a macro named
&PART_PARAMS that requests and
extracts the default labels and then interpolates them into a string, which it
returns. That string then replaces the original macro call.
Note that we reused the
&request macro within the
&PART_PARAMS macro. That's important, because it means that,
as the body of
&PART_PARAMS is itself being parsed, the
default names are requested and interpolated into
&PART_PARAMS's code. That ensures that the user-supplied
default labels are hardwired into
&PART_PARAMS even before
it's compiled. So every subsequent call to
PART_PARAMS will return
the same default labels.
On the other hand, if we'd written
&PART_PARAMS like
this:
macro PART_PARAMS { print "Enter 2 default labels: "; my ($sheep,$goats) = split(/\s+/, <>, 3); return "*\@data, Str +\@labels is dim(2) = <<$sheep $goats>>"; }
then each time we used the
&PART_PARAMS macro in our code,
it would re-prompt for the labels. So we could give each variant of
&part its own default labels. Either approach is fine,
depending on the effect we want to achieve. It's really just a question how
much work we're willing to put in in order to be Lazy.
Smooth Operators
By now it's entirely possible that your head is spinning with the sheer
number of ways Perl 6 lets us implement the
&part subroutine.
Each of those ways represents a different tradeoff in power, flexibility, and
maintainability of the resulting code. It's important to remember that, however
we choose to implement
&part, it's always invoked in basically
the same way:
%parts = part $selector, @data;
Sure, some of the above techniques let us modify the return labels, or control the use of named vs positional arguments. But with all of them, the call itself starts with the name of the subroutine, after which we specify the arguments.
Let's change that too!
Suppose we preferred to have a partitioning operator, rather than a subroutine. If we ignore those optional labels, and restrict our list to be an actual array, we can see that the core partitioning operation is binary ("apply this selector to that array").
If
&part is to become an operator, we need it to be a
binary operator. In Perl 6 we can make up completely new operators, so let's
take our partitioning inspiration from Moses and call our new operator:
~|_|~
We'll assume that this "Red Sea" operator is to be used like this:
%parts = @animals ~|_|~ Animal::Cat;
The left operand is the array to be partitioned and the right operand is the selector. To implement it, we'd write;
multi sub infix:~|_|~ (@data, Selector $is_sheep) is looser(&infix:+) is assoc('non') { return part $is_sheep, @data; }
Operators are often overloaded with multiple variants (as we'll soon see), so we typically implement them as multisubs. However, it's also perfectly possible to implement them as regular subroutines, or even as macros.
To distinguish a binary operator from a regular multisub, we give it a
special compound name, composed of the keyword
infix: followed by
the characters that make up the operator's symbol. These characters can be any
sequence of non-whitespace Unicode characters (except left parenthesis, which
can only appear if it's the first character of the symbol). So instead of
~|_|~ we could equally well have named our partitioning operator
any of:
infix:¥ infix:¦ infix:^%#$! infix:<-> infix:∇
The
infix: keyword tells the compiler that the operator is
placed between its operands (as binary operators always are). If we're
declaring a unary operator, there are three other keywords that can be used
instead:
prefix:,
postfix:, or
circumfix:. For example:
sub prefix:± (Num $n) is equiv(&infix:+) { return +$n|-$n } sub postfix:² (Num $n) is tighter(&infix:**) { return $n**2 } sub circumfix:⌊...⌋ (Num $n) { return POSIX::floor($n) } # and later... $error = ±⌊$x²⌋;
The
is tighter,
is looser, and
is
equiv traits tell the parser what the precedence of the new operator
will be, relative to existing operators: namely, whether the operator binds
more tightly than, less tightly than, or with the same precedence as the
operator named in the trait. Every operator has to have a precedence and
associativity, so every operator definition has to include one of these three
traits.
The
is assoc trait is only required on infix operators and
specifies whether they chain to the left (like
+), to the right
(like
=), or not at all (like
..). If the trait is
not specified, the operator takes its associativity from the operator that's
specified in the
is tighter,
is looser, or
is
equiv trait.
Arguments Both Ways
On the other hand, we might prefer that the selector come first (as it does
in
&part):
%parts = Animal::Cat ~|_|~ @animals;
in which case we could just add:
multi sub infix:~|_|~ (Selector $is_sheep, @data) is equiv( &infix:~|_|~(Array,Selector) ) { return part $is_sheep, @data; }
so now we can specify the selector and the data in either order.
Because the two variants of the
&infix:~|_|~ multisubs have
different parameter lists (one is
(Array,Selector), the other is
(Selector, Array), Perl 6 always knows which one to call. If the
left operand is a
Selector, the
&infix:~|_|~(Selector,Array) variant is called. If the left
operand is an array, the
&infix:~|_|~(Array,Selector) variant
is invoked.
Note that, for this second variant, we specified
is equiv
instead of
is tighter or
is looser. This ensures that
the precedence and associativity of the second variant are the same as those of
the first. That's also why we didn't need to specify an
is
assoc.
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Phew. Talk about "more than one way to do it"!
But don't be put off by these myriad new features and alternatives. The vast majority of them are special-purpose, power-user techniques that you may well never need to use or even know about.
For most of us it will be enough to know that we can now add a proper parameter list, with sensibly named parameters, to any subroutine. What we used to write as:
sub feed { my ($who, $how_much, @what) = @_; ... }
we now write as:
sub feed ($who, $how_much, *@what) { ... }
or, when we're feeling particularly cautious:
sub feed (Str $who, Num $how_much, Food *@what) { ... }
Just being able to do that is a huge win for Perl 6.
Parting Shot
By the way, here's (most of) that same partitioning functionality implemented in Perl 5:
# Perl 5 code... sub part { my ($is_sheep, $maybe_flag_or_labels, $maybe_labels, @data) = @_; my ($sheep, $goats); if ($maybe_flag_or_labels eq "labels" && ref $maybe_labels eq 'ARRAY') { ($sheep, $goats) = @$maybe_labels; } elsif (ref $maybe_flag_or_labels eq 'ARRAY') { unshift @data, $maybe_labels; ($sheep, $goats) = @$maybe_flag_or_labels; } else { unshift @data, $maybe_flag_or_labels, $maybe_labels; ($sheep, $goats) = qw(sheep goats); } my $arg1_type = ref($is_sheep) || 'CLASS'; my %herd; if ($arg1_type eq 'ARRAY') { for my $index (0..$#data) { my $datum = $data[$index]; my $label = grep({$index==$_} @$is_sheep) ? $sheep : $goats; push @{$herd{$label}}, $datum; } } else { croak "Invalid first argument to &part" unless $arg1_type =~ /^(Regexp|CODE|HASH|CLASS)$/; for (@data) { if ( $arg1_type eq 'Regexp' && /$is_sheep/ || $arg1_type eq 'CODE' && $is_sheep->($_) || $arg1_type eq 'HASH' && $is_sheep->{$_} || UNIVERSAL::isa($_,$is_sheep) ) { push @{$herd{$sheep}}, $_; } else { push @{$herd{$goats}}, $_; } } } return map {bless {key=>$_,value=>$herd{$_}},'Pair'} keys %herd; }
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On the Create Issue screen, I'm using an Initializer function to dynamically change the default FormValue of Assignee based on Issue Type.
This is working fine when I use actual users, but I'm unable to set the FormValue of Assignee back to the "Automatic" option (which has a value of -1)
This works:
getFieldById(ASSIGNEE).setFormValue("bobparker")
This doesn't work:
getFieldById(ASSIGNEE).setFormValue("-1")
Full code is below:
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField
import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.*
if (getActionName() != "Create Issue") {
return
}
getFieldById(ASSIGNEE).setFormValue("-1")
Hi Jordan.
I had a few problems with behaviours myself in old versions. Since I'm a dev at the Scriptrunner team I have access to all of its builds. In the new development build it works fine. I would tell you to wait it out. It will work once you update.
If this helped out, please accept answers, so that users know this question has been answered.
Cheers!
DYelamos
Hi Daniel,
To clarify, I'm on the latest (Version 5.2.2). You're saying wait till the next SR release for this functionality?
Thanks!
Jordan
Hi Jordan,
That is correct. Please click Watch on the version history page to be notified once released.
Thanks,
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Introduction
Whenever you’re deploying Windows Server DFS-Namespaces, you will need to figure out how many servers will be required.
Since I moved to the role of DFS-N PM, I noticed that the specific information on how many namespace servers you need is something that isn’t clearly posted anywhere.
Although we never really had any problems with performance of the namespace server themselves, the question of where to place them is quite common.
Hopefully, this blog post will help clarify the topic.
Note: We're not discussing here the type of namespace you should be using (standalone, 2008 domain mode, 2000 domain mode).
We assume you already made that call and you're now deciding how many namespaces servers you need and where they should be.
Performance.
Zero?
The first option for you is not to deploy any additional servers specifically for DFS-N.
If you have a small environment, you can simple enable the DFS-N role on an existing domain controller or file server (you are likely to have some of those already).
In that case, you need zero new servers. Let’s look into the two options: DCs or file servers.
Deploy DFS-N on the DCs
Domain controllers seem like a good candidate to become namespace servers, since they are usually not too busy on small environments.
Domain controllers are likely to also be running other services like DNS.
The typical distribution of domain controllers will also help with your namespace site awareness.
Having a DC nearby will also do wonders for the performance of your domain queries.
On the other hand, domain controllers are sometimes run by dedicated teams that are not too keen on adding unrelated services to their boxes.
You could argue that DFS-N and AD are closely related, since DFS-N domain namespaces use AD for storage. You might lose that argument :-).
Domain controllers are usually heavily secured (for good reasons) and getting permissions to manage a service on those boxes might be a tough one, specially on larger enterprises.
It might also be a little harder to troubleshoot root referrals when the namespace server and DC are collocated (not so easy to get a network trace).
Deploy DFS-N on the file servers
File Servers are also an easy option here. If you already have a few file servers, you could simple add the DFS-N role to a few of them.
The team that manages file servers typically will also be in charge of namespaces, so that helps.
Also, if you have consolidated your file servers, you’re probably OK consolidating your namespace service as well.
This might perpetuate the myth that the file service and the namespace service are the same thing, but that’s just a minor thing 🙂
One issue is that the file servers might not be running Windows (they could be some type of NAS appliance), so you could not load DFS-N on them.
As already mentioned, a single namespace server can handle a lot of load, so you will definitely not need this service on every file server. You should aim for two (for high availability).
Two
If you couldn’t talk the owners of either the domain controllers or the file server into hosting the DFS-N service, you can have your own dedicated namespace servers.
If you do decide to install them separately, you would typically not need more than one server, from a referral performance standpoint.
However, due to high availability requirements, it’s strongly recommend to configure two of them.
If you use domain namespaces, they will naturally cover for each other.
If you use standalone namespaces, you should configure them as a failover cluster.
One per site
One reason to have more than two dedicated namespace servers is to resolve referrals within a site.
If you are using domain namespaces, clients will get their referrals from the nearest namespace server and the AD site configuration is used to determine that.
In that case, you should consider having one namespace server per site.
To further improve on that, you could have at least one domain controller per site and enable DFS-N “root scalability”. This will make the namespace server work with the nearest DC.
Keep in mind that, if you enable “root scalability” and you update the namespace root, your users might see outdated information until the site DC gets updated via AD replication.
This also provides fault tolerance, because if the namespace server on your site fails, you can still get referrals by contacting a namespace server on another site.
This is definitely not driven by the load on the server, but by the requirements for site independency and by WAN bandwidth concerns.
Have I mentioned that you could try to talk the people manage the DCs into let you run the DFS-N service on their boxes? 🙂
Two per team
You might also end up with multiple namespace servers if multiple teams in an enterprise stand up their own set, typically using standalone namespaces.
Since each team will need to provide high availability by clustering their standalone namespace servers, you will end up with two namespace servers per team.
As you can imagine, this not a good way to go. Keep in mind that DFS-N servers can host multiple namespaces and you can delegate management per namespace.
This makes even less sense for domain namespaces, since by definition you would be trying to consolidate the namespaces.
Again, this would not be driven by the load on the server or any other technical requirements.
In short, if you have one or two namespace servers per team you should probably go back to the drawing board and reconsider your consolidation options.
Conclusion
I hope this helped with your DFS-N design. For additional details on DFS-N, see my other blog posts at
Lucid as always. Nicely stated. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2009/06/26/how-many-dfs-n-namespace-servers-do-you-need/ | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | refinedweb | 984 | 60.04 |
From: Miki Jovanovic (miki_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-05-25 08:45:51
Hi all, hi Dave,
At first I thought that was the way to go. But then I thought of some
examples, how I would implement them, and soon I realised that
classes are a better choice. With namespaces you have to chose
between private members and inlining. Basically, most issues revolve
around protection issues. You cannot make friends etc. All in all, we
probably have to enable both aproaches.
BTW, in response to other messages, this would probably solve the
copy constructor problem:
class noninstantiable : protected noncopyable {
private:
noninstantiable(){}
}; // noninstantiable
Cheers,
Miki Jovanovic.
--- In boost_at_[hidden], "David Abrahams" <abrahams_at_m...> wrote:
> In my neck of the woods we call that class "namespace" ;)
> Seriously, why not use a namespace?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Nordlund" <peter.nordlund_at_l...>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 5:26 AM
> Subject: [boost] Suggestion to add class nonistantiable to
utility.hpp
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In the spirit of noncopyable I suggest that the class
> >
> > class noninstantiable {
> > private:
> > noninstantiable(){}
> > }; // noninstantiable
> >
> > is added to utility.hpp.
> >
> > Inherit from this class if your class should not be possible to
> > instantiate.
> > E.g when your class only contain static functions.
> >
> > If someone has a better name to suggest you are wellcome!
> >
Boost list run by bdawes at acm.org, gregod at cs.rpi.edu, cpdaniel at pacbell.net, john at johnmaddock.co.uk | https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2000/05/3106.php | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | refinedweb | 234 | 59.9 |
Phil Jones takes issue with Chris Dent's claim that Purple Numbers should have no meaning (such as sequence), making the excellent point that a key strength of the WiKi concept is the use of a Wiki Name as a URI. Some random thoughts...
the Folkson Omy model doesn't have to lead to a unique resource, but rather a collection of resources (sharing a given tag assignment), whereas here it's pretty important to have a uniquely identified resource
this smells slightly similar to the DNS/Name Space vs GooGle situation. It's hard to create a unique meaningful namespace.
in Structured Writing every Information Block has a label. Blocks don't necessarily map exactly to [Purple Number] entities (I'm not sure whether a single bullet point necessarily counts as a standalone Information Block).
Chris Dent thinks each list item IsA Information Block. I agree, but don't know whether Robert Horn would agree. | http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/z2005-05-10-PurpleNumberLabelAbstractness | crawl-002 | refinedweb | 156 | 61.16 |
Xavier Hanin wrote:
> I think you can see it in verbose or debug mode, but it's not obvious.
> logging the depender(s) when a dependency is not found would be a nice
> improvement. You can open an issue if you. So you can either ensure more consistent names with
> a namespace (both versions of spring-ldap should have the same org), or use
> global exclude:
>
> <ivy-module
> [...]
> <dependencies>
> [put your dependencies here]
>
> <exclude org="org.spring" module="spring-ldap"
>
> </dependencies>
> </ivy-module>
>
> HTH,
>
> Xavier
(Spring must have changed the package structure; if I could fix that, I
would.)
That does seem like a good feature, just wondering if you'll push a beta
3 release, or do some sort of snapshot? This goes +10 for IvyDE;
pointing co-workers to random builds hosted on places that I read about
via e-mail doesn't really help me convince them that it is stable for
production use. :)
Mike | http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-ivy-user/200804.mbox/%3C48112B91.3080607@s2g.ca%3E | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | refinedweb | 158 | 70.02 |
Polyline Sorcery With React Native
I owe my first 6 months of college attendance to Google Maps. You could say, I would not be where I am today if that location marker and the blue path to my destination had not got along so well. I also would not be where I am right now. It’s just a dot and a line though, what’s the big deal? And that’s exactly right; it isn’t a big deal, but that’s all thanks to the nice guys at Google. Their algorithms are out there figuring out the fastest routes to drive, walk, and Heely (RIP) to your destination. It’s up to us to figure how best to leverage this in our apps.
There are many ways to render a route on Google Maps. All you really need is a little bit of HTML knowledge (you will be using script tags though), and you’re on your way using the Google Maps Direction Service. But I wanted to recreate the same mobile experience that guides me to 3 AM burritos every Saturday. My weapon of choice: React Native (If You Don’t Know, Now You Know). I’ll trust you to learn the basics, and if you want to try it out Expo is a great tool to see your app come to life.
The Map Component:
I totally would love to figure out how to implement Google Maps as a React Native component but baby steps here. The first baby step: AirBnB’s MapView Component. [Tl;dr : It’s a wrapper that took React Native’s MapView component and augmented it with so many options and optimisations that the original component is now deprecated.]
//In Your Terminal (Yes, I Know You Already Know This)
npm install --save react-native-maps
//React Component (Apple Map on iOS, Google Map on Android)
import MapView from 'react-native-maps'
At this point you should be able to literally drop the<Mapview /> component into your class’ render function and have a functional map (although you might want to look into the options to tweak the appearance or focus).
Polylines, Finally
We are finally ready to talk about polylines. Simply put, a polyline is just a mash of many smaller line segments. These line segments use latitude & longitude values to plot parts of your path. Put em all together, and you have your route! The Google Maps API helps us out with the lat/lng values, so go ahead and grab an API key from their developers site. A simple call now lets us get all the information we need to plot our polyline, and it looks something like this:[YOUR_API_KEY_HERE]
Go ahead and input that in your browser to see what the result looks like. It’s an object that gives us information for a walking route (note the walking option in the URL; go on, mess around). Use what you’d like (the place_id lets you access a lot more information about a place using the Google Places service). What we (I) care about here is the “overview_polyline” property, which gives us a (slightly modified) base64 encoded string. Crack that code and you’re magically left with an array of lat/lng objects that make up your line segments and subsequently your polyline. I do encourage checking out base64 encoding/decoding, as it is a more stable way to get data across a network using a string of common characters.
Here’s a visual of your points, segments, and polyline:
Enough Talk
Here’s straight up code to get your polylines going. Note: you can definitely do this all on the front end, but don’t. Smartphone processors around the world will thank you.
React:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { MapView } from 'expo';
import { getDirections } from '../redux'; //next section, patience
class Map extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
//you want to locally store your start location and destination, and your polyline coordinates
}
}
componentDidMount() {
//use your current location as your starting point, if you'd like. I am.
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition((res, rej) => {
//you will get a res.coords property
res ? this.setState({ ...etc }): console.log(rej);
});
}
onButtonPress(){
let { startLocation, destination } = this.state;
getDirectionsToBar(startLocation, destination) //lat-lng objects
.then(res=> this.setState({...set your coordinates})
.catch(er => console.log(er))
}
render(){
//Make sure you set your destination (using markers or a dropdown or however you want the user to set it) and create a button
//Within your MapView
{ this.state.coordinates &&
<MapView.Polyline
coordinates={this.state.coordinates}
strokeWidth={4}
}
}
Redux:
import axios from 'axios';
export function getDirectionsToBar(startLoc, destLoc){
return axios.post('YOUR_ROUTE', { startLocation, destination })
.then(res => { return res.data })
.catch(er=>console.log(er))
}
Express (Your API):
//I'll use a router so you cant mount this code on your api path or wherever else you'd like
const router = require('express').Router();
//axios helps us make calls to the Google Maps Api
const axios = require('axios');
//mapbox gives us a great polyline tool that does the decoding for us. sorry I sent you down the base64 rabbithole. But also, you're welcome.
const Polyline = require('@mapbox/polyline');
module.exports = router;
router.post('/', (req, res, next) => {
let { startLocation, destination } = req.body
//remember this url? you can do an async await/fetch too
axios.get(`{startLocation.latitude},${startLocation.longitude}&destination=${destination.latitude},${destination.longitude}&mode=walking&key=YOUR_API_KEY`)
.then(result=> result.data)
.then(result=> {
let array = Polyline.decode(result.routes[0].overview_polyline.points);
//your base64 string is now an array of lat/lng objects
let coordinates = array.map((point) => {
return {
latitude :point[0],
longitude :point[1]
}
})
res.send(coordinates)
}).catch(er=>console.log(er.message))
})
Houston, We Have A Polyline
And that’s about it. You want to think about things like using the distance and duration Google gives you, and giving the user the option of cancelling navigation by clearing your state and adding conditionals. But that wasn’t so bad, and now you can find your own way to class! | https://medium.com/@ravishrawal/polyline-sorcery-with-react-native-8e194bd993f1?utm_campaign=React%2BNative%2BCoach&utm_medium=web&utm_source=React_Native_Coach_17 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | refinedweb | 1,005 | 55.64 |
Well the title is a little vague but when writing an applicaiton how do you know what platform your code is running on? Not if you are running on Windows Mobile PocketPC or SmartPhone (you can use OpenNETCF.WindowsCE.DeviceManagement.PlatformName), but if you are running on the desktop using the .NET Framework or a device using the .NET Compact Framework. For the Mobility Workshop on Saturday I wanted to show a way to distingush if the code was on the .NET Framework or on the Compact Framework so I came up with this class (which was derived from a typed dataset generated code using Compact Framework)
namespace OpenNETCF{ public class Utility { public static bool IsDesktop { get { // Determine if this instance is running against .NET Framework by using the MSCoreLib PublicKeyToken System.Reflection.Assembly mscorlibAssembly = typeof(int).Assembly; if ((mscorlibAssembly != null)) return mscorlibAssembly.FullName.ToUpper().EndsWith("B77A5C561934E089"); return false; } } public static bool IsDevice { get { // Determine if this instance is running against .NET Compact Framework by using the MSCoreLib PublicKeyToken System.Reflection.Assembly mscorlibAssembly = typeof(int).Assembly; if ((mscorlibAssembly != null)) return mscorlibAssembly.FullName.ToUpper().EndsWith("969DB8053D3322AC"); return false; } } }}
Basically you check the public key of the assembly. If you get "B77A5C561934E089" then you are on the Full Fx and if you get "969DB8053D3322AC" you are running on the Compact Framework.
This.
Nic Sagez the Product Manager for Windows Embedded has put together a survey to collect feedback on Windows CE 6 Shared Source Kits. If you want to give your feedback and input on the for Windows CE 6 make sure you fill out the survey.
This!
Well. | http://blog.opennetcf.com/marteaga/default,month,2006-05.aspx | crawl-002 | refinedweb | 267 | 58.89 |
pthread_key_create(3) BSD Library Functions Manual pthread_key_create(3)
NAME
pthread_key_create -- thread-specific data key creation
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_key_create(pthread_key_t *key, void (*destructor)(void *));
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_key_create() function creates a thread-specific data key that is. If a key value has a non-NULL destructor function pointer, and the thread has a non-NULL value associated with the key at the time of thread exit, then the key value is set to NULL and the destructor function is called with the previous key value as its argument. The order of destructor calls at thread exit is unspecified..
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_key_create() function will store the newly created key value at the location specified by key and returns zero. Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
pthread_key
pthread_key_create() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1''). BSD April 4, 1996 BSD
Mac OS X 10.9.1 - Generated Thu Jan 9 05:40:41 CST 2014 | http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/pthread_key_create/ | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | refinedweb | 165 | 54.83 |
Recently I’ve been doing a bit of research on machine learning and particularly TensorFlow and Keras. I don’t really have any prior experience of this field, and so far I’ve found that most of the resources I come across either look at these topics from quite a high level or just run through an example without explaining the steps. So I thought I’d write a blog post to help fill in the gap between those two.
As I implied before, I’m not an expert on this topic, so there’s every possibility I might not do everything in the most efficient or best way possible. So, if you spot any errors or areas for improvement, please leave a comment and I’ll endeavour to address those as and when I get the chance.
What is Machine Learning?
“Machine learning is functionality that helps software perform a task without explicit programming or rules. Traditionally considered a subcategory of artificial intelligence, machine learning involves statistical techniques, such as deep learning (aka neural networks), that are inspired by theories about how the human brain processes information.” - Google Cloud Platform
The seven steps of machine Learning
There is a series from Google Cloud Platform on YouTube called AI Adventures, and the host of that series, suggests that there are 7 steps to machine learning:
- Data gathering: you need data to do data science, funnily enough.
- Data preparation: the data needs to be formatted in such a way that the model will understand, and also needs to be split into data for training and data for evaluation.
- Choosing a model: There are a variety of different model types available and they’re each suited to different types of data.
- Training: Train the model with the training data.
- Evaluation: Test the model’s accuracy against data it hasn’t seen in training.
- Parameter tuning: adjust the various parameters of the model to try to improve it’s performance.
- Prediction: Use the model to make predictions about specific pieces of data.
From what I’ve gathered, this is a pretty accurate representation of the machine learning process. I find that it helps when getting started with machine learning to go through the steps as you write the corresponding code.
I recommend watching the series if you haven’t already.
What is TensorFlow?
“TensorFlow is an open-source machine learning library for research and production. TensorFlow offers APIs for beginners and experts to develop for desktop, mobile, web, and cloud.” - TensorFlow Website
So… yeah. That’s what it is..” - keras.io
The introductory tutorials on the TensorFlow website all seem to use Keras rather than vanilla TensorFlow. This would suggest that the smart people behind TensorFlow think that Keras is a good thing to use, at least for beginners. So, in this blog I’ll aim to cover a bit of a tutorial on each, and discuss the differences between the two implementations.
How do I use TensorFlow and/or Keras?
The basic steps are essentially what I covered above, under “The seven steps of machine learning”. We’ll go into more detail on the implementation of these steps in the tutorial.
Aside - RE: Data Science and Machine Learning terminology
If, like me, you’re new to data science, then you might find some of the terminology a bit strange. One of the main queries I had whilst working through tutorials, blogs, and YouTube videos was: “why are features and labels so often referred to as X and y?” So, usually we think of data as rows, columns, and cells. We might have headings for each. In data science there are features and labels, which are often referred to or assigned to variables as X and y respectively. This notation comes from the standardised shorthand of statistical analysis. We can think of labels as the output variables of a function, and features as the input. We input features into our algorithm and aim to get the right label out. In statistics, input variables are commonly denoted as X and output variables are denoted as y. So that’s why we have these single character variable names in our nice, otherwise well written code.
For a more verbose set of definitions for terminology used around data science and machine learning, check out the google developers machine learning glossary.
Tutorial
For the purposes of this tutorial I’m going to assume that you’re going to be using either Google Colab or Kaggle for the actual development. This makes it a bit easier to get started with TensorFlow quickly as there’s virtually no setup at all. If you’d prefer to use your local machine, that’s fine; you just have a little more legwork to do to get your machine setup. You should be able to follow this tutorial once you have TensorFlow and the other necessary libraries installed. See here for how to install TensorFlow using pip.
The dataset I’ll be using can be found here. However, hopefully the principles covered in this tutorial should be applicable to any dataset you like (in theory), as long as you take care in how you process the data and set up the model.
STEP 1 : import the necessities
# TensorFlow and tf.keras import tensorflow as tf # Only necessary if you're using Keras (obviously) from tensorflow import keras # Helper libraries import numpy as np import pandas as pd import math import pprint as pp
STEP 2: Parse the data
There are lot of different ways to parse data. For this tutorial we’ll be using pandas.
data = pd.read_csv("zoo.csv")
STEP 3: Shuffle and split the data
# Shuffle data = data.sample(frac=1).reset_index(drop=True) # Split data_total_len = data[data.columns[0]].size data_train_frac = 0.6 split_index = math.floor(data_total_len*data_train_frac) training_data = data.iloc[:split_index] evaluation_data = data.iloc[split_index:];
STEP 4: Separate the data into features and labels
If you want to use your own data, then it might help you at this point to visualise your data, so that you have a better understanding of how it is formatted. A useful tool for this is facets. The key pieces of information you’ll need at this point are:
- how many columns does your dataset have?
- which column holds the labels for your dataset?
You might also want to consider if there are any columns which you don’t want to include in your analysis. For instance, in this example we’re excluding the first column, since we don’t want the name of the animal to be considered when assigning a class.
column_count = 18; label_column_index = 17 # Zero based index (so this is the 18th column) def preprocess(data): X = data.iloc[:, 1:column_count-1] y = data.iloc[:, label_column_index] y = y-1 # shift label value range from 1-7 to 0-6 return X, y
STEP 4 - A: TensorFlow only
This will be used later in defining feature columns for the TensorFlow estimator.
X, y = preprocess(data);
STEP 4 - continued: Both
(train_data, train_labels) = preprocess(training_data); (eval_data, eval_labels) = preprocess(evaluation_data);
STEP 5 - Build the model
STEP 5 - A: TensorFlow version
TensorFlow models, aka estimators, require data to be formatted as feature columns.
feature_columns = [ tf.feature_column.categorical_column_with_vocabulary_list( key = col_name, vocabulary_list = data[col_name].unique() ) for col_name in X.columns ]
The DNN classifier we’ll be using requires these feature columns to be wrapped in indicator columns. Linear classifiers can handle feature columns, as is, because the internal representation of categorical columns within that model, effectively does this conversion by default.
deep_features = [tf.feature_column.indicator_column(col) for col in feature_columns]
model = tf.estimator.DNNClassifier( feature_columns = deep_features, hidden_units = [30,20,10], n_classes = 7 )
So, what this does is: instantiate a Deep Neural Network Classifier, which uses the feature columns from our data. It has hidden layers of 30, 20, and 10 neurons, and is expecting to sort the data into 7 different classes.
STEP 5 - B: Keras version
model = keras.Sequential() model.add(keras.layers.Dense(30, input_shape=(16,))) model.add(keras.layers.Dense(20, activation=tf.nn.relu)) model.add(keras.layers.Dense(7, activation=tf.nn.softmax))
Take note: none of the tutorials that I read said this explicitly, or even implied it for that matter. So I’m going to make it clear here, so that anyone following along can avoid the confusion and resulting frustration I went through in figuring this out. In a Keras model the number of neurons in the last layer must equal the number of classes, or the model won’t work properly and you’ll see confusing results; like the model predicting values of 8 or 9, when you only have 7 classes.
The above snippet does similar things to the TensorFlow version. It creatures a Sequential model and then adds layers to it. The layers have 30, 20, and 7 neurons respectively. The
input_shape is an optional parameter given to the first layer and then inferred by subsequent layers. In this case our data is an array of 16 values, and so has a shape of (16,). If it were say a 2-D array of 10 by 10 data points, then the input shape would be (10, 10).
Activations, are a topic unto themselves, and I’m not going to try to explain them here. Most examples I’ve come across use relu and softmax, as we’re using here.
“A function (for example, ReLU or sigmoid) that takes in the weighted sum of all of the inputs from the previous layer and then generates and passes an output value (typically nonlinear) to the next layer.” - Google Developers Machine Learning Glossary
STEP 6 - Train the model
epochs = 150 batch_size = 12
Epochs are the number of training passes the model will run over all of your data. Batch size is, as it sounds, the size of the batches the model will process in one iteration.
STEP 6 - A: TensorFlow version
Most methods on the model in TensorFlow require us to pass in an input function. This is how the model receives our data.
def train_input_fn(): dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((dict(train_data), train_labels)) # shuffle, repeat, and batch the examples dataset = dataset.shuffle(1000) dataset = dataset.repeat(epochs).batch(batch_size) return dataset
model.train(input_fn = train_input_fn)
STEP 6 - B: Keras version
With Keras this is a bit simpler. Rather than having to define a function just to pass this information to the model, we can just pass the data and metadata straight to the
fit function on the model. However, there is an extra step in that we have to compile the model before we can use it.
model.compile( optimizer=tf.train.AdamOptimizer(), loss='sparse_categorical_crossentropy', metrics=['accuracy'] ) model.fit(train_data, train_labels, epochs = epochs, batch_size = batch_size)
The compile function takes a few parameters:
optimizertells the model which optimisation algorithm to use when adjusting the weights of network connections in the neural network.
losstells the model an objective to try to minimise during it’s calculations. Basically this measures how far the predicted label is from the actual label. At time of writing; the Keras docs around these functions is… for want of a better word, sparse. So, I apologise for my lack of further detail (As I said before, I’m no data scientist).
metricstells the model how to judge it’s own performance. We’re just interested in accuracy, and so that’s the only metric we’re using here.
STEP 7 - Evaluate the model
This is similar to training the model. It’s fairly simple with both Keras and vanilla TensorFlow, but TensorFlow requires a bit more legwork in defining an input function whereas Keras doesn’t.
STEP 7 - A: TensorFlow version
def eval_input_fn(): dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((dict(eval_data), eval_labels)) # repeat, and batch the examples # NOTE: do not Shuffle dataset = dataset.repeat(1).batch(batch_size) return dataset
model.evaluate(input_fn=eval_input_fn)
STEP 7 - B: Keras version
model.evaluate(eval_data, eval_labels)
STEP 8 - Make predictions
animal_type = ['Mammal', 'Bird', 'Reptile', 'Fish', 'Amphibian', 'Bug', 'Invertebrate'] prediction_data = evaluation_data
STEP 8 - A: TensorFlow version
As above, the TensorFlow version requires an input function. You’ve probably noticed that these input functions are all quite similar, so there’s room for improvement here. One option is to create a function which takes in the dataset and a few parameters, and generates an input function from that. However, for an introduction, I thought it best to keep these functions separate for clarity.
def predict_input_fn(): dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((dict(prediction_data), eval_labels)) # repeat, and batch the examples # NOTE: do not Shuffle dataset = dataset.repeat(1).batch(batch_size) return dataset
predictions = model.predict(input_fn = predict_input_fn)
This gives us a dictionary with a bunch of data, but we’re only interested in the probabilities for this tutorial. So we’ll extract those with the following line of code.
predictions = [prediction["probabilities"] for prediction in predictions]
STEP 8 - B: Keras version
predictions = model.predict(prediction_data)
STEP 8 - continued: Both
This next snippet isn’t really necessary but I find it helps to visualise the model’s predictions. It simply loops over the predictions and prints out the predicted label, the actual label, and the probabilities the model came up with for each possible label.
for i, prediction in enumerate(predictions): predicted_animal = animal_type[prediction.argmax(axis=-1)] correct_animal = animal_type[eval_labels.iloc[i]] print("Predicted: {}\nActual answer: {}\nProbabilities: {}\n".format(predicted_animal, correct_animal, prediction))
Which should give you something that looks like:
And… we’re done
So, hopefully the above has given you enough to get started with TensorFlow and Keras. With a bit of tweaking, you should be able to fit the code we’ve used here to implement a neural network to analyse almost any dataset.
Possible Next Steps?
Machine learning is an enormous field, and it can be difficult to decide where to go after getting to grips with the basics. So here are some ideas, and I’ll also post some links at the end to some of the resources I used in making this post.
- TensorFlow.js
- TF Lite for mobile
- Google ML APIs
- The proper optimisation of models:
- How many layers should I use in the model?
- How many neurons should I use for each layer?
- What type of classifier or activations do I need?
Closing
Overall I personally found vanilla TensorFlow to be a bit easier to understand and get started with. Largely because each step was a lot more explicit in my opinion, and as a developer, I like things that are explicit in what they do and what they need in order to do it. Also, at time of writing, the docs for TensorFlow are a lot more detailed than the Keras docs. However, I think Keras is really powerful, and would probably have made more sense, had I not gone straight from learning TensorFlow to Keras, which is written in an almost completely different way from vanilla TensorFlow. That all being said; I would still recommend using Keras on top of TensorFlow for most applications where you don’t need to veer too far from standard use cases, as it is much faster to write once you know how, and also it seems to actually run a bit faster than the equivalent vanilla TensorFlow.
Links
- TensorFlow official tutorials
- TensorFlow playground
- Google’s machine learning crash course
- A more in depth TensorFlow tutorial
- A guide to improving performance of your models
TTFN
Thanks very much for reading.
If you have any tips or tricks for using TensorFlow or Keras, leave them in the comments!
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10/10
good job, i read through that article in about 2 minutes, and now understand pointers better than my professor last semester could teach em
i think its clear, to the point and does a good job explaining
however, you might want to release another article stating why pointers are needed, like with classes and things
Its actualy really good. You might want to consider doing a lecture here. Im sure people could benifit well from it. You should consider it.
Yes, I agree with The_Computer_Wizard, you might want to write another article to explain how to use them for more realistic things(i.e. call-by-reference, modifying entire structs, etc...)
Or possibly combine this with your strings article and do a lecture, as suggested by godofceral.
Great article, thanks.
Thanks for Sharing!!! 10/10!
ok ya this is a grate artical and all but my dev-C++ keeps telling my there is a "syntax error before ':' token" on this line"std::cout << "The address of \'myInt\' is: " << (&myInt) << std::end|;" whats wrong i an so lost???
