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I'm working on a talents/skills tree system for my game made with Unity and I've got a class for my 45 talents buttons that looks like this:
public class SaveTalentClass { public int talId; public int talCurRank; public int talMaxRank; public SaveTalentClass(int id, int cRank, int mRank) { talId = id; talCurRank = cRank; talMaxRank = mRank; } }
I created 10 "Talent Lists" so the player can save different talents and I stored these 10 Lists in another List for easier access. So I've created a 2D list like that:
public List<List<SaveTalentClass>> containerList = new List<List<SaveTalentClass>>();
And added the 10 "talent Lists" into it but now I'm stuck trying to access/write in this 2D List.
I've tried a test like:
containerList[0][0].Add (new SaveTalentClass(0,1,2));
but got an error:
SaveTalentClass' does not contain a definition forAdd' and no extension method
Add' of typeSaveTalentClass' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
I'm pretty sure there's an easy fix for that but I couldn't figure out how to do it !
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I know an LDAP search base suffix generally matches the directory server's host name. In other words, I know if the host name is od.foobar.com, I should use the search base suffix: dc=od,dc=foorbar,dc=com
od.foobar.com
dc=od,dc=foorbar,dc=com
It bothers me to not understand why I'm doing this. Could someone provide some background and explain precisely what I'm doing?
Prior to Microsoft 'embracing, extending, and changing' LDAP, most implementations had objects to represent the root of the tree. I.e. You have to start from somewhere.
For reasons I am not completely clear on, in Active Directory, each Domain in the tree/forest is rooted with a name that dc=domain,dc=com that is not really two separate objects, rather it is a virtual root of the directory name space.
I think that some of it comes from the fact, that regardless of what is said about Active Directory, it is still a series of linked domains, and each domain needs to be treated as a standalone entity.
Now there are automatic transitive trusts within an AD tree, so that makes it matter less to end users, but even though the namespace looks kind of contiguous, it isn't really.
This becomes more evident with some of the naming rules with AD. For example sAMAccountName must be unique within a domain, regardless of whether they are in the same container or not. I.e. The full distinguished name must be unique, (you cannot have two John Smith users in the same container) but the shortname that is used for many things internally (sAMAccountName) needs to be unique within the entire domain.
Other directory services either have somewhat similar requirements, like uniqueID should really be unique within the entire directory, but that is more because applications usually make that assumption, as application writers have been too lazy to deal with the complex issue (I don't blame them, it is a hard problem) of how to handle two users with short names of jsmith trying to use a service, but existing in two different containers. (I.e. Perhaps cn=jsmith,ou=London,dc=acme,dc=com and cn=jsmith,ou=Texas,dc=acme,dc=com).
How should your application using this directory decide which user to use? The usual answer is let the user decide. But that means catching this case, presenting a UI to the user choose from and whatnot.
Most application writers just ignore that possibility and just use uniqueID or sAMAccountName because that is unique (sort of) and easier to do.
The difference between uniqueID and sAMAccountName would be that uniqueID should be unique throughout the directory name space. Whereas sAMAccountName is only guaranteed unique within the domain. If the AD tree has several domains, there is no guarentee there of uniqueness, between domains.
Others have explained why using a domain name is a good idea (but is not mandatory). I just add that the question is wrong: having a base suffix based on the name of a machine is not recommended at all (for obvious reasons: what if you replace gandalf.example.com by sarouman.example.com ?). You typically only use the delegated domain name so, if you have example.com, you use dc=example,dc=com.
gandalf.example.com
sarouman.example.com
example.com
dc=example,dc=com
The root of the directory has to be set to something. It could be set to whatever you like. Setting it to the domain name is simply a useful convention that ensures your directory name space is unique.
Short version: Match your domain-name as a guarantee that the base path is unique.
Do it, and you won't look like a newb admin if your company merges with another one, and you need to merge systems :)
Ok, that was a very short version =)
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With dmc -A, this is fine:
#if 0
#endif
//*
and this:
#if 0 //*
#endif
and this:
#define X //*
but this one fails:
#if 0
#endif //*
and this, too:
#if 0
#else //*
#endif
with:
Lexical error: end of file found before end of comment, line 1
Fatal error: premature end of source file
(I found this very annoying while trying to use STLPort.)
---------------
Also with -A:
Lexical error: last line in file had no \n
I feel this should not be an error (unless the warning level
is bumped up to warnings --> errors).
The std says:
"If a source file that is not empty does not end in a
new-line character [...] the behavior is undefined."
So, it does not mandate an error. And, as to using this
error as a portability aid: in practice, I have never
heared of such a sloppy compiler that could not cope with
it. If still there exists one, it is probably never ever
get used by the same nice folks who also use DMC ;) , so
trying to alert them does no good. It only annoys. (And
helps authors of lame text processing tools to find cheap
excuses for not handling EOF-terminated last lines correctly.)
Cheers,
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MongoDB: I am Number Four
11/30/12
Here we go again and I have to admit that my head is already spinning a little bit from all the MongoDB input during the last couple of weeks. With the fourth post in this series we have reached halftime in the 10gen’s seven week course on MongoDB. And another week another film title in the post heading. But it must be mentioned here that is was close with a suggestion made in the last posting of this series. Spoiler warning ahead: The film giving title for the next posting is already set in stone 🙂
“Indexes turn out to be the single most important factor for performance in MongoDB and any relational databases.” -Quotes from the course
But enough for the prelude, let’s jump into the middle of another week with MongoDB. And this week it is all about performance as is already indicated by the above quote.
Indexes in General
Indexes are the most important factor to speed up performance in MongoDB (and any other relational database). And the good message for everyone having a lot of experiences with relational databases: The concepts are not really that different in MongoDB. Instead of a “full table”-scan we are talking here about a “full collection”-scan, but either one means “death to your performance” when executed on a big amount of data.
MongoDB is storing indexes as a B-Tree to speed up search operations. The indexes as such are an ordered list of keys that are part of that index. Let’s look at an obvious example, which is that we would like to store information on all planets in the universe in MongoDB. First of all we would have them grouped by galaxies, then by quadrants and finally individual planets and the information on those (not shown in the example as only the indexes are of interest here). Thus we would have:
Index: Galaxy, Quadrant, Planet Milky Way | Andromeda | ... _______________________________________________________________________________________ Alpha | Beta | Gamma | Delta _______________________________________________________________________________________ Earth | Kronos ...
The above index would allow us to query very quickly on any planet where the name of the planet, the quadrant and the galaxy is known. As known from relational databases indexes are very strong if the whole index can be applied. If we are starting from top an index can at last be partially helpful and starting from the bottom it is totally useless. In our example this means that if we have only the name of the planet the index cannot be used at all. If we would have the name of the galaxy and the name of the planet at least the galaxy-part of the index could be used. Nothing really new here.
“But the largest driver for performance is gonna be your algorithmic performance. And for a database server that’s gonna be how fast can we execute queries. And that is driven by whether or not the database can use an index to look data up.” – Quotes from the course
Another aspect of indexes is the costs they involve. Using indexes will speed up read-performance, but it will slow down the write-performance as additional index-information needs to be written to disc. Of course this also increases the amount of disc space required. Thus one should not create indexes for everything, but for those queries where they are really needed. And of course it is important to create proper indexes, so that they can be utilised by the database system (this is generally true and not specific to MongoDB).
This leads to the more practical part of creating indexes in MongoDB.
Basic Topics on Indexes
Creating indexes is pretty straightforward and we have seen it already at the end of the previous posting of this series. Let’s assume we are having the following collection:
> db.universe.find().pretty() { "_id" : ObjectId("50ad35ca0238f791c861f1d0"), "galaxy" : "Milky Way", "quadrant" : "Alpha", "planet" : "Earth", "moreParamsHere" : "1001" } { "_id" : ObjectId("50ad35da0238f791c861f1d1"), "galaxy" : "Milky Way", "quadrant" : "Alpha", "planet" : "Kronos", "moreParamsHere" : "6009" }
Then we can easily create new a new index using the “ensureIndex(…)” command:
> db.universe.ensureIndex({galaxy : 1})
The ensureIndex-command gets the name of the attribute and a number that indicates the way the index is sorted. The value “1” means ascending and a value of “-1” descending. For searching this does not make any difference in performance, but it will make a difference if the results will be ordered.
To see all the indexes created in the database the following command can be used. It can be seen that I have played around quite a bit already in my MongoDB test-database :-). In addition it can be seen that all “_id”-attributes are per default indexed.
> db.system.indexes.find() { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.names", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.startrek", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.ships", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.instructors", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.candidates", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "candidates" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.instructors", "name" : "candidates_1" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.downloads.files", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "filename" : 1, "uploadDate" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.downloads.files", "name" : "filename_1_uploadDate_1" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.downloads.chunks", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "files_id" : 1, "n" : 1 }, "unique" : true, "ns" : "test.downloads.chunks", "name" : "files_id_1_n_1" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.downloads_meta", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.gtf_projects", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "_id_" } { "v" : 1, "key" : { "galaxy" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "galaxy_1" }
Of course this is not really the best way to dig into this as the amount of indexes might be a bit overwhelming in a bigger system. Therefore it is possible to check the indexes that are available directly on a specific collection:
> db.universe.getIndexes() [ { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "_id_" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "galaxy" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "galaxy_1" } ]
Of course we also need a way to drop indexes again. his should be fairly easy to memorise as the command is just “dropIndex” instead of “ensureIndex”, but takes the same parameters. Listing the indexes again after dropping one, it can be seen that this very index is removed from the list. (And in some real system one would also recognise this from a potential drop in performance.)
> db.universe.dropIndex({galaxy : 1}) { "nIndexesWas" : 2, "ok" : 1 } > db.universe.getIndexes() [ { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "_id_" } ]
Advanced Topics on Indexes
Up to here we have been dealing only with indexes on individual attributes of a document. In the example above (galaxy, quadrant, planet) we have been talking about a compound index. Again it is very easy creating such a compound index as the syntax is again very close to what one would expect:
> db.universe.ensureIndex({galaxy : 1, quadrant : 1, planet : 0}) > db.universe.getIndexes() [ { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "_id_" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "galaxy" : 1, "quadrant" : 1, "planet" : 0 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "galaxy_1_quadrant_1_planet_0" } ]
And by listing the indexes on the universe-collection we can see that the new index has been created.
There is one tricky thing about creating compound indexes in MongoDB. It is possible to create indexes on attributes that are storing an array of values. Then all the array-values are indexed. This is called a “Multikey Index” in MongoDB. Pretty cool, but the problem is that it is not allowed to have more than one “Multikey Index” in a compound index. In a relational world this would be quite straightforward as the table structures are known well in advance. But with MongoDB it is possible to store an array-type of value to an attribute at any time. If then by accident array values are stored to more than one attribute that is part of a compound index in that document a runtime error will occur. This is something that I do not like too much, even though it can of course be handled in the implementation of an application.
“Good developers have an understanding of performance. They write with performance in mind and they can find their own performance problems in their programs.” -Quotes from the course
One feature most developers are typically using heavily with relational database is the creation of unique indexes. Of course this is also possible with MongoDB and again JSON syntax is used for this by adding an additional “unique”-attribute to the document used to create the index.
> db.universe.dropIndex({galaxy : 1, quadrant : 1, planet : 0}) { "nIndexesWas" : 2, "ok" : 1 } > db.universe.ensureIndex({galaxy : 1, quadrant : 1, planet : 0},{unique : true}) > db.universe.getIndexes() [ { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "_id_" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "galaxy" : 1, "quadrant" : 1, "planet" : 0 }, "unique" : true, "ns" : "test.universe", "name" : "galaxy_1_quadrant_1_planet_0" } ]
So let’s drop the existing index first and then recreate it as being unique. This can also be seen afterwards when checking the index as it has the attribute “unique” set to “true”. There is one minor flaw in this, as the “_id”-index is always unique per default, but the “unique”-attribute is not shown for it. Thus this has to be kept in mind.
With unique indexes there is one well known problem from relational databases. If there is already data in the database which is not unique one has to ensure its uniqueness before one is able to create the unique-index. That is not different with MongoDB, but MongoDB does offer one very brute force way to solve the problem. This is using {unique: true, dropDups : true} to create the index. This will delete all but one document of all the duplicated documents (according to the new index) in the collection. This cannot be undone and there is no way to determine which of the duplicated documents will be deleted. So this is a possibility, but not really a solution and therefore I will not show any concrete example on this.
On using {dropDups : true} “This is a pretty big sledgehammer to solve the problem, but it will work.” -Quotes from the course
Now there is another potential problem in MongoDB that is due to its nature of allowing to store incomplete documents. Let’s assume we are having the following collection:
> db.holodeck_programs.find() > db.holodeck_programs.insert({name : 'Captain Proton'}) > db.holodeck_programs.insert({name : 'Delta Flyer', type : 'simulation' }) > db.holodeck_programs.insert({name : 'Warp Plasma', type : 'analyse' }) > db.holodeck_programs.insert({name : 'Emergency Medical Hologram'}) > db.holodeck_programs.find() { "29c0238f791c861f1df"), "name" : "Warp Plasma", "type" : "analyse" } { "_id" : ObjectId("50b3c2a10238f791c861f1e0"), "name" : "Emergency Medical Hologram" }
Now let’s try to create a unique index on the key “type”:
> db.holodeck_programs.ensureIndex({type : 1}, {unique : true}) E11000 duplicate key error index: test.holodeck_programs.$type_1 dup key: { : null }
This does result in an error, which is not too big a surprise. Internally the value for “type” is null for every document where the “type” is not explicitly set. Therefore we have duplicates in the database and it is quite obvious that “dropDups” is not the solution here. But MongoDB would not be MongoDB if there would not be another cool feature around the next corner for this kind of problem. (Just as a side note: It took me long time to decide whether to write cool feature here or better weird feature ;-).) Anyway, the solution are “Sparse Indexes”. If an index is defined to be sparse it is only applied on those documents where the corresponding key values are explicitly set. Let’s look at an example and the further implications of this:
> db.holodeck_programs.ensureIndex({type : 1}, {unique : true, sparse : true}) > db.holodeck_programs.find({type : 'simulation'}) { "_id" : ObjectId("50b3c28d0238f791c861f1de"), "name" : "Delta Flyer", "type" : "simulation" } > db.holodeck_programs.find().sort({name : 1}) { "2a10238f791c861f1e0"), "name" : "Emergency Medical Hologram" } { "_id" : ObjectId("50b3c29c0238f791c861f1df"), "name" : "Warp Plasma", "type" : "analyse" } > db.holodeck_programs.find().sort({type : 1}) { "_id" : ObjectId("50b3c29c0238f791c861f1df"), "name" : "Warp Plasma", "type" : "analyse" } { "_id" : ObjectId("50b3c28d0238f791c861f1de"), "name" : "Delta Flyer", "type" : "simulation" }
When searching for a document by “type” everything works as usual, but one must keep in mind that now only those documents are considered that have the key “type”. Comparing the results of the two find.sort-commands one pretty well sees the potential problem in this. As sorting is also taking advantage of existing indexes this will have a bit strange result where the documents not having the type-key are not shown at all if sorting by “type”. Another thing to keep in mind I would say.
“Indexes are not costless, they take space on disc and they also take time to keep updated.” -Quotes from the course
The last topic in this section is about the difference of creating indexes in the foreground or in the background. For me this is a topic that already tends to go more into the direction of database administration, but it is anyway good to know. Creating an index in the foreground is fast, but it blocks other writers on the same database. Creating indexes in the foreground is the default. Now even though it is fast this can still mean it takes several minutes for a lot of documents. In a productive environment this might be a problem and then it might be a good idea to use {background : true}. This will slow down the index creation by a factor of one to five. But it does not block any other writers. When using replica sets there is one additional option. I do not really know much about replica sets, but it seems to be different instances of MongoDB that all run the same database. In this case it is possible to temporarily isolate and remove one instance from the replica set, creating the index in the foreground and adding it back to the replica set. I think for me to do an elaborated decision on this I would need to know more on replica sets, but luckily there are still more lectures to come.
Indexes Explain-ed & Size of Indexes
For this part it would be good to have a really big collection, which I do not (yet) have and I am too lazy to create one now ;-). Nevertheless we can have a look at the explain-command of MongoDB.
> db.holodeck_programs.find({type : 'simulation'}).explain() { "cursor" : "BtreeCursor type" : { "type" : [ [ "simulation", "simulation" ] ] }, "server" : "Thomass-MacBook-Pro.local:27017" } > db.holodeck_programs.find({name : 'Captain Proton'}).explain() { "cursor" : "BasicCursor", "isMultiKey" : false, "n" : 1, "nscannedObjects" : 4, "nscanned" : 4, "nscannedObjectsAllPlans" : 4, "nscannedAllPlans" : 4, "scanAndOrder" : false, "indexOnly" : false, "nYields" : 0, "nChunkSkips" : 0, "millis" : 0, "indexBounds" : { }, "server" : "Thomass-MacBook-Pro.local:27017" }
First and probably most important the “cursor”-value shows us if any index has been used or not. In our first query MongoDB could use the index on “type”, when querying for the “name” there is no index and thus no index is used indicated by the “BasicCursor” value. The number of scanned objects are also interesting and is correlating well with the different queries. The “millis”-value tells us how long a query took in milliseconds. As there is hardly any data in the used collection there is no difference visible here, but it is a very good indicator. Another interesting value is the “indexOnly” entry. If this one would be true MongoDB can retrieve all the needed information from the index and does not need to load the document at all. This could be achieved when having a compound index, for example:
> db.universe.find({galaxy : 'Milky Way'}, {galaxy : 1, quadrant : 1, planet : 1, _id : 0}).explain() { "cursor" : "BtreeCursor galaxy_1_quadrant_1_planet_0", "isMultiKey" : false, "n" : 2, "nscannedObjects" : 2, "nscanned" : 2, "nscannedObjectsAllPlans" : 2, "nscannedAllPlans" : 2, "scanAndOrder" : false, "indexOnly" : true, "nYields" : 0, "nChunkSkips" : 0, "millis" : 0, "indexBounds" : { "galaxy" : [ [ "Milky Way", "Milky Way" ] ], "quadrant" : [ [ { "$minElement" : 1 }, { "$maxElement" : 1 } ] ], "planet" : [ [ { "$minElement" : 1 }, { "$maxElement" : 1 } ] ] }, "server" : "Thomass-MacBook-Pro.local:27017" }
In the above example all values that are queried are from the same compound index and thus MongoDB does not need to look to any document at all, but all information can be retrieved from the index itself (“indexOnly” : true).
One very important aspect when creating indexes is whether or not it is possible for MongoDB to keep them in memory or not. Thus knowing how big the indexes are can help in either adjusting main memory of the used servers as on solution. Or maybe certain indexes are not really needed and should be dropped. Using the “stats()”- and the “totalIndexSize()”-commands the corresponding values can be inspected. All size values are given in bytes.
> db.holodeck_programs.stats() { "ns" : "test.holodeck_programs", "count" : 4, "size" : 240, "avgObjSize" : 60, "storageSize" : 4096, "numExtents" : 1, "nindexes" : 2, "lastExtentSize" : 4096, "paddingFactor" : 1, "systemFlags" : 1, "userFlags" : 0, "totalIndexSize" : 16352, "indexSizes" : { "_id_" : 8176, "type_1" : 8176 }, "ok" : 1 } > db.holodeck_programs.totalIndexSize() 16352
Puh, considering the amount of content in this blog post and the amount of time it took me to write it up to here I fear I have to speed things up a bit. So the next paragraphs will be a bit more compressed.
Hints & Efficiency
MongoDB does a pretty good job in deciding which index to use for a particular query. Nevertheless it is possible to manually override this decision making process by adding hints to the query. A hint is just added as an additional command and specifies the index that should be used. This is by the way the next time things are getting a bit complicated when considering sparse indexes. If hinting to a sparse index and thus forcing MongoDB to use it, it will show no documents where the corresponding attribute is not present. So the combination of using sparse indexes and hints must be considered carefully.
It is also possible to completely disable the use of any index with “hint({$natural:1})”. This can be for example helpful to examine how efficient an existing index is by not using it temporarily.
“And I know there are not that many students in that class, because I build that data set. So I have information it (MongoDB) does not necessarily have.”- Quotes from the course
The efficiency of using indexes depends a lot on the type of query. Using operators like $gt, $lt or $ne will slow down the efficiency of the used indexes a lot. The same is true for the use of certain regular expressions that do not start matching from the beginning (/^).
Logging & Profiling
MongoDB per default logs out slow queries where slow means a query running longer than 100ms. To be able to demonstrate the output I would need a bigger collection than what I have for testing currently. Anyway the message would show up in the shell window where MongoDB has been started.
The next step is profiling. Therefore the additional parameters
--profile <level>
and
--slowmx <value>
can be used when starting mongod. Setting the profiling level to 0 means logging is turned off. Setting this value to 1 is logging out all queries slower (in milliseconds) than the value given with the second parameter. Finally giving a value of 3 for the profile-setting will enable logging of all queries. From the MongoDB shell the settings can be checked as follows:
> db.getProfilingLevel() 0 > db.getProfilingStatus() { "was" : 0, "slowms" : 100 }
And I can also change the profiling level from the MongoDB shell:
> db.setProfilingLevel(1, 5) { "was" : 0, "slowms" : 100, "ok" : 1 } > db.getProfilingLevel() 1 > db.getProfilingStatus() { "was" : 1, "slowms" : 5 }
There is much more to profiling like querying for various values using “db.system.profile.find()” using corresponding JSON documents as parameters describing what to profile. That could be probably a blog post of its own.
Top, Stats & Sharding
Finally for this blog post a very quick look at some more high-level commands and concepts. The commands “mongotop” and “mongostat” are designed to work similar to the corresponding unix-commands.
Of course the following values do not tell too much on my idle running MongoDB instance. But with mongotop it is possible to see how much time is spent with the different operations in the different collections.
thomass-macbook-pro:bin thomasjaspers$ ./mongotop connected to: 127.0.0.1 ns total read write 2012-11-30T22:24:27 test.system.namespaces 0ms 0ms 0ms local.system.replset 0ms 0ms 0ms admin. 0ms 0ms 0ms
The command mongostat gives a kind of snapshot of the overall MongoDB system. Both of this commands are probably meant more for system administrators, but it is of course good to know those.
thomass-macbook-pro:bin thomasjaspers$ ./mongostat connected to: 127.0.0.1 insert query update delete getmore command flushes mapped vsize res faults locked db idx miss % qr|qw ar|aw netIn netOut conn time 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0m 2.41g 28m 2 local:0.0% 0 0|0 0|0 62b 1k 1 23:25:04 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0m 2.41g 28m 0 .:0.1% 0 0|0 0|0 62b 1k 1 23:25:05 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0m 2.41g 28m 0 local:0.0% 0 0|0 0|0 62b 1k 1 23:25:06 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0m 2.41g 28m 0 local:0.0% 0 0|0 0|0 62b 1k 1 23:25:07
The mongostat command is often used to check the value for “idx miss %”. That value is telling how well MongoDB is able to execute all reads from the indexes inside memory. But be careful: The value will be very good if no index is used at all, but that does for sure not mean that the application is very fast.
“But ultimately to debug the performance of your programs you gonna need to do some profiling to figure out what is slow inside your programs.”- Quotes from the course
The very last thing one should at least know is the concept of sharding. In this MongoDB is running in a kind of cluster (I only said a kind of ;-)). What is done in this case is that there is a MongoDB instance mongos that is operating as a router. An application is only talking to this router. Behind that one there can be many mongod-instances distributed over a lot of servers. Now what is important to know is that in this scenario a so-called shard-key is needed. This must be used for all insert-operations and it is the key the router uses to determine the instance to store the document to. All other operations (update, find, remove) can omit the shard-key, but of course this will slow down performance as then some broadcasting is needed to find the proper document. This is a solution for big collections and for sure more information than this is required to implement it properly. This short paragraph was just meant to raise awareness that this feature exists in MongoDB.
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The following is a very simple example of a crypter written in C++. The following project is separated into two separate components. The first program, crypter.exe, is designed to obfuscate an executable file using a simple XOR encryption algorithm. The second, stub.exe, takes this encrypted executable stored within itself as a resource, decrypts it and then executes it from memory. Because the unencrypted binary executed from the stub.exe program never touches disk, it may be used to conceal programs from signature based detection systems employed by antivirus software. The below code is from this GitHub fork:
“Crypter” generally refers to software used by hackers and security researchers to conceal malware, particularly when infecting a victim’s computer. Crypters may be divided into two categories: scantime and runtime. Scantime crypters take an encrypted executable and reverse the encryption, and then write this executable to disk and execute it from there. Scantime crypters generally evade detection from antivirus scanning until execution. As soon as the file is unencrypted and written to disk, it should be detected and quarantined by any decent modern antivirus.
Runtime crypters, on the other hand, do not write anything to disk. A stub program containing the original, but obfuscated, executable file (often malware) within its data performs staging to prepare the embedded, obfuscated code for execution. This generally includes decrypting the original, and then executing the now decrypted binary image directly from memory, performing the tasks generally performed by the OS executable loader when executing a program. This allows runtime crypters to evade antivirus signature detection – antivirus must use other means to defend against such protected malware, such as heuristic analysis or behavioral detection. Because runtime crypters must be able to extract and execute a binary image on their own, they employ techniques similar to those found in self-extracting archives, and even more closely to packers - programs which take compressed or archived binary files and execute them as if they were the original. For this reason, the terms packer and crypter are often used synonymously.
To create a runtime crypter for Windows, the stub program must be able to take an encrypted executable image, reverse the encryption, and then hand control of execution over to the decrypted executable. To accomplish this, techniques such as Process Hollowing or running the decrypted program entirely from within the stub’s own address space may be used. In either case, the stub generally must be able to parse the windows executable format data structure (PE) and perform the task of the system EXE (PE) loader. On windows, the system EXE loader maps sections of an executable into memory, performs some address relocation fix-ups if necessary, and then resolves imports by loading the addresses of included functions into the executables memory so it can actually make use of imported functions. To learn about the Microsoft Portable Executable (PE) format and how to load compiled executables into memory yourself, I recommend starting with the specification and other resources from Microsoft, OpenSecurityTraining and Joachim Bauch. Reading code projects and examples are also very useful. In any case, for the purposes of this POC, I saved myself an enormous amount of time by slightly modifying this repository from Github, which has reliable and stable build that accomplishes the task of the system EXE loader and executes an executable from its own address space.
To accomplish this simple crypter POC, there are two components: the encryption program, and the stub.
The encryption program is very simple – utilizing three functions, it reads in an executable image into memory, then encrypts this image by XORing each byte of the executable with the value in the key variable, and then writes this encrypted image onto disk, into the file called “crypt.exe”.
typedef struct {
char* image;
streampos size;
} PARAMS;
bool OpenExecutable(string executable, PARAMS *data) {
ifstream infile(executable, ios::in | ios::binary | ios::ate);
if (infile.is_open())
{
data->size = infile.tellg();
data->image = new char[data->size];
infile.seekg(0, ios::beg);
infile.read(data->image, data->size);
infile.close();
return true;
}
return false;
}
void EncryptExecutable(PARAMS *data) {
int key = 128;
for (int i = 0; i < data->size; i++) {
data->image[i] ^= key;
}
}
bool WriteExecutable(PARAMS *data) {
ofstream f("crypt.exe", std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
if (f.is_open()) {
f.write((char*)data->image, data->size);
f.close();
return true;
}
return false;
}
Once you have the encrypted executable, we will need to include it as a resource within the stub component of our project. Since this program is complied with Visual Studio C++, you can add the resource by going to View->Solution Explorer, which shows the project solution files in the tab on the left. Now right click on the project folder, and go to Add->Resource->Import (find crypt.exe outputted from the other program) and set type as 'RCDATA'. If the project doesn’t have a resource file, it should create one like this. The line
#define IDR_RCDATA1 101
Defines the resource. Looking at the PeLdr source, inside the LoadImage function, we can see that the program will open the resource, referring to it as IDR_RCDATA1, reads it into a buffer, and decrypts it with the same XOR cipher and key from the other component. It then gives the buffer to the PARAMETERS struct, and the rest of the PeLdr code handles executing this binary image from memory.
HRSRC rsrc = ::FindResource(NULL, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_RCDATA1), RT_RCDATA);
unsigned int rsrcsize = ::SizeofResource(NULL, rsrc);
HGLOBAL rsrcdata = ::LoadResource(NULL, rsrc);
void* pbindata = ::LockResource(rsrcdata);
char* buffer = new char[rsrcsize];
memcpy(buffer, pbindata, rsrcsize);
int key = 128;
for (int i = 0; i < rsrcsize; i++) {
buffer[i] ^= key;
}
pe->dwImageSizeOnDisk = rsrcsize;
Now compile the program. When the newly compiled program is run, you should find that it also executes whatever program you had encrypted and attached as a resource. When testing the program, very simple programs which display a single MessageBox are useful to see that the program is functioning as it should be and running your executable.
With an understanding of the above stencil – encrypt executable image, store within stub as resource, decrypt and execute using a PE loader method - you should be able to build and research from here on out to make more resilient software protection techniques. For example, it is important to note any decent AV suite will be able to bruteforce XOR encryption and detect malware signatures concealed within. That means that the XOR cipher in the above program will not be sufficient to conceal malware – this crypter is not FUD (fully undetectable). But now with a basic understanding of crypter software, you should be able to modify it, making it more versatile. For example, you can use stronger encryption algorithms or code obfuscation methods to conceal your payload inside the code. You can also look into techniques to make the program more robust, perhaps by adding sandbox detection, etc. Enjoy!
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The MIT License
C:\Users\Androide\Desktop\test>Pe-Loader-Sample.exe
[+] Creating Map View of File
[+] Map View of File created
[+] Checking for self relocation
[+] MyBase: 0x00320000 MySize: 81920
[+] Mapping Target PE File
[+] Loader Base Orig: 0x00320000 New: 0x00000000
[+] Target PE Load Base: 0x00400000 Image Size: 0x0000a000
[+] Allocated memory for Target PE: 0x00400000
[+] Copying Headers
[+] Copying Sections
[+] Copying Section: .text
[+] Copying Section: .rsrc
[+] Copying Section: .reloc
[+] Processing IAT (Image Base: 0x00400000)
[+] FIXME: Cannot handle Import Forwarding
[+] Relocation not required
[+] Fixing Image Base address in PEB
[+] Executing Entry Point: 0x0040402a
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << "Test app will create file and write EmWizard to make money \n";
ofstream myfile;
myfile.open("example.txt");
myfile << "Writing this to a file.\n";
struct tm newtime;
time_t now = time(0);
localtime_s(&newtime, &now);
myfile << (newtime.tm_year + 1900) << '-'
<< (newtime.tm_mon + 1) << '-'
<< newtime.tm_mday << "\n"
<< newtime.tm_hour << ":" << newtime.tm_min
<< "\n";
myfile.close();
return 0;
}
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How to iterate through finite groups
How can I have a collection of all finite groups with order less than a given number? I have tried
G = gap.AllSmallGroups(64)
However it does not work for other arguments. It instead spits out this [1] error for example for 63 rather than 64. I can tell that this may be a problem with the gap library in sage so I am wondering if there is any other way to do this in sage? I just want to be able to iterate through finite groups less than a given order.
[1]
Error in lines 3-4 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/smc_sagews/sage_server.py", line 976, in execute exec compile(block+'\n', '', 'single') in namespace, locals File "", line 2, in <module> File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/interface.py", line 608, in __call__ return self._parent.function_call(self._name, list(args), kwds) File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/gap.py", line 921, in function_call res = self.eval(marker+cmd) File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/gap.py", line 575, in eval result = Expect.eval(self, input_line, **kwds) File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py", line 1294, in eval for L in code.split('\n') if L != '']) File "/projects/sage/sage-7.3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/gap.py", line 771, in _eval_line raise RuntimeError(message) RuntimeError: Gap produced error output Error, no method found! For debugging hints type ?Recovery from NoMethodFound Error, no 2nd choice method found for `RankPGroup' on 1 arguments executing __SAGE_LAST__:="__SAGE_LAST__";;Rank(\$sage1);;
You may find... useful in this regard if you don't actually have the small groups library installed.
To me, the error message hints that one tries to call
RankPGroupon a group which is not a $p$-group. I don't know why SageMath attempts this though.
Hmm, it could be a Gap issue. Not sure.
No,
AllSmallGroups(64);in GAP works perfectly fine.
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How To Detect Which Element Was Clicked, Using jQuery
by Slavko Pesic, Web Developer.
Example
In our example we have a menu toggle button which shows/hides menu item list. We want the item list to stay open until user clicks on the menu toggle button or somewhere outside the item list.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http- <title>Menu Toggle</title> <style> .item-list { display: none; } .show-list { display: block; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="main"> <header> <div class="toggle"></div> <ul class="item-list"> <li id="item-1"></li> <li id="item-2"></li> <li id="item-3"></li> <li id="item-4"></li> </ul> </header> </div> </body> </html>
Implementing Toggle Button
We have a basic layout with menu list being hidden by default. We have a CSS class .show-list which we can apply to the item list to override display: none; and show the list to the user. Now we need to bind the functionality to .toggle button to add/remove .show-list class to menu list. We can easily do this using jQuery:
// $('.toggle').on('click', function() {}); // is equivalent of $('.toggle').click(function() {}); $('.toggle').on('click', function() { $('.item-list').toggleClass('show-list'); });
Detecting Out-of-Bounds Clicks
Great, we have toggle button functionality! All we need to do now is figure out a way to detect clicks outside of the menu list and hide the list when out of bounds click is detected. Again, jQuery makes this task an easy one.
// Bind click event listener on the body // Hide main menu if user clicks anywhere off of the menu itself. $('body').on('click.hideMenu', function(e) { // Check to see if the list is currently displayed. if ($('.item-list').hasClass('show-list')) { // If element clicked on is NOT one of the menu list items, // hide the menu list. if (!$(e.target).parent().hasClass('item-list')) { $('.item-list').removeClass('show-list'); } } });
Code Breakdown
$('body').on('click.hideMenu', callbackFunction);
does the same thing as
$('body').on('click', callbackFunction);
jQuery allows us to namespace event handlers. This way if someone unbinds 'click' event on the body, it will not break our hideMenu handler. If we want to remove this we have to unbind 'click.hideMenu' handler directly.
$(e.target)- Contains DOM element user clicked on.
We can use this object to get anything and everything regarding object user has clicked on. In the code above, I'm checking for parent class of the clicked element. If the parent class is .item-list, then user clicked on one of the menu items.
NOTE: e.target is always going to be the top element clicked. In our scenario, child element is always going to be on top of the parent element. So while every click on the screen is technically click on the body, e.target will always return the furthest child element in the tree that occupies clicked area. However, we might have multiple absolutely positioned elements occupying the same area. In this case, the element with higher z-index will be returned.
Thank you
Posted by tam on . [Reply]
Yeah, thanks for the tips, I was looking for something similar.
No problem
Posted by Slavko Pesic on . [Reply]
I'm glad you found it useful. Cheers!
Excellent !!
Posted by Ajeeshvijay on . [Reply]
Thanks for sharing this code.
Very useful!
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nice and clean. Thank You!
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Hello, of these features and helps set the stage for explaining what we are trying to accomplish in VC10 (the next release after VS2008).
Much of this summary is taken from my own memory of the events and from installing all of these older versions of Visual C++ and experimenting with them in order to refresh my memory.
Capturing information about a C or C++ program’s structure has been around for a very long time in Microsoft’s products. Preceding even Visual C++ 1.0, the compiler supported generating program information through .SBR and .BSC files. (Note: The compiler in Visual C++ 1.0 was already version 8, so the command line tools had been around a while already.) The SBR files contain reference and definition information for a single translation unit that the compiler generates as it compiles. These SBR files are combined in a later step using the BSCMAKE tool to generate a BSC file. This file can then be used to look at many different aspects of a program: reference, definitions, caller-callee graphs, macros, etc.
Since the inception of the Visual C++ product, we have been parsing C++ code and storing information about it in some form for the use of the IDE. This parser has been separate from the command line compiler because many features of the IDE require code understanding and requiring a build would be an onerous burden in these cases. For instance, at many stages of editing, the code is simply not in a compilable state, so requiring a compile would not be workable. The earliest IDE used CLW (Class Wizard) files to store this information. These were structured as an INI file, which were common in 16 bit Windows before the registry was developed. These provided minimal information about where classes were located and some information about resources. These CLW files were generated using a very simple parser, which didn’t have to deal with templates or Ansi/Unicode issues. Also, special locations in files were marked with comments that couldn’t be edited. It was effective at the time for supporting the minimal requirements of Class Wizard, but it didn’t provide a lot of information about a program.
Visual C++ 4.0 saw the arrival of a new feature: ClassView. ClassView displayed information about all classes, class members, and global variables. The parser used for CLW files was not sufficient and a new parser was written and the information was stored in a new file called the NCB file. NCB was an abbreviation for “no compile browse”. It provided some information that building a BSC would provide, but not all.
Visual C++ 6.0 saw the introduction of a new parser (feacp) for generating NCB files. Internally, it was called “YCB” for “yes compile browse” although it still generated NCB files. It was called “yes compile browse” because a modified version of the actual compiler was used to parse and generate the NCB. The C++ language had been getting larger with namespaces, templates, and exceptions and maintaining multiple parsers was not desired. The CLW parser was still being used, however, to generate CLW files. VC 6.0 also saw the introduction of the first “Intellisense” features such as autocomplete and parameter info.
The NCB file is very similar to a BSC file and is based on a multi-stream format developed for PDB files. The contents of the NCB file are loaded into memory and changes are made in memory and persisted to the NCB file when shutting down. The data structures in memory and on disk are very hierarchical and most lookups require walking through the data structures. An element is represented through a 32bit handle which uses 16 bits to specify the module (i.e. file) the element came from and 16bits to represent the element within the file. This limits the number of files to 64K and the number of elements within a file to 64K. This may seem like a lot, but there are customers hitting these limits. (Note: prior to Whidbey, there was a 16K limit on the number of files as two bits were being used for some housekeeping.)
In Visual C++ .Net (i.e. 7.0) the CLW file and associated parser were finally removed and Class Wizard features were implemented using information from the NCB file. In 7.1, 8.0 (Whidbey), and 9.0 (Orcas), not much has changed. Whidbey saw the biggest change as we eliminated pre-built NCB’s for libraries and the SDK, provided better support for macros, and allowed 64K files in an NCB. There have been these incremental improvements, but the overall architecture has remained the same.
As the NCB was used for more and more features, it became a core piece of the IDE’s technology and if it didn’t function correctly, many IDE features would not work. FEACP needed to deal with large, complex dependencies between files and potentially incorrect code. When a common header file was changed in a project, all dependencies would be reparsed in order to generate correct information.
Note: FEACP would only parse the header file itself once in the context of one translation unit, but all dependent cpp files would be reparsed using information gathered during the one parse of the header. The problems this causes are collectively called the “multi-mod” problem, because it occurs when a header is used by multiple modules.
For large projects, this reparsing could take a while. Initially, this caused the IDE to freeze as the parse would happen on the foreground UI thread. This was addressed in later versions by doing the parsing on a background thread. However, there were some scenarios where the foreground UI would need the results and would need to block anyways. Also, this frequent reparsing could use a lot of CPU and memory and cause problems by using too many resources and still causing issues with the UI. This was eventually tuned to some degree by running at lower priority and delaying reparsing until a perceived idle time. Another solution has been to add three prioritized queues for work, which can allow more important work to get done first. Other problems that occurred were due to corruption of the NCB file or errors in the compiler that would cause a parse to fail early in a file and would result in no information being available from that file. There have also been issues with concurrency and locking of the NCB data in memory. Adding the ability to quickly find information based on a simple query is very difficult and requires changes to code. Extending the NCB format to add support for templates, C++/CLI, and other language features has also proven difficult.
All of these issues are exacerbated by larger, more complex projects. The number of files that may need to be reparsed can become quite large and the frequency of reparsing can be high. Also, “intermittent” failures are simply more likely to happen as the size of projects goes up. All of these problems have been looked at over time and some fixes and incremental improvements have been made, but the fundamental issues remain.
Next time, I will cover our approach to tackling these problems in VC10, which we are working on right now.
Thanks,
Jim
Hi, my name is Boris Jabes. I've been working on the C++ team for over 4 years now (you may have come | http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2007/12/18/intellisense-history-part-1.aspx?PageIndex=2 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | refinedweb | 1,246 | 61.97 |
Hello!
In this Instructable i will teach you how to control a servo using a Photocell.
This is very simple and good for beginners.
Step 1: Materials
1 x Photocell
1 x 10k Resistor
1 x Arduino
1x Breadboard
1x Servo
and some jumpers
Step 2: Wiring It Up
Wire everything following the schematic below.
Step 3: The Code
The Code is very simple:
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo;
int val;
void setup()
{
myservo.attach(12);
}
void loop()
{
val = analogRead(0);
val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179);
myservo.write(val);
delay(15);
}
11 Discussions
1 year ago
Could please tell if this code will work on the Arduino nano?waiting for your reply
1 year ago
hello can you tell me if this code will work on the arduino nano thanks for your time .
2 years ago
can someone help me out for using two servo (dual axis) with this ?
I tried with modifying this code but ended with horizontal axis motor not showing response! vertical axis worked fine
2 years ago
Hello other coders. my name is Bill Dawall. I need help with the code. If any of you fine young men and women would like to help please reply.
2 years ago
please give me advise.Now I research about dual axis solar tracker.Can anyone help me to give source code?
2 years ago
pls i need assistance on my project, i am quite new on this stuff; using LDR to controlling a non continuos servo motor & print, 'welcome' when the motor rotate 180° left & 'goodbye' when the servo rotate otherwise
3 years ago
Hi! I am new in all of this. I cannot get the wiring. Has anybody got a pics of this project? Thanks.
3 years ago
Hi! I am new in all of this. I cannot get the wiring. Has anybody got a pics of this project? Thanks.
3 years ago on Introduction
is it c c+ or c++
4 years ago on Introduction
Hi, I am surprised that after 3 years that no one has had any problems with this project.
The risk is that the 5V supply from the arduino is not able to supply enough current to a servo, if you want to drive anything with the servo you may have problems, such as jittering of the servo or resetting of the arduino.
The servo should have its own power supply.
This is a nice comment to those who are aiming to try this out, that you run risks of overloading the arduino 5V regulator.
TomGeorge
7 years ago on Introduction
Thank you for this informative post! I wanted to know what type of servo you used? Would it be possible to purchase an rc servo and control the spinning amount? For example, say I would like it to turn 1/4 of the way only instead of full revolution can this be done using your instructions or would there be some modifications that would need to be made?
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C-programming - How to execute c binary as cgi script, Compile C source as cgi
How to execute c binary as cgi script
How to execute C binary as cgi script?
Compile C source as cgi
You can execute a C source as a cgi script on web servers. To do so follow the steps given below. CGI scripts are nothing but perl script.
C Source- Save the C program as text.c
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii\n\n"); printf("Hello world\n\n"); return 0; }You can use the above C program that just prints Hello world but preceded by HTTP headers as required by the CGI interface. Here the header specifies that the data is plain ASCII text.
How to compile the C program as cgi binary?
# gcc -o test.cgi test.c
Compile the C program using gcc compiler and save the output to test.cgi. The test.c program is compiled and the compiled executable is stored in test.cgi.
After compiling, loading, and uploading the cgi script in cgi-bin folder, Make sure that the file has 755 permission for executing the script. Now you should be able to test the script simply by entering the URL in the browser's address bar. (eg:)
Using a C program as a CGI script
To set C program as CGI script the C code has to be converted into a binary executable program. Always make sure that your gcc compiled source is supported on linux server. Mostly the source compiled in windows machine has problem on linux server. This is often problematic, since people largely work on Windows whereas servers often run some version of UNIX or Linux. The system where you develop your program and the server where it should be installed as a CGI script may have quite different architectures, so that the same executable does not run on both of them.
This may create an unsolvable problem. If you are not allowed to log on the server and you cannot use a binary-compatible system (or a cross-compiler) either, you are out of luck. Many servers, however, allow you log on and use the server in interactive mode, as a "shell user," and contain a C compiler.
You need to compile and load your C program on the server (or, in principle, on a system with the same architecture, so that binaries produced for it are executable on the server too).
The C language was originally designed for an environment where only ASCII characters were used. Nowadays, it can be used with caution for processing 8-bit characters. There are various ways to overcome the limitation that in C implementations, a character is generally an 8-bit quantity.
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NARF (Normal Aligned Radial Features) is a point feature descriptor type for 3D data. More...
#include <pcl/features/narf.h>
NARF (Normal Aligned Radial Features) is a point feature descriptor type for 3D data.
Please refer to pcl/features/narf_descriptor.h if you want the class derived from pcl Feature. See B. Steder, R. B. Rusu, K. Konolige, and W. Burgard Point Feature Extraction on 3D Range Scans Taking into Account Object Boundaries In Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics &Automation (ICRA). 2011.
Definition at line 62 of file narf.h.
Constructor.
Copy Constructor.
Destructor.
Copy the descriptor and pose to the point struct Narf36.
Definition at line 53 of file narf.hpp.
References pcl::Narf36::descriptor, descriptor_, descriptor_size_, pcl::getTranslationAndEulerAngles(), pcl::Narf36::pitch, pcl::Narf36::roll, transformation_, pcl::Narf36::x, pcl::Narf36::y, pcl::Narf36::yaw, and pcl::Narf36::z.
Create a deep copy of other.
Create the descriptor from the already set other members.
Extract an NARF for every point in the range image.
Get a list of features from the given interest points.
Method to extract a NARF feature from a certain 3D point using a range image.
pose determines the coordinate system of the feature, whereas it transforms a point from the world into the feature system. This means the interest point at which the feature is extracted will be the inverse application of pose onto (0,0,0). descriptor_size_ determines the size of the descriptor, support_size determines the support size of the feature, meaning the size in the world it covers
Same as above, but determines the transformation from the surface in the range image.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Add features extracted at the given interest point and add them to the list.
Same as above.
Same as above, but using the rotational invariant version by choosing the best extracted rotation around the normal.
Use extractFromRangeImageAndAddToList if you want to enable the system to return multiple features with different rotations.
Get the surface patch with a blur on it.
Getter (const) for the descriptor.
Definition at line 175 of file narf.h.
Referenced by pcl::Narf::FeaturePointRepresentation::copyToFloatArray().
Calculate descriptor distance, value in [0,1] with 0 meaning identical and 1 every cell above maximum distance.
Definition at line 45 of file narf.hpp.
References descriptor_, descriptor_size_, and pcl::L1_Norm().
How many points on each beam of the gradient star are used to calculate the descriptor?
Definition at line 148 of file narf.h.
References pcl::loadBinary(), and pcl::saveBinary().
Read from file.
Read from input stream.
Read header from input stream.
Assignment operator.
Reset al members to default values and free allocated memory.
Write to file.
Write to output stream.
Write header to output stream.
Definition at line 278 of file narf.h.
Referenced by copyToNarf36(), and getDescriptorDistance().
Definition at line 279 of file narf.h.
Referenced by copyToNarf36(), and getDescriptorDistance().
Definition at line 273 of file narf.h.
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Flask-Compass provides a simple integration of Compass into Flask applications especially to help during the development process.
The extension scans the project’s directory for Compass configuration files in order to compile the associated Compass project.
First of all you should probably place your compass project somewhere into the static folder of your application. Let’s assume for this example that your config.rb is in /home/user/projects/app/static/.
After installing the extension simply add it to your application as usual:
from flask import Flask from flaskext.compass import Compass app = Flask(__name__) compass = Compass(app)
When you now start your application, it will scan who whole project directory for config.rb files, so it will find yours right in the static folder. Each found config file will trigger the extension to invoke the compass compiler to convert your sass or scss files into css.
Note that by default this compilation is only done when the extension is initialized when in production. If your application is in debug-mode, the whole process will be done with each request.
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apply :: a -> b -> (a -> b -> c) -> c apply a b f = f a b uncurry :: ((a, b) -> c) -> a -> b -> c uncurry f a b = f (a, b)Don't know if that's exactly duck typing, but it does prove that Haskel has a template equivalent. Now, templates I know can do duct typing.
template <typename T> T[] sort(T[] ts) { //... if (t > pivot) { ... } // }You don't have to declare that T inherits from IComparable, the compiler just works out that you need a bool operator > (T a, T b). {The Haskell example is not DuckTyping. It is GenericProgramming. The critical distinction is that apply and uncurry must both explicitly provide structural signatures for their input types - e.g. (a,b) and (a->b->c) - instead of just applying them much deeper in the function.}
def meth(s as sometype): // do something with SYou would declare (using a hypothetical extension of BooLanguage):
def meth(s impliments someinterface):Or even better, with custom duck typing:
def meth(s hasmethods(Iterate, Invoke)): // do something with methods that can be Iterated over *and* called....and this could all be STATICALLY CHECKED AT COMPILE-TIME!!! (Leading to less compiling, only to find it doesn't work, a major annoyance). '' I agree with the initial comment - there is no typing in Python, and it's not because of the lack of declarations, but the lack of any checks on your behalf other than presence of a method at invocation time. Calling a.foo(), a.boo(), a.bar() on an object that only has foo and boo methods would only barf on the .bar() call. To be able to claim there is something in Python called a 'type system' you have to show that it actually does anything.
trait Barable { ... } class Foo extends Barable { ... } def f[A <: Foo with Barable](x: A) = { ... }Every time I run the (painfully slow) RSpec suite to find out if I've broken one of the innumerable subclasses with my change, I think about how easy this would be with static typing. | http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?DuckTyping | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | refinedweb | 342 | 70.43 |
External code quality and libification
Tuesday 26 February 2013 20:11
If you ask a programmer to list symptoms of low code quality, they could probably produce a long list: deeply nested conditionals and loops, long methods, overly terse variable names. Most of these code smells tend to focus on the implementation of the code. They're about internal code quality.
External code quality instead asks you to consider the programmer that has to call your code. When trying to judge how easily somebody else can you use your code, you might ask yourself:
- Do the class and method names describe what the caller wants to accomplish?
- How many times must we call into your code to complete a single, discrete task?
- Does your code have minimal dependencies on other parts of your codebase and external libraries?
As an example, consider this snippet of Java to write an XML document to an OutputStream:
import org.w3c.dom.*; import java.io.*; import javax.xml.transform.*; import javax.xml.transform.dom.*; import javax.xml.transform.stream.*; private static final void writeDoc(Document document, OutputStream output) throws IOException { try { Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(); transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_SYSTEM, document.getDoctype().getSystemId() ); transformer.transform(new DOMSource(document), new StreamResult(output)); } catch (TransformerException e) { throw new AssertionError(e); // Can't happen! } }
While there are probably good reasons for all of those methods, and there are cases where having a high level of control is valuable, this isn't a good API for our user that just wants to write out their XML document to an output stream.
- Do the class and method names describe what they want to accomplish? We want to write out our XML document, and instead we're talking about
TransformerFactoryand
OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_SYSTEM.
- How many times must we call into your code to complete a single, discrete task? Writing out an XML document seems simple, but we have to create an instance of a transformer factory, then ask it for a transformer, set the output property (whatever that is), wrap up our document and output stream, before we can finally use the transformer to write out our document.
- Does your code have minimal dependencies on other parts of your codebase and external libraries? The code above actually does quite well here, since that snippet should work on a normal installation of Java.
So, why is it valuable to distinguish between internal and external code quality? The effect of low internal code quality is contained within a small scope (by definition!). I'm certainly not advocating one letter names for all local variables, but cleaning up that code is comparatively straightforward compared to improving an API. The effects of low external code quality tend to pervade your entire system. If you change the signature of a method, you now have to change every use of that method.
When writing code, we often trade off code quality against speed of execution. Even when writing good quality code, we're not going to spend weeks refactoring to make it perfect. I'm suggesting that we should be spending more time worrying about the external quality of our code. Internal quality is important, but it's not as important.
A good measure of whether a piece of your code has minimal dependencies is to try "libifying" it: turn it into an independent library. If the code you write frequently depends on large parts of the entire system, then it probably depends on too much. Once you've split out your code into a separate library, there's a good chance that external code quality will improve. For starters, once you've pulled out that code, you're unlikely to accidentally introduce new dependencies that aren't really required. Beyond that: when you've written a bad API deep within the internals of your large system, it's easy to ignore. If you've split it out into a library, it's much harder to ignore whether your library makes it hard or easy to do what it says on the tin.
Decomposing your code into libraries has plenty of advantages, such as code reuse and being able to test components independently. But I have a hypothesis that aggressively libifying your code will leave you with a much higher quality of code in the long run.
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Hello Guys, i have a question if those following two lines of code would do the same (they don't, but idk why)
transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.parent.rotation, Quaternion.Euler(0, angle * 180 * sensitivity_x, 0), smoothingDuration);
and
transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(Mathf.Lerp(transform.parent.rotation.x, 0, smoothingDuration), Mathf.Lerp(transform.parent.rotation.y, angle * 180 * sensitivity_x,
smoothingDuration), Mathf.Lerp(transform.parent.rotation.z, 0, smoothingDuration));
the reason why I am asking this, is because when I use Quaternion.Lerp and I change the angle too fast, it always takes the "shortest path" to the target. So it will suddenly change the of the rotation, and that is a problem because I am trying to create some kind of 3d view around the y axis, but smooth. Now, I tried modifying the y value itself, not as an angle, but as a float. Because an euler value is wrapped and will jump from 180 to -180 and will never be greater than those values, but a float can. Thats why I would prefer the second code, but it doesn't work. Why? I seriously need help so bad, I literally tried everything to solve this problem.
Quaternion.Lerp
Answer by Lvl1Lasagna
·
Mar 21 at 01:58 AM
Lerping a quaternion is not the same as lerping its euler angles. The size of the values between the raw angle data and the euler angle data is quite a big leap, so the speed of the lerp will definitely look much faster during a Quaternion.Lerp than lerping the individual euler angles. Quaternion also holds a bit more information than just the angles of the rotation and will lerp based on those as well (Generally Quaternion.Slerp is a bit better visual-wise than Quaternion.Lerp as well).
Lerping the individual angles could work, however you may want to use Mathf.LerpAngle instead of Mathf.Lerp as it will wrap the angles for you.
But thats the thing, if the angles are wrapped, than the direction can change while lerping. THats what I was trying to achieve
Answer by Ermiq
·
Mar 22 at 09:26 AM
To prevent the issue with lerp going to the shortest path, you need to use a rotation that is a sum of current rotation and some euler rotation.The thing is, when you set target rotation as Quaternion.Euler(0, 90f, 0) this quaternion represents a rotation that doesn't take into account anything else and basically if you imagine it as a vector than it would be a direction vector Vector3.right ( 0, 1, 0). It doesn't care about from which position it has been rotated, it just knows that it should point 90 degrees to the right from wherever, and the (S)Lerp will simply try to rotate the transform to the Vector.right direction and that's it, and it will use the shortest path to do so. That's how (S)Lerp work. So, what to do? To create a rotation quaternion that will represent a continuing rotation from current to target with the given direction (is it 90 degrees around Y clockwise or -45 degrees around Y counterclockwise?) you need to add this desired euler rotation to the current rotation of the transform, so the final target rotation will be current rotation + 90f degrees around Y clockwise, as an example. Quaternions addition is made with *, so to get the desired final rotation you do this:
Quaternion.Euler(0, 90f, 0)
Vector3.right
0, 1, 0
(S)Lerp
Vector.right
90 degrees around Y clockwise
-45 degrees around Y counterclockwise
current rotation + 90f degrees around Y clockwise
*
Quaternion rotate90DegreesClockwise = transform.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(0, 90f, 0);
With this method, even if you set the euler rotation to, say, 250 degrees to the right, it will rotate to the right and won't cut the path through the left side. At least I believe it should work like this, I use this technique with adding eulers to the current rotation in my camera rig setups, and it works fine with fast camera rotations:
transform.rotation = transform.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(0, 250f, 0);
Obviously, there's a tricky nuance: you can't just tell rotate to the Vector3.right. Instead you will need to precalculate and prepare the euler quaternion so it would represent a rotation some amount of degrees between current Y euler angle and target Y euler angle.The actual method of preparing of the angle value would depend on your setup: do you use mouse input values or maybe you set some desired angle manually... So, I can't tell how exactly you should calculate the current-to-target angle value.However, here's a part of my camera rig setup. This is a part of the CameraRotator script that handles camera rotation based on mouse input, I have cut other stuff and only left the stuff useful for Y axis rotation here. The Rotate() method takes Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y") * Sensivity; and performs a transform rotation for the given amount of degrees in the given direction (to the left when mouse input value is < 0, to the right otherwise).Try to attach it to some object and see how it works. Maybe you could use it.
rotate to the Vector3.right
some amount of degrees between current Y euler angle and target Y euler angle
Rotate()
Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y") * Sensivity;
< 0
public class CameraRotator : MonoBehaviour
{
Quaternion targetRotation;
float currentAngleDelta;
public bool smooth = true;
[Range (0.000001f, 0.1f)] public float smoothDelay = 0.00001f;
[Range (0.1f, 10f)] public float Sensitivity = 6f;
public static float SmoothDelay(float current, float target, float delay = 0.001f, float dt = Time.deltaTime)
{
return Mathf.Lerp(current, target, 1f - Mathf.Pow(delay, dt));
}
void Update()
{
Rotate(Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y") * Sensitivity);
}
public void Rotate(float angle)
{
targetRotation = transform.rotation;
if (smooth)
{
currentAngleDelta = SmoothDelay(currentAngleDelta, angle, smoothDelay);
}
else
{
currentAngleDelta= angle;
}
targetRotation *= Quaternion.Euler(0f, currentAngleDelta, 0f);
transform.rotation = target
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Learn to convert multi-line string into stream of lines using String.lines() method in Java 11.
This method is useful when we want to read content from a file and process each string separately.
1. String.lines() API
The
lines() method is a static method. It returns a stream of lines extracted from a given multi-line string, separated by line terminators.
/** * returns - the stream of lines extracted from given string */ public Stream<String> lines()
A line terminator is one of the following –
- a line feed character (“\n”)
- a carriage return character (“\r”)
- a carriage return followed immediately by a line feed (“\r\n”)
By definition, a line is zero or more character followed by a line terminator. A line does not include the line terminator.
The stream returned by
lines() method contains the lines from this string in the same order in which they occur in the multi-line.
2. Java program to get stream of lines
Java program to read a file and get the content as stream of lines.
import java.io.IOException; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try { String str = "A \n B \n C \n D"; Stream<String> lines = str.lines(); lines.forEach(System.out::println); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
Program output.
A B C D
Drop me your questions related to reading a string into lines of stream.
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No Limits. Try it Today.
What follows is a utility that iterates through the controls in a container and saves or restores values for the controls in an XML file. The enclosed namespace captures application data, also known as sticky data or state data. The concept is the same as the now denigrated INI file or Windows Registry. As I was preparing to post this, I chanced upon a submission by Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu. Chad’s article accomplishes the same task using a different method, and I encourage you to read it. The process I present to you is less tightly coupled to your container class than Chad’s, but also less powerful in handling non-textual data.
The demo project consists of three containers, a form and a tab control with two pages. Each container creates its own XML file in the same directory as the executable. To use the code, include the namespaces PFM_FormStateData and PFM_Wrap_Ctrl_Value_Property in your project. There are two ways to save state data and one process to restore state data:
PFM_FormStateData
PFM_Wrap_Ctrl_Value_Property
// all code taken form the demo project form.cs
//Method 1 of 2.
//SAVE defaults from FORM for use next
//time the application is run.
Control.ControlCollection allControlHeldByThisContainer = this.Controls;
//all controls on this form are candidates for save _
//except those enrolled in 'exceptionArray'.
//a list of controls not to save defaults for, could be null
Control[] exceptionArray = new Control[2];
//but for this example, we will not save radio1 and radio3
exceptionArray[0] = radioButton1;
exceptionArray[1] = radioButton3;
//used to give each container its own file on disk.
//The container name makes a good default.
string sContainerName = this.Name.ToString();
//a comment to help document the resulting xml file.
//The container title makes a good default.
string sTitle = this.Text;
SaveRestoreControlDefaults frmDfts =
new SaveRestoreControlDefaults(
SaveRestoreControlDefaults.eIO.save,
allControlHeldByThisContainer,
exceptionArray,
sContainerName,
sTitle);
//------------------------------------------------------------------
//Method 2 of 2.
//In the prior example, the assumption was that
//defaults where to be saved for most or all controls.
//In this example defaults will only be saved
//for an explicit few controls.
//In method 1 of 2 there is an assumed
//relationship between labels and controls.
//In this method, an explicit list
//of label[0] / control[1] must be setup by you the programmer.
//SAVE default for just ONE control on
//TAB PAGE 2 for use next time the application is run.
Control[] desiredCtrls = new Control[2];
//always include the controls label
desiredCtrls[0] = this.lblCheckListBox;
desiredCtrls[1] = this.checkedListBox1;
//...