I don't know if it's a typo in your post but it should end in "std::endl;" not "std::end|;"
after #include <iostream> on the next line why dont you put using namespace std so you wont have to use std:; over and over?
Ok, I'm probably going to sound like an idiot here, but, I've been at this for a short while, and I understand the syntax of using pointers, but what I can't seem to grasp is why you would use them. This made understanding how to use them so much easier, but, it would be awesome if you could write an article that, like 0w3r said, shows more practical uses and explains why you would want to use pointers in the first place, so dummies like me can finally grasp the concept. But, awesome article! Thanks! | http://www.hackthissite.org/articles/read/997 | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | refinedweb | 344 | 68.91 |
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Alright, remember this hardcoded quote? Let's create a new class that can replace this with a random Samuel L Jackson quote instead.
In
AppBundle I'll create a new directory called
Service. Inside of our new
Service directory let's add a php class called
QuoteGenerator, and look how nicely it added that namespace for us!
Let's get to work by adding
public function getRandomQuote(). I'll paste in some quotes, then we can use
$key = array_rand($quotes); to get one of those quotes and return it:
Next, I want to register this as a service and use it inside of my controller. So hit
Shift+
Command+
O, search for
services.yml, delete the comments under the services key, and put our service name there instead. I'll give it a nickname of
quote_generator:
Tip
If you're using Symfony 3.3, your
app/config/services.yml contains some extra code
that may break things when following this tutorial! To keep things working - and learn
about what this code does - see
Notice that PHPStorm is autocompleting my tabs wrong, I want to hit tab and have it give me four spaces. So let's fix that real quick in preferences by first hitting
command+,, then searching for "tab". In the left tree find yml under "Code Style" and update the indent from 2 to 4. Click apply, then ok and that should do it!
Yep, that looks perfect. As I was saying: we'll call the service,
quote_generator, but this name really doesn't matter. And of course we need the
class key, and we have autocomplete here too. If you hit
Control+
Space you'll get a list of all the different keys you can use to determine how a service is created, which is pretty incredible.
So we'll do
class, but don't type the whole long name! Like everywhere else, just type the last part of the class: here
Quote and hit tab to get the full line. Now add an empty
arguments line: we don't have any of those yet:
This is now ready to be used in
MovieController.
Use
Command+
Shift+
] to move over to that tab. And here instead of this quote, we'll say
$this->get('') and the plugin is already smart enough to know that the
quote_generator service is there. And it even knows that there is a method on it called
getRandomQuote():
This is one my favorite features of the Symfony plugin.
Save that, head back to the form, refresh and now we see a new random quote at the bottom of the page.
Now in
QuoteGenerator, let's pretend like we need access to some service - like maybe we want to log something inside of here. The normal way of doing that is with dependency injection, where we pass the logger through via the
constructor. So let's do exactly that, but with as little work as possible.
I could type
public function __construct, but instead I'm going to use the generate command. Hit
Command+
N and pick the "Constructor" option from the menu here. I don't think this constructor comment is all that helpful, so go back into preferences with
Command+
,, search for "templates", and under "file and code templates", we have one called "PHP Constructors". I'll just go in here and delete the comment from the template.
Ok, let's try adding the constructor again. Much cleaner:
At this point we need the logger, so add the argument
LoggerInterface $logger:
This is the point where we would normally create the
private $logger property above, and set it down in the constructor with
$this->logger = $logger;. This is a really common task, so if we can find a faster way to do this that would be awesome.
Time to go back to the actions shortcut,
Option+
Enter, select "Initialize fields", then choose
logger, and it adds all that code for you:
We don't even have to feed it!
Farther down, it's really easy to use,
$this->logger->info('Selected quote: '.$quote);:
We've added the argument here, so now we need to go to
services.yml, which I'll move over to. And notice it's highlighting
quote_generator with a missing argument message because it knows that this service has one argument. So we can say
@logger, or even
Command+
O and then use autocomplete to help us:
Head back, refresh, it still works and I could go down here to click into my profiler to check out the logs. Or, in PhpStorm, we can go to the bottom right Symfony menu, click it and use the shortcut to get into the Profiler. Click that, go to logs, and there's our quote right there.
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I am trying to write a package in go. I am given two files:
I need to modify the function to return the min of an array of ints. do not change the first line of code. Please write in go or I will mark this answer as incorrect.
func Min(arr []int) int {
}
I am also given this tester code:
package min
import "testing"
func TestMin(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
in []int
expected int
}{
{[]int{0, -1, 1, 2, -4}, -4},
{[]int{1}, 1},
{[]int{0}, 0},
{[]int{}, 0},
{nil, 0},
// TODO add more tests for 100% test coverage
}
for i, test := range tests {
actual := Min(test.in)
if actual != test.expected {
t.Errorf("#%d: Min(%v)=%d; expected %d", i, test.in, actual, test.expected)
}
}
}
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* Background the process using the daemon(3) function
* Wrap calloc, malloc, strdup, etc.
* I didn't quite undersand what the link() business was about. When processing queues, it is best to avoid all unnecessary namespace manipulation (rename, link primarily).
- create a temp file - this queue file has a "header" prepended - read the mail from stdin and write to the temp file - each recipient gets assigned a queue id, which is the filename at the same time - the temp file gets linked to the queue ids - when a recipient was processed, the link gets removed
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spur 0.3.12
Run commands and manipulate files locally or over SSH using the same interface
To run echo locally:
import spur shell = spur.LocalShell() result = shell.run(["echo", "-n", "hello"]) print result.output # prints hello
Executing the same command over SSH uses the same interface – the only difference is how the shell is created:
import spur shell = spur.SshShell(hostname="localhost", username="bob", password="password1") with shell: result = shell.run(["echo", "-n", "hello"]) print result.output # prints hello
Installation
$ pip install spur
Shell constructors
LocalShell
Takes no arguments:
spur.LocalShell()
SshShell
Requires a hostname. Also requires some combination of a username, password and private key, as necessary to authenticate:
# Use a password spur.SshShell( hostname="localhost", username="bob", password="password1" ) # Use a private key spur.SshShell( hostname="localhost", username="bob", private_key_file="path/to/private.key" ) # Use a port other than 22 spur.SshShell( hostname="localhost", port=50022, username="bob", password="password1" )
Optional arguments:
- connect_timeout – a timeout in seconds for establishing an SSH connection. Defaults to 60 (one minute).
- missing_host_key – by default, an error is raised when a host key is missing. One of the following values can be used to change the behaviour when a host key is missing:
- spur.ssh.MissingHostKey.raise_error – raise an error
- spur.ssh.MissingHostKey.warn – accept the host key and log a warning
- spur.ssh.MissingHostKey.accept – accept the host key
- shell.
Shell interface
run(command, cwd, update_env, store_pid, allow_error, stdout, stderr)
Run a command and wait for it to complete. The command is expected to be a list of strings. Returns an instance of ExecutionResult.
result = shell.run(["echo", "-n", "hello"]) print result.output # prints hello
Note that arguments are passed without any shell expansion. For instance, shell.run(["echo", "$PATH"]) will print the literal string $PATH rather than the value of the environment variable $PATH.
Raises spur.NoSuchCommandError if trying to execute a non-existent command.
Optional arguments:
- cwd – change the current directory to this value before executing the command.
- update_env – a dict containing environment variables to be set before running the command. If there’s an existing environment variable with the same name, it will be overwritten. Otherwise, it is unchanged.
- store_pid – if set to True when calling spawn, store the process id of the spawned process as the attribute pid on the returned process object. Has no effect when calling run.
- allow_error – False by default. If False, an exception is raised if the return code of the command is anything but 0. If True, a result is returned irrespective of return code.
- stdout – if not None, anything the command prints to standard output during its execution will also be written to stdout using stdout.write.
- stderr – if not None, anything the command prints to standard error during its execution will also be written to stderr using stderr.write..
Process interface
Returned by calls to shell.spawn. Has the following attributes:
- pid – the process ID of the process. Only available if store_pid was set to True when calling spawn.
Has the following methods:
- is_running() – return True if the process is still running, False otherwise.
- stdin_write(value) – write value to the standard input of the process.
- wait_for_result() – wait for the process to exit, and then return an instance of ExecutionResult. Will raise RunProcessError if the return code is not zero and shell.spawn was not called with allow_error=True.
- send_signal(signal) – sends the process the signal signal. Only available if store_pid was set to True when calling spawn.
Classes
ExecutionResult
ExecutionResult has the following properties:
- return_code – the return code of the command
- output – a string containing the result of capturing stdout
- stderr_output – a string containing the result of capturing stdout
It also has the following methods:
- to_error() – return the corresponding RunProcessError. This is useful if you want to conditionally raise RunProcessError, for instance:
result = shell.run(["some-command"], allow_error=True) if result.return_code > 4: raise result.to_error()
RunProcessError
A subclass of RuntimeError with the same properties as ExecutionResult:
- return_code – the return code of the command
- output – a string containing the result of capturing stdout
- stderr_output – a string containing the result of capturing stdout
NoSuchCommandError
NoSuchCommandError has the following properties:
- command – the command that could not be found
API stability
Using the the terminology from Semantic Versioning, if the version of spur is X.Y.Z, then X is the major version, Y is the minor version, and Z is the patch version.
While the major version is 0, incrementing the patch version indicates a backwards compatible change. For instance, if you’re using 0.3.1, then it should be safe to upgrade to 0.3.2.
Incrementing the minor version indicates a change in the API. This means that any code using previous minor versions of spur may need updating before it can use the current minor version.
Undocumented features
Some features are undocumented, and should be considered experimental. Use them at your own risk. They may not behave correctly, and their behaviour and interface may change at any time.
Troubleshooting
I get the error “Connection refused” when trying to connect to a virtual machine using a forwarded port on localhost
Try using "127.0.0.1" instead of "localhost" as the hostname.
I get the error “Connection refused” when trying to execute commands over SSH
Try connecting to the machine using SSH on the command line with the same settings. For instance, if you’re using the code:
shell = spur.SshShell( hostname="remote", port=2222, username="bob", private_key_file="/home/bob/.ssh/id_rsa" ) with shell: result = shell.run(["echo", "hello"])
Try running:
ssh bob@remote -p 2222 -i /home/bob/.ssh/id_rsa
If the ssh command succeeds, make sure that the arguments to ssh.SshShell and the ssh command are the same. If any of the arguments to ssh.SshShell are dynamically generated, try hard-coding them to make sure they’re set to the values you expect..
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.
System.Collections:
The operation of putting an object into a stack is called push and the operation of taking an object out of the stack is called pop. Sometimes, it might be required to just "examine" the top element from a stack without taking it out. This operation is called peek. This simple data structure represents a very common concept that we keep seeing/doing in our daily lives!!
There are many ways to program a stack. The traditional method has been to represent a stack by means of an array (wrapped around a class) and then provide methods that allow the operations discussed above. If you are a Visual Basic programmer, you can see an implementation at:.
Rather than having various implementations of stacks floating around by programmers, the .NET team has provided a type called Stack that provides the above discussed features and operations and more.
In .NET, the stack type is present in the System.Collections namespace. The following are the operations available to us on a Stack object.
Count
IsSynchronized
SyncRoot
Clear
Clone
Contains
CopyTo
Array
GetEnumerator
IEnumerator
Peek
object
Pop
Push
Synchronized.Returns
ToArray
All collections also inherit from System.Object. Therefore all the methods from the base class are also available for access.
System.Object
We will not see examples of all the above methods, but only see the important ones. For more information on each of these methods, see the .NET Framework documentation.
Ok, enough of the basics. Let's get down to work. Fire up Visual Studio .NET and choose Console Application (Visual Basic .NET) as the project type and type in the following code into the editor.
Imports System.Collections
Module TestModule
Sub Main()
' Declare and initialize a stack type
Dim oStack As Stack
oStack = New Stack
' Push some elements into the stack. Note that this
' can be any object
oStack.Push("1")
oStack.Push("2")
' Print some statistics about the stack
Console.WriteLine("Stack Count = {0}", oStack.Count())
Console.WriteLine("Top Element = {0}", oStack.Peek())
Console.WriteLine("Get First Element = {0}", oStack.Pop())
' Clear the contents of the stack
oStack.Clear()
' Print some statistics about the stack
Console.WriteLine("Stack Count = {0}", _
oStack.Count())
' Wait for some console input so
' that we can see the output from
' the above lines
Console.Read()
End Sub
End Module
Note that I've changed the module name to TestModule. This means that you have to change the VS.NET project properties to set the startup object as TestModule.
And that's it!! We have a stack implemented. The output of the program will be as follows:
So what did we do? We created a stack and then pushed two items into it using the push method. Then, using some of the Stack object methods, we print some details about the stack. Note that the peek method did not remove the top element. Finally, we clear the stack and print the count and its 0, indicating that the stack is now empty.
push
peek
count
That was a very simple example that showed some details about the stack. Now, let's build a more interesting application.
stack
In this section, we are going to build a simple calculator application that well, adds and subtracts numbers (there are more sophisticated calculators in the market, but we are going to keep it simple!!).
The method that we are going to use to represent the calculator object is by using a notation called the reverse polish notation. You can find more details about this at:. Essentially, in the polish calculator, the various operators and operands are "pushed" and "popped" from a stack to obtain the results. To start with, as and when we encounter numbers, we "push" them onto the stack and when we start encountering operators, we "pop" the values from the stack, do the operation and "push" the result onto the stack. So let's take a simple example: Say we want to evaluate the expression (3 + 5) * (7 – 2). In the RPN calculator, this expression would be represented as 3 5 + 7 2 - * and from a programming perspective would be made of the following steps:
This looks pretty interesting, right? So let's model a .NET class for doing this operation for us. In the VS.NET project opened earlier, right click and add a new class module (called PolishCalc). Paste the code from the following snippet onto the editor.
' This class is used to evaluate a
' reverse polish notation calculator
Imports System.Collections
Public Class PolishCalc
Private oStack As Stack
' A constructor that takes no argument
Public Sub New()
' Initialize the internal stack for use
oStack = New Stack
End Sub
' Fetch the result from the stack.
' Note that the top element from the
' stack is returned without removing it
Public ReadOnly Property Result()
Get
Return (oStack.Peek())
End Get
End Property
' This function will evaluate an expression
' that is expressed in the
' reverse polish notation. For example: 35+27-*
Public Function Evaluate(ByVal Expression_
As String) As Integer
Dim nLength As Integer, i As Integer,_
nValue As Integer
Dim strValue As String
nLength = Expression.Length()
For i = 0 To (nLength - 1)
' Get the character at the required position
strValue = (Expression.Chars(i)).ToString()
' Evaluate the expression that was fetched
Select Case strValue
Case "+"
' Retrieve two values from
' the stack, calculate the sum
' and push the result back
nValue = CType(oStack.Pop(), Integer) _
+ CType(oStack.Pop(), Integer)
oStack.Push(nValue.ToString())
Case "-"
' Retrieve two values from the stack,
' calculate the difference
' and push the result back
nValue = CType(oStack.Pop(), _
Integer) - CType(oStack.Pop(), Integer)
oStack.Push(nValue.ToString())
Case "*"
' Retrieve two values from the stack,
' calculate the product
' and push the result back
nValue = CType(oStack.Pop(), _
Integer) * CType(oStack.Pop(), Integer)
oStack.Push(nValue.ToString())
Case Else
' It will be a number, so push it onto the stack
oStack.Push(strValue)
End Select
End Function
' Clear the polish calculator
Public Function Clear()
oStack.Clear()
End Function
End Class
The above code represents a simple calculator with 3 operations (+, - and *). As mentioned in the polish specification, we use a stack to model all out operations. The result of the expression is available as a read-only property called Result. Note that we use the peek function to return the result, since we want the last result to be available in the stack for any other operations. Finally, we have a clear method that allows us to start all over again.
Result
clear
Ok, let's test our code. Go back to the console application in the VS.NET solution window and type in the following code:
Imports System.Collections
Module TestModule
Sub Main()
' Initialize our polish calculator
Dim oPolish As PolishCalc
oPolish = New PolishCalc
' Evaluate a simple expression and print the results
oPolish.Evaluate("35+27-*")
Console.WriteLine("Result = {0}", oPolish.Result)
' Work on the previous result
oPolish.Evaluate("5+")
Console.WriteLine("Result = {0}", oPolish.Result)
' Clear our calculator
oPolish.Clear()
' Wait for some input so that we
' can see the results in the
' output window
Console.Read()
End Sub
End Module
The output from the previous program would be 40 and 45. Since the Result property does not remove the latest value from the stack, we are able to add another expression to it.
The above representation of the Stack worked well because you were the only one accessing it. If you deployed this application and had multiple threads working on this stack, then how do you guarantee that other threads do not read off the stack or manipulate it when you are working on it? The answer is to use synchronization. The Stack class provides properties and methods that will help you to synchronize access to the stack while accessing it. A sample access method would be:
SyncLock oStack.SyncRoot
' Do the operations here
End SyncLock
The above code lets you perform thread safe operations on the stack so that you do not encounter sudden exceptions. For more information, see the .NET framework documentation.
Well, if you are adventurous and want to learn .NET more, you could try a lot of things in this program. Here are some of my thoughts…
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++./07-0331 = WG21 N2461.
[Moved to DR at October 2007 meeting.].)
Proposed resolution (October, 2007):
This issue is resolved by the adoption of paper J16/07-0030 = WG21 N2170.
[Voted into WP at April, 2007 meeting.]
Section 1.3.11 .
James Widman:
Names don't participate in overload resolution; name lookup is separate from overload resolution. However, the word “signature” is not used in clause 13 [over]. It is used in linkage and declaration matching (e.g., 14.5.6.1 [temp.over.link]). This suggests that the name and scope of the function should be part of its signature.
Proposed resolution (October, 2006):
Replace 1.3.11 [defns.signature] with the following:
the name and the parameter-type-list (8.3.5 [dcl.fct]) of a function, as well as the class or namespace of which it is a member. If a function or function template is a class member its signature additionally includes the cv-qualifiers specified or deduced). [Note: Signatures are used as a basis for name-mangling and linking. —end note]
Delete paragraph 3 and replace the first sentence of 14.5.6.1 [temp.over.link] as follows:
The signature of a function template specialization consists of the signature of the function template and of the actual template arguments (whether explicitly specified or deduced).
The signature of a function template
consists of its function signature, its return type and its template parameter listis defined in 1.3.11 [defns.signature]. The names of the template parameters are significant...
(See also issue 537.)
[Voted into WP at April, 2007 meeting.]
The standard defines “signature” in two places: 1.3.11 [defns.signature] and 14.5.11 [defns.signature] words “the information about a function that participates in overload resolution” isn't quite right either. Perhaps, “the information about a function that distinguishes it in a set of overloaded functions?”
Eric Gufford:
In 1.3.11 [defns.signature] the definition states that “Function signatures do not include return type, because that does not participate in overload resolution,” while 14.5.
James Widman:
The problem is that (a) if you say the return type is part of the signature of a non-template function, then you have overloading but not overload resolution on return types (i.e., what we have now with function templates). I don't think anyone wants to make the language uglier in that way. And (b) if you say that the return type is not part of the signature of a function template, you will break code. Given those alternatives, it's probably best to maintain the status quo (which the implementors appear to have rendered faithfully).
Proposed resolution (September, 2006):
This issue is resolved by the resolution of issue 357.
[Voted into WP at April, 2006 meeting.]
The standard uses “most derived object” in some places (for example, 1.3.]]
[Voted into WP at April 2005 meeting.] (10/00):
Replace the two cited sentences from 10.2 [class.member.lookup] paragraph 2 with the following:.
Replace the examples in 10.2 [class.member.lookup] paragraph 3 with the following:
struct A { int x(int); static int y(int); }; struct V { int z(int); }; struct B: A, virtual V { using A::x; float x(float); using A::y; static float y(float); using V::z; float z(float); }; struct C: B, A, virtual V { }; void f(C* c) { c->x(3); // ambiguous -- more than one sub-object A c->y(3); // not ambiguous c->z(3); // not ambiguous }
Notes from 04/01 meeting:
The following example should be accepted but is rejected by the wording above:
struct A { static void f(); }; struct B1: virtual A { using A::f; }; struct B2: virtual A { using A::f; }; struct C: B1, B2 { }; void g() { C::f(); // OK, calls A::f() }
Notes from 10/01 meeting (Jason Merrill):
The example in the issues list:
struct A { int x(int); }; struct B: A { using A::x; float x(float); }; int f(B* b) { b->x(3); // ambiguous }Is broken under the existing wording:
....Since the two x's are considered to be "from" different objects, looking up x produces a set including declarations "from" different objects, and the program is ill-formed. Clearly this is wrong. The problem with the existing wording is that it fails to consider lookup context.
The first proposed solution:.breaks this testcase:
struct A { static void f(); }; struct B1: virtual A { using A::f; }; struct B2: virtual A { using A::f; }; struct C: B1, B2 { }; void g() { C::f(); // OK, calls A::f() }because it considers the lookup context, but not the definition context; under this definition of "from", the two declarations found are the using-declarations, which are "from" B1 and B2.
The solution is to separate the notions of lookup and definition context. I have taken an algorithmic approach to describing the strategy.
Incidentally, the earlier proposal allows one base to have a superset of the declarations in another base; that was an extension, and my proposal does not do that. One algorithmic benefit of this limitation is to simplify the case of a virtual base being hidden along one arm and not another ("domination"); if we allowed supersets, we would need to remember which subobjects had which declarations, while under the following resolution we need only keep two lists, of subobjects and declarations.
Proposed resolution (October 2002):
Replace 10.2 [class.member.lookup] paragraph 2 with:
The following steps define the result of name lookup for a member name f in a class scope C. members they designate, and type declarations (including injected-class-names) are replaced by the types they designate. S(f,C) is calculated as follows.
If C contains a declaration of the name f, the declaration set contains every declaration of f in C (excluding bases), the subobject set contains C itself, and calculation is complete.
Otherwise, S(f,C) is initially empty. If C has base classes, calculate the lookup set for f in each direct base class subj), S(f,C) is unchanged and the merge is complete. Conversely, if each of the subobject members of S(f,C) is a base class subobject of at least one of the subobject members of S(f,Bi),, consider each declaration d in the set, where d is a member of class A. If d is a nonstatic member, compare the A base class subobjects of the subobject members of S(f,Bi) and S(f,C). If they do not match, the merge is ambiguous, as in the previous step. [Note: It is not necessary to remember which A subobject each member comes from, since using-declarations don't disambiguate. ]
- subobjects of D are also base subobjects of E, so S(x,D) is discarded in the first merge step. --end example]
Turn 10.2 [class.member.lookup] paragraphs 5 and 6 into notes.
Notes from October 2003 meeting:
Mike Miller raised some new issues in N1543, and we adjusted the proposed resolution as indicated in that paper.
Further information from Mike Miller (January 2004):
Unfortunately, I've become aware of a minor glitch in the proposed resolution for issue 39 in N1543, so I'd like to suggest a change that we can discuss in Sydney.
A brief review and background of the problem: the major change we agreed on in Kona was to remove detection of multiple-subobject ambiguity from class lookup (10.2 [class.member.lookup]) and instead handle it as part of the class member access expression. It was pointed out in Kona that 11.2 [class.access.base]/5 has this effect:.
After the meeting, however, I realized that this requirement is not sufficient to handle all the cases. Consider, for instance,
struct B { int i; }; struct I1: B { }; struct I2: B { }; struct D: I1, I2 { void f() { i = 0; // not ill-formed per 11.2p5 } };
Here, both the object expression ("this") and the naming class are "D", so the reference to "i" satisfies the requirement in 11.2 [class.access.base]/5, even though it involves a multiple-subobject ambiguity.
In order to address this problem, I proposed in N1543 to add a paragraph following 5.2.5 [expr.ref]/4:
If E2 is a non-static data member or a non-static member function, the program is ill-formed if the class of E1 cannot be unambiguously converted (10.2) to the class of which E2 is directly a member.
That's not quite right. It does diagnose the case above as written; however, it breaks the case where qualification is used to circumvent the ambiguity:
struct D2: I1, I2 { void f() { I2::i = 0; // ill-formed per proposal } };
In my proposed wording, the class of "this" can't be converted to "B" (the qualifier is ignored), so the access is ill-formed. Oops.
I think the following is a correct formulation, so the proposed resolution we discuss in Sydney should contain the following paragraph instead of the one in N1543:
If E2 is a nonstatic data member or a non-static member function, the program is ill-formed if the naming class (11.2) of E2 cannot be unambiguously converted (10.2) to the class of which E2 is directly a member.
This reformulation also has the advantage of pointing readers to 11.2 [class.access.base], where the the convertibility requirement from the class of E1 to the naming class is located and which might otherwise be overlooked.
Notes from the March 2004 meeting:
We discussed this further and agreed with these latest recommendations. Mike Miller has produced a paper N1626 that gives just the final collected set of changes.
(This resolution also resolves isssue 306.)
[Voted into WP at April 2005 meeting.]
Is the following well-formed?
struct A { struct B { }; }; struct C : public A, public A::B { B *p; };The lookup of B finds both the struct B in A and the injected B from the A::B base class. Are they the same thing? Does the standard say so?
What if a struct is found along one path and a typedef to that struct is found along another path? That should probably be valid, but does the standard say so?
This is resolved by issue 39
February 2004: Moved back to "Review" status because issue 39 was moved back to "Review".
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Proposed resolution (04/01):
The resolution for this issue is contained in the resolution for issue 45.
[Voted into WP at the October, 2006 meeting.].
[Moved to DR at 4/01 meeting.].].
[Voted into WP at October 2004 meeting.]
We consider it not unreasonable to do the following
class A { protected: void g(); }; class B : public A { public: using A::g; // B::g is a public synonym for A::g }; class C: public A { void foo(); }; void C::foo() { B b; b.g(); }
However the EDG front-end does not like and gives the error
#410-D: protected function "A::g" is not accessible through a "B" pointer or object b.g(); ^
Steve Adamczyk: The error in this case is due to 11.5 [class.protected] of the standard, which is an additional check on top of the other access checking. When that section says "a protected nonstatic member function ... of a base class" it doesn't indicate whether the fact that there is a using-declaration is relevant. I'd say the current wording taken at face value would suggest that the error is correct -- the function is protected, even if the using-declaration for it makes it accessible as a public function. But I'm quite sure the wording in 11.5 [class.protected] was written before using-declarations were invented and has not been reviewed since for consistency with that addition.
Notes from April 2003 meeting:
We agreed that the example should be allowed.
Proposed resolution (April 2003, revised October 2003):
Change 11.5 [class.protected] paragraph 1 from
When a friend or a member function of a derived class references a protected nonstatic member function or protected nonstatic data member of a base class, an access check applies in addition to those described earlier in clause 11 [class.access]. [Footnote: This additional check does not apply to other members, e.g. static data members or enumerator member constants.] Except when forming a pointer to member (5.3.1 [expr.unary.op]), the access must be through a pointer to, reference to, or object of the derived class itself (or any class derived from that class (5.2.5 [expr.ref]). If the access is to form a pointer to member, the nested-name-specifier shall name the derived class (or any class derived from that class).
to
An additional access check beyond those described earlier in clause 11 [class.access] is applied when a nonstatic data member or nonstatic member function is a protected member of its naming class (11.2 [class.access.base]). [Footnote: This additional check does not apply to other members, e.g., static data members or enumerator member constants.] As described earlier, access to a protected member is granted because the reference occurs in a friend or member of some class C. If the access is to form a pointer to member (5.3.1 [expr.unary.op]), the nested-name-specifier shall name C or a class derived from C. All other accesses involve a (possibly implicit) object expression (5.2.5 [expr.ref]). In this case, the class of the object expression shall be C or a class derived from C..].
Proposed resolution (04/01):
The resolution for this issue is incorporated into the resolution for issue 45.
[Moved to DR at 4/01 meeting.].
: created in the default argument expressions are destroyed immediately after return from the constructor.
[Voted into WP at April 2005 meeting.]
Section 12.2 [class.temporary] paragraph 2, abridged:
X f(X); void g() { X a; a = f(a); }
a=f(a) requires a temporary for either the argument a or the result of f(a) to avoid undesired aliasing of a.
The note seems to imply that an implementation is allowed to omit copying "a" to f's formal argument, or to omit using a temporary for the return value of f. I don't find that license in normative text.
Function f returns an X by value, and in the expression the value is assigned (not copy-constructed) to "a". I don't see how that temporary can be omitted. (See also 12.8 [class.copy] p 15)
Since "a" is an lvalue and not a temporary, I don't see how copying "a" to f's formal parameter can be avoided.
Am I missing something, or is 12.2 [class.temporary] p 2 misleading?:
A full-expression is an expression that is not a subexpression of another expression. If a language construct is defined to produce an implicit call of a function, a use of the language construct is considered to be an expression for the purposes of this definition. Conversions applied to the result of an expression in order to satisfy the requirements of the language construct in which the expression appears are also considered to be part of the full-expression.
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There seems to be a typo in 12.2 [class.temporary]/5, which says "The temporary to which the reference is bound or the temporary that is the complete object TO a subobject OF which the TEMPORARY is bound persists for the lifetime of the reference except as specified below."
I think this should be "The temporary to which the reference is bound or the temporary that is the complete object OF a subobject TO which the REFERENCE is bound persists for the lifetime of the reference except as specified below."
I used upper-case letters for the parts I think need to be changed.(a.
[Voted into WP at October 2004 meeting.]
Normally reference semantics allow incomplete types in certain contexts, but isn't this:
class A; A& operator<<(A& a, const char* msg); void foo(A& a) { a << "Hello"; }
required to be diagnosed because of the op<<? The reason being that the class may actually have an op<<(const char *) in it.
What is it? un- or ill-something? Diagnosable? No problem at all?
Steve Adamczyk: I don't know of any requirement in the standard that the class be complete. There is a rule that will instantiate a class template in order to be able to see whether it has any operators. But I wouldn't think one wants to outlaw the above example merely because the user might have an operator<< in the class; if he doesn't, he would not be pleased that the above is considered invalid.
Mike Miller: Hmm, interesting question. My initial reaction is that it just uses ::operator<<; any A::operator<< simply won't be considered in overload resolution. I can't find anything in the Standard that would say any different.
The closest analogy to this situation, I'd guess, would be deleting a pointer to an incomplete class; 5.3.5 [expr.delete] paragraph 5 says that that's undefined behavior if the complete type has a non-trivial destructor or an operator delete. However, I tend to think that that's because it deals with storage and resource management, not just because it might have called a different function. Generally, overload resolution that goes one way when it might have gone another with more declarations in scope is considered to be not an error, cf 7.3.3 [namespace.udecl] paragraph 9, 14.6.3 [temp.nondep] paragraph 1, etc.
So my bottom line take on it would be that it's okay, it's up to the programmer to ensure that all necessary declarations are in scope for overload resolution. Worst case, it would be like the operator delete in an incomplete class -- undefined behavior, and thus not required to be diagnosed.
13.3.1.2 [over.match.oper] paragraph 3, bullet 1, says, "If T1 is a class type, the set of member candidates is the result of the qualified lookup of T1::operator@ (13.3.1.1.1 [over.call.func])." Obviously, that lookup is not possible if T1 is incomplete. Should 13.3.1.2 [over.match.oper] paragraph 3, bullet 1, say "complete class type"? Or does the inability to perform the lookup mean that the program is ill-formed? 3.2 [basic.def.odr] paragraph 4 doesn't apply, I don't think, because you don't know whether you'll be applying a class member access operator until you know whether the operator involved is a member or not.
Notes from October 2003 meeting:
We noticed that the title of this issue did not match the body. We checked the original source and then corrected the title (so it no longer mentions templates).
We decided that this is similar to other cases like deleting a pointer to an incomplete class, and it should not be necessary to have a complete class. There is no undefined behavior.
Proposed Resolution (October 2003):
Change the first bullet of 13.3.1.2 [over.match.oper] paragraph 3 to read:
If T1 is a complete class type, the set of member candidates is the result of the qualified lookup of T1::operator@ (13.3.1.1.1 [over.call.func]); otherwise, the set of member candidates is empty.
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class in UnityEngine.TestTools.Constraints NUnit test constraint class to test whether a given block of code makes any GC allocations.
Use this class with NUnit's
Assert.That() method to make assertions about the GC behaviour of your code. The constraint executes the delegate you provide, and checks if it caused any GC memory to be allocated. If any GC memory was allocated, the constraint passes; otherwise, the constraint fails.
Usually you negate this constraint to make sure that your delegate does not allocate any GC memory. This is easy to do using the Is class:
using NUnit.Framework; using UnityEngine.TestTools.Constraints; using Is = UnityEngine.TestTools.Constraints.Is;
public class MyTestClass { [Test] public void SettingAVariableDoesNotAllocate() { Assert.That(() => { int a = 0; a = 1; }, Is.Not.AllocatingGCMemory()); } }
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ABORT(3) NetBSD Library Functions Manual ABORT(3)Powered by man-cgi (2021-06-01). Maintained for NetBSD by Kimmo Suominen. Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.
NAME
abort -- cause abnormal program termination
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> void abort(void);
DESCRIPTION
The abort() function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does not return. Calling the abort() function results in temporary files being removed. Any open streams are flushed and closed.
RETURN VALUES
The abort function never returns.
SEE ALSO
sigaction(2), exit(3)
STANDARDS
The abort() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89''). NetBSD 5.0.1 August 11, 2002 NetBSD 5.0.1 | https://man.netbsd.org/NetBSD-5.0.1/abort.3 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | refinedweb | 124 | 61.63 |
XPath Expression Evaluation
An XPath expression needs evaluation to test it before using in program code or XSLT scripts or before, making structured queries against XML documents.
GoLand lets you evaluate XPath expressions in two modes:
In the Simple mode, you can enter simple one-line expressions that don't require any customization of namespace prefixes. This mode does not let you configure Context settings or use predefined variables.
In the Advanced mode, you can conveniently edit long expressions in a multi-line mode and edit the XPath context.
Some error checks and XPath inspections also provide Quick Fixes for detected problems, e.g. the possibility to map an unresolved namespace-prefix to a URI by intention.
To evaluate an XPath expression
Choose Evaluate XPath Expression dialog box opens.from the context menu of the active editor tab or go to . The
To toggle the evaluation mode, click the Advanced/Simple button..
- To browse through the history of expressions:
In the Simple mode, the last recently used expressions can be selected from the drop-down list.
In the Advanced mode, use
/
or press Alt+Up/Alt+Down.
- To reconfigure the XPath context, click Edit Context. In the dialog that opens, assign custom prefixes to the namespace URIs that are used in the context document and define variables to use in queries for repeating expressions.
It can be useful to assign a shorter prefix, resolve prefix clashes or to actually define a prefix for the default namespace. This can be essential because XPath does not automatically match elements in the default namespace without specifying a prefix for the element to be matched. edit namespaces and their prefixes and
Each variable in the table can be assigned an expression that will be evaluated once when the query is executed. The resulting value is then available for multiple use at no additional computational cost.
- Optionally:
Select the Highlight results checkbox ti highlight the matched nodes in the current editor. Matched nodes that don't belong to the current editor (may happen by using the
document()function) are not highlighted. It's recommended to display such cross-document results in the Find Usages tool window.
Select the Show results in Usage View checkbox to show all matched nodes in the Find Usages tool window. Select the Open in new tab checkbox to open the result in a new tab instead of reusing the last one. | https://www.jetbrains.com/help/go/2018.3/xpath-expression-evaluation.html | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | refinedweb | 401 | 53.71 |
Constant parameters of state machine.
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#include <rkhitl.h>
Constant parameters of state machine.
The constant key parameters of a state machine are allocated within.
Definition at line 2730 of file rkhitl.h.
SMA (a.k.a Active Object) priority.
A unique priority number must be assigned to each SMA from 0 to RKH_LOWEST_PRIO. The lower the number, the higher the priority.
Definition at line 2739 of file rkhitl.h.
State machine properties.
The available properties are enumerated in RKH_HPPTY_T enumeration in the rkh.h file.
Definition at line 2748 of file rkhitl.h.
Name of State Machine Application (a.k.a Active Object).
Pointer to an ASCII string (NULL terminated) to assign a name to the State Machine Application (a.k.a Active Object). The name can be displayed by debuggers or by Trazer.
Definition at line 2759 of file rkhitl.h.
Points to initial state.
This state could be defined either composite or basic (not pseudo-state).
Definition at line 2769 of file rkhitl.h.
Points to initializing action (optional).
The function prototype is defined as RKH_INIT_ACT_T. This argument is optional, thus it could be declared as NULL.
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Upload file to google drive using Python. Download Client Configurations JSON file:
Now you need to install google API client. You can install the library in whichever editor you’re using. For example, we will use PyCharm, so we will install the library in Pycharm Terminal, or you can directly install it in Windows CMD, or Linux Terminal
pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib
After installing the library. Make a quickstart.py file, and paste the following code. If it shows an error then copy the URL from the console and manually open it in your browser.
Then click allow, if you use multiple Google Account, then it will ask you to choose the account from which you created the API.
from __future__ import print_function import pickle import os.path from googleapiclient.discovery import build from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow from google.auth.transport.requests import Request SCOPES = [''] def main(): creds = None if os.path.exists('token.pickle'): with open('token.pickle', 'rb') as token: creds = pickle.load(token) if not creds or not creds.valid: if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token: creds.refresh(Request()) else: flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file( 'credentials.json', SCOPES) creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0) with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token: pickle.dump(creds, token) service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds) # Call the Drive v3 API results = service.files().list( pageSize=10, fields="nextPageToken, files(id, name)").execute() items = results.get('files', []) if not items: print('No files found.') else: print('Files:') for item in items: print(u'{0} ({1})'.format(item['name'], item['id'])) if __name__ == '__main__': main()
After following every step, you’ll get this following screen:
And in the terminal, it will show you all the files, including the trash files.
Now you’re Google Drive API is successfully authenticated.
Uploading Files to Google Drive Using Python
Now there are three types of upload requests:
Simple Upload to upload small files(<= 5MB)
- MultiPart Upload to the quick transfer of a small file (<=5MB) and metadata describing the file, all in a single request.
- Resumable Upload for large files. These are a good choice for most applications as it works for small files at the cost of one additional HTTP request per upload.
This is an example of how to upload an image to Google Drive
file_metadata = {'name': 'photo.jpg'} media = MediaFileUpload('files/photo.jpg', mimetype='image/jpeg') file = drive_service.files().create(body=file_metadata, media_body=media, fields='id').execute() print 'File ID: %s' % file.get('id')
Now you need to send the": "Untitled" }
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Created on 2010-05-18 06:08 by Goplat, last changed 2013-02-16 21:54 by serhiy.storchaka. This issue is now closed.
Reading the list of files in a .zip takes a while because several seeks are done for each entry, which (on Windows at least) flushes stdio's buffer and forces a system call on the next read. For large .zips the effect on startup speed is noticeable, being perhaps 50ms per thousand files. Changing the read_directory function to read the central directory entirely sequentially would cut this time by more than half.
When I perform some test on debian-5.0, I see the timing results almost the same before and after apply your patch(I modified the patch to against the trunk).
Could you give some test result on windows? I can't see the speedups on debian-5.0.
Zipping up the Lib directory from the python source (1735 files) as a test, it took on average 0.10 sec to read the zip before, 0.04 sec after.
(To test the time taken by zipimport isolated from other startup costs, instead of actually getting the zip in the import path, I just ran
import time, zipimport; start = time.clock();
zipimport.zipimporter("lib.zip"); print time.clock() - start)
I updated Goplat's patch to the default branch.
It now needs to read 4 dummy bytes instead of 6 since an extra PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile was added to the default branch in the mean time. I added an explicit dummy buffer instead of reading the dummy bytes into name (for cleanness and because name would overflow on hypothetical platforms where MAXPATHLEN + 5 < 8). Also added tests for the loop that skips the rest of the header by creating some zips with file comments; without the extra test, commenting out the loop didn't fail test_zipimport.
Running Goplat's test in msg106191 on Windows I get 0.032 sec before and 0.015 sec after. On Linux I see no significant difference.
AFAIK Mercurial (for example) ships with a zipped stdlib on Windows and they care quite a lot about startup time. Can this make it into 3.3?
I suggest to use fseek(fp, relative_offset, SEEK_CUR). It doesn't force a system call (at least on Linux) and may be a little faster than fread() or multiple getc().
I tried Serhiy's suggestion in msg174934, see attached attempt-fseek-seek_cur.patch updated to current default. It makes no difference relative to the default branch for my test stdlib.zip, dummy reads still work better on Windows.
This makes sense if you follow the CRT's implementation, fseek calls _fseek_nolock which always calls _flush, regardless whether SEEK_CUR is used or not. This is the case with both VS2008 and VS2010. So this patch is a workaround for poor fseek performance in Microsoft's CRT, it doesn't cause performance issues on Linux but saves quite some milliseconds of startup time so I think it's worth the tradeoff.
I'll also upload zipimport_speedup-v3.patch updated to apply to current default and with error handling for failing freads since the fseeks that the patch replaces have gained error handling on the default branch in the mean time. The timings remain the same on my Windows machine: around 30ms for default branch, around 15ms with patch.
> So this patch is a workaround for poor fseek performance in Microsoft's CRT, it doesn't cause performance issues on Linux but saves quite some milliseconds of startup time so I think it's worth the tradeoff.
I think some clarifying comments will be good in the code. In particular about the `dummy` variable.
> I'll also upload zipimport_speedup-v3.patch updated to apply to current default and with error handling for failing freads since the fseeks that the patch replaces have gained error handling on the default branch in the mean time.
Perhaps getc() requires error handling too.
Catalin, are you going to continue?
Yes Serhiy, I was planning to, lack of time followed by (just finished) vacation lead to a stall. Thanks for following up on this.
I should soon, probably this weekend, have an updated version addressing your comments.
Attached v4 of patch with error checking for getc and some more comments.
A real world example of the speedup is Calibre () which on Windows comes with its own code, its dependecies and Python's stdlib all bundled in a 40MB zip. With the patch the time to create a zipimporter instance from that zip drops from around 60ms to around 15ms.
In general, the patch LGTM, however I can't try it on Windows, and on Linux it has no any performance effect. Can anyone try it on Windows?
I have re-uploaded the patch for review after converting it from UTF-16 and CRLF.
Sorry, Brian. Raymond is an initiator of issue17004.
New changeset 088a14031998 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issue #8745: Small speed up zipimport on Windows. Patch by Catalin Iacob.
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How to clean up LDT’s from an active cluster in order to upgrade to 3.15 or above
Context
As of server version 3.15.0.1, Aerospike removed the deprecated LDT (Large Data Type) feature. If you have a cluster and application(s) that continue to use LDT on a version prior to 3.15, you would need to follow the steps below in order to cleanly remove LDT records.
Method
3.14 is the last major Aerospike server release to include LDT code. In order to remove all LDT records from a cluster, you would need to first upgrade to 3.14.1.8 before proceeding forward. A fix released in that version is indeed necessary to make sure LDT records are properly removed:
- [AER-5804] - (LDT) With LDTs disabled, LDT records from other nodes, and during warm restart, are not handled properly.
Releases 3.15.0.1 and above do not understand the LDT data type and interpret existing LDT’s as a regular record and may cause unexpected behavior.
Steps to gracefully upgrade without downtime:
1. Ensure that client application(s) are no longer writing new LDT records to Aerospike cluster.
In a rolling fashion, proceed with the following steps:
2. Disable LDT on the relevant namespaces in the Aerospike configuration file by adding
ldt-enabled false to as below:
namespace ldt_namespace_device { replication-factor 2 memory-size 20G storage-engine device { device /dev/sdd write-block-size 1024K ldt-enabled false } } namespace ldt_namespace_memory { replication-factor 2 memory-size 20G storage-engine memory { ldt-enabled false } }
3. Upgrade to version 3.14.1.8.
It is strongly recommended to fully erase the devices of any persisted namespace in order to make sure that a cold restart on a subsequent version (3.15 and above) will not cause undesired behavior as those versions do not know how to interpret any LDT related data.
Version 3.14.1.8 will gracefully reject any incoming LDT record through migrations when the
ldt-enabled configuration is set to false. Gracefully meaning the migrations will still complete. Version 3.15 or above will fail receiving such LDT records and will cause migrations to get stuck. It is therefore necessary to go through version 3.14.1.8 as a jump version if LDT records are still in the system.
Restart the node:
sudo service aerospike restart
If devices were fully erased, make sure to wait for migrations to complete prior to proceeding to the next node.
4. Once the cluster restarts are completed, it should no longer contain any LDT data.
To upgrade to 3.15 and beyond, you can remove the
ldt-enabled false configuration from aerospike.conf file and proceed.
Notes
- LDT Deprecation Blog:
- Upgrade Aerospike:
- Enterprise Release Notes:
Keywords
LDT upgrade
Timestamp
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IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Reviewer’s Guide
Reviewer’s Guide
International Technical Support Organization IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Reviewer’s Guide February 2007
Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii.
A special thanks to authors Joanne Mindzora and Karen Brent from the IBM Lotus product marketing, product management, development and ITSO organizations. Joanne Mindzora is a Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software. She is also an IBM Certified I/T Specialist in the Lotus software discipline, as well as an IBM Certified Application Developer for Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5. Having focused on Lotus software for 10 of her nearly 30 years with IBM, Joanne is currently responsible for marketing collateral and Web content for Lotus Notes and Domino. She is also known for her technical leadership in the 1998 launch of Lotus Domino for AS/400, and for authoring several Redbooks, white papers, and articles about Lotus Domino on IBM systems. Karen Brent has worked for Lotus and IBM in the U.K. for eight years, initially within the Lotus services organization, where she assisted customers in designing, deploying, and managing Lotus Notes and Domino architectures. Currently she is a Lotus Early Program Manager on the BetaWorks team, where she supports beta customers in deploying beta and early software, provides the development teams with feedback, and contributes to early enablement activities for the technical sales and services teams. She has worked with Lotus Notes and Domino since version 2 but she is continually finding out something new about the product or the innovative ways in which it is used by customers.
First Edition (February 2007) This edition applies to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 beta 2.
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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Chapter 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Overview: Empowering people with innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 What’s new overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.1 Open application infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.2 Improved mail capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.3 Improved efficiency and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.4 Greater versatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 What’s new for the Lotus Notes user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.4 What’s new for the Lotus Domino Web Access user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.5 What’s new for the administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.6 What’s new for the application developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter 2. Changes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Enhanced user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Welcome page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Open list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.3 Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.4 Window management and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.5 Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.6 Unified preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.7 Advanced Menus option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.8 Making applications available offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.9 Search center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.10 Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.11 IBM Support Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 Action bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.2 Display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.3 Horizontal/vertical preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.4 Mail threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.5 Conversations view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.6 Mail header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.7 Mail addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.8 Multilevel undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.9 Instant spell checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.10 Document selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.11 Recent collaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.12 Message recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Improved Out of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.1 View navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.2 Action bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.3 Display of all day events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.4 Manage new invites from your calendar view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.5 Show cancelled invitations on your calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.6 Check schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.7 Locate free time for subset of invitee list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6.1 Contact form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6.2 Business card view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6.3 Recent Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 IBM productivity tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.1 Launching IBM productivity tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.2 IBM Lotus presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.3 IBM Lotus spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.4 IBM Lotus documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 Sidebar plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 Sametime Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10 Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10.1 Overview of Activities with the Lotus Notes 8 client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10.2 Working with Activities (from Lotus Notes client) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10.3 Working with activity content (from Lotus Notes client). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10.4 Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10.5 Mail notifications/subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11 Lotus Domino Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11.1 User interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11.2 Mail enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11.3 Calendar enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11.4 PIM enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.12 Lotus Notes 8 “Basic Configuration” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 3. Changes for the administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 3.2 Improved messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 3.2.1 Message recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 3.2.2 Enhanced Out of Office service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 3.2.3 Mail threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3.2.4 Inbox cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3.2.5 Mail management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 3.3 Lotus Notes client administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 3.3.1 Using a Lotus Domino 8 server as a provisioning server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 3.3.2 Policy management enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 3.3.3 Database redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 3.4 Lotus Domino server administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 3.4.1 Lotus Domino domain monitoring enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 3.4.2 Bookmarks for Web administration servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 3.5 Improved efficiency and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 3.5.1 Design note compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 3.5.2 On demand collations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 3.5.3 Streaming cluster replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 3.5.4 Administration process improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 3.5.5 Prevent simple search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 3.6 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 3.6.1 Lotus Domino 8 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 3.6.2 IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 3.7 Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 3.7.1 Internet password lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 3.7.2 Certifier key rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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3.7.3 ID file recovery APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7.4 Local database encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7.5 Certificate revocation checking through OCSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7.6 SSO using LtpaToken2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 Integration with other IBM products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8.1 Lotus Domino and DB2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8.2 Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8.3 Lotus Domino 8 integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4. Changes for the application developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Lotus Notes applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.1 Right mouse menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.2 Bytes column type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.3 Extend to use available window width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.4 Deferred sort index creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.5 Thumbnail support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.6 Programming language additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.7 “On server start” agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.8 DXL enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Composite applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.1 Example of a composite application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.2 Building composite application components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.3 Assembling and wiring composite applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Web service consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.1 Creating a Web service enabled script library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.2 Incorporating a script library in the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.3 Using the script library functions in the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.4 Running the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Lotus Domino and DB2 integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.1 Full support for the DB2 data store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.2 Supported platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.3 SQL updates, inserts, deletes are transactional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.4 New columns for DB2 access views (DAVs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Improved user mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix A. Lotus Notes 8 client feature requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Appendix B. Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Appendix C. Lotus Notes 8 client installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program and data directory layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCP program directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCP data directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 156 157 158 158
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 IBM Redbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Online resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Chapter 1.
Introduction
IBM® Lotus® Notes® and Domino® software have a proven record of helping companies improve collaboration and streamline business processes. With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, world class business e-mail and collaboration take an exciting step forward—offering new approaches to enhance efficiency and creativity, while extending the value of current investments. Use this guide to learn about the new and improved capabilities of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 and to help you get started with this innovative release. The remainder of Chapter 1 gives a high-level executive overview of the business value of Lotus Notes and Domino 8, followed by tables summarizing the new capabilities. Chapter 2 takes the business user on a tour of the Lotus Notes 8 client. With the fresh, intuitive look and feel of Lotus Notes 8, your inbox becomes a high performance workplace—bringing the tools and information you need to do your job together in one place. For the IT manager and administrator, Chapter 3 describes Lotus Domino 8 server enhancements designed to help improve efficiency and performance and to extend platform versatility. Lotus Domino 8 gives you new and enhanced tools to manage your environment, and it offers you options to empower your users where appropriate. Chapter 4 is written for the application developer. You can use IBM Lotus Domino Designer® 8 or Eclipse-based tools to build reusable components for composite applications. And your applications can consume Web services hosted on other systems. The open application infrastructure of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software can help you support business agility, improve user effectiveness, and extend your IT investments.
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1.1 Overview: Empowering people with innovation
Lotus Notes and Domino software has repeatedly delivered forward-looking capabilities to empower business people to be more effective, responsive, and innovative in their daily work. Much more than feature enhancements to mail and calendar, Lotus Notes and Domino 8 is the next step in a rich evolution of the software that demonstrates IBM’s commitment to business users across the spectrum. With an open, collaborative work environment, Lotus Notes and Domino 8 takes business communication and collaboration to new heights, while continuing to build on the value of current investments. Familiar yet powerful capabilities—in a comfortable, clean new look that users admire—are designed to give you the tools and information to conduct business all from the same page. Let’s consider a business scenario in a fictitious company that has recently implemented Lotus Notes and Domino 8. Vijay, the vice president of sales, gains the knowledge he needs to make better decisions. The most up-to-date information from multiple sources is displayed on one page, giving him all the information that he needs to see at a glance. In Vijay’s mind, Jose, the application developer on the company’s IT staff who built this executive dashboard just for him, is a hero. Jose smiles to himself because he built Vijay’s application in very little time. He now spends his time creatively building applications, rather than becoming ensnarled in mundane, time-consuming, or complex coding. Using the composite application capabilities of Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Jose can build reusable application components, and mix and match them in ways that are customized for each of his top executives. Jose has the flexibility to extend business logic from existing Lotus Notes applications or to work with components that are built using open standards-based tools. He can rapidly meet the business needs of all of his users by giving them easy access to multiple people, information sources, and applications through an easy to use composite user experience in record time. As marketing director, Mei knows that time is money. She wants to get her new product messages in front of potential customers before her competitors have time to react. In the past, Mei spent much of her time tracking down the status of the various aspects of her go-to-market plan, each of them owned by a different member of her team. Now, using the activity-centric computing features enabled by Lotus Notes and Domino 8 with an optional Activities server, Mei and her direct reports have a shared space side-by-side with their e-mail for each project, or activity. The content of the go-to-market activity dynamically changes on Mei’s window as each task leader adds his or her campaign presentations, draft press releases, and channel readiness plans to the activity. Mei and her team can even share side conversations related to the project. They can drag and drop pertinent e-mail messages from their inboxes. And they can save the transcript of instant messaging sessions to the activity. With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Mei can literally be on the same page with all the members of her team. Samantha has responsibility for the product marketing collateral on Mei’s team. In order to effectively communicate the new product’s competitive advantages to potential customers, Samantha needs to gather information from many sources. And she needs to be proactive and timely, motivated by Mei’s objectives for the new product.
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The nature of Samantha’s job requires her to display a professional image and consistently produce high quality, accurate work under deadline. Taking advantage of the enhanced mail, calendar, and overall user interface of Lotus Notes 8, Samantha no longer needs to spend valuable time searching for an elusive e-mail or switching applications to find the information and people she needs to do her job. For instance, a Lotus Notes 8 option lets Samantha choose to display her inbox by conversation instead of a list of individual messages. Despite the dozens of new messages Samantha has received, the Lotus Notes mail thread capability organizes all of the e-mails related to a particular subject into a single entry in her inbox. Samantha can easily work with e-mail, calendars, applications, and news—and collaborate with her colleagues—all from a single page. Side by side with her e-mail on one clean, organized page, Samantha can easily: Work with today’s appointments, meetings, and to-dos at a glance. Schedule meetings with the marketing intelligence staff to understand the results of their findings and build marketing messages based on them. Keep abreast of the latest competitive and industry news, using the news feed reader supplied with Lotus Notes 8. Collaborate with the product management and sales teams using integrated instant messaging, helping to ensure that her collateral fully supports the company’s business objectives. Participate in the go-to-market project activity with her teammates in Mei’s department. The Lotus Notes 8 client is built on the Eclipse platform. This means that you can easily plug in capabilities to the sidebar without the need to use complex application programming interfaces. For example, the activities, integrated instant messaging, and news feeds that Samantha uses to do her job are all Eclipse plug-ins. Using server managed provisioning, these plug-ins can be automatically deployed from the Lotus Domino 8 server to Lotus Notes 8 user workstations. Lotus Notes 8 gives you the ability to mix and match capabilities to address specific business needs in the context of the user’s role. From the same page that Samantha has been using all along, she can access office productivity tools to create her documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. These tools are supplied with Lotus Notes 8 at no additional charge and are based on open standards. This means that Samantha can share her brochure draft with both Pierre in product management, who runs Lotus Notes 8 on a Linux® workstation, and with Carolyn in sales, who uses Microsoft® Office software, to solicit their feedback. For the brochure review, Samantha may choose to set up an activity like the one Mei uses to manage the overall go-to-market project. In this way, Samantha can make the draft document available in one place to Pierre, Carolyn, and others who need to collaborate on it. By using an activity instead of e-mail, Samantha can easily see everyone’s comments and ideas together on the same page. George, the IT director, is proud that Samantha can set up an activity by herself in a matter of minutes, with immediate benefit to a cross-functional team. He feels that he can empower his users. Now that the company has implemented Lotus Notes and Domino 8 and an Activities server, George’s staff may receive fewer calls for help setting up team rooms to manage ad hoc projects.
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Samantha can simply click a button marked New activity, give it a name, and select the people she wants to include. Pierre and Carolyn automatically receive an e-mail message from Samantha that invites them to participate by simply clicking a link. To create an activity, Samantha does not need to worry about technical details. Ling, an administrator on George’s team, can automatically populate the Activities server settings for her workstation. He can do this using one of the many enhanced policy management capabilities of Lotus Domino 8. Some of Samantha’s teammates in other departments have not yet upgraded to Lotus Notes 8, and some are not using Lotus Notes at all. For instance, Roger likes Lotus Domino Web Access, Friedrich is running Lotus Notes 7, and Garrett uses Microsoft Outlook® software. When they receive the link to the activity, they can click to participate using a supported Web browser. Samantha is using the full complement of Lotus Notes 8 capabilities to do her job. But not everyone in the company needs every feature. Using the server managed provisioning capabilities of Lotus Domino 8 administration, Ling gains more control over which users have access to which capabilities. Because he can manage this from a central site, Ling may find less need to make trips to user locations to roll out new features and applications. From an IT management perspective, George appreciates the fact that Lotus Notes and Domino 8 gives him a way to introduce new capabilities in stages. He can provide his users with enhanced tools without the disruption and cost of major changes or retraining. And because Lotus Notes and Domino 8 can help reduce the time that his staff spends performing mundane tasks, George can now focus on more strategic initiatives that his business executives want. The bottom line is that Lotus Notes and Domino 8 is all about business flexibility. By providing the ability to easily combine information—and even capabilities—from one or more sources, Lotus Notes and Domino 8 can provide significant business value in many ways: Helps improve individual and organizational effectiveness by bringing the tools for collaboration into the business processes and applications your employees use every day. Enables you to extend your existing applications with increasing degrees of flexibility and agility. Encourages the creation of reusable components, helping you to respond quickly and cost effectively to emerging business requirements with applications that are easier to build. Enables you to potentially reduce the costs associated with IT services and speed the time to deployment for new IT initiatives. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 also offers the opportunity to use a variety of hardware and software platforms that your company already has. You can leverage what business has already built, both applications and infrastructure. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software can help all the employees in your company to be on the same page.
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1.2 What’s new overall
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software delivers innovations in business collaboration, while continuing to enhance core capabilities and to support your existing applications. Lotus software continues to be a leader in innovation, providing new capabilities that enable your employees to collaborate in the context of their day-to-day business. As you read on, you will learn about many new features designed for the user, the administrator, and the application developer, respectively. You will see that some basic themes underly Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software overall.
1.2.1 Open application infrastructure
The first thing you will notice about Lotus Notes 8 is the new and enhanced, yet familiar user experience. Using open standards-based Eclipse technology, the Lotus Notes 8 interface is designed to: Let you work with diverse people, information, and applications from a single page. Help you reduce inbox clutter. Enable activity-centric computing, bringing together all related components of work into a common location. Provide an open platform for plugging in new capabilities driven by business needs. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 participates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to a greater degree than previous releases. With support for composite applications and the ability to natively consume Web services, Lotus Notes and Domino 8 can help you build contextual collaboration into your business applications. And it provides the flexibility to help you exploit your IT strategy and extend current investments by combining heterogeneous technologies. In addition, the open application architecture of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 allows for server-managed provisioning. This capability lets you centrally manage the deployment of Lotus Notes client features and composite applications.
1.2.2 Improved mail capabilities
This innovative new version gives you even greater reason to trust Lotus Notes and Domino to support your business e-mail environment. Here are just a few key features and enhancements to mail: Ability to recall certain e-mail messages you sent in error Enhanced out of office capabilities Flexible and resilient mail threads that extend beyond the inbox and include Internet mail messages
1.2.3 Improved efficiency and performance
Several enhancements to Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software provide an opportunity for enhanced system performance. These include streaming replication for Lotus Domino clusters and a variety of database and I/O improvements. New and improved administration features can help shorten the elapsed time to complete the processing of requests such as user renames. And the new mail router-based Out of Office service is designed to speed the delivery of absence notifications. 6
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1.2.4 Greater versatility
Lotus Notes and Domino software is well-known for supporting a wide variety of operating system platforms. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 continues to provide hardware and software platform flexibility and choice. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 also offers more versatility for integration with complementary software. For example, Lotus Domino 8 server software runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Lotus Notes 8 client support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 WS is currently planned for general availability of Lotus Notes 8. The Lotus Notes 8 client offers a consistent installation process for both Microsoft Windows® operating system users and Linux desktop users. Enhancements in Lotus Notes 8 for Linux include integrated instant messaging and presence awareness, the Lotus Notes smarticons toolbar, and support for color printing. Note: The composite application editor feature of Lotus Notes 8 is supported on select Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. However, Lotus Domino Designer is supported only for select Microsoft Windows workstations. Lotus Notes 8 support for Macintosh workstations is expected at a later date. In addition, version 8 brings greater similarity between Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Web Access client options, for both the interface and the features. In addition, Lotus Domino 8 offers new capabilities to allow easier interoperability with other software. These include: Full support for the option to use IBM DB2® software as a data store for Lotus Domino 8 on select Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX® 5L™, and Linux platforms Full support for the DB2 access view and query view design elements of Lotus Domino Designer 8 Incorporation of IBM Tivoli® Directory Integrator software capabilities into Lotus Domino 8 Improved integration with IBM Tivoli Enterprise™ Console, IBM WebSphere® Application Server, and WebSphere Portal software
1.3 What’s new for the Lotus Notes user
Even more than in previous versions, IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 is much more than e-mail. Lotus Notes 8 was designed for the business user—to help you work more effectively and have greater impact on your business. The fresh user interface of Lotus Notes 8 gives you easy access to the capabilities you need to get your work done quickly and with high quality. With an emphasis on minimizing clutter, Lotus Notes 8 helps make it easier to find the information you need to do your job. The following tables highlight many new Lotus Notes 8 features and their benefits. For more information about these features, see Chapter 2, “Changes for the user” on page 23.
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Table 1-1 User interface Feature Tutorial page Description An initial page presented to the user after the first installation or upgrade to Lotus Notes 8. This page points out the new functional areas in the window: the sidebar, the Open list, and the search center. Single location to set almost all Lotus Notes preferences. New drop-down menu for Lotus Notes mail and calendar view options. New navigation button conveniently located in the top-left corner of the user interface complete with facility to search the list. New options that allow alternatives to displaying each open Lotus Notes window in a tab: Option to display each open document in its own window Group window tabs, option to use a single tab to organize the open documents that are from the same database view Icon to display open windows as thumbnail graphics. This feature allows simple graphical navigation for users who prefer visual to textual representation. Search center New search area in the upper-right corner of the user interface. This feature allows consolidated search of mail, calendar, personal contacts, company directory, databases, files, and the Web. Sidebar Rightmost column of the user interface in which application plug-ins appear. Four plug-ins are supplied with Lotus Notes 8: Activities IBM Lotus Sametime® software contacts Day at a glance Feeds (RSS reader plug-in) Perform common search tasks from a single location. There is no need to leave your Lotus Notes client to search the Web or to use Google® Desktop™ searching software (if installed). Easily access Activities (if used), instant messaging, presence awareness, calendar, and news feeds—side-by-side with your e-mail. Your company can add plug-ins to meet specific business requirements. Benefit Assists users in locating key information for operating their Lotus Notes client.
Unified preferences Display menu
Personalize your work environment more quickly and easily. Quickly and easily toggle view options on and off from a convenient location on the window. Easily find and access your Lotus Notes applications, Web browser bookmarks, productivity tools, and recently used documents—all from a single place. Navigate your workspace more easily. Choose the way you prefer to work.
Open list
Window navigation options
Thumbnail view
Easy and quick access to your work in process.
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Feature Improved action bars
Description Easier to use interface in response to user feedback: Description of a button or smarticon displays when your cursor hovers over it. Action bar is designed to let you perform the most common actions using a single mouse click and easily access other options. Display of context-sensitive help side-by-side with the work you need help to perform. Ability to switch between showing and suppressing advanced menu options. Single window for user to supply all information required to use an application when not connected to the Lotus Domino server.
Benefit Get your work done more quickly and easily.
Enhanced context-sensitive help Advanced menus Make available offline
Follow the instructions while having the help visible on the page. Simplifies menus for users only requiring the basic menu options. Simplifies the process for creating a local replica of an application.
Table 1-2 Editor (applies to the body of an e-mail and rich text fields in any Lotus Notes database) Feature Instant spell check Description Option to allow Lotus Notes 8 to verify your spelling as you type. Benefit Increase the likelihood of correct spelling in your memos and Lotus Notes documents. Help present a professional image with high quality, accurate work. Gain greater flexibility in creating e-mail messages and Lotus Notes documents. Easily use hard copy of information that can be stored in tabbed tables (for example, an intra-company newsletter).
Multilevel undo Improved printing of tabbed tables
Ability to retrace your steps through more than 50 levels of edits. Ability to print tab labels and to print each tab independently.
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Table 1-3 Mail Feature Vertical preview option Description Option to preview a document in a vertical pane to the right of the view navigation. A mail thread is a conversation about a particular topic, initiated by an e-mail message. Enhancements in Lotus Notes and Domino 8: Option to see mail threads at a glance from the inbox view. Mail threads span the entire mail file, not just the inbox. Resilience: If an e-mail message in the thread is deleted, the thread is preserved. Threads can include Internet mail messages. Ability to delete or move an entire mail thread in a single action. Mail recall Option to retract an e-mail message that you sent to a recipient using a Lotus Domino server. Benefit Choose the way you prefer to work.
Improved mail threads
Easily see and manage related e-mail messages together in a group, including e-mail from Internet users outside the company. Work with a smaller inbox view.
Easily recover from common mistakes such as: You misinterpreted the question your reply was meant to answer. You forgot to include an important detail or a file attachment. You accidentally sent the e-mail to the wrong John Smith in your company. You realized after sending an e-mail as a “reply to all,” that some of its content should not be shared with all the people on the distribution list. Gain greater flexibility and speed in letting your colleagues know that you are away from the office. Reduce the need to perform tasks that are routine and may be easily forgotten.
Enhanced Out of Office capabilities
Easier to use interface. Option to specify hours as well as dates. Automatically disabled when you return. New server processing option to speed delivery of absence notifications. Ability for delegates to enable or disable Out of Office for you. Ability to select which options and information appear by default in your mail header. New check box to preface the subject of an e-mail message with “*Confidential:”.
Customizable mail header
Display only what is most useful to you when you create an e-mail message. Mark confidential e-mails in a consistent and easily recognized format.
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Table 1-4 Calendar Feature More consistent and intuitive navigation Description Ability to access views from the left navigator. Action bar enhanced for consistency with mail. Option to display unprocessed invitations side-by-side with accepted calendar entries. Modified display of all day events to visually span the entire day. Option to show your schedule for the target meeting date while you are creating a meeting notice. Option to have canceled meetings identified with visual cues on your calendar. Benefit Get your work done more quickly and easily.
Unprocessed calendar entries
See overlaps in your schedule at a glance before deciding which meetings to accept. See at a glance that every time slot in the day is already scheduled. More easily reduce the likelihood of inadvertent scheduling conflicts. Choose the way you prefer to work. Can use in conjunction with unprocessed calendar entries to help you make scheduling decisions about which meetings to accept. Check free time for different groupings of invitees when there is no mutually convenient time for everyone.
Improved display of events Check your calendar while you are scheduling a meeting Options to manage meeting cancellations
More flexible free time search
Ability to locate a mutually free time for a dynamic subset of the invitee list.
Table 1-5 Contacts (formerly called personal address book) Feature Flexible Contact form Description More fields available to store information. Customizable field headings. Blank fields only appear in edit mode. Ability to select address format. Option to display contacts in a view formatted as columns of business cards. Benefit Gain greater flexibility for managing information about your business contacts.
Business card view
Choose the way you prefer to work. Gain greater flexibility for at-a-glance viewing of your business contacts.
Thumbnail support
Ability to include a person's photograph in a Contact document. A locally held and dynamically created list of all the people with whom you have been collaborating. This can be synchronized with your Lotus Domino server directory so that you have all up-to-date contact details (for example, phone numbers and e-mail addresses) available even when offline. Also used as the source for the drop-down menu when you are addressing e-mails.
For each colleague, see a picture on the same page with other contact information. Quick and easy access to the contact information for people with whom you have been collaborating most recently.
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Feature Vertical preview option
Description As with e-mail, option to preview a document in a vertical pane to the right of the view navigation.
Benefit Choose the way you prefer to work.
Table 1-6 Effectiveness Feature Support for common operating system keyboard and mouse-click shortcuts and commands Recent collaborations Description Support for a variety of shortcuts such as the familiar control key and mouse-click combination to select more than one document from a view. For names, a new right-click menu option that displays a list of your interactions with the selected person. Benefit Get your work done more quickly and easily.
Minimize the need to remember which tool was used for a human interaction. In one place, see all the collaborations with a particular person, including e-mails, meetings, and instant message history. Quickly find the people with whom you collaborate most often.
Intelligent type-ahead
The list of names in response to type-ahead addressing is sorted by frequency of use rather than alphabetically. Suite of open standards-based office productivity tools for working with word processing documents, presentations and spreadsheets—included at no additional charge. For more information, see 2.7, “IBM productivity tools” on page 58.
IBM productivity tools
Create, edit, and collaborate on a wide variety of document, presentation, and spreadsheet file types—without separately licensing office productivity software.
Table 1-7 Collaboration Feature Enhanced instant messaging integration Description Sidebar plug-in based on the Lotus Sametime 7.5 interface. Advanced functionality including rich text, spell check, emoticons, automatic instant message history, and more. For more information, see 2.9, “Sametime Contacts” on page 66. Activities Optional sidebar plug-in based on the activity-centric computing capabilities of IBM Lotus Connections software. For more information, see 2.10, “Activities” on page 68. Quickly and easily create team work areas to organize and share information to collaborate on a project, without needing to involve the IT staff. Benefit Quickly and easily collaborate with colleagues in real time—side by side with your e-mail. More easily refer to the text of online conversations with colleagues.
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1.4 What’s new for the Lotus Domino Web Access user
With Lotus Domino 8, the Web client interface and function set of IBM Lotus Domino Web Access software are enhanced to provide closer parity with the Lotus Notes 8 client. In fact, Lotus Domino Web Access 8 users and Lotus Notes 8 users can share a single, merged mail template (MAIL8.NTF). Also, enhancements to the server and client software are designed to allow Lotus Domino Web Access 8 users to experience even better performance than previous releases. The following tables highlight many new Lotus Domino Web Access 8 features and their benefits. For more information about these features, see 2.11, “Lotus Domino Web Access” on page 77.
Table 1-8 User interface Feature Modified look and feel Description Fonts, color scheme, and use of icons more consistent with Lotus Notes 8 and with WebSphere Portal. Ability to preview the text of the selected document in a view. Option to display the preview either vertically to the right of the view navigation or in a horizontal pane below the view. Instant messaging contact list available from drop-down menu next to your availability status. Automatic refresh of presence awareness status icons. Benefit Familiarity with the interface even when using different client types and server platforms. Quickly scan the information in your inbox or your business contacts.
New preview pane
Integrated instant messaging contact list
Easily see who is available for online collaboration.
Table 1-9 Functionality Feature Enhanced Out of Office capabilities Description Easier to use interface. Option to specify hours as well as dates. Automatically disabled when you return. New server processing option to speed delivery of absence notifications. Mail threads span the entire mail file, not just the inbox. Resilience: If an e-mail message in the thread is deleted, the thread is preserved. Threads can include Internet mail messages. Ability to select which options and information appear by default in your mail header. Benefit Gain greater flexibility and speed in letting your colleagues know that you are away from the office. Reduce the need to perform routine and easily forgotten steps.
Improved mail threads
Easily see and manage related e-mail messages together in a group, including e-mail from Internet users outside the company.
Customizable mail header
Display only what is most useful to you when you create an e-mail message.
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Feature Support for dynamic view column updates Feed-enabled mail file
Description Option to specify a column as dynamic so that its width is automatically adjusted. Ability to publish your inbox through an RSS or Atom feed by clicking an icon.
Benefit See more of the contents of a particular column. Gain the flexibility to view your mail from Internet, non-Lotus clients when you are away from your usual work environment. Easily allow access to shared mail boxes.
Calendar filters
Option to display your calendar entries by chairperson, by type (meetings, appointments, reminders, events, private entries), or by invitee status (confirmed or tentatively accepted). Ability to designate a default room or resource for use when scheduling meetings. Ability for authorized delegates to work with another person’s calendar from within their own calendar. Automatic bidirectional synchronization with Lotus Notes 8 mail, business contacts in the Lotus Notes 8 contacts database, and notebook entries from the Lotus Notes 8 journal. Easier management of changes to your Lotus Notes and Internet password. Keep your Internet password in synch with the password of your embedded Lotus Notes ID.
Choose to display your calendar invitations in the manner that best meets your needs at a given time.
Preferred rooms and resources
Quickly schedule a meeting along with the conference room that is most convenient for you. Improve effectiveness of assistants who support one or more principals. When using Lotus Notes 8 in the office and Lotus Domino Web Access 8 when away, easily keep your work in sync.
Improved calendar delegation
Improved contact management
Password management improvements for people who use both Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access
When using Lotus Notes 8 in the office and Lotus Domino Web Access 8 when away, easily keep your work in sync. If you use both Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access, you only need to keep track of your Lotus Notes ID password. This new feature automatically keeps your Internet password in synch with the password in your embedded Lotus Notes ID. For administrators, this reduces the burden of user password management by eliminating the need to separately manage and maintain a user's Internet password. Quickly check your spelling. Gain flexibility with support for additional spell check dictionaries.