//name of this container to be used in xml file name
string sContainerName = this.tabPage2.Name.ToString();
//a comment to help document the resulting xml file.
string sTitle = "Controls from tabpage2";
SaveRestoreControlDefaults tabDfts = new SaveRestoreControlDefaults();
tabDfts.ExplicitySaveControls(desiredCtrls, sContainerName, sTitle);
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//RESTORE defaults to the FORM from the last time application was run.
SaveRestoreControlDefaults frmDfts = new SaveRestoreControlDefaults(
SaveRestoreControlDefaults.eIO.load, //loading defaults flag
this.Controls, //controls on a container form
null, //a list of controls to ignore - in this example none.
this.Name.ToString(), //name of this container used
//when the xml file was created.
null); //a comment added to the top node
//of the xml file - only used when being saved
That is it. The process of capturing and restoring information to your container is as loosely coupled as I could imagine it. It is only fair to tell you I only dabble in C# occasionally, but I have a lot of C++ experience, and I think this is a utility worth sharing.
Lastly, no part of this code was plagiarized, and you can use it as is or modify it without any restrictions. Hell, you can even put your name on it.
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Imports
Import statements make code from other libraries available in the current library. They must be at the top-level and at the top of the file (possibly following some comments).
An import always starts with the
import keyword, followed by identifier
segments that tell Toit how to find the library. Optionally it can be
suffixed by customizations:
For example:
Depending on whether the identifier segments start with a
. or not, the
import is a local or global import. Toit uses a different strategy to
locate the target file for each of these two strategies.
Local
For local imports Toit searches for the target library relative to the current library.
For example, let's assume we have a file structure as follows:
. ├── my_lib │ ├── my_lib.toit │ ├── other.toit │ └── sub │ └── sub.toit └── sibling ├── sibling2.toit └── sibling.toit 3 directories, 5 files
If we are editing
my_lib.toit then we can import
other.toit and
sibling.toit as follows:
Note, that
import .sub.sub and
import ..sibling.sibling could
be shortened to
import .sub and
import ..sibling respectively.
(See folder shortcut below).
The first
. indicates that the import is a local import. Further
dots move up the folder hierarchy.
For locally imported libraries all their top-level elements are directly visible inside the importing library without any prefix. See customizations below for ways of changing that.
Global
Global imports are importing libraries that come from packages or the SDK.
For example
import math imports the mathematics library that is shipped
with the SDK.
The compiler has a mapping from identifier to location. The first identifier in the segment list is used to find a folder or file. After that, the local and global resolution works the same. That is, a global import can dot into sub-folders the same way as for local imports. A common use of dotting is for the JSON library which is a sub-folder of encodings:
Once imported, all global elements of the imported library are available
through a prefix. By default the prefix is the last identifier of the
segment list. In the case of the
encodings.json import above, the prefix
would thus be
json, and one could call
json.parse to call the
top-level
parse function of that library (toitdoc).
Note, that global imports also apply the folder shortcut, as described below.
Folder shortcut
It is very common to have a folder and a toit file with the same name. The Toit language thus has a shortcut to avoid repeating the last identifier twice: if an import would resolve to a folder, Toit looks for a Toit file that has the same name as the last segment.
For example, assume we have the following structure:
Inside
main.toit we can import
sub.toit by writing
import .sub.sub.
As discussed, this is repetitive, so instead this can be shortened to:
import .sub.
The same mechanism applies to SDK or package imports. If the resolution of an import finds a folder, Toit tries to find a file with the same name as the last segment instead.
Say, we want to use the morse package.
When installing this package
with
toit pkg install github.com/toitware/toit-morse, the package manager
downloads the sources and adds a mapping from the package's name
morse to
the location it downloaded the sources. Specifically, the mapping points to
the
src folder of the package.
Here is the file hierarchy of the
morse package:
When the Toit language now sees an
import morse it uses that mapping
to find the
src folder of the downloaded sources. Since, the target
is a folder, Toit now uses the last identifier (here there is just one:
morse) and search for
morse.toit in that folder.
Customizations
By default a local import simply makes all top-level elements of the imported library visible (without prefix). Similarly, a global import provides the top-level elements through a prefix, which is the same as the last segment.
In some cases this simple approach is not convenient, and Toit allows to customize imports.
A developer can set the prefix of an import with the
as clause:
The
show keyword selectively imports the specified top-level elements
and makes them available without prefix:
In the example, we only import the
sin and
cos functions from the
SDK's
math library and make it available without any prefix.
For the local
.other import we restrict the import to one single
identifier:
top_level_fun.
If we want to access all identifiers of the
math library without prefix
we can write
import math show *. The
show * clause just removes the
prefix and treats the global import the same as a local import.
Export
Libraries can export elements from other libraries. Every exported element is visible as if it was a top-level element of the exporting library.
For example:
When this library is imported, the importee sees two entries:
cos and
print_hello. For example, let's say this library is imported locally
as follows:
Here we import
export_example with a prefix
example. This gives access
to the elements
print_hello and
cos on this prefix.
Note that the main Toit file could also just import
math itself, but there
are often reasons why that's not as convenient. Most commonly,
export is
used to provide a curated subset of a package.
Say we have the following package structure:
. └── src ├── feature1.toit ├── feature2.toit ├── feature3.toit └── my_package.toit 1 directory, 4 files
Then the
my_package.toit could be written as follows:
// We are the main-entry point for this package. // Provide the most common features. import .feature1 import .feature2 // Don't expose feature3 automatically. Users can // import it with `import my_package.feature3` if needed. // Export all identifiers. export *
Similar to
show *, the
export * affects all identifiers, and
thus re-exports all elements that have been imported.
Privacy
The IDE will not show identifiers that end with
_ if they come from a
different package. There is no strict enforcement of this privacy
mechanism, but developers should not use
identifier_ variables of
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In the previous post, I discussed how the multiprocessing package can be used to run CPU-bound computation tasks in parallel on a multi-core machine. But the utility of multiprocessing doesn't end here. It can also be used to run computations distributed over several machines.
This enters the exciting domain of distributed computing. There are many tools available for addressing various aspects of this domain, but here I want to specifically focus on what Python offers right in the standard library, with multiprocessing. The part of the package that makes distributed computing possible is called "managers".
The documentation of multiprocessing.managers leaves something to be desired. It's not entirely clear what the full capabilities of this tool are from just skimming the docs. For example, it starts by saying:
Managers provide a way to create data which can be shared between different processes. A manager object controls a server process which manages shared objects. Other processes can access the shared objects by using proxies.
Which is somewhat confusing, since multiprocessing already has synchronization primitives available without using managers (for example Value and Lock). So why are managers needed?
For two main reasons:
- Managers provide additional synchronization tools, such as a list or a dictionary that can be shared between processes.
- Managers allow their synchronized objects to be used between processes running across a network, and not just on the same machine. This is why, for example, managers also provide a Lock, which at first sight appears to be a duplication of the multiprocessing.Lock. It isn't a duplication, because multiprocessing.Lock is only available for processes running on the same machine, while the multiprocessing.SyncManager.Lock can be shared across machines (which is why it's also slower).
I don't want to delve too far into the synchronization primitives, and instead focus on the distributing computing made possible by managers.
The task will be the same as before - factoring lists of numbers. The worker function is:
def factorizer_worker(job_q, result_q): """ A worker function to be launched in a separate process. Takes jobs from job_q - each job a list of numbers to factorize. When the job is done, the result (dict mapping number -> list of factors) is placed into result_q. Runs until job_q is empty. """ while True: try: job = job_q.get_nowait() outdict = {n: factorize_naive(n) for n in job} result_q.put(outdict) except Queue.Empty: return
This worker runs in a single process on some machine. All it cares about is that it has a queue of "jobs" to look at, and a queue of results to write into. Each job in the queue is a list of numbers to factorize. Once the worker has finished factoring these numbers, it puts a result dict into the result queue. The worker stops and returns when it notices that the job queue is empty. That's it.
Adding an abstraction level, here's how this worker can be used:
def mp_factorizer(shared_job_q, shared_result_q, nprocs): """ Split the work with jobs in shared_job_q and results in shared_result_q into several processes. Launch each process with factorizer_worker as the worker function, and wait until all are finished. """ procs = [] for i in range(nprocs): p = multiprocessing.Process( target=factorizer_worker, args=(shared_job_q, shared_result_q)) procs.append(p) p.start() for p in procs: p.join()
mp_factorizer takes the same pair of queues and the number of processes to create. It then uses multiprocessing.Process to spawn several workers, each into a process of its own. When all the workers are done, mp_factorizer exits. Note how this code is still independent of where it actually executes - its interface with the world is via the job and result queues.
There's nothing really new here, so let's get to the interesting stuff - starting a server that manages the shared queues:
def runserver(): # Start a shared manager server and access its queues manager = make_server_manager(PORTNUM, AUTHKEY) shared_job_q = manager.get_job_q() shared_result_q = manager.get_result_q() N = 999 nums = make_nums(N) # The numbers are split into chunks. Each chunk is pushed into the job # queue. chunksize = 43 for i in range(0, len(nums), chunksize): shared_job_q.put(nums[i:i + chunksize]) # Wait until all results are ready in shared_result_q numresults = 0 resultdict = {} while numresults < N: outdict = shared_result_q.get() resultdict.update(outdict) numresults += len(outdict) # Sleep a bit before shutting down the server - to give clients time to # realize the job queue is empty and exit in an orderly way. time.sleep(2) manager.shutdown()
What this code does is:
- Create the manager (which actually starts the server running in the background) - more on this step later
- Generate some input numbers and break them to chunks
- Feed the job queue with chunks of numbers for the workers to churn on
- Wait until the expected amount of results has been placed in the result queue
- Shut down the server and exit
Note that no computation is actually performed in the server - it just manages the sharing for clients. And this is make_server_manager:
def make_server_manager(port, authkey): """ Create a manager for the server, listening on the given port. Return a manager object with get_job_q and get_result_q methods. """ job_q = Queue.Queue() result_q = Queue.Queue() # This is based on the examples in the official docs of multiprocessing. # get_{job|result}_q return synchronized proxies for the actual Queue # objects. class JobQueueManager(SyncManager): pass JobQueueManager.register('get_job_q', callable=lambda: job_q) JobQueueManager.register('get_result_q', callable=lambda: result_q) manager = JobQueueManager(address=('', port), authkey=authkey) manager.start() print 'Server started at port %s' % port return manager
I won't explain what each line of this code does - it's all available in the documentation page of multiprocessing. I'll just note that the manager starts a TCP server at the given port, running in the background, and uses this server to let clients access its internal objects - in this case a couple of queues.
Finally, to complete the puzzle here's the make_nums utility function. Nothing smart about it:
def make_nums(N): """ Create N large numbers to factorize. """ nums = [999999999999] for i in xrange(N): nums.append(nums[-1] + 2) return nums
Alright, so this is the server. It will run, put input into the job queue and then wait for results to start trickling into the result queue. How would they get there though? From clients. Here's a simple client:
def runclient(): manager = make_client_manager(IP, PORTNUM, AUTHKEY) job_q = manager.get_job_q() result_q = manager.get_result_q() mp_factorizer(job_q, result_q, 4)
The client accesses the server by means of another manager object. It then asks for the queues and just runs mp_factorizer (with nprocs=4). The client's manager is this:
def make_client_manager(ip, port, authkey): """ Create a manager for a client. This manager connects to a server on the given address and exposes the get_job_q and get_result_q methods for accessing the shared queues from the server. Return a manager object. """ class ServerQueueManager(SyncManager): pass ServerQueueManager.register('get_job_q') ServerQueueManager.register('get_result_q') manager = ServerQueueManager(address=(ip, port), authkey=authkey) manager.connect() print 'Client connected to %s:%s' % (ip, port) return manager
This manager is simpler. Instead of starting a server, it connects to one (given an IP address, port and authorization key). A similar method has to be used to register the get_*_q methods, just to let the manager know they are part of the protocol. Think of it as a kind of RPC.
This client can be executed on the same machine with the server, or on a different machine, which can be located anywhere as long as it can reach the server by IP address. It will connect to the server and start pulling work from the job queue, placing results into the result queue. Theoretically, any amount of clients can connect simultaneously. The beauty of this method is that it only uses the Python standard library, so the code is very much platform independent. I had a Windows client machine connecting a Linux server, which also had a client running, happily sharing the work between them. It just works.
To summarize, I want to stress once again the goal of this post. Lest there be any misunderstanding, I'm not claiming this is the best way to do distributed programming in Python. It wouldn't be easy to find the "best way", since it's a complex problem domain with many tradeoffs, and many solutions that optimize for different things.
However, it is useful to know that such capabilities exist in the Python standard library. The multiprocessing package provides many useful building blocks. These can be used together or separately to implement all kinds of interesting solutions both for paralellizing work across multiple processes and distributing it across different machines. All of this, as you saw above, without writing too much code. | http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/01/24/distributed-computing-in-python-with-multiprocessing | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 1,453 | 56.86 |
The dataset we will use for this demo is the sample 'World Cities Database' from Simplemaps.com. Download a copy from the given url above.
Upon inspecting the file, you will see that there are 15493 rows and 11 columns.
There several ways to split a dataframe into parts or chunks. How it is split depends on how to dataframe want to be used. In this post we will take a look at three ways a dataframe can be split into parts. Specifically, we will look at:-
1) Split dataframe into chunks of n files
This will split dataframe into given number of files. One way to achieve the splitting of a dataframe into chunks of evenly specified number is to use the numpy array_split() function. Using the default axis=0 in numpy array_split() function, splits the dataframe by rows. To split it by column, set axis=1
Lets say we want to split the dataframe into 11 files, the code will be:-
import pandas as pd # Read the file into a df... world_df = pd.read_excel(r"C:\Users\Yusuf_08039508010\Desktop\worldcities.xlsx") world_df.sample(10) # Check how many rows and columns are in the df... world_df.shape # Split dataframe into chuncks of n files... i = 1 for x in np.array_split(world_df, 11, axis=0): print('Processing df... ', i) x.to_excel('worldcities_CHUNK-N-FILES'+str(i)+'.xlsx', index=None) i += 1
2) Split dataframe into chunks of n rows
This will split dataframe into given number of rows. So, lets say our client want us to split the dataframe into chunks of 2000 rows per file. That means we will have 7 files of 2000 rows each and 1 file of less that 2000 rows. In total, we will have 8 files.
import math import pandas as pd # Read the file into a df... world_df = pd.read_excel(r"C:\Users\Yusuf_08039508010\Desktop\worldcities.xlsx") # Get number of parts/chunks... by dividing the df total number of rows by expected number of rows plus 1 expected_rows = 2000 chunks = math.floor(len(world_df['country'])/expected_rows + 1) # Slice the dataframe... df_list = [] i = 0 j = expected_rows for x in range(chunks): df_sliced = world_df[i:j] # df_list.append(df_sliced) df_sliced.to_excel('worldcities_CHUNK-BY-ROWS_'+str(i)+'.xlsx', index=None) i += expected_rows j += expected_rows
Note that we used math.floor() to round down the calculated chunk number. We could have also used math.trunc() or simply wrap int() function on the calculation.
3) Split dataframe into chunks group of column items
This will split dataframe into given groups found in a column. Lets split on the country column. Since there 223 countries, there will be 223 group which mean there will also be 223 files to be generated.
The code is below;-
import pandas as pd # Read the file into a df... world_df = pd.read_excel(r"C:\Users\Yusuf_08039508010\Desktop\worldcities.xlsx") # Group by country column... gb = world_df.groupby('country') #['country'].value_counts() # Get each grouped df into list... dfs = [gb.get_group(x) for x in gb.groups] # len(dfs) i = 1 for df in dfs: print('Processing df... ', i) df.to_excel('worldcities_CHUNK-COLUMN-GROUP_'+str(i)+'.xlsx', index=None) i += 1
# Access the keys/values of the groups... groups_value = dict(list(gb)) groups_value.keys()
# Group the dataframe by country column using groupby() method
group_df = world_df.groupby('country')
# Generate list of the countries (groupby keys)
group_keys = list(group_df.groups.keys()) # Loop over the keys and save each group to excel file for s in group_keys: # save_df = group_df.get_group('Abia') save_df = group_df.get_group(s) # make the file name, e.g: "Abia state.xlsx" s_name = s + ' state.xlsx' save_df.to_excel(s_name, index=None) | https://umar-yusuf.blogspot.com/2020/11/split-dataframe-into-chunks.html | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | refinedweb | 605 | 68.26 |
Translate QML Type
Provides a way to move an Item without changing its x or y properties More...
Properties
Detailed Description
The Translate type provides independent control over position in addition to the Item's x and y properties.
The following example moves the Y axis of the Rectangle items while still allowing the Row to lay the items out as if they had not been transformed:
import QtQuick 2.0 Row { Rectangle { width: 100; height: 100 color: "blue" transform: Translate { y: 20 } } Rectangle { width: 100; height: 100 color: "red" transform: Translate { y: -20 } } }
Property Documentation
The translation along the X axis.
The default value is 0.0.
The translation along the Y axis.
The default value is. | https://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-5.5/qml-qtquick-translate.html | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | refinedweb | 118 | 63.29 |
API for retrieving the TFS information for a database. All the fuctions here are located in RDM DB Engine Library. Linker option:
-l
rdmrdm
#include <rdmdbapi.h>
Get RDM database information.
The function returns a semicolon-delimited list of information keywords and returns information associated with the keyword.
key should be a list of info values. If key is NULL, the function returns the pairs for all available options. If key is an empty string, the function returns an empty string.
Options are defined using keys or properties. Every key has a name and a value, delimited by an equals sign (=). The key name appears to the left of the equals sign. Key names are not case-sensitive. Unless otherwise noted, values are not case-sensitive.
#include <rdmdbapi.h>
Get the RDM_TFS handle associated with a db.
This function assigns the RDM_TFS handle associated with an RDM_DB to pTFS.
#include <rdmdbapi.h>
Get the type of the RDM_TFS handle associated with a database.
This function assigns the type of the RDM_TFS handle associated with an RDM_DB to pTfsType | https://docs.raima.com/rdm/14_1/group__db__information.html | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | refinedweb | 178 | 61.22 |
I had an idea to search the internet from DMENU like surfraw.
surfraw ixquick -browser=firefox
But incorporating the search terms into the command line is difficult. It would be nice to make some alias like "x" then one could type "x my_term" in the DMENU and open firefox with the term searched already. I use Xmonad and vimperator, and this edition to DMENu would be neat.
update:
Okay, I modified Red Dwarf's script for google uk and it works with surfraw. Still working on it. I was having trouble because I just installed on a new laptop and forgot to export my surfraw path in .bashrc (export PATH="/usr/lib/surfraw:$PATH")! It wouldnt work until I did that.
#!/bin/bash if [ -f $HOME/.dmenurc ]; then . $HOME/.dmenurc else DMENU='dmenu -nb #fffab2 -nf #2d73b9 -sf green -fn '-*-courier-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' -i' fi SS=`cat ~/.sshist | $DMENU $*` if grep -q "$SS" "$HOME/.sshist" ; then echo already exists in history else echo $SS >> ~/.sshist fi surfraw ixquick -browser=firefox -new=yes "$SS"
Still working on it, to run a variable with different search engines from dmenu. For now you have to edit the script to change search engine.
Last edited by xj9578cd (2011-03-22 05:01:57)
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Got another script to control MPD. Whipped this up prettly quickly last night, somebody wanted something like this.
First it let's you pick an artist, and after selecting one, another instance of dmenu opens wich let's you pick an album to play, or decide to play all by that artist (given your music is stored like /musicdir/artist/album).
#!/bin/bash if [[ -f $HOME/.config/dmenurc ]]; then . $HOME/.config/dmenurc else DMENU="dmenu -i" fi ARTIST=$( mpc ls | $DMENU ) if [[ $ARTIST == "" ]]; then exit 1 else ALBUM=$( echo -e "Play All\n$( mpc ls "$ARTIST" )" | $DMENU ) if [[ $ALBUM == "" ]]; then exit 1 else mpc clear if [[ $ALBUM == "Play All" ]]; then mpc add "$ARTIST" else mpc add "$ALBUM" fi mpc play fi fi exit 0
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Actually, I've been sitting on a similar script to what k3ttc4r just posted for about a year. This SHOULD work based on any directory structure because it uses mpc find to get all files with the inputted tags. As such, it's probably quite a bit slower on very large collections. (And it's not as pretty)
I also don't use a dmenurc, but instead export the values for dmenu's configuration from my .zprofile. It's not as compact in the script, but I think it works well enough for me.
#!/bin/sh artist=$(mpc list artist| sort -n | dmenu -fn "$DMENU_FONT" -nb "$DMENU_NORMBG" -nf "$DMENU_NORMFG" -sb "$DMENU_SELBG" -sf "$DMENU_SELFG" -i -p "ARTIST:" -l 10) if [[ $artist = '' ]]; then exit else if [[ $(mpc list album artist "$artist" | wc -l) > 1 ]]; then album=$(mpc list album artist "$artist"| sort -n | dmenu -fn "$DMENU_FONT" -nb "$DMENU_NORMBG" -nf "$DMENU_NORMFG" -sb "$DMENU_SELBG" -sf "$DMENU_SELFG" -i -p "ALBUM:" -l 3) fi mpc clear >> /dev/null if [[ $album = '' ]]; then echo "Playlist cleared, Adding all songs available from $artist to the playlist" mpc find artist "$artist" | mpc add else echo "Playlist cleared, Adding $artist - $album to the playlist" mpc find artist "$artist" album "$album" | mpc add fi mpc play >> /dev/null fi exit 0
"Unix is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." (Dennis Ritchie)
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So here is my contribution. I was really missing an option to print pdfs with mupdf, it does not support this afaik. It uses lpstat to get the list of printers and the list of options for the one you choose, you can set as many options as you like. It finally prints the pdf with lpr.
Enjoy, please comment if you have suggestions!
#!/bin/bash # printpdf - script # usage: # printpdf file.pdf # printpdf file1.pdf file2.pdf # printpdf *.pdf # by i_magnific0 COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030" if dmenu --help 2>&1 | grep -q '\[-rs\] \[-ni\] \[-nl\] \[-xs\]' then DMENU="dmenu -i -xs -rs -l 10" # vertical patch else DMENU="dmenu -i" # horizontal, oh well! fi printer=`lpstat -p | awk '{print $2}' | $DMENU -p 'Printer:' $COLORS | perl -p -e 's/^.*?: ?//'` set_options=`echo -e 'No\nYes' | $DMENU -p 'Set options?' $COLORS | perl -p -e 's/^.*?: ?//'` options="" # standard options to lpr, not in the printer lpstat -l standard_options="page-ranges\nlandscape" while [ $set_options == "Yes" ]; do custom_options=`lpoptions -d $printer -l | grep -v NotInstalled | awk '{ print $1 }' | sed 's/:\+//g'` option_to_set=`echo -e "$standard_options\n$custom_options" | $DMENU -p 'Option:' $COLORS | perl -p -e 's/^.*?: ?//'` option_value=`lpoptions -d $printer -l | grep $option_to_set | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ": " } ; { print $2 }' | sed 's/ \+/\n/g' | sed 's/*\+//g' | $DMENU -p 'Setting:' $COLORS | perl -p -e 's/^.*?: ?//'` option_to_set_1d=`echo $option_to_set | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "/" } ; { print $1 }'` if [ -z $option_value ]; then options=$options"-o $option_to_set_1d " else options=$options"-o $option_to_set_1d=$option_value " fi set_options=`echo -e 'No\nYes' | $DMENU -p 'Set more options?' $COLORS | perl -p -e 's/^.*?: ?//'` done lpr $options -P $printer $@
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I've been using this one for many months now and I can't live without it anymore (on the computer). It was written by Dieter Plaetinck and posted somewhere here in the forums. I had to make it depend on dmenu-path-c because of changes in dmenu. Maybe someone capable can make it use stest like dmenu_run does? I'll try it myself again, maybe this time I'll succeed.
Anyways, here's this little perl
It's a drop-in replacement for dmenu_run and adds the ability to either run the application in the background (e.g. web browsers, libreoffice, etc.) or in the terminal (mutt, ranger, ncmpcpp, etc.). You'll have to tell it the first time you launch an application, if it's supposed to be run in the background or in a terminal. After that it won't ask again.
Last edited by Army (2012-01-23 22:30:17)
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Does anyone know of a patch that adds a --height option to dmenu?
Maybe this? I haven't tried it, but was thinking of playing with it too.
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Runiq wrote:
Does anyone know of a patch that adds a --height option to dmenu?
Maybe this? I haven't tried it, but was thinking of playing with it too.
Nope, that patch is for offsets and width only, unfortunately. I'm currently working on the height patch, though, and it's almost finished. Just a few minor issues to work out.
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Okay, it's finished and working. See here.
I'll get it to work with the Xft patch, shouldn't take more than an hour (I still don't speak C and am pretty new to coding in general).
Edit: I finished the Xft version; URL is the same as above. I love gist.
Last edited by Runiq (2012-02-06 23:17:52)
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Thanks, oh my gosh, this is a great addition to the 'dmenu family'. Now, if only the y offset patch I crudely hacked (dmenu-xft package) could be incorporated, I'd be on Cloud 9!
--- dmenu-4.5/dmenu.c 2012-02-03 23:00:09.485789612 +0000 +++ dmenu-4.5/dmenu-yoffset.c 2012-02-03 23:06:55.052650108 +0000 @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static void usage(void); static char text[BUFSIZ] = ""; static int bh, mw, mh; static int inputw, promptw; +static int yoffset = 0; static size_t cursor = 0; static const char *font = NULL; static const char *prompt = NULL; @@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /* these options take one argument */ else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-l")) /* number of lines in vertical list */ lines = atoi(argv[++i]); + else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-y")) + yoffset = atoi(argv[++i]); else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-p")) /* adds prompt to left of input field */ prompt = argv[++i]; else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn")) /* font or font set */ @@ -578,7 +581,7 @@ setup(void) { break; x = info[i].x_org; - y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? 0 : info[i].height - mh); + y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? yoffset : info[i].height - mh - yoffset); mw = info[i].width; XFree(info); } @@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ setup(void) { #endif { x = 0; - y = topbar ? 0 : DisplayHeight(dc->dpy, screen) - mh; + y = topbar ? yoffset : DisplayHeight(dc->dpy, screen) - mh - yoffset; mw = DisplayWidth(dc->dpy, screen); } promptw = prompt ? textw(dc, prompt) : 0; @@ -614,7 +617,7 @@ setup(void) { void usage(void) { - fputs("usage: dmenu [-b] [-f] [-i] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font]\n" + fputs("usage: dmenu [-b] [-f] [-i] [-l lines] [-y offset] [-p prompt] [-fn font]\n" " [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]\n", stderr); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
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Thanks Runiq! The height patch works great.
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Thanks, oh my gosh, this is a great addition to the 'dmenu family'. Now, if only the y offset patch I crudely hacked (dmenu-xft package) could be incorporated, I'd be on Cloud 9!
You might be interested in the patch stlarch posted earlier. It adds x and y offsets, a -w option to specify dmenu's width, and a -q option to hide items on empty input. I just added the missing puzzle piece, basically.
I just noticed I forgot adding the -h option to the manpage, I'll do that and then try to incorporate my patch into the qxyw one. And then pull all that into the Xft patch, if possible.
I guess it's about time I started checking out mercurial patch queues or something…
Edit: Manpages updated.
Last edited by Runiq (2012-02-07 11:26:43)
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Just a suggestion, I think it's better to use
+ bh = (line_height > dc->font.height) ? line_height : dc->font.height;
rather than
+ bh = (line_height > dc->font.height + 2) ? line_height : dc->font.height + 2;
because only this way you can really determine the real height. Me for example, I don't want those extra 2 pixels.
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Me for example, I don't want those extra 2 pixels.
Yeah, I read about your predicament in the other thread.
I haven't yet suggested this to the mailing list. After I wrote the patch, I found a few alternatives which added a height switch and/or similar things (the qxyw patch above, for example), and they weren't even mentioned on the "official" dmenu patch list. So I don't think I'll post this one either because it's pretty trivial.
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I've never used these tools before and have to ask - I downloaded and extracted dmenu-xft from AUR, moved into the new directory, downloaded the patch file but am completely clueless as to what I should do now? I've got both dmenu-4.5-xft.diff and dmenu-4.5-xft-height.diff but how do I combine them?
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I don't think you need to combine them. You can apply them one after the other using the patch command. If there are any conflicts, you may need to weed through the rej files and hand patch in any failed chunks.
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Here goes:
» wget » tar -zxvf dmenu-4.5.tar.gz » cp dmenu-4.5-xft.diff dmenu-4.5/ » cp dmenu-4.5-xft-height.diff dmenu-4.5/ » cd dmenu-4.5 » patch < dmenu-4.5-xft.diff patching file config.mk patching file dmenu.1 patching file dmenu.c patching file draw.c patching file draw.h » patch < dmenu-4.5-xft-height.diff patching file dmenu.1 patching file dmenu.c patching file draw.c patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line Hunk #1 succeeded at 39 with fuzz 1
I used the dmenu-4.5-xft.diff from the AUR package and the dmenu-4.5-xft-height from Runiq's gist. I don't understand what is wrong. I'm reading the man page for patch and am trying to find a tutorial on these kind of things as well as building from source... but it's rather abstract to me. Advice appreciated..
Ahh, thank you! I followed your instructions and then ran make and make install, everything works as it should now.
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Cross posted from this thread which inspired the idea.
Launch terminal apps from dmenu with a trivial edit to the dmenu_run script
#!/bin/sh cachedir=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"} if [ -d "$cachedir" ]; then cache=$cachedir/dmenu_run else cache=$HOME/.dmenu_cache # if no xdg dir, fall back to dotfile in ~ fi APP=$( IFS=: if stest -dqr -n "$cache" $PATH; then stest -flx $PATH | sort -u | tee "$cache" | dmenu "$@" else dmenu "$@" < "$cache" fi ) grep -q -w "$APP" ~/.dmenu_term && urxvtc -e $APP || echo $APP | ${SHELL:-"/bin/sh"} &
I suddenly love dmenu even more.
edit: I should mention some 'instructions'. Change the urxvtc to your terminal of choice, and create a file called .dmenu_term in your home directory with a list of programs that should start in the terminal.
edit2: Improvements added thanks to other members: beloglazov suggested -w switch to avoid substring matching, and steve__ suggested streamlining the conditional statements.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-04-16 14:16:49)
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You can test the exit status of grep.
grep -q "$APP" ~/.dmenu_term && urxvtc -e $APP & grep -q "$APP" ~/.dmenu_term && echo $APP | ${SHELL:-"/bin/sh"} &
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For all who do not use wallpaper,and for those who use.
I created simple, stupid script to set background color whit Dmenu & Xsetroot. (more than 100 colors)
That script can be made a hundredfold smaller.
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A wrapper for deluge-console, to control torrents from dmenu:
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to source '.dmenurc'. Also, this assumes the vertical patch (it would probably look terrible without it).
#!/bin/bash if [[ -f $HOME/.dmenurc ]]; then . $HOME/.dmenurc else DMENU="dmenu -i" fi IFS=$'\n' torArr=( $(deluge-console info | grep -E 'Name:|State:') ) IFS=$' ' for (( x = 0; x < ${#torArr}; x++ )); do if [ $(( $x % 2 )) -eq 0 ]; then # Operations on "Name: " xp1=`expr $x + 1` torArr[$xp1]=`echo -e ${torArr[$xp1]} | sed 's/State: //'` torArr[$xp1]=`echo -e ${torArr[$xp1]} | sed 's/Downloading /D: /'` torArr[$xp1]=`echo -e ${torArr[$xp1]} | sed 's/Seeding /S: /'` name_len=${#torArr[$xp1]} # Operations on "Status: " num_spaces=1 if [ "$name_len" -lt "$BUF_SPACE" ]; then num_spaces=`expr $BUF_SPACE - $name_len` fi spaces=" " for (( s_index = 0; s_index < $num_spaces; s_index++ )); do spaces="$spaces " done torArr[$x]=`echo -e ${torArr[$x]} | sed "s/Name: /$spaces/"` torArr[$x]="${torArr[$xp1]}${torArr[$x]}" if [ $x -eq 0 ]; then fmtTorLst=${torArr[0]} elif [ -n "${torArr[$x]}" ]; then fmtTorLst="$fmtTorLst\n${torArr[$x]}" fi else true fi done fmtTorLst=`echo -e "$fmtTorLst" | sort` fmtTorLst="$fmtTorLst\n \nReload\nExit" selTor=`echo -e "$fmtTorLst" | $DMENU -p "Select Torrent" -l ${#torArr}` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/Paused//'` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/Queued//'` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/D: Down Speed: [0-9]*\.[0-9]* .iB\/s//'` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/\(S: \)\?Up Speed: [0-9]*\.[0-9]* .iB\/s//'` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/ETA: \([0-9]*[dhms] \)*//'` selTor=`echo -e $selTor | sed 's/^ *//'` case $selTor in ""|"Exit") # press esc to quit exit ;; Reload) $0 ;; *) option_list="info\nvinfo\nhalt\nresume\npause\n \nrm\ndel\n \nReturn\nExit" opt=`echo -e "$option_list" | $DMENU -p "$selTor" -l 10` case $opt in info) torInfo="`deluge-console $opt $selTor | grep -v "Do Not Download"`" torInfo="$torInfo\n \nReturn\nExit" fin_option=`echo -e ${torInfo:2:${#torInfo}} | $DMENU -l 30` case $fin_option in ""|Exit) exit ;; *) $0 ;; esac ;; vinfo) torInfo="`deluge-console "info -v" $selTor | grep -v "Do Not Download"`" torInfo="$torInfo\n \nReturn\nExit" fin_option=`echo -e ${torInfo:2:${#torInfo}} | $DMENU -l 30` case $fin_option in ""|Exit) exit ;; *) $0 ;; esac ;; halt|resume|pause) deluge-console $opt $selTor $0 ;; rm|del) #This should confirm for command, but I don't know how... deluge-console $opt $selTor $0 ;; ""|Exit) exit ;; *) $0 ;; esac ;; esac
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error messages should go. (It now occurs to me that maybe the form generation should get the errors from the validation instead of htmlfill). The form generator might be a person (totally customized and easily tweakable), or a template (e.g., made with Cheetah or ZPT), or an HTML-generating model. All that matters is that it creates a form; and you can change the technique without changing the rest of the system.
Then htmlfill takes it all and with its knowledge of HTML forms puts it together. Note that this is different from most templating languages. Some languages know about XML or HTML (e.g., ZPT) and some know only about text (e.g., Cheetah); in this case we are very specifically looking for input elements (and other similar elements), and saving all the extra annotation that might be necessary.
(Note that I have a validation package, and I have htmlfill, but a form generator is left up to the reader.)
The contrasting technique (the one that formencode.htmlview uses) is to do all of these at once -- you prepare the model, the defaults, maybe a previous request, the errors and pass them all in. Then you go through the widgets and they each render themselves, enclosed in some wrapper. I won't argue for why this doesn't work well -- if you've tried it (I have, a couple times) you probably know its limitations and complexities. This constrasting design doesn't even have "widgets", just plain old HTML. Good riddance!
Very cool.
Subway should really use it, it is the cleanest form toolkit approach ever...
Hi Ian
This is an interesting little problem that i had to face also a few weeks ago when I wrote part of a web application framework. I took a really simple approach which works well with my framework (I like simple things, this is one of the reasons I like Python) and I will describe it below.
BTW, I find your log entry a little bit difficult to understand for someone that is not familiar with your formkit code, and I think the problem is interesting enough that it deserves more details. It would be great if you could write your thoughts in a self-contained document with clearer definitions of the problem to be solved, etc. i.e. not just a blog entry, but a design doc. Just an idea.
Here is how I solved it in my framework (this is tested code and running in a web app).
Components
In summary, this problem can consists of separate components which interact in well-defined ways, here are the definitions of my components:
- form definition: listing the names, types, constraints and labels of the forms;
- rendering a form: this involves taking the form definition, a set of initial values and generating an output that represents the corresponding HTML (or directly outputting HTML text);
- error markup: taking potential errors from a previous request adding markup to indicate errors near the corresponding input fields;
- validation: taking the values sent from the submit of a form and validating the constraints on the widgets, potentially returning the user to the form if there are errors;
- conversion: converting the string values from the form submit to Python data types.
Rendering HTML
Before I go on, I must mention that in my framework I do not output HTML as I go. Instead, I build a tree of HTML tags in memory (using a special, really really simple library that I built for this purpose (htmlout), I can provide it if you want); this allows me to manipulate various parts of my document in any order before rendering it, remove stuff, change attributes, classes, etc.
Using this method, I build a custom Python class to define a template for each of my page layouts. These classes have methods for each layout component, e.g. add_sidebar_paragraph(text). This is a good way to force yourself to "design" most of the layout upfront.
I very much prefer this approach to any of the billion text templating systems because I can change parts of my documents in any order, and I can add many "smarts" to my template layouts. It's code, it's dynamic, rather than blobs of text to be pasted together. Note that this can only work out if I don't collaborate with artists (which is my case at the moment), i.e. you have to write Python code to generate the HTML. I suppose if I did work with designers I would have to hook a templating system in.
This might have had an impact on the design of my system, but I think most of the ideas below still apply with a usual templating system.
Form definition
I defined a library with a "widget" object for each type of entry (string, multi-line text, menus, radiobuttons, file upload, date, etc.). In that library, there is a "form" class that acts as a container of these widgets. It can return the list of labels, names, widgets, and can parse a dict with data coming in from a request. If some validation fails it raises an exception. After parsing, a new dict is returned with the string input values converted into Python native values (e.g. a datetime object, a unicode string, a file buffer, etc.). This library contains no rendering code.
Validation, Conversion and Signaling Errors To The User
I wrote a simple convenience method that calls the form parsing and catches the form error exception; if an exception is raised, it sets a status message (in per-session dat) for the next request to render (a message to be written to the user), and serializes the parsed input values (a dict) AND a list of error fieldnames and error messages (a dict also) into per-session data in a database. Then I redirect to the render request(*).
Conversion occurs at the same time as validation. This is for efficiency: oftentimes validation requires conversion. I have not seen any problem with this approach yet, since converting is always done at the same time as validation. This is the first thing I do in a form handler method (after authentication checks).
- (*) Note: the redirect is not really necessary, I suppose I
- could save a request by calling the handler directly with the values dict and error dict.
Rendering a form
I have separate renderer objects that implement rendering using single-dispatch on the form widgets (i.e. def render_StringField, def render_FileUpload, etc.). I have three:
-
one renderer that can generate an entire form generically; useful for debugging, but if you build fancy website you almost always need to organize the inputs nicely and customize in a way that usually cannot be figured out generically; so most of the time I use...
-
another renderer that generate mini-tables for a sublist of widgets that are defined in the form. I call something like:section.append( H3(_("Travel Parameters")), form_renderer.rendertable( form, values, fields=['departure', 'passengers'] ) )
-
a "display" renderer that generates tables for display purposes only, using the form definition, and using again a sublist of widgets/values to render. This is useful because oftentimes you want to display the data and much of the information about how to display it is already encapsulated in the form.
And since the renderers and the form definitions are not dependent on each other, it is easy to do that. I suppose I could add other types of renderer if I can find other uses for the form definition.
In all cases, I pass in the values dict that is read from the per-session data and the renderer code knows how to undo the conversion and fill in the values. There is also a phase for the widgets to "prepare" the input values before the renderer uses them. I use this to undo some of the conversion.
A note about internationalization: if the form definition occurs when loading the modules, the renderer has to know to gettext() the labels before rendering them.
Error Markup
When I want to "render" errors, the handler code passes the HTML form tree generated by the code above (including custom HTML formatting that is added to make the form look good, sectioning, fieldsets, etc) to an error renderer method.
That renderer runs down the tree and finds the first input that corresponds to an error field and inserts appropriate marker HTML to indicate to the user where the errors are located and adds some CSS classes to the HTML inputs. I think this is equivalent to the htmlfill library, but it might be more efficient because I don't need to "parse" the text. This happens before flattening the form into text.
Conclusion
I agree with you that implementing these different components separately is much better than a fully integrated approach. It is also true that they pretty much always interact in the same way.
Any comments welcome!
cheers,
-- Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca>
Thanks for the (very extensive!) comment.
This sounds a lot like FunFormKit, which was an earlier library I wrote; maybe it's a natural progression. In that library the components were largely how you describe, though error markup happened at the same time as rendering. One major issue was how to deal with dynamic forms. FFK had ways to do this, but it was complex and non-intuitive, even for very straight-forward forms of dynamicism (like dynamic select boxes).
I wrote a small library to generate HTML, mostly for me so I could get rid of a lot of HTML-related logic. The layout was done similarly, but I now feel it's not sufficient -- not just when you are working with a designer, but for that last 10% of a project where you start caring about the little things. I would feel a need to make changes to the layout system for every new form once I got to the last 10%, and that's no good -- the form library should be stable.
For signaling errors to a user, you definitely shouldn't do a redirect or store the errors in a session object. It's easier just to redisplay the form with the errors inline, and make them re-POST the data. One trap to avoid that FunFormKit fell into is overdesigning this process -- let the application call into your library and do the basic control, don't try to hijack the request when an error occurs. That gets way to complicated for no real gain.
Interesting. Could you write a short architectural overview of the new system? I'm really interested to find out about the differences in high-level design.
About the HTML generation library: the lib I wrote is a simple mapping to xhtml, i.e. it can generate any xhtml code that you could write in text, I don't find any limitations. It's really just like an XML tree but the various tags are defined as classes themselves, that's all.
For errors: you're right, and indeed I'm not "keeping" the form data in the session, just using the session as a temporary storage to communicate it to the render request for re-rendering the form (since they are separate requests, different children might handle it). The user does re-post all the data.
Oh, I think I get the misunderstanding, I think I forgot to mention that I wrote my code so that requests "just render" and "just handle" are separate urls. i.e. /contact_edit renders the form, /contact_edit_hndl handlers the submit data, and then either redirects back to /contact_edit or to some other page (in case of success). I was debating for a while whether this was a good approach (my background is in desktop apps) and I pretty much like the separation. I don't like for the requests that "just render" to check and "maybe" handle the submit data.
I love FormEncode--it's be best concept of a form validation tookit I've ever seen. However, in all of the tutorials and examples I've seen the actual form markup is maintained as a string that is not part of the page template (it gets inserted into the template later). I don't like that. I want to have all my form markup reside in the template (I'm using SimpleTAL), and process the template with htmlfill after the template is expanded. I realize that there may be a limitation of one form per page (or at least every input tag must be uniquely named on each page).
Comment: htmlfill must happen after the template is expanded because sometimes input tags are generated by the templating system. If htmlfill happened first these tags would not exist.
Bottom line: I'm running into problems with SimpleTAL stripping the markup out of my <form:error tags--after SimpleTAL expansion they look like this: <form>. That won't do. Is there a workaround or planned solution to this problem?
Sorry, forgot to include my name...
OK. I found the solution. Duh ... declare "form" as an XML namespace. Like this:
<html xmlns="" xmlns:
That's all it took. Thanks for providing a space for me to think out loud Ian. | http://www.ianbicking.org/a-theory-on-form-toolkits.html | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | refinedweb | 2,211 | 60.14 |
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the Art of ghettoness. I must have a mental disease. Maybe its gayness. Oh I forgot I'm a Mormon, I can't be gay. Must be something else
Social Security is a big load of bullcrap. The money you put in S.S. is less than you get back. It would be a better option if Americans put the same amount of money into a fund that gets interest,...
Here in New York, We don't have an Albertson's, but from what I do remember when I Lived in Idaho, it was more popular than Wal Mart. In New York Wal Mart is the most powerful company, but I'm sure...
I don't know if anyone here has heard about it, but here in my school are saying there should be a "Trail of Queers" and all the unstraight people should go to Canada. I don't really have a stand...
I'd go see the movie if it wasn't rated R. I don't think it should take a movie to portray Christ's death. Any movie produced can't come anywhere near what it was really like. If Christ died for...
Personally, I think marraige should be between a man and a woman. What do you think?
I think that was even more accurately portrayed by Howard Dean. It would shock me the Democratic nominee (Kerry) beat Bush in November, because he has no credentials.
For some reason, I like All American Rejects.
Wow! A sensible member finally comes to antionline. There hasn't been one of those since about December. Kerry is a contridictory self-loving liberal who like like silver-bullets said is a less...
Neat.
I personally like Xbox the best simply because of the shooting games. The James Bond series of games is the best on Xbox, and Xbox has Halo, which no other system does. If I liked the racing games...
That site with gay mormons showed there was only about 15 of them. Thats enough to create a new religion! wow maybe it a different religion that is not really mormonism
Thats exsctly right, but as others are saying, if the pharmacy dosen't want your bisuness, then don't give it to him.
I think gay marraige not being legal is the only good thing about New York there is left. I myself, as a Mormon think being gay is a sick, and learned behavior. Right now, I'm just glad I'm not in...
This is crap now. The politicly challenged Kerry is ahead in the polls. I think Bush is still going to be a lock for president whoever is nominated.
Join the club. My school along with all its adminastrators suck.
Mine was:
Your Personal Day of Death is...
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The "freedom" of privacy I think, can be taken away from the government whenever they want. All the government has to do to invade privacy is say your on crack, and get a search warrant. Oh well I...
Why dont we just tax the Bush's kickbacks, or better yet the rich! (Since I am not one of them that works even better!)
Exactly! Even more reason for me to stay cheap :)
Why don't we just tax Jesse Jackson? That would almost eliminate our entire national debt after a few years, wouldn't it? :D
I am confused. Your posts say you support Bush and want Dean nominated, bt your signuture says go Ralph. Nader obviosly dosen't have a chance and the Green party is full of crap. Well, it's nice...
Why dosen't everyone love me? Aren't mormons loved? :D
Of course 0!=1
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
if(0!=1)
printf("Hey! I'm right!");
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Introducing FastAPI
FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.
This article lives in:
Intro).
Documentation:
Source Code:
Key Features
- Fast: Very high performance, on par with NodeJS and Go (thanks to Starlette and Pydantic). One of the fastest Python frameworks available.
- Fast to code: Increase the speed to develop features by about 200% to 300% *.
- Less.
Installation
$ pip install fastapi
You will also need an ASGI server, for production such as uvicorn.
$ pip install uvicorn
Example
Create it
- Create a file
main.pywith:
from fastapi import FastAPIapp = FastAPI()
@app.get("/")
def read_root():
return {"Hello": "World"}
@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
def read_item(item_id: int, q: str = None):
return {"item_id": item_id, "q": q}app =.
Learn more
Documentation:
Source Code:
About me
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Configuring Folders Within a Content Root
In this section:
Overview
Within a content root, PhpStorm can distinguish between the folders that contain source code, and the ones to be ignored while searching, parsing, watching etc. To do so, you can mark any folder below a content root as a source folder, or as excluded so it becomes invisible for PhpStorm.
Within a content root, PhpStorm can distinguish between Source folders, Resource Root folders, Test Source code, and Excluded folders.
The folder marked as Source is the root folder for all the PHP namespaces in the current project.
Files under a folder marked as Resource Root can be referenced relative to this folder. Excluded folders are not involved in indexing and therefore they are ignored while searching, parsing, watching etc.
To invoke this distinction, you can mark any folder below a content root as Source, Resource Root, Test, or Excluded.
Marking directories
You can assign a folder to a category in two different ways:
- Using the Directories page of the Settings / Preferences Dialog.
- Using the context menu of a folder in the Project tool window.
To mark directories under the content root:
- Open the Settings / Preferences Dialog by pressing Ctrl+Alt+S or by choosing for Windows and Linux or for OS X. Click the Directories node.
- In the Directories page, click the desired content root. The on the context menu of the selection.
- To have PhpStorm consider the selected folder as the root for namespaces used in your project, click the Sources toolbar button
o choose Sources on the context menu of the selection..
- To have PhpStorm ignore the selected directory during indexing, parsing, code completion, etc., click the Excluded toolbar button
or choose Excluded on the context menu of the selection.
- To enable PhpStorm to complete relative paths to resources under the selected folder, click the Resource Root toolbar button
or choose Resource Root on the context menu of the selection.
To mark directories using the context menu:
- Right-click the desired directory in the Project Tool Window.
- On the context menu, point to Mark Directory As node.
- Choose Mark as <directory status>.
Unmarking directories
To return a folder to its regular status, do one of the following
- On the Directories page of the Settings / Preferences Dialog:
- In the Project Tool Window, right-click the desired directory, point to Mark Directory As node, and then choose Unmark as <directory status>. | https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/2016.3/configuring-folders-within-a-content-root.html | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | refinedweb | 401 | 52.29 |
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My fix version values are 2019-ABC, 2019-DEF and 2019-XYZ.
I want a custom field called "Release Date" to be mandatory when some selects fix verson as "2019-XYZ".
Can someone help me with this using Script Runner?
Hi @Sunil Mandalika ,
With the help of Behaviours From ScriptRunner for Jira you will be able to configure this.
Thanks,
Avinash
Here is the code for you.
def fixVersion = getFieldById(getFieldChanged()).getValue()
def releaseDate = getFieldByName("Release Date")
log.debug("Fix Version: " + fixVersion)
if (fixVersion.toString().contains("2019-XYZ") ) {
releaseDate.setRequired(true)
} else {
releaseDate.setRequired(false)
}
Use this code in the behaviour. Create a behaviour, define mapping to a project, add the Fix Version/s field and use the above code in the server-side script.. | https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Making-a-custom-field-mandatory-based-on-the-value-of-a-fix/qaq-p/1203508 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | refinedweb | 140 | 61.22 |
Homebrew and pyexiv2
October 7, 2011 at 9:30 AM by Dr. Drang
My experience with package managers in Linux, apt in particular, was so good that when I moved back to the Macintosh several years ago, I figured I’d have no trouble installing almost any command-line program I ran across. Things didn’t turn out that way.
I started with Fink. It seemed to work well at first, but then I noticed it was installing libraries that I knew were already on the computer. Fink put all its software in
/sw or
/opt/sw (I can’t remember which), and that’s where it expected to find all the support libraries.1 When it didn’t find them there, it would download and install new versions. I didn’t like the duplication, but disk space wasn’t at a premium, so I let it go. Later, though, I started having problems with packages not installing correctly, and I couldn’t figure out why. It may have been more my fault than Fink’s, but whatever the reason, I had to stop using Fink.
I moved on to MacPorts, which was called DarwinPorts at the time. It differed from Fink in that it compiled the software it downloaded rather than installing precompiled packages. What soured me on MacPorts was unnecessary dependencies. Some packages took forever to install because the dependency chain just kept growing and growing with libraries that I couldn’t believe were needed. After a couple of instances in which I had to abort installation because I wasn’t sure they’d finish, I quit MacPorts.
So when Homebrew came out, I resisted. Everyone raved about it, but I wouldn’t install it. No, I said, I’ve been burned twice by these package managers—I’m not going to try another one. I just kept downloading gzipped tarfiles and compiling from scratch, figuring out the minimum dependencies on my own and installing them by hand, too. That can be very satisfying when it works. You really feel like a master of your machine. But sometimes the little tricks needed to get a compilation to work eluded me.
Last night, for example. I wanted to install the pyexiv2 library, a Python EXIF library that appears to be more capable than the one I’ve been using (which has failed to find certain EXIF tags in some files). Pyexiv2 is a wrapper around the C++ exiv2 library and needs the Boost library and SCons utility for installation. The dependencies proved to much for me.
I held my breath and installed Homebrew. There’s no recipe for installing pyexiv2 through Homebrew, but I was able to
brew install exiv2 brew install scons brew install boost
with no trouble, which was a big step forward. Then I found this script by Joel Watts and was able to make a change or two to fit my situation. I downloaded and expanded the pyexiv2 source tarball,
cd’d into its directory to add a line to its SCons script via
echo "env['FRAMEWORKS'] += ['Python']" >> src/SConscript
Then
scons BOOSTLIB=boost_python-mt scons BOOSTLIB=boost_python-mt install
built and put all the pyexiv2 files in place. The only problem was that Python didn’t understand the presence of one library file,
libexiv2python.dylib. It wanted to see
libexiv2python.so instead. A quick symbolic link
sudo ln -s /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/libexiv2python.dylib /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/libexiv2python.so
fixed that problem, and now I can
import pyexiv2 with no errors. I have a few projects I plan to use it in, including an upgrade to my
canonize photo renaming utility and some new Flickr API scripts.
So far, then, I have to say I was wrong and everyone else was right about Homebrew. I hope they stay right. It’d be nice to have a trustworthy package manager. | https://leancrew.com/all-this/2011/10/homebrew-and-pyexiv2/ | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | refinedweb | 651 | 72.26 |
OpenFlow switch support¶
ns-3 simulations can use OpenFlow switches (McKeown et al. [1]), widely used in research. OpenFlow switches are configurable via the OpenFlow API, and also have an MPLS extension for quality-of-service and service-level-agreement support. By extending these capabilities to ns-3 for a simulated OpenFlow switch that is both configurable and can use the MPLS extension, ns-3 simulations can accurately simulate many different switches.
The OpenFlow software implementation distribution is hereby referred to as the OFSID. This is a demonstration of running OpenFlow in software that the OpenFlow research group has made available. There is also an OFSID that Ericsson researchers created to add MPLS capabilities; this is the OFSID currently used with ns-3. The design will allow the users to, with minimal effort, switch in a different OFSID that may include more efficient code than a previous OFSID.
Model Description¶
The model relies on building an external OpenFlow switch library (OFSID),
and then building some ns-3 wrappers that call out to the library.
The source code for the ns-3 wrappers lives in the directory
src/openflow/model.
Design¶
The OpenFlow module presents a OpenFlowSwitchNetDevice and a OpenFlowSwitchHelper for installing it on nodes. Like the Bridge module, it takes a collection of NetDevices to set up as ports, and it acts as the intermediary between them, receiving a packet on one port and forwarding it on another, or all but the received port when flooding. Like an OpenFlow switch, it maintains a configurable flow table that can match packets by their headers and do different actions with the packet based on how it matches. The module’s understanding of OpenFlow configuration messages are kept the same format as a real OpenFlow-compatible switch, so users testing Controllers via ns-3 won’t have to rewrite their Controller to work on real OpenFlow-compatible switches.
The ns-3 OpenFlow switch device models an OpenFlow-enabled switch. It is designed to express basic use of the OpenFlow protocol, with the maintaining of a virtual Flow Table and TCAM to provide OpenFlow-like results.
The functionality comes down to the Controllers, which send messages to the switch that configure its flows, producing different effects. Controllers can be added by the user, under the ofi namespace extending ofi::Controller. To demonstrate this, a DropController, which creates flows for ignoring every single packet, and LearningController, which effectively makes the switch a more complicated BridgeNetDevice. A user versed in a standard OFSID, and/or OF protocol, can write virtual controllers to create switches of all kinds of types.
OpenFlow switch Model¶
The OpenFlow switch device behaves somewhat according to the diagram setup as a classical OFSID switch, with a few modifications made for a proper simulation environment.
Normal OF-enabled Switch:
| Secure Channel | <--OF Protocol--> | Controller is external | | Hardware or Software Flow Table |
ns-3 OF-enabled Switch (module):
| m_controller->ReceiveFromSwitch() | <--OF Protocol--> | Controller is internal | | Software Flow Table, virtual TCAM |
In essence, there are two differences:
1) No SSL, Embedded Controller: Instead of a secure channel and connecting to an outside location for the Controller program/machine, we currently only allow a Controller extended from ofi::Controller, an extension of an ns3::Object. This means ns-3 programmers cannot model the SSL part of the interface or possibility of network failure. The connection to the OpenFlowSwitch is local and there aren’t any reasons for the channel/connection to break down. <<This difference may be an option in the future. Using EmuNetDevices, it should be possible to engage an external Controller program/machine, and thus work with controllers designed outside of the ns-3 environment, that simply use the proper OF protocol when communicating messages to the switch through a tap device.>>
2) Virtual Flow Table, TCAM: Typical OF-enabled switches are implemented on a hardware TCAM. The OFSID we turn into a library includes a modelled software TCAM, that produces the same results as a hardware TCAM. We include an attribute FlowTableLookupDelay, which allows a simple delay of using the TCAM to be modelled. We don’t endeavor to make this delay more complicated, based on the tasks we are running on the TCAM, that is a possible future improvement.
The OpenFlowSwitch network device is aimed to model an OpenFlow switch, with a TCAM and a connection to a controller program. With some tweaking, it can model every switch type, per OpenFlow’s extensibility. It outsources the complexity of the switch ports to NetDevices of the user’s choosing. It should be noted that these NetDevices must behave like practical switch ports, i.e. a Mac Address is assigned, and nothing more. It also must support a SendFrom function so that the OpenFlowSwitch can forward across that port.
Scope and Limitations¶
All MPLS capabilities are implemented on the OFSID side in the OpenFlowSwitchNetDevice, but ns-3-mpls hasn’t been integrated, so ns-3 has no way to pass in proper MPLS packets to the OpenFlowSwitch. If it did, one would only need to make BufferFromPacket pick up the MplsLabelStack or whatever the MPLS header is called on the Packet, and build the MPLS header into the ofpbuf.
Usage¶
The OFSID requires libxml2 (for MPLS FIB xml file parsing), libdl (for address fault checking), and boost (for assert) libraries to be installed.
Building OFSID¶
In order to use the OpenFlowSwitch module, you must create and link the OFSID (OpenFlow Software Implementation Distribution) to ns-3. To do this:
Obtain the OFSID code. An ns-3 specific OFSID branch is provided to ensure operation with ns-3. Use mercurial to download this branch and waf to build the library:
$ hg clone $ cd openflow
From the “openflow” directory, run:
$ ./waf configure $ ./waf build
Your OFSID is now built into a libopenflow.a library! To link to an ns-3 build with this OpenFlow switch module, run from the ns-3-dev (or whatever you have named your distribution):
$ ./waf configure --enable-examples --enable-tests --with-openflow=path/to/openflow
Under
---- Summary of optional NS-3 features:you should see:
"NS-3 OpenFlow Integration : enabled"
indicating the library has been linked to ns-3. Run:
$ ./waf build
to build ns-3 and activate the OpenFlowSwitch module in ns-3.
Examples¶
For an example demonstrating its use in a simple learning controller/switch, run:
$ ./waf --run openflow-switch
To see it in detailed logging, run:
$ ./waf --run "openflow-switch -v"
Attributes¶
The SwitchNetDevice provides following Attributes:
- FlowTableLookUpDelay: This time gets run off the clock when making a lookup in our Flow Table.
- Flags: OpenFlow specific configuration flags. They are defined in the ofp_config_flags enum. Choices include:
- OFPC_SEND_FLOW_EXP (Switch notifies controller when a flow has expired), OFPC_FRAG_NORMAL (Match fragment against Flow table), OFPC_FRAG_DROP (Drop fragments), OFPC_FRAG_REASM (Reassemble only if OFPC_IP_REASM set, which is currently impossible, because switch implementation does not support IP reassembly) OFPC_FRAG_MASK (Mask Fragments)
- FlowTableMissSendLength: When the packet doesn’t match in our Flow Table, and we forward to the controller,
- this sets # of bytes forwarded (packet is not forwarded in its entirety, unless specified).
Note
TODO | https://www.nsnam.org/docs/release/3.30/models/html/openflow-switch.html | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | refinedweb | 1,181 | 50.16 |
How can i delete a line from a file created using a C++ program?Can i get a code sample please? I am in desperate need of it!!!
I need it because i am writing a dbms project where i need to delete a line from a dat file. I have done the following but its not working!!I have posted it earlier but i did not get any sure answer. Please help!!!!
Code:#include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main() { ofstream fout("file.dat",ios::out); fout << "Sunanda 5 \n"; fout << "Rahool 10 \n"; fout << "Sunetra 12 \n"; fout.close(); ofstream fapp("file.dat",ios::out); fapp.seekp(23); int i = 0; while(i < 11) { fapp << '\b'; i++; } fapp.close(); system("pause"); } | https://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplusplus-programming/78318-heeeeelp-please.html?s=97284b3b83d11e135751ead7e52a331f | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | refinedweb | 125 | 85.89 |
#include <CGAL/Line_2.h>
An object
l of the data type
Line_2 is a directed straight line in the two-dimensional Euclidean plane \( \E^2\).
It is defined by the set of points with Cartesian coordinates \( (x,y)\) that satisfy the equation
\[ l:\; a\, x +b\, y +c = 0. \]
The line splits \( \E^2\) in a positive and a negative side. A point
p with Cartesian coordinates \( (px, py)\) is on the positive side of
l, iff \( a\, px + b\, py +c > 0\), it is on the negative side of
l, iff \( a\, px + b\, py +c < 0\). The positive side is to the left of
l.
Example
Let us first define two Cartesian two-dimensional points in the Euclidean plane \( \E^2\). Their dimension and the fact that they are Cartesian is expressed by the suffix
_2 and the representation type
Cartesian.
To define a line
l we write:
Kernel::Line_2
introduces a line
l passing through the points
p and
q.
Line
l is directed from
p to
q.
returns an arbitrary point on
l.
It holds
point(i) == point(j), iff
i==j. Furthermore,
l is directed from
point(i) to
point(j), for all
i \( <\)
j.
returns the \( x\)-coordinate of the point at
l with given \( y\)-coordinate.
lis not horizontal.
returns the \( y\)-coordinate of the point at
l with given \( x\)-coordinate.
lis not vertical. | https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Kernel_23/classCGAL_1_1Line__2.html | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | refinedweb | 232 | 74.79 |
C++ Modules conformance improvements with MSVC in Visual Studio 2019 16. We finally feel it is time to share some of the progress we have made on the conformance front for Modules.
What’s new?
- Header units are a new form of translation unit which act like portable PCHs.
- Context sensitive
moduleand
importkeywords provide users with more flexibility when using these terms as identifiers in code.
- Global module fragment is a way of separating non-modular code from module interface code when composing a module interface.
- Module partitions are a type of module interface which compose a larger module interface.
- IntelliSense status as of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2.
Header Unit Support
In C++20 [module.import]/5 describes the import of a new translation unit type, the header unit. The semantics of this type of import are further elaborated on in [module.import]/5 and one of the more important pieces of information is that macros defined in that imported header are also imported:
myheader.h
#pragma once #include <cstdio> #define THE_ANSWER 42 #define STRINGIFY(a) #a #define GLUE(a, b) a ## b
main.cpp
import "myheader.h"; int f() { return THE_ANSWER; } int main() { const char* GLUE(hello_,world) = STRINGIFY(Hello world); std::printf("%s\n", hello_world); }
The sample above can be compiled using the new
/module:exportHeader switch:
$ cl /std:c++latest /W4 /experimental:module /module:exportHeader myheader.h /Fomyheader.h.obj
$ cl /std:c++latest /W4 /experimental:module /module:reference myheader.h:myheader.h.ifc main.cpp myheader.h.obj
Notice the use of
/module:exportHeader, the argument to this option is a path (relative or absolute) to some header file. The output of
/module:exportHeader is of our .ifc format. Meanwhile, on the import side, the option
/module:reference has a new argument form which is
<path-to-header>:<path-to-ifc> and either one or both of the paths expressed in the argument to
/module:reference can be relative or absolute. It is also important to point out that without the
/Fo switch the compiler will not generate an object file automatically, the compiler will only generate the .ifc.
One other intended use case of the
/module:exportHeader is for users (or build systems) to provide a text argument to it which represents some header name as the compiler would see. A quick example is:
$ cl /std:c++latest /EHsc /experimental:module /module:exportHeader "<vector>" /module:showResolvedHeader
<vector>
Note: resolved <vector> to 'C:\<path-to-vector>\inc\vector'
This use of
/module:exportHeader enables the compiler to build header units using the header search mechanism as if the argument were written in source. This functionality also comes with a helper switch,
/module:showResolvedHeader, to emit the absolute path to the header file found through lookup.
Note to readers: there is a known limitation with
/module:exportHeader and its interaction with
/experimental:preprocessor these two switches are currently incompatible and will be resolved in a future release.
Context Sensitive
module and
import keywords
In the Modules TS both
module and
import were treated as keywords. It has since been realized that both of these terms are commonly used as identifiers for user code and hence a number of proposals were accepted into C++20 which add more restrictions as to when
module and
import are keywords. One such proposal was P1703R1 which adds context sensitivity to the
import identifier. Another such proposal—but one which is not yet accepted—is P1857R1. P1857R1 is interesting in that it is the most restrictive paper in defining when
module and
import are keywords or identifiers.
As of 16.5 MSVC will implement both P1703R1 and P1857R1. The result of implementing the rules outlined in these two papers is that code such as:
#define MODULE module #define IMPORT import export MODULE m; IMPORT :partition; IMPORT <vector>;
Is no longer valid and the compiler will treat the macro expansion of both
MODULE and
IMPORT as identifiers, not keywords. For more cases like this please see the papers, in particular P1857R1 provides some useful comparison tables describing the scenarios affected by the change.
Global Module Fragment
Since the merging of Modules into C++20 there was another new concept introduced known as the global module fragment. The global module fragment is only used to compose module interfaces and the semantics of this area borrows semantics described in the Modules TS regarding entities attached to the global module. The purpose of the global module fragment is to serve as a space for users to put preprocessor directives like
#include‘s so that the module interface can compile, but the code in the global module fragment is not owned by or exported directly by the module interface. A quick example:
module; #include <string> #include <vector> export module m; export std::vector<std::string> f();
In this code sample the user wishes to use both
vector and
string but does not want to export them, they are simply an implementation detail of the function they wish to export,
f. The global module fragment in particular is the region of code between the
module; and
export module m;. In this region the only code which can be written are preprocessor directives;
#if and
#define are fair game. It is important to note that if the first two tokens of the translation unit are not
module; the interface unit is treated as though a global module fragment does not exist and this behavior is enforced through [cpp.global.frag]/1.
Module Partitions
Module partitions provide users with a new way of composing module interface units and organizing code of a module. At their very core, module partitions are pieces of a larger module interface unit and do not stand on their own as an interface to import outside of the module unit. Here is a quick example of a simple module interface which uses partitions:
m-part.ixx
export module m:part; export struct S { };
m.ixx
export module m; export import :part; export S f() { return { }; }
main.cpp
import m; // 'm' is also composed of partition ':part'. int main() { f(); }
To compile the sample:
cl /experimental:module /std:c++latest /c m-part.ixx
cl /experimental:module /std:c++latest /c m.ixx
cl /experimental:module /std:c++latest main.cpp m.obj
Notice that we did not explicitly add
/module:reference to any invocation of the compiler, this is because we have introduced a naming scheme for module partitions which ease the use of the feature—just like we have for normal module interface units where the filename represents the module name directly. The pattern that module partitions use is
<primary-module-name>-<module-partition-name>. If your module partitions follow that pattern the compiler can automatically find interface units for partitions. Of course, should you actually want to specify the module interfaces on the command line simply add the appropriate
module:reference arguments.
The standard refers to partitions in general as being interface units [module.unit]/3, however there is one exception and that is what we refer to as an “internal” partition. These internal partitions are not interfaces and only serve to facilitate the implementation details of a module unit. It is expressly ill-formed to export an internal partition (see translation unit 3 in section 4 of [module.unit]). MSVC implements the creation of internal partitions through a new switch
/module:internalPartition. An example of using an internal partition:
m-internals.cpp note the .cpp extension
module m:internals; void g() { } // No declaration can have 'export' in an internal partition.
m.ixx
export module m; import :internals; // Cannot export this partition. export void f() { g(); }
To compile this interface:
cl /experimental:module /std:c++latest /module:internalPartition /c m-internals.cpp
cl /experimental:module /std:c++latest /c m.ixx
As previously mentioned, the
:internals partition can only be used to implement parts of the module interface
m and cannot contribute to it directly.
IntelliSense
(status as of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2)
Keen readers might have noticed nascent understanding in IntelliSense for consuming modules. While still is far from full-fledged support for production and consumption of modules in the IDE – which we intend to provide as we move towards finalization of C++20 conformance, it shows initial capabilities which we are building on.
As soon as a translation unit consuming a module with an
import is configured using Property Pages for
/std:c++latest,
/experimental:module, and any necessary module lookup path options, and the imported module is generated, the IntelliSense processing should pick the relevant .ifc file up.
The existing support will recognize namespaces, free functions, and their parameters from the imported module after they are typed in the program. The names however will not be offered in the Autocomplete/Member List, and the processing will likely fail on other language constructs such as classes or templates.
Stay tuned as we expand the support in future releases!
Closing Thoughts
C++20 is bringing a lot of new concepts (literally and figuratively) to C++ and Modules are one of the largest contributors to how we will write code differently in the future. These MSVC conformance changes will help users facilitate the transition into thinking about how we organize and reason about interfaces to our APIs. As with all of our preview features the switches and compiler behavior with respect to modules are subject to change once we are ready to declare the toolset C++20 complete.
We urge you to go out and try using MSVC with Modules. 16.5 is available right now in preview through the Visual Studio 2019 downloads page!
As always, we welcome your feedback. Feel free to send any comments through e-mail at visualcpp@microsoft.com or through Twitter @visualc..
Happy to see import “foo.h” for the sake of transitional projects that need to deal with both headers and proper modules. Hopefully precompiled headers will soon be a memory.
If I’m reading this line right…
`/module:reference myheader.h:myheader.h.ifc main.cpp myheader.h.obj`
..then a new “module myheader.h;” is implicitly created? I expected that all the symbols within myheader.h would be imported into the global module space. Otherwise if another translation unit included that header (via normal #include), wouldn’t duplicate symbols be pulled into the translation unit, yielding code bloat?
Hi Dwayne,
Simply adding the
/module:reference myheader.h:myheader.h.ifcwill not implicitly create the .ifc for you—the build header unit output. You must have built it beforehand using
/module:exportHeader myheader.h.
When using header units it is important to note that any header unit created has ODR guarantees not offered through the traditional
#includemechanism. Because of this it is best to avoid combining
importwith
#includewith the same header file. In some cases duplicate symbols would be created—as you point out—in other, more nefarious, cases you will end up with an ODR violation of some kind which may or may not manifest at link time.
I agree that it’s best to not mix the two and instead convert #include’s to imports. Though, in a large heterogeneous project where one module imports a header, it is also important to be able to #include that header elsewhere (say it’s a referenced git submodule, not under your control, which has not adopted modules). I will play around with this some (#include and import of the same header) to see how well it works. Thanks.
Great to see more progress.
Is there any news on the STL modules? I had been trying them out and listed a bunch of issues here which was closed as fixed. However having tried then in 16.5 Preview 2 they are still to broken
to compile any large body of code.
Hi David,
The story around STL modules out of the box is still one that is in development. I expect we will have something more to say once we are approach C++20 completeness, but until then I can’t give any specifics.
I apologize regarding the issues you hit in the compiler. Can you file a separate issue on the developer community? I have been working to get issues flushed out before C++20 comes to a close.
A couple of features (critical for me) are missed:
– there is no support for static CRT configurations;
– and no IntelliSense on modules.
Modules support the progress is still very slow.
IntelliSense supports is the most important.
but almost 5 years(from vs 2015), there’s no substantial progress.
When it comes to using header units with stdlib headers, how is a build system/generator supposed to determine the `header:ifc` mapping ahead of building, at configure time?
If you use `/module:showResolvedHeader /module:exportHeader ` for example, it tells you that mapping, but you’ve also now shifted all the work of generating the interface files to configure time, where it likely isn’t parallelized.
Would it not be possible to make this easier to use, maybe something like `/module:search build/modules /module:reference iostream:iostream.ifc`,
rather than having to specify the full path for the stdlib headers in order to specify the mapping to the interface file name?
now we have modules,why we still need to declare before Implementation/Use?
if that,we should be need header file also (to solve declare problems) !!!
So what significance and benefits does the modules have for us?
I modified the example with the partitions as follows:
I build this with the following commands:
I get the following error:
Is there something wrong with my example? Or why doesn’t this work?
I made it work by changing the last build command to the following:
The function get_it() is available in m-part.obj and not m.obj.
Hello Cameron,
First, thank you all at the VS C++ team to be a motor of the evolution to c++ modules.
I tested header units with 16.7 Preview 1 (not tested with previous versions), and I get the following warning:
warning C5211: a reference to a header unit using ‘/module:reference’ has been deprecated; prefer ‘/headerUnit’ instead
Everything is fine after ignoring it, but unfortunately just replacing /module:reference by /headerUnit is not succeeding: the ifc is not detected as a valid header unit reference.
I also found the option /module:output to be valuable but it’s barely referenced in the different docs and blog posts.
Is there a page with all the command line options relatives to modules, or more generally, what’s the best source to be kept up to date as the VS module support evolve ? | https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/c-modules-conformance-improvements-with-msvc-in-visual-studio-2019-16-5/ | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | refinedweb | 2,449 | 53.81 |
I am trying to compile the files below. The PosLin.cpp contains the SurTriAuto and SurTriPosRotAndQ functions below. Before adding SurTriPosRotAndQ, it compiled fine, but when I added SurTriPosRotAndQ, I am getting "invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct PosRotAndQ" error messages
I was thinking I could try moving SurTriAuto and SurTriPosRotAndQ to PosLin.h, but since they return "T*", I'm not sure what to do
I have a "t.h" file
namespace TNS { class T { public: T(); //other stuff } }
"geopar.h" file has
#include "t.h" #include "Geo/Geo.h" class Geo; struct PosRotAndQ; namespace TNS { class GeoP; { public: GeoP(); T* SurTriAuto(T* surface, Geo* geo, int p); T* SurTriPosRotAndQ(T* surface, PosRotAndQ* sur, int p); } }
and "PL.h" has
#include "T/t.h" #include "Geo/Geo.h" struct PosRotAndQ { TNS::T* surface; }; class PS{ public: PosExCode cqa(Geo* geo, POpinion* opinion, PosRotAndQ* sur) PosRotAndQ mattersur; }
when I add "include Pos/PL.h" to geopar.h, I get an error saying v.hpp is missing, where v.hpp is part of a 3rd-party software and it is already in my directory | https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/491829/forward-declaration-incomplete-type-struct | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | refinedweb | 183 | 69.07 |
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 04:00:04PM -0500, you wrote:> From: hans@grumbeer.inka.de (Hans-Joachim Baader)> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 07:41 MET> Subject: Re: 2.0.34: clock() returns -1 after 248.5 days uptime>> Your program is incorrect. clock() returns clock_t, not int. clock_tI'm sorry, I just quickly wrote that to test what clock() returns since itseemed return something bizarre. Then I just went on pasting that in thhelinux-kernel posting without properly checking the types. > is long in glibc 2.1, so on a 32 bit architecture this would help > nothing...That I did check before posting.> Certainly a result of -1 is less than useful. But perhaps it conforms> to some standard ;-| I did crawl through some source, but I did not check the standards on thisissue.From what I can conclude from the sources, it's just one typicalunsigned->signed issue ending disgracefully into a "if (value < 0) return-1;" check.The glibc-2.0.7 (and glibc-2.0.108-0.981221 - the version numbers arefrom RedHat packages, but I doubt the function below varies all that muchacross versions) seems to define clock() insysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock.c as follows: #include <sys/times.h>#include <time.h>#include <unistd.h>/* Return the time used by the program so far (user time + system time).*/clock_tclock (void){ struct tms buf; long clk_tck = __sysconf (_SC_CLK_TCK); if (__times (&buf) < 0) return (clock_t) -1; return (clk_tck <= CLOCKS_PER_SEC) ? ((unsigned long) buf.tms_utime + buf.tms_stime) * (CLOCKS_PER_SEC / clk_tck) : ((unsigned long) buf.tms_utime + buf.tms_stime) / (clk_tck /CLOCKS_PER_SEC);} A closer inspection revealed that Linux seems return a signed longas the return value of sys_times:linux-2.0.3[46]/kernel/sys.c:asmlinkage long sys_times(struct tms * tbuf){ if (tbuf) { int error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,tbuf,sizeof *tbuf); if (error) return error; put_user(current->utime,&tbuf->tms_utime); put_user(current->stime,&tbuf->tms_stime); put_user(current->cutime,&tbuf->tms_cutime); put_user(current->cstime,&tbuf->tms_cstime); } return jiffies;}linux-2.2.1/kernel/sys.c:asmlinkage long sys_times(struct tms * tbuf){ /* * In the SMP world we might just be unlucky and have one of * the times increment as we use it. Since the value is an * atomically safe type this is just fine. Conceptually its * as if the syscall took an instant longer to occur. */ if (tbuf) if (copy_to_user(tbuf, ¤t->times, sizeof(structtms))) return -EFAULT; return jiffies;}However, jiffies is a unsigned variable:linux-2.2.1/kernel/sched.c: unsigned long volatile jiffies=0;linux-2.0.3[46]/kernel/sched.c: unsigned long volatile jiffies=0;Now, glibc seems to treat this value as signed:glibc-2.0.6:posix/sys/times.h:extern clock_t __times __P ((struct tms *__buffer));glibc-2.0.108-0.981221:include/sys/times.h:extern clock_t __times __P ((struct tms *__buffer));which makes clock() to return -1 after 248.5 days due to the(__times() < 0) return -1; -line. (Hopefully I did not miss anything crucial in that...)Although the real problem lies in the fact that 32 bit is not enoughfor these counters, it would make more sense to me to return somethingelse that a consistent -1. Hopefully, this problem will go away as our server reaches 500 dayuptime... But only for another 248 days.> Since clock() is a libc function you should ask the> libc maintainers about it.I did that. Waiting for results...There are propably other points of code in glibc that get broken after248.5 days, since zsh's terminal handling begun working improperly after248.5 days of uptime. -- v --v@iki.fi-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.eduPlease read the FAQ at | http://lkml.org/lkml/1999/2/22/156 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | refinedweb | 620 | 60.11 |
Answer:
Gina did apply Thermal Paste
Explanation:
Thermal Paste contains heat-conductive metals that help to ensure better conduction of heat from the Central Processing Unit and the heat sink of the computer. It is a cooling agent that helps prevents a computer from reaching a high heat level which is harmful to the computer.
No thermal paste was used.
The computer system is a device comprising of a software and hardware component. The hardware is the physical component of the system.
The processor unit, input and output unit and memory unit are the hardware composition of the system. The computer system electronic components like the processor or CPU draws power from a power source, so should overheat when it operates for a long time.
The fan and a heat sink is used to cool down the system. A thermal paste is a conductive viscous liquid that transfers the heat from the component to the heatsink for cooling. When it is absent, heat transfer is reduced or inhibited, so the computer shuts down to cool off.
stop
If you set the error alert style to Stop, then you are asking Excel to prevent the user from typing in an invalid value.
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("ObjectData.dat");
ObjectOutputStream ostream = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
ostream.writeObject(r);
For object serialization, we can use the writeObject method of java.io.ObjectOutputStream class.
The complete code fragment is as follows:
import java.io.*;
class Demo{
public static void main(String args[]){
try{
r = <Reference to Object to be serialized> ;
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("ObjectData.dat");
ObjectOutputStream ostream = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
ostream.writeObject(r);
ostream.close();
} catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}. | https://answer-ya.com/questions/351608-gina-is-upgrading-your-computer-with-a-new-processor-she.html | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | refinedweb | 276 | 56.96 |
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This chapter describes how to generate, organize, compile, and run the code for a PhAB application:
PhAB automatically generates everything that's required to turn your application into a working executable, including:
By doing all this, PhAB lets you get on with the job of writing the code that implements your application's main functionality.
For most code generation, you use the Build & Run dialog. However, you can also generate some C and C++ stub files on the spot when using various dialogs to develop your application; use the icons that are located next to function or filename fields:
This means you're free to edit a callback function while still in the process of attaching it to the widget. You don't have to go into the Build & Run dialog, generate code from there, and then come back to write the function.
Think of the Build & Run dialog as the development center for building your applications. From this dialog, you can:
To open the Build & Run dialog, choose the Build & Run item from the Application menu or press F5.
PhAB automatically saves your application when you open the Build & Run dialog.
Sample Build & Run session.
The scrolling list displays the application source files that PhAB has generated, as well as any you've created by hand. This list may be empty if you're designing a new application and haven't yet generated any code.
When you make changes to your application, even within your own source files, you may need to generate the application code. Doing so ensures that the prototype header file, proto.h, is up to date. You can safely generate the code at any time - PhAB won't overwrite any code you've added to the stubs it generated earlier.
Before generating the code, PhAB saves your application if you've modified any modules. To minimize compile time, PhAB compiles only the files that have changed.
To generate your application code:
The file list now shows all the generated code files.
PhAB generates various files and stores them in the application's src directory.
You can modify any other files that PhAB generates, with few conditions. These conditions are described in the following sections.
Here are the files that PhAB generates:
Here are the files you need to save if you're using version-control software (PhAB can generate some of them, but it's a good idea to save them all):
You'll need to keep a matched set of all the files that PhAB generates; save the same version of the abapp.dfn, src/ab*, and wgt/*.wgt? files.
It's easier to save a PhAB application in CVS than RCS. Here are some things to keep in mind:
This way, if you just check out an application, your copy of abapp.dfn is read-only and PhAB doesn't let you load the application. If you do want to modify the application, you have to run cvs edit abapp.dfn, which makes the file writable. Even though this doesn't prevent other people from doing the same, it at least adds you to a list of "editors" on the CVS server that other people can query.
PhAB generates function prototypes that are used by the compiler to check that your functions are called correctly. These prototypes are placed in abimport.h and optionally in proto.h. Here's how these files compare:
To suppress the generation of prototypes in proto.h:
In the interests of speed, the program that scans your source files for function prototypes ignores preprocessor directives. This can cause some problems in proto.h.
For example, say we have the following code:
#ifdef DOUBLE for (i = 0; i < 18; i++, i++) { #else for (i = 0; i < 18; i++) { #endif x += 2 * (i + x); y += x; }
Since preprocessor directives are ignored, the prototype generator sees:
for (i = 0; i < 18; i++, i++) { for (i = 0; i < 18; i++) { x += 2 * (i + x); y += x; }
The two opening braces will cause it some confusion, and an incorrect prototype will be generated. Look for this type of thing if the prototype generator is creating incorrect prototypes.
To fix the example above, we could remove the opening braces and put an opening brace on the line after the #endif. Alternatively, we could do the following:
#ifdef DOUBLE #define ADDAMOUNT 2 #else #define ADDAMOUNT 1 #endif for (i = 0; i < 18; i += ADDAMOUNT) { x += 2 * (i + x); y += x; }
PhAB stores each application as a directory structure. This structure consists of a main directory that holds the application-definition file, two subdirectories that store the module files and application source code, and, potentially, directories for different development platforms:
Directories for a PhAB application.
The platforms directories are created if you generate your application for the first time after having installed Watcom C version 10.6 or later. You can choose the platforms on which to compile your application.
Here's what each directory contains if you generate your application for the first time after installing Watcom 10.6 or later:
For detailed information on the files stored in this directory, see "What PhAB generates" in this chapter.
Here's what each directory contains if you first generate your application before installing Watcom 10.6 or later:
For detailed information on the files stored in this directory, see "What PhAB generates" in this chapter.
You can convert your application to multiple platforms after installing Watcom 10.6 or later, but it isn't necessary; PhAB works with both types of application.
To convert to multiple platforms, choose Convert to Multiplatform from the Application menu. PhAB moves any existing Makefile to src/default/Makefile.old. Use the Generate command in the Build & Run dialog to generate a new Makefile for the desired platforms, and then edit them to propagate any required changes from the old Makefile to the new.
Once you've generated your application code, you'll see the C and/or C++ source code modules displayed in Build & Run's file list. Next to the file list, you'll see several buttons to perform various actions on the files.
To edit, view, or delete source code:
You can also edit a file by double-clicking on its name.
To choose which editor or browser the Edit and View buttons will invoke, see "Customizing your PhAB environment" in the chapter on PhAB's Environment.
To create a new source-code module:
If you create any files, click on the Refresh button to reread the application directory and refresh the list of files on the left side of the Build & Run dialog,
To control which files are displayed in the Build & Run dialog, use the following:
After generating the application code, you need to:
PhAB lets you use the following libraries with your application:
The default is shared libraries.
Once you've chosen the library type, you're ready to compile and link.
The first time you generate your application, PhAB creates a Makefile in the src directory (plus a Makefile for each platform selected for multiplatform development) so you can make the application. Subsequent generations don't modify the file directly; instead, they update external files referenced in the Makefile.
Once the Makefile is generated you're free to modify it, with a few conditions:
The app and shr targets are used to compile and link the application with static or shared libraries. The proto target is used to generate the application prototype file, proto.h; see "Generating function prototypes" later in this chapter.
By default, the Makefile is compatible with the installed make command. You can convert the file to a format that suits the make command you prefer-just make sure the external file reference method is still compatible.
For more information, see "Including non-PhAB files in your application," later in this chapter.
To make your application:
To edit the first file that contains errors, click on Edit. After fixing the problems, click on Restart to run make again.
To stop make at any time, click on Abort.
The Done button is also enabled when you click on Abort.
By default, PhAB uses the installed make command to make your application. If you need to change this command in any way, click on the Build Preferences button.
Once your application has been compiled and linked without errors, it's ready to run. Just follow these steps:
If you use functions such as printf() in your application, the output goes to your console if you run your application from PhAB. To see this output:
Or
PhAB is still active while your application is running. To switch between the two, use the Window Manager's taskbar.
PhAB lets you run your application with a debugger such as wd, which can be handy if your application crashes or behaves incorrectly.
To switch between the debugger and the application, use the Window Manager's taskbar.
The default debugger is wd. If you need to change this command in any way, click on the Build Preferences button and edit the debugger command. For example, if you're using Watcom 9.5x, change the command to wvideo.
If you're using printf() calls to debug your program, the easiest way to see the output is to change the default debugger to:
pterm -z
When you click on Debug Application in the Build & Run dialog, PhAB creates a pterm, which runs your application. The program's output appears in the pterm window. The -z option makes the pterm window remain open until explicitly closed. For more information on pterm, see the Photon Installation & Configuration guide.
You can even use printf() and wd together by setting the default debugger to:
pterm wd
When you click on Debug Application in the Build & Run dialog, PhAB starts pterm, which starts wd, which starts your application. You can then use wd and see the program's printed output.
Your application can include files that aren't created with PhAB, but you need to tell PhAB how to find them.
PhAB generates empty lists in the following files in the src directory, and you can edit them:
MYHDR = ../header1.h ../header2.h
MYOBJ = file1.o file2.o
MYSRC = ../file1.c ../file2.c
If you generated your application for the first time before installing Watcom 10.6, you won't have the indHfiles, indOfiles and indSfiles files. Instead, you'll find MYHDR, MYOBJ and MYSRC in your Makefile, and you can specify filenames there.
If your application uses a library that isn't included by default in the Makefile, you can add it by editing the following variables: | http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/qnx_4.25_docs/photon114/prog_guide/generating.html | crawl-002 | refinedweb | 1,782 | 61.46 |
How To Handle Pesky Modals In Your Puppeteer Tests
Ben Newton
・3 min read
If you've worked on any large e-commerce sites, you've probably run into an iPerception Modal. Every major brand seems to have this survey and it will inevitably pop up right as you are trying to do something important. The good news for most users is you won't ever see it again if you close it. But, for developers, you'll see this modal over and over if you're running visual regression tests or integration tests.
What's the iPerception Modal?
The Problem with the Modal
In my partucular case, I was running integration tests on an ecommerce funnel of a site I'm currently working on. The flow starts at the home page and then clicks through a series of steps to the confirmation page. As I wrote the tests, I would run the test after each additional step to make sure they were passing. While working on step 3, I suddenly began to get test failures on step 2 which had been passing previously.
I set headless to true in the Puppeteer config and watched the tests in the browser. I quickly realized the iPerception modal had began popping up in step 2, blocking my test from clicking the proper CTA to continue the flow, hence the failing test.
Find and Handle the Modal in Puppeteer
I had to check for the modal on each page and close it if I wanted the test to pass and continue to the next step. I was hoping there was simple way for me to set up the modal not to show, after all, this is on my local environment. But in this case, it is a large code base with many agencies working on it and I don't have access to the code that is triggering the modal. So I had to find a way to test for the modal and close it before trying to click the CTA to the next step of the funnel.
I tried to identify the modal by an ID or a class, but they use neither. My guess is this is to avoid ad blockers. I figured out the only selector in the modal I really need to target was the 'NO' CTA. I just had to check for this CTA on the page and if it exists, click it to close the modal. I found since it was an image, I could just use the src attribute as a selector. So now, before each screenshot and click of a CTA, Puppeteer checks for the 'NO' CTA, if it exists, it clicks it and continues with the test. I added this as a helper library as I would have to call it multiple times in multiple tests.
Below is the module I added to my test. I ended up having to call it on every page. The modal is not set for just the home page. In my case, it came up in every page over the course of writing the tests.
// Checks for survey modal and clicks "NO" if it is on page during testing. const checkForSurvey = async page => { const SELECTOR = 'img[src=""]'; if ((await page.$(SELECTOR)) !== null) { await page.click(SELECTOR); } }; export default checkForSurvey;
Here is an example of how I used the module above in my tests. I now use this in all my Puppeteer tests for this particular site. Without it, my tests would fail randomly all the time.
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer'; import { toMatchImageSnapshot } from 'jest-image-snapshot'; import config from './config'; import checkForSurvey from './checkForSurvey'; expect.extend({ toMatchImageSnapshot }); let page; let browser; beforeAll(async () => { browser = await puppeteer.launch({ args: ['--no-sandbox', '--enable-features=NetworkService', '--ignore-certificate-errors', '--disable-web-security'], headless: !config.showBrowser, // slowMo: 80, ignoreHTTPSErrors: true, devtools: config.showDevtools }); page = await browser.newPage(); }); afterAll(async () => { await browser.close(); }); describe('Visual Regression Test Home Page', () => { test('Home page screenshot should match', async () => { await page.setViewport({ width: 1280, height: 800 }); await page.goto(config.homePageUrl); // Check for iPerseption Survey Modal and close if it exists. await checkForSurvey(page); const screenshot = await page.screenshot(); expect(screenshot).toMatchImageSnapshot(); }); test('Page 2 Page should match screenshot', async () => { await page.click('.linkToPage2'); await page.waitForNavigation(); // Check for iPerseption Survey Modal and close if it exists. await checkForSurvey(page); const screenshot = await page.screenshot(); expect(screenshot).toMatchImageSnapshot(); }); });
This helper became a necessity for every test I have written so far. If you have something similar that may take over the pages you are trying to write Puppeteer tests for, I hope this helps you. Let me know in the comments if you use this to remove an iPerception modal on your tests. And let me know if you have a different way of handling this. | https://dev.to/benenewton/how-to-handle-pesky-modals-in-your-puppeteer-tests-2igm | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | refinedweb | 800 | 73.47 |
The GCC 4.3 release series differs from previous GCC releases in more than the usual list of new features..
However, some of these changes are visible, and can cause grief to users porting to GCC 4.3. This document is an effort to identify major issues and provide clear solutions in a quick and easily-searched manner. Additions and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
When compiling with
-std=c99 or
-std=gnu99,
the
extern inline keywords changes meaning. GCC 4.3
conforms to the ISO C99 specification, where
extern
inline is very different thing than the GNU
extern
inline extension. For the following code compiled
with
-std=c99,
extern inline int foo() { return 5; }
Will result in a function definition for
foo being
emitted in the subsequent object file, whereas previously there was none. As a
result, files that use this extension and compile in the C99 dialect
will see many errors of the form:
multiple definition of `foo' first defined here
When linking together multiple object files.
If the old GNU extern inline behavior is desired, one can
use
extern inline __attribute__((__gnu_inline__)). The
use of this attribute can be guarded by
#ifdef
__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__ which is a macro which is defined when
inline has the ISO C99 behavior. Alternatively the code can be compiled
with the
-fgnu89-inline option.
The resulting, changed code looks like:
extern inline __attribute__((__gnu_inline__)) int foo() { return 5; }
Significant changes were made to
-Wconversion. In
addition, improvements to the GCC infrastructure allow improvements in
the ability of several existing warnings to spot problematic code. As
such, new warnings may exist for previously warning-free code that
uses
-Wuninitialized,
-Wstrict-aliasing ,
-Wunused-function,
-Wunused-variable. Note
that
-Wall subsumes many of these warning flags.
Although these warnings will
not result in compilation failure, often
-Wall is used in
conjunction with
-Werror and as a result, new warnings
are turned into new errors.
As a workaround, remove
-Werror until the new warnings
are fixed, or for conversion warnings add
-Wno-conversion.
As detailed
here (Header dependency streamlining), many of the standard C++ library
include files have been edited to only include the smallest
possible number of additional files. As such, many C++ programs that
used
std::memcpy without including <cstring>, or
used
std::auto_ptr without including <memory> will
no longer compile.
Usually, this error is of the form:
error: 'strcmp' was not declared in this scope
The table below shows some of the missing items, and the header file that will have to be added as an #include for the compile to succeed.
Various backwards and deprecated headers have been removed.
For future reference, available headers are listed here.
An example.
#include <iostream.h> int main() { cout << "I'm too old" << endl; return 0; }
Compiling with previous compilers gives:.
But now says:
error: iostream.h: No such file or directory In function 'int main()': 6: error: 'cout' was not declared in this scope 6: error: 'endl' was not declared in this scope
Fixing this is easy, as demonstrated below.
#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout << "I work again" << endl; return 0; }
Note that explicitly qualifying
cout as
std::cout and likewise for
endl instead of globally injecting the
std namespace (ie,
using namespace std) will also work.
GCC by default no longer accepts code such as
template <class _Tp> class auto_ptr {}; template <class _Tp> struct counted_ptr { auto_ptr<_Tp> auto_ptr(); };
but will issue the diagnostic
error: declaration of 'auto_ptr<_Tp> counted_ptr<_Tp>::auto_ptr()' error: changes meaning of 'auto_ptr' from 'class auto_ptr<_Tp>'
The reference to struct
auto_ptr needs to be qualified
here, or the name of the member function changed to be unambiguous.
template <class _Tp> class auto_ptr {}; template <class _Tp> struct counted_ptr { ::auto_ptr<_Tp> auto_ptr(); };
In addition,
-fpermissive can be used as a temporary
workaround to convert the error into a warning until the code is
fixed. Note that then in some case name lookup will not be standard
conforming.
Duplicate function parameters are now treated uniformly as an error in C and C++.
void foo(int w, int w);
Now gives the following, re-worded error for both C and C++:
error: multiple parameters named 'w'
To fix, rename one of the parameters something unique.
void foo(int w, int w2);
The two-argument signature for main has
int as the
first argument. GCC 4.3 rigorously enforces this.
int main(unsigned int m, char** c) { return 0; }
Gives:
error: first argument of 'int main(unsigned int, char**)' should be 'int'
Fixing this is straightforward: change the first argument to be of
type
int, not
unsigned int. As transformed:
int main(int m, char** c) { return 0; }
Specializations of templates cannot explicitly specify a storage class, and have the same storage as the primary template. This is a change from previous behavior, based on the feedback and commentary as part of the ISO C++ Core Defect Report 605.
template<typename T> static void foo(); template<> static void foo<void>();
Gives:
error: explicit template specialization cannot have a storage class
This also happens with the
extern specifier. Fixing
this is easy: just remove any storage specifier on the specialization. Like so:
template<typename T> static void foo(); template<> void foo<void>();
ant
The use of the Eclipse Java compiler in GCC 4.3 enables the use of
all 1.5 language features, but use with older versions of
the
ant build tool are problematic. Typical errors of
this sort look like:
[javac] source level should be comprised in between '1.3' and '1.6' (or '5', '5.0', ..., '7' or '7.0'): 1.2
To successfuly use the earlier java dialects with GCC, please use this patch:
svn diff -r529854:529855
Jakub Jelinek, Mass rebuild status with gcc-4.3.0-0.4 of rawhide-20071220
Martin Michlmayr, GCC 4.3 related build problems
Brian M. Carlson, GCC 4.3: Declaration of...Changes Meaning of...
Simon Baldwin, [PATCH][RFC] C++ error for parameter redefinition in function prototypes
Simon Baldwin, [REVISED PATCH][RFC] Fix PR c++/31923: Storage class with explicit template specialization
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NAME
fsync, fdatasync - synchronize a file’s complete in-core state with that on disk
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int fsync(int fd); int fdatasync(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
fsync()() on the file descriptor of the directory is also needed. fdatasync() does the same as fsync() but only flushes user data, not the meta data like the st_atime or st_mtime (respectively, time of last access and time of last modification; see stat(2)).
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned..
NOTES
In case the hard disk has write cache enabled,).
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1b (formerly POSIX.4)
SEE ALSO
bdflush(2), open(2), sync(2), mount(8), sync(8), update(8) | http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/dapper/man2/fsync.2.html | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | refinedweb | 110 | 67.76 |
Hi guys,
This is my first post and basically i require some help editing my current code to help display number of students with a mark of 40 or above specifically. And also i am having difficulty generating a average i thought i done it but it remained constant a 4.0 with every test. This work is on going so i will be constantly updating the page each time i run into more troubles. Thanks guys below is a copy of my code and how far i got...
package histogram1;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Histogram1
public static void main(String[] args) Scanner MK = new Scanner(System.in); int[] ranges = {0,29,39,69,100 }; int[] inRange = new int[ranges.length - 1]; int mark; int largest = 0; int smallest = 0; do System.out.println("Enter Mark:"); mark = MK.nextInt(); for (int j=1 ; j<ranges.length ; j++) if (ranges[j-1] <= mark && mark <= ranges[j]) inRange[j-1]++; break; if (mark < smallest) smallest = mark; else if (mark > largest) largest = mark; while (mark >= 0); System.out.println("Among all your numbers, " + smallest + " is the smallest " + "and " + largest + " is the largest number.");
for (int j = 0; j < k; j++)
mark += ranges.length; double avg = (double) (mark) / k; System.out.println("average is " + avg); int average; String s = "The number of students that have scored between %d and %d is : "; int k = 0; for (int i=0 ; i<ranges.length - 1 ; i++) System.out.print(String.format(s,ranges[i] + k,ranges[i + 1])); for (int r = 0; r<inRange[i] ; r++) System.out.print("*"); System.out.println(); k = 1; MK.close(); | https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/510464/histogram-program-help | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | refinedweb | 271 | 68.16 |
What's New in Code Editing
This release of Visual Studio includes new features and enhancements in the text editor, Web page and HTML designer, and XML editor. For information on other new features, see What's New in Visual Studio 2005.
Text Editor
The following features are available in this release:
Code Snippets Visual Studio now provides segments of sample code ready to insert into Visual Basic, Visual C#, or Visual J# projects. To display a list of available code snippets, right-click the active document in the Code Editor and then click Insert Snippet on the shortcut menu. Click the name of the snippet you want, and the code is inserted into the editor, ready for you to modify as needed. To manage the folders in which you store code snippets and to add new snippets, click Code Snippet Manager on the Tools menu. For more information, see How to: Manage Code Snippets.
Figure 1: Inserting snippets in Visual Basic code
Smart tags Similar to Office smart tags, Visual Studio smart tags make common tasks available that apply to the context of your work. For example, using smart tags you can now correct some common errors in Visual Basic with a click of a button.
Refactoring You can now use tools to update the internal structure of your Visual C# and Visual Basic code, a process called refactoring. Available refactoring options include rename, extract method, extract interface, change signature, and encapsulate field. For more information on C# refactoring, see Refactoring. For more information on Visual Basic refactoring, see Refactoring and Rename Dialog Box (Visual Basic).. You can customize the highlight color in the Options dialog box by updating Track Changes before save in Display items on the Fonts and Colors page. You can turn this option off by clearing Track Changes on the General tab of the Text Editor page in the Options dialog box.
Bookmark window This tool window enables you to manage and control your bookmarks. You can put related bookmarks in folders, name them, and re-order them as you see fit.
AutoRecover This feature automatically saves files that contain changes every five minutes. If the IDE shuts down unexpectedly, files with changes are available for recovery. You can customize the AutoRecover options in the Options dialog box. For more information, see AutoRecover, Environment, Options Dialog Box.
Document Outline, point to Other Windows and then click Document Outline.
Web Page and HTML Designer
Visual Studio features a new Web page designer in local folders, as in Internet Information Services (IIS) applications, or across a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) connection. The Visual Web Developer designer supports all ASP.NET enhancements, including nearly two dozen new controls that simplify many Web development tasks.
Design view of the HTML designer includes many improvements that support new ASP.NET features or enhance the WYSIWYG Web page design experience. Task-based editing using smart tags guides you through performing the most common procedures with controls, such as data binding and formatting. You can edit the new ASP.NET master pages visually. Template editing has been improved to make it easier to work with data controls as well as new controls such as the Login control. Editing HTML tables for layout or to display columnar information is now easier and more intuitive.
Visual Web Developer produces XHTML 1.1 markup by default. At the same time, you can select from a list of schemas that help you produce markup to match the abilities of different browsers or standards. HTML validation points out markup that does not conform to the selected schema.
The HTML editor also provides options to allow you to precisely control the format of all HTML and of ASP.NET markup. Formatting is preserved exactly when you switch views.
You can easily move around your documents with the new tag navigator that shows you where you are in the current hierarchy. Using the tag outline feature, you can collapse sections of the document, such as large tables.
Figure 2: Tag navigator in the Web Page Designer
For programming, the code editor provides better productivity with enhanced IntelliSense. Visual Web Developer supports both ASP.NET models for writing the code for an ASP.NET Web page, including the single-file page model and the improved code-behind model. You can reference components automatically by simply adding them to a folder in your site. Data binding is substantially easier, and in many cases requires no code at all. At the same time, you can easily access data in databases, XML files, or business objects. For more information, see What's New in Web Development for Visual Studio.
XML Editor
A new XML editor is available in this release of Visual Studio. This editor takes advantage of the power of the System.Xml and System.Xml.Xsl classes in the .NET Framework and conforms with XML standards. Some of the features included are:
Full XML 1.0 syntax checking XML and DTD syntax errors are reported while you type, and detailed descriptions appear in the Error List Window.
Validation Many XML editors require that you manually check for XSD, DTD, or XDR validation errors. The Visual Studio XML editor uses a validation engine that can perform XSD or DTD validation while you type.
Code snippets The XML editor adds dynamically generated code snippets based on your XML schemas. Press the TAB key after the element name to automatically populate the required attributes and child content. Many useful XML snippets are also provided, including a snippet for building new code snippets.
Flexible schema association The editor searches for XML schemas and automatically associates them with your document. The editor can find schemas in a schema cache directory and in your project, or by using schemaLocation attributes or user-specified locations.
XSD-based IntelliSense All IntelliSense is based on your XML schemas and the editor provides accurate IntelliSense with full support for XSD.
Auto-insertion The editor inserts attribute quotes and end tags automatically, as well as required namespace and xsi:type attributes.
Auto-formatting The editor supports the Format Selection feature, available on the Advanced submenu of the Edit menu, to auto-format when you type the closing tag or paste from the Clipboard. This feature also auto-formats code snippets.
Configurable text colors The editor includes several customizable color options for text in the Fonts and Colors, Environment, Options Dialog Box that are separate from HTML color options so you can customize the XML colors differently.
Create XML schema The editor can infer a schema from existing XML documents, which makes XSD schema design much easier. The editor can also convert your DTD or XDR schemas to XSD.
Editing XSL Additional features and color-coding for XSL keywords are available when you edit XSL. In addition, a two-pass validation algorithm is applied to ensure better XSD validation and IntelliSense with the XSLT style sheets.
Secure XSL transformations The Show XSL Output feature enables you to perform your XSL transformations securely with a single button click so you can preview the results. The editor supports writing HTML to a Web browser window and XML and text output to another code editor.
Debugging XSL The XSL debugger is new to Visual Studio and is built on the IL generating XslCompiledTransform class provided in the .NET Framework. You can now step from your C# or Visual Basic applications directly into your XSLT transforms. The XSL debugger is based on the CLR debugger; it enables you to do all the things you can normally do with a debugger, including evaluating XPath expressions in the Watch window.
For more information, see XML Editor. | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165082.aspx | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | refinedweb | 1,277 | 55.03 |
Hey guys,
I just set up a new binding project in eclipse and want to import something from the package “org.eclipse.smarthome” but this import cannot be resolved. I searched for the package and it’s officially moved to an archieve (). Should I use this version and if so, how can I import it into my binding project in eclipse?
Hey guys,
What are you trying ti import? Try looking for it in org.openhab.core. Assuming you are developing for OH3, you will not be able to use anything in ESH, since it was migrated into OHC.
I’m trying to import things like this:
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.events.EventPublisher;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.GenericItem;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.GroupItem;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.Item;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.ItemNotFoundException;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.ItemRegistry;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.StateChangeListener;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.events.ItemEventFactory;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DateTimeType;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.HSBType;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.OnOffType;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.StringType;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.ChannelUID;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.Thing;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.Command;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.State;
import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.TypeParser;
For a little bit of context: I’m updating a binding for the current stable OH Version 2.5
My understanding is that only patch releases will be provided for 2.5 and new add-ons and features would need to be made in OH3.
What you can import depends on what openHAB version the pom.xml files of your project are. If you have version 2.5 you can import eclipse and if it’s 3.0 it will be openHAB. So it looks like you are using the 3.0 base while you want to develop something for 2.5. It’s unclear to me how you ended up in this situation, but it looks like you checked out or installed 3.0 and than copied the 2.5 code into the project. In which case you need to git checkout the 2.5.x branch, either run the skeleton script again if you used it and than copy the code into it again.
As @5iver mentions, if you want a binding included in openHAB repository it needs to be 3.0, but if you want to run it for yourself or distribute it yourself you can just develop on 2.5.
Okay so I followed this guide and cloned the repo from. Is this environment meant for the development of bindings for OH3? | https://community.openhab.org/t/cannot-import-org-eclipse-smarthome/109071/4 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | refinedweb | 465 | 55 |
A reader recently asked how to create instances of the Rowset class from Java. I believe the question was more about IDE and classpath setup than it was about actual Java code. But, since it can be difficult to figure out how to use PeopleCode objects in Java, I thought I would post an example:
package test.peoplecode;
import PeopleSoft.PeopleCode.Func;
import PeopleSoft.PeopleCode.Name;
import PeopleSoft.PeopleCode.Rowset;
public static String getOprDescr(String oprid) {
Name recName = new Name("RECORD", "PSOPRDEFN");
Name fieldName = new Name("FIELD", "OPRDEFNDESC");
Rowset r = Func.CreateRowset(recName, new Object[] { });
r.Fill(new Object[] { "WHERE OPRID = :1", oprid });
return (String)r.GetRow(1).GetRecord(recName).GetField(fieldName).getValue();
}
}
Notice that the first parameter to CreateRowset is a
Name object and the second is an empty array. If I were creating a hierarchical Rowset (similar to a component buffer), then I would fill the array with additional Rowset objects, as described by the
CreateRowset PeopleBooks entry. Another important difference between PeopleCode and Java is that the
"RECORD" and
"FIELD" parameters to the
Name constructor must be upper case.
Here is some PeopleCode to test this example:
MessageBox(0, "", 0, 0, GetJavaClass("test.peoplecode.RowsetTest").getOprDescr(%OperatorId));
What about the IDE's Java project classpath? If your IDE supports library definitions (like JDeveloper), then add the JAR
%PS_HOME%\class\peoplecode.jar as a new library and then add the library to your project.
31 comments:
Great example Jim. I'm curious if there's a way to access the component buffer rowset from java (i.e., pass a reference to it).
Hi Joe, thank you for the compliment. Yes, you can either pass the component's Level0 Rowset (my preferred method) to a Java method or your can call Func.GetLevel0().
Hello Jim,
Thanks for all the good articles in your blog.
I'm looking for Documentation for all the Application Packages and classes delivered with PeopleSoft Product. Something like Java Documentation.
Wouldn't be nice, that documentation also included in PeopleBooks.
I hope, I explanation is understandable. Waitin for your reply.I'm eagerly waiting for this type of documentation, so that, I can code lot more effectively.
-Mano
@ManoNag, what you say is true. It would be nice. Actually, you can find PeopleBooks documentation for delivered supported reusable App Classes. For example, you will find lots of documentation about the MultiChannel Framework (MCF) and the pluggable encryption API.
What you won't find is documentation on app classes and API's that PeopleSoft developers created, but didn't intend for customers to reuse. As you say though, it makes you more effective to reuse delivered code, whether it was intended for reuse or not.
I've heard rumors from old timers in PS development about a documentation tool, but I've never seen it. I don't work directly in PeopleTools development, so I don't see everything. I am more of an internal PeopleTools customer.
In the absence of documentation, you have to dig deeply into the delivered code to figure out what it does.
One thing to keep in mind is that documented API's are considered stable. Undocumented ones are subject to change. What this means is that code you write that uses an undocumented API may break when you apply a patch or bundle. This can happen with documented API's too, but is less likely.
Thank you Jim, for a very quick response.
Without any documentation on delivered app packages and classes, how can anyone understand the logic.
In PeopleSoft Financials 8.4, if I want trace the logic and to make necessary changes, it used to be really understandable.B'coz, the code used to have all the known functions which are explained in the PeopleBooks.
But in PS FIN 8.8 and after, there is really heavy App Package usage, which sometimes really annoying to go through the complete code.
Anyways, I hope, sometime soon we may get a documentation for all these delivered Packages.
I'm not sure, I'm asking the right question or killing your time. If you have any information on this documentation, please post on your blog.
-Mano
@ManoNag, I have the same documentation you have. If you want more, you will have to open a case with Oracle Support. Yes, there is an additional layer of complexity now.
<rant>I've long complained to anyone who would listen (and many who apparently didn't) about how poor PeopleSoft "in-code" commenting is. Occasionally one will see some well documented code, but it's the exception. Often there isn't even any indication of the purpose of the code. We require our developers to fully document any customizations and custom code. Why can't Oracle?
PeopleBooks have improved greatly over the years but not code comments.</rant>
@Dan, my comment? ... No comment ;)
The PeopleCode/Java API has been especially difficult because the parameters are all "Object" which is basically any non native data type.
Hi Jim,
Can you create a row set from an ApiObject or a String like this:
Local ApiObject &Job
&RS1 = CreateRowset(ApiObject.JOB);
&JOB_READ = &RS1.Fill();
Hi Jim,
Can you CreateRowset from an ApiObject or a String?
Local ApiObject &Job
&RS = CreateRowset(ApiObject.JOB);
&JOB_READ = &RS.Fill();
Local String &Job
&RS = CreateRowset(String.JOB);
@Iqan, From a string, yes. Just use:
Local String &Job = "JOB";
Local Rowset &RS = CreateRowset(@("Record." | &Job));
Hi jim,
Thanks for all the articles from you, especially the undocumented ideas.
My question is, Can we call the user defined peoplecode function from java? How?
Say I have a peoplecode function in a default event of a record field, usually we declare it to call from peoplecode.
But how this can be done in java.
@Asgar, you can call app classes from Java, but I haven't seen anything describing how to call a FUNCLIB. With that, I see two options:
1. Create a wrapper app class that calls the FUNCLIB function
2. Move the FUNCLIB code into an app class.
Here is the PeopleBooks documentation for calling App Classes from PeopleCode. I don't think it has changed much since tools 8.4 released.
Please note: Your Java needs to be running inside an app server session to call an app class.
Hi Jim,
I Am using hrms9.0.In that Permissions and role will give blank page.
How do i get permission and roles page options like options
I am using HRMS9.0.
Permission and roles Will not give any options.How do resolve my problem.
@Ashok/@Kumar, I've never seen that before. I suggest you create an incident with Oracle Support
Hi Jim,
I placed a grid in the scroll level 1
and second grid i was placed in scroll level 1.
When i am saving page it gives error as No data for scroll is response.
How do i solve the Problem.
Thank you.
@Kumar, it sounds like you didn't add any fields to the grid. If you did, then make sure the fields belong to an SQL view/table, not just derived/work fields.
I did as sql table only ,
Why it gives like that.
Hi Jim,
I am new to PeopleSoft and I have a task to pull large amount of employee and company data from peoplesoft. I looked at this article and it seems to work for me. I was wondering are there any other way to get data from peoplesoft using Java? (Like web service or something else) I appreciate your help.
Thanks
John
@Johnm, there are a million ways to get data out of PeopleSoft. Just remember, the example in this article only works when run from PeopleSoft (App Engine, Online PeopleCode, etc), and that is because it needs the Java Native Interface to access the PeopleCode objects.
Yes, you can use web services to get data. You can either take the tooling approach and publish a WSDL from PeopleSoft, and then consume from your external system, or take the light weight approach and just use REST or REST-like services (depends on your PeopleTools release). Search this blog for REST if you are interested.
If you have to move large amounts of data and this is a one-time move, then you may want to run against the database directly. This is the most efficient way to move large amounts of data. It really depends on whether you need business logic and whether or not you have security access.
Jim,
Thank you very much. I am not allowed to use DB directly because of security. I am looking at Component Interface that can be exposed as Web Service and consumed by third party apps. What I am not sure is whether the CI peoplecode allows me to write adhoc query and return collection. Is this possible?
- John
@John, CI based web services are great for changing data, but a bit heavy for data extraction. The query web services may be a better alternative. You can read about them in the Reporting Services PeopleBook. If you are using an older version of PeopleTools that does not support "Query as a Service" then you can create your own service operation and OnRequest handler that uses the PeopleCode Query API. You can read about the Query API here.
For extracting data, I think using query is a very good alternative (FYI, Query and CI's are different technologies and don't fit together directly. A developer might use them in the same project, for example iterate over query results, creating a CI instance for each query result, but the two are different).
I think this is a very good challenge for someone new to PeopleTools. If you choose a Web Service approach, then you will learn something about:
* Integration Broker
* PeopleCode
* App Classes and inheritance
* The PeopleCode Query API
hi, Jim
I m facing problem to call peoplecode in java.. there is a problem for native library... can u tell me the Oracle Connector for database
hi Jim
I am getting the error below when executing java code.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: PeopleSoft.PeopleCode.Func.CreateRowset(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)LPeopleSoft/PeopleCode/Rowset;
at PeopleSoft.PeopleCode.Func.CreateRowset(Native Method)
at Test.getOprDescr(Test.java:25)
at J_P.main(J_P.java:23)
@M Asim, it sounds like an environment issue. I suggest you post your question to the OTN Forum
@sarfaraz, when you ask for the Oracle Connector, are you choosing to just go direct to the database and skip the PeopleCode data access classes? If so, then what you want is JDBC and the Oracle JDBC driver jar file.
hi JIm..
I want to update record from the PeopleSoft API that is generated from Components Interface.. Suggest me how i do update, insert data in record throug java ...
Thanx In Advance
@sarfaraz, I suggest you start with the PeopleBooks entry on Java/Component Interfaces
Hi Jim;
can u give little suggestion and hint for making a new peoplesoft Portal in which I can add database. in other words i want a new project and want a separate Portal for that..
i will very thankful to u
Regards Sarfaraz
@sarfaraz, When you say you want a separate portal, do you mean a portal registry where menu items are stored or do you mean a separate database? In regards to separate portals, PeopleSoft delivers the EMPLOYEE, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, and PARTNER portals with no provision or licensing allowance for creating more. Technically speaking, however, creating a new site or workspace in the Interaction Hub (Enterprise Portal) will create a separate portal registry. | https://blog.jsmpros.com/2010/05/accessing-peoplecode-rowsets-from-java.html | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | refinedweb | 1,938 | 66.33 |
Date: Jan 9, 2013 3:15 PM Author: kj Subject: how to implement the "many tiny functions" paradigm?
One of the most often cited coding "best practices" is to avoid
structuring the code as one "large" function (or a few large
functions), and instead to break it up into many tiny functions.
One rationale for this strategy is that tiny functions are much
easier to test and debug.
The question is how to implement this "many tiny functions" strategy
in MATLAB.
To be more specific, suppose that I start with some "large" function
foo, implemented in a ~100-line file foo.m, and I break it down
into about ~20 tiny functions, including a new (and much smaller)
entry-point function foo that calls the remaining tiny functions,
either directly or indirectly.
The problem is that, if the new foo.m file now looks like this:
function f = foo(a, b, c)
...
% End of function foo
function b = bar(d, e)
...
% End of function bar
...
function z = zzz(x, y)
...
% End of function zzz
...then the "helper" functions bar, ..., zzz are not accessible from
outside foo.m, so there's no easy way to test or debug them
*directly*. (One can do so only indirectly through calls to the
entry-point function foo, and this can be quite cumbersome and
error-prone.)
(Note that it would be entirely consistent with the philosophy
described above to have, among the "tiny functions" in foo.m, some
--say, test_bar, ..., test_zzz, etc.--, whose sole purpose was to
test some other "tiny function". Even in this case, however, one
would need a way to call these testing functions from outside of
foo.m.)
So file structure shown above may not be very useful for testing
and debugging. On the other hand, it would be too much clutter
(both of directories and of the global namespace) to put all these
tiny functions each in its own *.m file (bar.m, ..., zzz.m,
test_bar.m, ..., test_zzz.m).
So my question is: is there a convenient way to structure this code
that would *both* preserve the overall decomposition into many tiny
functions *and* enable these functions to be tested?
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
PS. I am aware of the existence of MATLAB xUnit Test Framework,
etc., but my aims here is more general and fundamental, and in any
case decidedly different, from those of unit testing, and therefore
if possible I'd much prefer to avoid bringing into the picture the
whole unit testing apparatus and mind-set. I'm sure that the
question of the suitability of a unit-testing framework for what
I want to do could provide fodder for lengthy discussions, but this
is a somewhat philosophical point that I'd prefer to avoid altogether.
I hope that responders will be willing to take it on faith my
assertion that MATLAB xUnit Test Framework et al. are not what I'm
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Raspberry Pico: Designing a Custom C-SDK Library (Part 2)
Download the shift register library from Github:
The Raspberry Pi a new project: A library for connecting and controlling the HC595N shift register.
In the previous article, I explained the essentials of shift register operations, and detailed how the particular HC595N works. The article finished with an explanation of the libraries core objects and functions.
In this article, I continue the library development, and will detail my approach, development steps, and the final result.
This article originally appeared at my blog.
Development Approach
The HC595N library is my very first embedded software open-source project in the still new to me C language. My experience in prior projects shaped what I wanted to achieve with this library, and how it should be developed.
What’s important? I want to provide a library that captures the necessary operations to work with an HC595N library. The library objects and its functions — its API — should be clear and easy to use, an additional documentation should answer all questions. It should follow the development standard and code structuring principles of C. And finally, it should provide unit tests for providing implementation quality and a solid foundation for feature extensions and refactoring’s.
With this in mind, I decided to follow this approach:
- Write a single C file with all the necessary code for the very first feature, keeping in mind to provide semantically named objects and functions
- Software Test: Add unit tests that completely cover this initial feature set
- Hardware test: Build a breadboard with the microcontroller, the shift register, and outputs devices (LEDs etc.) and test your code
- Switch to test driven development by writing a unit test first before a new function, finalizing all essential features
- Adept to good API design guidelines and C coding standards: Restructure the project into separate header, implementation, and test files. And provide conventional ways to create new objects and library functions (both object-scoped and global)
- Restructure the project into C coding standards: A header file, an implementation file, and a test file. Also, upgrade the library to
- Provide mocks or stubbing to all hardware related functions to test the library in isolation of any concrete hardware
- Add the Hardware specific standard compilation stack that’s accepted in the community
Now, let’s see how these steps turned out in practice.
Essential Feature: Write a Single Bit
The ShiftRegister is a simple
Struct object that defines all required pins and the two states
serial_pin_state and
shift_register_state.
typedef struct ShiftRegister
{
u_int8_t SERIAL_PIN;
u_int8_t SHIFT_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN;
u_int8_t STORAGE_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN; bool serial_pin_state;
u_int8_t shift_register_state;
} ShiftRegister;
A ShiftRegister object can be initialized with a compound literal that maps to each of its pin.
ShiftRegister reg = {
.SERIAL_PIN=14,
.SHIFT_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN=11,
. STORAGE_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN=12
};
With this shift register created, we should now write a single bit. Since C has no objects, you typically define functions that receives a pointer to objects, and the arguments.
When called, this function will set the
serial_pin_state to the passed argument of type
bool. Then it will modify the
register_state: If the passed
bool is true, we effectively add
2 to the current register value. It its zero, we right-shift all bits by one.
static bool write_bit(ShiftRegister *reg, bool b)
{
reg->serial_pin_state = b;
(b) ? (reg->register_state += 0b10) : (reg->register_state <<= 0b01);
return true;
}
The test case writes two bits:
1 followed by
0. After each step, we test the
pin_state is set correctly. Details can be found in my article about testing with CMocka.
void test_write_bit(void **state)
{
ShiftRegister reg = {14, 11, 12};
write_bit(1, ®);
assert_int_equal(reg.serial_pin_state, 1);
write_bit(0, ®);
assert_int_equal(reg.serial_pin_state, 0);
}
Hardware Test
When the software tests are running, it’s time to implement the hardware related functionality. At the time of writing this article, I was just beginning to develop microcontroller libraries, so my approach might not be the best yet.
From the specifics of the HC595N data sheet, we know that new data is written to the shift register when the clock pin goes high for one cycle. Whatever the state of the serial pin is — high or low — get written to the shift register. This means effectively we need to surround the existing code with statements that write data to the pins.
This looks like this:
static bool _write_bit(ShiftRegister *reg, bool b)
{
gpio_put(reg->SERIAL_PIN, b);
gpio_put(reg->SHIFT_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN, 1);
reg->serial_pin_state = b;
(b) ? (reg->register_state += 0b10) : (reg->register_state <<= 0b01);
gpio_put(reg->SHIFT_REGISTER_CLOCK_PIN, 0);
gpio_put(reg->SERIAL_PIN, 0);
return true;
}
Line 3 writes the given
bool value to the serial pin, and in Line 3 we set the shift register clock pin to
1. Line 7 and Line 8 put both pins back to
0.
With this addition, I uploaded the code and wrote a small example that would light 8 LEDs in succession, then turning them off again. With the proper teste circuit design on a breadboard, I could see this:
Structural Refactoring
So far, the essential function to write a single bit are implemented. They are supported by unit tests and a manual hardware test.