Enhanced spell check engine and dictionary synchronization
Multithreaded server spell check engine. Support for, and integration of, LanguageWare libraries and dictionaries. Addition of spell check dictionary for German Reform language.
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1.5 What’s new for the administrator
If you expected IBM Lotus Domino 8 software to provide server capabilities to complement the Lotus Notes 8 client innovations, you are correct. But this new version of the proven, security-rich IBM Lotus Domino server does much more than that. Lotus Domino 8 takes centralized management and operational efficiency to a new level. Lotus Domino 8 includes many new features and enhancements to automate more mundane administrative tasks, enabling you to spend your time on more strategic IT initiatives. Lotus Domino 8 gives you new and enhanced tools designed to help minimize software deployment costs and maintain high availability and performance for your users. The following tables highlight many new Lotus Domino 8 features and their benefits. For more information about these features, see Chapter 3, “Changes for the administrator” on page 81.
Table 1-10 Mail improvements Feature Configuration options for mail recall Description Option to enable or disable the mail recall feature of Lotus Domino 8. Granular options for the use of mail recall if enabled. Option to implement the Out of Office service as a mail router service instead of a scheduled agent. Ability to specify how the mail router handles delivery failure reports when e-mails are automatically forwarded by an action in a user mail rule. Option to specify the number of protocol errors that can be returned for a session before terminating the connection. Options to reject inbound SMTP mail that is sent to ambiguous names or to groups. Ability to have a delay report distributed to the sender when an e-mail has been in the router’s queue longer than a specified time. Benefit Control the use of mail recall in your environment as appropriate for the needs of the business. Minimize the elapsed time before users receive absence notifications after sending e-mail to a colleague who is out of the office. Gain options that can help you reduce inadvertent rejection of legitimate mail by some spam filters when automatic forwarding is enabled. Gain more control over session behavior, particularly when blacklist rejections occur, because these are protocol errors. Gain more control over inbound Internet mail based on the directory policies you have in place. Automatically notify users when e-mails that they have sent are delayed.
Configuration options for Out of Office service
Reverse path setting for forwarded messages
Error limit before a connection is terminated Ability to reject ambiguous names/deny mail to groups Transfer and delivery delay reports
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Table 1-11 Lotus Notes client administration Feature Server managed provisioning Description Ability to use the Eclipse provisioning model to deploy Lotus Notes 8 client features and components. For more information about server managed provisioning, see 3.3.1, “Using a Lotus Domino 8 server as a provisioning server” on page 88. Inbox cleanup Option to schedule a supplied agent to automatically remove documents that are older than a specified number of days from user inboxes. Ability to apply the same parameter to all the available settings in the mail settings document or desktop settings document with a single click. Additional settings that can be defined and managed through policies: Window navigation Replication settings Lotus Domino Web Access security settings Inbox cleanup Productivity tools Activities Database redirect Ability to automatically update client references to databases that have been relocated or deleted. Benefit Manage the deployment of Lotus Notes 8 client features, Eclipse components, and composite applications from a Lotus Domino 8 server.
Potentially improve both Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes client performance, and make it easier for users to work within their mailbox quotas. Manage most of the settings for your users’ Lotus Notes 8 desktops and mail files from a central location. Choose to introduce certain new features gradually (or turn them off altogether) by controlling the options your users see and which settings they are permitted to change.
Policy management enhancements
Maximize database availability while simplifying administration. Reduce the occurrence of broken links that can impact user effectiveness in their jobs.
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Table 1-12 Lotus Domino 8 server administration Feature Enhancements to Lotus Domino domain monitoring Description New probes and probe subtypes for administration, WebSphere services, and LDAP requests. Button to choose from a list of common actions to resolve events. Option to set Lotus Domino domain monitoring database to open when the administrator client is started. Ability to define and reuse probable cause, possible solution, and corrective action statements in multiple events. New role for special access to change corrective action text. Integrated self-help application designed to help you identify, assess, and overcome many product difficulties without needing to contact IBM. Resources for automating the diagnostic process and submitting diagnostic to IBM when necessary. Ability to add the URL for the Web administration page of a non-Lotus Domino product. Benefit Reduce the number of steps to identify and resolve issues before they impact the business, potentially saving time and money. Gain more granular control of your environment. Simplify routine tasks.
IBM support assistant
Speed the resolution of product challenges.
Bookmarks for Web administration servers
Administer other IBM software (for example, Lotus Sametime or WebSphere Portal) or vendor products from within the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client.
Table 1-13 Improved efficiency and performance Feature Post request into target server database Description Change to the default operation of the AdminP task unless you choose to disable this feature through a NOTES.INI setting. Allows administration requests to be placed directly into the ADMIN4.NSF database on named destination servers that are directly connected to the source. Design note compression New database property to allow compression of database design. New database column property that updates the index on first use. Benefit Shorten the elapsed time to complete the processing of administration requests. Help reduce unnecessary server replication.
Potentially reduce the I/O and space utilization associated with database design information. Opportunity to reduce system resources required for database indexing.
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Feature User rename improvements
Description Ability to generate a list that contains all the reader names and author names entries that are present in a database. The names list is stored with the database for the AdminP task to read. Only if the name to be changed is present in the list will AdminP proceed to search every note in the database for fields that need to be changed.
Benefit Opportunity to reduce the system resources needed to propagate a user name change across all design elements that refer to the original name.
Critical request scheduling
Ability to override the default time interval for one or more types of administration requests. Ability to assign special purpose threads to immediate requests and interval requests. New database property to disable search for a database that does not have a full text index.
Gain more granular control over the elapsed time to process tasks that you designate as having high priority.
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Manage the use of search capabilities to balance server performance impact with business need.
Table 1-14 Directory Feature Integration of IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator capabilities Lotus Notes client version view Description Limited use license for Tivoli software product. New view that lists the Lotus Notes versions deployed in your user community and which users are running each of them. Option to specify that a particular secondary directory should be used for authentication and authorization but not for mail addressing. New buttons on the directory assistance form to choose from a list of likely field entries and validate the choices you make. New tool to validate group member lists, scan directories, and identify naming and syntax problems. New LDAP attributes designed to allow a single search to identify a user’s full nested group membership. Benefit Synchronize identity data across various repositories throughout your organization. Easily determine which user workstations need to be upgraded and identify whether any users are running unsupported versions. Provide opportunities to reduce unnecessary server workload, improve response time for mail lookups, and minimize the occurrence of ambiguous names. Reduce the likelihood of errors when configuring directory assistance.
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Improved configuration for directory assistance LDAP directories DirLint
Proactively resolve common directory configuration errors. Easily identify all the groups to which a user belongs, while using fewer network and system resources.
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Table 1-15 Security features Feature Prevent access to Internet password fields Description Ability to use extended access control lists (ACLs) to allow access to Internet password fields only by the password owner and by administrators. Server configuration option to set a threshold for HTTP authentication failures and lock out any user who fails to log in within the established threshold value. Support for 2048-bit encryption keys for user IDs and server IDs, and 4096-bit keys for certifier IDs. Key rollover is the process used to update the set of Lotus Notes public and private keys that is stored in an ID file. Extension of key rollover capability to certifier IDs in addition to user and server IDs. ID file recovery APIs New application programming interfaces allowing automation of the ID recovery process. Elimination of simple and medium encryption options for new databases. New support for online certificate status protocol (OCSP), RFC 2560. Enable the integration of ID file recovery with custom, enterprise-wide management systems. Enforce greater protection for the data stored locally on a Lotus Notes client. Take advantage of additional security features for verifying S/MIME signatures and SSL certificates. Enable stronger encryption for single sign-on between Lotus Domino and WebSphere servers. Benefit Protect against attempts to decipher hashed passwords.
Internet password lockout
Protect against brute force and dictionary attacks on user Internet accounts.
Support for longer encryption keys Certifier key rollover
Protect against attempts to decipher encryption keys. Update certifier IDs to take advantage of stronger encryption.
Strong encryption enforced for new local databases Certificate revocation checking using online certificate status protocol (OCSP) Single sign-on using LtpaToken2
Ability to use LtpaToken2 format for single sign-on with IBM WebSphere Application Server software, versions 5.1.1 and later.
Table 1-16 Integration with other IBM products Feature Set a default DB2 user name DB2 move container Description Ability to define a single DB2 user mapping for all Lotus Notes users needing a common level of access to a set of DB2 data. A DB2 container is a repository for one or more DB2-enabled Lotus Notes databases. This feature provides the ability to move DB2 containers from one disk or volume to another to validate user connections and reconcile links to the data. Integration with IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console® software Server configuration option to forward events for monitoring with Tivoli Enterprise Console. Benefit Minimize the time and effort to manage appropriate access control for the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature. Control the amount of disk space that is used on a particular server by DB2-enabled Lotus Notes databases. Minimize disruption to users when needing to move data. Manage Lotus Domino and other enterprise application events using a single monitoring interface.
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1.6 What’s new for the application developer
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software is built on an open application infrastructure that can help you respond quickly to emerging business requirements with applications that are even easier to build. For example, you can use Lotus Domino Designer 8 or Eclipse-based tools to build reusable components and mix and match them in composite applications that can help improve user effectiveness and have a positive impact on your business. Web services consumer support in Lotus Domino 8 allows your applications to interact with other systems using open standards, enabling you to leverage more of your existing IT investments. With full support for DB2 access views and query views, you can rapidly build applications that blend collaborative services and relational data. And you can access Lotus Domino data using industry-standard Structured Query Language (SQL). In addition, the many new features and enhancements in Lotus Domino Designer 8 enable you to extend your existing applications with increased flexibility and agility. The following tables highlight many new Lotus Domino Designer 8 features and their benefits. For more information about these features, see Chapter 4, “Changes for the application developer” on page 119.
Table 1-17 Composite applications Feature Composite application inter-component communication support in Lotus Notes design elements Description Ability to publish information from a Lotus Notes design element or specify logic to perform when another component publishes information. Benefit Share information across application and system boundaries. Enable users to display relevant information using a single click or reduce the number of steps needed to complete a unit of work. Easily change an existing Lotus Notes application to open as a composite application that brings together components from one or more systems. Give your line of business users (as well as yourself) a starting point to mix and match components into a composite application to meet business needs. Enable backward compatibility of applications for a user community with mixed Lotus Notes versions.
Database property to launch as a composite application
Mechanism to designate an application to run as a composite application for use by Lotus Notes 8 users. Ability to create a new NSF-based composite application that can be used online or offline. Granular option to introduce composite applications into existing Lotus Notes applications through seamless redirection for Lotus Notes 8 users, while continuing to support users of prior versions of Lotus Notes.
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Feature Composite application editor
Description A graphical user interface to assemble and wire components together by dragging and dropping them into a composite application. Supplied with the Lotus Notes 8 client and can be used by line of business users.
Benefit Construct or customize an application to display the information you need to carry out your business functions—without needing detailed knowledge of application development or programming languages.
New view features
Multiple view, folder, action, and options available for NSF components used in composite applications.
Use flexible point-and-click options to supply more appealing navigation options that let users quickly locate the information they need.
Table 1-18 Web services Feature Web services consumer support Description Triggered by simply importing the Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) for the public interface of any accessible Web service provider, automatic creation of a reusable library of functions that are accessible through LotusScript or Java™. Any Lotus Domino 8 server or Lotus Notes 8 interacts as a Web service consumer when the library functions are called. Benefit Use distributed computing and open standards to make use of your current IT investments and publicly available services.
Table 1-19 Programming language enhancements Feature LotusScript and Lotus Notes formula language enhancements Description New and enhanced LotusScript classes, properties, and methods. New and enhanced @functions and @commands in Lotus Notes formula language. Support for additional design elements such as DB2 access views, query views, Web services, and more. New properties to control MIME conversion and to import or export a subset of Lotus Notes documents and rich text fields. Benefit Expand the functionality of your application and interact with other systems using Lotus programming languages. Gain refined and expanded support for many uses of DXL. Examples: Publish and interchange documents with other systems or formats using XML. Read and write information to and from Lotus Notes applications. Archive and restore data stored in Lotus Domino. Manage design generation and perform change control. Opportunity for enhanced performance and increased reliability.
Enhancements to DXL
Support for Java 5
IBM's new Java SE technology, including new Java 5 syntax.
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Table 1-20 View design enhancements Feature Greater control of right mouse menu New column properties Description Option to omit default entries from the right mouse menu. New bytes column type to display number field contents as kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes. Option to set a specific column (instead of the rightmost column) to be the one that expands to use the available window width. New property for on-the-fly user sorted columns that defers index creation until first use of sort capability. Benefit Allow users to focus on the specific actions you defined for a particular view or folder. Gain more flexibility for column definitions. Reduce unnecessary server load for generating indexes that might not be used until a later date or not at all.
Table 1-21 Additional enhancements in Lotus Domino Designer 8 Feature “On server start” option for agents Description New event trigger option in agent properties to designate that the agent should run when the Lotus Domino server is started. Developer-controlled option to automatically resize a user-supplied graphic. Reserved Name fields. Additional $$HTMLOptions. Ability to use JavaScript™ object notation (JSON) output format for AJAX Web applications. Benefit Gain greater flexibility for defining when agents run.
Support for thumbnails in rich text lite fields Web application enhancements
Easily provide consistent, professional display of graphics across all documents. Gain more granular control over the display of rich text fields, tables, and sections. Speed the creation of AJAX Web applications.
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In this chapter, we discuss the new and improved features in the Lotus Notes 8 client and the potential these have for improving the efficiency and productivity of users. Specifically, we discuss the following topics: Enhanced user interface Mail Calendar Contacts IBM productivity tools Sidebar plug-ins Sametime Contacts Activities Lotus Domino Web Access 8 Lotus Notes 8 “Basic Configuration”
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IBM Lotus Notes 8 software delivers a compelling new user experience that is a seamless step forward for current Lotus Notes users. Enhancements to existing core functions are complemented by new functionality that can help you increase effectiveness, improve efficiency, and speed your decision making processes. The improvements to Lotus Notes software that you see in the Lotus Notes 8 release are designed to help your organization collaborate better and enhance productivity and responsiveness. Examples of the Lotus Notes 8 client interface are shown in Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 on page 25. These figures show the areas of particular interest, which we summarize after the figures with references to where we discuss these in more depth in this chapter.
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4. Mini view: Switch between views of To Dos, new calendar invites, and mails that have been flagged for follow up. 5. Search center: Access to search within and outside of Lotus Notes. See 2.2.9, “Search center” on page 35. 6. Toolbars: Contextual actions. See 2.2.3, “Toolbars” on page 29. 7. Action bar: Lotus Notes application actions. See 2.3.1, “Action bar” on page 38. 8. Display menu: Quick access to view management options. See 2.3.2, “Display menu” on page 38. 9. Mail conversations: Organize your mail file. See 2.3.5, “Conversations view” on page 40. 10.Preview pane (on the bottom): View the content of the selected document. See 2.3.3, “Horizontal/vertical preview” on page 39.
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As shown in Figure 2-2: 11.Open list: Access to Lotus Notes applications (bookmarks), IBM productivity tools, Web browser, and WebSphere Portal applications. See 2.2.2, “Open list” on page 28. 12.Preview pane (on the right): View content of selected document. See 2.3.3, “Horizontal/vertical preview” on page 39.
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13.Sidebar: Access to included and third-party plug-in applications. See 2.8, “Sidebar plug-ins” on page 64. In addition to these features, note the following key new features and enhancements in the Lotus Notes 8 client. Mail enhancements to Lotus Notes 8 software include inline spell checking, mail recall, intelligent e-mail addressing, enhanced Out of Office, and improved threaded e-mail capabilities. See 2.3, “Mail” on page 37. Calendar views offer enhanced ways to view and manage all day events and unprocessed invitations. The usability of free-time lookup has also been improved. See 2.5, “Calendar” on page 47. Enhancements to Contacts include business-card-like views and the ability to automatically store a local copy of directory information for those contacts with whom you have been collaborating recently. See 2.6, “Contacts” on page 53. Open-standards-based spreadsheet, document, and presentation tools are included at no additional charge. These tools offer your company an alternative to potentially expensive office productivity software based on proprietary standards. See 2.7, “IBM productivity tools” on page 58. While engaged in other activities, you have access to other facilities from a sidebar on the right side of your window. Here you can monitor upcoming meetings and new entries in your feed-enabled applications, as well as access your instant messaging contacts. See 2.8, “Sidebar plug-ins” on page 64 and 2.9, “Sametime Contacts” on page 66. The Lotus Notes 8 architecture provides the capability to easily integrate with other applications that make people more productive. With Activities, undefined business processes can be dragged out of the inbox and shared with team members. You can easily organize, access, and share all the materials related to a project. Team members can easily remain in sync, helping to make you and your colleagues more efficient. See 2.10, “Activities” on page 68. Continued operating system choice and compatibility with previous releases of Lotus Notes software help to protect your IT investments. Lotus Notes 8 software currently runs on select Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems, with support for Macintosh machines expected at a later date. For details of the system requirements for running the Lotus Notes 8 client and the Lotus Domino 8 server, see the Lotus Notes/Domino 8 Release Notes.
2.2 Enhanced user interface
The Lotus Notes 8 client has a fresh but familiar look and feel and is designed to be intuitive to use. The interface was designed in direct response to feedback from users. Lotus Notes 8 software offers a number of new features to assist in improving employee efficiency and effectiveness. Lotus Notes 8 software is flexible. It offers the option to personalize the interface to accommodate your own ways of working and includes the ability to use plug-ins, allowing the interface to be extended to meet your business requirements.
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2.2.1 Welcome page
The Lotus Notes 8 client has a new default welcome page, now called Home page (Figure 2-3).
Figure 2-3 Default Home page
As with previous versions of the Lotus Notes client, there are links on the Home page to Mail, Calendar, Contacts (previously called personal address book), To Do, and Personal Journal. Additionally, with the Lotus Notes 8 client, you have links to a set of productivity tools. For more details, see 2.7, “IBM productivity tools” on page 58. In addition, as with previous versions, you can select an alternate welcome page or create your own. Note that if you are upgrading from a previous version of Lotus Notes, then, by default, you will retain your existing welcome page.
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2.2.2 Open list
Your Lotus Notes applications are now accessible from a new menu which is displayed by clicking on the Open list in the top-left corner of the window (Figure 2-4).
Figure 2-4 Open list
If you are upgrading from a previous release of the Lotus Notes client, your bookmarks will be migrated into the Open list. The menu also has links to the IBM productivity tools (see 2.7, “IBM productivity tools” on page 58 for more information), and there is also a link to open a Web browser. This link can be configured to open the embedded Lotus Notes Web browser or the default browser that you have set in your operating system. You also have the ability to search your Open list. As you type text into the search field, only menu items that contain text matching the typed text will remain on the list (Figure 2-5).
Figure 2-5 Search your Open list
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Note that there is a still a File menu from where you can open Lotus Notes databases that you have not “bookmarked.” If you have used a previous version of Lotus Notes, you will notice that the term “Database” has been replaced with “Application” (Figure 2-6). This change in terminology reflects the fact that the Lotus Notes 8 client is embracing additional types of applications and is no longer limited to just databases. See Chapter 4, “Changes for the application developer” on page 119.
Figure 2-6 File menu
2.2.3 Toolbars
Contextual toolbars now appear within each individual Lotus Notes tab rather than directly below the menu, bringing the toolbars closer to the activity to which they relate and allowing a smoother transition when switching between tabs that require different toolbars. Figure 2-7 shows an example.
Figure 2-7 Toolbar
2.2.4 Window management and navigation
Lotus Notes 8 offers several features to help you manage your open windows, making it possible for you to navigate easily to the required view, document, or page, even when there are several Lotus Notes windows open.
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Group document tabs
As with Lotus Notes 7, the default option is to have a separate tab across the top of the page for each Lotus Notes window that is open. However, with Lotus Notes 8, you also have the option to group window tabs. This means that when you have several documents open from the same database view, they are grouped together under a single tab. Clicking the arrow on the right side of the tab displays a list of all of the open windows from this view. Simply click an entry in the list to navigate to the required window. See Figure 2-8 for an example. This feature can improve your ability to manage multiple windows. Fewer tabs across the top of the page make it easier to read the tab names. And, because the tab contents are listed in the drop-down list, it is possible to see the complete window titles.
Figure 2-8 Group document tabs
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Another option for window management is to have all documents in their own window. This is useful if you want to display more than one document on the page at one time, as shown in Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9 Open each document in a separate window
2.2.5 Thumbnails
If you click the icon on the right side of the Open list, as shown in Figure 2-10, all of the open windows open, with each one displayed as a “thumbnail.”
Figure 2-10 Thumbnail icon
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Figure 2-11 shows the thumbnail view. You can click one of the “thumbnails” to quickly navigate to the associated Lotus Notes window.
Figure 2-11 Thumbnails
If you have several windows open, you can use the Search filter at the top of the page to reduce the number of windows displayed and make it easier to locate the window you need. As you type text into the filter, only windows with titles that contain text matching the typed text will remain on the page.
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2.2.6 Unified preferences
With Lotus Notes 8, the File → Preferences menu is a single location from which you can configure all preferences associated with the Lotus Notes client, including preferences associated with locations, instant messaging, activities, and the productivity tools. See Figure 2-12.
Figure 2-12 Unified preferences
To offer users the flexibility to customize the client interface to meet their specific needs and ways of working, there are many preferences that can be configured. However, a filter function at the top of the list of preferences enables you to quickly locate the required preference by showing only those preferences that match the text that is entered. See the example in Figure 2-13.
Figure 2-13 Filtering the Preferences
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Note that the original methods for accessing the mail/calendar preferences and locations is still available in addition to the unified preferences menu, allowing backward compatibility for users familiar with the original methods.
2.2.7 Advanced Menus option
In order to simplify the menus for Lotus Notes client users who do not make use of advanced menu options, the Lotus Notes client has an option to suppress these, as shown in Figure 2-14. The Advanced Menus option will be deselected by default and users requiring these advanced menu entries need to select this option.
Figure 2-14 Configuring Advanced Menus
For example, Figure 2-15 shows the difference between the Tools menu with the Advanced Menus option selected and the Tools menu without the Advanced Menus option.
Figure 2-15 Difference in the tools menu options with and without the Advanced Menus option
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2.2.8 Making applications available offline
To simplify the process of creating a local replica of an application that is hosted on a Lotus Domino server, the Lotus Notes 8 client has a “Make Available Offline” option. Through a single window, users can supply all the information necessary to enable them to access applications when they are disconnected from their network. See Figure 2-16 for an example.
Figure 2-16 Make the application available offline
2.2.9 Search center
The Lotus Notes 8 client has a new search center interface that enables you to go to a single location to search your mail, calendar, directories, catalogs, and even the Web. See Figure 2-17 on page 36. For example, there are options for Yahoo!® and Google Web searches. If you select one of these options, your Web search is carried out by the associated search engine. If you have Google Desktop Search installed on your workstation, this option also appears in the list. Now you do not have to leave your Lotus Notes client to perform common search tasks even if the targets of the search are not in the Lotus Notes environment itself.
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Figure 2-17 Search center
2.2.10 Help
The Lotus Notes 8 client has a help system that enables you to display context-sensitive help in a side panel while you work (Figure 2-18).
Figure 2-18 Context-sensitive help
In addition to help for the Lotus Notes client, this help system includes sections about Sametime Contacts, Activities, the composite application editor, and the IBM productivity tools, each of which you can choose to install during the Lotus Notes 8 client installation.
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2.2.11 IBM Support Assistant
IBM has integrated the IBM Support Assistant with the Lotus Notes client. You can access the IBM Support Assistant from the Lotus Notes 8 client help menu by selecting Help → Support → IBM Support Assistant. IBM Support Assistant is a software application offered at no additional charge. It is intended to help clients be more productive with IBM products by resolving product challenges faster. Clients are encouraged to consult IBM Support Assistant when experiencing a product challenge. IBM Support Assistant offers resources for self-help that can enable customers to identify, assess, and overcome product difficulties without needing to contact IBM. When it is necessary to contact IBM, IBM Support Assistant offers resources for rapid submission of problem reports and immediate, automated collection of diagnostic data that can accelerate problem resolution. See Figure 2-19.
Figure 2-19 IBM Support Assistant Welcome page
For more information about IBM Support Assistant, see the Lotus Notes 8 client online help or the following Web site:
2.3 Mail
The fresh new interface in the Lotus Notes 8 mail file is a direct result of considerable feedback from the Lotus Notes community. It is intuitive to use, as well as having new and improved features.
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2.3.1 Action bar
The action bar uses icons with “hover over” help rather than text for common and easily distinguishable actions (Figure 2-20).
Figure 2-20 Action bar icons with “hover over” help
In most cases, common actions can be carried out with a single click, leaving easily accessible, two-click actions for less frequent tasks. For example, if you are in your mail file, it is likely that the type of document you create most often is a new e-mail. Therefore, if you click the New icon in the action bar, a blank mail form opens. However, if you click the arrow beside the New icon, you get a drop-down list allowing you to select a new Calendar entry or To Do entry instead (Figure 2-21). Also, Reply and Reply to All are single click actions and these now default to including the mail history.
Figure 2-21 Mail: Single and two-click actions
2.3.2 Display menu
A new display menu is at the top-right corner of the Lotus Notes 8 mail and calendar views (Figure 2-22).
Figure 2-22 Display menu
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This menu gives you quick access to view options that you want to switch on and off on a fairly frequent basis. For example, selecting View Unread to get a quick view of all those e-mails that you have not opened yet or hiding the preview pane to maximize the room available for browsing the inbox. We explain the other options on this menu in the next few sections.
2.3.3 Horizontal/vertical preview
The Lotus Notes 8 client offers you the choice of using a vertical preview pane, as shown in Figure 2-23, instead of a horizontal pane. This enables you to configure your mail view to suit your own way of working.
Figure 2-23 Vertical preview pane
Note that, with the preview pane on the right, your mail view is automatically reformatted to show the mail subject on a second line, underneath the sender and the date. This allows you to see the pertinent information for each e-mail even though the width of the view has been made smaller. The option to switch between the preview panes, or to hide the preview pane altogether, is selected from the Display menu at the top-right corner of the page.
2.3.4 Mail threads
Lotus Notes 7 introduced the ability to see the mail thread to which an e-mail belonged from within the header of an e-mail. In addition, with Lotus Notes 8, there are two methods of viewing mail threads directly from the inbox (or any folder whose design is based on the inbox).
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By default, the inbox view will show you if there is a thread associated with an e-mail when you highlight the e-mail, as shown in Figure 2-24. Note the twisty in front of the mail subject. This tells you that this e-mail is part of a mail conversation.
Figure 2-24 Inbox view showing e-mail that is part of a conversation
Clicking the twisty at the front of the subject opens up the conversation and allows you to see the contents of the conversation, as shown in Figure 2-25.
Figure 2-25 Mail conversation
Replies to an e-mail often have the same title as the original e-mail, simply prefixed with “Re:”. In order to allow more useful information to be shown in the conversation, the first line of the e-mail, rather than the title, is used in the conversation. This makes it easier for you to identify the e-mail that you need. It might even allow you to find all the information you require without actually having to open any of the e-mails in the conversation. Note that the conversation shows all associated e-mails regardless of where they are in your mail file and also shows you the folders in which they are located. The mail conversations are resilient. This means that if an intermediate response is deleted from the mail file, any replies to the deleted response still appear in the conversation. Also, conversations can now include mails that originated from e-mail systems other than Lotus Notes, meaning that responses to and from people outside of your company also appear in your conversations.
2.3.5 Conversations view
With Lotus Notes 8, you can also organize your e-mails in your inbox view so that they are grouped in conversations with only one view entry per conversation. This can make searching the inbox much easier. This is because there are fewer conversations than there are e-mails. And you can now have all the e-mails in a topic grouped together in your inbox under the latest entry in the mail thread.
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You can switch between the “Individual Messages” view and the “Conversations” view from the Display menu at the top-right corner of the page (Figure 2-23 on page 39).
Figure 2-26 Collapsed conversation
When you are in “Conversations” mode, you only see the latest response in each mail thread displayed in the view. The number in parentheses at the end of the subject indicates how many e-mails are in the conversation, as shown in Figure 2-26. As with the default inbox view, if you click the twisty beside the view entry, you can open the thread to see all the mails in the conversation. When in “Conversation” mode, you are also able to perform actions, such as filing in a folder or deletion, on an entire mail thread. To help prevent accidental deletion, a dialog box opens (Figure 2-27). You can suppress this dialog box if wanted.
Figure 2-27 Confirm delete message
2.3.6 Mail header
With Lotus Notes 8, you have the flexibility to configure your mail header to show only the information and options that are useful to you. In Figure 2-28, you can see the full information that can be displayed in the mail header.
Figure 2-28 Mail header with all information
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However, as shown in Figure 2-29, if there are options or information that you do not want to see by default when you create a new e-mail, you can hide everything except the To, Cc, and Subject fields by selecting options in the Display menu.
Figure 2-29 Mail header with reduced information
Notice also an additional mail option that has been introduced with Lotus Notes 8. As shown in Figure 2-30, if you select the Mark Subject Confidential check box, the text “*Confidential:” is placed in front of any subject text you have entered, making it simple for you to mark confidential e-mail in a consistent and easily recognized format.
Figure 2-30 Mark Subject Confidential
2.3.7 Mail addressing
The address type-ahead feature available in prior versions of Lotus Notes has been enhanced, and converted to a type-down feature, to make it quicker for you to find the people you collaborate with most often. As you type into an address field, names that match your typed text appear in a drop-down list below. The list of names is not sorted alphabetically but according to frequency of use. Therefore, your most common contacts appear at the top of the address list within a few keystrokes, as shown in Figure 2-31. When you see the name you want, you can click it in the list to enter the full name in the address field.
Figure 2-31 Type-down address list
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2.3.9 Instant spell checking
You now have the option to turn on inline spell checking. As you type words into a rich text field, a red squiggle appears underneath a word is spelled incorrectly or that is not present in your dictionary. You can configure option in the unified preferences window, as shown in Figure 2-32.
Figure 2-32 Configure instant spell checking
If you right-click the offending word, a list provides suggestions for the correct spelling for the word. You can then choose one of the suggestions, as shown in Figure 2-33, or add the word to the dictionary so that it will be recognized on future occurrences.
Figure 2-33 Inline spell checking
Note that inline spell checking is available in rich text fields in any Lotus Notes 8 document and not just in the mail file.
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2.3.10 Document selection
The Lotus Notes 8 client supports common operating system keyboard and mouse-click shortcuts and commands. For example, you can use the Control key and mouse-click to select multiple, noncontiguous items in a Lotus Notes database view, as shown in Figure 2-34, enabling you to interact with multiple pieces of information simultaneously.
Figure 2-34 Document selection using Control key and mouse-click
Note that the use of common operating system keyboard and mouse-click shortcuts is also available in the Contacts application and the Calendar Lists views.
2.3.11 Recent collaborations
When you are searching for information, you might remember the people with whom you were collaborating rather than the tool in which the collaboration was taking place. With Lotus Notes 8, a right-click menu option for names fields allows you to see a list of other collaborations that you had with that person. These collaborations can be e-mails from your inbox, meetings from your calendar, instant messages stored in your history, or activities displayed in your sidebar.
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All of these are displayed together in “Recent Collaborations,” as shown in Figure 2-35. You can select an entry from the list to open it directly from your mail file, calendar, instant message history, or Activities list.
Figure 2-35 Recent Collaborations
Note that the right-click “Recent Collaborations” option extends to name fields in other databases such as Contacts, team room, and discussion databases, as well as in the mail, calendar, and instant Contacts list.
2.3.12 Message recall
To assist in the situations where an e-mail is sent accidentally, perhaps to the wrong recipient or before all the required information has been entered in the e-mail, the Lotus Notes 8 client has the facility to recall e-mails that have been sent to other Lotus Notes users. Note that users will only be able to use this feature if it has been enabled on the Lotus Domino server and configured for use in their mail policy. See 3.2.1, “Message recall” on page 82. This facility is available from the Sent view of the mail folder, as shown in Figure 2-36. Note that the sender’s copy of the e-mail is required in order to collect the information required to locate the recipients copies. If the e-mail was not saved before it was sent, it will not be able to be recalled. In order to recall an e-mail, you highlight the e-mail in the Sent view and click the Recall Message action.
Figure 2-36 Recall Message action
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A window opens for you to select the users from whom you want to recall the e-mail. See Figure 2-37. You can also indicate whether you want to recall an e-mail even if it has been read. Note that this will only be possible if your mail policy has been configured to allow the recall of read mail. See 3.2.1, “Message recall” on page 82 for more information.
Figure 2-37 Recall Message window
If you select the option to receive a recall status report, for each recipient from whom you have recalled the e-mail, you will receive a report similar to the one shown in Figure 2-38.
Figure 2-38 Message Recall Report
2.4 Improved Out of Office
The Out of Office functionality has been enhanced in Lotus Notes and Domino 8 both in terms of performance and flexibility of configuration. For details about the performance enhancements, see 3.2.2, “Enhanced Out of Office service” on page 83. From the client configuration perspective, the Out of Office interface has been refreshed and enhanced (Figure 2-39 on page 47). You now have options to set the hour at which you will be leaving and returning to the office and also configure whether Out of Office notifications are sent in response to every message that a person sends or only to the first message. Also, when the Out of Office time period expires, you no longer have to disable your Out of Office notification. This is done for you automatically, reducing the number of administrative tasks you need to complete on your return to the office after a period of absence. Also, if you delegate administration of your calendar to an assistant, they are now able to enable or disable Out of Office on your behalf.
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Figure 2-39 Out-of-Office Notification
2.5 Calendar
The calendar view has been enhanced in the Lotus Notes 8 client with a fresh interface as well as having new and improved features.
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2.5.1 View navigation
The calendar views can be selected from the left navigator (Figure 2-40), making this consistent with the navigation facilities in mail and other standard Lotus Notes databases.
Figure 2-40 Calendar view navigation
2.5.2 Action bar
To provide consistency across mail and calendar, the same techniques are used in the calendar interface to make the calendar simple and intuitive to use.
Figure 2-41 Calendar: Single and two-click actions
As with the mail interface, in most cases, common actions can be carried out with a single click, leaving easily accessible, two-click actions for less frequently used tasks. For example, from within an unprocessed calendar invitation, you have single-click actions to “Accept” or “Decline” the invitation. But if you need to give a different response, the additional options are easily accessible, two-click actions available from the “Respond” action (Figure 2-41). 48
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2.5.3 Display of all day events
All day events now display over the whole day (Figure 2-42), making it obvious at a glance that this time is already scheduled. The title of an all day meeting remains at the top of the page regardless of the part of the day that you are viewing in the calendar. Therefore, you can be aware of the all-day meeting topic without having to scroll back to the beginning of the day to find it. The same is true for anniversaries.
Figure 2-42 One work week view showing calendar entry status
2.5.4 Manage new invites from your calendar view
It is now possible to have unprocessed meeting invitations, that is, those that have been received but not accepted, appear on the calendar alongside other meetings and appointments. This might be very useful for users who receive a large number of meeting invitations and need to be able to see where there are overlaps in their schedule before selecting which meetings to accept.
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This feature is not turned on by default and must be configured in the calendar preferences, as shown in Figure 2-43.
Figure 2-43 Calendar preferences
When this has been configured, unprocessed meetings appear in the views in a different color from accepted meetings. In Figure 2-42 on page 49, you can see the two unprocessed meetings displayed in white with closed envelope icons in the top-left corner, while the accepted meetings are displayed in blue with the people icons in the top-left corner.
2.5.5 Show cancelled invitations on your calendar
With previous versions of Lotus Notes, you can select to have cancellations for meeting invitations processed automatically when they are received in your inbox. With Lotus Notes 8, this feature has been enhanced to allow you to specify whether you want to keep the cancelled invitation showing on your calendar or not. This enables you to keep a record of the
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cancellation in your calendar, where you are more likely to look for information regarding your schedule, rather than in your inbox. This is configured through the calendar preferences, as shown in Figure 2-44.
Figure 2-44 Calendar preferences: Show cancelled meetings on your calendar
In Figure 2-42 on page 49, you can see the cancelled meeting displayed in brown with a no-entry symbol in the top-left corner. If you open the cancelled meeting, it is removed from your calendar.
2.5.6 Check schedule
With Lotus Notes 8, you can check your schedule at the time that you are creating a meeting invitation, as shown in Figure 2-45 on page 52. This provides quick access to your calendar if you need to see how the meeting you are scheduling fits in with other events and tasks you already planned. You can also use the sidebar calendar to check your schedule.