With this, we can continue to develop the library. The first thing however is to restructure the current code base: A proper header file in an
include folder, the implementation in
src, and a separate file in
examples and
test It looks like this:
├── examples
│ ├── 8_led_blink.c
├── include
│ └── admantium
│ └── rp2040_shift_register.h
├── src
│ ├── CMakeLists.txt
│ └── rp2040_shift_register.c
└── test
└── test.c...
Extension with new Functions
With the structure in place, I then focused on adding new library functions. Each function was developed with the same approach:
- Add a definition to the header file
- Add a new test
- Provide the implementation
- Test & debug
In a short amount of time, I completed these functions:
write_bit(ShiftRegister *, bool): Write a single bit to the shift register, and perform a shift-right of all other bits.
write_bitmask(ShiftRegister *, u_int8_t): Write a complete bitmask, e.g.
0b10101010to the register.
flush(ShiftRegister *): Flush the content of the shift register to the storage register.
reset(ShiftRegister *): Resets the shift register's content to bitmask
0b00000000.
reset_storage(ShiftRegister *)Resets the storage register's content to bitmask
0b00000000and performs a
shift_register_flush()
char * shift_register_print(ShiftRegister \*)Prints the shift register's state as a bitmask, and returns a
char*of the bitmask string.
Running Unit Tests without the Pico SDK
To get the unit tests working, I needed to resolve to a trick. The CMocka library is not compatible with the GCC ARM cross compiler, so the program needs to be compiled with the default C compiler, and then it cannot use the Pico SDK function. Therefore, I included a preprocessor flag to either load the Pico SDK or a set of mock functions:
#ifndef TEST_BUILD
#include <pico/stdlib.h>
#endif
#ifdef TEST_BUILD
#include <../test/mocks.h>
#endif
The mock functions are simple empty functions.
void stdio_init_all() { // do nothing }
void gpio_init(uint8_t gpio) { // do nothing }
static void gpio_set_dir(uint8_t gpio, bool out) { // do nothing }
static void gpio_put(uint8_t gpio, bool value) { // do nothing }
Note: CMocka provides a mechanism to wrap function calls as mocks. This requires a linker that works with
--wrap <symbol>calls, see the man page. For example, you could compile with
-Wl,--wrap=gpio_putto wrap the
gpio_putfunction. But at the time of implementing the library, my knowledge of the C toolchain was too limited to get this working.
API Refactoring
The library is already in a good shape, now let’s make an API. My reference for C API Design is the book 21st Century C. The essence is: Create meaningful struct objects with data and functions, then provide global functions that take a pointer to these struct objects and call its methods. Providing these global functions is also the same pattern I have seen (and unknowingly used) in the Pico SDK. Also, it prevents to reference the struct object twice for a function call, like
register.write_bit(®ister, 1).
Therefore, the following new functions were added:
bool shift_register_write_bit(ShiftRegister *, bool);
bool shift_register_write_bitmask(ShiftRegister *, uint8_t);
bool shift_register_flush(ShiftRegister *);
bool shift_register_reset(ShiftRegister *);
bool shift_register_reset_storage(ShiftRegister *);
char *shift_register_print(ShiftRegister *);
Essentially, these functions work as dispatchers: They can call the structs method straight ahead, or they can e.g. check if the struct has the method, and if not, provide a default function. In the end, I decided to just call the struct methods directly. The implementation of the library function
shift_register_write_bitmask() therefore is:
bool shift_register_write_bitmask(ShiftRegister *reg, u_int8_t btm)
{
return reg->write_bitmask(reg, btm);
}
Conclusion
Developing a shift register library for the Raspberry Pico followed a multi-phase approach: Bare metal proof-of-concept, restructuring, function extension, API wrapper. I had great fun in writing this library. This article detailed each of these phases. We learned how to interface the shift register with a pin config struct, and how to write a single bit to it. We then saw how to properly structure a library into the folders include, src, example, and test. Then I showed how to mock the Pico SDK functions when you can not compile with GCC ARM. Finally, we learned how to provide an API for the library. Now, go ahead and the try the library: Github pico-shift-register-74HC595. | https://admantium.medium.com/raspberry-pico-designing-a-custom-c-sdk-library-part-2-d466435de10a | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | refinedweb | 1,529 | 52.09 |
Macros
Some languages features such as C
#define enable the user to define syntax shortcuts. They are useful for performing some pseudo-code-generation, but at the same time they allow you to modify the syntax of the language, making the code unreadable for other developers.
The Haxe macro system allows powerful compile-time code-generation without modifying the Haxe syntax.
Macro functions
The principle of a macro is that it is executed at compile time and instead of returning a value it will return some pieces of Haxe code that will be compiled.
A function can be defined as a macro function by using the
@:macro Metadata.
This is a macro example that will compile the build date. Please note that since it's a macro, it is run at compilation time, which means it will always give the date at which the compilation was made and not the "current date" at which the program is run.
import haxe.macro.Context; class Test { @:macro public static function getBuildDate() { var date = Date.now().toString(); return Context.makeExpr(date, Context.currentPos()); } static function main() { trace(getBuildDate()); } }
Since each macro function must return an expression which corresponds to the block of code that will replace the macro call, it is necessary to be able to convert the String value stored in the
date variable into the corresponding string-expression. This is done by
Context.makeExpr.
Since each expression needs also a position which will tell at which file/line it is declared (for error reporting and debugging purposes), we will use in this example the
Context.currentPos() position which is the position where the
getBuildDate() macro call has been made.
You cannot have platform specific imports in a file that has @:macro, unless you use some #if !macro ... #end wrappers around them. So put your macros in a specific macro class and do not try to create them next to your regular code unless you sure your not using platform specific code which I guess is quite rare, so simpler to always keep them separate.
Macro Reification
You can of course do much more than converting a simple value to an expression. You can actually generate and manipulate expressions, by using the
macro reification :
import haxe.macro.Expr; class Test { @:macro public static function repeat(cond:Expr,e:Expr) : Expr { return macro while( $cond ) trace($e); } static function main() { var x = 0; repeat(x < 10, x++); } }
This macro will generate the same code as if the user has written
while( x < 10 ) trace(x++).
A few explanations :
- the macro
repeattakes expressions as arguments, you can then pass it any expression before it is even typed. This expression has to be valid Haxe syntax but it can still reference unknown variables/types etc.
- the macro can then manipulate these expressions (see below) and reuse them by generating some wrapping code.
- the
macrokeyword will treat the following expression not as code that needs to be run but as code that creates an expression. It will also replace all $-prefixed identifiers by the corresponding variable.
Reification Escaping
new in haxe 3.0
When you use
macro reification, you still want to inject some values into the written expressions, this can be done in several ways :
- Using
${value}, will replace the expression at this place by the corresponding value. The value needs to be an actual
haxe.macro.Expr
var v = macro "Hello"; var e = macro ${v}.toLowerCase(); // is the same as : var e = macro "Hello".toLowerCase();
- In some case where the value can only be an identifier and not an expression,
$ident' is replaced by the value of the identifier :
With
var:
var myVar = "i"; var e = macro var $myVar = 0; // is the same as : var e = macro var i = 0;
With field :
var myField = "f"; var e = macro o.$myField; // is the same as : var e = macro o.f;
With object fields :
var myField = "f"; var e = macro { $myField : 0 }; // is the same as : var e = macro { f : 0 };
- Using
$i{ident}, will create an identifier which value is
ident
var varName = "myVar"; var e = macro $i{varName}++; // is the same as : var e = macro myVar++;
- Using
$v{value}will tranform the value into the corresponding expression, in a similar way to
Context.makeExpr:
var myStr = "some string"; var e = macro $v{myStr}; // is the same as : var e = macro "some string";
And for a more complex case :
var o = { x : 5 * 20 }; var e = macro $v{o}; // is the same as : var e = macro { x : 100 };
- Using
$a{exprs}, will substitute the expression Array in a
{..}block, a
[ ... ]constant array or a call parameters :
var args = [macro "sub", macro 3]; var e = macro "Hello".toLowerCase($a{args}); // is the same as : var e = macro "Hello".toLowerCase("sub",3);
Creating Expressions
As we see in the two last examples, we have several ways of creating expressions :
- using
Context.makeExprto convert a value into the corresponding expression, that - when run - will produce the same value
- using
macroto convert some Haxe code into an expression
- expressions can also be created "by-hand", since they are just plain Haxe enums :
// manual creation by using enums : var e : Expr = { expr : EConst(CString("Hello World")), pos : Context.currentPos() }; // is actually the same as : var e : Expr = macro "Hello World !";
Manipulating expressions
Since expressions are just a small structure with a position and an enum, you can easily match them.
For instance the following example make sure that the expression passed as argument is a constant String, and generates a string constant based on the file content :
import haxe.macro.Expr; import haxe.macro.Context; class Test { @:macro static function getFileContent( fileName : Expr ) { var fileStr = null; switch( fileName.expr ) { case EConst(c): switch( c ) { case CString(s): fileStr = s; default: } default: }; if( fileStr == null ) Context.error("Constant string expected",fileName.pos); return Context.makeExpr(sys.io.File.getContent(fileStr),fileName.pos); } static function main() { trace(getFileContent("myFile.txt")); } }
Please note that since macro execute at compile-time, the following example will not work :
var file = "myFile.txt"; getFileContent(file);
Because it that case the macro
fileName argument expression will be the identifier
file, and there is no way to know its value without actually running the code, which is not possible since the code might use some platform-specific API that the macro compiler cannot emulate.
Constant arguments
The above example can be greatly simplified by telling that your macro only accept constant strings :
@:macro static function getFileContent( fileName : String ) { var content = sys.io.File.getContent(fileName); return Context.makeExpr(content,Context.currentPos()); }
Again - same as above - you will have to pass a constant expression, it cannot be a value of type
String.
The following types are supported for constant arguments :
- Int, Bool, String, Float
- arrays of constants
- structures of constants
- null value
Context API and macro Context
The Context class gives you access to a lot of informations, such as compilation parameters, but also the ability to load type or even create new classes.
The Context API operates on the "application context", which is the unit in which the compilation of your code occurs. There is another context which is the "macro context" which compiles and run the macro code. Please note that these two contexts are separated.
For instance, if you compile a Javascript file :
- the application context will contain your Haxe/Javascript code, it will have access to the Javascript API
- the macro context will contain your macro code (the classes in which @:macro methods are declared) and it will not be able to access the Javascript API. It can however access the Sys API, the sys package and the neko API as well. It can still interact and modify the application context by using the Context class.
It is important to understand that some code sometimes get compiled twice : once inside the application context and once inside the macro context.
In general, it is recommended to completely separate your macro code (classes contaiting @:macro statements) from your application code, in order to prevent expected issues due to some code being included in the wrong context.
Type Reification
It is possible to use
macro : Type to build a type instead of an expression.
Type reification also support escaping (see below).
The following example will declare a new typed variable when called :
import haxe.macro.Expr; class Test { @:macro static function decl( vname : String ) { var str : ComplexType = macro : String; var arr : ComplexType = macro : Array<Array<$str>>; return macro var $vname : $arr = []; } #if !macro static function main() { decl("table"); trace(table); } #end }
Please note that in that case we need to make sure that the
main() code is not compiled as part of the macro context.
Building types
You can also generate and manipulate types declarations content with macros, see Building Types with Macros
Advanced Features
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part I Language Usage
Chapter 1 Basic Usage of Objects
1.1 The Core: Objects as Small and Active Entities
1.2 Developing with Objects
1.2.1 Effective Code Editing in Eclipse
1.2.2 Refactoring: Incremental Design Improvements
1.2.3 The Crucial Role of Naming
1.3 Fields
1.3.1 Data Structures
1.3.2 Collaborators
1.3.3 Properties
1.3.4 Flags and Configuration
1.3.5 Abstract State
1.3.6 Caches
1.3.7 Data Shared Between Methods
1.3.8 Static Fields
1.4 Methods
1.4.1 An Object-Oriented View on Methods
1.4.2 Method Overloading
1.4.3 Service Provider
1.4.4 Convenience Method
1.4.5 Processing Step
1.4.6 Explanatory Methods
1.4.7 Events and Callbacks
1.4.8 Reused Functionality
1.4.9 Template Method
1.4.10 Delegated to Subclass
1.4.11 Extending Inherited Behavior
1.4.12 Factory Methods
1.4.13 Identity, Equality, and Hashing
1.4.14 Refused Bequest
1.5 Exceptions
1.5.1 Basic Usage
1.5.2 Exceptions and the System Boundary
1.5.3 Exceptions to Clarify the Program Logic
1.5.4 Exceptions for Checking Expectations
1.5.5 Exceptions to Signal Incompleteness
1.5.6 Exception Safety
1.5.7 Checked Versus Unchecked Exceptions
1.6 Constructors
1.6.1 Initializing Objects
1.6.2 Initialization by Life-Cycle Methods
1.6.3 Constructors and Inheritance
1.6.4 Copying Objects
1.6.5 Static Constructor Methods
1.7 Packages
1.7.1 Packages as Components
1.7.2 The Facade Pattern
1.8 Basics of Using Classes and Objects
1.8.1 General Facets of Objects
1.8.2 Service Provider
1.8.3 Information Holder
1.8.4 Value Object
1.8.5 Reusable Functionality
1.8.6 Algorithms and Temporary Data
1.8.7 Boundary Objects
1.8.8 Nested Classes
1.8.9 The null Object
Chapter 2 Fundamental Object Structures
2.1 Propagating State Changes: Observer
2.1.1 Example: Observing Background Jobs
2.1.2 Crucial Design and Implementation Constraints
2.1.3 Implementation Details and Decisions
2.1.4 Judging the Need for Observers
2.2 Compound Objects
2.2.1 Ownership
2.2.2 Structure Sharing
2.2.3 Compound Objects and Encapsulation
2.2.4 Compound Objects and Observers
2.3 Hierarchical Structures
2.3.1 The Composite Pattern
2.3.2 The Visitor Pattern
2.3.3 Objects as Languages: Interpreter
2.3.4 Excursion: Composites and Stack Machines
2.4 Wrappers: Adapters, Proxies, and Decorators
2.4.1 The Adapter Pattern
2.4.2 The Decorator Pattern
2.4.3 The Proxy Pattern
2.4.4 Encapsulation Wrappers
Chapter 3 Abstraction and Hierarchy
3.1 Inheritance
3.1.1 The Liskov Substitution Principle
3.1.2 Interface Between the Base Class and Subclasses
3.1.3 Factoring Out Common Behavior
3.1.4 Base Classes for Reusable Infrastructure
3.1.5 Base Classes for Abstraction
3.1.6 Reifying Case Distinctions
3.1.7 Adapting Behavior
3.1.8 Inheritance Versus Delegation
3.1.9 Downcasts and instanceof
3.1.10 Implementation Inheritance
3.1.11 The Fragile Base Class Problem
3.2 Interfaces
3.2.1 Behavioral Abstraction
3.2.2 Client-Specific Classification and Abstraction
3.2.3 Abstraction Hierarchies
3.2.4 Multiple Classification
3.2.5 Extension Interface
3.2.6 Specifying Callbacks
3.2.7 Decoupling Subsystems
3.2.8 Tagging Interfaces
3.2.9 Management of Constants
3.2.10 Inheritance Versus Interfaces
Part II Contracts
Chapter 4 Contracts for Objects
4.1 The Core: Assertions Plus Encapsulation
4.2 Elaborating the Concepts by Example
4.2.1 Invariants and Model Fields
4.2.2 Contracts in Terms of Model Fields
4.2.3 Contracts, Invariants, and Processing Steps
4.2.4 The Role of Constructors
4.2.5 Pure Methods for Specification
4.2.6 Frame Conditions: Taming Side Effects
4.3 Motivating Contracts with Hindsight
4.4 Invariants and Callbacks
4.5 Checking Assertions at Runtime
4.6 The System Boundary
4.7 Arguing About the Correctness of Programs
4.7.1 Assignment
4.7.2 Loops: Summing over an Array
4.7.3 Conditionals and Loops: Binary Search
4.7.4 Outlook
Chapter 5 Testing
5.1 The Core: Unit Testing
5.2 The Test First Principle
5.3 Writing and Running Unit Tests
5.3.1 Basic Testing Guidelines
5.3.2 Creating Fixtures
5.3.3 Dependency Injection
5.3.4 Testing OSGi Bundles
5.3.5 Testing the User Interface
5.4 Applications and Motivations for Testing
5.4.1 Testing to Fix Bugs
5.4.2 Testing to Capture the Contracts
5.4.3 Testing to Design the Interface
5.4.4 Testing to Find and Document the Requirements
5.4.5 Testing to Drive the Design
5.4.6 Testing to Document Progress
5.4.7 Testing for Safety
5.4.8 Testing to Enable Change
5.4.9 Testing to Understand an API
5.4.10 Testing for a Better Work–Life Balance
Chapter 6 Fine Print in Contracts
6.1 Design-by-Contract
6.1.1 Contracts First
6.1.2 Weaker and Stronger Assertions
6.1.3 Tolerant and Demanding Style
6.1.4 Practical Examples of Demanding Style
6.1.5 Stronger and Weaker Class Invariants
6.2 Contracts and Compound Objects
6.2.1 Basics
6.2.2 Ownership and Invariants
6.2.3 Invariants on Shared Objects
6.3 Exceptions and Contracts
6.4 Inheritance and Subtyping
6.4.1 Contracts of Overridden Methods
6.4.2 Invariants and Inheritance
Part III Events
Chapter 7 Introduction to the Standard Widget Toolkit
7.1 The Core: Widgets, Layouts, and Events
7.2 The WindowBuilder: A Graphical Editor for UIs
7.2.1 Overview
7.2.2 Creating and Launching SWT Applications
7.3 Developing with Frameworks
7.3.1 The Goals of Frameworks
7.3.2 Inversion of Control
7.3.3 Adaptation Points in Frameworks
7.3.4 Liabilities of Frameworks
7.4 SWT and the Native Interface
7.4.1 Influence on the API
7.4.2 Influence on Launching Applications
7.5 Compound Widgets
7.6 Dialogs
7.7 Mediator Pattern
7.8 Custom Painting for Widgets
7.9 Timers
7.9.1 Timeouts and Delays
7.9.2 Animations
7.10 Background Jobs
7.10.1 Threads and the User Interface
7.10.2 Long-Running Tasks
7.10.3 Periodic Jobs
7.11 Review: Events and Contracts
Chapter 8 A Brief Introduction to Threads
8.1 The Core: Parallel Code Execution
8.2 Correctness in the Presence of Threads
8.3 Notifications Between Threads
8.4 Asynchronous Messages
8.5 Open Calls for Notification
8.6 Deadlocks
Chapter 9 Structuring Applications with Graphical Interfaces
9.1 The Core: Model-View Separation
9.2 The Model-View-Controller Pattern
9.2.1 The Basic Pattern
9.2.2 Benefits of the Model-View-Controller Pattern
9.2.3 Crucial Design and Implementation Constraints
9.2.4 Common Misconceptions
9.2.5 Behavior at the User Interface Level
9.2.6 Controllers Observing the Model
9.2.7 Pluggable Controllers
9.2.8 The Document-View Variant
9.3 The JFace Layer
9.3.1 Viewers
9.3.2 Finishing Model-View-Controller with JFace
9.3.3 Data Binding
9.3.4 Menus and Actions
9.4 The MVC Pattern at the Application Level
9.4.1 Setting up the Application
9.4.2 Defining the Model
9.4.3 Incremental Screen Updates
9.4.4 View-Level Logic
9.5 Undo/Redo
9.5.1 The Command Pattern
9.5.2 The Command Processor Pattern
9.5.3 The Effort of Undo/Redo
9.5.4 Undo/Redo in the Real World
9.6 Wrapping Up
Chapter 10 State Machines
10.1 The Core: An Object’s State and Reactions
10.2 State Machines in Real-World Scenarios
10.2.1 Additional Fundamental Elements
10.2.2 Ongoing Activities
10.2.3 Nested State Machines
10.3 Implementing Finite State Machines
10.3.1 Running Example: Line Editor
10.3.2 States-as-Assertions
10.3.3 Explicit States
10.3.4 State Pattern
Part IV Responsibility-Driven Design
Chapter 11 Responsibility-Driven Design
11.1 The Core: Networks of Collaborating Objects
11.2 The Single Responsibility Principle
11.2.1 The Idea
11.2.2 The SRP and Abstraction
11.2.3 The SRP and Changeability
11.3 Exploring Objects and Responsibilities
11.3.1 Example: A Function Plotter
11.3.2 CRC Cards
11.3.3 Identifying Objects and Their Responsibilities
11.3.4 Summing Up
11.4 Responsibilities and Hierarchy
11.5 Fundamental Goals and Strategies
11.5.1 Information Hiding and Encapsulation
11.5.2 Separation of Concerns
11.5.3 Compositionality
11.5.4 Design-Code Traceability
11.5.5 DRY
11.5.6 The SOLID Principles
Chapter 12 Design Strategies
12.1 Coupling and Cohesion
12.1.1 Coupling and Change
12.1.2 Coupling and Shared Assumptions
12.1.3 Cohesion
12.1.4 The Law of Demeter
12.2 Designing for Flexibility
12.2.1 Techniques for Decoupling
12.2.2 The Layers Pattern
12.3 Extensibility
12.3.1 Basic Techniques and Considerations
12.3.2 The Interceptor Pattern
12.3.3 The Eclipse Extension Mechanism
12.3.4 Pipes and Filters
12.4 Reusability
12.4.1 The Challenge of Reusability
12.4.2 The Case of the Wizard Dialogs in JFace
12.4.3 Building a Reusable Parser
12.4.4 Strategies for Reuse
Part V Appendix
Appendix A Working with Eclipse Plugins
A.1 OSGi: A Module System for Java
A.1.1 The Structure of OSGi Bundles
A.1.2 Working with Bundles in Eclipse
A.1.3 OSGi as an Application Platform
A.1.4 Defining Target Platforms
A.2 Launching Plugins
A.2.1 JUnit Plugin Tests
A.2.2 Contributions to the Eclipse IDE
A.2.3 Eclipse Applications
A.2.4 Installing Plugins in the Workspace
A.2.5 Java Programs
A.3 Where to Go from Here
Bibliography
Index
Preface
In roughly 15 years of teaching software engineering subjects at the University of
Tübingen, from introductory programming courses through software engineering to
software architecture, with a sideline on formal software verification, I have learned one
thing: It is incredibly hard for those with basic—and even advanced—programming skills
to become professional developers.
A professional developer is expected to deliver workable solutions in a predictable and
dependable fashion, meeting deadlines and budgets, fulfilling customer expectations, and
all the while writing code that is easy to maintain, even after the original project has long
been declared finished.
To achieve all of this, the professional developer has to know both concepts and code.
The concepts of software engineering, software design, and software architecture give
high-level direction toward the goal and provide guidelines toward achieving it. Above all,
they provide recurring solution patterns that are known to work and that other
professionals will recognize. The concrete coding techniques must complement this
knowledge to create good software. The guidelines come with many pitfalls and easy
misconceptions, and the patterns must be put into a concrete shape that follows implicit
conventions to be recognized. This is the second thing I have learned: It is incredibly hard
to translate good concepts to good code.
I have written this book to present professional strategies and patterns side by side with
professional code, in the hope of providing precisely the links and insights that it takes to
become a professional developer. Rather than using classroom-sized toy examples and
leaving the remainder to the reader’s imagination, I select and analyze snippets from the
code base of the Eclipse IDE. In many cases, it is the context of the nontrivial application
that explains why one code structure is good, while a very similar structure fails.
Acknowledgments
In finishing the book, I am deeply grateful to many people. To my academic advisor,
Professor Herbert Klaeren, who taught me how to teach, encouraged me to pick practically
relevant topics for my lectures, and improved the original manuscript by reading through
every chapter as it came into existence. To my editor, Christopher Guzikowski, for trusting
me to write this book and for being generous with his advice and guidance in the writing
process. To the reviewers, who have dedicated their time to help me polish the manuscript
into a book. To my wife, Dorothea, who taught me how to write, encouraged me to write,
and suffered the consequences gladly. And finally, to my students, who entrusted me with
their feedback on and criticism of my lectures, and who were always eager to discuss their
design proposals and solutions freely. The core idea of this book, to present code and
concepts side by side, would not have been possible without these constant and supportive
stimuli.
About the Author
Hol being teaching in the area of software engineering at different levels
of the computer science curriculum, starting from introductory programming courses to
lectures on software design and architecture. His other interests include scientific
databases for the humanities and the model-driven construction of data-driven web
applications.
Introduction
What makes a professional developer? The short answer is obvious: A professional
developer produces good-quality code, and reliably so. It is considerably less obvious how
the professional developer achieves this. It is not sufficient to know all the technical
details about a language and its frameworks, because this does not help in strategic
decisions and does nothing for the communication within a team. It is also not sufficient to
know the buzz words of design and architecture, because they give no hints as to the
concrete implementation. It is not sufficient to read through catalogs of design patterns,
because they focus on particular challenges and are easily misunderstood and misused if
seen out of context. Instead, the professional developer has to have a firm grasp of all of
these areas, and many more. He or she must see the connections and must be able to
switch between the different perspectives at a moment’s notice. The code they produce, in
the end, is just a reflection of a large amount of background considerations on many
different details, all of which are interconnected in often subtle ways.
This book aims to cover some of the difficult terrain found along the path to
professionalism that lies ahead of a developer who has just finished an introductory course
on programming, a university curriculum on computer science, or a first job assignment. It
presents the major topics that have proved relevant in around 30 years since the
mainstream adoption of object-oriented development. Beyond that, it highlights their
crucial points based on my 15 years of experience in teaching software development at all
levels of a university curriculum and working through many and various software projects.
The Central Theme: Code and Concepts
The main theme of this book is that object-oriented development, and software
development in general, always requires a combination of concepts and code. Without
code, there will obviously be no software. Without concepts, the code will have an
arbitrary, unpredictable structure. Concepts enable us to talk about the code and to keep it
understandable and maintainable. They support us in making design and implementation
decisions. In short, they explain why the code looks the way it does.
The field of object-oriented development offers a particularly fair amount of timeproven concepts. Here are just a few examples. At the smallest scale, the idea of replacing
“method calls” with “messages” helps to keep objects independent. The approach of
designing objects to take on “responsibilities” in a larger network of objects explains how
even small objects can collaborate to create substantial applications. It then turns out that
networks of objects often follow “patterns” such that standard problems can be solved
consistently and reliably. The idea of describing method calls by “contracts” gives a
consistent guide for obtaining correct code. “Frameworks” and “inversion of control” have
become essential for building large applications effectively.
Concepts are useful and even necessary for writing good-quality object-oriented code,
but it takes a fair amount of diligence, insight, and experience to translate them into code
faithfully. Teaching experience tells us that the concepts are easily misunderstood and that
subtle deviations can sometimes have disastrous consequences. In fact, the same lesson
applies to many tutorials and introductory expositions. For instance, the famous MODELVIEW-CONTROLLER pattern is often given with a “minimal” example implementation. We
have seen several cases where the model holds a reference to the concrete view class, and
a single instance, too. These blunders break the entire pattern and destroy its benefits. The
fact that the code works is just not good enough for professional developers.
Because code and concepts are both essential and must be linked in detail, this book
always takes you all the way. For each topic, we introduce the central concepts and
explain the general lay of the land with a few illustrations. But then we go on immediately
to show how the concepts are rendered in concrete code. We do not stop at giving minimal
examples but also explore the more intricate points. In the example of the MODEL-VIEWCONTROLLER pattern, it is easy to get right for small examples. But as soon as models get
more complex, the professional developer makes sure that only those parts that have
changed are repainted. Similarly, attaching an event-listener to a button in the user
interface is simple enough, but the professional must avoid freezing the display by
executing long-running operations. This, in turn, requires concurrent execution.
Of course, there might still be the danger of oversights in “minimal” examples.
Wherever feasible, we therefore present code taken from the Eclipse platform and
highlight those elements that exhibit the concept at hand. This choice has a further
advantage: It shows the concepts in action and in context. Very often, the true value of an
approach, and sometimes even its justification, shows up only in really large applications.
For instance, it is essential to keep software extensible. Convincing examples of
extensibility can, however, be found only in modular systems such as Eclipse. Finally, if
you want to dig a bit deeper into a particularly interesting point, you can jump right into
the referenced sources.
In connection with the resulting code, there is one final story that is usually not told: the
story of how the code actually gets written. Professional developers can become
amazingly productive if they do not insist on typing their code, but know all the tricks that
will make their IDE generate the code for them. For instance, knowing about the concept
of “refactoring” is all right and useful. But professionals must also master the refactoring
tools in Eclipse, up to the point where they recognize that three particular tools in
sequence will bring about the desired code change. On the theme of code and concepts, we
will therefore also highlight the Eclipse tools that apply to each concept.
The Structure of the Book
The book is organized in four parts. They approach the topic of object-oriented
development by moving roughly from the “small” aspects of individual language elements
to the “large” aspects of design and architecture. However, they also provide
complementary answers to the same question: What does a professionally designed
“object” really look like?
Part I: Language Usage Professional code always starts with professional language
usage: A professional applies the language elements according to their
intentions, rather than misusing them for seemingly nifty tweaks and hacks. The
term “usage” is actually meant as in “usage dictionary” for natural languages;
that is, if code obeys the idioms, the phrases, and the hidden connotations of the
language constructs, it becomes more readable, understandable, and
maintainable.
Part II: Contracts Professional code must above all be reliable. It must work in all
situations that it is constructed for and it must be clear what these situations
really are. The idea of design-by-contract gives a solid foundation for the
necessary reasoning. It carries all the way from high-level descriptions of
methods down to the details of formal software verification. As a
complementary approach, the behavior of objects must be established by
comprehensive testing.
Part III: Events Software of any size is usually event-driven: The application
functionality is triggered by some framework that establishes the overall
structure and fundamental mechanisms. At the core, the interpretation of
methods changes, compared to Part II: A method does not implement a service
that fulfills a specific request by the caller, but a reaction that seems most
suitable to the callee. We follow this idea in the particular area of user interfaces
and also emphasize the architectural considerations around the central modelview separation in that area. Because almost all applications need to do multiple
things at once, we also include a brief introduction to multithreading.
Part IV: Responsibility-Driven Design One goal of object-oriented development is
to keep the individual objects small and manageable. To achieve a task of any
size, many objects must collaborate. The metaphor of assigning
“responsibilities” to individual objects within such larger networks has proved
particularly useful and is now pervasive in software engineering. After an
introductory chapter on designing objects and their collaborations, we explore
the ramifications of this approach in taking strategic and architectural decisions.
Together, the four parts of this book are designed to give a comprehensive view of objectoriented development: They explain the role of individual objects in the overall
application structure, their reactions to incoming events, their faithful fulfillment of
particular service requests, and their role in the larger context of the entire application.
How to Read the Book
The topic of object-oriented software development, as described previously, has many
facets and details. What is more, the individual points are tightly interwoven to form a
complex whole. Early presentations of object-oriented programming tended to point out
that it takes an average developer more than a year in actual projects to obtain a sufficient
overview of what this approach to programming truly entails. Clearly, this is rather
unsatisfactory.
The book makes an effort to simplify reading as much as possible. The overall goal is to
allow you to use the book as a reference manual. You can consult it to answer concrete
questions without having to read it cover-to-cover. At the same time, the book is a proper
conventional textbook: You can also follow longer and more detailed discussions through
to the end. The central ingredients to this goal are the following reading aids.
Layered Presentation The presentation within each chapter, section, and subsection
proceeds from the general points to the details, from crucial insights to
additional remarks. As a result, you can stop reading once you feel you have a
sufficient grasp on a topic and come back later for more.
Core Sections Each chapter starts with a self-contained section that explains the
chapter’s core concepts. The intention is that later chapters can be understood
after reading the core sections of the earlier ones. By reading the core sections of
all chapters, you get a “book within a book”—that is, a high-level survey of
object-oriented software development. The core sections themselves are kept to
a minimum and should be read through in one go.
Snappy Summaries Every point the text explains and elaborates on is headed by a
one-sentence summary, set off visually in a gray box. These snappy summaries
give a quick overview of a topic and provide landing points for jumping into an
ongoing discussion.
Self-Contained Essays All top-level sections, and many subsections, are written to
be self-contained treatments of particular topics. After reading the core section
of a chapter, you can usually jump to the points that are currently most
interesting.
Goal-Oriented Presentation The book’s outline reflects particular goals in
development: How to write good methods? How to use inheritance and
interfaces? How to structure an application? How to use multithreading? How to
work with graphical user interfaces? How to obtain flexible software?
Everything else is subsumed under those goals. In particular, design patterns are
presented in the context to which they contribute most. They are kept very brief,
to convey the essential point quickly, but the margin always contains a reference
to the original description for completeness.
Extensive Cross-Referencing Jumping into the midst of a discussion means you
miss reading about some basics. However, chances are you have a pretty good
idea about those anyway. To help out, all discussions link back to their
prerequisites in the margin. So if you stumble upon an unknown concept, you
know where to look it up. It is usually a good idea to read the core section of the
referenced chapter as well. In the other direction, many of the introductory
topics have forward pointers to more details that will give additional insights. In
particular, the core sections point to further information about individual
aspects.
The cross-referencing in the margin uses the following symbols:
Reference to literature with further information or seminal definitions,
ordered by relevance
Reference to previous explanations, usually prerequisites
Reference to later material that gives further aspects and details
Furthermore, many paragraphs are set apart from the normal presentation by the
following symbols:
Crucial details often overlooked by novices. When missed, they break the
greater goals of the topic.
An insight or connection with a concept found elsewhere. These insights
establish the network of concepts that make up the area of object-oriented
development.
An insight about a previous topic that acquires a new and helpful
meaning in light of the current discussion.
An additional remark about some detail that you may or may not stumble
over. For instance, a particular detail of a code snippet may need further
explanation if you look very closely.
A decision-making point. Software development often involves decisions.
Where the normal presentation would gloss over viable alternatives, we
make them explicit.
A nifty application of particular tools, usually to boost productivity or to
take a shortcut (without cutting corners).
A (small) overview effect [259] can be created by looking at a language
other than Java or by moving away from object-oriented programming
altogether. Very often, the specifics of objects in Java are best appreciated
in comparison.
Hints for Teaching with the Book
The book emerged from a series of lectures given by the author in the computer science
curriculum at the University of Tübingen between 2005 and 2014. These lectures ranged
from introductory courses on programming in Java through object-oriented programming
and software engineering to software architecture. For this book, I have chosen those
topics that are most likely to help students in their future careers as software developers.
At the same time, I have made a point of treating the topics with the depth that is expected
of university courses. Particularly intricate aspects are, however, postponed to the later
sections of each chapter and can be omitted if desired.
If you are looking at the book as a textbook for a course, it may be interesting to know
that the snappy summaries actually evolved from my transparencies and whiteboard notes.
The style of the lectures followed the presentation in the book: After explaining the
conceptual points, I reiterated them on concrete example code. The code shown in the
book is either taken from the Eclipse platform or available in the online supplement.
The presentation of design patterns in this book, as explained earlier, is geared toward
easy reading, a focus on the patterns’ main points, and close links to the context to which
the patterns apply. An alternative presentation is, of course, a traditional one as given in
[100,59,263], with a formalized structure of name, intent, motivation, structure, down to
consequences and related patterns. I have chosen the comparatively informal approach
here because I have found that it helped my students in explaining the purpose and the
applications of patterns in oral exams and design exercises. In larger courses with written
exams, I have often chosen a more formalized presentation to allow students to better
predict the exam and to prepare more effectively. For these cases, each pattern in the book
points to its original publication in the margin.
The layered presentation enables you pick any set of topics you feel are most
appropriate for your particular situation. It may also help to know which sections have
been used together in which courses.
CompSci2 This introductory programming course is mostly concerned with the
syntax and behavior of Java and the basics of object-oriented programming
(Section 1.3, Section 1.4, Section 1.6, Section 1.5). I have included event-based
programming of user interfaces (Section 7.1) because it tends to be very
motivating. Throughout, I have used the view of objects as collaborating entities
taking on specific responsibilities (Section 11.1). This overarching explanation
enabled the students to write small visual games at the end of the course.
Software Engineering The lecture gives a broad overview of practical software
engineering so as to prepare the students for an extended project in the
subsequent semester. I have therefore focused on the principles of objectoriented design (Section 11.1, Section 11.2.1, Section 11.5.1). To give the
students a head start, I have covered those technical aspects that would come up
in the projects—in particular, graphical user interfaces (Section 7.1), including
the principle of model-view separation (Section 9.1, Section 9.2.1), the
challenges of frameworks (Section 7.3), and the usability issue of long-running
jobs (Section 7.10). I have also covered the fundamental design principles
leading to maintainable code (Section 11.5), focusing on the Single
Responsibility Principle (Section 11.2.1) for individual objects and the Liskov
Substitution Principle for hierarchies (Section 3.1.1). Throughout, I have
discussed prominent patterns—in particular, OBSERVER (Section 2.1), COMPOSITE
(Section 2.3.1), ADAPTER (Section 2.4.1), PROXY (Section 2.4.3), LAYERS
(Section 12.2.2), and PIPES-AND-FILTERS (Section 12.3.4).
Object-Oriented Programming This bachelor-level course builds on CompSci2
and conveys advanced programming skills. We have treated object-oriented
design (Section 11.1, Section 11.2.1, Section 11.3.2, Section 11.3.3) and
implementation (Section 1.2.1, Sections 1.3–1.8) in some depth. Because of
their practical relevance, we have covered user interfaces, including custompainted widgets and the MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER pattern (Section 7.1, Section
7.2, Section 7.5, Section 7.8, Section 9.2). Finite State Machines served as a
conceptual basis for event-based programming (Chapter 10). As a firm
foundation, I have included a thorough treatment of contracts and invariants,
including the practically relevant concept of model fields (Section 4.1). I have
found that practical examples serve well to convey these rather abstract topics
(Section 4.2) and that interested students are happy to follow me into the realm
of formal verification (Section 4.7.2).
Software Architecture 1 This lecture treats fundamental structuring principles for
software products. Because of the varying backgrounds of students, I started
with a brief survey of object-oriented design and development (Section 11.1,
Section 11.3.2, Section 10.1). This was followed by the basic architectural
patterns, following [59] and [218]: LAYERS, PIPES-AND-FILTERS, MODEL-VIEWCONTROLLER, and INTERCEPTOR (Section 12.2.2, Section 9.2, Section 12.3.4,
Section 12.3.2). Because of their practical relevance, I included UNDO/REDO
(Section 9.5) and the overall structure of applications with graphical interfaces
(Section 9.4). The course ended with an outlook on design for flexible and in
particular extensible and reusable software (Section 12.2, Section 12.3, Section
12.4).
Software Architecture 2 This lecture covers concurrent programming and
distributed systems. For space reasons, only the first area is included in the book
(Section 7.10, Chapter 8).
Part I: Language Usage
Chapter 1. Basic Usage of Objects
To learn a natural language properly, one goes abroad to live among native speakers for
some time. One learns their idioms, their preferences in choosing words, and the general
feeling for the flow of the language. But even so, when composing texts afterward, one
turns to thesauri for alternative formulations and to usage dictionaries to acquire a
desirable style.
This first part of the book will take you on a tour among Java natives, or at least their
written culture in the form of the Eclipse IDE’s code base. We will study common idioms
and usages of the language constructs, so as to learn from the experts in the field. At the
same time, the categorization of usages gives us a vocabulary for talking about our daily
programming tasks, about the purposes of objects, classes, methods, and fields, and about
the alternatives we have encountered and the decisions we have made. In short, it helps
teams to code more efficiently and to communicate more efficiently.
Like any usage dictionary, the presentation here assumes that you are in general familiar
with the language; thus we will discuss the meaning of language constructs only very
briefly. Furthermore, the chapter focuses on the technical aspects of usage. Advanced
design considerations must necessarily build on technical experience and are discussed in
Chapters 11 and 12. However, we give forward pointers to related content throughout, and
encourage you to jump ahead if you find a topic particularly interesting. Finally, we
discuss the Eclipse IDE’s tool support for the usages, because effective developers don’t
write code, they have the code generated by Eclipse. Here, we encourage you to try the
tools out immediately, just to get the feel for what Eclipse can do for you.
1.1 The Core: Objects as Small and Active Entities
Because programming languages are designed to offer relatively few, but powerful
elements that can be combined in a flexible way, it is not the language, but rather the
programmer’s attitude and mindset that determines the shape of the source code. As the
well-known saying goes, “A real 210 programmer can write FORTRAN programs in any
language.”
To get a head start in object-oriented programming, we will first formulate a few
principles that set this approach apart from other programming paradigms. From a
development perspective, these principles can also be read as goals: If your objects fit the
scheme, you have got the design right. Because the principles apply in many later
situations, we keep the discussion brief here and give forward references instead.
It’s the objects that matter, not the classes.
Learning a language, of course, requires mastering its grammar and meaning, so
introductory textbooks on Java naturally focus on these subjects. Now it is, however, time
to move on: The important point is to understand how objects behave at runtime, how they
interact, and how they provide 1.4.12 1.3.8 1.4.8.4 services to each other. Classes are not
as flexible as objects; they are merely development-time blueprints and a technical
necessity for creating objects.
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Learn to think in terms of objects!
Indeed, not all object-oriented languages have classes. Only in class-based
languages, such as Java, C++, C#, and Smalltalk, is each object an instance of a
class fixed at creation time. In contrast, in object-based languages, such as
JavaScript/ECMAScript, objects are lightweight containers for methods and fields.
Methods can even be changed for individual objects.
We start our overview of the characteristics of objects by considering how entire
applications can be built from them in the end:
An application is a network of collaborating objects.
11The
idea of many small objects solving the application’s task together is 32,264,263
perhaps the central notion of object-oriented programming. While in procedural
programming a few hundred modules are burdened with providing the functionality, in
object-oriented applications a few hundred thousand objects can share and distribute the
load. While classical systems feature 11.1 hierarchical module dependencies, objects form
networks, usually with cycles: No technical restrictions must impede their collaboration
on the task at hand.
Objects are lightweight, active, black-box entities.
11.2When
many objects solve a task together, each object can focus on a small aspect and
can therefore remain small and understandable: It contains just the code and information
relating to that aspect. To achieve a 1.8.2 2.2 1.8.6 clear code structure, it is helpful to
assume that you can afford as many helper objects as you like. For instance, Eclipse’s
SourceViewer, which is the basis for almost all editors, holds around 20 objects that
contribute different aspects to the overall component (and around 50 more are inherited).
Indeed, without that additional structure, the SourceViewer would 1.4.13 become quite
unmanageable. Finally, objects are handled by reference—that is, passing objects around
means copying pointers, which are mere machine words.
Objects are also active. While modules and data structures in classical software
engineering primarily have things done to them by other modules, 72,205 objects are best
perceived as doing things. For example, a Button does not simply paint a clickable area
on the screen; it also shows visual feedback on 7.8 mouse movements and notifies
registered objects when the user clicks the 7.1 2.1 button.
Finally, objects are “black-box” items. Although they usually contain some extensive
machinery necessary for performing their task, there is a conceptual box around the object
that other objects do not penetrate. Fig. 1.1 gives the graphical intuition of how black-box
objects should collaborate. Object B employs several helper objects, of which C
implements some functionality that A requires. Since B is a black box, A should not make
assumptions about its internal structure and cannot call on C directly. 2.2.3 11.5.1 12.1.4
Instead, A sends B a message m; that is, it calls its method m. Unknown to A, m now calls
on C. Black-box objects do not publish their internal structure.
Figure 1.1 Collaboration Between Self-Contained Objects
Being “black-box” means more than just declaring data structures and helpers as
private or protected. Preventing others from accessing an object’s fields and
internal 1.4.5 1.4.8.2 methods at the language level is only the first step and really
just a technical tool. This practice is called encapsulation, from the idea that the
language enables you to establish 216(§7.4) an impenetrable capsule around the
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object. Beyond that, the concept of information hiding 11.5.1
creating “black-box” objects at the design level. What is hidden here is 216(§7.6)
information about an object, which encompasses much more than just the definition
of its technical internals. It may comprise its strategies for solving particular
problems, its specific sequence of interactions with other objects, its choice in
ordering the values in some list, and many more details. In general, information
hiding is about hiding design decisions, with the intention of possibly revising these
decisions in the future. In this book, Parts I–III deal mainly with encapsulation.
Information hiding is discussed as a design concept in Part IV.
Creating black-box objects demands a special mental attitude, and skill, from developers:
Think of objects from the outside.
Developers adore the nifty code and data structures that they use to solve a problem. In a
team, however, it is essential to learn to speak about an object from the perspective of the
other team members, who merely wish to use the object quickly and effectively. Consider
a combo box, of class CCombo on the screen. It enables the user to select one item from a
given list in a nice pop-up window. Providing this simple functionality requires 1200 lines
of code, using 12 fields with rather complex interdependencies.
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a smooth development process, professionals must learn to describe 10 their
objects’ behavior—their reactions to method invocations—in general terms, yet precisely
enough for other objects to rely on the behavior. Their implementation is treated as a
private, hidden internal, and is 11.2 encapsulated behind a public interface. You know that
you have succeeded when you can describe your object in 1–2 brief sentences to your
fellow team members.
Objects are team players, not lone wolves.
To emphasize the point of collaboration: Objects can focus on their own tasks only if they
109 can perform better.
don’t hesitate to delegate related tasks that other objects 1.4.1
Toward that goal, it also helps to imagine that objects communicate by sending messages
to each other. A “method call” comes with many technical aspects, such as parameter
passing and stack frames, that deflect the thoughts from the best design. It’s better to see
this process as one object notifying another object, usually that it wants something done.
Note also how the idea of objects working together requires lean public interfaces:
Delegating tasks works well only if the other object states succinctly and precisely what it
can do—that is, which tasks it can perform well.
Objects have an identity.
Objects are commonly used to represent specific things. Domain objects stand for things
that the customers mention in their requirements; other objects may manage printers,
displays, or robot arms. An object is therefore more than a place in memory to store data
—its unique identity carries a meaning by itself, since the object is implicitly associated
with things 1.8.4 1.4.13 outside the software world. Except in the case of value objects,
one cannot simply exchange one object for another, even if they happen to store the same
data in their fields.
Note that this arrangement stands in contrast to classical data structures. Like objects,
they reside in the program’s heap space. But, for instance, one hash map is
interchangeable with another as long as both store the same key/value associations. The
actual addresses of the hash map’s parts are irrelevant.
Objects have state.
Objects store data in their fields and—apart from a few special cases—that 1.8.4 data
changes over time. As we have just seen, objects frequently relate closely to the real world
or our concepts about the world. The world is, however, stateful itself: When you write on
a piece of paper, the paper is modified. When you type into an editor, you expect that the
document is modified correspondingly. Unlike the real world, its software counterpart can
support undo, by reversing modifications to the objects’ state. Furthermore, 9.5 the
computer hardware is stateful by design, and objects at some point need to match that
environment to work efficiently.
Objects have a defined life cycle.
Java makes it easy to work with objects: Just create them and keep a reference to them as
long as they are required; afterwards, the garbage 133 collector reclaims them to reuse
the memory.
To understand objects, it is often useful to consider the things that happen to an object
during its existence more explicitly. The term life cycle captures this idea: An object is
allocated, then initialized by the constructor 1.6.1 or by ordinary methods taking its role;
then, its methods get called from the 1.6.2 outside to trigger certain desired reactions; and
finally, the object becomes
1.4.1
obsolete and gets destroyed.
From the object’s point of view, these events are represented by calls to specific
methods: It is notified about its creation and initialization, then 12.3.3.4 the various
operations, and finally its own upcoming destruction. These notifications serve to give the
object the opportunity to react properly—for instance, by freeing allocated resources
before it gets destroyed.
Don’t worry too much about efficiency.
Developers coming to Java often wonder whether it will be efficient enough. Unlike in C
or C++, it is simply very difficult to estimate the actual runtime cost of their code. Their
preoccupation with efficiency then sometimes leads them to trade object-oriented design
for perceived improvements in efficiency. As Donald Knuth puts it, “Premature
44(Item 55) all evil.”
optimization is the root of 140
Efficiency of code is, indeed, a dangerous goal: When it is stressed 258 too much,
developers are likely to spend much effort on complex special-purpose data structures and
algorithms. With the computing power now available on most devices, the trade-off
between expensive developer time and cheap execution time is rapidly moving toward
optimizing development and maintenance.
The trade-off might be obvious at the present time. But it is interesting that it
has been valid from the infancy of modern computing. One of the seminal papers
236(p.125) on good software organization states, “The designer should realize the
adverse effect on maintenance and debugging that may result from striving just for
minimum execution time and/or memory. He should also remember that
programmer cost is, or is rapidly becoming, the major cost of a programming
system and that much of the maintenance will be in the future when the trend will
be even more prominent.”
Code optimization therefore requires a strong justification, ideally by demonstrating the
bottlenecks using a profiler. Without such a tool, a good 115 guide is Amdahl’s law,
which briefly says: “Make the common case fast.” The overall system performance
improves only when we optimize code that runs frequently and that takes up a high
portion of the system runtime anyway. Usually, this is the case in inner loops that are
processing large amounts of data or performing nontrivial computations in each iteration.
Symmetrically, it is not worth optimizing methods that run infrequently and usually work
on very little data. As a case in point, consider the choice of linear data structures in
ListenerList and AbstractListViewer in the Eclipse code base.
A profiler may actually be instrumental in finding the bottleneck at all. Because
object-oriented code works with lots of small methods rather than long and deeply
nested loops, the time may be spent in unexpected places like auxiliary
hashCode() or equals() methods. The author once found that his program
analysis tool written in C++ spent around 30% of its runtime in the string copy
constructor invoked for passing an argument to a central, small method. Using a
const& parameter eliminated the problem.
Furthermore, efficiency is not the same as program speed perceived by the user, and this
174 data structures.
speed can often be improved without using sophisticated 50(§C.1)
For applications with user interfaces, it is usually sufficient 9.4.3 to reduce the screen
space to be redrawn and to move more complex tasks 7.10 to background threads, or even
148 Multithreading can help to exploit the
to just switch to the “busy” mouse cursor. 8
available CPU power. As these approaches suggest, optimization of perceived program
speed is not so much about data structures and algorithms, but about good software
organization. Moreover, this kind of optimization actually clarifies the structure, rather
than making it more complex. The software will become more—not less—maintainable.
Finally, the concept of encapsulation ensures that you will not lose too much by starting
with simple data structures and algorithms, as long as you keep their choice hidden inside
objects. Once a profiler identifies a bottleneck, the necessary changes will usually be
confined to single classes.
In summary, there is rarely a need for real optimization. You can design your code
based on this assumption:
Objects are small and method calls are cheap.
You should not hesitate to introduce extra methods if they better document 1.4.6 your
overall approach and to introduce new objects (even temporary ones to be returned from
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methods) if they help to structure your solution. 133
A particular concern of many C/C++ developers is the garbage collector. The
HotSpot JVM’s collector offers many state-of-the-art collectors, among them a
generational garbage collector. It acts on the assumption that “many objects die
young”—that 133 is, the program uses them only temporarily. The garbage
collector keeps a small heap in which objects are created initially, and that heap is
cleaned up frequently. Since the heap is small, this approach is very cheap. Only
objects that survive a few collections are moved to larger heap areas that are
cleaned less frequently, and with more effort.
1.2 Developing with Objects
Software development is more than just designing and typing code. It means working with
and working on code that already exists or that is being written. Being a professional
developer, then, is measured not only by the final outcome, but also by the process by
which one arrives there.
1.2.1 Effective Code Editing in Eclipse
Programming is, or should be, a rather creative activity in the quest for solutions to given
problems. Typing and formatting code, in contrast, is a mere chore, which easily distracts
you from the solution. The goal is this:
Don’t type your Java code—let Eclipse generate it for you.
While going through the language constructs in detail, we will point out the related
Eclipse tool support. Here, we give a first, brief overview. To avoid lengthy and redundant
enumerations along the menu structure, we give a motivational choice and encourage you
to try the tools whenever you code.
1.2.1.1 Continuous Code Improvements
Two tools are so useful that developers usually invoke them intermittently, without special
provocation: code formatting and organization of imports.
Tool: Format Code
Press Ctrl-Shift-F (for Source/Format) in the Java editor to format the current
source file according to the defined code conventions.
241Code
conventions define rules for formatting—in particular, for line breaks and
indentation—that make it simpler for developers to share source code: If all source of a
project is laid out consistently, developers get used to the style and are not distracted by
irrelevant detail. With Eclipse, obeying code conventions is simple and there is no excuse
for ill-formatted code. In the Preferences/Java/Code Style/Formatter, you can even finetune the conventions used to fit your requirements.
You can also change these settings from a project’s Properties dialog, which
writes them to the .settings folder within the project. As a result, they will be
checked into version control systems with the code and will be shared in the team.
Alternatively, you can export and import the workspace-wide formatting settings.
Formatting does not work for source code with syntax errors. If Ctrl-ShiftF does not react, fix any remaining errors first.
Java requires import declarations to access classes or static methods from other
packages. Of course, these are not meant to be written by hand:
Tool: Organize Imports
Press Ctrl-Shift-O (Source/Organize Imports) to remove unused imports and
add imports for unresolved names. If there are ambiguities, Eclipse will show a
selection dialog to resolve them.
Since the compiler by default issues warnings about unused imports, Eclipse can
even invoke the tool whenever a file is saved (see Preferences/Java/Editor/Save
Actions).
1.2.1.2 Navigation
In real-world projects, it is necessary to keep an overview of large code bases. When
learning APIs and new frameworks, you also need to see related code quickly. It is
worthwhile to get used to the keyboard shortcuts.
The Navigation menu offers a huge selection of available tools. Here are some
appetizers: F3 jumps to the declaration of the name under the cursor; pressing Shift and
hovering with the mouse over an identifier shows the definition in a pop-up (enable in
Preferences/Java/Editor/Hovers); F2 shows the JavaDoc. With Ctrl-Shift-T you can
quickly select a class, interface, or enum to jump to; Ctrl-Shift-R jumps to general
resources.
There are also many special-purpose views, which are placed beside the editor: F4
shows the position of a class in the type hierarchy; that view’s context menu then lets you
move through the hierarchy by focusing on different classes. The outline reflects the
structure of the current class, and a double-click jumps to the element; you can even
rearrange elements by drag-and-drop. With Ctrl-Alt-H, you can navigate through the
call hierarchy view to understand the collaboration between methods across classes. A
second access path to such views is found in the Show in … menu, which you reach in the
Java editor by Alt-Shift-W. This menu will save you a lot of manual tree navigation in
the package explorer.
To move within a class, invoke the quick outline with Ctrl-O, then type the beginning
of the target method’s or field’s name. To also see declarations in the super-types, press
Ctrl-O again.
1.2.1.3 Quick-Fix
Quick-Fix (Ctrl-1) was historically intended to fix simple errors. More recently, it has
developed into a standard access path to powerful tools for code generation and
modification. Very often, it is simpler to deliberately write wrong or incomplete code and
then use Quick-Fix to create the intended version. We can give here only a few examples,
and encourage you to invoke the tool frequently to build a mental model of what it can do
for you.
First, Quick-Fix still fixes simple errors. It adds required imports, changes typos in
names, and rearranges arguments of method calls to resolve type errors. When you call a
nonexistent method, it creates the method for you. When you write an abstract
method, it proposes to make the class abstract for you; when the method has a body,
Quick-Fix can remove it. When your class implements an interface, but does not have the
methods, Quick-Fix adds them. When you call a method that expects an interface, it offers
to add an implements clause to the argument object or to add a cast. When you assign
to a local variable of the wrong type, or call a method with a wrong parameter, it can
change the target type, or the source type, to achieve a match.
The real power of these fixes comes from using combinations. For instance, if you want
this to receive notifications about changes in a text 7.1 field on the screen, just type
txt.addModifyListener(this). Quick-Fix first adds the required implements
clause, then creates the required method declarations for you.
Quick-Fix is also good at generating and modifying code. Sometimes, while the code
may compile, it may not be what you had in mind. When you have written an expression,
Quick-Fix can place the result in a new variable declaration. It will even extract the
subexpression under the cursor to a new variable. When you declare a variable and
initialize it on the next line, Quick-Fix can join the variable declaration when the cursor is
in the variable name on either line. In if and while statements, Quick-Fix can add and
remove curly braces in single-statement then/else blocks and the loop body,
respectively.
Linked positions are shown as boxes in generated code when the generation
involves choices or ambiguities. Using tab, you can navigate between the linked
positions and then choose the desired version from the appearing pop-up menus.
1.2.1.4 Auto-Completion
Auto-Complete (Ctrl-Space) in many editors means finding extensions to the name
under the cursor. In Eclipse, it means guessing what you were probably about to write. As
with Quick-Fix, it is useful to invoke the tool very often to learn about its possibilities.
In its basic capacity, Auto-Complete will propose extensions to type, method, and field
names. It will also add import declarations as necessary. Using CamelCase notation
often simplifies the input. To get, for instance, IFileEditorInput, just auto-complete
IFEI; since there is only one completion, it expands immediately. When looking for
method names, Auto-Complete uses the type of the invocation target. But it does even
more: If the current position is guarded by an instanceof test, it offers the methods of
the specialized type and adds the required cast.
Under Preferences/Java/Editor/Content Assist, you can include or exclude
names that are not actually available at the current point. In exploratory
programming, at the beginning of projects, or with new libraries, it is often useful to
get all proposals, even if they result in a compilation error; you can always quickfix that error later on.
12.3.3
A.1.2When
working with plugins, it is often useful to auto-complete
even types from plugins that are not not yet referenced by the current project. To
enable this, open the Plug-ins view, select all entries, and choose Add to Java
Search from the context menu. You can later use Quick-Fix to add the missing
dependencies.
Auto-Complete also includes many code templates. Expanding the class name, for
example, yields a default constructor. At the class level, a method name from the
superclass creates an overriding method; completing get or set offers getters and setters
for fields; static_final completes to a constant definition. Expanding toarray
calls the toArray() method of a collection in the context; you can choose which one
through linked positions.
1.2.1.5 Surround With
Developing code is often an explorative process: You write down part of a larger
computation and only later realize that it should actually be guarded by an if, or must run
in a different thread altogether, so that it must be 148 packaged into a Runnable
object. The tool Surround With (Alt-Shift-Z) offers a choice of handy modifications
that often need to be applied as an afterthought in daily work.
1.2.1.6 The Source Menu
An obvious place to look for code generation patterns is the Source menu. We have saved
it for last because many of its tools are also available more easily through Auto-Complete
or Quick-Fix. Yet, this menu often offers more comprehensive support. For instance, you
can generate getters and setters for several fields, or override several methods at once. In
practice, you will soon get a feel for whether the extra effort in going through the menu
and a dialog offers any advantages over invoking the tool through other access paths. It is
also worthwhile to get used to keyboard shortcuts to the menu items. For instance, Alt-S
R is handy for generating getters and setters for fields; Alt-Shift-S shows a pop-up
version of the menu over the editor.
1.2.2 Refactoring: Incremental Design Improvements
In the early days of computing, it was commonly thought that a software 54 project
should progress in a linear fashion: Gather the requirements from the users, lay down the
system architecture, then the design, then specify the single classes and their methods, and
finally implement and test them. This was called the waterfall model. Unfortunately, the
waterfall has washed away many a software project.
Later software processes acknowledge that one learns during development by including
cycles that allow going back to earlier project phases. 233 Agile software development
then established truly iterative development, 28 and demanded a focus on the code,
rather than on plans and documents. The challenge is, of course, that the design will
change when the code already exists.
At a smaller scale, every developer knows that coding an object yields new insights on
how the object should best be designed. After having written out the solution, one simply
understands more of the solution’s structure.
Expect to adapt objects to new design insights.
When you find that a new base class is a good place for shared functionality, 3.1.3
introduce it. When you find that your colleague’s tangled method can 1.4.5 1.4.6 be
perceived as a few high-level processing steps, introduce them. When you think of a better
name for some variable, change it. A slogan in the 1.2.3 community nowadays is “Leave
the campground cleaner than you found it.” 172
Of course, it won’t do to anarchically change the design every few days. There must be
some discipline to avoid breaking other classes and delaying the project’s progress. 92
Refactoring means improving the design without changing functionality.
Refactoring applies to existing, working, running, productive code. To avoid 5.4.8
accidental breakage, the overall code base should be well tested. However, you can also
write tests just to capture the current functionality of a specific object, and then go ahead
and refactor it.
Refactoring is a transaction that takes a running application to a running
application.
Writing tests for “obvious” modifications such as changing names seems, of course, so
cumbersome that no one would do it. More generally, many frequent refactorings are
syntactic in nature, and there is little danger of accidents. Eclipse provides a broad and
stable tool support for refactorings, which we will introduce throughout this chapter,
together with the constructs that they apply to.
Learn to use the Eclipse refactoring tools.
The Eclipse tools for reliable refactorings are accessible through a common menu, very
often through the context menu:
Tool: Eclipse Refactoring Tools
In most circumstances, select the element to be modified and press Alt-Shift-T
to invoke the refactoring context menu.
One word of warning is in order: Cleaning up the structure often yields opportunities to
add new functionality “while you’re looking at the class anyway.” Indeed, refactorings are
often applied precisely because new functionality will not fit the existing structure.
However, you should not yield to temptation. First, apply the planned sequence of
refactorings and restore the old system behavior. Then, commit the changes to your
versioning system. Only at that point should you change the functionality.
Don’t introduce new functionality during refactoring.
This rule is often used to argue that refactoring is a wasted effort: The point is not to
change the functionality, but then functionality is what the customer pays for. This
argument is short-sighted, because it neglects the internal cost of implementing the
requested functionality:
Refactoring makes developers more productive.
Refactoring is usually essential to achieve a project’s goals with less effort and sometimes
to achieve them at all. Refactoring changes the software structure so that new functionality
will fit in more easily. It can separate special logic from general mechanisms and can
enable reuse of the general parts. It makes the code more readable and more
understandable. As a result, it reduces the time spent on debugging and on digging into the
code written by other team members. During maintenance—and maintenance is the most
cost-intensive part of the software life cycle—developers will find their way around the
code more easily and will make the necessary adaptations with more confidence and in
less time. In the end, refactoring is not a matter of taste in software design, but rather
translates into direct gains in the cost of software production.
1.2.3 The Crucial Role of Naming
Whenever we code, we choose names: for variables, fields, methods, classes, packages,
and so on. These names are for the human readers: for your fellow team members, for the
later maintenance developers, and for yourself if you happen to come back to the code a
few months later. Carefully chosen names can convey meaning and intention, while poorly
chosen names may mislead and confuse readers and make them spend more time trying to
decipher the code than necessary. The literature contains many guidelines and hints 55
172(Ch.17, N) on naming. Here, we give a general overview to encourage you to consider
263(p.67, p.69, p.88ff) naming a central activity in software development.
Think of names as documentation.
Most developers dislike documentation, because it takes away time from coding, gets
outdated quickly, and is not read anyway. Not writing documentation means, however, that
others will have to understand the code. Luckily, there is a simple way out: All language
elements, from classes to local variables, have names that you can use to express your
intention in 11.2.1 writing the code. Knowing your intention will help future readers to
grasp the working of the code. This gain in productivity motivates a simple guideline:
Invest time in finding the most appropriate names.
Suppose you are writing a data processing tool that deals with table-like structures, similar
to relational database systems. You will have objects representing single data records.
Without much thought, you could call these “data items”—but then, that’s not very
specific, since “item” has a rather fuzzy meaning. When focusing on the table structure,
you might prefer “data row” or simply “row.” In the context of databases, however, you
might speak of a “record.” Try out different variants, drawing on established names and
your experience. You may also employ a thesaurus for inspiration 141 about closely
related words.
As with any choice, you may find that the name that was best at one point later turns out
to be unsuitable. For instance, when writing a loop that traverses a string, you may have
introduced an index pos for the current position. As you proceed, you discover several
further “positions”: the first occurrence of some character, the end of some substring, and
so on. To make the code more readable, you should change pos into curPos or even
searchPosition, to describe the content more precisely. Fortunately:
There is no excuse for keeping bad names.
Changing names is so common that Eclipse provides extensive support for this operation.
For novices, it may be daunting to go through the 1.2.2 Refactoring menu, but that place
was chosen merely to emphasize that renaming is a proper structural code modification
that does not alter the meaning of the code.
Tool: Renaming
Place the cursor over any name in the editor, or select an element in the package
explorer. Then press Alt-Shift-R or use the Refactoring/Rename menu (AltShift-T).
One important exception to changing bad names immediately is, of course, in the public
interface of your software: If you offer functionality to others, your clients’ code will be
broken. As an extreme example, there is the case 61 of the function
SHStripMneumonic in the Windows API—once it was published, there was simply no
way to correct the name to SHStripMnemonic.
A general guideline for choosing good names derives from the fact that humans tend to
Use similar names for similar things, and different names for different things.
When humans see a ScreenManager and a Display in the system, they will assume
that someone was sloppy and the former actually manages the latter. If this is the case,
rename ScreenManager to DisplayManager; otherwise, choose a completely
different name, such as WindowLayoutManager (if that is its task). To make the point
very clear, let’s look at an example 214 where the rule has been disobeyed. The
developer guide of Eclipse’s Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) states somewhat
awkwardly:
The “source” and “target” nodes should not be confused with “source” and
“target” feedback. For feedback, “source” simply means show the feedback for
the connection, while “target” means highlight the mouse target.
Since names serve communication purposes, they often crop up in discussions among
the team. For this situation, it is important to obey a simple rule:
Make names pronouncable.
This strategy also implies that abbreviations should in general be avoided, unless they
have an obvious expansion, which can then be pronounced. Note that auto-completion
invalidates the excuse that abbreviations reduce the 1.2.1.4 typing effort. In fact, use of
CamelCase often makes it easier to enter the longer, pronouncable name.
The goal of communication also implies that names should conjure up associations in
the reader’s mind.
Use names to refer to well-known concepts.
For instance, if a name includes the term “cache,” then the reader will immediately be
aware that it contains temporary data that is kept for efficiency reasons, but is really
derived from some other data.
If a concept is very general, you should qualify it further through composite names. For
instance, the associations of a “hash map” are clear. The more specific class
IdentityHashMap then turns out to associate values to objects based on object
identity, instead of its equals and hashCode methods. However, the reference to wellknown concepts is not unproblematic, 1.4.13 since it depends on the intended group of
readers. Therefore:
Choose names to fit the context.
Names are often linked to the project, team, and and part of the system. At a basic level,
coding conventions may dictate, for example, that fields are prefixed by f. Look at, for
instance, JavaTextTools and other classes from the Eclipse Java tooling for examples.
Default implementations of interfaces 3.1.4 are often suffixed with Adapter, such as in
SWT’s MouseAdapter. Further, patterns come with naming conventions. For example,
observer interfaces 2.1 in Java usually have the suffix Listener. Similarly, in the
Eclipse platform the update method from the pattern is called refresh. Examples are
214 Editing
seen in JFace’s Viewer class and the EditPart from the Graphical 9.3.1
Framework. Finally, the layer of the object is important: Domain objects have domain
names, such as BankAccount, while technical objects have technical names, such as
LabelProvider.
Sometimes, it can help to merge several views:
Choose compound names to indicate different aspects.
For instance, a BankAccountLabelProvider clearly is a technical object that
implements a LabelProvider for domain-level BankAccounts.
One distinction to be obeyed painstakingly is that between the external 4.1 1.1 and
internal views of an object: The public methods’ names must not refer to internal
implementation decisions.
Public names must be understandable without knowing the internals.
You can see whether you have got the naming right if you have achieved a simple overall
goal:
Choose names such that the source code tells its own story.
Code telling a story is easy to recognize. Suppose you read through a longish piece of
code that calls some methods, accesses a few fields, and stores temporary results in local
variables. At the same time, you have a good sense of what is going on, because the names
establish conceptual links 141 between the various steps and data items: This is code
that tells a story. Make it a habit to look through code that you have just finished and to
1.4.5 rearrange and rename until you are satisfied with the story.
Developers are a close-knit community, and one that is partly held together by common
jokes, puns, and folklore. Nevertheless, we hope that you are by now convinced that
names are too important to sacrifice them to short-lived merriment:
Don’t joke with names.
Here is an example.1 At some point, someone found it funny to use a Hebrew token name
for the namespace separator :: in PHP. Unfortunately, this “internal” choice later turned
up in error messages to the user, confusing everyone not in the know:
parse error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM
1.
Such occurrences are so common that there are collections of rules to avoid them.2 Names
referring to the author’s favorite movie, pseudo-random words such as starship, and
“temporary” names with my and foo in them are known to have made it into releases.
2. See, for example, and
1.3 Fields
An object’s fields are usually at the core of operations: They store the information that the
object works on, the knowledge from which it computes 1.1 4.1 answers to method calls,
and the basis on which it makes decisions. From the larger perspective of the overall
system, however, this core of an object is a private, hidden detail. Consequently, other
objects must not make any assumptions about which fields exist and what they contain.
An object’s fields are its private property.
The seminal object-oriented language Smalltalk takes this goal very seriously: 109 Only
the object itself can access its fields (including those inherited from its superclass); field
access across objects is impossible. In Java, access 232 rights follow the philosophy of
“participating in the implementation”: An object 111 can access private fields of
other instances of its own class, protected fields can be accessed from all subclasses
and classes in the same package, and default visible fields (without modifiers) are shared
within the package. public fields are even open to the world in general.
While all fields, technically speaking, store data, general usage differentiates between
various intentions and interpretations associated with that data. Anticipating these
intentions often helps in understanding the fields of a concrete object and their implied
interdependencies. Before we start, one general remark should be noted:
An object’s fields last for its lifetime.
Fields are initialized when the object is created by the constructor. Afterward, 1.6.1 they
retain their meaning until the object is picked up by the garbage collector. At each point in
time, you should be able to say what each field 4.1 contains and how it relates to the other
fields. In consequence, you should refrain from “reusing” fields for different kinds of data,
even if the type fits. It is far better to invest in a second field. Also, you should avoid
having fields that are valid only temporarily, and prefer to introduce helper objects. 1.8.6
1.3.1 Data Structures
At the most basic level, objects use fields to maintain and structure their data. For
instance, the GapTextStore lies at the heart of text management in the Eclipse source
editors. It maintains a possibly large text efficiently in a flat array and still provides
(mostly) constant time manipulations for frequent operations, such as typing a single
character.
Figure 1.2 depicts the meaning of the following fields:
org.eclipse.jface.text.GapTextStore
private char[] fContent;
private int fGapStart;
private int fGapEnd;
Figure 1.2 The GapTextStore Data Structure
The fContent is the flat storage area. The gap between fGapStart and fGapEnd is
unused; the remainder stores the actual text in two chunks. Text modifications are
performed easily at fGapStart: New characters go into the gap and deletions move the
gap start backward. To modify other positions, the object moves the gap within the buffer,
by copying around the (usually few) characters between the gap and the new start. The
array is resized only in the rare event that the gap becomes empty or too large.
72
This is a typical data structure, like the ones often found in textbooks. In such a
structure, primitive data types are combined to represent some abstract value with
operations, here a text with the usual modifications. It is also typical in that the object’s
interface is very simple and hides 4.1 the intricate case distinctions about moving and
resizing the gap—that is, clients merely invoke the following method to remove length
characters at offset and insert the string text instead.
org.eclipse.jface.text.GapTextStore
public void replace(int offset, int length, String text)
Data structures can also be built from objects, rather than primitive types. 72 For
instance, the JDK’s HashMap uses singly linked lists of Entry objects to represent
buckets for collision resolution. As in the case of primitive types, the HashMap contains
all the logic for maintaining the data structure in the following fields. Entry objects have
only basic getter-like methods and serve as passive containers of information, rather than
as active objects.
java.util.HashMap
transient Entry[] table;
transient int size;
int threshold;
final float loadFactor;
The transient modifier states that the field is not serialized to disk in the
default manner. Instead, Java’s serialization mechanism invokes writeObject
and read Object from HashMap.
The final modifier states that the field must not be altered after it has been
initialized in the constructor. The compiler also tracks whether the field is, in fact,
initialized.
Data structures are frequently constructed from larger and more powerful building blocks,
in particular from the collections framework. For instance, 9.3.2 the JFace
AbstractListViewer displays lists of data items. It maintains these items in a
general list, rather than an array, because that facilitates operations:
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractListViewer
private java.util.List listMap = new ArrayList();
The common theme of these examples is that the main object contains all the logic and
code necessary to maintain the data structure fields. Even if those fields technically do
contain objects, they are only passive information holders and do not contribute any
functionality on their own—they perform menial housekeeping tasks, at best.
Don’t implement tasks partially in data structure objects.
Mentally classifying fields as “data structures” helps to clearly separate concerns, and you
know that the contained objects are uninteresting when it comes to maintenance and
debugging. At the same time, the work is clearly divided—or rather not divided in that the
host object takes it on completely. If you do want helper objects to contribute, do so
properly and 1.3.2 1.8.2 1.8.5 give them self-contained tasks of their own.
1.3.2 Collaborators
Objects are team players: When some other object already has the data and 1.1 logic for
performing some task, they are happy to delegate that task. One can also say that the
objects collaborate. Very often, an object stores its 11.1 collaborators in its fields, because
it refers to them frequently throughout its lifetime. In contrast to data structures, an object
entrusts collaborators with some part of its own specific responsibilities.
The Eclipse platform’s JobManager provides a good example. Its purpose is to
schedule and track all background Jobs, such as compiling Java 7.10 files. This task is
rather complex, since it has to account for priorities and dependencies between jobs. The
manager therefore delegates some decisions to JobQueue objects held in three fields, for
different groups of jobs. The method JobQueue.enqeue(), with its helpers, then takes
care of priorities and resource dependencies.
org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.JobManager
private final JobQueue sleeping;
private final JobQueue waiting;
final JobQueue waitingThreadJobs;
In contrast, the management of the currently running jobs is a core task of the
JobManager itself, and the necessary logic belongs to that class. The bookkeeping is
therefore performed in mere data structures, rather than 1.3.1 self-contained objects. The
JobManager is responsible for keeping up the expected relationships between the two
sets—we will later see that these 4.1 relationships become part of its class invariant.
org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.JobManager
private final HashSet running;
private final HashSet yielding;
2.2All
of these examples incorporate the notion of ownership: The JobManager holds
the sole references to the collaborators, the manager creates them, 1.1 and their life cycle
ends with that of the manager.
Collaboration is, however, not restricted to that setting; indeed, true 1.1 networks of
collaborating objects can be built only by sharing collaborators. 12.3.3.4 As an extreme
example, the Eclipse IDE’s UI is composed from different editors and views, both of
which are special workbench parts. Each such part holds a reference to the context, called
a site, where it appears:
org.eclipse.ui.part.WorkbenchPart
private IWorkbenchPartSite partSite;
Through that site, views and editors can change the title on their tabs, and even access the
overall workbench infrastructure, to observe changes, open and close parts, and perform
other tasks.
1.3.3 Properties
1.1In
general, objects treat their fields as a private matter that is no one else’s concern. In
this manner, they are free to change the internal data format if it turns out that the current
choice is inadequate. However, sometimes 1.8.3 the task of some object is precisely to
hold on to some information, and its clients can and must know about it. Such fields are
called properties, and the object offers getters and setters for their properties—that is,
methods named get property name and set property name , respectively. For Boolean
properties, the getter is named is property name . These methods are also collectively
called accessors.
9.3.4For
instance, a JFace Action encapsulates a piece of functionality that can be
put into menus, toolbars, and other UI components. It naturally has a text, icon, tool tip
text, and other elements, so these fields are directly accessible by setters and getters. For
more examples, just search for method declarations named set* inside Eclipse.
Tool: Generating Getters and Setters
Since properties are so common, Eclipse offers extensive tool support for their
specification. The obvious choice is Source/Generate Getters and Setters (Alt-S
R or Alt-Shift-S R). You can also auto-complete get and set in the class
body, possibly with a prefix of the property name. When the cursor is on the field
name, you can choose Encapsulate Field from the refactoring menu (AltShift-T), or just invoke Quick-Fix (Ctrl-1). The latter two tools will also
make the field private if it was public before.
Don’t generate getters and setters lightly, simply because Eclipse supports it.
Always remember that an object’s data is conceptually private. Only fields that
happen to fit the object’s public description are properties and should have accessor
methods.
Beware that the generated getters return objects stored in fields by reference, so
that clients can modify these internal data structures by calling the objects’ methods.
This slip happens often with basic structures such as ArrayLists or HashMaps,
and Eclipse does not recognize it. You must either return copies or wrap the objects
by Collections.unmodifiableList() or similar methods. Similarly,
when clients pass objects to setters, they may have retained a reference, with the
same problematic results.
Sometimes, the stored information is so obvious and elementary that the fields
themselves can be public. For instance, SWT decides that a 7.1 Rectangle
obviously has a position and a size, so making the fields x, y, width, and height
public is hardly giving away any secrets. Besides, the simplicity of the class and the
data makes it improbable that it will ever be changed.
Even more rarely, efficiency requirements may dictate public fields. For instance,
Positions represents points in a text document. Of course, these must be updated upon
each and every text modification, even when only a single character is typed. To enable
DefaultPositionUpdater to perform these frequent updates quickly, the position’s
fields are public (following Amdahl’s law). 1.1
It is also worth noting that sometimes properties are not backed by physical fields
within the object itself. For instance, the accessors of SWT widgets often delegate to a
native implementation object that actually appears 7.1 on the screen. In turn, a Label’s
foreground color, a Text field’s content, and many more properties are stored only at the
native C layer. Conceptually, this does not change their status as properties, and tools such
as the WindowBuilder do rely on the established naming conventions. 7.2
Finally, the JavaBeans specification defines further support. When bound properties
202 are changed, beans will send notifications to PropertyChange Listeners
according to the OBSERVER pattern. For constrained properties, 2.1 observers can even
forbid invalid changes.
1.3.4 Flags and Configuration
Properties usually contain the data that an object works with, or that characterize its state.
Sometimes, they do more: The value of the property influences the object’s behavior and
in particular the decisions that the 1.1 object makes. Knowing that the property has more
influence than mere passive data is essential for understanding and using it correctly.
As a typical example, consider an URLConnection for accessing a web server,
usually over HTTP. Before it is opened, the connection can be configured to enable
sending data, by timeout intervals, and in many other ways. All of these choices are not
passed on as data, but influence the connection’s behavior.
java.net.URLConnection
protected boolean doOutput = false;
private int connectTimeout;
private int readTimeout;
Boolean configuration properties are called flags. Very often, they are stored in bit masks
to save space. In the following snippet from SWT’s text field, the READ_ONLY bit is first
cleared, then perhaps reset if necessary. The style bit field here is shared through the
built-in Widget hierarchy.
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text
public void setEditable(boolean editable) {
style &= ~SWT.READ_ONLY;
if (!editable)
style |= SWT.READ_ONLY;
}
Beyond elementary types, configuration properties may also contain objects. An object
is given a special collaborator, with the intention of defining or modifying its behavior by
specifying the desired collaboration. For instance, 7.5 all Composite widgets on the
screen must somehow arrange the contained child elements. However, there are huge
differences: While toolbars create visual rows of their children, forms often place them in
a tabular arrangement. A composite’s behavior can therefore be configured by a Layout,
which computes the children’s positions on behalf of the composite widget. The
predefined choices such as RowLayout, GridLayout, and StackLayout cover the
most common scenarios.
Configuration by objects in this way is an application of the STRATEGY
pattern:
12.3
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Pattern: Strategy
Encapsulate algorithms (i.e., solutions to a given problem) with a common interface
so that clients can use them interchangeably.
1. Identify the common aspects of the various solutions and define an interface (or
abstract base class) Strategy capturing the access paths and expected behavior.
2. Define ConcreteStrategy objects that implement Strategy.
3. Optional: Rethink your definitions and refactor to enable clients to provide their
own concrete strategies.
After you have performed these steps, objects can be parameterized by a strategy by
simply storing that strategy in a property.
A second use of the STRATEGY pattern is to encapsulate algorithms 1.8.6 as objects,
without the goal of abstracting over families of algorithms. In this case, the complexities
of the algorithm can be hidden behind a small, readable interface. If the family of
algorithms is not to be extensible, the 3.1.6 pattern might degenerate to a reified case
distinction.
1.3.5 Abstract State
An object’s state consists, in principle, of the current data stored in its fields. Very often, it
is useful to abstract over the individual fields and their 10 data structures, and to assign a
small number of named states instead. For example, a button on the screen is “idle,”
“pressed,” or “armed” (meaning releasing the button now will trigger its action); a combo
box has a selection list that is either opened or closed. These summary descriptions of the
object’s state enable clients to understand the object’s behavior in general terms. For
instance, the documentation may state, “The button sends a released notification if it is in
the armed state and the user releases the mouse button.”
Sometimes, the abstract state is reflected in the object’s fields. While 10.3 direct
enumerations are rare, combinations of Boolean flags that determine the state are quite
common. For instance, a ButtonModel in the Graphical 214 Editing Framework has a
bit field state for that purpose (shown slightly 1.3.4 simplified here):
org.eclipse.draw2d.ButtonModel
protected static final int ARMED_FLAG = 1;
protected static final int PRESSED_FLAG = 2;
protected static final int ENABLED_FLAG = 16;
private int state = ENABLED_FLAG;
A second, very instructive example is found in Socket, whose state fields reflect the
sophisticated state model of TCP network connections. 237
While it is not mandatory to make the abstract state explicit in the concrete state, it
often leads to code that tells its own story. For instance, 1.2.3 the setPressed()
method of ButtonModel is called whenever the user presses or releases the mouse
button. The previously given documentation is then directly expressed in the method’s
control flow, especially in lines 5–6 (value is the new pressed/non-pressed state).
org.eclipse.draw2d.ButtonModel.setPressed
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
setFlag(PRESSED_FLAG, value);
if (value)
firePressed();
else {
if (isArmed())
fireReleased();
else
fireCanceled();
}
1.3.6 Caches
Designing networks of objects sometimes involves a dilemma between a natural structure
that reflects the specification and problem domain directly, 1.1 and the necessity to make
frequently called methods really fast. This dilemma is best resolved by choosing the
natural structure and method implementations to ensure correctness, and by making the
methods store previously computed results in index data structures, such as HashMaps.
Caches hold derived data that could, in principle, be recomputed at any time.
A typical example is found in the Eclipse JDT’s Java compiler. The compiler must track
super-type relationships between defined classes and interfaces, and the natural structure is
simple: Just store the types from the source code directly (a ReferenceBinding is an
object representing a resolved type, either from the source or from a library):
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.SourceTypeBinding
public ReferenceBinding superclass;
public ReferenceBinding[] superInterfaces;
For any assignment c=d, the compiler will determine the types C and D of c and d,
respectively. It must then decide whether a D object is valid for a C variable. This question
clearly shows the dilemma mentioned previously: It is central for the correctness of the
compiler, and should be implemented along the language specification by just searching
through the superclass and superInterfaces. At the same time, it must be
answered very often 1.1 and very fast.
Caching comes to the rescue: A ReferenceBinding implements the specification
directly in a private method isCompatibleWith0. The method implements a linear
search through the super-types and is potentially expensive. The public method
isCompatibleWith therefore wraps calls by consulting a cache. The following code is
slightly simplified. Line 1 looks up the previous result, which can be either true,
false, or null. If the result is known (i.e., result is not null) then that result is
returned (lines 2–3). Otherwise, the linear method is called. However, there is a snag: The
search could end up in an infinite recursion if the type hierarchy contains a cycle. This is
resolved by placing false into the cache and letting each recursion step go through the
public method—a cycle ends in returning false immediately in line 3; at the same time,
the recursion itself can take advantage of the cache. If despite this check the call in line 7
returns true, then no cycle can be present, so the result is updated to true (line 8). With
this setup, the answer to the subtyping query is computed only once for any pair of types.
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ReferenceBinding.isCompatialbleWith
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result = this.compatibleCache.get(otherType);
if (result != null) {
return result == Boolean.TRUE;
}
// break possible cycles
this.compatibleCache.put(otherType, Boolean.FALSE);
if (isCompatibleWith0(otherType, captureScope)) {
this.compatibleCache.put(otherType, Boolean.TRUE);
return true;
}
Caches are also a prime example of encapsulation, which is often motivated 1.1 4.1
11.5.1 precisely by the fact that the object is free to exchange its internal data structures for
more efficient versions. Callers of isCompatibleWith are not aware of the cache,
apart from perhaps noting the superb performance. The presence or absence of the cache
does not change the object’s observable behavior.
One liability of caches is that they must be kept up-to-date. They contain
information 6.1.5 derived from possibly large object structures, and any change of
these structures must be immediately reflected in the cache. The OBSERVER pattern
offers a general approach 2.1 to this consistency problem. However, you should be
aware of the trade-off between the complexity of such a synchronization
mechanism and the gain in efficiency obtained by caching. The question of
optimizations cannot be evaded by caches. 1.1
Caches are effective only if the same answer is demanded several times. In
other contexts, this behavior is also called locality of reference. In the case of a
cache miss, the ordinary computation needs to be carried out anyway, while the
overhead of maintaining the cache is added on top. In the case of the compiler, it is
probable that a medium-sized code base, for instance during the recompilation of a
project or package, will perform the same type conversion several times.
For long-lived caches, you must start to worry about the cache outgrowing the
original data structure, simply because more and more answers keep accumulating.
The central insight is that cache entries can be recomputed at any time, so you are
free to discard some if the cache gets too large. This strategy is implemented by the
JDT’s 99 JavaModelCache, which uses several ElementCaches to
associate heavyweight information objects with lightweight IJavaElement
handles. Sometimes, a more elegant solution is 50 to leverage the garbage
collector’s support for weak references: A WeakHashMap keeps an 133 entry
only as long as its key is referenced from somewhere else.
1.3.7 Data Shared Between Methods
A central goal in coding methods is to keep the individual methods short 1.4.5 and
readable, by introducing separate methods for contained processing steps. Unfortunately,
passing the required data can lead to long parameter lists, which likewise should be
avoided. The obvious solution is to keep the data required by several methods in the
object’s fields.
1.3.4
1.8.6
This approach applies in particular when complex algorithms are
represented by objects according to the STRATEGY pattern. Examples can be found in the
FastJavaPartitionScanner, which maintains the basic structure of Java source
code within editors, or in Zest’s graph layout algorithms, such as
SpringLayoutAlgorithm, but also in simple utilities such as the JDK’s
StringTokenizer.
When coding methods and their submethods, you often find out too late that you have
forgotten to pass a local variable as a parameter. When you expect that the data will be
needed in several methods anyway, Eclipse makes it simple to keep it in a field directly:
Tool: Convert local Variable to Field
Go to the local variable declaration in the Java editor. From the Refactoring menu
(Alt-Shift-T), select Convert local variable to field. Alternatively, you can use
Quick-Fix (Ctrl-1) on the variable declaration.
This tool is particularly useful when the local variable contains an intermediate 7.1 node
in a larger data structure. For instance, when building a widget tree for display, you cannot
always anticipate all the UI widgets that will need to be accessed in event listeners.
Luckily, the problem is remedied by a quick keyboard shortcut.
Avoid introducing fields that contain valid data only temporarily; it can be
rather tricky to ensure that all accesses will actually find valid data. If you find that
you have several temporary fields, try to extract them to a separate class, together
with the methods that use them. Very often, you will find that you are actually
applying the STRATEGY pattern and are encapsulating an algorithm in an object.
1.3.8 Static Fields
The first rule about static fields is a simple one: Don’t use them.
Reserve static fields for special situations.
1.1Static
fields go against the grain of object-oriented programming: They are associated
with classes, not objects, and classes should be an irrelevant, merely technical necessity.
While you can reuse functionality in objects by creating just another instance, you cannot
clone classes. That is, a class exists once per JVM.3 When you find that you are using
static fields very often, you should probably rather be writing in C (and even good C
programmers shun global variables). However:
3. Technically, this is not quite true: A class is unique only within a class loader, and different class loaders may well
load the same class several times, which leads to separate sets of its static fields coexisting at runtime. You
should never try to exploit this feature, though.
Do use constants.
Fields declared as static final are constants, meaning named values. They are not
associated with classes at runtime, the compiler usually inlines them, and they disappear
from the binaries altogether. Whenever you find in the code a stray literal value that has
some meaning by itself, consider introducing a constant instead.
Tool: Extract Constant
From the Refactoring menu (Alt-Shift-T), choose Extract constant.
It is sometimes inevitable to have global data for logical reasons. That is, when running
Eclipse, there is only one Platform on which the application runs, one
ResourcesPlugin that manages the disk state, and one JobManager that
synchronizes background jobs. In such cases, you can apply 7.10 the SINGLETON pattern. It
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Thanks to Julie Zelenski and Eric Roberts for creating this assignment, and to Chris Piech and Marty Stepp for modifications.
April 27, 2017
It's time for a CS106 classic, the venerable word game Boggle! The Boggle game board is a square grid onto which you randomly distribute a set of letter cubes. The goal is to find words on the board by tracing a path through adjoining letters. Two letters adjoin if they are next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. There are up to eight letters adjoining a cube. Each cube can be used at most once in a word. In the original version, all players work concurrently listing the words they find. When time is called, duplicates are removed from the lists and the players receive points for their remaining words.
Your assignment is to write a program that plays a fun, graphical rendition of this little charmer, adapted for the human and computer to play pitted against one another. You’ll quickly learn you have little hope of defeating the computer, but it’s awesome to realize you wrote this program that can so soundly thrash you again and again!
This assignment will introduce you to classes, but the main focus is on designing and implementing recursive algorithms. The starter code for this project is available as a ZIP archive. A demo is availible as a JAR (see handout on how to run a jar):
Turn in the following files:
boggle.cpp, the C++ code for all of your recursion functions.
boggle.h, the header file with your function definitions and class variables.
boggleplay.cpp, the play interface for the game.
This is a pair assignment. You may work in a pair or alone. Find a partner in section or use the course message board. If you work as a pair, comment both members' names atop every code file. Only one of you should submit the program; do not turn in two copies. Submit using the Paperless system linked on the class web site.
Boggle is a game played on a square grid onto which you randomly distribute a set of letter cubes. Letter cubes are 6- sided dice, except that they have a letter on each side rather than a number. The goal is to find words on the board by tracing a path through neighboring letters. Two letters are neighbors if they are next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. There are up to eight letters near a cube. Each cube can be used at most once in a word. In the real-life version of this game, all players work at the same time, listing the words they find on a piece of paper. When time is called, duplicates are removed from the lists and the players receive one point for each unique word, that is, for each word that player found that no other player was able to find.
You will write a program that plays this game, adapted for one human to play against a computer opponent. Unfortunately, the computer knows recursive backtracking, so it can find every word on the board and destroy you every time. But it's still fun to write a program that can so soundly thrash you again and again.
To begin a game, you shake up the letter cubes and lay them out on the board. The human player plays first, entering words one by one. Your code first verifies that the word is valid, then you add it to the player's word list and award the player points according to the word's length (one point per letter ≥ 4). A word is valid if it meets all of the following conditions:
Do you want to generate a random board? y It's your turn! FYCL IOMG ORIL HJHU ... Your words (3): {"FOIL", "FORM", "ROOF"} Your score: 3 Type a word (or Enter to stop): room You found a new word! "ROOM" ... Your words (5): {"FOIL", "FORM", "ROOF", "ROOM", "ROOMY"} Your score: 6 Type a word (or Enter to stop): It's my turn! My words (16): {"COIF", "COIL", "COIR", "CORM", "FIRM", "GIRO", "GLIM", "HOOF", "IGLU", "LIMO", "LIMY", "MIRI", "MOIL", "MOOR", "RIMY", "ROIL"} My score: 16 Ha ha ha, I destroyed you. Better luck next time, puny human!
Once the player has found as many words as they can, the computer takes a turn. The computer searches through the board to find all the remaining words and awards itself points for those words. The computer typically beats the player, since it finds all words.
Your program's output format should exactly match the abridged log of execution above. Here are more examples of game logs:
The real Boggle game comes with sixteen letter cubes, each with particular letters on each of their six faces. The
letters on each cube are not random; they were chosen in such a way that common letters come up more often and it
is easier to get a good mix of vowels and consonants. We want your Boggle game to match this. The following table
lists all of the letters on all six faces of each of the sixteen cubes from the original Boggle. You should decide on an
appropriate way to represent this information in your program and declare it accordingly.
AAEEGNABBJOOACHOPSAFFKPSAOOTTWCIMOTUDEILRXDELRVYDISTTYEEGHNWEEINSUEHRTVWEIOSSTELRTTYHIMNQUHLNNRZ
At the beginning of each game, "shake" the board cubes. There are two different random aspects to consider:
AAEEGNcube should not always appear in the top-left square of the board; it should randomly appear in one of the 16 available squares with equal probability.)
AAEEGNcube should not always show
A; it should randomly show
A1/3 of the time,
E1/3 of the time,
G1/6 of the time, and
N1/6 of the time.)
Your game must also have an option where the user can enter a manual board configuration. In this option, rather than randomly choosing the letters to be on the board, the user enters a string of 16 characters, representing the cubes from left to right, top to bottom. (This is also a useful feature for testing your code.) Verify that the user's string is long enough to fill the board and re-prompt if it is not exactly 16 characters in length. Also re-prompt the user if any of the 16 characters is not a letter from A-Z. Your code should work case-insensitively. You should not check whether the 16 letters typed could actually be formed from the 16 letter cubes; just accept any 16 alphabetic letters.
The human player enters each word she finds on the board. As described previously, for each word the user types, you must check that it is at least four letters long, contained in the English dictionary, has not already been included in the player's word list, and can be formed on the board from neighboring cubes. If any condition fails, alert the user. There is no penalty for trying an invalid word, but invalid words also do not count toward the player's list or score.
If the word is valid, you add the word to the player's word list and score. The length of the word determines the score, with each letter ≥ 4 being worth 1 point. For example, a 4-letter word is worth 1 point; a 5-letter word is worth 2 points; 6-letter words are worth 3; 7-letter words are worth 4; and so on. The player enters a blank line when done finding words, which signals the end of the human's turn.
Once the human player is done entering words, the computer then searches the entire board to find the remaining words missed by the human player. The computer earns points for each remaining word found that meets the requirements (minimum length, contained in English lexicon, not already found, and can be formed on board). If the computer's resulting score is strictly greater than the human's, the computer wins. If the players tie or if the human's score exceeds the computer's, the human player wins.
You can find all words on the board using recursive backtracking. The idea is to start from a given letter cube, then explore neighboring cubes around it and try all partial strings that can be made, then try each neighbor's neighbor, and so on. The algorithm is roughly the following:
for each letter cube c: mark cube c as visited. // choose for each neighboring cube next to c: explore all words that could start with c's letter. // explore un-mark cube c as visited. // un-choose
You will write the following two sets of files. In this section we describe the expected contents of each in detail.
boggleplay.cpp: client to perform console UI and work with your Boggle class to play a game
Boggle.h / Boggle.cpp: files for a Boggle class representing the state of the current Boggle game
We have provided you with a file
bogglemain.cpp that contains the program's overall main function. The provided
code prints an introduction message about the game and then starts a loop that repeatedly calls a function called
playOneGame. After each call to
playOneGame, the main code prompts to play again and then exits when the user
finally says "no". The
playOneGame function is not already written; you must write it in
boggleplay.cpp. In that
same file, you can place any other logic and helper functions needed to play one game. You may want to use the
getYesOrNo function from simpio.h that prompts the user to type yes/no and returns a
bool.
One aspect of the console UI is that it should "clear" the console between each word the user types, and then re-print the game state such as the board words found so far, score, etc. This makes a more pleasant UI where the game state is generally visible at the same place on the screen at all times during the game. See the provided sample solution for an example. Use the Stanford Library's clearConsole(); function from console.h to clear the screen.
The playOneGame function (along with any sub-functions it calls within the same file) should perform all console
user interaction such as printing out the current state of the game. No other file should have
cout or user/file input.
But boggleplay.cpp is not meant to be the place to store the majority of the game's state, logic, or algorithms. Your boggleplay file will interact with a class you will write named Boggle, described on the following pages. We describe a partial set of methods that your Boggle class must have. The intention is that your boggleplay code will call all of these methods to help achieve the overall task of playing the game. For example, no recursion or backtracking should take place in boggleplay; all such recursive searching should happen in the Boggle class. If you find that your boggleplay code is implementing a lot of complex logic itself, or that boggleplay is never calling a particular public method from the Boggle class, this is likely a sign that you have not divided the functionality in your code the way that we intend, which might lead to a style deduction.
Later in the spec we will describe a graphical user interface (GUI) that your Boggle game must display. As much as possible, the code to create and interact with this GUI should be in your boggleplay.cpp file. The one exception is the code to highlight and un-highlight letter cubes on the GUI as your algorithms are searching for words typed by the human player. Highlighting should be done in the Boggle class, because it would be very difficult to separate that code out of your recursive backtracking algorithms that are defined in the Boggle class
The majority of your code should be in the Boggle.h and Boggle.cpp files, which should contain the implementation of a Boggle class. A Boggle object represents the current board and state for a single Boggle game, and it should have member functions to perform most major game functions like finding words on the board and keeping score. Declare all Boggle class members in Boggle.h, and implement their bodies in Boggle.cpp. We provide you a skeleton that declares some required members below that your class must have.
Do not change the headings of any of the following functions. Do not add parameters; do not rename them. You must implement exactly these functions with exactly these headings, or you will receive a deduction. (See note below about const.)
Once again for emphasis, do not modify the names, parameters, or return types of the preceding functions. Implement them as-is. The one exception is that you can (and should) modify headers to make the member function const if it does not modify the state of your Boggle object. Review all of your functions (the ones provided above, and any others you choose to add to your class) and make them const as much as possible.
Case sensitivity: Your methods that accept strings must be case-insensitive; they should work with upper, lower, or mixed case. This should be enforced in your program by the Boggle class, not by the boggleplay.cpp code.
Adding your own member functions: In some past assignments, we gave you an exact list of the functions to implement. In this assignment, we are asking you to come up with some of the members. The Boggle class members listed on the previous page represent a large fraction of that class's behavior. But you can, and should, add other members to implement all of the appropriate behavior for this assignment. Your added members should be public if they are to be called directly by the boggleplay.cpp code, and private otherwise. You must also decide what code and/or data should go in boggleplay.cpp, and what should go in the Boggle class. Part of the challenge of this assignment is learning how to design a class and console UI client effectively. Remember that each member function of your class should have a single clear, coherent purpose.
Here are some suggestions for good member functions to put in your Boggle class:
Member variables: We also have not specified any of the private member variables that should go inside the Boggle class; you must decide those yourself. Here are some thoughts about data members that your class might need:
Searching: You don't want to visit the same letter cube twice during a given exploration, so for the search algorithm to work, your Boggle class needs some way to "mark" whether a letter cube has been visited or not. You could use a separate structure for marking, or modify your existing board, etc. It's up to you, as long as it is efficient and works.
Efficiency is very important for this part of the program. It is important to limit the search to ensure that the process can be completed quickly. If written properly, the code to find all words on the board should run in around one second or less. To make sure your code is efficient enough, you must perform the following optimizations:
One of the most important Boggle strategies is to prune dead-end searches. The Lexicon has a containsPrefix function that accepts a string and returns true if any word in the dictionary begins with that substring. For example, if the first cube you examine shows the letter Z and your algorithm tries to explore one of its neighbors that shows an X, your path would start with ZX. In this case, containsPrefix will inform you that there are no English words that begin with the prefix "ZX". Therefore your algorithm should stop that path and move on to other combinations.
As a required part of this assignment, you must also add a graphical user interface (GUI) to your program.
The functions of the GUI are enclosed in a namespace so that they do not conflict with any other global function names in your program. To call one of them, you must prefix the function's name with BoggleGUI:: , such as:
BoggleGUI::recordWord("hello", BoggleGUI::HUMAN); // human records the word "hello"
You must call the GUI's setStatusMessage function to display information about the game state during play. Messages like "It's your turn!", "You must enter an unfound word ...", "That word can't be formed", "You found a new word", "It's my turn", "You defeated me", and "Ha ha ha, I destroyed you" should be shown. These are the same messages that display at the top of the text console on each turn. See the runnable sample solution for more details. six phases:
Make sure to extensively test your program. Run the sample solution (top of the page) to see the expected behavior of your program. When in doubt, match the behavior of the sample solution.
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There are numerous examples that demonstrate how to use/create COM/OLE/ActiveX components. But these examples typically use Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), .NET, C#, WTL, or at least ATL, because those frameworks have pre-fabricated "wrappers" to give you some boilerplate code. Unfortunately, these frameworks tend to hide all of the low level details from a programmer, so you never really do learn how to use COM components per se. Rather, you learn how to use a particular framework riding on top of COM.
If you're trying to use plain C, without MFC, WTL, .NET, ATL, C#, or even any C++ code at all, then there is a dearth of examples and information on how to deal with COM objects. This is the first in a series of articles that will examine how to utilize COM in plain C, without any frameworks.
With standard Win32 controls such as a Static, Edit, Listbox, Combobox, etc., you obtain a handle to the control (i.e., an HWND) and pass messages (via SendMessage) to it in order to manipulate it. Also, the control passes messages back to you (i.e., by putting them in your own message queue, and you fetch them with GetMessage) when it wants to inform you of something or give you some data.
HWND
SendMessage
GetMessage
Not so with an OLE/COM object. You don't pass messages back and forth. Instead, the COM object gives you some pointers to certain functions that you can call to manipulate the object. For example, one of Internet Explorer's objects will give you a pointer to a function you can call to cause the browser to load and display a web page in one of your windows. One of Office's objects will give you a pointer to a function you can call to load a document. And if the COM object needs to notify you of something or pass data to you, then you will be required to write certain functions in your program, and provide (to the COM object) pointers to those functions so the object can call those functions when needed. In other words, you need to create your own COM object(s) inside your program. Most of the real hassle in C will involve defining your own COM object. To do this, you'll need to know the minute details about a COM object -- stuff that most of the pre-fabricated frameworks hide from you, but which we'll examine in this series..
LoadLibrary()
GetProcAddress()
Before we can learn how to use a COM object, we first need to learn what it is. And the best way to do that is to create our own COM object.
But before we do that, let's examine a C struct data type. As a C programmer, you should be quite familiar with struct. Here's an example definition of a simple struct (called "IExample") that contains two members -- a DWORD (accessed via the member name "count"), and an 80 char array (accessed via the member name "buffer").
struct
IExample
DWORD
count
char
buffer
struct IExample {
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
};
Let's use a typedef to make it easier to work with:
typedef
typedef struct {
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} IExample;
And here's an example of allocating an instance of the above struct (error checking omitted), and initializing its members:
IExample * example;
example = (IExample *)GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, sizeof(IExample));
example->count = 1;
example->buffer[0] = 0;
Did you know that a struct can store a pointer to some function? Hopefully, you did, but here's an example. Let's say we have a function which is passed a char pointer, and returns a long. Here's our function:
long
long SetString(char * str)
{
return(0);
}
Now we want to store a pointer to this function inside IExample. Here's how we define IExample, adding a member ("SetString") to store a pointer to the above function (and I'll use a typedef to make this more readable):
SetString
typedef long SetStringPtr(char *);
typedef struct {
SetStringPtr * SetString;
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} IExample;
And here's how we store a pointer to SetString inside our allocated IExample, and then call SetString using that pointer:
example->SetString = SetString;
long value = example->SetString("Some text");
OK, maybe we want to store pointers to two functions. Here's a second function:
long GetString(char *buffer, long length)
{
return(0);
}
Let's re-define IExample, adding another member ("GetString") to store a pointer to this second function:
GetString
typedef long GetStringPtr(char *, long);
typedef struct {
SetStringPtr * SetString;
GetStringPtr * GetString;
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} IExample;
And here we initialize this member:
example->GetString = GetString;
But let's say we don't want to store the function pointers directly inside of IExample. Instead, we'd rather have an array of function pointers. For example, let's define a second struct whose sole purpose is to store our two function pointers. We'll call this a IExampleVtbl struct, and define it as so:
IExampleVtbl
typedef struct {
SetStringPtr * SetString;
GetStringPtr * GetString;
} IExampleVtbl;
Now, we'll store a pointer to the above array inside of IExample. We'll add a new member called "lpVtbl" for that purpose (and of course, we'll remove the SetString and GetString members since they've been moved to the IExampleVtbl struct):
lpVtbl
typedef struct {
IExampleVtbl * lpVtbl;
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} IExample;
So here's an example of allocating and initializing a IExample (and of course, a IExampleVtbl):
// Since the contents of IExample_Vtbl will never change, we'll
// just declare it static and initialize it that way. It can
// be reused for lots of instances of IExample.
static const IExampleVtbl IExample_Vtbl = {SetString, GetString};
IExample * example;
// Create (allocate) a IExample struct.
example = (IExample *)GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, sizeof(IExample));
// Initialize the IExample (ie, store a pointer to
// IExample_Vtbl in it).
example->lpVtbl = &IExample_Vtbl;
example->count = 1;
example->buffer[0] = 0;
And to call our functions, we do:
char buffer[80];
example->lpVtbl->SetString("Some text");
example->lpVtbl->GetString(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
One more thing. Let's say we've decided that our functions may need to access the "count" and "buffer" members of the struct used to call them. So, what we'll do is always pass a pointer to that struct as the first argument. Let's rewrite our functions to accommodate this:
typedef long SetStringPtr(IExample *, char *);
typedef long GetStringPtr(IExample *, char *, long);
long SetString(IExample *this, char * str)
{
DWORD i;
// Let's copy the passed str to IExample's buffer
i = lstrlen(str);
if (i > 79) i = 79;
CopyMemory(this->buffer, str, i);
this->buffer[i] = 0;
return(0);
}
long GetString(IExample *this, char *buffer, long length)
{
DWORD i;
// Let's copy IExample's buffer to the passed buffer
i = lstrlen(this->buffer);
--length;
if (i > length) i = length;
CopyMemory(buffer, this->buffer, i);
buffer[i] = 0;
return(0);
}
And let's pass a pointer to the IExample struct when calling its functions:
example->lpVtbl->SetString(example, "Some text");
example->lpVtbl->GetString(example, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
If you've ever used C++, you may be thinking "Wait a minute. This seems strangely familiar." It should. What we've done above is to recreate a C++ class, using plain C. The IExample struct is really a C++ class (one that doesn't inherit from any other class). A C++ class is really nothing more than a struct whose first member is always a pointer to an array -- an array that contains pointers to all the functions inside of that class. And the first argument passed to each function is always a pointer to the class (i.e., struct) itself. (This is referred to as the hidden "this" pointer.)
this
At its simplest, a COM object is really just a C++ class. You're thinking "Wow! IExample is now a COM object? That's all there is to it?? That was easy!" Hold on. IExample is getting closer, but there's much more to it. It's not that easy. If it were, this wouldn't be a "Microsoft technology", now would it?
First of all, let's introduce some COM technobabble. You see that array of pointers above -- the IExampleVtbl struct? COM documentation refers to that as an interface or VTable.
One requirement of a COM object is that the first three members of our VTable (i.e., our IExampleVtbl struct) must be called QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release. And of course, we have to write those three functions. Microsoft has already determined what arguments must be passed to these functions, what they must return, and what calling convention they use. We'll need to #include some Microsoft include files (that either ship with your C compiler, or you download the Microsoft SDK). We'll re-define our IExampleVtbl struct as so:
QueryInterface
AddRef
Release
#include
#include <windows.h>
#include <objbase.h>
#include <INITGUID.H>
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterfacePtr(IExample *, REFIID, void **);
typedef ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRefPtr(IExample *);
typedef ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE ReleasePtr(IExample *);
typedef struct {
// First 3 members must be called QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release
QueryInterfacePtr *QueryInterface;
AddRefPtr *AddRef;
ReleasePtr *Release;
SetStringPtr *SetString;
GetStringPtr *GetString;
} IExampleVtbl;
Let's examine that typedef for QueryInterface. First of all, the function returns an HRESULT. This is defined simply as a long. Next, it uses STDMETHODCALLTYPE. This means that arguments are not passed in registers, but rather, on the stack. And this also determines who does cleanup of the stack. In fact, for a COM object, we should make sure that all of our functions are declared with STDMETHODCALLTYPE, and return a long (HRESULT). The first argument passed to QueryInterface is a pointer to the object used to call the function. Aren't we turning IExample into a COM object? Yes, and that's what we're going to pass for this argument. (Remember we decided that the first argument we pass to any of our functions will be a pointer to the struct used to call that function? COM is simply enforcing, and relying upon, this design.)
HRESULT
STDMETHODCALLTYPE
Later, we'll examine what a REFIID is, and also talk about what that third argument to QueryInterface is for. But for now, note that AddRef and Release also are passed that same pointer to our struct we use to call them.
REFIID
OK, before we forget, let's add HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE to SetString and GetString:
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SetStringPtr(IExample *, char *);
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetStringPtr(IExample *, char *, long);
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SetString(IExample *this, char * str)
{
...
return(0);
}
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetString(IExample *this, char *buffer, long value)
{
...
return(0);
}.
Let's continue on our journey to make IExample a real COM object. We have yet to actually write our QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release functions. But before we can do that, we must talk about something called a Globally Universal Identifier (GUID). Ack. What's that? It's a 16 byte array that is filled in with a unique series of bytes. And when I say unique, I do mean unique. One GUID (i.e., 16 byte array) cannot have the same series of bytes as another GUID... anywhere in the world. Every GUID ever created has a unique series of 16 bytes.
And how do you create that series of 16 unique bytes? You use a Microsoft utility called GUIDGEN.EXE. It either ships with your compiler, or you get it with the SDK. Run it and you see this window:
As soon as you run GUIDGEN, it automatically generates a new GUID for you, and displays it in the Result box. Note that what you see in your Result box will be different than the above. After all, every single GUID generated will be different than any other. So you had better be seeing something different than I see. Go ahead and click on the "New GUID" button to see some different numbers appear in the Result box. Click all day and entertain yourself by seeing if you ever generate the same series of numbers more than once. You won't. And what's more, nobody else will ever generate any of those number series you generate.
You can click on the "Copy" button to transfer the text to the clipboard, and paste it somewhere else (like in your source code). Here is what I pasted when I did that:
// {0B5B3D8E-574C-4fa3-9010-25B8E4CE24C2}
DEFINE_GUID(<<name>>, 0xb5b3d8e, 0x574c, 0x4fa3,
0x90, 0x10, 0x25, 0xb8, 0xe4, 0xce, 0x24, 0xc2);
The above is a macro. A #define in one of the Microsoft include files allows your compiler to compile the above into a 16 byte array.
#define
But there is one thing that we must do. We must replace <<name>> with some C variable name we want to use for this GUID. Let's call it CLSID_IExample.
<<name>>
CLSID_IExample
// {0B5B3D8E-574C-4fa3-9010-25B8E4CE24C2}
DEFINE_GUID(CLSID_IExample, 0xb5b3d8e, 0x574c, 0x4fa3,
0x90, 0x10, 0x25, 0xb8, 0xe4, 0xce, 0x24, 0xc2);
Now we have a GUID we can use with IExample.
We also need a GUID for IExample's VTable ("interface"), i.e., our IExampleVtbl struct. So go ahead and click on GUIDGEN.EXE's New GUID button, and copy/paste it somewhere. This time, we're going to replace <<name>> with the C variable name IID_IExample. Here's what I pasted/edited:
IID_IExample
// {74666CAC-C2B1-4fa8-A049-97F3214802F0}
DEFINE_GUID(IID_IExample, 0x74666cac, 0xc2b1, 0x4fa8,
0xa0, 0x49, 0x97, 0xf3, 0x21, 0x48, 0x2, 0xf0);
In conclusion, every COM object has its own GUID, which is an array of 16 bytes that are different from any other GUID. A GUID is created with the GUIDGEN.EXE utility. A COM object's VTable (i.e., interface) also has a GUID.
In conclusion, every COM object has its own GUID, which is an array of 16 bytes that are different from any other GUID. A GUID is created with the GUIDGEN.EXE utility. A COM object's VTable (i.e., interface) also has a GUID.
Assume we want to allow another program to get hold of some IExample struct (i.e., COM object) we create/initialize, so the program can call our functions. (We won't yet examine the details of how another program gets hold of our IExample. We'll discuss that later).
Besides our own COM object, there may be lots of other COM components installed upon a given computer. (And again, we'll defer discussing how to install our COM component.) And different computers may have different COM components installed. How does that program determine if our IExample COM object is installed, and distinguish it from all of the other COM objects?
Remember that each COM object has a totally unique GUID, as does our IExample object. And our VTable for IExample has a GUID too. What we need to do is tell the developer writing that program what the GUIDs for our IExample object and its VTable are. Typically, you do that by giving him an include (.H) file with the above two GUID macros you got from GUIDGEN.EXE. OK, so the other program knows IExample's and its VTable's GUIDs. What does it do with them?
That's where our QueryInterface function comes in. Remember that every COM object must have a QueryInterface function (as well as AddRef and Release). The other program is going to pass our IExample VTable GUID to our QueryInterface function, and we're going to check it to make sure it is indeed the IExample VTable's GUID. If it is, then we'll return something to let the program know that it indeed has an IExample object. If the wrong GUID is passed, we're going to return some error that and let it know that what it has isn't an IExample object. So, all of the COM objects on the computer will return an error if their QueryInterface is passed the IExample VTable's GUID, except our own QueryInterface.
That second argument passed to QueryInterface is the GUID we need to check. The third argument is (a handle) where we will return the same object pointer passed to us, if the GUID matches the IExample VTable's GUID. If not, we'll zero out that handle. In addition, QueryInterface returns the long value NOERROR (i.e., #define'd as 0) if the GUID matches, or some non-zero error value (E_NOINTERFACE) if not. So, let's look at IExample's QueryInterface:
NOERROR
E_NOINTERFACE
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterface(IExample *this,
REFIID vTableGuid, void **ppv)
{
// Check if the GUID matches IExample
// VTable's GUID. Remember that we gave the
// C variable name IID_IExample to our
// VTable GUID. We can use an OLE function called
// IsEqualIID to do the comparison for us.
if (!IsEqualIID(riid, &IID_IExample))
{
// We don't recognize the GUID passed
// to us. Let the caller know this,
// by clearing his handle,
// and returning E_NOINTERFACE.
*ppv = 0;
return(E_NOINTERFACE);
}
// It's a match!
// First, we fill in his handle with
// the same object pointer he passed us. That's
// our IExample we created/initialized,
// and he obtained from us.
*ppv = this;
// Now we call our own AddRef function,
// passing the IExample.
this->lpVtbl->AddRef(this);
// Let him know he indeed has a IExample.
return(NOERROR);
}
Now let's talk about our AddRef and Release functions. You'll notice we called AddRef in QueryInterface... if we really did have a IExample.
Remember that we're allocating the IExample on behalf of the other program. He's simply gaining access to it. And it's our responsibility to free it when the other program is done using it. How do we know when that is?
We're going to use something called "reference counting". If you look back at the definition of IExample, you'll see that I put a DWORD member in there (count). We're going to make use of this member. When we create a IExample, we'll initialize it to 0. Then, we're going to increment this member (by 1) every time AddRef is called, and decrement it by 1 every time Release is called.
So, when our IExample is passed to QueryInterface, we call AddRef to increment its count member. When the other program is done using it, the program will pass our IExample to our Release function, where we will decrement that member. And if it's 0, we'll free IExample then.
This is another important rule of COM. If you get hold of a COM object created by someone else, you must call its Release function when you're done with it. We certainly expect the other program to call our Release function when it is done with our IExample object.
Here then are our AddRef and Release functions:
ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRef(IExample *this)
{
// Increment the reference count (count member).
++this->count;
// We're supposed to return the updated count.
return(this->count);
}
ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE Release(IExample *this)
{
// Decrement the reference count.
--this->count;
// If it's now zero, we can free IExample.
if (this->count == 0)
{
GlobalFree(this);
return(0);
}
// We're supposed to return the updated count.
return(this->count);
}
There's one more thing we're going to do. Microsoft has defined a COM object known as an IUnknown. What's that? An IUnknown object is just like IExample, except its VTable contains only the QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release functions (i.e., it doesn't contain additional functions like our IExample VTable has SetString and GetString). In other words, an IUnknown is the bare minimum COM object. And Microsoft created a special GUID for an IUnknown object. But you know what? Our IExample object can also masquerade as an IUnknown object. After all, it has the QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release functions in it. Nobody needs to know it's really an IExample object if all they care about are just those first three functions. We're going to change one line of code so that we report success if the other program passes us either our IExample GUID or an IUnknown GUID. And by the way, Microsoft's include files give the IUnknown GUID the C variable name IID_IUnknown:
IUnknown
IID_IUnknown
// Check if the GUID matches IExample's GUID or IUnknown's GUID.
if (!IsEqualIID(vTableGuid, &IID_IExample) &&
!IsEqualIID(vTableGuid, &IID_IUnknown)).)
So, is IExample now a real COM object? Yes it is! Great! Not too hard! We're done!
Wrong! We still have to package this thing into a form that another program can use (i.e., a Dynamic Link Library), and write code to do a special install routine, and examine how the other program gets hold of our IExample we create (and that will involve us writing more code).
Now we need to look at how a program gets hold of one of our IExample objects, and ultimately, we have to write more code to realize this. Microsoft has devised a standardized method for this. It involves us putting a second COM object (and its functions) inside our DLL. This COM object is called an IClassFactory, and it has a specific set of functions already defined in Microsoft's include files. It also has its own GUID already defined, and given the C variable name of IID_IClassFactory.
IClassFactory
IID_IClassFactory
Our IClassFactory's VTable has five specific functions in it, which are QueryInterface, AddRef, Release, CreateInstance, and LockServer. Notice that the IClassFactory has its own QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release functions, just like our IExample object. After all, our IClassFactory is a COM object too, and the VTable of all COM objects must start with those three functions. (But to avoid a name conflict with IExample's functions, we'll preface our IClassFactory's function names with "class", such as classQueryInterface, classAddRef, and classRelease. As long as IClassFactory's VTable defines its first three members as QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release, that's OK.)
CreateInstance
LockServer
classQueryInterface
classAddRef
classRelease
The really important function is CreateInstance. The program calls our IClassFactory's CreateInstance whenever the program wants us to create one of our IExample objects, initialize it, and return it. In fact, if the program wants several of our IExample objects, it can call CreateInstance numerous times. OK, so that's how a program gets hold of one of our IExample objects. "But how does the program get hold of our IClassFactory object?", you may ask. We'll get to that later. For now, let's simply write our IClassFactory's five functions, and make its VTable.
Making the VTable is easy. Unlike our IExample object's IExampleVtbl, we don't have to define our IClassFactory's VTable struct. Microsoft has already done that for us by defining a IClassFactoryVtbl struct in some include file. All we need to do is declare our VTable and fill it in with pointers to our five IClassFactory functions. Let's create a static VTable using the variable name IClassFactory_Vtbl, and fill it in:
IClassFactoryVtbl
IClassFactory_Vtbl
static const IClassFactoryVtbl IClassFactory_Vtbl = {classQueryInterface,
classAddRef,
classRelease,
classCreateInstance,
classLockServer};
Likewise, creating an actual IClassFactory object is easy because Microsoft has already defined that struct too. We need only one of them, so let's declare a static IClassFactory using the variable name MyIClassFactoryObj, and initialize its lpVtbl member to point to our above VTable:
MyIClassFactoryObj
static IClassFactory MyIClassFactoryObj = {&IClassFactory_Vtbl};
Now, we just need to write those above five functions. Our classAddRef and classRelease functions are trivial. Because we never actually allocate our IClassFactory (i.e., we simple declare it as a static), we don't need to free anything. So, classAddRef will simply return a 1 (to indicate that there is always one IClassFactory hanging around). And classRelease will do likewise. We don't need to do any reference counting for our IClassFactory since we don't have to free it.
ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE classAddRef(IClassFactory *this)
{
return(1);
}
ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE classRelease(IClassFactory *this)
{
return(1);
}
Now, let's look at our QueryInterface. It needs to check if the GUID passed to it is either an IUnknown's GUID (since our IClassFactory has the QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release functions, it too can masquerade as an IUnknown object) or an IClassFactory's GUID. Otherwise, we do the same thing as we did in IExample's QueryInterface.
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE classQueryInterface(IClassFactory *this,
REFIID factoryGuid, void **ppv)
{
// Check if the GUID matches an IClassFactory or IUnknown GUID.
if (!IsEqualIID(factoryGuid, &IID_IUnknown) &&
!IsEqualIID(factoryGuid, &IID_IClassFactory))
{
// It doesn't. Clear his handle, and return E_NOINTERFACE.
*ppv = 0;
return(E_NOINTERFACE);
}
// It's a match!
// First, we fill in his handle with the same object pointer he passed us.
// That's our IClassFactory (MyIClassFactoryObj) he obtained from us.
*ppv = this;
// Call our IClassFactory's AddRef, passing the IClassFactory.
this->lpVtbl->AddRef(this);
// Let him know he indeed has an IClassFactory.
return(NOERROR);
}
Our IClassFactory's LockServer can be just a stub for now:
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE classLockServer(IClassFactory *this, BOOL flock)
{
return(NOERROR);
}
There's one more function to write -- CreateInstance. This is defined as follows:
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE classCreateInstance(IClassFactory *,
IUnknown *, REFIID, void **);
As usual, the first argument is going to be a pointer to our IClassFactory object (MyIClassFactoryObj) which was used to call CreateInstance.
We use the second argument only if we implement something called aggregation. We won't get into this now. If this is non-zero, then someone wants us to support aggregation, which we're not going to do, and we will indicate that by returning an error.
The third argument will be the IExample VTable's GUID (if someone indeed wants us to allocate, initialize, and return a IExample object).
The fourth argument is a handle where we'll return the IExample object we create.
So let's dive into our CreateInstance function (named classCreateInstance):
classCreateInstance
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE classCreateInstance(IClassFactory *this,
IUnknown *punkOuter, REFIID vTableGuid, void **ppv)
{
HRESULT hr;
struct IExample *thisobj;
// Assume an error by clearing caller's handle.