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Figure 2-45 Check calendar during meeting creation
2.5.7 Locate free time for subset of invitee list
If you are setting up a meeting for a large number of invitees, it is not always easy to find a time slot in which all the invitees are free. Lotus Notes 8 allows you to keep the required invitee list and also select the key users who you really need to attend the meeting and easily identify a time slot that will be convenient for all of them. For example, as shown in Figure 2-46, there is no free time that all attendees can make during the period being viewed.
Figure 2-46 Searching for free time with everyone selected
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However, as shown in Figure 2-47, if users for whom attendance at the meeting is not vital are deselected from the invitee list, it is possible to find a time that is free, indicated by the green bar, for the rest of the users.
Figure 2-47 Searching for free time with only key people selected
2.6 Contacts
The personal address book, NAMES.NSF, on your client machine has been renamed “Contacts” to better reflect the contents and purpose of the database and includes new and improved features.
2.6.1 Contact form
An updated Contact form in the new “Contacts” database gives you more flexibility in the information that you store about your contacts.
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More fields are available for storing information when editing a contact record, as shown in Figure 2-48. But those that do not contain data are suppressed when viewing the record to give a more compact view of the information. See Figure 2-49.
Figure 2-48 Contact form when editing
Figure 2-49 Contact form when reading
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Different countries have varying conventions for how an address is formatted. With Lotus Notes 8, you have the option to select the address format that is appropriate for each contact. See Figure 2-50.
Figure 2-50 Select Address Format
You also can change the titles associated with any of the information that is held in the Contact form to more closely reflect the information that you want to have about a contact, as shown in Figure 2-51.
Figure 2-51 Changing headings in the Contact form
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With Lotus Notes 8, you can store a photo in your contact record by clicking the icon in the top-left corner of the Contact form, as shown in Figure 2-52.
Figure 2-52 Insert contact picture
2.6.2 Business card view
To help you quickly locate the contact information you need, Lotus Notes 8 includes the ability to display contact information in a business card view, as shown in Figure 2-53 on page 57. This enables you to quickly scan through your contacts and potentially identify all the information you need from the business card rather than having to open up the contact record. If you do need to open the contact record to get further information, double-click the business card.
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Figure 2-53 Business card view
2.6.3 Recent Contacts
Lotus Notes 8 now includes a “Recent Contacts” view, as shown in Figure 2-54. This lists all the people with whom you have been collaborating regardless of whether or not you have their names listed in your local or server-based address book.
Figure 2-54 Recent Contacts
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If you select the option to Synchronize Contacts on your replicator page, as shown in Figure 2-55, any changes to phone numbers or other location information held on the Lotus Domino server for your list of recent contacts is replicated to your client to provide you with the latest information available.
Figure 2-55 Synchronizing Contacts
The Recent Contacts view is used as the source for the drop-down menu when you are addressing e-mails, as shown in Figure 2-31 on page 42, or setting up meeting invitations. Therefore, you can automatically select the e-mail address of anyone who has sent you an e-mail, or who has been copied on an e-mail sent to you, and pull this into an e-mail or meeting invitation that you are addressing.
2.7 IBM productivity tools
Lotus Notes 8 includes, at no extra charge, a suite of office productivity tools that enable users to create, edit, and collaborate on a wide variety of file types. IBM productivity tools support the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF), which is being embraced across businesses, organizations, and governments around the world. ODF is an international standard for saving and sharing editable documents, such as word-processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. IBM productivity tools provide interoperability and flexibility by offering support for multiple file formats. You can read and save to Microsoft Office files and read from IBM Lotus SmartSuite® documents. Both can be saved to ODF format for sharing with ODF-compliant applications and solutions or exported to PDF format. ODF provides the ability to access, use, and maintain your documents over the long term without concern about end of life uncertainties or ongoing license fees. By using ODF-compatible tools, you are not locked into one particular vendor for your productivity tools and you have no need to license, deploy, manage, and integrate multiple solutions. This has the potential for lowering the total cost of managing documents within your organization.
2.7.1 Launching IBM productivity tools
IBM productivity tools are embedded in the Lotus Notes 8 client and to give you flexibility and easy access to the editors, they can be launched from within the client in several ways.
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You can launch the productivity tools from the Open list, as shown in Figure 2-56.
Figure 2-56 Launch Documents from the Open list
You can also select File → Open, as shown in Figure 2-57.
Figure 2-57 Launch documents from the File menu
In addition, you can launch the productivity tools from attachments in Lotus Notes documents, as shown in Figure 2-58.
Figure 2-58 Launch documents from attachments
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However, you can also launch the IBM productivity tools even if you do not have the Lotus Notes 8 client running, either from the Start menu or desktop icons, as shown in Figure 2-59.
Figure 2-59 Launching documents from your desktop
Or, launch it directly from the operating system, as shown in Figure 2-60.
Figure 2-60 Launch documents from the operating system
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2.7.2 IBM Lotus presentations
The presentation editor lets you create professional slide shows that can include charts, drawing objects, text, multimedia, and a variety of other items, as shown in Figure 2-61. Templates are included to help you create professional-looking slides. You can also assign a number of dynamic effects to your slides, including animation and transition effects, and then publish your pages on-screen, as handouts, or as HTML documents.
Figure 2-61 IBM Lotus presentations: Example presentation
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2.7.3 IBM Lotus spreadsheets
The spreadsheet editor is a spreadsheet application that you can use to calculate, analyze, and manage your data (Figure 2-62). You are provided with several functions, including statistical and banking functions, that you can use to create formulas to perform complex calculations on your data. With a few mouse-clicks, you can reorganize your spreadsheet to show or hide certain data ranges, or to format ranges according to special conditions, or to quickly calculate subtotals and totals. The spreadsheet editor lets you present spreadsheet data in dynamic charts that update automatically when the data changes.
Figure 2-62 Lotus spreadsheets: Example spreadsheet
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2.7.4 IBM Lotus documents
The word processing editor lets you design and produce word processing documents that can include graphics, tables, or charts, as shown in Figure 2-63. You can then save the documents in a variety of specified formats. The word processing editor lets you create both basic documents, such as memos, letters, resumes, as well as longer, complex documents, complete with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.
Figure 2-63 IBM Lotus documents: Example document
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2.8 Sidebar plug-ins
On the right side of the window, there is a sidebar into which plug-ins can be installed. Four plug-ins are supplied with the Lotus Notes 8 client installation. See the example in Figure 2-64. Organizations can develop their own plug-ins for the sidebar to extend the interface to meet specific business requirements.
Figure 2-64 Lotus Notes 8 client sidebar
Activities
This plug-in enables you to view, access, and interact with your activities. See 2.10, “Activities” on page 68 for more information about Activities.
Lotus Sametime Contacts
This plug-in enables you access to your instant messaging contacts list. See 2.9, “Sametime Contacts” on page 66 for more information about the integrated instant messaging functionality.
Day At A Glance
This plug-in enables you to navigate your calendar by selecting a day and month from the calendar picker, as shown in Figure 2-64. The calendar entries for the selected day then appear in the window above it. If you do not select a day, the current day is selected and displayed by default.
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Feeds
The Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed reader plug-in is shown in Figure 2-65. Users can scan information from their favorite news feeds and use it to answer questions and complete tasks. Note that the feed reader supports Atom feeds as well as RSS feeds.
Figure 2-65 Example of floated RSS Feeds plug-in and associated blog entry
Double-clicking an entry in the Feeds list displays the content in a Lotus Notes or browser window, depending on what you configured as the Web browser in your Lotus Notes 8 preferences. Each of the sidebar plug-ins can be detached from the sidebar with the Float plug-in option, as shown in Figure 2-66. With this option, users can move the plug-ins to different locations on the window and work in the way that they are most comfortable.
Figure 2-66 Float plug-in
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2.9 Sametime Contacts
With Lotus Notes 8, you get an instant messaging experience based on IBM Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5, as shown in Figure 2-67. Note that if you are entitled to use the Lotus Sametime 7.5 Connect client, you will be able to use all of the features from Sametime Connect through the Lotus Notes 8 client Sametime Contacts plug-in. If you are not entitled to use the Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5 client, you will only see the features mentioned later. In either case, you need a Lotus Sametime server installed.
Figure 2-67 Instant messaging and presence awareness
The integrated instant messaging features include: Presence awareness within Lotus Notes mail, calendar, contacts, and included database templates. If you right-click any “live” name, you get a menu of actions you can take associated with that person, as shown in Figure 2-67. Instant messages with rich text editing capability—including the use of icons, spell checking, instant message history, and screen capture. Integration of the contact list into the Lotus Notes client sidebar, including the ability to add and delete contacts/groups. Ability to include plug-ins to further extend Sametime Contacts by integrating additional applications, as well as Sametime Contacts enhancements in the Lotus Notes sidebar. In addition to the instant messaging features available with Sametime Connect 7.5, the integrated instant messaging available in the Lotus Notes 8 client includes the ability to configure your instant messages to appear in a tabbed interface. This can make it much easier to managed multiple instant message windows. You can see the person with whom you are currently communicating (name highlighted in blue) and the people who have sent you messages that you have not yet seen (highlighted in orange), as shown in Figure 2-68 on page 67. 66
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Figure 2-68 Tabbed instant messages
The option is configured in the unified preferences window, and you can choose between vertical and horizontal tabs, as shown in Figure 2-69.
Figure 2-69 Tabbed instant messages window preference
For more information about the features available in Lotus Sametime 7.5, see the following Web site:
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Note: If you configure instant messaging settings in the Lotus Notes 8 client location document, the embedded instant messaging client that was available in Lotus Notes 6.5/7 opens. To avoid having two different Sametime user interface experiences, remove the settings from the location document and instead, log in to your Lotus Sametime server by selecting File → Sametime → Log In from the Lotus Notes 8 menu, or log in from the Sametime Contacts sidebar menu.
2.10 Activities
Activities are about personal projects and tasks helping users to meet their deliverables on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Activities provides you the ability to organize your personal projects and tasks, coordinate with teams, and manage the flood of information that users have to deal with everyday. Activities help you consolidate work items to meet and produce a particular deliverable. It provides a lightweight mechanism that helps build best practices around personal tasks and projects in a more managed context, enabling users to more quickly close out activities and maintain an up-to-date view of their daily work. The benefits include: Get organized with Activities: Create an activity as a project management center and use the activity to store presentations, bulletins, and code samples. Use the activity to post schedules, track action items, and manage deadlines. Your project team will always know where to go for the latest information. Integrate and extend Activities: Although an activity does not depend on other tools, it works well with them to aid in efficient collaboration. Send an e-mail link from an activity to invite others to join or to request feedback. If your organization uses IBM Sametime, you can launch a chat from an activity for real-time communication. Your organization can also extend Activities with custom plug-ins to work with other tools. You drive with the Activity: Open and scan across your activities to get a quick update on what needs your attention. You can view, reply to, edit, tag, and manage the entries in an activity. The actions you can perform on an entry depend on your role in the activity and whether you created the entry. If you are a member of many activities and want to focus on a subset, you can opt to tune out activities that do not require your attention. Tune out the noise: You can view just your activities, or browse through all available activities. Use tags, which are keyword references, to assign a meaningful name to activities you want to track. You can browse for activities by tag and by people.
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2.10.1 Overview of Activities with the Lotus Notes 8 client
From the Lotus Notes 8 client, you can access the Activities server from your sidebar, as shown in Figure 2-70, where you can quickly and easily create activities to organize and share information without requiring the participation of IT administrators. Having access to Activities in a sidebar helps to focus attention on the tasks that need completing.
Figure 2-70 Activities sidebar
You can drag and drop files from your desktop, e-mails from your inbox, save instant messages, and post Lotus Notes document and database links or URLs into the activity and instantly make the information available to all members of the activity. You can add additional members to the activity at a later date and they will immediately see all of the information within the activity.
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If some of the users that you need to include in your activity do not have a Lotus Notes client, they can use the Web browser interface to Activities, which will allow them to participate. See Figure 2-71.
Figure 2-71 Browser interface
The Activity Dashboard is your home page on the Activities server. It serves as an inbox for your activities, listing all the activities you created or were invited to join. As activities are created or updated, they move to the top of the list. Activities that you tune out, or that are deleted or marked complete, are removed from the Dashboard and placed in a separate list (you can open these lists using the navigator to the left of the Dashboard page).
2.10.2 Working with Activities (from Lotus Notes client)
This section describes the options you have for working with Activities from the Lotus Notes 8 client.
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Logging in to Activities
You can set up your Lotus Notes 8 client to log in to your Activities server automatically through the preferences, as shown in Figure 2-72. Note that the server URL can be populated automatically by your administrator using a policy. See 3.3.2, “Policy management enhancements” on page 91.
Figure 2-72 Activities Server Settings
Viewing Activities
You can see all of the activities of which you are a member in the Activities plug-in in the sidebar on the right side of the window, as shown in Figure 2-73. It serves as an inbox for your activities, listing all the activities you created or were invited to join. As activities are created or updated, they move to the top of the list. Activities that you tune out, or that are deleted or marked complete, are removed and placed in a separate list.
Figure 2-73 Activities list in sidebar
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If you are participating in several activities, you might want to filter the activities that appear in this view so that you only see those that you want to focus on at this particular time, as shown in Figure 2-74.
Figure 2-74 Filter options for Activities list
Creating activities
You can create activities by selecting the New button on the sidebar, as shown in Figure 2-75 on page 73. This opens up an Activity document to name your activity and add the names of those who will be participating in the activity. By default, users are added as authors, but you can also add owners and readers to the activity. A similar, though separate, type-ahead functionality to that which you see in mail is also available for selecting activity participants.
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Figure 2-75 Creating a New Activity
You can also create a new activity by dragging and dropping a file or e-mail from your Lotus Notes client to the Activities sidebar.
Membership
The membership of an activity determines who can access the activity and what they can do. You must be a member of an activity to see the activity, its entries, and its membership list. In most cases, you add members to an activity when you create it. Afterward, people who are already members can add other members. When you add a member to an activity, you assign one of the following membership roles: Owners, Authors, or Readers. The person who creates the activity is automatically assigned to the Owners role. Owners can add, modify, and delete any of the content or members of an activity. Authors can view and post entries and add members as Authors or Readers. Readers can view content and members but cannot add or modify them. A person who has multiple membership entries in an activity receives the access rights associated with his or her individual membership entry, if one exists. For example, if Mary is part of a group that is added to the Authors role of an activity and she is also added by name to the Readers role of the activity, she is granted Reader-level access to the activity.
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However, if a person is a member of two groups that were added as members and each of group has a different member role, the person receives the membership rights of the group with the higher level of access. So if Group A is added to the Authors role of an activity, and Group B is added to the Readers role, and John is a member of both groups, John is given Authors access to the activity.
2.10.3 Working with activity content (from Lotus Notes client)
Clicking an activity in the sidebar opens the activity to display the content, as shown in Figure 2-76.
Figure 2-76 Activity content
Several types of information can be added to the activity. The different types are indicated by the icons to the left of the entry. You can do this through the Add menu, as shown in Figure 2-77, or by dragging and dropping files from your desktop. You can add information as a response to an existing entry and create a hierarchical structure within your activity.
Figure 2-77 Adding to an activity
You can drag and drop Lotus Notes documents into an activity (or select Add to activity from the right-click menu). These are converted into Lotus Notes links. Activity members who have access to the database and the document can click these links and be taken straight to the document source. You can also drag and drop e-mails into an activity. In this case, it is not a link to the original e-mail that is created, because it is unlikely that other activity members would have access to your mail file. Instead, the content of e-mail is posted as a message within the activity so that all members can read the contents. If the e-mail contained attachments, these are saved as files in the activity and stored as responses to the message.
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If your organization’s ability to save instant message transcripts is permitted within the Lotus Sametime server policy, instant message transcripts can be saved directly into an activity through the Activity icon on the instant message window, as shown in Figure 2-78.
Figure 2-78 Save instant message transcript into an activity
When you click this icon, a window opens in which you to give the instant message transcript a title and select the activity to which it needs to be added. A link to the entry in the activity is posted in the instant message transcript so that both you and your instant messaging partner have a record of the posting.
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In addition to posting content, you can categorize content by adding “tags” to it. Tags can be used to group together content on a similar topic across all activities. You can add tags by right-clicking the entry that you want to tag and selecting Edit Tags, as shown in Figure 2-79.
Figure 2-79 Adding tags to activities
2.10.4 Searching
You can use different criteria and methods to search your activities. For example, you can search activities by person or by tag from either the Lotus Notes 8 client or the Activities Web application. You can only search activities of which you are a member. Search results do not include private entries in an activity. From the Activities Web application, you can use the search bar to perform a full-text search of your activities. From the Lotus Notes 8 client, you can search for activities that include a specific person or that are tagged with a certain term. Additionally, from the Lotus Notes 8 client, you can search for an activity or activity entry by its name, and you can search for the activities that you have in common with one of your Sametime contacts. Ways to search activities include: Browsing activities by person: You can browse activities by person to find the activities that someone belongs to or the entries that person has posted. Browsing activities by tag: You can browse activities by tag to find activities or activity entries that use that tag. Searching names and descriptions: You can search for text in the names and descriptions of activities or activity entries.
2.10.5 Mail notifications/subscriptions
To bring an entry to the attention of members in the activity, you can notify members about the entry. Members whom you notify receive an e-mail message that contains the description of the entry and a link to the entry. From the Web browser, any member of an activity can notify other members about any entry in the activity. When you send a notification, the server creates an e-mail message and automatically sends it to the members you select. The server can send notifications to current members of the activity only.
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To send a notification: 1. Open an activity and locate an entry you want to notify someone about. 2. Click Notify below the entry. 3. From the list of names that is displayed, select the names of the people you want to notify and then click Send. The people you notify then receive an e-mail containing links to the activity entry, similar to the example shown in Figure 2-80. Note that sending a notification does not create a new entry in the activity.
Figure 2-80 Activity mail notification
Using a feed reader, you can subscribe to a feed for any page in your activities that interest you. After you subscribe to a feed, your feed reader monitors it and automatically retrieves updates for you. A feed is a way of representing and automatically delivering the latest content of a Web page directly to your computer. Activities uses a protocol called Atom to publish feeds. Subscribing to a feed simplifies the task of monitoring an activity, because your feed reader automatically checks for and retrieves content updates for each feed.
2.11 Lotus Domino Web Access
This section highlights new features and enhancements to IBM Lotus Domino Web Access software, the Web browser client alternative for using Lotus Domino mail, calendar, and personal information management (PIM) capabilities.
2.11.1 User interface
With Lotus Domino 8, the Lotus Domino Web Access interface has been updated with an interface similar to the Lotus Notes 8 client, as shown in Figure 2-81 on page 78. In fact, the default mail template (MAIL8.NTF) for Lotus Notes 8 provides support for Lotus Domino Web Access 8. The fonts, color scheme, and icons are also more consistent with WebSphere Portal software. Lotus Domino Web Access 8 offers a new preview pane that lets you preview the text of your e-mail messages as you scan through your inbox. As with Lotus Notes 8, you can choose to display the preview pane horizontally, vertically, or not at all.
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Figure 2-81 Lotus Domino Web Access: Mail
The integrated instant messaging capabilities of Lotus Domino Web Access are enhanced in version 8. You can use a convenient drop-down list to easily change your availability status or access your instant messaging contact list. And presence awareness icons are automatically refreshed in the Lotus Domino Web Access 8 inbox view.
2.11.2 Mail enhancements
Lotus Domino Web Access 8 supports the enhanced out of office capabilities of Lotus Domino 8 outlined in 2.4, “Improved Out of Office” on page 46 and the ability to customize the mail header as described in 2.3.6, “Mail header” on page 41. Using the server-based mail thread support, Lotus Domino Web Access 8 mail threads are resilient and can include Internet mail messages. With support for dynamic view column updates, you can specify a column (for example, subject) to automatically adjust its width. This feature enables you to see more of the contents of this particular column. In addition, Lotus Domino Web Access 8 gives you the ability to publish your inbox through an RSS or Atom feed by clicking an icon. This can give you the flexibility to view your mail using other client software when you are away from your usual work environment or to easily allow access to shared mail boxes.
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2.11.3 Calendar enhancements
New calendar features in Lotus Domino Web Access 8 include calendar filters, preferred rooms and resources, and improved delegation capabilities. Calendar filters give you the option to display your calendar entries by chairperson, by type (meetings, appointments, reminders, events, private entries), or by invitee status (confirmed or tentatively accepted). Through your Lotus Domino Web Access 8 calendar preferences, you can set as a default the room or resource you prefer to use when you schedule meetings. If you manage other people’s calendars, you can easily access their calendars from within your own calendar.
2.11.4 PIM enhancements
You may choose to use Lotus Notes 8 in the office, but access your mail from a Web browser from home or when traveling. Lotus Domino Web Access 8 offers two features to easily keep your work in sync. When you update the password in the Lotus Notes ID that is embedded in your mail file, Lotus Domino Web Access 8 automatically updates the Internet password. This management feature can help reduce the administrative burden of managing passwords. And your Lotus Domino Web Access mail file is automatically synchronized with changes to your Lotus Notes 8 mail file, your business contacts in the Lotus Notes 8 Contacts database, and your notebook entries from the Lotus Notes 8 journal.
2.12 Lotus Notes 8 “Basic Configuration” the Lotus Notes 8 “Basic Configuration.” The full list of features and their requirements is listed in Appendix A, “Lotus Notes 8 client feature requirements” on page 145.
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In this chapter, we discuss the new and enhanced features in the Lotus Domino 8 server and the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client. Specifically, we discuss improvements in the following areas: Messaging Lotus Notes client administration Lotus Domino server administration Efficiency and performance Directory Security features Integration with other IBM products
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3.1 Introduction
IBM development investments for major versions of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software typically alternate between the client and server. The server was the major focus for Lotus Notes and Domino 7. Although the primary focus of version 8 is the client, new and enhanced capabilities of the Lotus Domino 8 server complement Lotus Notes 8 client innovations. Server managed provisioning capabilities provide the option to centrally manage deployment and upgrades of Lotus Notes 8 client software and composite applications. New configuration settings and policy management options give you greater flexibility and control over which users have access to which capabilities. Also, there have been many new features and enhancements designed to reduce I/O and improve the efficiency of Lotus Domino servers. In addition, Lotus Domino 8 offers enhancements to familiar administration and monitoring tools to help you improve efficiency and performance and better manage your environment. Lotus Domino 8 software is designed with greater openness and interoperability than ever before, and new capabilities provide integration with other IBM software.
3.2 Improved messaging
This section describes the new and enhanced messaging features introduced in Lotus Domino 8.
3.2.1 Message recall
In this section, we discuss the server configuration required to enable message recall. For information about the user interface for the message recall feature, see 2.3.12, “Message recall” on page 45. The message recall feature provides IBM Lotus Notes 8 client users with the ability to recall certain mail messages after they are sent. This feature is useful when a Lotus Notes client user has accidentally clicked Send and then needs to retract the mail in order to complete or modify the message content. When the original message author recalls a message, a recall request is sent to the original recipients' mail servers. The router processes the recall request and then, if allowed to do so, deletes the original message. Messages can be recalled from users whose mail files are hosted on Lotus Domino 8 servers, whether they are in the same domain or a domain other than the domain from which the original message was sent, as long as messages are only routed over NRPC.
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Message recall can be configured for Lotus Domino 8 servers through the server configuration document. Therefore, if you use a single server configuration document for the entire domain, you can turn message recall on or off for the whole domain in one place, as shown in Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1 “Message Recall: Settings in Server Configuration document
Here, you can configure whether to enable or disable the feature and, if enabled, whether to allow the recall of mail that has already been read, and also to define the time period during which a message can be recalled after the date of delivery. In addition to enabling the feature globally, or for a specific server, you can further refine these settings through policy documents. Note that a policy cannot override what is set in the server configuration document. For example, if you have message recall disabled in the server configuration document, you cannot enable it for users through the policy document. However, if a server configuration document allows the recall of mail, you can set up a policy document that does not allow the recall of mail and apply this to a set of users. In the policy document, in addition to specifying whether the user can recall mail, you can also specify whether mail can be recalled from a specific user, as shown in Figure 3-2. This enables you to manage the situation where, for example, you have regulated users for whom you need to keep a complete record of the information they received.
Figure 3-2 Message Recall settings in mail policy
3.2.2 Enhanced Out of Office service
This section describes the server configuration options for the Out of Office service. For information about the user interface for this feature, see 2.4, “Improved Out of Office” on page 46. With Lotus Domino 8, the Out of Office service can be implemented as a mail router service rather than an agent. This means that Out of Office notifications can be initiated as soon as
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you send an e-mail to someone who is out of office, rather than having to wait until the next time the agent runs against a user’s mail file. This capability also helps to distribute the workload associated with processing Out of Office notifications more evenly, because this processing happens as and when an e-mail is delivered to a particular user, rather than on a scheduled basis for all users who are out of the office. Server failover is supported, and the delegation of Out of Office functionality is fully integrated with calendar management. The Out of Office service can only be configured for clusters in which all members of the cluster are Lotus Domino 8 servers. For Lotus Domino 6.5 or 7 servers or clusters that contain these servers, the Out of Office service must be configured as an agent. The configuration of the Out of Office functionality is performed through the server configuration document, as shown in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3 Out of Office service configuration
3.2.3 Mail threads
When mail files are hosted on a Lotus Domino 8 server, the mail threads within the mail files are resilient. This means that a thread remains intact even if an intermediate e-mail in the thread is deleted. They can also include e-mails to and from mail systems other than Lotus Domino through support for Internet standard RFC822 “In-Reply-To” and “References” headers. See 2.3.4, “Mail threads” on page 39 for more information about the user interface-associated mail threads.
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folder, as well as the time and server resources taken to refresh the inbox, thus providing benefits for both users and server administrators. With versions prior to Lotus Domino 8, maintaining inbox size can be a challenge because the process typically results in time and effort for users. The removal of large numbers of documents from folders causes both replication and view update processing time. This processing can negatively impact performance for both the client and the server if done during business hours. Using a new inbox cleanup feature of Lotus Domino 8, you can potentially improve both Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes client performance by reducing the number of documents in the inbox folder of mail files. You can choose to remove either read, or both read and unread, documents from the inbox if they are older than a specified number of days. This can be configured either just in the server document, as shown in Figure 3-4, or additionally in mail policies, as shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-4 Inbox maintenance: Server document
Figure 3-5 Inbox maintenance: Mail policy document
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When you enable the inbox maintenance feature, the administration process periodically runs the inbox maintenance based on settings you defined. Therefore, there is no need to have the process of maintaining inboxes occur during normal business hours. Note that this task does not remove documents from the mail file, only from the inbox folder. Even if the documents are not filed in another folder they will still be available through the All Documents view. See the following reference paper for more information:
3.2.5 Mail management
The following sections describe the new and improved features in mail management.
Reverse-path setting for forwarded messages
With Lotus Domino 8, you can specify how the router handles messages that are forwarded by a user mail rule “Send copy to” action. By default, delivery status reports are requested not to be sent to the e-mail account that forwards the message by setting a null reverse path. This can cause some spam filters to reject the message. A new option in the server configuration document lets you specify the reverse-path setting, as shown in Figure 3-6.
Figure 3-6 Setting the reverse path for forwarded mail
The options enable you to determine the address to use for the reverse path, which may avoid issues with anti-spam filters that reject messages with a null reverse path.
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Error limit before a connection is terminated
You can specify the number of protocol errors that can be returned for a session before the session connection is terminated. When the number of errors returned for a session exceeds the specified value, the session is terminated. You can use a server configuration document to specify the error limit setting, as shown in Figure 3-7. Note that a blank or zero value means that there is no limit specified.
Figure 3-7 Server configuration document: Maximum permitted protocol errors
Reject ambiguous names/deny mail to groups
If you perform a directory lookup for inbound SMTP mail, you can specify whether to reject e-mail that is being sent to any ambiguous names or any group names. If you choose to reject the e-mail, a permanent failure response is returned to the sender of the message indicating that the recipient is rejected for policy reasons. You can use a configuration settings document to specify these options, as shown in Figure 3-8.
Figure 3-8 Server configuration document: Resolving directory lookups
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Transfer and delivery delay reports
For normal or high priority mail, Lotus Notes mail users typically expect that e-mails are delivered within a few hours of the time they are sent. If e-mails are delayed for any reason, it is helpful for the senders to know if they have not yet been delivered. With Lotus Domino 8, it is possible to configure the system so that a delay report is sent to a message author when a pending message has been in the router's message queue longer than a specified time. You can configure this option in the server configuration document, as shown in Figure 3-9.
Figure 3-9 Server configuration document: Transfer Controls
3.3 Lotus Notes client administration
This section describes the enhancements to Lotus Notes/Domino 8 that assist administrators in managing their Lotus Notes client estate.
3.3.1 Using a Lotus Domino 8 server as a provisioning server
Because Lotus Notes 8 is built on top of Eclipse technology, new plug-ins and updates to existing ones can be delivered in a convenient, more granular way. Lotus Notes/Domino 8 enables this through native Eclipse provisioning capabilities. Updates are provisioned to Lotus Notes 8 clients from what are known as updates sites, which contain all the latest components, features, and plug-ins that you want your Lotus Notes users to have. Update sites contain features and plug-ins for rich client platform (RCP) applications. The features and plug-ins are published in the form expected by an update manager, which is installed on the clients, and which locates new and updated versions of features for downloading to the client. Plug-ins are the basic building blocks in any RCP-based application such as Lotus Notes 8 or Sametime Connect 7.5. A plug-in contains a manifest, usually code, and is packaged as a JAR (Java archive format for a compressed file) and is stored on the update site in a folder named “plug-ins.”
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Features are collections of associated plug-ins. They also contain manifests and are packaged as JARs. However, features are not containers of plug-ins; they just reference them. They are stored on the update site in a folder named “features.” An XML file named site.xml is stored in the root of the update site and this contains an index listing all of the features contained within the site. The basic structure of an Eclipse update site is shown in Figure 3-10.
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In previous versions of Lotus Domino, you could use the Smart Upgrade process to provision new versions of the Lotus Notes client to users’ workstations. With Lotus Domino 8, this feature is still available, and in addition, the native provisioning capability of Eclipse that is built into Lotus Notes 8 has been extended with Lotus Domino administration tools and interfaces. Lotus Domino 8 can be configured as a generic Eclipse update site (in which case, it can be used for the provisioning of other IBM Lotus Expeditor-based clients such as Sametime Connect 7.5), or an NRPC-based update site in order to support native NRPC-based provisioning for Lotus Notes 8 clients.
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A new Lotus Domino provisioning database template (UPDATE.NTF) creates databases to store versions of components that need to be updated on the Lotus Notes client, as shown in Figure 3-11.
Figure 3-11 Update Site database (update.nsf)
Because the components are stored in a Lotus Notes database, administrators can take advantage of Lotus Notes security and replication features. Administrators can tightly control who has access to which features and, where organizations have remote sites with their own Lotus Domino servers, administrators can use replication to move resources closer to users. Users receive updates to their Lotus Notes clients from their local network rather than across a wide area network. As shown in Figure 3-12 on page 91, with Lotus Domino 8, an administrator has all the tools necessary to deploy: Version upgrades to the core Lotus Notes client, using the Smart Upgrade Kits. New features for the Lotus Notes 8 client menus and new plug-ins for the Lotus Notes 8 client sidebar through the component provisioning features. Traditional Lotus Notes applications through replication. Composite applications through a combination of replication and component provisioning, depending on the design of the composite application. For more information about composite applications, see 4.2, “Composite applications” on page 125. Note that the steps to install Lotus Notes 8 clients or manually upgrade from a previous version of Lotus Notes to Lotus Notes 8 are in Appendix C, “Lotus Notes 8 client installation” on page 155.
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Lotus Domino 8 Server Smart Upgrade Kits Component updates Composite apps
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Traditional & composite applications (features)
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Figure 3-12 Server managed provisioning for the Lotus Notes client
3.3.2 Policy management enhancements
Policies and settings were introduced in Lotus Domino 6. These help administrators manage users’ local Lotus Notes client configurations. Administrators can set user options in a centrally managed set of documents known as policies. They can then assign these policies to individuals or groups of users. Every time a user logs on to their Lotus Notes client, a check is made to see if there are any updates to the policy that is assigned to the user and, if so, these changes are automatically applied to the user’s configuration. Lotus Domino 8 introduces the following enhancements.
Additional mail and desktop settings
Several additional preferences can now be controlled through the mail and desktops settings including attention indicators, follow up flags, mail recall, and replication settings.
“Set Initially for all fields” option
For each setting in the policy document, you can choose how it needs to be applied. In Lotus Domino 7, you can select “Do not change” to allow the user to configure the setting or “Set and prevent changes” to assign the setting and not let the user change this. With Lotus Domino 8, you can select the additional option “Set initially for all fields.” This allows you to set initial values, which the user can change if wanted.
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“How To Apply” setting
There are many user settings associated with a user’s desktop and mail file. Almost all of these can be configured through mail and desktop settings documents. When configuring any particular setting, an administrator can indicate how the setting must be applied, as shown in Figure 3-13.
Figure 3-13 Desktop settings
However, there are more than 50 settings in the mail settings document to which the “How To Apply” parameter can be applied and more than 100 settings in the desktop settings document. Often administrators want to apply the same parameter to all the settings in a document. To do this manually takes a significant amount of time. With Lotus Domino 8, a “How To Apply” option has been introduced to the mail and desktop settings documents so that administrators can set the parameter for all settings in a document with a single click, as shown in Figure 3-14.
Figure 3-14 Desktop settings: “How To Apply” option
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Activities policy setting
To reflect the new functionality that can be deployed in the Lotus Notes 8 client, an Activities policy setting has been added to the set of policy settings that administrators can maintain. See 2.10, “Activities” on page 68 for more information about Activities. With this settings document, administrators can set the URL and port that Lotus Notes client users must use in order to access their activities through the Activities plug-in on the Lotus Notes 8 sidebar and also configure whether SSL encryption must be used for the user name and password or the activities data, or both.
Figure 3-15 Activities Settings document
Productivity tools policy setting
To reflect the new functionality that can be deployed in the Lotus Notes 8 client, a “Productivity Tools” policy setting has been added to the set of policy settings that administrators can maintain.
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With this settings document, administrators can set whether the user is allowed to use the productivity tools, and if so, whether running macros within the tools will be permitted. In addition, the administrator can configure whether or not documents in a variety of compatible formats, including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite, are automatically opened with the productivity tools rather than their native software program, as shown in Figure 3-16.
Figure 3-16 Productivity Tools Settings document
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3.3.3 Database redirect
With Lotus Domino 8, you can now automatically update client references to databases if you move the databases to another Lotus Domino server using the administration process. From the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client, there is an extra check box available to you whenever you move or delete a database, as shown in Figure 3-17.
Figure 3-17 Creating a redirect marker when moving a database
If you select this option when moving a database, when users click a bookmark for the application, they are automatically redirected to open the database on the new server. The user’s bookmark is updated with the new reference and any reference to the original database location is removed. When deleting a database, you can select whether to create a marker, and if so, whether this simply removes the database reference from the user’s bookmarks or workspace or whether it redirects them to find the database on another server. The example in Figure 3-18 shows how you can create a deletion marker that removes the reference to the database.
Figure 3-18 Create a database deletion marker
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It is also possible to apply a redirect marker to existing databases, without moving or deleting the database. From the Files tab in the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client, you can highlight the database for which you want to create the redirect marker and select Create Redirect from the Tools sidebar. You can then configure the target server and database and optionally select the names of the users who need to be redirected to this location, as shown in Figure 3-19.
Figure 3-19 Creating a redirect marker for existing databases
If you select a set of users for whom the redirect will apply, only these users are redirected to the database in the new location. All other users continue to use the database in its original location.
3.4 Lotus Domino server administration
This section describes the features introduced in Lotus Domino 8 to assist administrators with managing their Lotus Domino environments.
3.4.1 Lotus Domino domain monitoring enhancements
Lotus Domino domain monitoring (DDM) is a feature introduced in Lotus Domino 7 to provide one location from which you can view the overall status of multiple Lotus Domino servers across one or more domains. In addition to collecting information about the status of the domains, DDM includes tools to help you use this information to prioritize, assign, track, and
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resolve problems. With Lotus Domino 8, you can configure the DDM database to open whenever the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client is started.
New probes and probe subtypes
DDM uses configurable probes to gather information. A probe is a discrete check, or set of checks, configured to run against one or more servers, databases, or services. The probe returns status and server health information to DDM. The set of probes has been enhanced in Lotus Domino 8 to include the following probes and probe subtypes.
WebSphere Services (Server probe subtype)
With a WebSphere services probe, you can check the health of applications that you have running on a WebSphere server. For example, if your Lotus Notes client users are using Activities, you might want to monitor the status of your Activities server alongside your Lotus Domino servers, as shown in the example in Figure 3-20.
Figure 3-20 WebSphere Services Probe Subtype
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LDAP search response (directory probe subtype)
With an LDAP search response probe (Figure 3-21), you can validate whether your LDAP searches are returning results within specified thresholds.
Figure 3-21 LDAP Search Response Probe Subtype
Automatic report closing (administration probe subtype)
Some reports are automatically updated when an issue has been resolved. Reports that will automatically clear in this way are flagged as being able to do so, as shown in Figure 3-22.
Figure 3-22 Auto-closing report
However, the resolutions of many issues are not detected, so their reports must be manually closed. This can create an unnecessary administrative processing or make it more difficult to quickly identify and focus on the reports that do need attention.
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With an “automatic report closing” probe, you can specify the reports that you want to be closed automatically if they have been inactive for a specified period of time, as shown in Figure 3-23. Note that if the same error occurs after the report has been closed, the report will be reopened.
Figure 3-23 Automatic Report Closing Subtype
Common Actions button on Events document
All events now have a Common Actions button, allowing you to access a list of the most commonly performed actions for investigating events and then choose an action to carry out in each particular event.
Figure 3-24 Common Actions button
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New Execute CA role
Many events have corrective actions associated with them, as shown in Figure 3-25. With Lotus Domino 8, these are now enhanced so that only those who have been granted the Execute CA role in the DDM ACL are able to access the corrective action text and links.
Figure 3-25 Event document showing Corrective action buttons
New modular documents
Modular documents are new reference documents for Probable Cause, Possible Solution, and Corrective Action statements. Every one of these statements has a corresponding modular document. When you create an event document, the Probable Cause, Possible Solution, and Corrective Action statements that you choose to include in the document are referenced from modular documents. The benefit of using modular documents is that you only need to define these statements once, and you can then use them multiple times for any number of events. Modular documents can be created and modified from the Monitoring Configuration database (EVENTS4.NSF). Note that if you modify a modular document, it is a global modification because the information is automatically applied to every document that references that modular document.
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Figure 3-26 shows an example of a modular document for a corrective action. The content of the Description field is used as the text for the corrective action. The Code field provides details about the commands that will be carried out when the Corrective Action button is selected. The embedded view shows all the places that this corrective action is currently used.
Figure 3-26 Example of a modular document
By database view
A new view has been introduced to DDM in Lotus Domino 8 that helps you identify all the issues associated with a database (Figure 3-27).
Figure 3-27 DDM: By database view
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3.4.2 Bookmarks for Web administration servers
A new bookmarks feature has been added to the Lotus Domino 8 administration client. It is similar to the server bookmark feature and enables you to add the Web URL for the administrative page of other IBM or vendor products, as shown in Figure 3-28.
Figure 3-28 Adding Web Administration Server Bookmarks
Examples of software products that can be administered directly from the Lotus Domino 8 administration client are WebSphere Portal and Lotus Sametime, as shown in Figure 3-29.
Figure 3-29 Web Administration Servers bookmark
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3.5 Improved efficiency and performance
The following features have been introduced or enhanced to help improve the efficiency and performance of Lotus Domino servers, particularly in terms of reducing I/O.
3.5.1 Design note compression
The option to use design note compression has been added to Lotus Domino 8 to help reduce the I/O and the space utilization associated with design information. The compression, which is transparent to applications, typically reduces the size of a design note by 55-60%. For example, when applied to the mail8 template where, by default, the total disk space used by the template is 26.2 MB, the size of the template is reduced to 10.7 MB. This feature is enabled in the Advanced Database properties, as shown in Figure 3-30. Note that this feature requires the new optional on-disk structure (ODS). See Appendix B, “Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements” on page 149 for more information about the new ODS.
Figure 3-30 Allow compression of database design
3.5.2 On demand collations
With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, application developers can reduce the unnecessary server load from creating indexes for columns that are not being used by deferring the creation of these indexes until the user first chooses to sort the view by a specific column. See 4.1.4, “Deferred sort index creation” on page 121 for more information. In order to enable servers to process this new database column option, include the following entry in the Lotus Domino server NOTES.INI: ENABLE_ON_DEMAND_COLLATIONS=1
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Note that this feature requires the new optional on-disk structure (ODS). See Appendix B, “Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements” on page 149 for more information about the new ODS.
3.5.3 Streaming cluster replication
In order to improve cluster replication performance and help reduce the effect that this has on server I/O, Lotus Domino 8 introduces the concept of streaming cluster replication. Cluster replication helps ensure that replica databases in a cluster are as up-to-date as possible in order to support failover and load balancing of servers. It is event-driven, rather than schedule-driven, so when a cluster replicator learns of a change to a database, it immediately pushes that change to other replicas in the cluster. With prior versions of Lotus Domino, the cluster replicator constantly checked each database in turn to identify whether there were changes to replicate and then replicated all changes associated with one database before moving onto the next. With Lotus Domino 8, servers propagate events (Lotus Notes updates, folder additions and removals, unread mark operations) to destination servers as they occur. Streaming cluster replication uses in-memory information and generally will not need to read data from disk or reopen Lotus Notes to get the updates that need to be synchronized with another server. The propagation delays are generally very short, which helps the effectiveness of the caching. Streaming cluster replication coordinates with existing scheduled replication to help reduce its processing, and it updates replication history periodically to reduce the burden on the regular replicator.
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If desired, this feature can be disabled for specific servers using the following NOTES.INI setting: ADMINP_DONT_ATTEMPT_DIRECT_DEPOSIT=1
User rename improvements
There are occasions when a user’s hierarchical name needs to be changed, either due to a change in surname or a change in the organizational hierarchy to which the user belongs. In this situation, this change must be reflected in any design element (Reader Name field, Author Name field, ACL) that contains the original name so that the user will still have the same access to information with their new name as they did with their original name. In a Lotus Domino domain with many databases, this process can consume considerable resources. With Lotus Domino 8, the processing of the user rename administration request has the potential to be more efficient by using a new names list that can be stored in a database. This names list contains the names of all the reader names entries and author names entries that are present within the database. Instead of immediately searching every note in a database, a quick check can be done to identify whether a particular name appears in this list. Only if a name is found in the list, is every note in the database searched to identify all the fields where the name is stored and to replace these with the new name. In order to store this names list, a database must be using the new on-disk structure (ODS) associated with Lotus Domino 8. See Appendix B, “Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements” on page 149 for more information about the new ODS. Also, the list of users maintained by the database code is limited to 4 Kb. After the limit is reached, the administration process searches the database in the same manner as prior releases of Lotus Domino.
Critical request scheduling
In a large Lotus Domino domain, the administration process is likely to have many tasks to process, some of which are of a higher priority than others. Lotus Domino 8 offers you features to give extra processing capability to particular tasks in order to speed up their completion.
Change scheduled request
You can specify the time interval, other than the default time interval, in which a specific type of administration request will execute and this value will override the default settings. For example, you can set a request such as “Rename in Person Documents,” which is, by default a daily request, to run as an immediate request. In order to do this, you need to identify the request numbers associated with the administration requests for which you want to change the schedule. A complete list of these is in the Lotus Domino 8 Administration Help database. You then use the following NOTES.INI variables to specify that the default time intervals for one or more specific administration requests are to be changed: ADMINP_IMMEDIATE_OVERRIDE ADMINP_INTERVAL_OVERRIDE ADMINP_DAILY_OVERRIDE ADMINP_DELAYED_OVERRIDE
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The format for the NOTES.INI variable is: <NOTES.INI variable>= X, X, X Where each X represents the request number of an administration process request. For example, if you want to schedule the requests “Rename in Person Documents” and “Delete in Person Documents” to run as immediate requests, add the following value to the NOTES.INI on the server that processes these requests: ADMINP_IMMEDIATE_OVERRIDE=16.00, 19.00 Where 16.00 and 19.00 are the respective request numbers associated with these administration process requests.
Dedicated threads for immediate and interval requests
The number of processing threads that can be used by the administration process is defined in the server document, as shown in Figure 3-31.
Figure 3-31 Server document setting for Administration Process threads
However, by default there is no prioritizing of administration requests. They are queued in the order in which they are created, and each of them is assigned a general processing thread when one becomes available. In Lotus Domino 8, you can assign special purpose threads to two classes of administration requests: immediate requests and interval requests. Special purpose threads are not available for daily, delayed, or batched administration process requests. These special purpose threads are not used if there are general threads available. However, at times when requests are being queued for processing, immediate requests, interval requests, or both can be processed by these special purpose threads. The special purpose threads run concurrently alongside the general process threads, potentially reducing the time taken to complete the tasks with which the requests are associated. Use the following NOTES.INI settings to specify the number of special purpose threads you want to use: ADMINP_IMMEDIATE_THREAD=X ADMINP_INTERVAL_THREAD=X Where X is the number of special purpose threads.
3.5.5 Prevent simple search
The database property “Don't allow simple search” positively impacts server performance by preventing users from searching databases that do not have full-text search enabled.
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By default, users can choose to search a database that does not have a full text index. They will get a result set that, because of the simple search algorithm used, might not help them find the information they need. However, there is a significant impact on the server when this type of search is carried out. With Lotus Domino 8, an advanced database property has been introduced, as shown in Figure 3-32. If this property is selected for large databases where there is no business need for a full text index (which has its own effect on a server performance), it can prevent the impact to server performance of users accidentally selecting the database as a target of a search query.
Figure 3-32 Advanced Database property: Don’t allow simple search
If a user tries to carry out a search on a database where this setting has been selected and where the database does not have a full text index, the user receives a message indicating that the search will not be performed.
3.6 Directory
This section describes the new features and enhancements related to using directories within Lotus Domino 8.
3.6.1 Lotus Domino 8 Directory
In this section, we discuss the enhancements introduced in Lotus Domino 8 to the Lotus Domino Directory.
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accessed from the navigator in the Lotus Domino Directory database, as shown in Figure 3-33. This new view can help you determine which user workstations need to be upgraded and whether any users are running unsupported versions.
Figure 3-33 Accessing People by Client Version view
Authentication/authorization-only secondary directories
The directory assistance feature of Lotus Domino is a way for your Lotus Notes applications to achieve Internet authentication, group authorization, and mail addressing using secondary directories, both Lotus Domino and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Some clients use separate directories for authentication/authorization and for mail addressing. Directory assistance in Lotus Domino 8 enables you to specify when a secondary directory must only be used for authentication/authorization (Figure 3-34). This avoids unnecessary NAMELookups to authentication/authorization directories, potentially reducing the number of “Ambiguous Name” dialog boxes and making mail lookup tasks more efficient, as well as reducing the load on authentication/authorization directory servers.
Figure 3-34 Directory assistance form
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Improved configuration for directory assistance LDAP directories
The directory assistance form for configuring secondary LDAP directories has been improved in Lotus Domino 8. In order to minimize the adding of invalid entries, Suggest and Verify buttons have been added to the form. The Suggest button provides a list of likely entries for fields. For example, to help you input a valid host name, selecting the button looks up the host names of any LDAP servers listed in your Domain Name System (DNS) server. The Verify button tries to validate the choice that you make. For example, as shown in Figure 3-35, to help you validate your choice of host name, selecting the button verifies that the host name is an active LDAP server.
Figure 3-35 Directory Assistance configuration for LDAP
Directory lint (DirLint)
Lotus Domino 8 introduces a new tool, called DirLint, that scans a directory and reports on inconsistencies in the naming hierarchy, flags invalid syntax in directory names, and detects and reports problematic characters in directory names. It also scans group member lists to ensure that each member exists in an available directory that is configured in directory assistance. You specify one or more Lotus Domino Directory databases to scan. DirLint runs tests against the given directories and generates an XML report that highlights any possible issues and suggests corrective actions to take.
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The DirLint tool is run from the server console command line. The actions it takes are logged to the server console, as shown in Figure 3-36, and the report is saved to disk.
Figure 3-36 Load DirLint on Lotus Domino server console
Improved group membership expansion
Determining the groups to which a user belongs is very common use of directories and is essential for access control. However, this can be a very resource-intensive task, especially when groups are nested, because LDAP applications usually perform one search for each level of nested group. With Lotus Domino 8, two new LDAP attributes are designed to allow a single search to return the entire nested group membership for a user.
dominoAccessGroups
This attribute allows applications to search for access groups in a Lotus Domino LDAP server more efficiently. For example, the following search filters can be replaced: (&(objectclass=groupOfNames)(member=cn=Jane Admin,o=ITSO)) Replace these search filters with the following attribute: cn=Jane Admin,o=ITSO?dominoAccessGroups?base?(objectclass=*) This reduces network traffic, LDAP cache usage, and application complexity.
ibm-allGroups
This attribute works in the same way as dominoAccessGroups and allows Lotus Notes/Domino to search for access groups in IBM Tivoli Directory more efficiently.
3.6.2 IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
Tivoli Directory Integrator is a general purpose and integration toolkit that integrates Lotus Domino with other directories, databases, APIs, and protocols. It has capabilities that can help you synchronize identity data residing in various repositories throughout your organization—directories, databases, collaborative systems, and corporate applications. With Lotus Domino 8, customers are granted an entitlement, or “right-to-use,” Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1.1 with a Lotus Domino Directory at no additional cost. Tivoli Directory Integrator is not a meta-directory and is not dependent on a central repository. It supports a wide variety of data sources including CSV, XML, DMSL, JDBC™, NSF, and LDAP. The software is designed to make it easy to transform data between systems and add your business logic.
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Tivoli Directory Integrator consists of a graphical development environment for building and maintaining transformation and synchronization rules and a multithreaded server that executes rules and monitors events. Tivoli Directory Integrator capabilities can be used with Lotus Domino 8 to: Propagate and transform information about new, changed, and deleted Lotus Domino users to other LDAP directories Detect changes in Microsoft Active Directory®, Sun™ Directory, and Tivoli Directory, and propagate/synchronize into Lotus Domino directory or database ACLs The diagram in Figure 3-37 depicts some of the directory synchronization scenarios possible with Tivoli Directory Integrator and a Lotus Domino 8 directory.
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Figure 3-37 Tivoli Directory Integrator: Lotus Domino Directory synchronization examples
3.7 Security features
This section describes the new and updated features that can enhance the security of Lotus Notes/Domino 8.
3.7.1 Internet password lockout
Internet password lockout lets you set a threshold value for Internet password authentication failures for attempts to use Web-enabled Lotus Domino applications or Lotus Domino Web Access. This helps to prevent brute force and dictionary attacks on user Internet accounts by locking out any user who fails to log in within the established threshold value. Note that you can only use Internet password lockout for HTTP access. Other Internet protocols and services, such as LDAP, POP, IMAP, DIIOP, IBM Lotus QuickPlace®, and Lotus Sametime are not currently supported.
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This feature is enabled through the Security tab on the server configuration document, as shown in Figure 3-38.
Figure 3-38 Configuring Internet Password Lockout
Details of the users who have been locked out are stored in the “Internet Password Lockout” database (INETLOCKOUT.NSF), as shown in Figure 3-39, from which administrators can monitor login failures and reset users who have been locked out. Note that unlocking the user account does not change the password. It merely re-enables the user’s ability to log in with the current password.
Figure 3-39 Internet Lockout database
If you require different Internet lockout parameters for different groups of users, you can use a security policy setting to change the defaults for a specific set of users, as shown in Figure 3-40. Note that the Internet password lockout feature is enabled using the server configuration document. The security policy can only be used to override the default settings.
Figure 3-40 Security policy: Internet Password Lockout Settings
3.7.2 Certifier key rollover
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of a certifier ID, to sign certificates. In simple terms, the “strength” of a key, the time it would take to decipher, is determined by its length. In order to keep ahead of the technologies available for deciphering keys, recent versions of Lotus Domino have introduced options to use longer keys. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 adds support for 2048-bit keys for users and servers and 4096-bit keys for certifiers. Key rollover, introduced in Lotus Domino 7, is the process used to update the set of Lotus Notes public and private keys that is stored in ID files. Periodically, this set of keys might need to be replaced, either in the event the private key has been compromised or to increase security by updating to a longer key. In Lotus Domino 7, you configure key rollover for user IDs in security policies and key rollover for server IDs in the server document. With Lotus Domino 8, you configure key rollover for certifier IDs from the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client. Rolling over a certifier affects the whole organization. After rolling over a certifier, you must recertify all user and server IDs that were issued by that certifier.
3.7.3 ID file recovery APIs
In the case of forgotten passwords or lost or corrupted IDs, it is necessary to have a mechanism for recovering IDs. These features have been available in Lotus Domino since version 6. But new application programming interfaces (APIs) introduced with Lotus Domino 8 enable companies to integrate the security feature of ID file recovery with the convenience of custom, organization-wide management systems.
3.7.4 Local database encryption
Lotus Notes can encrypt local databases so that they cannot be accessed by any Lotus Notes ID other than the one for which the database is encrypted. This helps enhance the security of data stored locally on a Lotus Notes client. In previous versions of Lotus Notes, databases are encrypted using either simple, medium, or strong encryption. In order to reduce any confusion over the security level of local encrypted databases, the simple and medium options have been removed from Lotus Notes/Domino 8. Existing databases using simple or medium encryption are still supported, but any new databases are created with strong encryption.
3.7.5 Certificate revocation checking through OCSP
Lotus Domino 8 introduces support for Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), RFC 2560. OCSP support can enhance security for S/MIME signature verification, S/MIME encrypted sender verification, and SSL certificate verification. This standard determines the revocation state of an X.509 certificate, giving more up-to-date information than a certification revocation list (CRL) because there is no CRL cache involved.
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On the Lotus Notes client, OCSP must be enabled through a security policy, as shown in Figure 3-41.
Figure 3-41 Security policy settings: OCSP configuration
You can also enable OCSP on the Lotus Domino 8 server using the NOTES.INI parameter: OCSP_RESPONDER= Then, configure the certificate status and logging level with OCSP_LOGLEVEL and OCS_CERTSTATUS. See the Lotus Domino 8 Administration Help for more information about the values you can set for these.
3.7.6 SSO using LtpaToken2
Versions of Lotus Domino prior to version 8 supported the LtpaToken format that enabled you to set up single sign-on between Lotus Domino servers and WebSphere Application Servers. WebSphere Application Server Versions 5.1.1 and later support LtpaToken2. LtpaToken2 contains stronger encryption and enables you to add multiple attributes to the token. Lotus Domino 8 now supports the LtpaToken2 format, enabling you to configure the more secure single sign-on feature with WebSphere Application Servers that support this format.
3.8 Integration with other IBM products
This section describes the enhancements supporting the integration of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 with other IBM products.
3.8.1 Lotus Domino and DB2
In this section, we discuss the enhancements of the Lotus Domino and DB2 integration feature.
DB2 9.1
With Lotus Domino 8, the supported DB2 platform for the Lotus Domino and DB2 integration features is DB2 9.1. This offers the opportunity for enhanced performance and better management and backup features for Lotus Domino and DB2 integration.
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Set a default DB2 user name
Lotus Domino 7 introduced Lotus Domino and DB2 integration features including the facility to create an SQL query of data stored on a DB2 server and display the result in a Lotus Notes view. In order to adhere to DB2 security mechanisms, it is necessary for Lotus Notes users accessing these views to authenticate with the DB2 server. To do this, register an ID for each user in the directory used for authentication by DB2 and create a “Lotus Notes user to DB2 user” mapping in the Lotus Notes user’s person document in the Lotus Domino directory. To address the effect of having to maintain a mapping for all Lotus Notes users who will have a common access level to a set of DB2 data, Lotus Domino 8 introduces the concept of a default DB2 user name. As long as access to this default name is granted to the DB2 data, all Lotus Notes users will be able to access the data without having to have a DB2 user name of their own registered on the DB2 server, or a Lotus Notes user to DB2 user mapping in their person document. This default DB2 name is set from the DB2 server section in the Tools sidebar of the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client, as shown in Figure 3-42. Note that the Lotus Domino server’s DB2 user name and the default DB2 user name must not be the same.
Figure 3-42 Set default DB2 user name
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DB2 move container
Lotus Notes databases that are stored in DB2 are stored in DB2 containers. One DB2 container can store multiple Lotus Notes databases. With Lotus Domino 8, an administrator can move DB2 containers from one disk to another disk (or if you are working with UNIX®, from one volume to another volume) using the Lotus Domino administrator client. This ability is useful for controlling how much disk space on a particular server is used by DB2 containers. This task is carried out by selecting the DB2 group that is to be moved and selecting Move Container from the DB2 Groups section in the Tools sidebar of the Lotus Domino 8 administrator client, as shown in Figure 3-43.
Figure 3-43 Move DB2 container
After moving DB2 containers, you can validate and re-create all the connections to the DB2-enabled Lotus Notes databases so that users can still access their data. The Lotus Domino 8 administrator client provides a reconciliation tool for creating link files for any DB2-enabled Lotus Notes databases that do not have these specified on the Lotus Domino server.
3.8.2 Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal integration
Goals for a future release of WebSphere Portal Server software include simplified integration of WebSphere Portal software within a Lotus Domino 8 environment. Anticipated features include an integration wizard designed to speed the setup of a combined environment and to configure Lotus Sametime and Lotus QuickPlace software automatically as described here.
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A wizard reduces the configuration required to enable Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal integration. This includes the setting up of the Common PIM (personal information management) Portlets (CPP) and the Lotus Domino Extended Products Portlets (DEPP). The wizard is currently planned to automate the following currently manual steps: Configure single sign-on: – Export LTPA token. – Create Web SSO document on Lotus Domino. Configure Lotus Sametime: – Single sign-on, enable awareness for Lotus Domino Web Access. – Set up trusted servers in STCENTER.NSF. Configure Lotus Domino Directory: – Single sign-on, DIIOP. – Configure collaborative services to bind to Lotus Domino LDAP. Configure Lotus Domino mail servers (for each mail server): – Single sign-on, DIIOP, NOTES.INI settings for HTTP, enable XML services.
Prerequisites
Note the following prerequisites: Security features must be enabled on the WebSphere Portal server to use Lotus Domino LDAP (a future release is currently expected to support non-Lotus Domino LDAP). Lotus Domino mail and application server versions must be 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0.x, or 8.0.x. WebSphere Portal server versions must be 6.0.1. Lotus Sametime server versions must be 7.0 or 7.5.
3.8.3 Lotus Domino 8 integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console
With Lotus Domino 7, you configure events generated by operating system probes to be forwarded to Tivoli Enterprise Console and be viewed alongside other enterprise application events in a single monitoring interface. With Lotus Domino 8, you can configure any events to be forwarded to a Tivoli Enterprise Console. First, you need to configure the connectivity to the Tivoli Enterprise Console through the Lotus Domino server configuration document, as shown in Figure 3-44.
Figure 3-44 Tivoli Enterprise Console Settings in server configuration document
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Then, you can configure Event Handler documents in the Monitoring Configuration database (EVENTS4.NSF) to forward the events to the Tivoli Enterprise Console, as shown in Figure 3-45.
Figure 3-45 Configuring Event Handler to forward event to Tivoli Enterprise Console
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This chapter describes the new and enhanced features available for application development in Lotus Notes and Domino 8. This includes existing Lotus Notes applications and the new types of applications that can be built by taking advantage of the Eclipse application development framework. We discuss the following topics: Existing Lotus Notes applications Composite applications Composite application editor feature of Lotus Notes 8 Web services consumer support Lotus Domino and DB2 integration
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4.1 Lotus Notes applications
As with every other version of Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes 8 offers backward compatibility for Lotus Notes applications. All applications developed in previous versions of Lotus Notes function correctly in the Lotus Notes 8 client without the need for redesign. Lotus Notes 8 and Lotus Domino Designer 8 gives you opportunities to significantly enhance your existing Lotus Notes applications using DB2 integration, as discussed in 4.4, “Lotus Domino and DB2 integration” on page 141, and to reuse elements of your Lotus Notes applications as components in composite applications, as discussed in 4.2, “Composite applications” on page 125. Your Lotus Notes applications can include Web service consumer functionality, as described in 4.3, “Web service consumer” on page 136. All of these enhancements help to extend the value of any current investment in Lotus Notes and Domino by offering opportunities to integrate existing Lotus Notes applications with other data and application sources within your company and to bring new application functionality to the Lotus Notes user. In addition to these enhancements, the following new design features can be included in Lotus Notes applications designed with the Lotus Domino Designer 8.
4.1.1 Right mouse menu
A previous release of Lotus Notes/Domino introduced the ability to define custom actions that you develop in your applications to appear on the right mouse menu with the default right mouse menu entries (for example, Document Properties, Copy as Document Link, Search this View). With Lotus Domino Designer 8, you can also choose not to display the default entries in the right mouse menu, as shown in Figure 4-1. This can make it easier for users to identify the specific actions that you have defined for a particular view or folder.
Figure 4-1 Right mouse menu: Without default items
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4.1.2 Bytes column type
With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, you have a new column format for number columns that enables you to display the column contents in kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, as shown in Figure 4-2.
Figure 4-2 Bytes: New number format for columns
4.1.3 Extend to use available window width
In prior releases of Lotus Notes and Domino, you set the last column in a view to expand to fill the available window. With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, you can select which column in the view extends to use the available window width, as shown in Figure 4-3.
Figure 4-3 Choose column that extends to use available window width
4.1.4 Deferred sort index creation
You can give users the ability to sort their views and folders by any of the columns that you have defined. However, creating indexes does add to the Lotus Domino server load.
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With Lotus Notes and Domino 8, you can reduce the unnecessary server load from creating indexes for columns that are not being used by deferring the creation of these indexes until the user first chooses to sort the view by a specific column. This is defined in the column definition, as shown in Figure 4-4. Note that this feature requires the new on-disk structure (ODS), as described in Appendix B, “Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements” on page 149, and also requires Lotus Domino server configuration, as specified in 3.5.2, “On demand collations” on page 103.
Figure 4-4 Defer index creation until first use
4.1.5 Thumbnail support
Lotus Notes/Domino 8 introduces a new rich text lite field option that enables you to add a thumbnail picture to a form, as shown in Figure 4-5. You can select the width and height that you want to include and the name of the attachment from which the thumbnail picture will be drawn.
Figure 4-5 Thumbnail support
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4.1.6 Programming language additions
There are numerous additions to both the Lotus Notes formula language and the LotusScript API. Refer to the Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help for detailed information about how to use these.
Lotus Notes formula language
The additions to the Lotus Notes formula language include: @IsUsingJavaElement @URLQueryString @GetViewInfo([GetFormName]) @Command([CopySelectedAsTable]) @Command([OpenInNewWindow])
LotusScript API
The additions to the Lotus Notes LotusScript classes, properties, and methods: Read/Unread marks support: Ability to use LotusScript to collect all read or unread documents or change status of documents from read to unread NotesPropertyBroker class NotesProperty class NotesDirectory class NotesDirectoryNavigator class GetColumnValues method for NotesView class UncompressAttachments property for the NotesDXLExporter class OutlineReload method for the NotesUIWorkspace class
Support for Java 5
Lotus Notes/Domino 8 includes new IBM Java SE technology. This new version typically provides a measurable increase in performance along with increased reliability, increased serviceability, and a smaller footprint than previous versions. It also allows the use of the new Java 5 syntax. Highlights include: Performance enhancements: New garbage collector with the ability to configure garbage collection for the application. You can also use a new configurable option of shared classes, which has the potential to reduce the loaded footprint and decrease JVM™ load time. High reliability: New Java SE technology from IBM has been engineered to be more reliable and more easily serviced in the field. There are new facilities such as trigger trace where tracing can be done in the field and the results returned for analysis. New for Lotus Notes/Domino 8 is the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. This feature compiles and optimizes the byte codes depending on usage. Compiling the byte codes to the native platform makes the application much faster. This compilation is done dynamically, allowing the JVM to optimize performance at run time. Also, because the JIT compiler complies down to the hardware, it optimizes the performance of Lotus Notes and Domino on whatever platform it is being run. The Just-In-Time compiler is activated by default. New for Lotus Notes/Domino 8 is the ability for the user to select (through the use of an ini variable) the full use of the new Java 5 language features.
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Web application enhancements
Lotus Domino 8 includes the following Web application enhancements. Reserved Name fields give you more granular control over the display of forms and rich text fields. For example, with $$HTMLOptions, you control the formatting of tables and the expansion of sections within a form or document. You can also use this to disable passthru HTML to prevent a user from entering HTML code in a field that can run when another user opens the document through a browser. In further support of AJAX Web applications, Lotus Domino 8 provides JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as an output format using the following to let you more quickly create AJAX Web applications: <DominoURL>?ReadViewentries&Outputformat=JSON
4.1.7 “On server start” agents
Lotus Notes/Domino 8 provides a new runtime option for agents that runs when the server starts, as shown in Figure 4-6. This can improve the performance of servers because tasks that only need to be carried out as a result of a server restart are not redundantly performed at any other time, including after a restart of the agent manager.
Figure 4-6 Agent to run when server starts
4.1.8 DXL enhancements
Lotus Domino XML (DXL) is a representation of Lotus Domino data in XML format and provides a great way for exposing Lotus Domino application data to other platforms. DXL was originally introduced in Lotus Domino 6 and support has been evolving since then in order to support as many of the NSF design elements as possible. Using DXL, users can manage data that has been difficult or costly to integrate programmatically in the past and can move Lotus Domino data outside Lotus Notes to use tools other than Lotus Domino Designer for crafting different applications.
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The most common uses of DXL are: To import XML data from external databases or applications into Lotus Domino databases. To export XML data from Lotus Domino databases into other applications or databases. To modify data in a Lotus Domino database by exporting DXL, making changes, and then re-importing the data back to Lotus Domino. As an alternative Lotus Domino API: In many cases, it is easier to read and write information using DXL than with existing APIs. To archive information in a format that can be searched outside the context of Lotus Domino. With Lotus Domino 8, the following additional design elements are supported: DB2 access views DB2 query views Layers MIME e-mail messages Exporter filtering LZ1 attachments Web services Also in Lotus Domino 8, there are new properties to help you better work with documents and with rich text fields through DXL, for example, when you do not want to include all the fields in the Lotus Notes document or do not want to include all the content in the rich text field. For more information about DXL, see the following Web site:
4.2 Composite applications
Lotus Notes 8 software incorporates the open standards of the Eclipse application development framework and a component-based service-oriented architecture (SOA). This provides a foundation to help make it easy to combine, access, and deploy functionality from a mix of software programs. You as a developer have the opportunity to build applications more quickly and reuse existing assets as business needs evolve. Your users gain access to tools they need for their specific job roles from directly within the Lotus Notes 8 client. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 software makes it easy for you to integrate line-of-business (LOB) solutions and data into a new class of applications, called composite applications. Composite applications can provide access to information from multiple sources, for example, a Lotus Notes database, a Java application, the Web, or a customer relationship management application. Application components can send information to one another, so when views are changed or data is entered or edited in one application, the corresponding views and information in the other applications also change. With composite applications, you can design reusable components and then mix and match these to create a wide variety of applications with minimal or no additional code. Available online or offline, composite applications can facilitate self-service activities. Using the composite application editor feature of Lotus Notes 8 software, users and LOB managers can
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easily mix and match the application building blocks that you develop into their own customized applications. Composite applications can help boost return on investment by leveraging your existing technology, such as IBM WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino infrastructures. You can reuse previously developed Eclipse technology-based components within the composite applications hosted on Lotus Domino 8 software, helping to increase return on investment in application development tools and skills. Both Lotus Domino 8 and WebSphere Portal 6 servers can host composite applications. The diagram shown in Figure 4-7 illustrates the potential relationships between the hosting platforms and their capabilities.
Web client Rich client
Lotus Notes 8.0 Eclipse platform Lotus Notes components Composite application editor
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Figure 4-7 Overview of composite application hosting options
If you use WebSphere Portal as your hosting platform, you can create composite applications that can be accessed using a Web browser as well as a Lotus Notes 8 client. You can define your composite applications using either the composite application editor of Lotus Notes 8 or the application template editor provided with WebSphere Portal. If you use Lotus Domino as your hosting platform, you can define your composite applications using the composite application editor of the Lotus Notes 8 client. You can then also replicate the application to a Lotus Notes 8 client to allow offline access to the application. IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8 provides new features to help the developer set up Lotus Notes application design elements to be used as components. Section 4.2.2, “Building composite application components” on page 127 gives an overview of this process and the features used. The new composite application editor feature of Lotus Notes 8, discussed in 4.2.3, “Assembling and wiring composite applications” on page 131, lets you assemble multiple components into a single composite application and define the wiring of the components in a 1-to-1 or 1-to-many relationship. This activity does not require any coding and can be performed by LOB managers rather than IT developers.
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4.2.1 Example of a composite application
The example shown in Figure 4-8 is a customer profile application composed of three components. This particular application is a sample included in the composite applications toolkit supplied with Lotus Notes and Domino 8. The code is contained within a single Lotus Notes database and can be deployed on a Lotus Domino 8 server or Lotus Notes 8 client. In the top half of the window, in the example, you can see the first component, a view from a Lotus Notes database showing company details. In the bottom half of the window, you can see two Eclipse components, one showing the company account manager details and one showing the company sales history. Clicking a row in the Lotus Notes view triggers actions that update the information in the Eclipse components to match the company selected in the Lotus Notes view.
Figure 4-8 Composite application example
4.2.2 Building composite application components
A composite application component can either be an NSF component (an element from a Lotus Notes application) or an Eclipse component. This section concentrates on creating NSF components from traditional Lotus Notes databases.
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Without modifying an existing Lotus Notes application, you can use the composite application editor feature to simply surface the views, forms, documents, and other elements of the Lotus Notes application as components within a composite application. However, if you want to implement inter-component communication, you use new features of Lotus Domino Designer 8 to extend the elements that will be surfaced as components. Building an NSF component includes the following steps: 1. Determine the properties that the component will publish. In the example application in Figure 4-8 on page 127, the properties that are being published are the ID and the Account name. These are the first two columns in the All Accounts/By Company view. 2. Determine the actions the component will perform when it is wired to the property of another component. In the example application, a change to the value in the ID field updates the Account Manager component and a change to the value in the Account name updates the Sales History component. 3. Create the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) that lists the actions and properties for the component Use the Property Broker editor for this step. With the Property Broker editor, you need to define the following values for each property and action: – Namespace: A namespace is a unique descriptor that represents a collection of entities. The concept of namespaces is used to avoid confusion regarding entities that have the same name but do not hold the same kind of data and thus must not be wired together. The name used for a data type (defined in the next bullet) can exist in multiple namespaces. However, as long as the name is unique within a specific namespace, it can be used in the composite applications editor. In the sample application, the namespace is “com.ibm.compositeapps.samples”. – Data types: Data types link together entities that have the same data definition. Note that the data definition does not need to be supplied with the name of the data type but developers need to ensure that they only assign a specific data type to entities that have the same definition. In the sample application, the data types “AccountID” and “Account” link the column cells in the Lotus Notes view to the fields in the Eclipse components. When you have identified the properties and actions for a component, you generate the WSDL for each component and import this into the Lotus Notes database that contains the specific design elements or documents that will be surfaced as NSF components. See Figure 4-9 on page 129.
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Figure 4-9 Import WSDL into Lotus Notes database containing the component
4. Modify the NSF design elements to link them to the previously defined properties and actions, including new LotusScript classes, methods, and properties. In our sample application, the Lotus Notes components only publish properties. This is configured in the view column definitions, as shown in Figure 4-10.
Figure 4-10 Defining the AccountID property
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If you want to publish a property value that is not directly contained in a view column, use the Onselect view event, as shown in Figure 4-11, to identify the highlighted row in a view, determine the property value that must be published for this row, and then use the values property and publish method of the new LotusScript NotesProperty class to calculate the property value.
Figure 4-11 Onselect view event
Note that if the Eclipse components in this composite application had been NSF components, actions would have needed to be defined (in the component design elements in the Lotus Notes database) to receive the input resulting from the publishing of the property and process it appropriately. See Figure 4-12 for an example.
Figure 4-12 Defining an Action
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The composite application toolkit contains a tutorial that leads you through the development of a composite application and gives the detailed steps for defining all of the elements mentioned previously.
4.2.3 Assembling and wiring composite applications
Although an application developer probably needs to be involved to create the composite application components, as described in 4.2.2, “Building composite application components” on page 127, the assembling and wiring of application components is potentially a task that can be carried out by a business manager, allowing the task to be completed without requiring administrative or development assistance. This enables business professionals to design their own applications to pull together the information they need. For example, if there are data types that are commonly used within an organization’s IT systems, for example, employee ID, project code, or customer account number, IT developers can build components that expose these elements in each IT system that stores information about these entities and allow the business manager to link these as appropriate. Assembling a composite application includes the following steps: 1. Create the Lotus Notes composite application container. A database needs to be created on the Lotus Domino server or Lotus Notes client that will host the composite application. You create this database using the File → Application → New menu option and selecting Blank Composite Application, as shown in Figure 4-13.
Figure 4-13 Creating new composite application
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Existing Lotus Notes applications can be configured to launch as a composite application in the database properties, as shown in Figure 4-14.