*ppv = 0;
// We don't support aggregation in IExample.
if (punkOuter)
hr = CLASS_E_NOAGGREGATION;
else
{
// Create our IExample object, and initialize it.
if (!(thisobj = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED,
sizeof(struct IExample))))
hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
else
{
// Store IExample's VTable. We declared it
// as a static variable IExample_Vtbl.
thisobj->lpVtbl = &IExample_Vtbl;
// Increment reference count so we
// can call Release() below and it will
// deallocate only if there
// is an error with QueryInterface().
thisobj->count = 1;
// Fill in the caller's handle
// with a pointer to the IExample we just
// allocated above. We'll let IExample's
// QueryInterface do that, because
// it also checks the GUID the caller
// passed, and also increments the
// reference count (to 2) if all goes well.
hr = IExample_Vtbl.QueryInterface(thisobj, vTableGuid, ppv);
// Decrement reference count.
// NOTE: If there was an error in QueryInterface()
// then Release() will be decrementing
// the count back to 0 and will free the
// IExample for us. One error that may
// occur is that the caller is asking for
// some sort of object that we don't
// support (ie, it's a GUID we don't recognize).
IExample_Vtbl.Release(thisobj);
}
}
return(hr);
}
That takes care of implementing our IClassFactory object.
In order to facilitate another program getting hold of our IClassFactory (and to call its CreateInstance function to obtain some IExample objects), we'll package our above source code into a Dynamic Link Library (DLL). This tutorial does not discuss how to create a DLL per se, so if you're unfamiliar with that, then you should first read a tutorial about DLLs.
Above, we've already written all the code for our IExample and IClassFactory objects. All we need to do is paste this into our source for the DLL.
But there's still more to do. Microsoft also dictates that we must add a function to our DLL called DllGetClassObject. Microsoft has already defined what arguments it is passed, what it should do, and what it should return. A program is going to call our DllGetClassObject to obtain a pointer to our IClassFactory object. (Actually, as we'll see later, the program is going to call an OLE function named CoGetClassObject, which in turn calls our DllGetClassObject.) So, this is how the program gets hold of our IClassFactory object -- by calling our DllGetClassObject. Our DllGetClassObject function must perform this job. Here's how it's defined:
DllGetClassObject
CoGetClassObject
HRESULT PASCAL DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID objGuid,
REFIID factoryGuid, void **factoryHandle);
The first argument passed is going to be the GUID for our IExample object (not its VTable's GUID). We need to check this to make sure that the caller definitely intended to call our DLL's DllGetClassObject. Note that every COM DLL has a DllGetClassObject function in it, so again, we need that GUID to distinguish our DllGetClassObject from every other COM DLL's DllGetClassObject.
The second argument is going to be the GUID of an IClassFactory.
The third argument is a handle to where the program expects us to return a pointer to our IClassFactory (if the program did indeed pass IExample's GUID, and not some other COM object's GUID).
HRESULT PASCAL DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID objGuid,
REFIID factoryGuid, void **factoryHandle)
{
HRESULT hr;
// Check that the caller is passing
// our IExample GUID. That's the COM
// object our DLL implements.
if (IsEqualCLSID(objGuid, &CLSID_IExample))
{
// Fill in the caller's handle
// with a pointer to our IClassFactory object.
// We'll let our IClassFactory's
// QueryInterface do that, because it also
// checks the IClassFactory GUID and does other book-keeping.
hr = classQueryInterface(&MyIClassFactoryObj,
factoryGuid, factoryHandle);
}
else
{
// We don't understand this GUID.
// It's obviously not for our DLL.
// Let the caller know this by
// clearing his handle and returning
// CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE.
*factoryHandle = 0;
hr = CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE;
}
return(hr);
}
We're almost done with what we need to create our DLL. There's just one more thing. It's not really the program that loads our DLL. Rather, the operating system does so on behalf of the program when the program calls CoGetDllClassObject (i.e., CoGetClassObject locates our DLL file, does a LoadLibrary on it, uses GetProcAddress to get our above DllGetClassObject, and calls it on behalf of the program). And unfortunately, Microsoft didn't work out any way for the program to tell the OS when the program is done using our DLL and the OS should unload (FreeLibrary) our DLL. So we have to help out the OS to let it know when it is safe to unload our DLL. We must provide a function called DllCanUnloadNow which will return S_OK if it's safe to unload our DLL, or S_FALSE if not.
CoGetDllClassObject
LoadLibrary
GetProcAddress
FreeLibrary
DllCanUnloadNow
S_OK
S_FALSE
And how will we know when it is safe?
We're going to have to do more reference counting. Specifically, every time we allocate an object for a program, we're going to have to increment a count. Each time the program calls that object's Release function, and we free that object, we'll decrement that same count. Only when the count is zero will we tell the OS that our DLL is safe to unload, because that's when we know for sure that the program isn't using any of our objects. So, we'll declare a static DWORD variable named OutstandingObjects to maintain this count. (And of course, when our DLL is first loaded, this needs to be initialized to 0.)
OutstandingObjects
So, where is the most convenient place to increment this variable? In our IClassFactory's CreateInstance function, after we actually GlobalAlloc the object and make sure everything went OK. So, we'll add a line in that function, right after the call to Release:
GlobalAlloc
static DWORD OutstandingObjects = 0;
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE classCreateInstance(IClassFactory *this,
IUnknown *punkOuter, REFIID vTableGuid, void **ppv)
{
...
IExampleVtbl.Release(thisobj);
// Increment our count of outstanding objects if all
// went well.
if (!hr) InterlockedIncrement(&OutstandingObjects);;
}
}
return(hr);
}
And where is the most convenient place to decrement this variable? In our IExample's Release function, right after we GlobalFree the object. So we add a line after GlobalFree:
GlobalFree
InterlockedDecrement(&OutstandingObjects);
But there's more. (Do the messy details never end with Microsoft?) Microsoft has decided that there should be a way for a program to lock our DLL in memory if it desires. For that purpose, it can call our IClassFactory's LockServer function, passing a 1 if it wants us to increment a count of locks on our DLL, or 0 if it wants to decrement a count of locks on our DLL. So, we also need a second static DWORD reference count which we'll call LockCount. (And of course, this also needs to be initialized to 0 when our DLL loads.) Our LockServer function now becomes:
LockCount
static DWORD LockCount = 0;
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
classLockServer(IClassFactory *this, BOOL flock)
{
if (flock) InterlockedIncrement(&LockCount);
else InterlockedDecrement(&LockCount);
return(NOERROR);
}
Now we're ready to write our DllCanUnloadNow function:
HRESULT PASCAL DllCanUnloadNow(void)
{
// If someone has retrieved pointers to any of our objects, and
// not yet Release()'ed them, then we return S_FALSE to indicate
// not to unload this DLL. Also, if someone has us locked, return
// S_FALSE
return((OutstandingObjects | LockCount) ? S_FALSE : S_OK);
}
If you download the example project, the source file for our DLL (IExample.c) is in the directory IExample. Also supplied are Microsoft Visual C++ project files that create a DLL (IExample.dll) from this source.
As mentioned earlier, in order for a program written in C++/C to use our IExample DLL, we need to give that program's author our IExample's, and its VTable's, GUIDs. We'll put those GUID macros in an include (.H) file which we can distribute to others, and also include in our DLL source. We also need to put the definition of our IExampleVtbl, and IExample, structs in this include file, so the program can call our functions via the IExample we give it.
Up to now, we defined our IExampleVtbl, and IExample, structs as so:
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterfacePtr(IExample *, REFIID, void **);
typedef ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRefPtr(IExample *);
typedef ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE ReleasePtr(IExample *);
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SetStringPtr(IExample *, char *);
typedef HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetStringPtr(IExample *, char *, long);
typedef struct {
QueryInterfacePtr *QueryInterface;
AddRefPtr *AddRef;
ReleasePtr *Release;
SetStringPtr *SetString;
GetStringPtr *GetString;
} IExampleVtbl;
typedef struct {
IExampleVtbl *lpVtbl;
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} IExample;
There is one problem with the above. We don't want to let the other program know about our "count" and "buffer" members. We want to hide them from the program. A program should never be allowed to directly access our object's data members. It should know only about the "lpVtbl" member so that it can call our functions. So, as far as the program is concerned, we want our IExample to be defined as so:
typedef struct {
IExampleVtbl *lpVtbl;
} IExample;
Furthermore, although the typedefs for the function definitions make things easier to read, if you have a lot of functions in your object, this could get verbose and error-prone.
Finally, there is the problem that the above is a C definition. It really doesn't make things easy for a C++ program which wants to use our COM object. After all, even though we've written IExample in C, our IExample struct is really a C++ class. And it's a lot easier for a C++ program to use it defined as a C++ class than a C struct.
Instead of defining things as above, Microsoft provides a macro we can use to define our VTable and object in a way that works for both C and C++, and hides the extra data members. To use this macro, we must first define the symbol INTERFACE to the name of our object (which in this case is IExample). And prior to that, we must undef that symbol to avoid a compiler warning. Then, we use the DECLARE_INTERFACE_ macro. Inside of the macro, we list our IExample functions. Here's what it will look like:
INTERFACE
undef
DECLARE_INTERFACE_
#undef INTERFACE
#define INTERFACE IExample
DECLARE_INTERFACE_ (INTERFACE, IUnknown)
{
STDMETHOD (QueryInterface) (THIS_ REFIID, void **) PURE;
STDMETHOD_ (ULONG, AddRef) (THIS) PURE;
STDMETHOD_ (ULONG, Release) (THIS) PURE;
STDMETHOD (SetString) (THIS_ char *) PURE;
STDMETHOD (GetString) (THIS_ char *, DWORD) PURE;
};
This probably looks a bit bizarre.
When defining a function, STDMETHOD is used whenever the function returns an HRESULT. Our QueryInterface, SetString, and GetString functions return an HRESULT. AddRef and Release do not. Those latter two return a ULONG. So that's why we instead use STDMETHOD_ (with an ending underscore) for those two. Then, we put the name of the function in parentheses. If the function doesn't return an HRESULT, we need to put what type it returns, and then a comma, before the function name. After the function name, we list the function's arguments in parentheses. THIS refers to a pointer to our object (i.e., IExample). If the only thing passed to the function is that pointer, then you simply put THIS in parentheses. That's the case for the AddRef and Release functions. But the other functions have additional arguments. So, we must use THIS_ (with an ending underscore). Then we list the remaining arguments. Notice that there is no comma between THIS_ and the remaining arguments. But there is a comma in between each of the remaining arguments. Finally, we put the word PURE and a semicolon.
STDMETHOD
ULONG
STDMETHOD_
THIS
THIS_
PURE
To be sure, this is a weird macro, and it's this way mostly to define a COM object so that it works both for a plain C compiler as well as a C++ compiler.
"But where's the definition of our IExample struct?", you may ask. This macro is very weird indeed. It causes the C compiler to automatically generate the definition of a IExample struct that contains only the "lpVtbl" member. So just by defining our VTable this way, we automatically get a definition of IExample suitable for some other programmer.
Paste our two GUID macros into this include file, and we're all set. I did that to create the file IExample.h.
But as you know, our IExample really has two more data members. So what we're going to have to do is define a "variation" of our IExample, inside of our DLL source file. We'll call it a "MyRealIExample", and it will be the real definition of our IExample:
MyRealIExample
typedef struct {
IExampleVtbl *lpVtbl;
DWORD count;
char buffer[80];
} MyRealIExample;
And we'll change a line in our IClassFactory's CreateInstance so that we allocate a MyRealIExample struct:
if (!(thisobj = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, sizeof(struct MyRealIExample))))
The program doesn't need to know that we're actually giving it an object that has some extra data members inside it (which are for all practical purposes, hidden from that program). After all, both of these structs have the same "lpVtbl" member pointing to the same array of function pointers. But now, our DLL functions can get access to those "hidden" members just by typecasting a IExample pointer to a MyRealIExample pointer.
We also need a DEF file to expose the two functions DllCanUnloadNow and DllGetClassObject. Microsoft's compiler also wants them to be defined as PRIVATE. Here's our DEF file, which must be fed to the linker:
PRIVATE
LIBRARY IExample
EXPORTS
DllCanUnloadNow PRIVATE
DllGetClassObject PRIVATE
We've now completed everything we need to do in order to make our IExample.dll. We can go ahead and compile IExample.dll.
But that's not the end of our job. Before any other program can use our IExample object (i.e., DLL), we need to do two things:
We need to create an install program that will copy IExample.DLL to a well-chosen location. For example, perhaps we'll create a "IExample" directory in the Program Files directory, and copy the DLL there. (Of course, our installer should do version checking, so that if there is a later version of our DLL already installed there, we don't overwrite it with an earlier version.)
We then need to register this DLL. This involves creating several registry keys.
We first need to create a key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID. For the name of this new key, we must use our IExample object's GUID, but it must be formatted in a particular, text string format.
If you download the example project, the directory RegIExample contains an example installer for IExample.dll. The function stringFromCLSID demonstrates how to format our IExample GUID into a text string suitable for creating a registry key name with it.
stringFromCLSID
Note: This example installer does not copy the DLL to some well-chosen location before registering it. Rather, it allows you to pick out wherever you've compiled IExample.dll and register it in that location. This is just for convenience in developing/testing. A production quality installer should copy the DLL to a well-chosen location, and do version checking. These needed enhancements are left for you to do with your own installer.
Under our "GUID key", we must create a subkey named InprocServer32. This subkey's default value is then set to the full path where our DLL has been installed.
We must also set a value named ThreadingModel to the string value "both", if we don't need to restrict a program to calling our DLL's functions only from a single thread. Since we don't use global data in our IExample functions, we're thread-safe.
After we run our installer, IExample.dll is now registered as a COM component on our computer, and some program can now use it..
RegIExample
Now we're ready to write a C program that uses our IExample COM object. If you download the example project, the directory IExampleApp contains an example C program.
First of all, the C program #includes our IExample.h include file, so it can reference our IExample object's, and its VTable's, GUIDs.
Before a program can use any COM object, it must initialize COM, which is done by calling the function CoInitialize. This need be done only once, so a good place to do it is at the very start of the program.
CoInitialize
Next, the program calls CoGetClassObject to get a pointer to IExample.dll's IClassFactory object. Note that we pass the IExample object's GUID as the first argument. We also pass a pointer to our variable classFactory which is where a pointer to the IClassFactory will be returned to us, if all goes well.
classFactory
Once we have the IClassFactory object, we can call its CreateInstance function to get a IExample object. Note how we use the IClassFactory to call its CreateInstance function. We get the function via IClassFactory's VTable (i.e., its lpVtbl member). Also note that we pass the IClassFactory pointer as the first argument. Remember that this is standard COM.
Note that we pass IExample's VTable GUID as the third argument. And for the fourth argument, we pass a pointer to our variable exampleObj which is where a pointer to an IExample object will be returned to us, if all goes well.
exampleObj
Once we have an IExample object, we can Release the IClassFactory object. Remember that a program must call an object's Release function when done with the object. The IClassFactory is an object, just like IExample is an object. Each has its own Release function, which must be called when we're done with the object. We don't need the IClassFactory any more. We don't want to obtain any more IExample objects, nor call any of the IClassFactory's other functions. So, we can Release it now. Note that this does not affect our IExample object at all.
So next, we call the IClassFactory's Release function. Once we do this, our classFactory variable no longer contains a valid pointer to anything. It's garbage now.
But we still have our IExample pointer. We haven't yet Released that. So next, we decide to call some of IExample's functions. We call SetString. Then we follow up with a call to GetString. Note how we use the IExample pointer to call its SetString function. We get the function via IExample's VTable. And also notice that we pass the IExample pointer as the first argument. Again, standard COM.
When we're finally done with the IExample, we Release it. Once we do this, our exampleObj variable no longer contains a valid pointer to anything.
Finally, we must call CoUninitialize to allow COM to clean up some internal stuff. This needs to be done once only, so it's best to do it at the end of our program (but only if CoInitialize succeeded).
CoUninitialize
There's also a function called CoCreateInstance that can be used to replace the call to CoGetClassObject (to get the DLL's IClassFactory), and then the call to the IClassFactory's CreateInstance. CoCreateInstance itself calls CoGetClassObject, and then calls the IClassFactory's CreateInstance. CoCreateInstance directly returns our IExample, bypassing the need for us to get the IClassFactory. Here's an example use:
if ((hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_IExample, 0,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_IExample, &exampleObj)))
MessageBox(0, "Can't create IExample object",
"CoCreateInstance error",
MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
CoCreateInstance
if ((hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_IExample, 0,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_IExample, &exampleObj)))
MessageBox(0, "Can't create IExample object",
"CoCreateInstance error",
MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
The directory IExampleCPlusApp contains an example C++ program. It does exactly what the C example does. But, you'll note some important differences. First, because the macro in IExample.h defines IExample as a C++ class (instead of a struct), and because C++ handles classes in a special way, the C++ program calls our IExample function in a different format.
In C, we get an IExample function by directly accessing the VTable (via the lpVtbl member), and we always pass the IExample as the first argument.
The C++ compiler knows that a class has a VTable as its first member, and automatically accesses its lpVtbl member to get a function in it. So, we don't have to specify the lpVtbl part. Also, the C++ compiler automatically passes the object as the first argument.
So whereas in C, we code:
classFactory->lpVtbl->CreateInstance(classFactory, 0,
&IID_IExample, &exampleObj);
in C++, we instead code:
classFactory->CreateInstance(0, IID_IExample, &exampleObj);
Note: We also omit the & on the IID_IExample GUID. The GUID macro for C++ doesn't require that it be specified.
&
To create your own object, make a copy of the IExample directory. Delete the Debug and Release sub-directories, and the following files:
IExample.dsp
IExample.dsw
IExample.ncb
IExample.opt
IExample.plg
In the remaining files (IExample.c, IExample.h, IExample.def), search and replace the string IExample with the name of your own object, for example IMyObject. Rename these files per your new object name (i.e., IMyObject.c, etc.).
IMyObject
Create a new Visual C++ project with your new object's name, and in this directory. For the type of project, choose "Win32 Dynamic-Link Library". Create an empty project. Then add the above three files to it.
Make sure you use GUIDGEN.EXE to generate your own GUIDs for your object and its VTable. Do not use the GUIDs that I generated. Replace the GUID macros in the .H file (and remember to replace the <<name>> part of the GUID macro too).
Remove the functions SetString and GetString in the .C and .H files, and add your own functions instead. Modify the INTERFACE macro in the .H file to define the functions you added.
Change the data members of MyRealIExample (i.e., MyRealIMyObject, whatever) to what you want.
MyRealIMyObject
Modify the installer to change the first three strings in the source.
In the example programs, search and replace the string IExample with the name of your object.
Although a C or C++ program, or a program written in most compiled languages, can use our COM object, we have yet to add some support that will allow most interpreted languages to use our object, such as Visual Basic, VBscript, JScript, Python, etc. This will be the subject of Part II of this series.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
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Introduction
As a proudly data-driven company dealing with physical goods, Stitch Fix has put lots of effort into inventory management. Tracer, the inventory history service, is a new project we have been building to enable more fine-grained analytics by providing precise inventory state at any given point of time, just like the time machine in Mac OSX.
It is essentially a time series database built upon Spark. There are already many open source time series databases available (InfluxDB, Timescale, Druid, Prometheus), and they are more or less designed for certain use cases. Not surprisingly, Tracer is specially designed to reason about state.
Reasoning about state in time series
Inventory evolves over time and every change should be described by an event. It’s natural to model inventory as time series events. However, reconstructing the inventory state at any point in time given these time series events is a challenge.
There are two kinds of events: stateful and stateless. Stateful events contain state at a certain point of time. This is a very common type of event. For example, we can have events reporting SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) counts over time, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Another example can be temperature reported by a remote IoT thermometer every 5 minutes.
Stateless events contain information about how state changed at the point of time rather than state itself. We can rewrite the previous SKU count example with the changes in counts shown as in Fig. 2. Take a bank account as another example: every transaction event can have either credit or debit to balance, but not the balance itself.
So how can we reason about state at any point of time if we have stateful events? If there exists an event at the time for which we requested, we can directly read the state out of it, otherwise we need to find the last event right before that time to get the state.
If we have stateless events, it becomes a bit tricky as events don’t indicate states directly, therefore we need to establish some initial state as base, then apply the change from the time of that initial state to the time for which we requested to get a new state.
A bit of math
No matter whether we choose to use stateful or stateless events, we can generalize the pattern to reason about state simply with two functions:
- State function
I(tn), returns the state at any point of time tn
- Difference function
D(t1,t2), returns the state transition between time
t1and
t2
These two functions are pure, meaning for a given
tn or a tuple of
(t1, t2), function
I and
D will always return the same result. This property is important and gives us confidence that we get the result we expect.
The difference function is especially interesting in that the returned state transition can be in various forms, depending on the use case:
- Time series with current state at each point of time:
(t1, state1) -> (t2, state2) -> (t3, state3)…
- Aggregated result in state change
Δstate, such as total credit/debit change for a bank account
- Time series with previous state and current state:
(t1, state0, state1) -> (t2, state1, state2) -> (t3, state2, state3)…
- Compressed time series between
t1and
tn:
(t1, state1) -> (tn, staten)
Importantly, the difference function should be aware of the chronological order of state transition, so that if we reverse the input timestamps the returned result should also be in reversed order.
D(t1, t2) = -D(t2, t1)
Once we define the operation to apply a difference to a state, we can reason about state forward and backward.
I(t2) = I(t1) + D(t1, t2)
I(t1) = I(t2) - D(t1, t2) = I(t2) + D(t2, t1)
I can not emphasize enough that the difference function
D is very flexible. As long as it stays pure and holds true to formulas 1. and 2., it can contain state transition information in any form.
Design
The design of Tracer follows the math foundation described above, which is actually inspired by the MPEG video compression algorithm. Basically the algorithm picks a number of key frames which contain complete information of static pictures at given moments in a video and then encodes changes of motion in between these key frames in a compressed format. When a video player opens an MPEG format video, it decodes the file by using key frames and applying changes in between to restore frame by frame pictures on screen.
Similarly, two building blocks of Tracer, snapshot (green) and delta (orange), are exactly mapped to the state
I function and the difference
D function to store state and transition data, illustrated in the following graph.
A snapshot contains the complete information of state at a given point of time. If we are going to store SKU count, for example, a piece of snapshot data can look like this.
Accordingly, a piece of delta in this case can look like this:
Notice this does not store events directly, rather, it stores the effect caused by events on SKU counts. By doing so, the operation to apply a delta to a snapshot is simply to summarize the
sku_in_delta and
sku_out_delta and then add up to
sku_in_count and
sku_out_count respectively for the same time window. As I mentioned before, we can be creative to store events in different ways to best serve the way we use Tracer.
Implementation
Tracer is implemented on top of Apache Spark in Scala and exposed to end users through both Scala and Python APIs. The returned result is just a standard Spark dataframe, so it’s very convenient to connect Tracer to our existing Spark based data pipelines, as well as making it easily queryable through SparkSQL or the dataframe API.
For example, users can query Tracer for inventory state with a timestamp or multiple timestamps. Or more conveniently, they can query with a time window over a certain interval.
from datetime import datetime from sfspark.sfcontext import AASparkContext import tracer aa_spark = AASparkContext("tracer-query-example") inventory = tracer.Inventory(aa_spark) # SKU count from 2017-4-14 12:00 to 2017-4-14 14:00, every 15 mins result = inventory.sku_count_range( datetime(2017, 4, 14, 12, 0), datetime(2017, 4, 14, 14, 0), {"minutes": 15}) result.show() aa_spark.stop()
AASparkContext is our internal augmented SparkContext with additional helpers. Once you have that, then just initialize a Tracer inventory service object and start sending queries.
Easy enough? What actually happens under the hood is that for each timestamp requested (for example, at time
t), Tracer will check the timestamp and find out the closest snapshot (snapshot at
t0 in this case) and apply the correct delta time windows (indicated by the purple part) to the snapshot to build a virtual snapshot, which is exactly the inventory state at the requested timestamp.
Currently snapshot and delta data are stored in S3 just like other spark tables. These implementation details are completely hidden to our end users, enabling us free to later adopt other kinds of data storage, such as Cassandra or in-memory solutions.
This transparency also brings another advantage that we can apply all sorts of optimization under the hood, such as how and where we store the internal data and in what structure, and how we execute a query, all without asking end users to change any code on their side.
One such optimization is indexing. An index is a list of pointers to the locations of snapshots. When Tracer starts planning to run a query, it can quickly identify the location of related snapshots without actually scanning through the contents of other unrelated snapshots.
We originally decided to create snapshot partitions hourly but later realized some delta partitions were huge during rush hours, as we had a lot more events happening within certain hours of a day. With an index, we can distribute data more efficiently by adding snapshot and delta partitions based on data volume instead of a fixed time schedule.
Future work
With two simple core concepts, snapshot and delta, Tracer provides a flexible framework to reason about state with time series data. The scope of Tracer is of course applicable beyond inventory: client events, stylist events … any event we create or consume where we need to understand how state would transition from one to another.
With Tracer it’s even possible to use it for future state! Given a prediction model
m, and a timestamp
t in the future, a new
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Any cross-gcc has $prefix/include before
$prefix/<target>/include and $prefix/lib/gcc-lib/<target>/<version>/include in its include-path.
This is not correct, because $prefix/include for cross-gccs contains host-headers, not target-headers, like it does for native gccs and therefore bogusly pulls-in host headers.
Release:
gcc-3.2.x, gcc-3.3, gcc-3.4
Environment:
Any.
How-To-Repeat:
Build a cross-gcc and examine the include-path
Example:
touch tmp.c
i386-rtems-gcc -v -o tmp.o -c tmp.c
gcc version 3.2.2 (OAR Corporation gcc-3.2.2-20030425/newlib-1.11.0-20030416a-0_rc_10)
/opt/rtems/lib/gcc-lib/i386-rtems/3.2.2/cc1 -lang-c -v -D__GNUC__=3 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=2 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=2 -D__GXX_ABI_VERSION=102
-D__rtems__ -D__ELF__ -D__i386__ -D__USE_INIT_FINI__ -D__rtems__ -D__ELF__ -D__i386__ -D__USE_INIT_FINI__ -Asystem=rtems -D__NO_INLINE__ -D__STDC_HOSTED__=1 -Acpu=i386 -Amachine=i386 -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i386__ tmp.c -quiet -dumpbase tmp.c -version -o /tmp/cc66lQPD.s
GNU CPP version 3.2.2 (OAR Corporation gcc-3.2.2-20030425/newlib-1.11.0-20030416a-0_rc_10) (cpplib) (i386 bare ELF target)
GNU C version 3.2.2 (OAR Corporation gcc-3.2.2-20030425/newlib-1.11.0-20030416a-0_rc_10) (i386-rtems)
compiled by GNU C version 3.2.2 20030313 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-10).
ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/rtems/i386-rtems/sys-include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/opt/rtems/include
/opt/rtems/lib/gcc-lib/i386-rtems/3.2.2/include
/opt/rtems/i386-rtems/include
End of search list.
Fix:
The cause of this seems to be PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR in gcc/configure.in.
The patch in the attachment works around this issue by #undef'ing PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR in cppdefaults.h for cross-compilation.
Hello,
I can confirm that this problem still occurs on gcc 3.3 branch. On mainline, the code in question
seems to have changed quite a bit. Could you send your patch to gcc-patches, with a note that it
fixes this PR? Thanks,
Dara
P.S. The category of this report should be changed to preprocessor IMHO.
See Dara's comment 2.
Ralf wrote on gcc-patches:
> Well, all I can say is:
> * I had been able to reproduce my problem with gcc-trunk as of last
> week. (The date 2003-02-13 makes me wonder.)
This doesn't make sense. No cross compiler on the trunk should be
including $prefix/include, and shouldn't have since I checked in that
patch, in February 2003. Please investigate why that happened.
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Working With DATA SET:-
- Data Set is a class, which is a part of the System. Data namespace
- Data Set supports connectionless architecture.
- Data Set is a collection of Tables.
- There will be no live communication between Data Set and Database.
- Hence Data Adapters are required to provide communication in between Data Set And Database.
- Data set holds a collection of tables, where every table contains a unique index number, optionally alias name can be provided.
Select * from EMP;
- Data Set Supports to create constraints like primary and foreign keys.
- Data Set supports to create of Relations (Data Relation )
- Data Set works with the help of XML (extensible markup language)
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Steps to create a DATA SET:-
Data Set Ex:
Program to prove that Data set is connections less Collection of tables XML based
- Open windows Forms Application Project
- Place four buttons and a Data Grid view control
Using System. Data. Sql client;
- Code in GD
Data Set ds = new Data Set ();
Code for Button 1_click (get)
{
Sql connection con = new Sql connection (“User id = sa; Password = ;
data base = north wind; Server = local Host”) ;
Sql Data Adapter d1 = new Sql Data Adapter (“Select * from products” , con);
Sql Data Adapter d2= new Sql Data Adapter (“Select * from orders ” , con);
D1.Fill (ds, “pr”); D2.Fill (ds,”or”);
Message Box. Show (“Data is ready”);
Code for Button 2_click
(products)
DS----Tables or 1
{
Data Grid view 1. Data Source = ds . Tables [“Pr”];
or ds. Tables [0];
}
Code for Button 3_click (orders)
{
Data Grid view 1. Data Source = ds. Tables [“or”];
or ds. Tables [1];
}
Code for Button 4_click (XML)
{
Ds. Write XML (“C: //abc.XML”)
Message Box. Show 1 (“File is created”);
}
Working with Data Set Manipulations:-
- AS Data set is connectionless, hence the modifications on the data set will not be stored in the database.
25 columns
- Command builder is a predefined class that helps to create DML statement syntaxes automatically.
- Command builder class purpose is to create the syntax only but not to Execute that syntax.
- The command builder creates the syntax and needs to be given to Data Adapter.
Command Builder:
- GET INSERT COMMAND()
- GET UPDATE COMMAND()
- GET DELETE COMMAND()
Example on Command Builder with oracle Database over Managed Connection (System. Data. Oracle. Client)
Note:- Oracle client namespace is not available at the default scope of the project, hence System. Data. Oracle client Assembly needs to be added.
- Open windows Forms Application Project
- Place two Buttons and a data grid view control.
- Go to the project menu
Add reference
System. Data. Oracle client
Using System. Data. Oracle client
- Code in GD
Static oracle connection con = new oracle connection (“User id = Scott; Password = tiger ”);
The provider is not required for a managed connection.
Oracle Data Adapter da = new oracle Data Adapter (“Select * from c 194”, con);
Data set ds = new Data set (); Code for Button 1_ click (get) Da. Fill (ds, “d”);
Data Grid view 1. Data Source = ds .tables [“d”];
Code for Button 2_click (save) Oracle command builder cb = new; Oracle command builder (da);
Message Box. Show (cb. Get Insert command () )
Da. Insert command = cb. Get Insert command ();
Da. Update (ds, “d”);
Message Box. Show (“Record is Added ”) ;
}
Data Set class Hierarchy:
A collection of Data set Related classes is called “Data Set class Hierarchy”.
DS
T
1000 records
- R
- Table [‘T’] .Row [478]
[179] [N] FIRST N =0;
LAST N = DS. Tables [‘T’]. Rows . count -1 Next N = N+1 Previous N = N-1 A program for navigating through the records
- open windows Forms Application Project
- design a Form as shown
- Using System . Data. Sql client;
Code in GD Data table dt = new Data Table ();
Int n =0 ;
Public void Show record ()
{
Data Row dr = dt. Rows [n];
Text Box1.Text = dr [0]. To String ();
Text Box2.Text = dr [1]. To String ();
}
Code for Form 1_ load Event Sql Connection con = new sql Connection (“User id = sa; data base = north wind; Server = Local Host”);
Sql Data Adapter da = new Sql Data Adapter (“Select * from Products”, con); Data set ds = new Data set (); Da. Fill (ds, “d”);
Dt = ds . Tables [“d”];
// column Names Label 1 .Text = dt. Columns [0]. Column Name;
Label 2 .Text = dt. Columns [1]. Column Name; Show Record ();
}
- Code for Button 1_ click (<< First Record)
{
N =0; Show Record ();
}
Code for Button2_ click (< Previous record )
{
N = n -1; If (n== -1) { Message Box. Show (“No previous Record ”);
N = 0;
}
Show Record ();
}
Code for Button 3_click (> Next Record)
{
N = n+1;
If (n > dt. Rows. Count -1 )
{
Message Box . show (“ No Next Record”);
N = dt. Rows. Count -1;
}
Show Record ();
}
Code for Butto4_ click (>> last Record)
{
N = dt. Rows . count – 1;
Show Record ();
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section Printing a page details the steps for a basic print job, where the output
directly reflects the printed equivalent of the screen size and
position of the specified sprite. However, printers use different
resolutions for printing, and can have settings that adversely affect
the appearance of the printed sprite.
Flash Player and AIR can read an operating system’s printing
settings, but note that these properties are read-only: although
you can respond to their values, you can’t set them. So, for example,
you can find out the printer’s page size setting and adjust your
content to fit the size. You can also determine a printer’s margin
settings and page orientation. To respond to the printer settings,
you may need to specify a print area, adjust for the difference
between a screen’s resolution and a printer’s point measurements,
or transform your content to meet the size or orientation settings
of the user’s printer.
The PrintJob.addPage() method
allows you to specify the region of a sprite that you want printed.
The second parameter, printArea, is in the form of
a Rectangle object. You have three options for providing a value
for this parameter:;
myPrintJob.addPage(sheet, null, options);
A
rectangle's width and height are pixel values. A printer uses points
as print units of measurement. Points are a fixed physical size
(1/72 inch), but the size of a pixel on the screen depends on the
resolution of the particular screen. The conversion rate between
pixels and points depends on the printer settings and whether the sprite
is scaled. An unscaled sprite that is 72 pixels wide will print
out one inch wide, with one point equal to one pixel, independent
of screen resolution.
You can use the following equivalencies to convert inches or
centimeters to twips or points (a twip is 1/20 of a point):
1 point = 1/72 inch = 20 twips
1 inch = 72 points = 1440 twips
1 centimeter = 567 twips
If you omit the printArea parameter, or if it
is passed incorrectly, the full area of the sprite is printed.
If
you want to scale a Sprite object before you print it, set the scale
properties (see Manipulating size and scaling objects) before calling the PrintJob.addPage() method,
and set them back to their original values after printing. The scale
of a Sprite object has no relation to the printArea property.
In other words, if you specify a print area that is 50 pixels by
50 pixels, 2500 pixels are printed. If you scale the Sprite object,
the same 2500 pixels are printed, but the Sprite object is printed
at the scaled size.
For an example, see Example: Scaling, cropping, and responding.
Because
Flash Player and AIR can detect the settings for orientation, you
can build logic into your ActionScript to adjust the content size
or rotation in response to the printer settings, as the following
example illustrates:
if (myPrintJob.orientation == PrintJobOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
{
mySprite.rotation = 90;
}
import flash.printing.PrintJobOrientation;
Using
a strategy that is similar to handling printer orientation settings,
you can read the page height and width settings and respond to them
by embedding some logic into an if statement. The
following code shows an example:
if (mySprite.height > myPrintJob.pageHeight)
{
mySprite.scaleY = .75;
}
In addition, a page’s margin settings can be determined by comparing
the page and paper dimensions, as the following example illustrates:
margin_height = (myPrintJob.paperHeight - myPrintJob.pageHeight) / 2;
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Lasting:
By definitions
Type: An easy way to refer to the different properties + functions that a value has (any value has a type).
These are essential to keep in mind if you are preparing to migrate your application to React 17. A great starting point is replacing the unsafe methods with these new lifecycle methods.
Following life-cycle methods will be deprecated in React v17:
ES6 classes in React won’t go away anytime soon. But now with React hooks it’s possible to express the flow internal state change. Then UI reactions without using an ES6 class.
import React, { useState } from "react";
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
What is FA?
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Hi,
Know somebody how to deal with following very shorted example?
class A(object):
def __init__(self):
# some complex atribute generation with by ex:
setattr(self,"XX",list())
def go(self):
self.XX.append() <--XX is unresolved identifier
The problem is in dynamicaly created class attribute. How to hint pyCharm type of self.XX ?
Thanks.
Hi Michal,
Your example looks a bit unnatural to me. Either you know that attribute 'XX' is or at least should be an instance attribute, then you would code it this way:
class C(object):
def __init__(self):
self.XX = list()
def go(self):
self.XX.append("something")
... or you do not know which attributes are set (for example due to dynamic creation), then you could code it that way:
class B(object):
def __init__(self):
setattr(self, "XX", list())
def go(self):
try:
getattr(self, "XX").append("something")
except AttributeError:
# handle exception
pass
Both cases do not show any warnings within the IDE. Could you give more details why you would code it the way you did in your message? This is, mixing explicit knowledge (self.XX) with implicit creation (setattr(self, "XX")).
Regards,
Volker
Hi Volker,
Yes, the example is very shorted and again yes :-) the problem is mixing explicit vs. implicit. The method go() for this example is not very good.
I can try a better explanation:
Constructor of class C contain code for implicit creation a lot of atributes (why it's done this vay I don't know :-) it is part of some internal framework).
Later somewhere in complex application I need instance of C and access to one of this attribute. So for readability of code is better explicit variant and voila - problem is here:-)
I know it is possible to use getatt, but I was thinking about hint to IDE that this is not error or better what type is this atribute.
Of course these implicit attributes of C class can be type object and will be very useful to have working code completion for this atributes.
I hope that this explanation is understandable.
Regards,
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7. Production settings¶
So far the only thing we’ve done in our production settings was to setup
ALLOWED_HOSTS. We still have some work to do. It is absolutely
essential to setup email and the secret key, it is a good idea to setup
logging, and we may also need to setup caching. Most installations will
not need anything beyond these.
7.1. Email¶
Even if your Django application does not use email at all, you must still set it up. The reason is that your code has bugs. Even if it does not have bugs, your server will eventually run into an error condition, such as no disk space, out of memory, or something else going wrong. In many of these cases, Django will throw a “500 error” to the user and will try to email you. You really need to receive that email.
First, you need a mail server to which you can connect and ask to send an email. Such a mail server is called a “smarthost”. The mechanism with which Django connects to the smarthost is pretty much the same as the one with which your desktop or mobile mail client connects to an outgoing mail server. However, the term “outgoing mail server” is mostly used for mailing software, and “smarthost” is used when some unattended software like your Django app sends email. You can often, but not always, use your outgoing mail server as smarthost.
I’m using Runbox for my email, and I also use it as a smarthost. There are many other providers, one of the most popular being Gmail (I believe, however, that it’s not possible to use Gmail as a smarthost if all you have is a free account, and even if it is possible, it is hard to setup).
Let’s set it up and then we will discuss more. Add the following to
/etc/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/settings.py:
SERVER_EMAIL = 'noreply@$DOMAIN' DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'noreply@$DOMAIN' ADMINS = [ ('$ADMIN_NAME', '$ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS'), ] MANAGERS = ADMINS EMAIL_HOST = '$EMAIL_HOST' EMAIL_HOST_USER = '$EMAIL_HOST_USER' EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '$EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD' EMAIL_PORT = 587 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
SERVER_EMAIL is the email address from which emails with error messages appear to come from. It is set in the “From:” field of the email. The default is “root@localhost”, and while “root” is OK, “localhost” is not, and some mail servers may refuse the email. The domain name where your Django application runs is usually OK, but if this doesn’t work you can use any other valid domain. The domain of your email address should work properly.
If your Django project does not send any emails (other than the error
messages Django will send anyway), DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL does not need to
be specified. If it does send emails, it may be using
django.core.mail.EmailMessage. In order to specify what will be in
the “From:” field of the email,
from_email argument at initialization; if this is unspecified, it
will use
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL. So
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL is exactly
what it says: the default
from_email of
good idea to specify this, because even if your Django project does not
send emails today, it may well do so tomorrow, and the default,
“webmaster@localhost”, is not a good option. Remember that with
EmailMessage you are likely to send email to your users, and it
should be something nice. “noreply@$DOMAIN” is usually fine.
ADMINS is a list of people to whom error messages will be sent. Make
sure your name and email address are listed there, and also add any
fellow administrators. MANAGERS is similar to
ADMINS, but for
broken link notifications, and usually you just need to set it to the
same values as
ADMINS.
The settings starting with
and authenticate to the mail server. Django will connect to EMAIL_HOST
and authenticate using EMAIL_HOST_USER and EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD.
Needless to say, I have used placeholders that start with a dollar sign,
and you need to replace these with actual values. Mine are usually
these:
However, the details depend on the provider and the account type you
have. I don’t use my personal email, which is
antonis@antonischristofides.com (Runbox requires you to change @ to %
when you use it as a user name for login), because my personal password
would then be in many
settings.py files in many deployed Django
projects, and I’m not the only administrator of these servers (and even
if I were, I wouldn’t know when I would invite another one). So I
created another user (subaccount in Runbox parlance),
“smarthostclient”, which I use for that purpose.
There are three ports used for sending email: 25, 465, and 587. The sender (Django in our case, or your mail client when you send email) connects to a mail server and gives the email to it; the mail server then delivers the email to another mail server, and so on, until the destination is reached. In the old times both the initial submission and the communication between mail servers was through port 25. Nowadays 25 is mostly used for communication between mail servers only. If you try to use port 25 (which is the default setting for EMAIL_PORT), it’s possible that the request will get stuck in firewalls, and even if does reach the mail server, the mail server is likely to refuse to send the email. This is because spam depends much on port 25, so policies about this port are very tight.
The other two ports for email submission are 465 and 587. 465 uses encryption; just as 80 is for unencrypted HTTP and 443 is for encrypted HTTP, 25 is for unencrypted SMTP and 465 is for encrypted SMTP. However, 465 is deprecated in favour of 587, which can handle both unencrypted and encrypted connections. The client (Django in our case) connects to the server at port 587, they start talking unencrypted, and the client may tell the server “I want to continue with encryption”, and then they continue with encryption. Obviously this is done before authentication, which requires the password to be transmitted.
There are thus two methods to start encryption; one is implicit and the
other one is explicit. When you connect to port 465, which always works
encrypted, the encryption starts implicitly. When you connect to port
587, the two peers (the client and the server) start talking
unencrypted, and at some point the client explicitly tells the server “I
want to continue with encryption”. Computer people often use “SSL” for
implicit encryption and “TLS” for explicit, however this is inaccurate;
SSL and TLS are encryption protocols, and do not refer to the method
used to initiate them; you could have implicit TLS or explicit SSL.
Django uses this inaccurate parlance in its settings, where
respectively, the connection will use explicit or implicit encryption.
To test your settings, start a shell from your Django project:
PYTHONPATH=/etc/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT:/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT \ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings \ su $DJANGO_USER -c \ "/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/venv/bin/python \ /opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/manage.py shell"
and enter these commands:
from django.conf import settings from django.core.mail import send_mail admin_emails = [x[1] for x in settings.ADMINS] send_mail("Test1557", "Hello", settings.SERVER_EMAIL, admin_emails)
If something goes wrong,
send_mail will raise an exception;
otherwise you should receive the email.
Because of spam, mail servers are often very picky about which emails
they will accept. It’s possible that even if your smarthost accepts the
email, the next mail server may refuse it. For example, I made some
experiments using
from_email='noreply@example.com',
'mail.runbox.com', and recipient anthony@itia.ntua.gr (an old email
address of mine). In that case, Runbox accepted the email and
subsequently attempted to deliver it to the mail server of ntua.gr,
which rejected it because it didn’t like the sender
(noreply@example.com; I literally used “example.com”, and ntua.gr didn’t
like that domain). When something like this happens, the test we made
above with
send_mail will appear to work, because
send_mail
manages to deliver the email to the smarthost, and the error occurs
after that; not only will we never receive the email, but it is also
likely that we will not receive the failure notification (the returned
email), so it’s often hard to know what went wrong and we need to guess.
One thing you can do to lessen the probability of error is to make sure
that the recipient (or at least one of the recipients) has an email
address served by the provider who provides the smarthost. In my case,
the smarthost is
mail.runbox.com, and the recipient is
antonis@antonischristofides.com, and the email for domain
antonischristofides.com is served by Runbox. It is unlikely that
mail.runbox.com would accept an email addressed to
antonis@antonischristofides.com if another Runbox server were to
subsequently refuse it. If something like this happened, I believe it
would be a configuration error on behalf of Runbox. But it’s very normal
that
mail.runbox.com will accept an email which will subsequently be
refused by ntua.gr or Gmail or another provider downstream.
7.2. Debug¶
After you have configured email and verified it works, you can now turn off DEBUG:
DEBUG = False
Now it’s good time to verify that error emails do indeed get sent
properly. You can do so by deliberately causing an internal server
error. A favourite way of mine is to temporarily rename a template file
and make a related request, which will raise a
TemplateDoesNotExist
exception. Your browser should show the “server error” page. Don’t
forget to rename the template file back to what it was. By the time you
finish doing that, you should have received the email with the full
trace.
7.3. Using a local mail server¶
Usually I don’t configure Django to deliver to the smarthost; instead, I install a mail server locally, have Django deliver to the local mail server, and configure the local mail server to send the emails to the smarthost. There are several reasons why installing a local mail server is better:
- Your server, like all Unix systems, has a scheduler,
cron, which is configured to run certain programs at certain times. For example, directory
/etc/cron.dailycontains scripts that are executed once per day. Whenever a program run by
cronthrows an error message,
cronemails that error message to the administrator.
cronalways works with a local mail server. If you don’t install a local mail server, you will miss these error messages. We will later use
cronto clear sessions and to backup the server, and we don’t want to miss any error messages.
- While Django attempts to send an error email, if something goes wrong, it fails silently. This behaviour is appropriate (the system is in error, it attempts to email its administrator with the exception, but sending the email also results in an error; can’t do much more). Suppose, however, that when you try to verify, as we did in the previous section, that error emails work, you find out they don’t work. What has gone wrong? Nothing is written in any log. Intercepting the communication with
ngrepwon’t work either, because it’s usually encrypted. If you use a locally installed mail server, you will at least be able to look at the local mail server’s logs.
- Sending an error email might take long. The communication line might be slow, or a firewall or the DNS could be misbehaving, and it might take several seconds, or even a minute, before Django manages to establish a connection to the remote mail server. During this time, the browser will be in a waiting state, and a Gunicorn process will be occupied. Some people will recommend to send emails from celery workers, but this is not possible for error emails. In addition, there is no reason to install and program celery just for this reason. If we use a local mail server, Django will deliver the email to it very fast and finish its job, and the local mail server will queue it and send it when possible.
While the most popular mail servers for Debian and Ubuntu are exim and postfix, I don’t recommend them. Mail servers are strange beasts. They have large and tricky configuration files, because they can do a hell of things. You will have a hard time understanding the necessary configuration (which is buried under a hell of other configuration), and if something goes wrong you will have a hard time debugging it. I also see no great educational value in learning it. I used to run mail servers for years but I’ve got ridden of all of them; it’s not worth the effort when I can do the same thing at Runbox for € 30 per year.
Instead, we are going to use
dma (nothing to do with direct memory
access; this is the DragonFly Mail Agent). It’s a small mail server that
only does what we want; it collects messages in a queue, and sends them
to a smarthost. It is much easier to configure than the real thing.
Install it like this:
apt install dma
It will ask you a couple of questions:
- System mail name
- You should probably use $DOMAIN here. If that doesn’t work, you can try to use the domain of your email address.
- Smarthost
- This is the remote mail server, the smarthost, that is; the one we had specified in Django’s
Next, open
/etc/dma/dma.conf in an editor, and uncomment or edit
these directives:
PORT 587 AUTHPATH /etc/dma/auth.conf SECURETRANSFER STARTTLS
(If your smarthost uses implicit encryption, you need to specify
PORT
465 instead, and omit the
STARTTLS.)
Next, open
/etc/dma/auth.conf and add this line:
(These are placeholders of course, which you need to replace.)
Next, open
/etc/aliases and add this line:
root: $ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS
Finally, open
/etc/mailname in an editor and make sure it contains
a single line which contains your domain ($DOMAIN).
Let’s test it to see if it works:
sendmail $ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS
This will pause for input. Type a short email message, and end it with a
line that contains a single fullstop. Check
/var/log/mail.log to
verify it has been delivered to the smarthost (if it says “delivery
successful” it’s OK, even if it’s preceded by a warning message about
the authentication mechanism), and verify that you have received it.
The next step is to configure Django. You might think that we would set
what we will do.
dma does not listen on port 25 or on any other
port. The only way to send emails with it is by using the
sendmail
command. Traditionally this has been the easiest and most widely
available way to send emails in Unix, and it is also what
cron uses.
(In the old times, when
sendmail was the only existing mail server,
the practice of using the
sendmail command was standardized, so
today all mail servers create a
sendmail command when they are
installed, which is usually a symbolic link to something else). We will
install a Django email backend that sends emails in the same way.
/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/venv/bin/pip install django-sendmail-backend
The only Django configuration we need is this:
The
dma configuration should have been obvious, except for
/etc/aliases and
/etc/mailname. These are not dma-specific, they
are also used by exim, postfix, and most other mail servers, and
/etc/mailname may also be used by other programs.
/etc/aliases specifies aliases for email addresses. If
cron
decides it needs to send an email, the recipient will most likely be a
mere
root. The line we added specifies that
root should be
translated to your actual email address. For Django,
/etc/aliases
doesn’t matter, since Django will get the recipient email address from
the
ADMINS and
MANAGERS settings.
If a program somehow needs to know the domain used for the email of the
system, it usually takes it from
/etc/mailname. Setting that to
$DOMAIN should be fine, but if this doesn’t work, you can try
setting it to the domain of your email address.
7.4. Secret key¶
Django uses the SECRET_KEY in several cases, for example, when
digitally signing sessions in cookies. If it leaks, attackers might be
able to compromise your system. You should not use the
SECRET_KEY
you use in development, because that one is easy to leak, and because
many developers often have access to it, whereas they should not have
access to the production
SECRET_KEY.
You can create a secret key in this way:
import sys from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string sys.stdout.write(get_random_string(50))
7.5. Logging¶
Even if your Django apps do no logging, they eventually will. At some
point one of your users is going to cause an error which you will be
unable to reproduce in the development environment, so you will
introduce some logging calls. It makes sense to configure logging so
that it is ready for that time. You need a configuration that will write
log messages in
/var/log/$DJANGO_PROJECT/$DJANGO_PROJECT.log, and
here it is:
LOGGING = { 'version': 1, 'disable_existing_loggers': False, 'formatters': { 'default': { 'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: ' '%(message)s', } }, 'handlers': { 'file': { 'class': 'logging.handlers.' 'TimedRotatingFileHandler', 'filename': '/var/log/$DJANGO_PROJECT/' '$DJANGO_PROJECT.log', 'when': 'midnight', 'backupCount': 60, 'formatter': 'default', }, }, 'root': { 'handlers': ['file'], 'level': 'INFO', }, }
Here is the meaning of the various items:
- version
- This is reserved for the future; for now, it should always be 1.
- disable_existing_loggers
- Django already has a default logging configuration. If
disable_existing_loggersis
True(the default), then this configuration will override Django’s default, otherwise it will work in addition to the default. We really want Django’s default configuration, which is to email critical errors to the administrators.
- root
- This defines the root logger. You can specify very complicated logging schemes, where different loggers will be logging using different handlers and different formatters. However, as long as our system is small, we only need to specify a single logger, the root logger, which uses a single handler (the “file” handler) with a single formatter (the “default” formatter). In this example I have specified
'level': 'INFO',which means the logger will ignore messages with a lower priority (the only lower priority is
DEBUG, and the higher priorities are
WARNING,
ERRORand
CRITICAL). You can change this as needed, however
INFOis reasonable to begin with.
- handlers
- Here we define the “file” handler, whose class is
logging.TimedRotatingFileHandler. This essentially logs to a file, but it has the added benefit that each midnight it starts a new log file, renames the old one, and deletes log files older than 60 days. In this way it is very unlikely that your disk will fill up because of the growing log files escaping your attention.
- formatters
This defines a formatter named “default”. In a system where I’m using this logging configuration, I have this code:
import logging # ... logging.info('Notifying user {} about the agrifields of ' 'user {}'.format(user, owner))
and it produces this line in the log file:
[2016-11-29 04:40:02,880] INFO: Notifying user aptiko about the agrifields of user aptiko
7.6. Caching¶
The only other setting I expect you to set to a different value from
development is
CACHES. How you will set it depends on your needs. I
usually want my caches to persist across reboots, so I specify this:
CACHES = { 'default': { 'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.' 'FileBasedCache', 'LOCATION': '/var/cache/$DJANGO_PROJECT/cache', } }
You also need to create the directory and give it the necessary permissions:
mkdir /var/cache/$DJANGO_PROJECT/cache chown $DJANGO_USER /var/cache/$DJANGO_PROJECT/cache
7.7. Recompile your settings¶
Remember that Django runs as $DJANGO_USER and does not (and should not)
have permission to write in directory
/etc/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT,
which is owned by root. Therefore it can’t write the Python 2 compiled
file
settings.pyc, or the Python 3 compiled files directory
__pycache__. In theory you should be compiling it each time you make
a change to your settings:
/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/venv/bin/python -m compileall \ /etc/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT
Of course it’s not possible to remember to do this every single time you change something in the settings. There are two solutions to this. The first solution, which is fine, is to ignore the problem. If the compiled file is absent or outdated, Python will compile the source file on the spot. This will happen whenever each gunicorn worker starts, which is only when you start or restart gunicorn, and it costs less than 1 ms. It’s really negligible.
The second solution is to create a script
/usr/local/sbin/restart-$DJANGO_PROJECT, with the following
contents:
#!/bin/bash set -e /opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/venv/bin/python -m compileall -q \ -x /opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT/venv/ /opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT \ /etc/opt/$DJANGO_PROJECT service $DJANGO_PROJECT restart
You must make that script executable:
chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/restart-$DJANGO_PROJECT
You might object that we don’t want users other than root to be able to recompile the Python files or to restart the gunicorn service. The answer is that they won’t be able. They will be able to execute the script, but when the script arrives at the point where it compiles the Python files, they will be denied permission to write the compiled Python files to the directory; and if the script ever arrives at the last line, again systemd will deny to restart the service. Making a script non-executable doesn’t achieve anything security-wise; a malicious user could simply copy it and make the copy executable.
From now on, whenever you want to restart gunicorn, instead of
service
$DJANGO_PROJECT restart, you can be using
restart-$DJANGO_PROJECT,
which will run the above script. The
set -e command tells bash to
stop executing the script when an error occurs, and the
-q parameter
to
compileall tells to not print the list of files compiled.
7.8. Clearing sessions¶
If you use
django.contrib.sessions, Django stores session data in
the database (unless you use using a different SESSION_ENGINE).
Django does not automatically clean up the sessions table, so most of
the sessions remain in the database even after they expire. I’ve seen
sessions tables in small deployments of only a few requests per minute
grow to several hundreds of GB through the years. You can manually
remove expired sessions by executing
python manage.py clearsessions.
To make sure your sessions are being cleared regularly, create file
/etc/cron.daily/$DJANGO_PROJECT-clearsessions with
In Unix-like systems, cron is the standard scheduler; it executes tasks
at specified times. Scripts in
/etc/cron.daily are executed once
daily, starting at 06:25 (am) local time. The time to which this
actually refers depends on the system’s time zone, which you can find by
examining the contents of the file
/etc/timezone. In most of my
servers, I use UTC. The time during which these scripts are run doesn’t
really matter much, but it’s better to do it when the system is not very
busy—especially if some of the scripts are intensive, such as backup
(which we will see in a later chapter). For time zones with a
positive UTC offset, 06:25 UTC could be a busy time, so you might want
to change the system time zone with this command:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
There is a way to tell cron exactly at what time you want a task to run,
but I won’t go into that as throwing stuff into
/etc/cron.daily
should be sufficient for most use cases.
Cron expects all the programs it runs to be silent, i.e., to not display any output. If they do display output, cron emails that output to the administrator. This is very neat, because if your tasks only display output when there is an error, you will be emailed only when there is an error. However, for this to work, you must setup a local mail server as explained in Using a local mail server.
7.9. Chapter summary¶
Install
dmaand (in the virtualenv)
django-sendmail-backend
Make sure
/etc/dma/dma.confhas these contents:
SMARTHOST $EMAIL_HOST PORT 587 AUTHPATH /etc/dma/auth.conf SECURETRANSFER STARTTLS MAILNAME /etc/mailname
Also make sure
/etc/dma/auth.confhas these contents:
Make sure
/etc/mailnamecontains $DOMAIN.
Create the cache directory:
mkdir /var/cache/$DJANGO_PROJECT/cache chown $DJANGO_USER /var/cache/$DJANGO_PROJECT/cache
Create file
/etc/cron.daily/$DJANGO_PROJECT-clearsessionswith
Finally, this is the whole
settings.pyfile:
from django_project.settings import * debug = false allowed_hosts = ['$domain', ''] databases = { 'default': { 'engine': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'name': '/var/opt/$django_project/$django_project.db', } } server_email = 'noreply@$domain' default_from_email = 'noreply@$domain' admins = [ ('$admin_name', '$admin_email_address'), ] managers = admins email_backend = 'django_sendmail_backend.backends.' \ 'emailbackend' logging = { 'version': 1, 'disable_existing_loggers': false, 'formatters': { 'default': { 'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: ' '%(message)s', } }, 'handlers': { 'file': { 'class': 'logging.timedrotatingfilehandler', 'filename': '/var/log/$django_project/' '$django_project.log', 'when': 'midnight', 'backupcount': 60, 'formatter': 'default', }, }, 'root': { 'handlers': ['file'], 'level': 'info', }, } caches = { 'default': { 'backend': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.' 'filebasedcache', 'location': '/var/cache/$django_project/cache', } } | https://djangodeployment.readthedocs.io/en/latest/07-settings.html | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | refinedweb | 4,181 | 62.48 |
Step-By-Step Wizard Controllers
Use wicked to make your Rails controllers into step-by-step wizards. To see Wicked in action check out the example Rails app or watch the screencast.
Why
Many times I'm left wanting a RESTful way to display a step by step process that may or not be associated with a resource. Wicked gives the flexibility to do what I want while hiding all the really nasty stuff you shouldn't do in a controller to make this possible. At its core Wicked is a RESTful(ish) state machine, but you don't need to know that, just use it.
Install
Add this to your Gemfile
gem 'wicked'
Then run
bundle install and you're ready to start
Quicklinks
- Build an object step-by-step
- Use object ID's with wizard paths
- Show Current Wizard Progress to User
- Example App
- Screencast
- Watch Railscasts episode: #346 Wizard Forms with Wicked
How
We are going to build an 'after signup' wizard. If you don't have a
current_user then check out how to Build a step-by-step object with Wicked.
First create a controller:
rails g controller after_signup
Add Routes into
config/routes.rb:
resources :after_signup
Next include
Wicked::Wizard in your controller
class AfterSignupController < ApplicationController include Wicked::Wizard steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends # ...
You can also use the old way of inheriting from
Wicked::WizardController.
class AfterSignupController < Wicked::WizardController steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends # ...
The wizard is set to call steps in order in the show action, you can specify custom logic in your show using a case statement like below. To send someone to the first step in this wizard we can direct them to
after_signup_path(:confirm_password).
class AfterSignupController < ApplicationController include Wicked::Wizard steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends def show @user = current_user case step when :find_friends @friends = @user.find_friends end render_wizard end end
Note: Wicked uses the
:id parameter to control the flow of steps, if you need to have an id parameter, please use nested routes. See building objects with wicked for an example. It will need to be prefixed, for example a Product's
:id would be
:product_id
You'll need to call
render_wizard at the end of your action to get the correct views to show up.
By default the wizard will render a view with the same name as the step. So for our controller
AfterSignupController with a view path of
/views/after_signup/ if call the :confirm_password step, our wizard will render
/views/after_signup/confirm_password.html.erb
Then in your view you can use the helpers to get to the next step.
<%= link_to 'skip', next_wizard_path %>
You can manually specify which wizard action you want to link to by using the wizard_path helper.
<%= link_to 'skip', wizard_path(:find_friends) %>
In addition to showing sequential views we can update elements in our controller.
class AfterSignupController < ApplicationController include Wicked::Wizard steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends def update @user = current_user case step when :confirm_password @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) end sign_in(@user, bypass: true) # needed for devise render_wizard @user end end
We're passing
render_wizard our
@user object here. If you pass an object into
render_wizard it will show the next step if the object saves or re-render the previous view if it does not save.
Note that
render_wizard does attempt to save the passed object. This means that in the above example, the object will be saved twice. This will cause any callbacks to run twice also. If this is undesirable for your use case, then calling
assign_attributes (which does not save the object) instead of
update_attributes might work better.
To get to this update action, you simply need to submit a form that PUT's to the same url
<%= form_for @user, url: wizard_path, method: :put do |f| %> <%= f.password_field :password %> <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %> <%= f.submit "Change Password" %> <% end %>
We explicitly tell the form to PUT above. If you forget this, you will get a warning about the create action not existing, or no route found for POST. Don't forget this.