Figure 4-14 Composite application: Database properties
Note that it is also possible to launch your application as a composite application using a new Frameset property, as shown in Figure 4-15. This allows Lotus Notes 8 clients to open the application as a composite application while allowing Lotus Notes clients prior to version 8 to open the database as a traditional Lotus Notes application. This way, existing applications are seamlessly upgraded to composite applications without users having to take any action.
Figure 4-15 Frameset properties
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2. Add components to the composite application. You open the composite application container as you would open any Lotus Notes application. The composite application container will initially be empty, as shown in Figure 4-16. As indicated by the text on the page, select Actions → Edit application from the menu bar.
Figure 4-16 Empty composite application
You have a component palette on the right side of the window onto which you add the components you want to use in this application. If you are adding an NSF component, you can browse the databases and views to select the correct component, as shown in Figure 4-17.
Figure 4-17 Adding an NSF component
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If you are adding Eclipse components, you can browse an Eclipse update site or your local machine to locate the components (Figure 4-18).
Figure 4-18 Adding an Eclipse component
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When you have all the components in your palette, you can drag and drop them onto your central page, as shown in Figure 4-19, and resize them or move them around until you have the configuration that you want.
Figure 4-19 Placing components in composite application
3. Wire components together within the composite application. The final step in creating the composite application is to wire the properties and actions together. To do this, right-click one of the components in the left sidebar and select Wiring, as shown in Figure 4-20.
Figure 4-20 Wiring components
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You are then presented with a graphical interface showing each of the components and their associated properties and actions, as shown in Figure 4-21.
Figure 4-21 Wiring interface
As you click the properties, the actions with matching data types, are indicated by the orange circle beside them, showing the components that can be wired together. To implement the wiring, simply click the property and drag it to the component with the corresponding action. A dotted line shows the wiring between the components, as shown in Figure 4-22. The wiring pane will show the properties from the source component at any time. You can right click a component and select Set as source. You can then define other causal relationships among the components, save the wiring, and save the application.
Figure 4-22 Wired components
The composite application is complete. With no detailed knowledge of application development or programming languages, you can construct or customize an application to display the information you need to carry out your business functions.
4.3 Web service consumer
Web services are the basis of distributed computing across the Internet. They provide a standard method of communicating between diverse software applications running on different platforms. A Web service consumer uses standard Web protocols such as XML, SOAP, and HTTP to connect to a Web service provider and invoke the functionality that it provides.
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Lotus Domino 7 introduced native support for hosting Web services. Using the Lotus Domino Designer 7 Web service design element, you can write a Web service and host it on your Lotus Domino 7 server so that it can be defined once and then called from other computers. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 add Web services consumer support, allowing you to call Web services hosted elsewhere. A Web services consumer does not use a Web service design element, because these are used only for publishing Web services. Instead, a Web services consumer uses a special kind of script library (either LotusScript or Java). To call the Web service, an agent or other code must “use” that script library. The ability to define a Web services consumer enables application developers to use and reuse common Web service-based components in their applications. This can help speed the time to develop applications and eliminate duplication of code that provides identical functionality. The following sections give an overview of what is involved in creating a Web services consumer using Lotus Domino Designer 8.
4.3.1 Creating a Web service enabled script library
Each Web service-enabled script library contains a single Web service. In order to create the appropriate script library, you need the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) associated with the Web service you want to call. WSDL is the public interface of the Web service provider. It is an XML format for describing various attributes of the Web service provider and the methods that the Web service consumer can use.
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Using Lotus Domino Designer 8, you import this WSDL into a LotusScript or Java library, as shown in Figure 4-23.
Figure 4-23 Import WSDL into script library
Lotus Domino Designer 8 reads the WSDL file, converts it to LotusScript, and shows you the methods you can use as a Web service consumer. If you create a Java script library, the WSDL content is converted to Java.
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In the scenario shown in Figure 4-24, the Web service provider has methods to convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius and the reverse. Note that the script library contains only back-end classes; Web service messages have no UI implementation. Therefore, the script library can be used with the Lotus Notes 8 client and the Lotus Domino 8 server. Note also that the Web service location is part of the WSDL that you imported.
Figure 4-24 Imported WSDL example
4.3.2 Incorporating a script library in the application
After the WSDL has been imported into a script library, you can use it in a Lotus Notes application, as shown in Figure 4-25. When you use a LotusScript script library, the script in the (Options), (Declarations), Initialize, and Terminate events of the library become available as though they were in the current object's corresponding scripts.
Figure 4-25 Configuring use of a script library
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4.3.3 Using the script library functions in the application
After the script library has been linked to the application, you can use the functions described in the imported WSDL in your application. For example, as shown in Figure 4-26, the function FTOC that was imported with the WSDL definition in Figure 4-24 on page 139 is being used in the LotusScript that defines the action to perform when the button is clicked.
Figure 4-26 Using a Web service function within the application
4.3.4 Running the application
When you run the application, the LotusScript code calls the specified method in the script library, passing it the value from the editable field (Figure 4-27).
Figure 4-27 User input to application
The Web service consumer sends a request to the Web service provider. The request is a SOAP message transported through HTTP and includes the Fahrenheit field value from the editable field. The Web service provider performs its operations and provides the response to the Web service consumer as a SOAP message that contains the return value of the operation. This is the return value of the method in the script library. The LotusScript code places the return value into the editable field labeled Celsius with the result shown in Figure 4-28. 140
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Figure 4-28 Web service provides response
4.4 Lotus Domino and DB2 integration
Lotus Domino 7 introduced the ability to use IBM DB2 software as an alternative to the Lotus Notes storage facility (NSF) for storing Lotus Domino data on a per-database basis. This feature, called the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature, enables you to use both DB2 and Lotus Domino databases, accessing and viewing data stored in either format. If you opt to use the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature, you can store the internal representation of your Lotus Domino messaging and collaboration data in an enterprise relational database, while maintaining full compatibility with NSF functionalities. You can consolidate your Lotus Domino data along with other enterprise data in a common DB2 store and then integrate it with other applications, including Java EE applications. And your DB2 users can take advantage of Lotus Domino replication and security features. DB2 software integration capabilities enable developers to build applications that blend collaborative services with relational data stored in DB2 databases. Lotus Domino Designer 7 introduced two new design elements to support the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature: DB2 access view (DAV): The ability to expose Lotus Domino data, as shown in Figure 4-29, so that you can work with that data from a DB2 interface using SQL, as shown in Figure 4-30 on page 142, while adhering to all Lotus Domino data security mechanisms.
Figure 4-29 Defining a DB2 access view
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Figure 4-30 Lotus Domino data exposed in DB2 view
Query view: A view that uses an SQL statement to define its selection criteria, as shown in Figure 4-31. The view can include data from DB2 software-enabled Lotus Notes databases or DB2 databases.
Figure 4-31 Query view
For more information about the features introduced in Lotus Domino 7, see the following Web site:
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4.4.1 Full support for the DB2 data store
In Lotus Domino 7, the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature was a “Limited Availability” feature. This meant that, although the features were available for companies to test, there was no support for production use through the standard IBM Lotus support channels. With Lotus Domino 8, these features are now fully supported through the regular IBM Lotus support mechanisms.
4.4.2 Supported platforms
The limited availability program for the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature of Lotus Domino 7 applied to certain Microsoft Windows and IBM AIX 5L platforms. With Lotus Domino 8, the Lotus Domino and DB2 feature is supported for select Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX 5L, and Linux operating systems.
4.4.3 SQL updates, inserts, deletes are transactional
With the correct access rights, you can manipulate Lotus Domino data from DB2 by running SQL queries against a DB2 access view. In Lotus Domino 7, performing bulk transactions on DB2 access views from DB2 such as the following committed the deletes one row at a time: DELETE FROM <DAV NAME> WHERE <some criteria> This meant that there was a possibility of leaving things in an inconsistent state if the operation failed to complete. In Lotus Domino 8, the operation is committed as a single transaction. If the operation fails after processing only some of the rows, the operation is rolled back, guaranteeing transactionally consistent results.
4.4.4 New columns for DB2 access views (DAVs)
With Lotus Domino 8, there are additional columns that can be included in a DAV: #server #database #special #ref #responses An SQL query view can query these fields from a DAV. The #server and #database columns enable application developers to create functions that use information about the location of the Lotus Domino application storing DAV. The #ref and #responses columns enable application developers to build query views with response hierarchies.
4.4.5 Improved user mapping
The implementation of the default DB2 user, as described in 3.8.1, “Lotus Domino and DB2” on page 114, eliminates need for every user who accesses a query view that is based on a DAV to have a user mapping defined in their Lotus Domino directory person document. This gives a performance enhancement because there is no need to perform an additional user name lookup to validate access to the data.
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Lotus Notes 8 client feature requirements
This appendix contains a matrix describing each of the new Lotus Notes 8 features and whether each requires the Lotus Notes 8 Eclipse-based interface, a Lotus Notes 8 mail template (MAIL8.NTF, DWA8.NTF, OR MAIL8EX.NTF), or a Lotus Domino 8 server, or more than one. The feature requirements assume that the Contacts database (NAMES.NSF) and the Bookmark database (BOOKMARK.NSF) use the templates supplied with the Lotus Notes 8 client.
Table A-1 Lotus Notes 8 feature requirements Feature Eclipse-based interface Lotus Notes 8 Eclipse-based interface Lotus Notes 8 mail template Yes Note that although existing Lotus Notes applications will run in Lotus Notes 8, the mail and calendar links on the Open bar require a Lotus Notes 8 mail template. No But links to productivity tools will not work. Yes Yes Yes Yes No Lotus Domino 8 server No
Welcome page
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Open list Toolbar changes Sidebar plug-ins Group document tabs/ Open document in new window
N/A N/A N/A N/A
No No No No
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Feature Thumbnails Unified preferences Advanced menus Make available offline Multilevel undo Inline spell checking Document selection Recent collaborations Theme and interface changes Search center Help IBM Support Assistant Mail Action bar
Lotus Notes 8 Eclipse-based interface Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lotus Notes 8 mail template N/A N/A N/A N/A No No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lotus Domino 8 server No No No No No No No No No No No No
Some of the action bar changes are present in the Basic Configuration. No Yes Yes No
Yes
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Mail header Mail addressing Vertical preview Resilient mail threads
Yes Yes Yes No (Mail threads in the mail header, as in Lotus Notes 7 mail templates, are also resilient.) Yes Yes Yes (Note that server-side improvements for Out of Office do not require a mail 8 template.)
No No No Yes
Conversations view Mail recall Out of Office improvements
Yes No No
No Yes Yes
Calendar Action bars Some of the action bar changes are present in the Basic Configuration. Yes Yes Yes No
View navigation Display of all day events over whole day
Yes Yes
No Yes
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Feature Display of unprocessed calendar entries Display of canceled calendar entries Check schedule when creating meeting invite Locate free time for subset of invitees Add personal notes to a meeting invitation Contacts Changes to Contact form Business card view Recent Contacts
Lotus Notes 8 Eclipse-based interface No No No No No
Lotus Notes 8 mail template Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lotus Domino 8 server Yes Yes No No No
No Yes The Recent Contacts view is not available in the Lotus Notes Basic Configuration but the storing of recent contacts does take place and these are available for use in mail addressing. Recent contact information can also be synchronized through the replicator. In the Lotus Notes Basic Configuration, the integrated messaging functionality that was available in Lotus Notes 6.5/7 is available, but not the instant messaging functionality based on Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5. Yes No
N/A N/A N/A
No No No
Integrated instant messaging
N/A
No
IBM productivity tools Composite applications
N/A N/A
No Yes (If composite applications are to be hosted on a Lotus Domino server.)
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Lotus Domino 8 server feature requirements
This appendix contains a matrix detailing each of the new Lotus Domino 8 features and whether each requires the Lotus Notes 8 client, a Lotus Notes 8 mail template (mail8.ntf, dwa8.ntf or mail8ex.ntf) and any limitations associated with an environment that contains a mix of Lotus Domino 8 servers and pre-Lotus Domino 8 servers.
Table B-1 Lotus Domino 8 feature requirements Lotus Notes 8 client required Lotus Notes 8 mail template required Limitations in an environment containing pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers
Messaging Mail recall Yes Yes (The recall option only appears in the Lotus Notes 8 mail templates.) Sender and recipient have to have mail files hosted on Lotus Domino 8 server, but any intermediate servers through which mail passes do not have to be Lotus Domino 8 servers. Cluster hosting mail file must consist of only Lotus Domino 8 servers or Out of Office must be configured to run as an agent. Server hosting mail file must be Lotus Domino 8 server but other servers routing mail can be pre-version 8 Lotus Domino.
Out of Office service
Yes
Yes
Resilient mail threads and support for Internet mails in threads
Will also work for mail headers for Lotus Notes 7 clients with mail files on Lotus Domino 8 server.
No (Though conversations view will only be available with mail8 template.)
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Lotus Notes 8 mail template required
Limitations in an environment containing pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers Server hosting mail file must be Lotus Domino 8 server. Server hosting mail file must be Lotus Domino 8 server. Lotus Domino 8 server only. Lotus Domino 8 server only. Lotus Domino 8 server only. Server hosting mail file must be Lotus Domino 8 server.
Inbox cleanup
No
No
Reverse path setting for forwarded messages Error limit before connection is terminated Reject ambiguous names/ Deny mail to groups Transfer and delivery delay reports Lotus Domino Web Access improvements
No
No
No No No No
No No No Requires dwa8 mail template.
Improved efficiency and performance Design note compression N/A (Only applies to Lotus Domino servers.) N/A (Only applies to Lotus Domino servers.) No No No Yes (Also requires new Lotus Domino 8 ODS.) Yes (Also requires new Lotus Domino 8 ODS.) All servers in cluster must be Lotus Domino 8. Source server must be Lotus Domino 8. Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers with new ODS; pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers will use original method. Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers. Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers. Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers. Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers.
On demand collation
No
Streaming cluster replication Post admin request into target administration database User rename improvements
No No
No
No
Critical request scheduling: change scheduled request Critical request scheduling: change scheduled request Dedicated threads for immediate and interval requests Prevent simple search
No No No
No No No
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Lotus Notes 8 mail template required
Limitations in an environment containing pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers
Lotus Notes client administration Server managed provisioning Smart Upgrade will work for Lotus Notes 6 and 7 clients Plug-in provisioning will only work for Lotus Notes 8 clients. No No Will only work on Lotus Domino 8 servers.
Policies: “How to apply”
No. Server from which redirection was created must be Lotus Domino 8 server.
Policies: Activities setting
Yes (Pre-version 8 Lotus Notes clients cannot make use of Activities plug-in.)
No
Policies: Productivity tools
Yes (Pre-version 8 Lotus Notes clients cannot make use of Productivity tools.)
No
Database redirect
Yes
No
Lotus Domino server administration DDM: WebSphere service probe No No DDM database design must be version 8 and probe must be configured to run from a Lotus Domino 8 server. DDM database design must be version 8 and probe must be configured to run from a Lotus Domino 8 server. DDM database design must be version 8 and DDM collection server must be Lotus Domino 8.
DDM: LDAP search response probe
No
No
DDM: Automatic report closing
No
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Lotus Notes 8 client required
Lotus Notes 8 mail template required
Limitations in an environment containing pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers DDM database design must be version 8. DDM database design must be version 8. DDM database design must be version 8. DDM database design must be version 8. Requires Lotus Domino 8 administration client.
DDM: Common Actions button DDM: Execute CA role DDM: Modular documents DDM: By database view Web administration server bookmarks Directory Lotus Notes client version view DA: Authentication/ authorization-only secondary directories DA: Improved configuration for LDAP directories Directory lint Improved group membership expansion Tivoli Directory Integrator Security Prevent access to Internet password fields Internet password lockout Certifier key rollover ID file recovery APIs Local database encryption Certificate revocation checking through OCSP SSO for LTPAToken2
No No No No No
No No No No No
No
No
Lotus Domino directory design must be Lotus Domino 8. Directory Assistance must be hosted on Lotus Domino 8 server. Directory Assistance must be hosted on Lotus Domino 8 server. Can only be run on Lotus Domino 8 server. Only an option for searches of Lotus Domino 8 servers. Yes
No
No
No
No
No No No
No No No
No
No
This can be implemented on any Lotus Domino 6, 7, or 8 server. Must be enabled on Lotus Domino 8 server. Requires Lotus Domino 8 administration client. Requires Lotus Domino 8 server. N/A Yes
No No No Yes Yes
No No No No No
No
No
Yes
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Lotus Notes 8 mail template required
Limitations in an environment containing pre-version 8 Lotus Domino servers
Integration with other IBM products Lotus Domino/DB2 improvements Lotus Domino/WebSphere Portal integration Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console No No No No No No DB2-enabled server must be Lotus Domino 8 server. Yes DDM database design must be version 8 and DDM collection server must be Lotus Domino 8.
New Lotus Domino 8 ODS
Lotus Domino 7 uses on-disk structure (ODS) 43. In Lotus Domino 8, there is a new ODS available. This is an option for administrators to use; it is not compulsory. It is also not automatically used for a new Lotus Domino server installation. In order for databases to be created with the new ODS, set the following variable in your Lotus Domino 8 server NOTES.INI file: Create_R8_Databases=1 The new ODS provides potential improvements for I/O and folder optimization and is a requirement for the implementation of these new features: Database names list, as described in“User rename improvements” on page 105 On demand collation, as described in 4.1.4, “Deferred sort index creation” on page 121 Design note compression, as described in 3.5.1, “Design note compression” on page 103
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Lotus Notes 8 client installation
This appendix describes the Lotus Notes 8 client installation process and the new program and data directory layouts.
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There are two methods to install or upgrade the Lotus Notes 8 client. If you are upgrading an existing Lotus Notes 6.x or 7.x client, your administrator can use the Smart Upgrade feature introduced in Lotus Notes/Domino 6.0. However, whether installing for the first time or upgrading your client, you can install the code manually. This section summarizes the steps and options for a manual installation. If you have an existing Lotus Notes 8 client installation on your workstation, the installation program detects this and will identify your existing program and data directories. Note that you do not have the opportunity to change these, as shown in Figure C-1.
Figure C-1 Upgrading an existing installation
If you are performing a new installation, you are offered default locations for the program and data directories, but you can change these, as shown in Figure C-2.
Figure C-2 New client installation
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The only other information that you have to enter during the installation is your choice of features to install, as shown in Figure C-3.
Figure C-3 Installation options
These consist of: Lotus Domino Administrator client: Required for administering Lotus Domino servers. Lotus Domino Designer client: Required for developing Lotus Notes applications, including a new type of application, composite applications. See 4.2, “Composite applications” on page 125 for more information. Activities plug-in: Required for accessing an Activities server from within the Lotus Notes client. See 2.10, “Activities” on page 68 for more information. Sametime Contacts plug-in: Required for accessing a Lotus Sametime server from within the Lotus Notes client. See 2.10, “Activities” on page 68 for more information. IBM Productivity Tools: Required for using Lotus documents, Lotus presentations, and Lotus spreadsheets. See 2.7, “IBM productivity tools” on page 58 for more information. Composite Application Editor: Required for wiring together application components to create composite applications. See 4.2, “Composite applications” on page 125 for more information. Note that it is possible to extend the Lotus Notes client interface by installing third-party plug-ins or integrating custom menu options. Administrators can configure the automatic provisioning of these components to Lotus Notes clients. See 3.3.1, “Using a Lotus Domino 8 server as a provisioning server” on page 88 for more information.
Program and data directory layout
The Lotus Notes program and data directories now include additional directories associated with rich client platform (RCP) code.
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RCP program directory
After installing the Lotus Notes 8 client, there is a new subdirectory within the Lotus Notes 8 program directory named “framework,” as shown in Figure C-4. This directory holds the RCP program code directories and also log files associated with the installation of the client. These files can be very helpful in troubleshooting any problems that might occur during the installation.
Figure C-4 RCP program directory
RCP data directory
The user data associated with the RCP interface is stored in the directory shown in Figure C-5, where <UserName> is the account name with which the users log on to their workstation. The number following RCP is a time stamp of the installation time and therefore is not the same on all workstations.
Figure C-5 RCP data directory
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Related publications
The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this Reviewer’s Guide.
IBM Redbooks
Lotus Domino Domain Monitoring, REDP-4089 Lotus Domino 7 Application Development, REDP-4102 Understanding Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade, REDP-4180 Domino 7 Performance Tuning Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure, REDP-4182 Domino 7 Server Consolidation: Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure, REDP-4181 Domino Web Access 7 Customization, REDP-4188
Online resources
These Web sites are also relevant as further information sources: IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Lotus Notes and Domino software Lotus Notes and Domino library People productivity application development “The new IBM Lotus Notes 8 Out of Office functionality” article IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7 Reviewers Guide _Guide.pdf Lotus Notes 6 and Lotus Domino 6 Reviewer’s Guide 002-176.pdf Why upgrade to Lotus Notes/Domino 7 IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7.0.2
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Lotus Sametime product page WebSphere Portal product page IBM Support Assistant “Best practices for large Lotus Notes mail files” article “A custom DXL framework for accessing Notes/Domino data” article
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For powering the nrf24l01+ module, a 3.3v regulator could be used, but a cheaper and simpler way is to drop a 5V supply to 3V using a 20mA-rated red led. Most red LEDs have a forward voltage drop between 1.8 and 2.2V, leaving 3.2-2.8V for the nrf, which is well within the 1.9-3.6V requirement.
Controlling CE without using a pin on the AVR is also easy: just tie it high. In my setup function, I set Mirf.cePin = 7 as a dummy since the tiny85 only has pins 0-6. I later commented out the digitalWrite calls in Nrf24l::ceHi() and ceLow(), and removed the Mirf.cePin line from setup() which cut down on the size of my compiled sketch.
I initially thought the CSN line could be tied low, but when I tried it my test sketch was not getting a valid status back from the nrf module. I also found section 8.3.1 of the datasheet: "Every new command must be started by a high to low transition on CSN." So in order to control the nrf with just 3 pins, CSN needs to be multiplexed with one (or more) of SCK, MOSI, or MISO. After a few different ideas, I came up with this circuit:
When SCK on the ATtiny85 goes high for several microseconds, C1 will charge through R1 and bring CSN high. If SCK is brought low for several microseconds before being used to clock the SPI data, C1 will discharge through D1 and bring CSN low. High pulses on SCK of less than a few microseconds during communication with the nrf won't last long enough to charge C1, so CSN will stay low.
To support the multiplexed SCK/CSN, I modified Mirf.cpp as follows:
void Nrf24l::csnHi(){
PORTB |= (1<<PINB2); // SCK->CSN HIGH
delayMicroseconds(64); // allow csn to settle
}
void Nrf24l::csnLow(){
PORTB &= ~(1<<PINB2); // SCK->CSN LOW
delayMicroseconds(8); // allow csn to settle
}
The circuit still worked with a 32us delay in csnHi and 8us in csnLow, but I doubled those values to have a good safety margin. The delays could be reduced with a smaller capacitor for C1. Going lower than .01uF could risk CSN going high during the high clock pulses of SCK.
When connecting the nrf module to a tiny85, connect MISO(pin7) on the module to MOSI/DI(PB0), and not MISO/DO(PB1). Here's the connections required:
nrf module ATtiny85 pin
SCK(5) PB2 (physical pin 7)
MOSI(6) PB1 (physical pin 6)
MISO(7) PB0 (physical pin 5)
I also changed TinyDebugSerial.h to define TINY_DEBUG_SERIAL_BIT 5, and connected pb5 to the Rx line of my ttl serial module.
Finally, here's my test sketch. When it runs, it reports a status of 'E', which is the reset value of the status register according to the datasheet. If you connect things wrong it will usually report 0 or FF.
#include <SPI85.h>
#include <Mirf.h>
#include <MirfHardwareSpi85Driver.h>
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
Mirf.spi = &MirfHardwareSpi85;
Mirf.init();
}
void loop()
{
uint8_t nrfStatus;
delay(3000);
Serial.print("\nMirf status: ");
nrfStatus = Mirf.getStatus();
// do back-to-back getStatus to test if CSN goes high
nrfStatus = Mirf.getStatus();
Serial.print(nrfStatus, HEX);
}
Update 2014/06/12:
I've noticed that power usage on the nRF modules shoots up if I leave any inputs (CSN, SCK, MOSI) floating. With my circuit above CSN will never float, but SCK and MOSI should be pulled high or low when not in use, especially for battery-powered devices.
Update 2014/10/04:
I've written another post titled nRF24l01+ reloaded with more details on controlling these modules.
Update 2015/05/23:
I've figured out a way to control nRF modules with just 2 pins using custom bit-banged SPI routines.
Brilliant! This opens up all sorts of possibilities. Need to resurrect that tray of ATtiny chips ...
ingenious!
Very Clever, i was just thinking the same of dropping off some wires, but, i was so lazy to think of it :-)
I will try your solution with my digispark
I tested the circuit with a digispark, so you should have no problems.
I've duplicated this circuit with a digispark. I'll update after end to end testing.
It's probably worth mentioning that tying CE high throws away the ability to switch to low-power TX modes, which may be a problem if you're running on batteries. Otherwise, clever hack!
I don't think low power modes are completely lost. Looking at the datasheet, and from my testing it can go into low power mode with CE high. The side benefit of using the red LED to drop the voltage is that it is a simple power usage indicator. When first powered up the module uses ~10mA and the LED glows bright. After initialization with nothing to transmit and rx mode off, the LED is quite dim, indicating well under 1mA of power consumption. Going from memory, I think there are a few low power modes, so possibly the lowest power mode may require CE low.
Hi, great concept. I was also trying to come up with a solution to multiplex pins on my ATTiny85 to use the nRF24L01+. I was going to multiplex SCK and CE with a low-pass filter on CE so one could keep SCK high when idle, and the cap would keep CE high during transfers. Your solution would free another pin though as compared to my idea which still has a discrete CSN pin.
Have you confirmed that the PTX and PRX modes both work properly using your circuit? According to the datasheets, one must make a low-hi-low pulse of >= 10us to initiate a transmission.. I'm curious as to how keeping CE tied high still allows one to transmit. How is the transfer initiated (is it by totally powering down the nRF24L01+ with a PWR_UP = 0 command, followed by a PWR_UP = 1, or is it sufficient to just set PRIM_RX = 0, with CE already high, after loading the TX FIFO)?
The state diagrams in the datasheet, and support replies I have gotten from Nordic Semi, suggest that the low-hi CE transition is essential to initiating TX mode.
Tieing CE high isn't my idea - I saw it on another NRF example circuit when I was researching how to use them. It's been a few months since I was playing with them, but what I remember is you HAVE to toggle CSN - when tied low, it would only respond to the first command. After I wrote aspspi I was able to figure out that it is only after CSN goes high that the NRF processes the SPI command. Not only that, but for a register write, you can include a bunch of junk bytes between the command and the data you want to write, so for a single byte register it will only write the last byte of the SPI sequence.
I agree the NRF datasheet can be a bit confusing as to the combinations of CE, CSN and register settings. If you read the datasheet from beginning to end (perhaps more than once) you can figure it out. After I figured out CE can be tied high and CSN has to be toggled, I re-read the manual and realized 6.1.6 does confirm what I found. It specifies a 10us high pulse to empty one level of the TX fifo (normal mode) or hold CE high to empty all levels of the TX fifo.
Its also clear from the table (15) that for power down mode the state of CE doesn't matter - only the PWR_UP register has to be set to 0.
p.s. it's even possible to toggle CSN with just a resistor and capacitor attached to SCK. SCK needs to be held low for a longer period, so I think it's easier with a diode.
Aha, I see what you mean - Table 15, "nRF24L01+ main modes" makes it all clear.
So in the state diagram, if CE is held high the device can still go into Standby-II mode whenever there's no TX FIFO data, which saves almost as much power as Standby-I (not a big deal). Thanks!
Great hack, THANKS!
Absolutely !!! Fantastic Thanks for Sharing Ralph....
I'm sure it's an stupid question, but PB0 (physical pin 5) it's the only one in Attiny with HW PWM and I need to use it in one of my projects involving attiny plus nrf24l01.
Is it possible to use physical pin 2 or 3 in attiny to connect MISO(7) from the nrf24l01 ?
Very ingenious trick by the way! Be sure I'll be using it !
Pin 5 is USI data in, but if you use bitbang (software) SPI instead of USI, then you should be fine.
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Have you transmitted anything between two modules? I'm interested in getting one up and talking to another Arduino but I'm not getting anywhere. I got the E status back but I haven't been able to communicate with another module. Any help would be great.
Thanks.
Steve
Did you make sure they're both set to the same channel?
If you use the red LED to drop the power like I show in the circuit, it gets quite dim when the NRF is not receiving because power use drops from ~10mA in active receive or transmit mode to <1mA idle. The sample sketch I posted does not put the module in receive mode. If you've think you've it set to receive mode but the LED is not glowing bright, then it probably isn't really in receive mode.
All I have managed to do was get the E status from the sketch you included. I'm not very familiar with the MIRF library and haven't been able to get it to run on my mega with any reliability let alone transmit from the attiny. There has to be something basic I'm doing wrong. I have gotten the nrf library to work and transmit.
You won't be able to get the same library working for an ATMega and an ATtinyx5 since the the x5 doesn't have hardware SPI - the SPI communications is done using USI instead.
Since you're getting the E status result back, the communication is working, so it's just a matter of programming the nrf it to transmit. At a minimum that means you need to write the tx payload (W_TX_PAYLOAD command), and set the PWR_UP of register address 0 to 1. See sections 8.3 and 9 of the datasheet for more details.
Hey Ralph,
I had downloaded the attiny core from here: and the mirf/spi85 libraries here:
everything compiles fine before modifying the .cpp file, but when i do your modification, I receive the folllowing errors:
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:288: error: stray '\302' in program
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:288: error: stray '\240' in program
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:293: error: stray '\302' in program
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:293: error: stray '\240' in program
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:294: error: stray '\302' in program
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Mirf/Mirf.cpp:294: error: stray '\240' in program
Those look like unicode character escapes. I'd look at it in an editor like vim to see where you have accidentally inserted any non-ascii characters.
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Thanks Ralph for sharing.
I am just starting out trying to it to work on my digispark. Which pins did you use when you tested it with your digi? I am trying to figure out which pins on the nrf24l01 to solder to the pins of the digi,
Thank you in advance
I used jumper wires between the header pins instead of soldering - much easier to fix if you make a wrong connection.
Connect PB0(DI) to MISO, PB1(DO) to MOSI, and PB2 to SCK.
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Hi Ralph,
Thanks for replying. When looking at your diagram, I wonder what C1, D1 and D2 is, since I don't find them on the diagram on the Digispark or the nrf24l01..
In order to make it work I need to connect PB0(DI) to MISO, PB1(DO) to MOSI, and PB2 to SCK AND make the above circuit, right?
Do you have a github repo where the changes you mention in this post have already been made?
Thank you in advance
They're standard schematic symbols.
D1 is a 1N4148 diode.
D2 is a red LED.
C1 is a ceramic capacitor, 0.1uF (100nF)
You are correct about the pin connections.
I haven't re-packaged the code changes, though given the problems some people seem to be having getting it to work, I think I will clean up library, make sure it's setting the right nrf registers to both transmit and receive with CE tied high, and add it to my google code repository.
Hi Ralph,
Thank you for taking the time to answer my newbie questions :-).
One final question though: You said to wire PB2 to SCK, however the circuit above also mentions to connect to SCK through a 1N4148 diode. So they both need to connect to SCK?
Thanks
Yes, PB2 connects to SCK and the diode. The other side of the diode connects to CSN and the capacitor.
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Hello,
I have found these library for the Attiny85,, and I was wondering if it works the same with your circuit and changing the Mirf.cpp lines (in that case Mirf85.cpp).
I have uploaded the example sketch that comes with that library (attiny-nRF24L01) and I get the led flashing (the one between CE and Vcc) but I am not sure if it is sending anything.
Yes, that's the link that is in the first paragraph of my post.
Hello Ralph,
Thanks a lot for your hack, I tried to tie the CE PIN to VCC but the modules don't work anymore. I didn't use your hack for the CSN PIN (I am using a ATMEGA328, i just needed one more pin for my project), so the CSN pin is still used as before (on D7).
I tried the mirf library, and the maniacbug's one. The nRF won't send any data with either library (I commented out all references CE pin in the code).
Can you help me ? Did anyone encounter this problem ?
Thanks in advance.
Arnaud.
The CE pin can be used to control the transmit. When it's tied high, PWR_UP must be set in order to transmit (see my discussion above with DangerRuss).
I have only tried the version of the Mirf library modified to use the ATtiny's USI instead of SPI. I have been planning to test the modules with an Attiny88 which has hardware SPI, but haven't got around to it yet.
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Hi Ralph, thank you for your answer.
I got my circuit to work thanks to your help and mvdbro's answer. As mvdbro stated, I had to add :
Nrf24_configRegister(CONFIG, mirf_CONFIG );
before:
Nrf24_powerUpTx(); // Set to transmitter mode , Power up
I then managed to get your hack working with Maniacbug's RF24 library ().
I had to create a new method that replaces the "write" one. I followed the same scheme as the Mirf one.
Method :
Usage :
//radio.stopListening(); // USELESS NOW, handled in "send()" method
boolean sent = radio.send( dataToSend, sizeof(Data) ); // sent = true → no error, false otherwise
Thank you again Ralph for your trick, and help.
After looking at the datasheet state diagram again (after enhancing it so I could see some of the very faint lines), this makes sense. There is no direct transition between the Rx and Tx state. It either has to go through Standby-I state by bringing CE low, or Power Down state by setting PWR_UP=0. It also supports my idea that tieing CE & CSN should work (without having to set PWR_UP=0 between Rx & Tx)
I tried this chromatix code and first it didn't work, it successfully received packets by attiny85, but couldn't send it with this send function. Then after several hours of investigation I found out that both AutoAck and CRC must be disabled on both receiver and transmitter if you want to have CE pin tied high.
Then I tried to free CSN pin by using diode, cap and resistor but I fried my arduino mega somehow. I used arduino mega as serial link from tiny to pc.
Interesting. I'll do some more testing with AA & CRC enabled. If confirmed, that may be a reason to prefer tying CE & CSN together instead of tying CE high.
I think the issue is auto-ack, not CRC. Auto-ack requires switching between Tx and Rx, which according to the nRF state diagram requires either CE low or setting the config register PWR_UP bit to 0.
If you need auto-ack, tying CE high is not a feasible option.
Looking at figure 16 in the datasheet (pg 43) indicates a receiver can keep CE tied high with auto-ack. Figure 10 seems to indicate that AA should work with CE high. Section 6.1.6 a. states:
" If CE is held high all TX FIFOs are emptied and all necessary ACK and possible retransmits are car-
ried out."
I don't have my modules setup for testing right now, but the next time I do I'll test AA with CE tied high.
I tried again and every time I turn on CRC check, Attiny won't send when CE pin is tied high. Maybe some more modifications are necessary but this just doesn't work as it is now if CRC is enabled. Anyway, I gave up trying to use hardware CRC and implemented software CRC check instead. It's good enough for my project. I also had to change resistor value to 1K5 otherwise it didn't work for me even without CRC check. It's possible that my capacitor is not really 100nF, it's quite old.
I finally got around to testing this, and I have no problems transmitting with CE high and CRC enabled.
I set register 1 to 0 (disable aa)
I set register 0x11 to 2 (pipe width = 2)
I sent a 2-byte payload (command 0xa0,1, 2)
I set register 0 to 10 (PWR_UP, EN_CRC)
Immediately after PWR_UP, the IRQ line went low, and then the status register 7 was 0x2e (TX_DS & RX empty)
Hi Ralph, fantastic work, I think I got my head round it !! - just one question, I want to use the nRF with an ATTiny85 in receive mode only, are there any specifics I need to consider with your code ? I intend to use 3 x 1.2v rechargables, so I would get 3.6v which is just what you were discussing in your text, can I just connect up without the LED in that case ? - Thanks in advance for your reply. Bob
I didn't write any of the original nrf code - just the mods to mux CSN & SCK. For receive, make sure PWR_UP and PRIM_RX are set. If you're using Stefan Engelke's library that I linked to, the powerUpRx() function does this.
For battery power, I'd go with 2x NiMH batteries instead of 3 since they are ~1.35V fully-charged. If you run the t85 at 8Mhz, it will be fine off the 2.5-2.7V from 2 batteries. It's slightly outside spec, but it will likely work fine at 8Mhz down to 2.2V where the NiMH would be close to fully drained.
Thanks Ralph, I was going to use a single 3.6v NiHM cell (PCB version) with a 78L33 regulator, looking forward to trying out the code !
HI Ralph, I got an E !! so far it all seems to work, I am going to push forward to receiving packets next. I have previously used the Nrf library for my transmitter/receiver projects, so the Mirf is a little different, I just hope i can combine a Nrf transmitter with a Mirf Receiver !! thanks again
Right, I have got a bit further, I am getting comms with the nRF board now, adapted some of the example code to give me address/channel info back from the board which I can serial print to monitor @ 19200.. I have set my pre-made TX board (which uses a 328 and RF24 lib) to the same channel and address as my new ATTiny85+nRf+Mirf lib. I am just using a small bit of code in Loop() to print out the data as it arrives... but there is nothing :(
if(Mirf.dataReady()){
mySerial.println("Got packet");
Mirf.getData(data);
for (uint8_t x=0; x<32; x++) {
mySerial.print(data[x]);
mySerial.print(" ");
}
}
I'm guessing you call Mirf.config() earlier on in your code? It's where powerUpRx() gets called.
Thanks for your reply Ralph, I called it pretty much at the end of my setUp() code
I have also connected an LED so I can monitor when the unit is in RX, which at the moment, the LED glows bright constantly, so I guess that is correct ? I just cant see what I have done wrong, my TX board is the version with an antenna, I even have another 328+nrf+RF24 board receiving and that works perfectly !! its just my receiver that cant hear, I am even scanning all channels to see if I can see data, the address/pipe is the same as the transmitter (with the reversed bytes difference between RF24 and Mirf of course). Bob
Check the voltage on the CE pin, and make sure it's at least 3V.
Do you know if you have genuine nrf24l01+ modules? I've read about at least one clone chip (Si24R1). I haven't found an english datasheet for them, to check, but if they might not be identical. If your modules are old (i.e. just nrf24l01, not the + version), then that could be a problem too - I never tried to dig up the datasheet for the plain 24l01 to see if switching between tx and rx is supported with CE tied high.
You could try tying CE low instead of high - it would mean the module wouldn't be able to transmit, but it could narrow down the problem.
In the coming weeks I'm hoping to get my hands on a couple of the si24R1 modules, and do some in-depth testing including range - they are supposed to have higher power output than the nrf24l01.
Thanks Ralph, thats a few things for me to probe into, I spent most of the day wiring things up and getting it sort-of-working, Im glad at least I got a response back from the module, that shows its working. I saw a information dump on the RF24 library, it shows lots of data about the module, printDetails() or something, it was very useful. I didnt use the tinydebug in the end, I used softserial which seemed to work just fine.. time for more testing I think :)
I tried CE low and it made no difference, but I did find this little gem... "When you are receiving packets, CE is held high. Once you have received a packet you MUST bring CE low to disable the receiver" - so basically I have got to control the CE line with the ATTiny85, so I will be up to 4 pins used but will still have one pin left on the '85
The datasheet doesn't say that, and the stock mirf code (with CE control) doesn't bring CE low in the dataReady() method. See line 133.
Short of doing full debugging on the issue, you could try tying CE & CSN. This would disable tx/rx briefly during SPI commands. This is something I tried myself, and as I remember it seemed to work, but tying CE high was simpler.
I'm guessing you read that on the sparkfun forum:
Note that later in the thread Brennan says:
"As long as you're OK with flushing the RX FIFO after a read, though, then I see no reason you can't tie CE to VCC"
and at the end of the thread:
"This last sentence suggests that you don't have to leave RX mode while reading RX payload, which means that CE_pin can remain high while reading the rx payload.
I tested this with my nrf24l01+ chip and it really is true.
And the chip itself sets the RX_EMPTY flag in FIFO register, so there is no need to flush."
Right ok, well I have tested CE toggled from a pin (after reinstating the remmed out code in Mirf.cpp and giving Mirf.cePin a value)
I am starting to think i've done something else wrong..
Just to recap..
I can write to and read from the module [tick]
I am sending data from a RF24 source with address/channel/speed set [tick]
I am not sure what I am doing with CRC and dynamic payload stuff [hmm]
If the channel and address match then surely something will appear at the buffer ?
Can you please just clarify which SPI85 and MIRF libraries I should be using, perhaps thats the problem ?
Thanks
It certainly could be the libraries - I used the version on Stanley's github, but didn't test receive mode.
Strange, but I get notifications when someone posts on here, but the comments dont show up !!
I couldnt get the library to work on receive, so I found an RF24 library that someone had converted to 85 compatability, I made similar code mods as you proposed with the Mirf and up to a point it works with the hardware trick. I got the a scanner program working which tells me communications are working and I can see a transmitting node, but as yet I have not been able to get read the data thats arriving !!
Could you post a link to the RF24 library so if other people hare having problems with Mirf they can try an alternative?
I still havent yet got it working to get data out of it, although I can see the carrier signal, I will check the power etc just incase I am low on voltage
All checked, and I just cant find anything wrong with it, I am wondering if there is some confusion over the pipe-address between tx and rx, that is the only other reason I can find that the data isnt getting through.. i'm going to build a test transmitter identical to the receiver and change the software flow, see if that will work !
Ralph, I forked the repository you linked to in your paragraph and made the changes as per your guide. The repo is here: please let me know if I overlooked any changes. I get a 'E' back when I use the code :-)
After a huge amount of testing I finally got it all to work on receive !!!! I used the libraries above but changed the so that I had control over CE, I am pretty sure you cant recieve unless this pin is waggled, anyway, I built CE control back in and tested with a matching TX and RX boards into tinydebug serial.. I do have one question though.... I think I am transmitting at 250kbs (0x27 sent to RF_SETUP) but when it is read back it reports as 0x26 - anyone know why ??
Interesting. I've got a module setup with CE tied high running a constant rx loop. I'm going to play with a transmitter using interactive SPI so it's easier to do some experiments. I'm still not 100% convinced toggling CE is required for Rx mode, and even if it is, I'd like to know exactly when it has to be toggled. If I can't get it to receive with CE tied high, I'll do some more testing with CE & CSN tied together.
Regarding RF_SETUP, 0x27 sets bit 0 which is listed as "Obsolete" in the datasheet. Bit 5 (RF_DR_LOW) is set, so that should be 250kbps. RF_PWR is 11, so it should be 0dBm transmit power.
Just got things wired up for testing. I think my modules are genuine - they have a laser etched NRF 24L01+ and a date code on them. Register 6 was 0x0f at startup, and writing 0x27 reads back as 0x27. Writing 0x26 reads back as 0x26. I'm also getting a second byte, as if it is a 2-byte register...
avrdude> send 6 0 0 0
>>> send 6 0 0 0
results: 0e 0f 00 0f
avrdude> send 0x26 0x26 0x26 0x26
>>> send 0x26 0x26 0x26 0x26
results: 0e 00 00 00
avrdude> send 6 0 0 0
>>> send 6 0 0 0
results: 0e 26 00 26
avrdude> send 0x26 0x27 0x27 0x27
>>> send 0x26 0x27 0x27 0x27
results: 0e 00 00 00
avrdude> send 6 0 0 0
>>> send 6 0 0 0
results: 0e 27 01 27
avrdude> send 0x26 0 0 0x27
>>> send 0x26 0 0 0x27
results: 0e 00 00 00
avrdude> send 6 0 0 0
>>> send 6 0 0 0
results: 0e 27 00 27
Thanks for that Ralph, now I have it working really well on RX with CE control, it would be easy for me to just set it high in software are test again, it would be nice if it works so I can get that pin back again :) - as for the 26/27 business, I shall look more into that, sound like you modules are the same as mine. Regards
I just tested with CE high in software, seems to work - I have no idea why it didnt work before, I have been round the houses do many times changing libraries/hardware etc, I even have a batch of attiny85's that I cant program via ISP, so I am down to my last 2 working ones. I shall keep testing and see where I get to. Thanks Ralph
Last night's testing consistently shows CE will sink current when CSN is low. I've measured >30mA draw on CE while CSN is low. Without a really stable power supply, that could cause enough of a drop in Vcc to cause all kinds of flaky behavior. I still have more testing to do. I'll probably end up doing another blog post with all the new details.
Re programming your t85's, try reducing the SCK frequency using the -B parameter with avrdude (-B 4 is what I usually use).
If that doesn't work, you could have messed up fuse settings, and a fuse resetter may help.
I did some more testing on the CE current draw, and it's actually just the issue I referred to in my 2014/06/12 update. If CSN is floating, CE will draw a lot of current, so just make sure CSN doesn't float.
Here's a project using the t85 & nRF with CE tied high:
Here's the schematic:
Cheers for the Info Ralph, I shall be back on it now after a weekend away !!
Have any of you guys managed to send a for example array of integers from one arduino using this library to another?
I have no succes, regardless of the sample library I use. Can anyone please share the sample client/server program they use so I can validate that things are wired up properly. Thank you in advance
I've been playing with the t88's lately instead of t85s - they have more IO, real SPI, and the qfp versions are cheaper than the SOIC t85's.
I have a few things I still want to do with the code, but it works for a small transmitter powered off a coin cell, so I committed the code.
It has no CE control, and the transmitter (txRf.c) works fine with CE tied high.
One debugging tip: connect a LED (& resistor) between IRQ and Gnd. The LED will turn off when the nRF receives or transmits a packet.
I have been using the library to send and receive data using attiny85 - I am sending 544 bytes every 40ms @250kbps, everything seems to be fine, when I receive the data I recompile it into DMX data and output it as differential data on 2 pins. The ONLY difference I have made is on the transmitter side I am having to control the CE line manually (in software) rather than tieing it high, I would like a similar solution to the RX/tie-high I am doing, but this is fine for now
Bob: Could you please share the sketches your testing with? on gist.github.com for example
I dont use github, although I can put something simple on here - there is no need for me to show all the app, I will just put up the tx/rx code
UNTESTED cut down copy of my code...
// Data transmitter using Nrf24l01 and ATtiny85
#include
#include
#include
#include
#define BURSTTIMER 40 // 40ms between blasts of radio data
#define MAXPAYLOAD 32
TinyDebugSerial mySerial = TinyDebugSerial();
uint8_t payload[MAXPAYLOAD];
unsigned long timeslot;
// ATTiny85
// RESET 1 - - 8 VCC
// SerTX/A3/Pin3 2 - - 7 Pin2/A1/SCK
// CE/A2/Pin4 3 - - 6 Pin1/MISO
// GND 4 - - 5 Pin0/MOSI
void setup(){
mySerial.begin( 115200 );
Mirf.spi = &MirfHardwareSpi85;
Mirf.cePin = 4;
Mirf.init();
byte TADDR[] = {0xe1, 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0};
Mirf.baseConfig = _BV(EN_CRC) | _BV(CRCO);
Mirf.payload = 32;
Mirf.configRegister( RF_SETUP, 0x27 );
Mirf.channel = 0x00;
Mirf.setTADDR(TADDR);
Mirf.config();
delay(1000);
}
void loop(void)
{
if (millis() - timeslot > BURSTTIMER) {
timeslot = millis();
for (uint8_t data = 0; data<MAXPAYLOAD; data++) {
payload[data] = 0xff; // fill payload with dummy data
}
Mirf.send((byte *) payload);
while( Mirf.isSending() ) { }
}
}
I am controlling CE from digitalpin 3, hence the line "Mirf.cePin = 4;" - in Mirf.cpp I have adjusted Nrf24l::Nrf24l() {} to that cePin setting has been remmed out // - this way I can set it in RX too by giving Mirf.cePin a value out of range (like 8), that way I can use the 3-fingered-toad hack above.
Incidentally, I am running at 8mhz, I have tried it at 16mhz and tried adjusting the sclk/csn timings but decided in the end not to mess with it
The RX code is almost identical to the TX code, dont forget these lines in setup()
Mirf.cePin=8; // out of harms way !
byte RADDR[] = {0xe1, 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0};
Mirf.setRADDR(RADDR);
and in loop() :
while (!Mirf.dataReady());
Mirf.getData( (uint8_t *) &payload);
I think it is beyond my reach to contribute to this discussion regarding receive mode. I will just wait patiently and see if you guys manage to get it working. I will keep an eye on this thread and I won't mind help testing on digisparks.
They certainly can be tricky to get working. I found it easiest to start with basic communication first, then turn on things like CRC and AA.
1: Set the register EN_AA (R01) = 0x00 to disable Enhanced ShockBurst
2: Disable CRC CONFIG (R00) bit 3 (EN_CRC) off
3: Set packet size RX_PW_P0 to 32 (maximum)
Leave everything else (address width, etc) at the defaults.
In my code I have the following:
Mirf.baseConfig = _BV(EN_CRC) | _BV(CRCO);
Mirf.payload = 32;
Mirf.configRegister( RF_SETUP, 0x27 );
I am not actually sure if this is all correct, but what I am after is 250kbps on high power, with no CRC or Acknowledgements
I have read the datasheet a few times but it just confuses the hell out of me !!
I have a feeling that Mirf.baseConfig = _BV(EN_CRC) | _BV(CRCO) should be ~ _BV(EN_CRC) | ~_BV(CRCO) or something like that to disable the CRC stuff ???
Hi Ralph,
Thanks for the advice.
Have you managed to send and receive data with the information you provided in the blog post?
Yup. I was running txRf.c that I committed to my google code repository, on a battery-operated tiny88. For receiving I was using manual SPI (see my aspspi blog post). Both sender and receiver had CE tied high.
I'm using the cheap nrf modules with the small PCB antenna, and still got decent range. I put my transmitter node on top of my wife's car in the driveway and could receive inside the house ~20m away.
I just finished writing up some code for reliable temperature sensing using the on-die temperature sensor, and plan to add that to the transmitter node, so it will send temperature and battery level information.
Hi Ralph, what do you think the changes might be if we wanted to run the ATTiny85 at 16mhz ? timing/cap changes ? regards Bob
I was interrested in de CE pin tied high. Did not work as the unit would not switch between receive/send. I had to add this line:
Nrf24_configRegister(CONFIG, mirf_CONFIG ); // power down trick to workaround CE pin tied high!
Before this one
Nrf24_powerUpTx(); // Set to transmitter mode , Power up
in the Mirf Send function.
With that change, it works both sending/receiving with CE high all the time.
Thats really interesting information mvdbro, thank you !!
Bob: Have you managed to get it working as well with this? :-)
I havent tried mvdbro's suggestion yet as I am not doing tx/rx with one unit, I have one unit as permanent tx and several units as permanent rx - I am still in testing, but it is going well :)
Thanks for the great post.
I'm trying to get 2 trinkets to talk to each other, but they aren't cooperating so far.
I've wired them both up using your diagram, and confirmed that nrfStatus is 14 for both, so I believe that they're wired up correctly.
The only change I made was skipping the LED, because I'm powering it from the 3.3v output of the trinket, rather than 5v.
I found the edited mirf library in your google code account, but when I compile an example using it, I get a series of error beginning with:
\libraries\mirf\spi.c: In function 'spi_init':
\libraries\mirf\spi.c:47: error: 'SPCR' undeclared (first use in this function)
Plus a bunch of similar undeclared errors.
I've read through all the comments, and tried some of the other examples, without errors, but also without success.
Did I miss a step?
Is there any chance you - or anyone else - could post a working example to send one byte from one attiny85 to another? (I only want to send one way, so I won't need to switch between TX and RX.)
It looks like you're using my mirf code that is not for the t85 - that version is for the tiny88 and the atmega series that have hardware SPI. For the t85, use Stanley Seow's code that I linked to in the post, along with the mods to the CE function.
It also might help to look at Kyle's project that uses a t85 and ties CE high to save a pin.
Ah, I see.
I've also been trying Stanley Seow's code with your mods, and Mirf.getStatus() is returning 14, but when I try to send and receive data:
On the sender, Mirf.isSending() is never false.
and on the receiver, mirf_data_ready() is never true.
solarkennedy is using RF24 instead of Mirf, do you think I should just give up on trying to get Mirf to work and just use RF24 instead?
Here's how I've got it wired: - hopefully this will be of use to someone.
Because I was out of other ideas, I re-enabled the digitalWrite calls in ceHi and ceLow and attached CE on the sending circuit to a pin instead of tying it high, and it finally works.
send() calls ceLow() and ceHi(), so I believe this is why it wasn't working.
setRADDR() and powerUpRx() also call ceLow() - but apparently that was unnecessary, as I have left the receiver tied high and it's working fine.
Although it's now working - I now have one less pin available on the sending trinket, and I needed that.
I took a look at the equail project - but that only uses an attiny85 as a receiver, not a sender.
I'm surprised that no-one else has ever run into this problem, so I have to ask: Has anyone else successfully sent FROM an attiny85 using only 3 pins?
After a slight modification of your original schematic, I've gotten it working as intended with only 3 pins:
I noticed that send() calls csnLow() and csnHi() at almost the same time as calling ceLow and ceHi(), so instead of tying CE high, I've attached CE to the same place as CSN, so that it's toggled via csnHi() and csnLow()
I made the same change to the receiving circuit, and my test sketch still works.
I've posted my test sketch here:
I'd still like to hear if anyone else was able to send data using the original circuit.
Jackson,
Sending definitely works, at least with enhanced shockburst disabled. The coin-cell operated transmitters I made have CE tied high (tied in to RST).
Although it's not indicated in the datasheet, based on Johnny's comments CRC may have to be disabled as well. I still haven't got around to testing that myself.
If you're doing transmit only, then tying CE & CSN is something that works well, as you also found out. For a receiver it's not so good unless you use IRQ for notification. If you poll, every time CE goes low the nRF briefly goes out of Rx mode.
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Then disabling enhanced shockburst was the step I was originally missing, thank you.
I'll leave my blog post up for now, since it has complete instructions which work.. Hopefully someone else can figure out a better way and post complete instructions themselves.
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Hi Ralph, one strange thing is disturbing me.
If I touch a little gound pin of my RF24 (only ground pin without doing any short with Vcc pin), the led begins to light continuosly (I only transmit every hour so I can see the led blink each hour, as you suggested the led is usefull to check when RF24 is working).
But why if I touch a little ground pin it begins to light ?? I have seen the RF24 module schema and it has decoupling capacitors so I dont know what is happening?
Could you test by yourself ?
Best regards,
I have also try directly with a 3.3V linear converter and I have also the same problem
Could you test ? I have also check with TWO RF24 modules (both from ebay) and with Attiny84 and ATmege328p
Sometimes you need to scratch few seconds (better with a multimeter probe), some times, ony with one second.
I have also check with a ampmeter, it is 1.50 mA. (I you have a multimeter, only touching RF24 ground pin with one of the two probes of the multimeter makes the led light. This is how I found this strange behaviour. The multimeter can be on or off)
What do you think is it ?
Best regards,
I still haven't tested it out, so I'll just make my guess rather than waiting till I get around to setting up a nRF module on a breadboard again. If you are *only* touching the ground pin, then you are effectively adding an antenna to the board. 100uF decoupling caps are good for dampening up to ~20Mhz, so RF noise above 100Mhz may be strong enough to raise the noise floor voltage on ground high enough that CSN is considered low, activating the SPI engine in the nRF and raising the power consumption.
I have been using this method for a while (CE pulled high, etc...) to broadcast data from a trinket temperature sensor in the blind to another NRF receiver. Works great most of the time, with one strange quirk. On initial power up of the trinket, it will not start sending data; I have to send, from another NRF transmitter, one packet, which the NRF connected to the temperature sensor apparently receives, and only then will it start transmitting in the blind, forever, until power is interrupted. After a power interruption, the process must be repeated.
Any ideas what may be going on here? Seems like some sort of a hung startup state for the NRF board. Any ideas on workarounds?
Is shockburst enabled? It needs to be turned off (EN_AA=0) for transmit to work with CE tied high. Another option that I played with a bit and has worked for other is to tie CE & CSN together.
When I try to upload the sketch i'm getting the following message:
error: 'MirfHardwareSpi85' was not declared in this scope
Any idea about what am I doing wrong?
Hi Vincente, due to the holidays I'm just getting around to your comment.
It looks like you haven't installed the Mirf library:
You'll also need to modify the csnHi and csnLow functions as I described.
I'm using a tiny85 with 3 pin connection to NRF module, both sending and receiving with enhanced shockburst enabled. Only added the powerdown trick before changing to send mode.
Added this:
Nrf24_configRegister(CONFIG, mirf_CONFIG ); // power down trick to workaround CE pin tied high!
Before this one
Nrf24_powerUpTx(); // Set to transmitter mode , Power up
in the Mirf Send function.
Thanks for verifying it.
All answers lie in this thread....
Hello, I've read most of the comments but I've lost myself, I want to use rf24network + nrf with a digispark, so two pin are used to pass data towards the pc, what's the best approach?
Thanks
I'm not familiar with rf24network, but this fork of RF24 is an arduino-compatible library that includes my 3-pin control hack:
I find it's rather bloated, but that seems par for the course for people writing Arduino code instead of straight AVR code with just avr-gcc and avr-libc.
I'm not aware of any arduino libs that have incorporated my 2-pin control circuit.
Hi, does this mean that you could use the attiny to transmit, receive and also have a pin or two spare for doing something useful? As far as I can see I can only receive at the moment. I am really loving your work and want to get my head around this for use in a home cheap automation project.
Yes, you can transmit and receive. As discussed above, with CE tied high you need to need to go to power down and then power up mode (PWR_UP) to switch between tx and rx.
You can even do it with 2 pins using my latest technique:
I also have an idea for doing transmit only using one pin. I hope to have it worked out early in the new year.
Hello.
Can you get out of the RX mode with CE pin held high? The state diagram says you can power down, but how would you do that? Specs also say that you can issue the W_REGISTER command only in the power down or standby modes. So it seems you would not be able to write into the CONFIG register while in RX.
Once a packet is transmitted, it automatically goes to standby. So writing to the CONFING register to set PWR_UP = 0 should be no problem. It's worked fine for me and a few other people that have made comments, although with so many clone chips out there it is possible it may not work with some.
Thanks for your reply. I am worried about switching the other way around: What if the device is in RX? The state diagram shows that there are two ways out of there - either CE=0 (which I do not want) or PWR_UP=0, which I cannot do because I am not allowed to write into the CONFIG register while in RX. If that can be done in spite of what the specs say, that would be great - I am trying to save one more precious i/o line on an 8 pin PIC.
Thanks again..
I've been thinking of this some more, and after going through my notes (and my previous comments), I think if you tie CE & CSN, it should work OK. You'll just have to poll for the Rx packet. You might want to check out my 2-pin solution as well.
Hi Ralph, using the your 3 pin wiring scheme for my nrf24l01 and attiny85, but not getting anything to transmit. I have wired exactly like your diagram provided but still no luck. I'm using the "TMRh20" R24 library and the example "rf24tiny85" example slightly modified for my magnetic reed switch. I've tested this same sketch with the "rf24tiny85" 5 pin wiring scheme on the transmitter and "Getting started" on the receiver and it worked flawlessly. However when I wire everything up for the 3 wire on the transmitter and uncomment the CSN pin define to use 3 and comment the CSN pin 4 define. It does not work. What am I doing wrong?
Did you try using the IRQ line for debugging (I mentioned it in previous comments).
Also check the status register 7 is 0x2e (TX_DS & RX empty) after transmit. If it is not, then check if the CSN line is going low. If you don't have an oscilloscope or logic analyzer, you could try using the audio input on a PC.
Or use a USBasp as a logic analyzer:
Hi Ralph. Came back to this tiny project to try to make it work. Turns out that out of the 10 NRF24L01+ radios that I purchased the 1 that I was working with in the "Tiny85 3 Pin Solution" ended up being a bad apple. I started to measure the temps on the board and the board and components were extremely hot. No smoke which is probably why I had no inclination of the issue. Tried this evening with a different board out of the bunch and it works flawlessly. I appreciate your advice on this and the work that you have done to provide the 3 and 2 Pin Solutions for this chip.
I have one simple question though. If I define CE and CSN, both with the pin map 3, I know I can use pin mapping 4 for a sensor, but what would the pin mapping be for the 2nd sensor if I wanted to use it? Reason I ask is because with the 3 Pin Solution, minus the Reset pin, that should leave me with 2 pins available for GPIO. I defined 4 for my Reed Switch, but according to the ATTiny85 Pinout diagrams I have seen online, pin mapping 3 is physically empty but CE and CSN are defined as 3.
In the code snippets, I show how I modified the csnHi csnLow functions so they don't actually use the CSN pin definition. In other words, you can remove the CSN pin definition from the code. I think it would be bad coding style to define them as a dummy pin number, but if that's what you want to do then you could use PB7, which would be bit 7 of portb, which doesn't exist as a real pin on the t85.
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"When connecting the nrf module to a tiny85, connect MISO(pin7) on the module to MOSI/DI(PB0), and not MISO/DI(PB1). "
Why is the nrf module MISO pin not connected to the attiny MISO pin?
On the tinyx5 the MOSI label is for ICSP programming; it doesn't have a real SPI interface. For USI, PB0 is the data in pin, and PB1 is the data out. I corrected the typo to: "not MISO/DO(PB1)"
Hello,
i am planing to make a device consisting of a digispark (attini85 mcu based board) a nrf240 module, one or two adressable rgb leds and a lipo and its charging/protecting/boost circuit. Googling around i found a picture of a similar device with an trinket board that led me to this great blog. Sadly i cant find that picture on the blog. On the attiny i want to predefine some color/blinking modes for the leds, and cycle the color/blinking modes via the nrf240. is this possible (pin configuarion) ?
Hope someone can help me out, never woked with digispark or similar attiny85 based board before) nor with the nrf module. I have some project with the arduino uno, but still a noob.
Hello! Can anyone come in handy version of the PCB for NRF2L01 + ATtiny85 (View from the side of the parts)
Hello,
I test nrf24l01 with attiny84.
I use an HLK-PM01 for regulate 220->5V and I use linear regulate ( AMS117 ) 5V -> 3.3V.
But I have a problem, data is send correctly but I don't receive data.
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Hello World!
In this Instructables we will be learning how to interface a 16x2 LCD with the ESP32 Microcontroller Board. There are currently no tutorials online on how to interface it, so I decided to share with you my experience and knowledge on how to connect this together!
The LCD display is one of the most versatile electronic component in the maker market so it is wise to learn how to interface it so as to apply his knowledge to many other applications that you will discover as a maker.
Let's get started!
Step 1: BoM
* ESP32 Microcontroller Development Board
* 16x2 LCD
* A Lot of Jumper Wires
* Potentiometer
Step 2: Connections
Follow the table below for a concise and comprehensive guide on how to connect all the pins of the LCD screen to both the potentiometer and the ESP32 micro controller development board
Step 3: Code
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(22,23,5,18,19,21);
void setup() { lcd.begin(16, 2); lcd.clear(); lcd.print("How to Interface"); // go to row 1 column 0, note that this is indexed at 0 lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print ("LCD with ESP32"); }
void loop(){}
Step 4: Contrast Control
Turn the knob of the potentiometer to change the contrast of the LCD. When you first upload the program onto the ESP32 board you may find that you're not seeing anything on the display, this is likely because the contrast is not set properly.
Turn the knob until you can see the display clearly.
3 Discussions
8 months ago
Hi and thank you for the guide. I got a bit confused with "2-signal" for lcd pin 3. I supposed the it would go to potentiometer and from there to esp32 gnd. Am I missing something? Thank you
11 months ago
Hello,
Do you use a LCD1604 5v ? I don"t see any comment about the issue 5v/3.3v. ESP32 works with 3.3v but common LCD1604 works with 5v. How do you manage that ??
Laurent.
Reply 11 months ago
I mean LCD 1602A | https://www.instructables.com/id/ESP32-How-to-Interface-LCD-With-ESP32-Microcontrol/ | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | refinedweb | 345 | 72.87 |
cc .
The type argument can be one of the following:
The readers/writer lock can synchronize threads in this process and other processes. The readers/writer lock should be initialized by only one process. arg is ignored. A readers/writer lock initialized with this type, must be allocated in memory shared between processes, either in Sys V shared memory (see shmop(2)) or in memory mapped to a file (see mmap(2)). It is illegal to initialize the object this way and to not allocate it in such shared memory._tryrdlock() trys to get a read lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is locked for writing, it returns an error; otherwise, the read lock is acquired.
rw_wr_trywrlock() trys to get a write lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is currently locked for reading or writing, it returns an error.
rw_unlock().
If successful, these functions return 0. Otherwise, a non-zero value is returned to indicate the error.
The rwlock_init() function will fail if:
type is invalid.
The rw_tryrdlock() or rw_trywrlock() functions will fail if:
The reader or writer lock pointed to by rwlp was already locked.
These functions may fail if:
rwlp or arg points to an illegal address.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
These interfaces also available by way of:
#include <thread.h>
If multiple threads are waiting for a readers/writer lock, the acquisition order is random by default. However, some implementations may bias acquisition order to avoid depriving writers. The current implementation favors writers over readers. | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36874/rw-trywrlock-3c.html | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | refinedweb | 271 | 56.96 |
Android uses the single file system structure which has a single root. The task involved creating a custom folder chooser to whitelist folders while displaying images in the gallery in the Phimpme Photo App. The challenge arose in iterating over the files in the most efficient way. The best possible way to represent the file structure is in the form of tree data structure as given below.
Current Alternative
Currently, the MediaStore class contains metadata for all available media on both internal and external storage devices. Since it only returns a list of a particular media file format, it refrains the developer from customizing the structure in his way.
Implementation
Create a public class which represents the file tree. Since each subtree of the tree could itself be represented as file tree itself, therefore the parent of a node will be a FileTree object itself. Therefore declare a list of FileTree objects as children of the node, a FileTree object as the parent of the particular node, node’s own File object along with string values filepath and display name associated with it.
For iterating through the file system, we create a recursive function which is called on the root of the Android file system. If the particular file is a directory, with the help of Depth First traversal algorithm, the directory is traversed. Else, the file is added to the list of the file. The below code snippet is the recursive function.
Conclusion
The android file system was used to whitelist folders so that the images of the folders could neither be uploaded nor edited.
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I know this is simple for some, but I've searched the Atlassian JIRA forums and other REST API sites and still can't find a simple example of parsing the results of the GET command for /rest/api/2/project.
In the example from, the results are:
"self": "", "id": "10000", "key": "EX", "name": "Example", "avatarUrls": { "24x24": "", "16x16": "", "32x32": "", "48x48": ""
Is there a simple command for having the results only include the following:
"EX, Example" - this would be ONLY the key value and the project name, separated by a comma. That's ALL I want. Please don't respond if your answer is "I have a plug-in you can buy for this". I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box, but there must be a command that will get the desired data, without all the html garbage.
Thanks
Hey Chris,
Hope this helps, I could get by Python Requests.
import requests import json headers = { } r=requests.get('', headers=headers) k= json.loads(r.text) searchresults = len(k) for index in range(searchresults): print('Project Key is',k[index]['key'],'and project name is:',k[index]['name'])
Cheers
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If you ask sysadmins why they love Linux, one of the early answers you’ll get is flexibility. It seems that Linux tools tend to be built with just the right amount of effort having been expended for you, leaving just the right amount of work for you to do on your own. Because a sysadmin is frequently getting asked to solve problems that don’t already have an obvious solution, Linux makes for the ideal building block.
When containers became a household name, not many people knew what to do with them or what was even possible. If anything, they seemed wholly contrary to Linux’s usual philosophies. Many a sysadmin struggled with the idea of editing a YAML file and then rebuilding a container that, itself, refused to store persistent config files of its own.
Now that the dust has settled, and sysadmins are able to see containers for the infinite-scale Linux systems they are, the goal is to bring containers out of specialized industries and into common workflows. In other words, containers aren’t just for CI/CD and sysadmins any more They’re toolkits that normal users and developers can use. And it’s because it leans toward the generic that the lxc project is ideal for everyday container use.
In fact, lxc itself was the foundation that Docker was built upon, and today there are plenty of platforms that leverage the work of lxc both directly and indirectly. Lxc, unlike other container solutions, doesn’t impose a specific daemon or toolchain. Lxc is so serious about fitting into your workflow that it provides Python3 bindings so you can build tooling around it.
If you learn about lxc, you can integrate generic Linux containers into your own system design to solve whatever problem you think a container can solve.
Installing lxc
If it’s not already installed, you can install lxc with your package manager:
$ sudo dnf install lxc lxc-templates lxc-doc \ libcgroup-pam libcgroup-tools libcgroup
Limiting privileges
Containers aren’t actual physical containers, of course, they’re just namespaces. Namespaces are meant to limit what a process “trapped” inside of a container are able to do on a system (specifically, it should only be able to do what its parent container specifies). To make sure your container infrastructure properly cripples processes that aren’t actual system users, verify that your user has a UID and GID map defined in
/etc/subuid and
/etc/subgid:
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It’s common for a distribution to allot 65536 UIDs and GIDs to each user. Should a process happen to get outside a container launched by user
seth (in this example), it would be given a UID from 100000 to 165535, so it would find itself with no permissions.
Virtual network interface
A container assumes a network is available, and most of your interactions with a container are over a network connection, even if that network is a local software-defined network interface. In order to create virtual network cards, a user must have permission to do so, and that’s not the default setting for most Linux user accounts.
If it doesn’t already exist, create the
/etc/lxc/lxc-usernet file, used to set network device quotas for unprivileged users. By default, your user account isn’t allowed to create any network devices, but if you want to create and use containers you need to grant yourself the appropriate permissions. Add your user to the
/etc/lxc/lxc-usernet file, along with the network device, bridge, and count:
seth veth virbr0 24
In this example, the user
seth is now permitted to create up to 24
veth devices connected to the
virbr0 network bridge. The
veth device refers to a virtual ethernet card, and the virbr0 device is a virtual bridge. A virtual bridge is, more or less, the software equivalent of a network switch, or a Y-adapter for headphone plugs or power cables.
LXC config
Containers are defined by configuration files. If you’ve ever built a physical computer and installed Linux onto it, then you can think of a container config as the lxc version of that process. If you’ve used a Kickstart file on RHEL or Fedora, or an Ansible file on any Linux distribution, then you’ll have no trouble understanding a container config. Whether or not you have any of those experiences, you’ll be happy to know that the lxc project provides a starter config file for you to build upon.
First, create a the required local directories:
$ mkdir -p $HOME/.config/lxc $ mkdir -p $HOME/.cache/lxc
Next, copy
/etc/lxc/default.conf to
$HOME/.config/lxc/default.conf:
$ cat /etc/lxc/default.conf > $HOME/.config/lxc/default.conf
Now append information about your UID and GID map to the config file. Assuming you are the first user on your host system:
$ echo "lxc.idmap = u 0 100000 65536" >> $HOME/.config/lxc/default.conf $ echo "lxc.idmap = g 0 100000 65536" >> $HOME/.config/lxc/default.conf
Open it in a text file and make these changes:
lxc.net.0.type = veth lxc.net.0.link = virbr0 lxc.net.0.flags = up lxc.net.0.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx lxc.idmap = u 0 100000 65536 lxc.idmap = g 0 100000 65536
If you’re not the first user, or if the values for UIDs and GIDs differ on your system, adjust the values according to what you have in
/etc/subuid and
/etc/subgid.
Reboot
Reboot your system, and then log back in. Technically, you should be able to only log out, but a reboot is certain. To ensure that your user permissions have been updated.
Creating an lxc container
Once you’ve logged back in, you can create your first container using the
lxc-create command. Setting the template to
download prompts lxc to download a list of available base configurations, including CentOS and Fedora.
$ lxc-create --template download --name penguin
When prompted, enter your desired distribution, release, and architecture. The rootfs and image index is downloaded, and your first container is created.
Starting your container
You only have one now, but eventually, you may gather more, so if you need to list available containers on your system, use
lxc-ls:
$ lxc-ls --fancy NAME STATE AUTOSTART GROUPS IPV4 IPV6 UNPRIVILEGED penguin STOPPED 0 - - - true
To start a container:
lxc-start --daemon --name penguin
You can verify that a container is running with the
lxc-ls command:
$ lxc-ls --fancy
You have started the container, but you have not attached to it. Attach to it by name:
$ sudo lxc-attach --name penguin #
It’s not always easy to tell when you’re in a container. A few clues are revealed by
whoami,
ip, and
uname:
From within the container:
$ whoami root $ ip a show | grep global inet 192.168.122.8/24 brd 192.168.122.255 [...] $ uname -av Linux penguin 5.4.10-200.fc31.x86_64 #1 SMP [...]
From outside the container:
$ whoami seth $ ip a show | grep global inet 10.1.1.5/24 brd 10.1.1.31 scope global [...] $ uname -av Linux fedora31 5.4.10-200.fc31.x86_64 #1 SMP [...]
You now have a container ready for development, or for use as a sandbox, or a training environment, or whatever else you want to do with your lxc sandbox.
When you’re finished, exit the container and shut it down:
# exit $ sudo lxc-stop --name penguin
Containment
Containers have changed the way development and hosting works. They’ve made Linux the default choice for the cloud. You don’t have to change the way you work to harness their power, though. With lxc, you can create and develop containers the way that they work for you.
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