In the controller if you find that you want to skip a step, you can do it simply by calling
skip_step
def show @user = current_user case step when :find_friends if @user.has_facebook_access_token? @friends = @user.find_friends else skip_step end end render_wizard end
Now you've got a fully functioning AfterSignup controller! If you have questions or if you struggled with something, let me know on twitter, and i'll try to make it better or make the docs better.
Quick Reference
View/URL Helpers:
wizard_path # Grabs the current path in the wizard wizard_path(:specific_step) # Url of the :specific_step next_wizard_path # Url of the next step previous_wizard_path # Url of the previous step # These only work while in a Wizard, and are not absolute paths # You can have multiple wizards in a project with multiple `wizard_path` calls
Controller Tidbits:
steps :first, :second # Sets the order of steps step # Gets current step next_step # Gets next step previous_step # Gets previous step skip_step # Tells render_wizard to skip to the next logical step jump_to(:specific_step) # Jump to :specific_step render_wizard # Renders the current step render_wizard(@user) # Shows next_step if @user.save, otherwise renders wizard_steps # Gets ordered list of steps
Redirect options
Both
skip_step and
skip_step(foo: "bar")
Note that unlike you would do when making a call to Rails'
redirect_to, you should not call
return immediately after
skip_step and
jump_to, since the actual redirection is done in the render_wizard call.
If you want to pass params to the step you are skipping to you can pass it into those:
Finally:
Don't forget to create your named views
app/ views/ controller_name/ first.html.erb second.html.erb # ...
Finish Wizard Path
You can specify the url that your user goes to by over-riding the
finish_wizard_path in your wizard controller.
def finish_wizard_path user_path(current_user) end
Testing with RSpec
# Test find_friends block of show action get :show, id: :find_friends # Test find_friends block of update action put :update, {'id' => 'find_friends', "user" => { "id" => @user.id.to_s }}
Internationalization of URLS (I18n)
If your site works in multiple languages, or if you just want more control over how your URLs look you can now use I18n with wicked. To do so you need to replace this:
include Wicked::Wizard
With this:
include Wicked::Wizard::Translated
This will allow you to specify translation keys instead of literal step names. Let's say you've got steps that look like this:
steps :first, :second
So the urls would be
/after_signup/first and
/after_signup/second. But you want them to show up differently for different locales. For example someone coming form a Spanish speaking locale should see
/after_signup/uno and
after_signup/dos.
To internationalize first you need to create your locales files under
config/locales such as
config/locales/es.yml for Spanish. You then need to add a
first and
second key under a
wicked key like this:
es: hello: "hola mundo" wicked: first: "uno" second: "dos"
It would also be a good idea to create a english version under
config/locales/en.yml or your english speaking friends will get errors. If your app already uses I18n you don't need to do anything else, if not you will need to make sure that you set the
I18n.locale on each request you could do this somewhere like a before filter in your application_controller.rb
before_action :set_locale private def set_locale I18n.locale = params[:locale] if params[:locale].present? end def ( = {}) {locale: I18n.locale} end
For a screencast on setting up and using I18n check out Railscasts. You can also read the free I18n Rails Guide.
Now when you visit your controller with the proper locale set your URLs should be more readable like
/after_signup/uno and
after_signup/dos.
Wicked expects your files to be named the same as your keys, so when a user visits
after_signup/dos with the
es locale it will render the
second.html.erb file.
Important: When you do this the value of
step as well as
next_step and
previous_step and all the values within
steps will
be translated to what locale you are using. To translate them to the
"canonical" values that you've have in your controller you'll need so
use
wizard_value method.
For example, if you had this in your controller, and you converted it to a use Wicked translations, so this will not work:
steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends def show case step when :find_friends @friends = current_user.find_friends end render_wizard end
Instead you need to use
wizard_value to get the "reverse translation" in your controller code like this:
steps :confirm_password, :confirm_profile, :find_friends def show case wizard_value(step) when :find_friends @friends = current_user.find_friends end render_wizard end
The important thing to remember is that
step and the values in
steps are
always going to be in the same language if you're using the Wicked translations.
If you need any values to match the values set directly in your controller,
or the names of your files (i.e.
views/../confirm_password.html.erb, then you need
to use
wizard_value method.
Custom URLs
Very similar to using I18n from above but instead of making new files for different languages, you can stick with one language. Make sure you are using the right module:
include Wicked::Wizard::Translated
Then you'll need to specify translations in your language file. For me, the language I'm using is english so I can add translations to
config/locales/en.yml
en: hello: "hello world" wicked: first: "verify_email" second: "if_you_are_popular_add_friends"
Now you can change the values in the URLs to whatever you want without changing your controller or your files, just modify your
en.yml. If you're not using English you can set your default_locale to something other than
en in your
config/application.rb file.
config.i18n.default_locale = :de
Important: Don't forget to use
wizard_value() method to make
sure you are using the right canonical values of
step,
previous_step,
next_step, etc. If you are comparing them to non
wicked generate values.
Custom crafted wizard urls: just another way Wicked makes your app a little more saintly.
Dynamic Step Names
If you wish to set the order of your steps dynamically you can do this by manually calling and
self.steps = [# <some steps> ] in a
before_action method. Then call
before_action :setup_wizard after so that wicked knows when it is safe to initializelike this:
include Wicked::Wizard before_action :set_steps before_action :setup_wizard # ... private def set_steps if params[:flow] == "twitter" self.steps = [:ask_twitter, :ask_email] elsif params[:flow] == "facebook" self.steps = [:ask_facebook, :ask_email] end end
NOTE: The order of the
before_action matters, when
setup_wizard is called it will validate the presence of
self.steps, you must call your custom step setting code before this point.
Keywords
There are a few "magical" keywords that will take you to the first step, the last step, or the "final" action (the redirect that happens after the last step). Prior to version 0.6.0 these were hardcoded strings. Now they are constants which means you can access them or change them. They are:
Wicked::FIRST_STEP Wicked::LAST_STEP Wicked::FINISH_STEP
You can build links using these constants
after_signup_path(Wicked::FIRST_STEP) which will redirect the user to
the first step you've specified. This might be useful for redirecting a
user to a step when you're not already in a Wicked controller. If you
change the constants, they are expected to be strings (not symbols).
Support
Most problems using this library are general problems using Ruby/Rails. If you cannot get something to work correctly please open up a question on stack overflow. If you've not posted there before, provide a description of the problem you're having and usually some example code and a copy of your rails logs helps.
If you've found a bug, please open a ticket on the issue tracker with a small example app that reproduces the behavior.
About
This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.
Compatibility
Refer to the Travis CI test matrix for test using your version of Ruby and Rails. If there is a newer Ruby or Rails you don't see on there, please add an entry to the Apprasials file, then run
$ apprasials install and update the
.travis.yml file and send me a pull request.
Note: Rails 3.0 support is only for Ruby 1.9.3 or JRuby, not Ruby 2.0.0 or newer.
Running Gem Tests
First install all gemfiles:
$ appraisal install
Then to run tests against all the appraisal gemfiles, use:
$ appraisal rake test
To run tests against one specific gemfile, use
$ appraisal 4.1 rake test
Note that Rails 3.0 tests don't pass in Ruby 2.0.0 or newer, so during development it may be easier to disable this gemfile if you are using a current version of Ruby.
Contributing
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I'm trying to add another piece to my toolkit that I have available in Perl.
I can make Apache use Python to handle authentication. I am wondering if
there's a way to make it so that Spyce's persistent connection to Postgres
can be used for this. Anyone doing this or know how to approach this?
Here's the sample httpd.conf and files that I'm using, that doesn't use
Spyce at all:
<Location /members>
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler www
PythonAuthenHandler www
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members Login"
require valid-user
</Location>:
from mod_python import apache
def user_authenticated():
# Dummy reply here. Don't use this in the real world!
return True
def authenhandler(req):
pw = req.get_basic_auth_pw()
user = req.user
if user_authenticated():
return apache.OK
else:
return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED | http://sourceforge.net/p/spyce/mailman/spyce-users/?viewmonth=200310&viewday=4 | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | refinedweb | 144 | 60.51 |
KDE and violin plots using seaborn
In this post we’re going to explore the use of seaborn to make Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) plots and Violin plots.
Both of these plots give an idea of the distribution of your data.
We’ll start with our imports and load some car price data.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import pandas as pd import seaborn as sns plt.style.use('ggplot')
auto = pd.read_csv('data/auto_prices.csv') # Drop missing values auto = auto.replace('?', np.nan).dropna()
KDE Plots
A KDE plot is a lot like a histogram, it estimates the probability density of a continuous variable.
Let’s take a look at how we would plot one of these using seaborn. We’ll take a look at how engine
plt.figure(figsize=(10,6)) sns.kdeplot(auto['engine-size'], label='Engine Size') plt.xlabel('Engine Size') plt.ylabel('Probability Density') plt.title('Probability density plot of the engine size of cars') plt.show()
2D KDE Plots
If we wanted to get a kernel density estimation in 2 dimensions, we can do this with seaborn too.
So if we wanted to get the KDE for MPG vs Price, we can plot this on a 2 dimensional plot.
We’ll also overlay this 2D KDE plot with the scatter plot so we can see outliers.
sns.kdeplot(auto['highway-mpg'], auto['price'], cmap='magma_r') plt.scatter(auto['highway-mpg'], auto['price'], marker='x', color='r', alpha=0.5) plt.xlabel('MPG') plt.ylabel('Price') plt.title('KDE plot of Price vs MPG') plt.show()
Violin Plots
A violin plot combines boxplots with KDE plots.
Here we’re going to look at the violin plots of engine size by the fuel type split out into gas and diesel.
plt.figure(figsize=(10,6)) sns.violinplot(x='fuel-type', y='engine-size', data=auto) plt.title('Violin plots of engine size by fuel type') plt.xlabel('Fuel Type') plt.ylabel('Engine Size') plt.show() | https://benalexkeen.com/kde-and-violin-plots-using-seaborn/ | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | refinedweb | 333 | 60.92 |
Homework 5: Object-Oriented Programming, Linked Lists, Iterators and Generators
Due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, July 28
Instructions
Download hw05.zip. Inside the archive, you will find a file called
hw05
Q1: Survey
Please fill out the survey at this link
and fill in
hw05.py with the token. The link might not work if you are logged
into some google account other than your Berkeley account, so either log out from all
other accounts or open the link in a private/incognito window and sign in to
your Berkeley account there.
To check that you got the correct token run
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q survey
OOP
Q2: Vending Machine
In this question you'll create a vending machine that only outputs a single product and provides change when needed.
Create a class called
VendingMachine that represents a vending
machine for some product. A
VendingMachine object returns strings
describing its interactions. Remember to match exactly the strings in the
doctests -- including punctuation and spacing!
Fill in the
VendingMachine class, adding attributes and methods as
appropriate, such that its behavior matches the following doctests:
class VendingMachine: """A vending machine that vends some product for some price. >>> v = VendingMachine('candy', 10) >>> v.vend() 'Machine is empty. Please restock.' >>> v.add_funds(15) 'Machine is empty. Please restock. Here is your $15.' >>> v.restock(2) 'Current candy stock: 2' >>> v.vend() 'You must add $10 more funds.' >>> v.add_funds(7) 'Current balance: $7' >>> v.vend() 'You must add $3 more funds.' >>> v.add_funds(5) 'Current balance: $12' >>> v.vend() 'Here is your candy and $2 change.' >>> v.add_funds(10) 'Current balance: $10' >>> v.vend() 'Here is your candy.' >>> v.add_funds(15) 'Machine is empty. Please restock. Here is your $15.' >>> w = VendingMachine('soda', 2) >>> w.restock(3) 'Current soda stock: 3' >>> w.restock(3) 'Current soda stock: 6' >>> w.add_funds(2) 'Current balance: $2' >>> w.vend() 'Here is your soda.' """ "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
You may find Python's formatted string literals, or f-strings useful. A quick example:
>>>>>>> f'I {feeling} {course}' 'I love 61A!'
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q VendingMachine
If you're curious about alternate methods of string formatting, you can also check out an older method of Python string formatting. A quick example:
>>> ten, twenty, thirty = 10, 'twenty', [30] >>> '{0} plus {1} is {2}'.format(ten, twenty, thirty) '10 plus twenty is [30]'
Linked Lists
Q3: Store Digits
Write a function
store_digits that takes in an integer
n and returns
a linked list where each element of the list is a digit of
n.
Note: do not use any string manipulation functions like
strand
reversed
def store_digits(n): """Stores the digits of a positive number n in a linked list. >>> s = store_digits(1) >>> s Link(1) >>> store_digits(2345) Link(2, Link(3, Link(4, Link(5)))) >>> store_digits(876) Link(8, Link(7, Link(6))) >>> # a check for restricted functions >>> import inspect, re >>> cleaned = re.sub(r"#.*\\n", '', re.sub(r'"{3}[\s\S]*?"{3}', '', inspect.getsource(store_digits))) >>> print("Do not use str or reversed!") if any([r in cleaned for r in ["str", "reversed"]]) else None """ "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q store_digits
Trees
Q4: Yield Paths
Define a generator function
path_yielder which takes in a Tree
t, a value
value, and returns a generator object which yields each path from the root of
t
to a node that has label
value.
t is implemented with a class, not as the function-based ADT.
Each path should be represented as a list of the labels along that path in the tree. You may yield the paths in any order.
We have provided a skeleton for you. You do not need to use this skeleton, but if your implementation diverges significantly from it, you might want to think about how you can get it to fit the skeleton.
def path_yielder(t, value): """Yields all possible paths from the root of t to a node with the label value as a list. >>> t1 = Tree(1, [Tree(2, [Tree(3), Tree(4, [Tree(6)]), Tree(5)]), Tree(5)]) >>> print(t1) 1 2 3 4 6 5 5 >>> next(path_yielder(t1, 6)) [1, 2, 4, 6] >>> path_to_5 = path_yielder(t1, 5) >>> sorted(list(path_to_5)) [[1, 2, 5], [1, 5]] >>> t2 = Tree(0, [Tree(2, [t1])]) >>> print(t2) 0 2 1 2 3 4 6 5 5 >>> path_to_2 = path_yielder "recursive call" within its body?
Note: Remember that this problem should yield items -- do not return a list!
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q path_yielder
Q_0<<
OOP
Q6: Mint
A mint is a place where coins are made. In this question, you'll implement a
Mint class that can output a
Coin 2021 >>> dime = mint.create(Dime) >>> dime.year 2021 >>> Mint.current_year = 2101 # Time passes >>> nickel = mint.create(Nickel) >>> nickel.year # The mint has not updated its stamp yet 2021 >>> nickel.worth() # 5 cents + (80 - 50 years) 35 >>> mint.update() # The mint's year is updated to 2101 >>> Mint.current_year = 2176 # More time passes >>> mint.create(Dime).worth() # 10 cents + (75 - 50 years) 35 >>> Mint().create(Dime).worth() # A new mint has the current year 10 >>> dime.worth() # 10 cents + (155 - 50 years) 115 >>> Dime.cents = 20 # Upgrade all dimes! >>> dime.worth() # 20 cents + (155 - 50 years) 125 """ current_year = 2021
Generators/Trees
Q7: Is BST
Write a function
is_bst, which takes a Tree
t and returns
True if, and
only if,
t is a valid binary search tree, which means that:
- Each node has at most two children (a leaf is automatically a valid binary search tree)
- The children are valid binary search trees
- For every node, the entries in that node's left child are less than or equal to the label of the node
- For every node, the entries in that node's right child are greater than the label of the node
An example of a BST is:
Note that, if a node has only one child, that child could be considered either the left or right child. You should take this into consideration.
Hint: It may be helpful to write helper functions
bst_min and
bst_max that
return the minimum and maximum, respectively, of a Tree if it is a valid binary
search tree.
def is_bst(t): """Returns True if the Tree t has the structure of a valid BST. >>> t1 = Tree(6, [Tree(2, [Tree(1), Tree(4)]), Tree(7, [Tree(7), Tree(8)])]) >>> is_bst(t1) True >>> t2 = Tree(8, [Tree(2, [Tree(9), Tree(1)]), Tree(3, [Tree(6)]), Tree(5)]) >>> is_bst(t2) False >>> t3 = Tree(6, [Tree(2, [Tree(4), Tree(1)]), Tree(7, [Tree(7), Tree(8)])]) >>> is_bst(t3) False >>> t4 = Tree(1, [Tree(2, [Tree(3, [Tree(4)])])]) >>> is_bst(t4) True >>> t5 = Tree(1, [Tree(0, [Tree(-1, [Tree(-2)])])]) >>> is_bst(t5) True >>> t6 = Tree(1, [Tree(4, [Tree(2, [Tree(3)])])]) >>> is_bst(t6) True >>> t7 = Tree(2, [Tree(1, [Tree(5)]), Tree(4)]) >>> is_bst(t7) False """ "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q is_bst
Q8: Generate Preorder
Similarly to
preorder in Question 4, define the function
generate_preorder, which takes in a tree as an argument and
now instead
yields the entries in the tree in the order that
print_tree would print them.
Hint: How can you modify your implementation of
preorderto
yield fromyour recursive calls instead of returning them?
"""Yield the entries in this tree in the order that they would be visited by a preorder traversal (see problem description). >>> numbers = Tree(1, [Tree(2), Tree(3, [Tree(4), Tree(5)]), Tree(6, [Tree(7)])]) >>> gen = generate_preorder(numbers) >>> next(gen) 1 >>> list(gen) [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] """ "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q generate_preorder | https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs61a/su21/hw/hw05/ | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | refinedweb | 1,297 | 70.63 |
2013-08-17 19:21:30 8 Comments
Could you please help me, whats wrong.
import logging if (__name__ == "__main__"): logging.basicConfig(format='[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s::%(module)s::%(funcName)s() %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG) logging.INFO("test")
And I can't run it, I've got an error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/htfuws/Programming/Python/just-kidding/main.py", line 5, in logging.INFO("test") TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
Thank you very much.
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@Martijn Pieters 2013-08-17 19:23:26
You are trying to call
logging.INFO, which is an integer constant denoting one of the pre-defined logging levels:
You probably wanted to use the
logging.info()function (note, all lowercase) instead:
@FrUh 2013-08-17 19:39:30
thank you very much, I was using it in my previuos project and I was wondering why it doesn't work. AND I DID NOT NOTICE the LOWER CASE. Ah.
@Martijn Pieters 2013-08-17 19:57:39
And you did not notice the CAPS LOCK either, by the looks of it. :-P (And sorry, you can only mark one answer as accepted, thanks for the brief acceptance though!)
@karthikr 2013-08-17 19:23:36
logging.INFOdenotes an integer constant with value of 20
What you need is
logging.info
@FrUh 2013-08-17 19:38:14
thank you very much, I was using it in my previuos project and I was wondering why it doesn't work. AND I DID NOT NOTICE the LOWER CASE. Ah. | https://tutel.me/c/programming/questions/18292500/python+logging+typeerror | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | refinedweb | 498 | 53.41 |
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July 17th, 2002, 11:09 AM
Hello,
For some reason I can't get my program to compile, I hope maybe someone intelligent can figure this out.
I am running Mandrake 8.2, gcc 3.0.3, and qt 3.0.4, and attempting to compile a QT app using a custom slot. I've been compiling QT apps all day with no problem, but as soon as i define my own slot and hit moc it blows up. This is what I have.
frmMain.h: ( a class declaration file )
#ifndef FRMMAIN_H
#define FRMMAIN_H
#include <qwidget.h>
class frmMain : public QWidget {
Q_OBJECT
public:
frmMain();
public slots:
void MyCustomSlot()
};
#endif
frmMain.cpp ( the cooresponding class definition file )
#include "frmMain.moc"
frmMain::frmMain() {
// default constructor
}
void frmMain::MyCustomSlot() {
exit(1);
}
now.. regardless of what this class necessarily does, i can't get it to compile. first.. i moc'd my header file
moc frmMain.h -o frmMain.moc
No problems.. then i go to compile the cpp into an o:
g++ -I$QTDIR/include -c frmMain.cpp
That's where I get errors. $QTDIR is correct, so my include path points to the right place, but the errors that it spits out (which is about half a page, but to name just a few are )
"In file included from frmMain.cpp
frmMain.moc:30: no 'void frmMain::initMetaObject()' member function declared in class frmMain
frmMain.moc: In member function 'void frmMain::initMetaObject':
frmMain.moc:34: 'badSuperClassWarning' undeclared ( first use in this function )"
it goes on to tell me things like "prototype for QString frmMain::tr(const char*) does not match any in class frmMain", "In static member function 'static QMetaObject* frmMain::staticMetaObject()': no method QMetaObject::new_metadata(), no method QMetaObject::new_metaaccess, struct QMetaData has no member named 'ptr', 'QMember' undeclared" etc etc for a bit.
Can anyone tell me what they think I could be doing wrong? Perhaps I need to reset some environment library variable or something? From the looks of it I think it's not getting something included right, but I'm not sure.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Graham
July 17th, 2002, 11:31 AM
class frmMain : public QWidget {
Q_OBJECT
public:
frmMain();
public slots: // <---- what is this line?
void MyCustomSlot()
};
The line I've indicated is not valid. Is this a typo or could it be the source of your problem?
Also, what does "Q_OBJECT" do? I presume that this is a macro. Does it declare anything that you then need to define?
phucket_20
July 17th, 2002, 12:07 PM
hey Graham,
yes, Q_OBJECT is a macro.
All Qt classes that hold custom signals and slots must mention this macro. the public slots line is not valid by c++ standards, no, but the meta object compiler ( moc ) that gets run before g++, translates this line into valid c++ code. that way it compiles correctly.
Furthermore, i took this sample class straight out of an example from a book, so the coding can't be that far off. :)
Graham
July 17th, 2002, 12:16 PM
Well, without knowing what Q_OBJECT expands to, it's a bit difficult to come up with a definitive answer. However, the errors that you're getting suggest that Q_OBJECT is declaring some functions that you aren't defining in your .cpp file.
Is there another (partner) macro to Q_OBJECT that fills in the missing bits? I ask because Micro$oft use quite a few of these two-part macros in MFC. For example, if you add DECLARE_DYNAMIC to your class definition, you have to add a corresponding IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC in the .cpp file.
phucket_20
July 17th, 2002, 06:34 PM
good thinking on the double macro, however i checked my literature and the coding looks clean.
i agree more so that the moc is definetely adding some functions that i do not specifically declare in my cpp file.
however.. these functions should be present in OTHER files. i.e. the Qt library files. i'm pretty sure they are.. i'm gonna find exactly which ones though and see if that leads me anywhere. i think what may be the case is i am not properly including something... though that seems odd because i tried making my makefile with "qmake" a utitility that makes makefiles automatically for Qt and still got the same errors. i'll post as to any success though. thanks!
Graham
July 18th, 2002, 04:13 AM
Good luck!
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This week for Digital Making at Home, we’re coming together to code for a special occasion. Can you guess what it is? Here’s a hint: it’s a celebration for both you and us, of the home that’s all around us all the time, even as we’re all staying safely indoors right now. We’re talking about Earth Day!
Let’s celebrate our planet!
Earth is the home we all share, and because it’s Earth Day this week, we’re using code to show the greatest planet in the whole solar system some much deserved love!
This is your perfect chance to think about how everyone all over the world can work together to take care of our planet the way that it takes care of us. Be inspired by nature: listen to the birds chirping, feel the breeze outside in your backyard, imagine what you love about our planet — and then share it with us using code!
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Tasja
Hi
We are about half way through the endangered species project for EarthDay () but are getting the error message ‘ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘guizero’ when we try to run the programme.
Full message is below:
Python3.6 with Tkinter
bash -c xset q && DISPLAY=:0 run-project
XOpenDisplay((null))
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: off/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
Display is not capable of DPMS
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “main.py”, line 1, in
from guizero import App, PushButton, TextBox, Picture, Text
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘guizero’
exit status 1
The code looks the same as Marc has on is screen. We’ve tried a couple of times and also reloaded the page as well.
Any ideas how to fix? We are accessing through Safari on a Mac laptop.
Thanks
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i need to enter commands in one line using delimiter "&" (ampersand) or ";" (semicolon),using one type of delimiter in a line. e.g "cat&cp&rm" or "cat;cp;rm". Both should not be used in one line e.g "cat;cp&rm", when this happens the system exits.
I've tried the code below using Split method but i want to use an IF statement for the above condition. i also want to run a thread for each command if the commands are seperated by "&" and run only one thread for all commands being executed one after another if they're seperated by ";".
import java.lang.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class Parsing { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { new Parsing().Split(); } public void Split() { String command = " "; System.out.print("Enter command: " ); try{ BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); command = br.readLine(); String [] temp = null; temp = command.split("&"); /*if((temp.equals("&")) || (temp.equals(";"))) { write(temp); } else { System.exit(0); }*/ }catch (IOException e){} } public void write(String []s) { for (int i = 0 ; i < s.length ; i++) { System.out.println(s[i]); } } }
how should i do that? please help me. even if there's no actual solution, i need your suggestions. Thanks in advance
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This naive version of MiniMax works fine, but we can improve it with something called alpha-beta pruning.
With alpha-beta pruning, we can completely ignore some branches of the tree, vastly speeding up our search for the winningest solution.
Let’s begin to apply the Minimax algorithm to see alpha-beta pruning at work. Looking at the pairs (5,6) the minimum is 5. We know that we will now have to pick a maximum between 5 and whatever we get on the right branch. Comparing (7,4) now, our minimum is 4. 4 is less than 5 so 5 will be chosen for the maximum when we compare them. Because of this, we do not have to check the third branch, in this case, 5, because it is impossible for it to propagate up the tree past the maximum comparison with 5.
MiniMax in Go
Picking up where we left off last time (or after downloading the starter template), your folder structure should look like this:
Edit your
main.go file in your
server/go folder to the following:
package main import "syscall/js" func findNextComputerMove(args []js.Value) { grid := args[0] turnCount := args[1].Int() nextMove := GetNextMove(grid, turnCount) js.Global().Set("nextMove", js.TypedArrayOf(nextMove)) } func checkGameState(args []js.Value) { grid := args[0] lastMoveArg := args[1] turnCount := args[2].Int() player := args[3].String() lastMove := []int8{ int8(lastMoveArg.Index(0).Int()), int8(lastMoveArg.Index(1).Int()), } gameState := StateValue(grid, lastMove, player, turnCount) js.Global().Set("gameState", js.ValueOf(gameState)) } func registerCallbacks() { js.Global().Set("findNextComputerMove", js.NewCallback(findNextComputerMove)) js.Global().Set("checkGameState", js.NewCallback(checkGameState)) } func main() { done := make(chan bool, 0) registerCallbacks() <-done }
We really only added three things from last time, a function that finds the bot’s next move, a function that checks the state of the game (bot win, user win, tie, or game isn’t over), and the game state itself after calculations have been completed. Both of these functions are essentially wrappers exposing around the code we’ll be writing soon to the JavaScript client. Remember for later that the variable
gameState and the functions
findNextComputerMoveand
checkGameState will be exposed as global variables in our React app.
Take note of both of these function’s parameters,
args []js.Value. Instead of having multiple parameters, we have a single array that contains JavaScript values. So on the client side, we can pass as many arguments as we want, they will just be indexed in the
args array.
Looking at the
checkGameState function, you can see that we extract the arguments we need from the array using the indices.
Now create a file called
tictactoe.go in your
server/go folder. The first thing we should do is create is a function that checks the game state:
package main import "syscall/js" func StateValue(grid js.Value, lastMove []int8, player string, turnCount int) int { // return 0 for more moves to be played, 1 for Computer win, 2 for hooman win, and 3 for tie! rowIndex := lastMove[0] columnIndex := lastMove[1] gridSize := grid.Length() // check columns and rows rowEqual := true columnEqual := true for i := 0; i < gridSize; i++ { if grid.Index(int(rowIndex)).Index(i).String() != player { rowEqual = false } if grid.Index(i).Index(int(columnIndex)).String() != player { columnEqual = false } if !rowEqual && !columnEqual { break } } if rowEqual || columnEqual { if player == "COMPUTER" { return 1 } return 2 } // check upper left to bottom right diagonal if rowIndex == columnIndex { firstDiagonalEqual := true for i := 0; i < gridSize; i++ { if grid.Index(i).Index(i).String() != player { firstDiagonalEqual = false } } if firstDiagonalEqual { if player == "COMPUTER" { return 1 } return 2 } } // check top right to bottom left diagonal if int(rowIndex) == gridSize-1-int(columnIndex) { secondDiagonalEqual := true for i := 0; i < gridSize; i++ { if grid.Index(i).Index(gridSize-1-i).String() != player { secondDiagonalEqual = false } } if secondDiagonalEqual { if player == "COMPUTER" { return 1 } return 2 } } if gridSize*gridSize == turnCount { return 3 } return 0 }
What this function does is checks if the game is a tie, bot win, human win, or if moves are still available. It takes a
js.Grid representing the game state as its first parameter, the last played move, the player of the last played move, and the number of turns so far. This function returns four different states:
- 0 if there are more moves to be played
- 1 if the bot won
- 2 if the human won
- 3 if it is a tie game
First, the function checks if the row or column affected by this move creates three in a row. If there is a winning state, the function returns 1 or 2 depending on who won. If nobody won through columns or rows, then the diagonals are checked if the last move is on a diagonal. Again, if there’s a win state, 1 or 2 is returned depending on who won. If not, the function checks if there is a tie by checking if the number of turns equals the square of the grid size. If there is a tie, 3 is returned and if not, 0 is returned.
Now that we have the ability to check the state of a game, we can build our MiniMax algorithm. Add the following changes to your
tictactoe.go file:
package main import ( "math" "syscall/js" ) type SuccessorState struct { Grid js.Value LastMove []int8 Rating int } /* * StateValue function... */ func GetNextMove(grid js.Value, turnCount int) []int8 { successorStates := getSuccessorStates(grid, "COMPUTER") var maxState SuccessorState // kicking off the minimax algo, we can assume the move is from the computer for index, state := range successorStates { state.Rating = miniMax(state.Grid, state.LastMove, "COMPUTER", turnCount, math.MinInt32, math.MaxInt32) if index == 0 || state.Rating > maxState.Rating { maxState = state } } return maxState.LastMove }
This
GetNextMove function simply iterates over all of the next possible states and runs the Minimax algorithm on each successor state. After doing this, it returns the state with the maximum value.
Now let’s add some utility functions. Add the following to your file:
func intMax(x int, y int) int { if x > y { return x } return y } func intMin(x int, y int) int { if x < y { return x } return y } func getSuccessorStates(grid js.Value, player string) []SuccessorState { var states []SuccessorState // slice version of our grid so we can copy it baseGrid := duplicateGrid(grid) for i := 0; i < grid.Length(); i++ { for j := 0; j < grid.Length(); j++ { if grid.Index(i).Index(j).String() == "" { // copy the base grid newGrid := make([]interface{}, len(baseGrid)) copy(newGrid, baseGrid) jsGrid := js.ValueOf(newGrid) // apply the next move jsGrid.Index(i).SetIndex(j, player) newState := SuccessorState{ Grid: jsGrid, LastMove: []int8{int8(i), int8(j)}, } states = append(states, newState) } } } return states } func duplicateGrid(grid js.Value) []interface{} { // I wish there was an easier way... but as of now I don't // think you can create a duplicate of a js array :( // so we just pass the values into a slice // pls lmk if you have an optimal solution gridSize := grid.Length() newGrid := make([]interface{}, gridSize) for i := 0; i < gridSize; i++ { newGridRow := make([]interface{}, gridSize) for j := 0; j < gridSize; j++ { newGridRow[j] = grid.Index(i).Index(j).String() } newGrid[i] = newGridRow } return newGrid }
The first two functions
intMin and
intMax just return the minimum and maximum of two numbers.
getSuccessorStates takes a current game state, and finds all possible moves for a player, applies each move, and then returns the array of states with each possible move applied. The last utility function is the
duplicateGrid function. This function takes the grid of type
js.Valueand transforms it into a slice. As of now, I don’t think there’s an easier way to do this operation which is an obvious pain point. But more on this later.
Now that we have the perquisites, we can create the core of the MiniMax function. Add the following function to your
tictactoe.go file:
func miniMax(grid js.Value, lastMove []int8, player string, turnCount int, alpha int, beta int) int { gameState := StateValue(grid, lastMove, player, turnCount) if gameState == 1 { return 1 } else if gameState == 2 { return -1 } else if gameState == 3 { return 0 } if player == "COMPUTER" { return miniMaxMin(grid, "HUMAN", turnCount, alpha, beta) } else { return miniMaxMax(grid, "COMPUTER", turnCount, alpha, beta) } }
This function is very simple. First, it gets the value of the current state and returns 1 which represents a computer win, -1 to represent a human win, and 0 to represent a tie. Next, we apply the mini/max part of the algorithm. If it’s the computer’s turn we choose the turn that returns the maximum value for the computer. If it’s the human’s turn, we choose the least winning turn for the human.
Let’s build the
miniMaxMin function. Add this function to your
tictactoe.gofile:
func miniMaxMin(grid js.Value, player string, turnCount int, alpha int, beta int) int { successorStates := getSuccessorStates(grid, player) minStateRating := int(math.MaxInt32 + 1) for _, state := range successorStates { minStateRating = intMin(minStateRating, miniMax(state.Grid, state.LastMove, player, turnCount+1, alpha, beta)) if minStateRating <= alpha { return minStateRating } beta = intMin(beta, minStateRating) } return minStateRating }
This function takes a given state and for each of the children states it finds the state that brings the lowest net value. However, we apply alpha-beta pruning so we do not have to traverse every single node on the tree.
Now let’s look at the
miniMaxMax function. Add this function to your
tictactoe.go file:
func miniMaxMax(grid js.Value, player string, turnCount int, alpha int, beta int) int { successorStates := getSuccessorStates(grid, player) maxStateRating := int(math.MinInt32 - 1) for _, state := range successorStates { maxStateRating = intMax(maxStateRating, miniMax(state.Grid, state.LastMove, player, turnCount+1, alpha, beta)) if maxStateRating >= beta { return maxStateRating } alpha = intMax(alpha, maxStateRating) } return maxStateRating }
This function takes a given state and for each of the children states it finds the state that brings the highest net value. However, again we apply alpha-beta pruning so we do not have to traverse every single node on the tree.
That’s it for the MiniMax algorithm in Go!
Time to build the Go WASM file.
cd into the
server/go directory and run the following in your terminal:
GOOS=js GOARCH=wasm go build -o main.wasm
This should create a
main.wasm file in your
server/go directory.
From here,
cd back into the root
/server directory and run
npm run dev to start an express server to serve up your WASM file.
Connecting the dots in React
Now we need to get our logic into the front end.
Open a new terminal and
cd into the
/client directory.
Run the following:
npm install --save react react-dom && npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators @babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import @babel/polyfill @babel/preset-env @babel/preset-react add-asset-html-webpack-plugin babel-loader html-webpack-plugin webpack webpack-cli webpack-dev-server webpack-dotenv-plugin
By doing this, we update our dependencies and make sure we have everything we need to build our React application.
Next, update our file structure to the following:
First, update your
webpack.config.js like this:
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin'); const AddAssetHtmlPlugin = require('add-asset-html-webpack-plugin'); const DotenvPlugin = require('webpack-dotenv-plugin'); module.exports = { resolve: { modules: ['src', 'node_modules'] }, devtool: 'source-map', entry: { vendor: ['@babel/polyfill', 'react', 'react-dom'], client: './src/index.js', }, output: { path: __dirname + '/dist', filename: '[name].chunkhash.bundle.js', chunkFilename: '[name].chunkhash.bundle.js', publicPath: '/', }, module: { rules: [ { test: /\.js$/, exclude: /node_modules/, use: { loader: "babel-loader" } }, ] }, devServer: { historyApiFallback: true, disableHostCheck: true }, plugins: [ new DotenvPlugin({ sample: './.env.example', path: './.env' }), new HtmlWebpackPlugin({ title: 'GoWasm!', template: './src/index.html', filename: './index.html', inject: true, minify: { collapseWhitespace: true, collapseInlineTagWhitespace: true, minifyCSS: true, minifyURLs: true, minifyJS: true, removeComments: true, removeRedundantAttributes: true } }), // Make sure to add these in this order, so the wasm_exec.js gets injected first // yes, it's backwards, I know :/ new AddAssetHtmlPlugin({ filepath: require.resolve('./src/init_go.js') }), new AddAssetHtmlPlugin({ filepath: require.resolve('./src/wasm_exec.js') }) ] };
All that has changed is we added the Dotenv plugin.
No, in your
.env.example and
.env file add the following:
DEV_SERVER_URI=
Now let’s update the
App.js, paste the following:
import React from 'react' import Grid from './grid' export default class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props) this.state = { isLoading: true } } componentDidMount() { const { DEV_SERVER_URI } = process.env WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(DEV_SERVER_URI), go.importObject).then(async (result) => { go.run(result.instance) this.setState({ isLoading: false }) }); } render() { return ( <div style={{ height: '100%', display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center'}}> { this.state.isLoading ? <div> { /* for this cool loader and more! */ } <svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="" x="0px" y="0px" width="24px" height="30px" viewBox="0 0 24 30" style={{enableBackground: 'new 0 0 50 50'}}> <rect x="0" y="0" width="4" height="20" fill="#333"> <animate attributeName="opacity" attributeType="XML" values="1; .2; 1" begin="0s" dur="0.6s" repeatCount="indefinite" /> </rect> <rect x="7" y="0" width="4" height="20" fill="#333"> <animate attributeName="opacity" attributeType="XML" values="1; .2; 1" begin="0.2s" dur="0.6s" repeatCount="indefinite" /> </rect> <rect x="14" y="0" width="4" height="20" fill="#333"> <animate attributeName="opacity" attributeType="XML" values="1; .2; 1" begin="0.4s" dur="0.6s" repeatCount="indefinite" /> </rect> </svg> </div> : <Grid /> } </div> ) } }
This component isn’t really doing much, it’s simply initializing web assembly and displaying our grid component after the loading is done.
Now let’s create each cell of the grid. This component isn’t that complicated either and only contains a little bit of logic. Add this to your
cell.js file.
import React from 'react' export default class Cell extends React.Component { renderIcon() { const { fill } = this.props if (!fill) { return null } if (fill === 'HUMAN') { return ( // Thanks w3schools! <svg height="50" width="50"> <line x1="0" y1="0" x2="50" y2="50" style={{stroke:'black', strokeWidth:3}} /> <line x1="0" y1="50" x2="50" y2="0" style={{stroke:'black', strokeWidth:3}} /> </svg> ) } if (fill === 'COMPUTER') { return ( // Thanks again w3schools! <svg height="100" width="100"> <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" style={{stroke:'black', strokeWidth:3, fill: 'white' }} /> </svg> ) } } clickCell = () => { const { cell, fillCell, fill, turn, isGameOver } = this.props if (fill || turn !== 'HUMAN' || isGameOver) { return } fillCell(cell, 'HUMAN') } render() { const { cell, gridSize, fill, isGameOver, } = this.props const [row, column] = cell return ( <div onClick={this.clickCell} style={{ width: '100px', height: '100px', display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', borderRight: column < gridSize - 1 ? '1px solid red' : 'none', cursor: !fill && !isGameOver ? 'pointer' : 'default' }} > { this.renderIcon() } </div> ) } }
This component is fairly simple. It takes a few props fed from the grid component. The most important prop is the
fill prop which says if the cell is filled by a human or computer. Based on this prop, it will return either nothing if it’s a free move, a circle if it’s a human, or an X if it’s a computer.
Now, this brings us to the final part of our frontend app: the grid component.
Go ahead and add this to your
grid.js file and then let’s break it down:
import React from 'react' import Cell from './cell' const DEFAULT_GRID_SIZE = 3 constHuman</option> <option value='COMPUTER'>Computer</option> </select> <button style={{ flex: 1}} onClick={(e) => this.resetGame()}>Reset</button> </div> <div style={{marginLeft: 'auto', marginRight: 'auto'}}> { grid.map((row, rowIndex) => ( <div key={`row-${rowIndex}`} style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', maxWidth: `${gridSize*100 + gridSize - 1}px`,borderBottom: rowIndex < gridSize - 1 ? '1px solid red' : 'none'}}> { row.map((fill, columnIndex) => ( <Cell key={`col-${columnIndex}`} isGameOver={isGameOver} turn={turn} fill={fill} // This determines if this cell is empty or not! cell={[rowIndex, columnIndex]} gridSize={gridSize} fillCell={this.fillCell} /> )) } </div> )) } </div> </div> ) } }
This component does two things. First, it keeps track of the game state and renders cells to reflect the game state. It then uses the helper functions we exposed through web assembly to calculate the computer’s move and update the game state.
The heart of the computer calculations lies in the
fillCell function. This function simply takes the state representation of the grid, applies the player or computer’s move, and checks if the game has been won using the
checkGameState function which is exposed by the web assembly module. After the game state has been calculated, we then check if the game is over after this move has been applied by checking the value of the
gameStatevariable which is set globally via WebAssembly. Lastly, we switch the players’ turn.
Next, using
componentDidUpdate, whenever state is updated we check if it’s the computer’s turn. If it is the computer’s turn, we simply use the
findNextComputerMove function we created earlier in Go.
Once the
gameState has reached a terminal state, we end the game.
Running the app
- Create two terminal windows
- In one,
cdinto the
/serverfolder and run
npm install && npm run dev
- In the other,
cdinto the
/clientfolder and run
npm run dev
- Navigate to
localhost:8080in your Chrome browser
Issues with WebAssembly for Go
1. Initial overhead
When using WebAssembly, we need to make a request to get the WASM file and then initialize it once it has reached the browser. With moderately large WASM files, this can cause a long initial loading time. On top of this, Go’s variant of WebAssembly ships with a Go runtime and garbage collector which bloats its WASM files.
2. Run on a separate thread
This is good and bad. The good part is that it allows you to do processes in the background of your application. However, this means you have to get a little crafty when you are waiting for data. We had to store variables globally so the Go code could share information with the React code.
3. Performance is lackluster
After the overhead, I was expecting the computations to be lightning fast. Although I have not tested it, I believe writing the MiniMax algorithm in JavaScript would be almost as fast as Go. On top of this, after a board size of 4×4, the computations become too great and your browser will most likely crash.
4. Limited power of Go WASM JavaScript structures
I believe part of why the Go code was slower than I anticipated was because of the transformations from JavaScript data structures to Go ones and vice versa. For example, the
duplicateGrid function was made in order to clone a JS array in go. This was done because I could not deeply transform a 2d array into a usable Go data structure. Unfortunately, the
duplicateGrid function was built naively with a double for loop and it definitely destroyed performance. With regular Go arrays, you can clone an array with the
makefunction and it would be nice to see this in Go.
Conclusion
WebAssembly for Go allows us to bring low-level code to the browser, in theory, allowing us to write more computationally intensive programs. While I love the idea of using Go for WebAssembly, I believe it has a little ways to go before it’s refined and viable for production usage. However, since this is Go’s first step into WebAssembly, it has a lot of room to grow and improve.
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- inside a certain area.
In the two previous installments we introduced you to the projects connected with Microsoft’s entrance into the Makers’ world, and in particular we dwelled upon Windows’ distribution for Raspberry Pi: it is named Windows 10 IoT Core and created for the purpose of simplifying the applications’ development cycle. We will see now what has been done for Arduino instead, and in particular we will see the usage of Windows Virtual Shield, by creating a simple project in order to show its potentialities. What we want to create, even in its simplicity, can be used in real contexts: it is a relay that is activated when being near a determined spot. Already in the previous article we quoted this kind of usage for Virtual Shield, as a solution for the opening remote control (to be used to open the garage’s gate in the place of the classic remote control). In the project here described, it will be Arduino (installed in the car) to send the command on our behalf when we are nearby, by using a smartphone supplied with a GPS receiver (this last one will supply the data concerning the position).
Needed materials
The project requires the following devices:
- Arduino Uno or a compatible board;
- a Bluetooth FT1018M module having RN42 (that we presented in number 168 of the magazine);
- a smartphone having a Windows Phone 10 preview (for example, Lumia 520, Lumia 635/630 are okay);
- a PC having Windows 10 installed.
Given that this is an educational project concerning Windows Virtual Shield, we will use a breadboard on which we will build the relay circuit, commanded by Arduino. The external components with which we will interface Arduino are simply a relay, and as much is needed in order to obtain its activation (in practice, a transistor and a resistor).
Environment preparation
The environment preparation is quite articulated and can be divided in three main steps:
- configuration of the development environment on the PC;
- smartphone configuration;
- Arduino IDE configuration.
Let’s start by preparing the development environment on the Windows 10-based PC: for this purpose we should download and install Visual Studio 2015. Once the development environment has been installed, we will use it in order to install the “Virtual Shield for Arduino” Universal App on the mobile phone. This App (supplied in the source form) will deal with the management of the communication with Arduino, by exposing the sensors and the components used by the phone. The App sources are available on GitHub; for those who know GitHub already, it is possible to make a clone of the repository (Visual Studio directly supports GitHub from the environment). For those who are not familiar with GitHub, the easiest approach is the one to download the zip with the sources and to double click on Shield.sln, so to open them with Visual Studio.
Once the sources have been loaded with Visual Studio, it is the time to try to execute “Build”; if no errors have been detected, you will have completed the PC configuration.
Let’s move onto the mobile phone, then: in this case the operation is a bit easier. The ideal would be that of possessing a smartphone we don’t use as our main phone, since at the moment this article is published the Windows 10 version for smartphones is still in a preview phase and Microsoft does not guarantee on its reliability: to install it means to accept the risk that the mobile phone might operate poorly.
In order to install Windows 10 preview, it is enough to download “Windows Insider” from the App Store. Once executed, the application goes on in a semiautomatic way, the only requirement being the one to be registered to the Insider Preview program, but even this registration is a free one and can be done by following the indications from the App. Before starting the Windows 10 preview installation process, the App will ask us to choose between “Fast” or “Slow” updates: in the first case the system will receive updates more often, but they will potentially be less stable ones; in the second case, there will be less updates, but they will be more stable ones. For our test, both conditions will be fine, thus we will let you choose as you prefer.
Once the installation is complete, we are ready to connect the phone to the computer and, to install “Virtual Shield for Arduino” by using Visual Studio; if the previous steps have been carried out without problems, the operation simply consists in clicking on the small arrow akin to “play”, close to the “Device” writing: it can be found in the upper bar.
An important notice: it may happen that Visual Studio will send an error warning, since the version for which the project has been configured is one that follows the operating system found on the phone; unfortunately this is a known problem and one has to act manually in order to solve it. In the case you find yourself in this condition, as a first thing you will have to take notice of the version detected on the phone by Visual Studio, that will be shown at the same time of the error warning. After that, please open the Shield.csproj file via notepad: it is inside the sources folder, and please insert the read version in the TargetPlatformMinVersion tag; as an example, if we read 10.0.10149.0 we will have to set the tag like this: <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.10149.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>. This is needed in order to indicate that the minimal version that is supported by the project is the specified one and, since it corresponds to the phone’s one, the problem will not occur again.
All that is left to do now is to configure the Arduino part: as a first thing we have to download one of IDE’s new versions (from 1.6 and up). Once the IDE has been installed, we have to download ArduinoJson library; luckily in the new versions the LibraryManager has been included.
It may be accessed from the menu Sketch->Include Libraries->Manage Libraries…: with this command a pop-up is opened, from which to choose the library to install; by filtering ArduinoJson the library we are looking for will be shown and it will be enough to give the Install command to install it.
The final step is the one to download and install the libraries for the virtual shield, and unfortunately, since they have not yet been included in the Library Manager, we have to proceed with the manual installation. Luckily, the operation is not an excessively complex one: you just have to download the repository and to copy the whole content in the folder in which the IDE keeps all the libraries (typically Documents\Arduino\libraries).
The ever-present Hello World
Once we have reached this stage, we should have our environment ready for the first test that, as tradition dictates, will be the classic Hello World. “Almost” is the key word here, since we haven’t fiddled with the hardware yet. Actually in this first stage, the one of the diagram’s application, it is enough to connect the Bluetooth module to the Arduino board.
The first test is a very simple one and consists in creating a sketch that will use the phone’s display in order to write “Hello World”.
The code to load is the one in Listing 1.
Listing1
#include <ArduinoJson.h> #include <VirtualShield.h> #include <Text.h> VirtualShield shield; Text screen = Text(shield); void refresh(ShieldEvent* shieldEvent) { screen.clear(); screen.printAt(1, “Hello World”); } void setup() { shield.setOnRefresh(refresh); shield.begin(); } void loop() { shield.checkSensors(); }
Briefly, the item of the VirtualShield kind is created (in the example it is named shield), it represents the communication interface with the phone. The item is used along with the Text class, that shows the functions needed to interact with the phone’s display. One of the example’s peculiarities is that the calls needed to display the text are not made directly in the loop function, but they are in the refresh function; in turn this is transferred as a parameter to the setOnRefresh method. Such a mechanism delegates to the shield item the function’s call when it is needed (for example, when starting the program or after the bluetooth connection). In order to see the sample work, it is needed to couple the Bluetooth module to the phone: the procedure is the classic one followed in order to couple Bluetooth devices. From the settings, please select “Devices” and then “Bluetooth” and from this screen the Bluetooth is activated (if turned off), waiting for some seconds while the other devices in the operating range are activated. The device’s name to be coupled will be something like RN42-1234 (with 1234 being different for each module); by selecting it the coupling will be carried out.
Let’s start now the “Virtual Shield for Arduino” app on the phone, at the start of it a black screen will be shown in figure.
This is the proper behaviour, since the black area is the one made available to Arduino, in order to show text or graphical contents; down and on the right the usual key having three dots “…” is found, it indicates that there is a drop-down menu. Let’s select it and a menu having some buttons will be shown, among them the one we’re interested in is “Settings”.
The “Connections” section is the one we are looking for, in which all the the Bluetooth devices coupled with our mobile phone will be shown; among them there will be our module. Let’s select it, and by pressing “Connect” we will end our preparation phase. At this stage, by returning to the main screen (with the back key) we should see “Hello World” appearing, as sent from our sketch loaded on Arduino.
The project
But let’s see now how to activate a relay when we are getting close to a certain area.
The circuit to be created is the one in Fig. 5, there we will find a transistor being used in switching mode, for the purpose of commanding a relay. The remote control’s transmitter button is connected to the two terminal block’s contacts, that depend on the exchange normally opened by the relay (C-NA). When the relay is excited, the contact will turn out to be closed and will activate the transmission on behalf of the remote control, that will send the opening command for the automatic gate.
The logical steps describing the circuit’s operations are:
- the recurring reading of the GPS position;
- the calculation of the distance, with respect to a determined spot (the gate to be opened);
- relay activation, if the distance is under a prearranged threshold.
As for the position reading, we will use a class of the Virtual Shield that has been specifically designed for this purpose; as for Text, it is initialized by transferring the shield item, which it will use in order to communicate with the phone:
Geolocator gps = Geolocator(shield);
The GPS variable represents the item we are using in order to read the position; the periodic reading will happen by means of the previously seen callback mechanism. In our sketch’s setup we will have the call set the function needed in order to read the position: it will be periodically called; in our case we will make a reading every 15 seconds. Please note that it is important to balance this time, so to avoid too frequent readings that would hinder the autonomy, since we are talking about a battery powered device. At the same time, if our readings are too sparse, we will determine delays in the relay’s activation, with respect to the input in the objective’s proximity area. As a measure of caution, we should get closer only after having seen the gate opening.
The code line that sets the callback is gps.setOnEvent(gpsEvent).
Let’s see then the gpsEvent function, that is the one we required to be called when there are updates in the position reading: it is related in Listing 2.
Listing2); } }
The coordinates related to the position are made available in gps.Latitude and gps.Longitude; previously we will have set two more coordinates (corresponding to the spot with respect to which to calculate the distance; in the source they are myLatitude and myLongitude) in the source. The function then calculates the difference between the read coordinates and the reference ones; because of this we will call another function, calc_dist, that uses a mathematical formula in order to carry out the relevant calculations (the function is reported in the complete source that you will find in Listing 4). Once the distance has been obtained, we will create a string (diststr) that we will use in order to show what has been read on the mobile phone’s display. The veritable heart of the function is the test that checks if the distance variable is under the prearranged threshold (indicated by threshold) and, in case, it activates the relay connected to the pin defined by PIN_RELE. The example is deliberately a simplified one: when we enter the relevant area (that we may consider as a “geo-fence”), the relay remains excited until we remain inside of it; obviously it is possible to introduce to introduce something to manage this condition, but we preferred to keep the code readable. locking the callback is not enough though: if we do not set a periodic call that triggers the position reading. As is natural in an Arduino program, this activity is carried out in the loop: we can see it in Listing 3, that relates the corresponding code section.
Listing3
const long interval = 1000 * 15; //15 secondi long nextGPS = 0; void loop() { if (millis() > nextGPS) { nextGPS = millis() + interval; gps.get(); } shield.checkSensors(); }
Listing4
#include <ArduinoJson.h> #include <VirtualShield.h> #include <Text.h> #include <Colors.h> #include <Geolocator.h> VirtualShield shield; Text screen = Text(shield); Geolocator gps = Geolocator(shield); // Coordinate del punto rispetto al quale misurare la distanza float myLatitude = 45.092949; float myLongitude = 7.523704; // Soglia entro la quale attivare il Relè float threshold = 50; // Pin al quale è collegato il Relè int PIN_RELE = 7;); } } void setup() { shield.begin(); screen.clear(ARGB(0,0,0)); screen.printAt(1, “Rele’ Geolocalizzato”); gps.setOnEvent(gpsEvent); pinMode(PIN_RELE, OUTPUT); } const long interval = 1000 * 15; //15 secondi long nextGPS = 0; void loop() { if (millis() > nextGPS) { nextGPS = millis() + interval; gps.get(); } shield.checkSensors(); } // Calcolo della distanza tra due coordinate (in metri) float calc_dist(float flat1, float flon1, float flat2, float flon2) { float dist_calc=0; float dist_calc2=0; float diflat=0; float diflon=0; diflat=radians(flat2-flat1); flat1=radians(flat1); flat2=radians(flat2); diflon=radians((flon2)-(flon1)); dist_calc = (sin(diflat/2.0)*sin(diflat/2.0)); dist_calc2= cos(flat1); dist_calc2*=cos(flat2); dist_calc2*=sin(diflon/2.0); dist_calc2*=sin(diflon/2.0); dist_calc +=dist_calc2; dist_calc=(2*atan2(sqrt(dist_calc),sqrt(1.0-dist_calc))); dist_calc*=6371000.0; return dist_calc; }
The request to read the position’s coordinates is carried out via the gps.get() call, in order to manage the reading frequency we use the millis() function, so to carry out the call only when at least 15 seconds from the previous request have passed.
Conclusions
Those among you who are experienced with Arduino might be wondering about the difference between using Virtual Shield and a GPS shield that is physically mounted on the board.
From an operational point of view we will have the same results, but the usage of Windows Virtual Shield brings a series of advantages.
First of all, the hardware interface for Arduino is much simpler: in our case it comes down to connecting a Bluetooth module and a relay. Moreover, our project uses the smartphone’s display in order to show some messages; if we wanted to create the project in a “classic” way, we would have had to worry about interfacing a display and maybe to acquire a case, in order to place it (also considering that the typical use case for our project is the one of a remote control for the gate opening, to be placed in a car, as we already anticipated in the introduction). Because of this usage, we need that Arduino is capable of accessing the geolocation data, only when we are in the car as well. To use an integrated GPS module would make sense in the case of an anti-theft alarm, but in this case we may avoid buying the component.
Finally, the fact of using a virtual shield (that has a very large series of sensors available) gives us the possibility to extend our project in the future, without having to act on the circuit. For example, we could make it produce a sound or synthesize a vocal message when we get close to the gate: for such a purpose, just a few more code lines in the sketch would be needed.
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Breakout RN-42 Bluetooth module
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"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> writes:>> > This is a huge patch, and for the most part I haven't found any problems,>> > except potentially this one. It looks like sysfs_rename_link() checks>> > old_ns and new_ns before calling sysfs_rename(). But sysfs_mutex isn't>> > taken until sysfs_rename(). sysfs_rename() will then proceed to do>> > the rename, and unconditionally set sd->ns = new_ns.>> >>> > In the meantime, it seems as though new_ns might have exited, and>> > sysfs_exit_ns() unset new_ns on the new parent dir. This means that>> > we'll end up with the namespace code having thought that it cleared>> > all new_ns's, but this file will have snuck by. Meaning an action on>> > the renamed file might dereference a freed namespace.>> >>> > Or am I way off base?>> >> There are a couple of reasons why this is not a concern.>> >> The only new_ns we clear is on the super block.>> Oops, yeah - I failed to note that.>>> sysfs itself never dereferences namespace arguments and only uses them>> for comparison purposes. They are just cookies that cause comparisons>> to differ from a sysfs perspective.>> >> The upper levels are responsible for taking care of them selves>> sysfs_mutex does not protect them. If you compile out sysfs the sysfs>> mutex is not even present.>> >> In the worst case if the upper levels mess up we will have a stale>> token that we never dereference on a sysfs dirent, which in a pathological>> case will happen to be the same as a new namespace and we will have>> a spurious directory entry that we have leaked.>> >> In practice we move all network devices (and thus sysfs files) out of>> a network namespace before allowing it to exit.>> Ok, that makes sense too - so any tagged sysfs file created for some object> in a ns must be deleted at netns exit. I could imagine someone expecting> that if the ns exits, the tasks in the ns will exit, causing the sysfs> mount to be umounted and auto-deleting the files? (which of course would> get buggered if task in other ns was examining the mount which it got> through mounts propagation) We'll have to make sure noone does that. Should> it be documented somewhere, or is that obvious enough?In general it is simply true. An object in a namespace either keepsthe namespace alive, or it is destroyed when the namespace exitsbecause the object is unreachable.So the only possible problem I can think of is of ordering the objectdestruction and calling sysfs_exit_ns. So for the moment I am goingto vote that this is simply obvious enough not to worry about in detail.It is also pretty obvious if you trace the code and ask how does sysfsdirent X get destroyed.Today there is just a wee bit of automatic file destruction at the sysfslevel. The device layer does not take advantage of it, and in hierarchicalsituation it leads to bugs. So even I think if we document anything itshould be that sysfs can not safely automatically delete anything, foryou.Eric | https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/31/3 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | refinedweb | 503 | 62.88 |
Shared Source Initiative > Troubleshooting Code Center Premium and Debugging > Debugging
This article is an extensive update to the MSDN article of the same name. Thanks to Microsoft C++ MVPs Jim Beveridge and John Czopowik for this update. The majority of the content below originally appeared on Jim Beveridge’s technical blog.
These instructions are for developers who have a Windows Shared Source Initiative source code license and access to Code Center Premium.
Here is sample code that I used for testing. It's a native code console application that can be tested under x86 or x64:
#include "stdafx.h" #include <windows.h> #include <shlwapi.h> #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib") int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { // Can't step into this function. You get a "not indexed" error. //char buf[256]={'\0'}; //::PathRemoveExtensionA(buf); // Set a breakpoint on this function, then try to Step Into it. GetConsoleMode(0,0); // Stepping into this function should work too, but not on XP. //UnregisterApplicationRestart(); return 0; } SRCSRV: Source server cannot retrieve the source code for file 'd:\w7rtm\windows\zzz\zzz\zzz\zzz.c' in module 'C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll'. The system cannot find the file specified.
SRCSRV: o:\w7rtm.obj.amd64fre\shell\shlwapi\srca\objfre\amd64\patha.cpp not indexed
Everything has to be exactly right for source code debugging to work properly. If things aren't working, here are some ideas:.)
In Virtual PC on Windows 7, go to the USB menu and select USB Smart Card Reader. You will be prompted to install the drivers in the virtual machine. The smart card will be DISCONNECTED from the host system, so you will not be able to use it in the host machine until the virtual machine releases it.
You do not need to do this if you are using Remote Debugging to run your application in the virtual machine.
Debugging into the "A" and "W" versions of functions frequently doesn't work. Here is the explanation from C++ MVP Jochen Kalmbach:
The problem with " PathRemoveExtensionA" seems to be a "build feature". They implemented the file only once for A and W and then you use this file without "A, W"... In this case, the source file is called "path.c" and is referenced as "patha.c" (A) and "pathw.c" (W).
If you want to debug into this file, copy the source from the CCP-Website for the "TCHAR" version and save it wherever you want with the name "patha.c" and/or "pathw.c". Then if VS asks you for the file, you can just use this file. It will exactly match.
It seems that this file is generated during the build-process, because it seems that it is also compiled from the output directory...
(Thanks again to C++ MVP Jochen Kalmbach for providing this list.)
Here is the list of all currently available source server paths. Links are not clickable because these links are only for use in Visual Studio, not in your browser.
Win7 RTM:
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if (foo) then goto hellWithout Goto's:
going_to_heaven = true // innocent until proven guilty while loop_stuff and going_to_heaven ... if (foo) then going_to_heaven = false ... end while if (not going_to_heaven and zoob) ... end if ... if (not going_to_heaven or groob) ... end if // final if (not going_to_heaven) hell() end ifSome semi-goto fans say that no goto's sometimes results in "flaggy code". See FlagsAreSelfModifyingCode Flaggy code is easier to modify than SpaghettiCode as long as flag are meaningful. I don't know if I agree with that as a general statement. It depends on the style of goto-ing. Code with exceptions but no gotos:
try { if (foo) throw DamnedException?; /* much more code */ } catch (DammedException? &d) { Hell(d) }{Every experienced programmer that has programmed for a long time (such as Linus, BSD developers, and others) knows of the structured clear use for GoTo's. Those that argue that flags are always better are simply religious unexperienced zealots who do not realize that goto can be a form of encapsulation, a patterned clear way of exiting structurally, and most importantly a more readable and maintainable way of exiting. Furthermore, some don't realize that Exit, Break, and Return calls are just limited forms of goto, just as an error label is a clean limited form of goto (exit with error). GoodUseOfGoto will note patterns of where GoTo can be useful (when used with discipline).} GoTo should be used only to point to an oubliette, i.e. a SinkState? in which we need no memory of the SourceState?. GoTo is the simplest and least obfuscated way to transition into such a state, since it conveys no extra information besides the terminus. Once we're in Hell, we don't care where we came from or how we got there, just the fact that we ended up there. If there is only one such SinkState? (or a very small number of them, say less than three), this usage is NotConsideredHarmful. -- JosephTurian
bool login(User user) { if (!users.contains(user)) return false; String password = promptForPassword(); if (!checkPassword(user, password)) return false; String shell = getShell(user); if (!allowedShells.contains(shell)) return false; log("User " + user + " logged in."); return true; }Now consider the same without permitting the return statement (return value is assigned to "login", and the function returns ONLY at the end of the block):
bool login(User user) { if (users.contains(user)) { String password = promptForPassword(); if (checkPassword(user, password)) { String shell = getShell(user); if (allowedShells.contains(shell)) { log("User " + user + " logged in."); login = true; } else login = false; } else login = false; } else login = false; }
bool login(User user) { login = false; if (users.contains(user)) { String password = promptForPassword(); if (checkPassword(user, password)) { String shell = getShell(user); if (allowedShells.contains(shell)) { log("User " + user + " logged in."); login = true; } } } }
bool login(User *user){ string password,shell; bool login; if(login=set_contains(user,users)&& (password=promptForPassword(),checkPassword(user,password))&& (shell=getShell(user),set_contains(shell,allowedShells))) printf("User %s logged in.\n",user); //additional processing using password and shell return login; }Is that much better? I doubt it. When we add some more conditions, it can actually be much worse. Add some loops and all hell breaks loose - now we need flags to test for extraordinary termination of everyone of those loops. (See a possibly clearer idiom for short circuit flag testing below) I prefer structured statements over gotos where possible. But I've found that gotos are actually the best solution in some situations. For example, state machines, like a hand-coded lexer:
while (!eof()) { char c = nextchar(); switch (state) { case state_foo: switch (c) { case '/': state = state_bar; continue; // swallow '/' and switch to state_bar case '_': state = state_baz; goto state_baz; // do not swallow '_', and switch to state_baz } break; case state_bar: // ... case state_baz: state_baz: // ... } }-- ArneVogel
10 FOR X=1 to 10 20 FOR Y=1 to 10 30 GOSUB 4000 40 IF Z>5 THEN NEXT X 50 NEXT Y 60 NEXT XThe above might have caused instability in the stack on some systems, though. If you yearn for structured GoTo, sometimes continuations (CallWithCurrentContinuation) is what you need. Exceptions are also a subcase of first-class continuations. -- PanuKalliokoski Simple implementation of goto using CallWithCurrentContinuation, in ruby:
def goto(cont) cont.call(cont) end label= callcc {|cc| cc} puts 'in a loop mood' goto label exit!Note that even if this may sound awful it is still better than a standard GoTo, in that you can explicitly handle labels at runtime. Knuth has a famous paper called StructuredProgrammingWithGoToStatements arguing for where GoTo can be profitably used. It is under copyright, but appropriate Google searches can generally find a scanned in pdf version. Most of his examples show algorithms that can be more efficiently implemented with GoTo than without. However he notes on page 277 a theorem by Kosaraju that in a language with loop control and named loops you can implement any algorithm that you can implement with GoTo with no loss of efficiency. In such languages (Java, Perl, etc) the vast majority of GoTo's that make sense in languages like C and C++ can be eliminated. The corollary, of course, is that named loop control is just as abusible as GoTo. The right question is whether people tend to abuse them as badly. The answer is "no" for reasons I intend to explain at InternalLoopExitsAreOk. -- BenTilly
On N Goto(1000,1200,3200,1534,1600)[Perhaps you mean a computed goto - GOTO (1000,1200,3200,1534,1600),N] When encountered in a digitizing program I was making changes in - I gave up trying to trace the code and rewrote the whole program. Not as bad as at least one BASIC had:
GOTO 1000+(N*100)
goto $var a$par1: something b$par2: something else
Mask tmpMask; vector<Location> &v=getVectorOfPoints(); for (iterator it=v.begin();it!=v.end();++it) tmpMask.set(*it); pMask = &tmpMask; goto drawMask;case MASK:
pMask=getBitMask();drawMask:
// here's the code to draw the mask overlay break;} Now, I could have moved the mask drawing code to another function but this would have meant passing lots of other variables to the other function, or making them all member of the class neither of which made much sense or cleanliness. The drawing code is about 50 lines...too much to duplicate and expect maintainability. Another alternative is to fall thru into case MASK and wrap the getBitMask() call in an if(type==MASK) but now case MASK needs to know that another case might be using it...as we know, this kind of relationship is iffy at best. My rules for gotos: 1) do the alternatives lead to worse looking/harder to maintain code than the goto 2) does the goto lead to an execution flow that makes sense and is absolutely free of nasty side effects 3) the label absolutely MUST either exist on the same "screen" (I usually assume an editor screen is about 30 or so lines high...reasonable these days) as the goto or just outside a clearly defined block (I.E. nested loops) Hope this gives you something more to think about.
EDIT: system($editor, $temp_file); if($? == -1) { print "Could not execute editor ($editor): $!\nAborting, no changes made."; exit(1); } ASK: print "Proceed with update? [Y]es [No] [E]dit again > "; my $answer = <STDIN>; chomp $answer; if($answer eq "E") { goto EDIT; } elsif($answer eq "N") { print "Cancelled.\n"; exit(0); } elsif($answer ne "Y") { goto ASK; } # if we get here, that means we are go for update ...Without my friendly goto, I would have to play around with while-loops and flags (TMTOWTDI I guess, even in C sometimes), and the code would have been less readable. The use of goto highlights the fact that it's a tight, local loop, potentially infinite, but we jump back and forth depending on the user's response. If we get input we don't understand, we ask again. If the user wants to edit again, we jump back to the edit call. The circular operation of the prompt is echoed in the code. "Don't set the flag, set the data." Even though there are other ways to do this, getting uppity about goto-type constructs being somehow "impure" is pretty silly these days IMO. The above is far from tight. Hint: perldoc -f redo.
err = do-first-step(); (! err) && (err = do-next-step()); (! err) && (err = do-third-step()); (! err) && (err = do-another-step());The idiom is "Not error, and so contine processing." If error gets set to non-zero at any point, no further steps are done. The lines don't nest, so in case of failure, err may be tested redundant times, once per remaining step. Often the extra clarity and benefit of not needing to balance all those brackets is worth a few extra tests, especially if the usual case happens more frequently than the error case. (In a kernel goto might be preferable to these extra tests.) This idiom also makes it easy to add or re-order lines to the sequence. Apple's source code with their extra goto bug is excerpted here: Below is a rewrite of this failed code using the "(! err) &&" idiom rather than "if ( err = ... ) goto" (ellipses [...] are where imperialviolet skipped code from the original Apple source.)
static OSStatus SSLVerifySignedServerKeyExchange(SSLContext *ctx, bool isRsa, SSLBuffer signedParams, uint8_t *signature, UInt16 signatureLen) { OSStatus err; [...] err = SSLHashSHA1.update(&hashCtx, &serverRandom); (! err) && (err = SSLHashSHA1.update(&hashCtx, &signedParams); (! err) && (err = SSLHashSHA1.final(&hashCtx, &hashOut)); if ( ! err ) { [...] /* do other stuff only when that final hash succeeded */ } SSLFreeBuffer(&signedHashes); SSLFreeBuffer(&hashCtx); return err; } | http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GoTo | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | refinedweb | 1,588 | 55.95 |
REBOOT(2) Linux Programmer's Manual REBOOT(2)
reboot - reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del
/* 3-argument system call: */ #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/reboot.h> int reboot(int cmd);, when reboot() is called from a PID namespace (see pid_namespaces(7)) other than the initial PID namespace, the effect of the call is to send a signal to the namespace "init" process. LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART and LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2 cause a SIGHUP signal to be sent. LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF and LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT cause a SIGINT signal to be sent.
For the values of cmd that stop or restart the system, a successful call to reboot() does not return. For the other cmd values, zero is returned on success. In all cases, -1 is returned on failure, and errno is set appropriately.
EFAULT Problem with getting user-space data under LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2. EINVAL Bad magic numbers or cmd. EPERM The calling process has insufficient privilege to call reboot(); the caller must have the CAP_SYS_BOOT inside its user namespace.
reboot() is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
kexec_load(2), sync(2), bootparam(7), capabilities(7), ctrlaltdel(8), halt(8), reboot(8)
This page is part of release 4.08 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at. Linux 2016-10-08 REBOOT(2) | http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/reboot.2.html | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | refinedweb | 229 | 58.58 |
Shared code for the Alias and Query Dialogs. More...
#include <stdbool.h>
#include "mutt/lib.h"
Go to the source code of this file.
Shared code for the Alias and Query Dialog gui.h.
Notification that a Config Variable has changed - Implements observer_t.
The Address Book Window is affected by changes to
$sort_alias.
Definition at line 43 of file gui.c.
Add an Alias to the AliasViewArray.
Definition at line 45 of file array.c.
Delete an Alias from the AliasViewArray.
Definition at line 69 of file array.c.
Count number of visible Aliases.
Definition at line 91 of file array.c.
Create a title string for the Menu.
Definition at line 67 of file gui.c. | https://neomutt.org/code/gui_8h.html | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | refinedweb | 117 | 81.09 |
11 March 2013
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To make the most of this tutorial, first read Getting Started with Adobe Scout.
Intermediate
Profiling Flash content with Adobe Scout gives you access to a huge amount of information, such as how long Flash spends rendering to the screen or executing specific APIs. Often, however, it's useful to group this information in ways that are semantically relevant to what you're doing, or send additional information to Scout about what's going on inside your code. This article covers the three ways you can send customized data to Scout, and explains how each method is useful.
If you're not sure how to profile your content with Scout, or what the different panels do, you should begin with the Scout Getting started guide.
There are two ways of sending Scout a simple metric–a message that something happened and when it happened. The first is the basic
trace() statement, and the second is the
Telemetry.sendMetric() API. In both cases you can send an arbitrary label and values, and Scout will show you when the message arrived in the context of what else was happening. Functionally these two methods are very similar, although they show up in Scout slightly differently. Using the methods is extremely simple:
myFunction( myValue++ ); trace( "Did something interesting: " + myValue ); myOtherFunction( myValue++ ); Telemetry.sendMetric( "Did something else", myValue );
Your
trace() statements show up in the Scout Trace Log panel (see Figure 1). The trace log is dynamically updated as you select frames in the main timeline. Thus it's particularly useful if you trace high-level messages about the status of your content, such as "Finished logging in" or "Beginning level 2". To find those events in Scout, open the trace log and then click in the timeline and drag left or right.
When you call
sendMetric() the results show up show up in the Activity Sequence panel, along with trace statements (see Figure 2).
Currently, Scout doesn't do anything with the second value you pass to
sendMetric (except display it). So
trace and
sendMetric are functionally pretty similar, with trace being more useful due to the dedicated Trace Log panel. Right now the only real use for
sendMetric is if you want to track lots of low-level events without cluttering up the trace log. In the future though, additional functionality may be added to
sendMetric that makes it more useful for various tasks.
Note: It is a good idea to use reverse namespace notation (such as "com.example.MyMetric") for metric names, so that your metrics will be easily distinguishable from those used by any libraries you might import. That said, you can use any string you like, except strings starting with ".", which are reserved for native Flash Player use.
Normally Scout measures the time spent on various activities (such as rendering or script execution) that take place in the Flash runtime. Setting a custom span metric enables you to define new activities that are relevant to your specific content, such as "initializing enemies" or the like. The flow is simple: first save
Telemetry.spanMarker to a variable when you begin spending time on the activity you want to measure, and afterwards pass that marker to
Telemetry.sendSpanMetric(). For example, suppose you have one function that spends 20 milliseconds (ms) executing ActionScript commands and another that spends 20 ms calling Flash rendering APIs (such as
BitmapData.draw):
var marker1:Number = Telemetry.spanMarker; spendTimeOnAS3(20); Telemetry.sendSpanMetric("Doing some AS3", marker1); var marker2:Number = Telemetry.spanMarker; spendTimeRendering(20); Telemetry.sendSpanMetric("Doing Rendering", marker2); var marker3:Number = Telemetry.spanMarker; spendTimeOnAS3(20); Telemetry.sendSpanMetric("Doing some AS3", marker3);
The code above sends three different custom metric spans, two labeled as AS3 execution and one labeled as rendering. These metrics show up differently in Scout's various panels. If you select one frame and look in the Activity Sequence panel (see Figure 3), you'll see all three custom metrics listed in the sequence in which they were called. The overall time (20 ms) spent on each one is shown in the Total Time column. Notice the values in the Self Time, which reflects time spent only on a given activity, in contrast to Total Time, which refers to an activity and its child activities. Scout treats the
BitmapData.draw calls handled by the renderer as a child activity of the Rendering custom metric. That's why it doesn't have a self time of 20ms.
To see the metrics in the Summary panel, expand the ActionScript entry by clicking it (see Figure 4). Once you do this, custom metrics data will display as bright green in all Scout panels. You can also see in Figure 4 that the time spent rendering is shown as a separate activity from the custom metrics. That's because the summary panel shows each activity's self time, not their total time.
You can also select one frame or a span of frames and check the aggregate results of your custom span metrics. In the ActionScript panel you'll see the metrics as they occurred within your AS3 call stack, so you can determine which function or event caused the metrics to be executed. And in the Top Activities panel you can see the aggregate time spent on each metric as well as a count of how many times each one was encountered (see Figure 5).
In Figure 5 two frames are selected, and you'll notice that the Top Activities panel shows the time spent on custom metrics was 80ms and 40ms, while the ActionScript panel reports 71ms and 35ms. This is because the ActionScript panel reports data gathered by periodically checking (or sampling) the virtual machine, so the timing measurements are less accurate. The ActionScript panel is great for understanding the context in which your metrics were executed, but for the most accurate time data you should rely on any of the other panels.
One more note about timing—there is a small time cost associated with reporting custom metrics. If you measure a large number of them each frame, this can generate enough overhead to affect your performance data and make the timing data less accurate.
To sum up, it’s best to use span metrics to track the time spent on semantically related activities and
trace statements to keep track of relevant lone events. Usually you won't need to use the
sendMetric API unless you want to track lots of events without cluttering up the trace log, but it may become more useful in the future.
You may have noticed two more methods in the Telemetry class:
registerCommandHandler( commandName, handler ) unregisterCommandHandler( commandName )
Adobe is considering adding a feature to a future version of Scout that would enable the profiling tool to send messages to your content, which would catch the messages via these APIs. As of today (Scout v1.0), however, they don't do anything.
Now that you know how to track custom metrics, you can start defining metrics that are relevant to your content, helping you zero in on performance problems that much faster. If you have any trouble interpreting the results, or you want a deeper understanding of what's happening behind the data, see Understanding Flash Player with Adobe Scout.
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This add-on is operated by Till Mobile
Build two way SMS apps
Till
Last updated 01 May 2017
Table of Contents
Use the Till add-on to ask questions via SMS and receive validated responses via webhook, enabling instant alerts, flash surveys, and real-time two-way communication with a simple HTTP API.
Learn more about the Till platform.
Provisioning the Till add-on
Renders vs. Messages - Control your Budget
One key Till objective is to help your business users control their budgets. We do this by charging only for “Renders”.
- A “render” is content that is converted into a message and sent
- There is no charge for inbound communication i.e. responses to questions
- The benefit to this approach is that the budget for any project is constrained by the number of renders created regardless of the response rate.
Note: Invalid responses to questions can incur extra renders as it may require asking questions multiple times. Clear, simple questions that users can easily respond to will produce better results with more efficient spend.
Provisioning
Till can be attached to a Heroku application via the CLI:
$ heroku addons:create till -----> Adding till to sharp-mountain-4005... done, v18 (free)
Once
till has been added a
TILL_URL setting will be available in the app configuration and will contain the canonical URL used to access your till account. This can be confirmed using the
heroku config:get command.
$ heroku config:get TILL_URL
After installing
till your application should be configured to fully integrate with the add-on.
Using with Python / Django or Node.js
For
Python We recommend using the
requests library when accessing the Till HTTP API.
$ pip install requests
For
Node.js we recommend using the
request-json library when accessing the Till HTTP API.
$ npm install request-json --save
Ask your first question over SMS with Till
Ask one or more
users via passed phone numbers a set of questions over SMS. Have the valid responses sent to a web hook.
Python
import os, requests TILL_URL = os.environ.get("TILL_URL") requests.post(TILL_URL, json={ "phone": ["15558675309", "15558675308"], "questions" : [{ "text": "Favorite color?", "tag": "favorite_color", "responses": ["Red", "Green", "Yellow"], "webhook": "" }], "conclusion": "Thank you for your time" })"], "questions": [{ "text": "Favorite color?", "tag": "favorite_color", "responses": ["Red", "Green", "Yellow"], "webhook": "" }], "conclusion": "Thank you for your time" }, function(err, res, body) { return console.log(res.statusCode); });
Sending the
POST request will result in a
launch to be created in Till. The
POST will return JSON containing a
project_launch_guid to identify the
launch and corresponding URLs for tracking results and stats via the Till API:
Send API Response
{ "project_launch_guid": "ed45h45hf60f0-46bb-468a-b80a-14ad95138e83", "stats_url": "", "results_url": "" }
/api/stats/
The stats API returns statistics regarding your launch and its progress.
{ // The number of "Sessions" i.e. channels of communication open between // your phone number and your user's phone numbers. Active sessions are // in progress i.e. questions are being answered. "num_active_sessions": 0, // The number of queued sessions i.e. when multiple sets of questions are sent to // a user's phone via the same phone number. The set(s) of questions not being answered // will be queued waiting for the user to finish the first set of questions or for 1hr // to pass and the session to expire. This causes the active session to complete and the // next queued session to become active. "num_queued_sessions": 0, // Complete sessions occur when a user has answered all their questions or // they had a queued session that timed the active session out. "num_complete_sessions": 1, // The total number of questions asked "num_questions": 0, // The number of renders consumed when asking the user(s) questions. // Note: Extra renders are consumed each time an invalid response is received // and the question must be asked an additional time "num_renders": 1, // The number of valid results captured from all users "num_results": 0, // The identifier for the launch "project_launch_guid": "34gg34g34g-sd2sdfsdf51a-34g34g-v343v44v-34vdvsdvsv", // When did this launch start i.e. first render occurred "project_launch_start": "2016-11-27T11:47:17.939926" }
/api/results/
The results API returns results in the same format as the web hook with some additional meta data. Use this API call to poll for results or retrieve results from multiple launches.
{ // Meta data "created": "2016-11-27T11:57:14.060474", "updated": "2016-11-27T11:57:14.060538", "guid": "wegweg-5d42-sdf-sdfsdf-sdf", // Launch "project_launch_guid": "445c481f-g4g-49e5-dfgdg-b96b1a5cae0f", // Participant "participant_guid": "34g34g43-2c30-43f5-8f6b-34g3434g", "participant_phone_number": "+15558675309", // Question "question_guid": "ergeg-2c30-34g34g34g-8f6b-dffgdfgdfg", "question_tag": "favorite_color", "question_text": "Favorite color?", // Result "result_guid": "dfbdfb-2c30-43f5-8f6b-ergerg", "result_timestamp": "2016-11-27T11:57:14.060474", "result_answer": "2", "result_response": "Green" }
SMS UX Flow
The phone attached to
15558675309 should see the SMS message:
Favorite color? Please respond [1] Red, [2] Green, [3] Yellow.
Response Validation
If valid input e.g.
1,
2,
3,
Red,
Green, or
Yellow is
NOT entered then a retry message will be sent. Note: This will incur additional renders:
Invalid response. Favorite color? Please respond [1] Red, [2] Green, [3] Yellow.
If valid input is received and all questions in the
questions array have been answered the optional
conclusion text will be rendered:
Thank you for your time
Note: questions can have an optional
conclude_on attribute. If the provided value matches the user’s input will skip all remaining questions and render the
conclusion message completing the session e.g.
"questions: [{ "text": "Continue with questions?", "responses": ["Yes", "No"], "conclude_on": "No" }]
Web Hook Data Collection
Valid user responses will be sent to the
webhook defined in the request e.g. via
application/json
POST data in the form:
{ // Launch "project_launch_guid": "445c481f-c19c-49e5-9e84-b96b1a5cae0f", // Participant "participant_guid": "585897f2-2c30-43f5-8f6b-7c243e8ac4b0", "participant_phone_number": "+15558675309", // Question "question_guid": "685897f2-2c30-43f5-8f6b-7c243e8ac4b0", "question_tag": "favorite_color", "question_text": "Favorite color?", // Result "result_guid": "885897f2-2c30-43f5-8f6b-7c243e8ac4b0", "result_timestamp": "2016-11-27T11:57:14.060474", "result_answer": "2", "result_response": "Green" }
Or, send an alert
Don’t ask a question, send an alert to one or more phone numbers.
Python
import os, requests TILL_URL = os.environ.get("TILL_URL") requests.post(TILL_URL, json={ "phone": ["15558675309", "15558675308"], "text" : "Hello Heroku!" })"], "text": "Hello Heroku!" }, function(err, res, body) { return console.log(res.statusCode); });
Phone Number Format
For both examples note the phone number format. Till will attempt to normalize phone numbers into E.164 format.
Dashboard
The
Till dashboard allows you to monitor usage (renders) and response rate for the current month and all time.
The dashboard can be accessed via the CLI:
$ heroku addons:open till Opening till for sharp-mountain-4005
or by visiting the Heroku Dashboard and selecting the application in question. Select
Till from the Add-ons menu.
Migrating between plans
Application owners should carefully manage the migration timing to ensure proper application function during the migration process.
Use the
heroku addons:upgrade command to migrate to a new plan.
$ heroku addons:upgrade till:newplan -----> Upgrading till:newplan to sharp-mountain-4005... done, v18 ($49/mo) Your plan has been updated to: till:newplan
How many renders do I need?
Renders have per month maximums e.g. 5,000 for each plan. However, to help ensure the reliability of the service all renders cannot be consumed at once.
A buffer of renders is provided every month and renders accrue every second the add on is provisioned.
The current available renders are returned in the
Available-Renders header and the accrual rate is returned in the
Render-Accrual-Rate header of each
send request.
If your app goes over the limit a HTTP
429 status code will be returned.
Removing the add-on
Till can be removed via the CLI.
This will destroy all associated data and cannot be undone!
$ heroku addons:destroy till -----> Removing till from sharp-mountain-4005... done, v20 (free)
Support
All
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How do I pass the same namespace in a XAML file?
This question is related to WPF Application.
I have a class as shown below in Project " Common ". The namespace name is also the same.
namespace Common { public ViewBase : UserControl { // Code } }
If I add a new abc.XAML file to the same project ( Common ) ... I would like to get my code by class (abc.xaml.cs file) from the ViewBase class.
But in this case, how do I write my title in the XAML file?
That is ... how should I reference my current namespace?
<Namespace:ViewBase x:Class="" xmlns:x="" ....>
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You can declare a namespace using
xmlns
mapping , it is also active on the current element, so the namespace can be used in the tag the element that declares it. eg.
<ns:ViewBase xmlns:ns="clr-namespace:Common" ...>
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Walkthrough: Configuring ASP.NET Applications in IIS 7.0
If an ASP.NET Web application is hosted in IIS 7.0, you can make configuration settings for the application in a variety of ways. This includes the following:
Using IIS Manager. For more information, see How to: Open IIS Manager and Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Editing the Web.config file directly. You can do this in Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer, or by using a text-editing program.
Using the IIS 7.0 command-line tool (Appcmd.exe). This utility enables you to specify IIS configuration settings and Web application configuration settings. For more information, see IIS 7.0 Command-Line Tool.
Using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The IIS 7.0 WMI provider WebAdministration namespace contains classes and methods that enable you to create script for administration tasks for Web sites, Web applications, and their associated objects and properties. For more information, see IIS 7.0: WMI.
IIS 7.0 has a modular architecture that enables you to specify which modules make up the functionality of a Web server. When IIS 7.0 is installed, by default many modules are not enabled. When you are working with ASP.NET Web sites, you might want to enable the following modules:
IIS 6 Management Compatibility module, which enables Visual Studio to use metabase calls to interact with the IIS 7.0 configuration store.
Windows Authentication module, which enables you to debug Web applications in Visual Studio.
For more information, see Running Web Applications on Windows Vista with IIS 7.0 and Visual Studio and Running Web Applications on Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7.0 and Visual Studio.
In this walkthrough, you will make configuration settings by using IIS Manager and then see how the settings are reflected in the Web.config file of a Web application. Tasks illustrated in this walkthrough include the following:
Creating a custom managed-code module and putting the module in the App_Code directory of a Web application.
Registering the custom module by using IIS Manager.
Adding a custom HTTP header by using IIS Manager.
The functionality of the module is not important in this walkthrough. Instead, the walkthrough illustrates how the module is integrated into the request pipeline and how configuring the application by using IIS Manager affects the Web.config file.
In order to complete this walkthrough, you will need:
IIS 7.0 installed and running on either Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
At least one application pool that is running in IIS 7.0 Integrated mode.
The IIS 6 Management Compatibility module enabled in IIS 7.0.
Visual Studio 2008.
The .NET Framework version 3.0 or later.
Administrative permissions on your computer.
A tool to examine HTTP requests and responses between your computer and Web servers, such as the Fiddler tool, which is available from the Fiddler Web Debugging Proxy Web site.
To begin, you will create a new Web site.
To create a new Web site
In Visual Studio, create a new local HTTP Web site named WalkthroughIIS7.
For information about how to create a local IIS Web site, see Walkthrough: Creating a Local IIS Web Site in Visual Web Developer.
On the Start menu, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type inetmgr and then click OK.
Verify that the Web site is in an application pool running in Integrated mode.
For information about how to set the mode of a Web application, see Configure the Request-Processing Mode for an Application Pool.
You can now create the custom HTTP module.
To create a custom HTTP module
In Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, right-click the Web project node and then click Add New Item.
The Add New Item dialog box is displayed.
Under Visual Studio installed templates, select Class.
Select the programming language that you prefer to use.
For the name of the class, enter CustomModule, and then click Add.
If the Web site does not already contain an App_Code folder, a message is displayed that asks whether you want to put the class in the App_Code folder. If so, click Yes.
In the class file, remove the existing code and replace it with the following code:
using System; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; public class CustomModule : IHttpModule { public CustomModule() { // Constructor } public void Init(HttpApplication app) { app.BeginRequest += new EventHandler(BeginRequest); } public void BeginRequest(object source, EventArgs e) { HttpApplication app = (HttpApplication)source; HttpContext cont = app.Context; string notification = cont.CurrentNotification.ToString(); string postNotification = cont.IsPostNotification.ToString(); cont.Response.Headers.Set("CustomHeader2", "ASPX, Event = " + notification + ", PostNotification = " + postNotification + ", DateTime = " + DateTime.Now.ToString()); } public void Dispose() { } }
The code does the following:
Defines a custom managed-code module that implements the IHttpModule interface.
Defines an event handler for the BeginRequest event of the HttpApplication instance. The event handler defines a custom header to add to the response header collection.
Adds the handler to the request pipeline for notification in the Init method of the module.
Because the class implements the IHttpModule interface, the class must implement an Init method and a Dispose method. The Dispose method in this module has no functionality, but this is where you can implement dispose logic if you need it.
In the Build menu, click Build Web Site to make sure that there are no errors in the module.
As the last task in this section, you will create ASP.NET and HTML pages that will let you test the custom module later in the walkthrough.
To create ASP.NET and HTML test pages
Add a new single-file ASP.NET Web page named ASPXpage.aspx to the root folder of the application.
Remove the existing markup and replace it with the following markup:
<%@ Page <script runat="server"> </script> <html xmlns="" > <head runat="server"> <title>ASPX Module Test Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <%= Response.Headers.Get("CustomHeader2").ToString() %> </div> </form> </body> </html>
Add a new HTML page named HTMLPage.htm to the root folder of the Web application.
Add the following markup to the HTML page.
Save all changes.
Run the ASPXpage.aspx page and the HTMLpage.htm page individually to make sure that they can be viewed in a browser.
At this point, the pages run but they do not invoke the custom module. In the next procedure, you will add the custom module to the request pipeline.
In this section you will use IIS Manager to make several configuration settings for the IIS application. You will register the custom module, add a custom header, and turn off static compression.
To register the custom managed-code module
On the Start menu, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type inetmgr and then click OK.
In the Connections pane, expand the name of the computer or of the server that is hosting the Web site.
Expand the Sites folder.
Select the Web site WalkthroughIIS7. In Windows Server 2008, if the Web application is an application of a Web site, expand that Web site first and then select WalkthroughIIS7.
By default, the center pane of IIS Manager displays Web server configuration options by area. For the WalkthroughIIS7 Web application there are two areas: ASP.NET and IIS.
In the IIS section of the center pane, double-click the Modules icon.
The Modules detail in the center pane shows all the modules that are currently configured for IIS.
In the Actions pane, click Add Managed Module.
The Add Managed Module dialog box is displayed.
Type CustomModule in the Name box.
The name can be any word or phrase that describes the module. In this walkthrough you will use just the name of the module.
In the Type list, select or type the fully qualified name of managed type for the module.
The CustomModule type appears in the list because IIS configuration includes any classes in the App_Code folder that implement IHttpModule.
Make sure that the Invoke only for request to ASP.NET applications or managed handlers check box is not selected.
For this walkthrough, you want the module to apply to all requests in the pipeline, not just ASP.NET requests.
Click OK.
The managed-code module is added to the list of modules. You might have to scroll or re-sort the list to see the added module.
To add a custom response header
In the left pane of IIS Manager, click the name of the WalkthroughIIS7 node to display the main configuration pane for the site.
In the center pane, in the IIS settings section, double-click the HTTP Response Headers icon.
The HTTP Response Headers feature detail is displayed in the center pane. It shows all the HTTP response headers that are currently defined.
In the Actions pane, click Add.
The Add Custom HTTP Response Header dialog box is displayed.
In the Name text box, enter CustomHeader1.
The name can be any word or phrase that describes the header.
In the Value text box, type the value SampleHeader.
You will now turn off static compression. This prevents static content such as the HTML pages from being compressed.
To turn off static compression
Click the name of the WalkthroughIIS7 node in the left pane to view the main configuration pane for the site in the center pane.
In the center pane of IIS Manager, double-click the Compression icon in the IIS settings section.
The Compression feature detail is displayed in the center pane.
Make sure that the Enable static content compression check box is cleared.
In this walkthrough, you have performed the configuration tasks by using IIS Manager. In this procedure, you will view the changes in the application's Web.config file.
To check the module registration in the Web.config file
Return to the Visual Studio application and to the WalkthroughIIS7 application.
In Solution Explorer, right-click the Web site name and then click Refresh Folder.
This causes the Visual Studio view of the Web site folder to synchronize with the folder and files on disk.
If the application did not originally contain a Web.config file, there is now a Web.config file in the Web application. If the application already had a Web.config file, changes were made to the file.
In Solution Explorer, double-click the Web.config file to view its contents.
The system.webServer section includes the configuration changes that you made by using IIS Manager. The system.webServer section has the following child elements:
A modules element that registers the custom module for the request processing pipeline.
An httpProtocol element that defines the custom response header.
A urlCompression element that disables static compression.
The system.webServer section will resemble the following example:
For more information about the system.webServer section, see Using ASP.NET Configuration and IIS 7.0: system.webServer Section Group (IIS Settings Schema).
IIS 7.0 has an integrated request pipeline. Requests for all application resources (such as an .aspx page or .htm page) can raise pipeline notifications in a managed-code module like the custom module that you have created in this walkthrough.
To verify that the custom module applies to all resources
In Visual Studio, open the ASPXpage.aspx page and press CTRL+F5 to view the page in a browser.
The custom header that is defined in the module is displayed in the browser. In the ASP.NET page, you cannot access the custom header defined by IIS, because this header information is added after the page content has been rendered to the stream. However, you can confirm that the header is set by using a tool that monitors HTTP traffic, such as Fiddler.
Open the HTTP traffic monitoring tool and refresh the ASPXpage.aspx page in the browser.
Verify that CustomHeader1 and CustomHeader2 appear in the headers collection of the response.
View the HTMLPage.htm in a browser.
Verify that CustomHeader1 and CustomHeader2 appear in the headers collection of the response.
This walkthrough provided you with an introduction to the configuration of ASP.NET in IIS 7.0. Configuration settings for the IIS 7.0 Web server and for ASP.NET are unified into one configuration file that you can edit using a single administrative interface.
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penkovsky + 0 comments
Spoiler alert.
First, I use strict IntMap's to efficiently count the number of occurrences of each element in both lists.
import qualified Data.IntMap.Strict as M buildMap :: M.IntMap Int -> [Int] -> M.IntMap Int buildMap m [] = m buildMap m (x:xs) = let count = M.lookup x m m' = update m x count in buildMap m' xs update :: M.IntMap Int -> Int -> Maybe Int -> M.IntMap Int update m x Nothing = M.insert x 1 m update m x (Just cnt) = M.insert x (cnt + 1) m
Then, I define a function to compare both IntMap's by (unique) keys.
cmp num cnt1 cnt2 = if cnt1 > cnt2 then Just num else Nothing
It means, if a number num occurs more times in the first list than in the second one, then we are looking for it. Finally, the program is simple:
main = do -- Build the first IntMap _ <- getLine a <- (buildMap M.empty . map read . words) <$> getLine -- Build the second IntMap _ <- getLine b <- (buildMap M.empty . map read . words) <$> getLine -- Find the differences let diffs = M.differenceWithKey cmp b a -- Print putStrLn . unwords . map (show . fst) . M.toList $ diffs
SurgicalSteel + 0 comments
Dear Hackerrank team,
Please increase time limit for F# (Fsharp) programming language.
You give Haskell 5s, Clojure 8s, Scala 7s, Erlang 12s. And you give F# just for 4s???
IT IS NOT FUNNY!
- SA
shijinabraham + 1 comment
" Can you find the missing numbers from A without messing up his order?" I didn't understand the meaning of this statement in the problem description
- PL
plilja + 1 comment
I think it's a reference to the first sentence about comparing the lists without sorting.
- SA
shijinabraham + 0 comments
thank you
Jonnymoo + 1 comment
"Sometimes you need to compare lists of number, but sorting each one normally will take too much time. Instead you can use alternative methods to find the differences between each list."
Probably me missing the point... Isn't the quickest method to sort a and b and then do a scan difference between the two lists. You can sort in O(n log n) then scan diff in O(n) whereas if you diff without sorting first you are O(n squared).
Like I say, I may have totally missed the point (or got my times completely wrong). I don't understand the why we are told not to sort each one normally.
Incedently, I did sort a and b before implementing my diff, and it passed.
- RB
mighty12 + 1 comment
testcase 2 failing. checked test case. Test Case:(array1 1000 elements, array2 1009 element, but result 8 elements) Am i missing something or test case in wrong, as resulting difference should be 9 elements not eight
- PD
pdesaulniersAsked to answer + 1 comment
The same element could be missing multiple times. You only have to print it once.
piyushmishra + 1 comment
Hi Abhiranjan
I am not sure Testcase 1 does not looks correct.
My output is 3670 3674 3677 3684 3685 3685 3695 3714 3720
but testcase shows 3670 3674 3677 3684 3685 3695 3714 3720
I have downloaded the testcase1 the second string have "3685" 9 times as comapred first one which have 7 times.
Would you please look?
abhiranjanChallenge Author + 0 comments
You have to print each missing number only one time, even if they are missing multiple number of times.
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I have been working for hours just trying to get the FUZZY extension program on my SPSS (version 21) to work! I keep getting this error message:
>Error # 6890. Command name: BEGIN PROGRAM >Configuration file spssdxcfg.ini is invalid. >Execution of this command stops. Configration file spssdxcfg.ini is invalid because the LIB_NAME is NULL.
Here's the issue: I know that this likely means my SPSS program can't read the Python Extension pack it was supposed to have included with it, or the files are in the wrong location. I've tried everything to amend this problem, including downloading the v.21 patch for the Python Pack. I've searched my computer for the xml and .py files and haven't seen them anywhere. However, I still receive this message and can't figure out how to get past it so I can get to the matching! FUZZY creates new datasets but does not actually follow-through with matching since this error is always present. I've also downloaded and redownloaded the FUZZY.spe file and have uploaded it successfully (according to SPSS) to my program. So what keeps going wrong? And if I need to download something, I'd appreciate a link to where I can get this, and specific directions as to where to save this file so that I can carry on with my dissertation data analysis and stop sighing with frustration at my computer screen.
Additional information: my FUZZY program is the most up-to-date file. The Python patch (v 21) is also the latest file.
Thanks in advance for any help or insight you can provide!
Answer by JonPeck (4671) | Feb 24, 2014 at 12:38 AM
This error means that the Python Essentials are not installed or not installed correctly. Apparnently you are on Statistics 21. If you are on Win7, you probably need to run the Essentials installer using Run As Administrator. Then you need to run Statistics the same way in order to install FUZZY.
You get the Essentials from different places depending on your Statistics version. For V21 it is not on the website, but it is obtained from the same location where you got Statistics. It is a separate install, however. In V22 it is fully integrated into the main Statistics install.
You can test the basic plugin by running this in a syntax window.
begin program.
import spss
print 'ok'
end program.
My guess is that this will fail in the same way
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Some while back I was preparing a presentation on mocking and testing frameworks for Java. As part of the aim was to demonstrate some real, running code, I ended up spending quite some time copying, pasting, extending and correcting various examples gleaned from readmes, Javadoc, Wiki pages and blog posts. Since then, this codebase has been extended with various new features I've come across, and I've often referred to it for experiments, as a helpful reference, and suchlike.
I imagine this kind of "live" reference could also be useful to others, so I thought I'd share it.
Mock Braindump
By way of introduction, here first a braindump of various points of interest related to the frameworks in the sample1. Don't expect a detailed overview or comparison - there are plenty out there - and for specific questions about the working of the frameworks please refer to their documentation2.
Mockito or EasyMock?
EasyMock and Mockito are the de facto standard mocking frameworks out there at present. Their feature sets are more-or-less identical, and if one of them comes up with something new you can be pretty sure it'll be in the next version of the other.
Personally, I have to say that I find Mockito's syntax just that little bit nicer and more intuitive. The fact that you don't explicitly have to switch to replay mode is handy, and for things like spy (for partial mocks) or InOrder (for ordered expectations) the syntax is simply more elegant.
More fundamentally, the emphasis on stubbing rather then laboriously verifying calls to mocks was, to me, a very useful and justified distinction.
Having said all that, it might well strike you as paradoxical that I still mainly use EasyMock on a day-to-day basis: force of habit and the fact that the projects I'm working on started out with EasyMock sees to that. The advantages I believe Mockito has are not sufficiently large to justify the switch.
Statics, locals and finals: TDD's final frontier?
"To boldly go...where no mocking framework has gone before" seems to be the mission of both Jmockit and JEasyTest.
public final class ServiceA { public void doBusinessOperationXyz(EntityX data) throws InvalidItemStatus { List<?> items = Database.find("select item from EntityY item where item.someProperty=?", data.getSomeProperty()); BigDecimal total = new ServiceB().computeTotal(items); data.setTotal(total); Database.save(data); } } public static final class ServiceB { ...
The challenge: to be able to unit test this class, specifically the find and save calls on Database and the computeTotal call on the new ServiceB instance. Using convential mocking this is nigh-on impossible:
- find and save are static
- ServiceB is a final class and thus can't be mocked
- even if it could be, the ServiceB instance called is created in the code under test
My immediate reaction? If this is the kind of code you're supposed to test, you have other problems! Yes, of course it's an artificial example specifically chosen to highlight cases normal mocking can't deal with. But even if the real code you're having trouble with contains only one of these cases, I'd consider trying to refactor the code before looking for a different test framework.
Dependency Injection may have become a bit of a religion, but it is not so widespread for nothing. For code that's doing DI, the standard mocking frameworks are almost always sufficient.
But even if one perhaps shouldn't try to unit test the example, could one? Well, experience shows that there are few problems that cannot be solved with a sufficiently large dollop of bytecode manipulation.
JEasyTest works its brand of magic using a pre-test weaving step, which can be done by an
Eclipse plugin or by adding a plugin to your Maven build3. Jmockit uses the slightly more modern instrumentation approach and comes with a Java agent, which means that it only takes an additional VM argument to run in your IDE.
Usability issues aside, I found that I don't feel happy with the code to prepare a test fixture and register expectations in either framework; it's downright clumsy in some cases. Here's the JEasyTest test:
@JEasyTest public void testBusinessOperation() throws InvalidItemStatus { on(Database.class).expectStaticNonVoidMethod("find").with( arg("select item from EntityY item where item.someProperty=?"), arg("abc")).andReturn(Collections.EMPTY_LIST); on(ServiceB.class).expectEmptyConstructor().andReturn(serviceB); on(Database.class).expectStaticVoidMethod("save").with(arg(entity)); expect(serviceB.computeTotal(Collections.EMPTY_LIST)).andReturn(total); replay(serviceB); serviceA.doBusinessOperationXyz(entity); verify(serviceB); assertEquals(total, entity.getTotal()); }
expectStaticNonVoidMethod? ARGH! Feels more like ASM than unit testing.
Jmockit's "expectations" mode comes closest to what Mockito/EasyMock users are likely to be familiar with4:
@MockField private final Database unused = null; @MockField private ServiceB serviceB; @Test public void doBusinessOperationXyz() throws Exception { EntityX data = new EntityX(); BigDecimal total = new BigDecimal("125.40"); List<?> items = new ArrayList<Object>(); Database.find(withSubstring("select"), withAny("")); returns(items); new ServiceB().computeTotal(items); returns(total); Database.save(data); endRecording(); new ServiceA().doBusinessOperationXyz(data); assertEquals(total, data.getTotal()); }
Conceptually, this is reminiscent of an EasyMock test, with record and replay phases. The @MockField fields stand in for the creation of actual mock objects: the field declarations only indicate to Jmockit that mock of the given types are required when the test is run, cluttering the test class with unused properties.
In addition, the "mock management" methods (withAny, returns etc.) are not static, meaning they are not visually identified by e.g. being displayed in italics. I was surprised how much this seemingly minor discrepancy alienated me - it just doesn't look quite like a unit test.
JMock
From what I can see not much is happening around jMock anymore: the last release was in Aug 2008 and the last news posting over half a year ago. The syntax, which tries to mimic a pseudo-"natural language" DSL, is just a bit too cumbersome. jMock's support for multithreading prompted me to take a closer look, but it's actually simply a mechanism for ensuring that assertion errors thrown in other threads are actually registered by the test thread; there is no support for testing concurrent behaviour.
Testing concurrent code
I quite like MultithreadedTC, a small framework5 which aims to make it easy to start and coordinate multiple test threads. It does this by means of a global "clock" that moves forward whenever all threads are blocked - either "naturally" (e.g. during a call such as blockingQueue.take()
) or deliberately using a waitForTick(n) command.
As such, MultithreadedTC doesn't offer much more than can be achieved by "manual" latches as described in Iwein Fuld's recent blog post, but the clock metaphor does seem to make the test flow easier to understand, especially for longer tests.
Like latching, though, the main problem with MultithreadedTC is that you can't easily control the execution of code in the classes under test.
public void thread1() throws InterruptedException { ... waitForTick(1); service.someMethod(); waitForTick(2); ... } public void thread2() throws InterruptedException { ... waitForTick(1); service.otherMethod(); waitForTick(2); ... }
This code will go some way to ensuring that service.someMethod() and service.otherMethod() start at almost the same time, and will guarantee that neither thread will continue until both methods have completed. But what if you want to ensure that half of someMethod completes before otherMethod is called?
For that, you'll have to be able to get access to the implementations of someMethod and otherMethod, for instance by subclassing the service implementations, or using something like Byteman.
Ultimately, though, I think unit tests are just not the right way of going about testing concurrent code. "Choreographing" the carefully-chosen actions of a small number of test threads is a poor substitute for real concurrent usage, and the bugs you'll find, if any, aren't the kind of concurrency issues that end up causing nightmares.
For proper concurrency testing, there doesn't so far seem to be a good substitute for starting a whole bunch of threads - on as many cores as possible - and running them for a good while (see, for instance, the integration tests of Multiverse, the Java STM). If it's possible to inject a certain amount of randomness into the timing (using e.g. Byteman), all the better!
JUnit
Rocks Rules!
Version 4.7 of JUnit introduced rules, sort-of around aspects that are called before and after the execution of a test. Some of the standard examples demonstrate "housekeeping" functionality such as opening and closing a resource or creating and cleaning up a temporary folder. Rules can also affect the result of a test, though, e.g. causing it to fail even if all the test's assertions were successful.
Whilst one can see how the concept of rules can be useful, they still have a bit of "v1" roughness about them. The "housekeeping" rules are essentially convenient replacements for @Before/@After logic, and the syntax of the "test-influencing" rules feels messy:
public class UsesErrorCollectorTwice { @Rule public ErrorCollector collector = new ErrorCollector(); @Test public void example() { collector.addError(new Throwable("first thing went wrong")); collector.addError(new Throwable("second thing went wrong")); collector.checkThat("ERROR", not("ERROR")); collector.checkThat("OK", not("ERROR")); System.out.println("Got here!"); } }
Wouldn't that be nicer if the assertions were a little more, um, assert-like? Or take:
public class HasExpectedException { @Rule public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none(); @Test public void throwsNullPointerExceptionWithMessage() { thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class); thrown.expectMessage("happened?"); thrown.expectMessage(startsWith("What")); throw new NullPointerException("What happened?"); } }
I mean, it's certainly useful to be able to make more detailed assertions about exceptions, but could this not be integrated into either of the current exception-checking patterns6?
The potential power of rules also raises an question: is it wise to get into the habit of doing full-scale resource management (e.g. starting servers or DB connections) in a unit test?
- Sample source code here. Check out the project using svn checkout target-folder.
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- See the sample code's POM.
- Which is not to say it's the best approach, of course!
- The original code is not longer being actively developed, but there has been some recent work aimed at better JUnit 4 integration.
@Test public void tryCatchTestForException() { try { throw new NullPointerException(); fail(); } catch (NullPointerException exception) { // expected } } @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class) public void annotationTestForException() { throw new NullPointerException(); }
Thomas -
November 26, 2009 at 12:29 pm
What about Unitils?
majson -
November 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm
You should also take a look at PowerMock which could be used on top of EasyMock or Mockito.
Andrew Phillips -
November 27, 2009 at 1:49 am
@Thomas: I hadn't come across Unitils before; have just had a brief look at the website. Initial reactions: I'd be glad to hear about what it offers over and above (for instance) the Spring integration tests.
Seeing that DbUnit is part of the suite brought back some not wholly pleasant memories of undocumented, strange code and an seemingly dormant project. I'm glad that it appears once again to be under active development.
@majson: Thanks for that, I'll try to get round to adding the PowerMock examples to the project soon. The feature list reminds me of Jmockit and JEasyTest - I'm curious to see if PowerMock will turn out to be a bit less clunky.
Rogério Liesenfeld -
November 27, 2009 at 2:10 am
Concerning JMockit, I wrote a response to this article in the Javalobby post.
Andrew Phillips -
November 27, 2009 at 2:06 pm
@Rogério: Thanks for your response, the features and more recent changes you describe look interesting. For readers, I'll just repeat your link to the examples page you refer to.
Over at the DZone reference to the article there's also a response from the jMock team. I'm glad that my impression that there wasn't much going on there anymore is unfounded - apparently, they have been busy preparing a book.
There is also a mention of Thread Weaver, another multi-threaded unit testing framework. I haven't come across it before but from the user guide it appears to offer quite powerful interleaving functionality with code instrumentation.
Rogério Liesenfeld -
November 27, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Thanks Andrew, I appreciate it.
I just added a response to the jMock one at DZone, to clarify the meaning of "record/replay", which for whatever reasons seems to be different according to who you ask.
Of the several mocking tools you evaluated, I believe the only one "dead" right now would be JEasyTest, which hasn't seen any real activity since january of 2008.
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majson -
November 28, 2009 at 1:11 am
I've been using Unitils in my projects for some time, but for testing JPA. And this part works really good. There are some issues with DBUnit integration (flat xml data set) like null values and also case sensitiveness for column names which I simply cannot enforce to work with MySQL. However if you use DBUnit 2.4.3* it works perfectly fine for the first issue.
This toolkit really simplifies testing infrastructure and is definitely worth checking if you want to test some non trivial logic relied on JPA/JPQL and don't want to use one of the embedded containers.
* It seems that this is the only version from 2.4 branch that works with current version of Unitils for the time being. Issue has been already reported.
Andrew Phillips -
November 28, 2009 at 1:24 pm
@majson: Thanks for providing some details on Unitils - looks like you answered the question I posed to Thomas (see my first comment) ;-). From what you describe Unitils seems to fall in that contentious area between unit and integration testing, but a similar thing could probably also be said for JUnit Rules.
Andrew Phillips -
November 28, 2009 at 1:33 pm
PS: An interesting discussion regarding the suitability of the record-replay[-verify] model over at the DZone reference to this post. The "reposting gremlins" strike again...sigh.
majson -
November 29, 2009 at 12:46 am
@Andrew Phillips That's why I didn't call it "unit testing", just testing. You should give it a try when you will need to test some JPA stuff. I really like it
Keep on good writing.
Rogério Liesenfeld -
November 30, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Unitils has several "modules", each for a different purpose in the context of developer testing.
The one relevant to this discussion is the "Mock" module, which happens to be similar to Mockito.
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December 6, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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I am now on the way home from the sprint after staying 2 additional days in Oslo. And while I wasn’t
doing much coding at the sprint in favour of doing videos I actually did get a bit into AJAX in Oslo as
Balazs Ree and Raphael Ritz were also staying over night and because Balazs gave us a little introduction
into kukit and azax.
As you might know there has been lots of discussion at the sprint about the way AJAX should be implemented
in Plone and at the beginning it was expected to be more a discussion about whether to use MochiKit or
Prototype. But for some reason this was settled quite fast in favour of Prototype. But apparently that
was not all to be discussed by the two AJAX „camps“ in the community, being Ben Saller with his Bling
framework on the one side and kukit/azax on the other side (basically kukit is the Zope independant part
of azax but for the rest of this article maybe think of both as one thing for simplicity). Here
people like Godefroid Chapelle, Balazs Ree, Florian Schulze and Martin Heidegger are involved.
Actually I did not really get what the discussion was all about but I have been told that it has
been about development policies and which way to take for further implementation. Nearly one week (or
sprint) later this also seems to be settled now and all parties agreed on identifying the pieces
on which collaboration is possible and doing so (in fact Godefroid and Ben have been working on
incorporating the two approaches on the last day). But right now it was agreed that both approaches
are still possible to use and they both share the base framework internally. Going from one approach
to the other might then be quite straightforward (but maybe boring).
So as I stayed with Balazs I had the opportunity to get at least an idea of how azax/kukit is working.
Later I will probably also look into Bling in order to get an idea what actually is different.
The AJAX way
For people not that familiar with AJAX let’s first explain with a little example how it works in general.
For that imagine the title on a page to be editable inline. This means that the user can click the
title, it transforms in place into a string input widget, the user changes the title, clicks Save and
it transforms back into the normal title (now with the new content). Of course this also get’s saved
on the server side.
So how does that work internally? First of all there need to be some events which need to be setup. These
are JavaScript events like onClick etc. which do trigger some action inside the kukit JS libs.
These actions can either be client side only or they can trigger something on the serverside which
in turn returns some data (more on that later).
So setting up events with kukit basically looks like follows:
<rule selector="#field_title"> <event name="click">getTitleForm</event> </rule> <rule selector="#title_save"> <event name="click">saveTitle</event> </rule>
(see
kukitportlets/browser/kukitportlets.kukit)
This is the syntax right now but it was agreed at the sprint (and even some work has been done by Martin)
to change this in favour of a CSS style syntax, looking like follows:
#field_title:click { remote: getTitleForm } #title_save:click { remote: saveTitle }
(Balazs remarked that the XML syntax might be faster to parse so they think about keeping it but my idea
would actually be to use some sort of compilert to convert CSS to XML or any syntax to XML. You
would even have the possibility to create more than one rule from just one instruction in the original
source file. Surely this would need some discussion.)
If you wanna do stuff right now be aware that the CSS syntax is not yet in place and the XML syntax will
probably not the way for doing things in the future, so you have been warned (just wait a little ;-).
Going into detail we see two rules with define a selector (which will later be an CSS selector) on which
events are defined. These selectors select one or more parts of the DOM tree of the page and (in this case
click-) events will be generated for them (without actually touching the template itself). For each event
an action will be defined which will be triggered when that element is clicked.
This file will be read on page load by the JavaScript part of kukit and it will be loaded dynamically (via
a Zope3 view). All the events and actions are parsed then and registered.
The second rule actually defines a part of the page which is not available yet (
#title_save) which results
in simply ignoring that rule at that point in time.
So now the events are in place and the user clicks on the title which has the id
field_title. An event will
be triggered and the action
getTitleForm will be called. It will in fact be called on the server side.
It resides in a Zope 3 view (see
kukitportlets/azaxview.py) and the method looks like that:
def getTitleForm(self): title = decode(self.context.Title(), self.context) self.setHtmlAsChild('#edit_title', "<div id='archetypes-fieldname-title'>" \ "<input size='30' type='text' name='title' value='%s' />" \ "</div><input type='button' value='save' id='title_save' />" \ "" % title) return self.render()
So what it does is to retrieve the title from the object, wrap it into some form and
return that HTML (later this will be rendered by a template, not hardcoded)
with a command called
setHtmlAsChild(). Finally the actually payload
for sending back to the client is rendered. The payload in this case is also XML and consists
of certain commands (like
setHtmlAsChild) with parameters (the actual HTML form in this
case). And here is maybe also one detail in which Bling and kukit differ as Bling sends
directly JavaScript commands instead of the more abstract one in kukit. As an example
here is an example payload:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" ""> <html xmlns="" xmlns: <body> <kukit:command <kukit:param <h1 xmlns="">it worked</h1> </kukit:param> </kukit:command> <kukit:command <kukit:param <h1 xmlns="">it worked again (test)</h1> </kukit:param> </kukit:command> </body> </html>
The client javascript parses this XML document and does what is necessary like inserting HTML snippets in the
right places. It will also rebind the events again. And as you can see we do have a
title_save id in place now
which means that the second rule of the kukit-file is activated. Here basically the same as before happens: a
click triggers an action and this calls a command on the server side,
saveTitle() in this case (again in the view)
which looks like follows:
def saveTitle(self, title): self.context.setTitle(title) self.context.reindexObject() title = decode(self.context.Title(), self.context) self.setHtmlAsChild('#edit_title', "<h1 id='field_title'>%s</h1>" % title) return self.render()
So it takes the title inside the request, sets in on the object, reindexes it and replaces the
edit_title
div again by the original H1 tag but with the new content now.
Entering the real world
Having this simple example we thought in Oslo about how a more realistic use case might look like and which
problems might arise from that. So here it’s in basic use case format (although it is actually too technical
for being a use case theoretically:
Goal: Change the title of a page primary actor: Editor Main success scenario: 1. Editor clicks the Title 2. Client shows a "Loading..." message in the title div 3. Client sends command to server, server returns the input form 4. Editor changes the title and presses Save 5. Client shows a "Saving..." message in the title div 6. Client sends command with parameters to server, server saves the changes 7. Server returns the new title tag, client shows it (replacing the Saving message). Exceptions: 3a: The page is locked by another editor 3a1. The server sends an error command to the client 3a2. The client shows the problem in the div with an "Unlock" button 3a3. The Editor clicks "Unlock" 3a4. The client sends a command to the server requesting the unlock 3a5. The server unlocks the page and sends back again the input form. 3a6. The client shows the input form, go on with 4. 6a: The request to the server times out. TBD 6b: The page has been locked in the meanwhile. TBD 6c: The new content is not validated TBD Remarks The additional exceptions need to be defined. In these also more errors might happen.
Having a look at this use case it turns out to be a bit more complex in reallife. I am also in favour of putting
the error messages in the actual input divs and not in a central location (as well as the Loading and Saving
messages). IMHO it just makes more sense to display it where it belongs (you might also click on more than
one area at once or they might have different errors).
So all in all setup of such a workflow seems to get rather long in terms of creating events and rules
in the config file. It might also be necessary to carry some state along these actions (that state
should probably be in sync between client and server). Moreover having to type such a mass of rules
will most likely introduce typos. This some macro language might be a nice-to-have thing. This would
also add the advantage that you can edit the lowlevel events after generation if you wish to do so.
Then we will enter the area of concepts. Events for itself don’t say much and having a concept of a widget
or similar things will add a lot in terms of programming usability. You might just have one line
of code to write to setup all the necessary events. It will also make the solution to the next problem easier.
This is the problem of marking these elements in the page which are editable in place.
According to limi nobody yet has done it right (as far as he knows probably) and it might involve
a lot of experimentation to check whether something looks and feels right or not. No option should
be to hover over an element and see if it reacts in some way. Geoff Davis proposed to maybe mark all
editable elements at once while hovering over one. But this again would involve some JavaScript events
inside the kukit file probably adding even more to it. Here a highlevel language for defining sets of
related elements will do good. For creating such a language there are several options:
- creating the forementioned compiler, which converts a one line widget definition into
all the events needed and writing the config file.
- creating a JavaScript plugin for kukit summarizing some of the work to be done and handling
some actions internally.
- maybe some combination of both. One could start with defining a widget syntax, which just
compiles in all the rules and view methods (and probably will reuse AT widgets for now although
I really would like to have it separate from AT) which can later then replaced by some more
complex custom action (well, it it’s in the core it wouldn’t be custom but at least more complex
than just
setHtmlAsChild().
My requirements for this would be:
- The highlevel language needs to be flexible and easy to learn and yet powerful
- You should still be able to adjust things in the lower level
- no magic involved (like AT’s ClassGen, etc.) Thus nothing should be done implicitly.
So some work still needs to be done to that regard.
Custom JavaScript plugins for kukit
Speaking of plugins earlier I might show how to define them. We actually did one of these in Oslo in order
to try to replace the title directly on the client side with a form instead of having the server roundtrip
(but as Balazs noted and where he’s right: You want to tell the server about the editing because of locking etc.).
But it serves good as an example nevertheless. So first of all we have to rewrite the kukit config file
and use the more verbatim form of the event definition:
<rule selector="#field_title"> <event name="click"> <action type="kukitportlets.showField"></action> </event> </rule>
So what we do here is that we call an action
kukitportlets.showField on a click on the
title tag which we need to implement now. For that to work I’ve put a
plugin.js into the
browser directory (right now of the
kukitportlets Product but of course you should do that
in your own product.
The
plugin.js contains the following:
kukit.eventActionRegistry.register("kukitportlets.showField", function (node, params, eventrule) { var value = node.innerHTML; var new_value = "<input size='30' type='text' name='title' value='"+value+"' /><input type='button' value='save' id='title_save' />"; node.innerHTML=new_value; }, new kukit.PythonMethodSignature([], {}) );
So it registers a new action called
kukitportlets.showField with the actions registry of kukit and the
function itself. The function body creates the form and replaces the
innerHTML of the node we are in
with the form we just generated using the old value of the node (which is the H1).
The last thing we need to do is to register
plugin.js with the Zope3 machinery with
configure.zcml to get it loaded:
<azax:registerEventAction
So then it’s basically running but with the problem that the contents of the H1 tag will get replaced
over and over again as the old event is not removed (as we would need to use something like
outerHTML which is non-existing unfortunately). But as noted we want to tell the server nevertheless
about the edit and thus it mainly serves as example here.
So that’s actually where we left it in Oslo. We also tried to get it working under Plone 2.5/3.0 which had
some problems with interfaces (and maybe still has) but some Zope 3 guru will probably give the right
tip for solving it quite easily.. So some basic work which needs to be done:
- make kukit use Prototype
- finish the CSS parser
- implement error handling on an event basis
- converge Bling and kukit
- make it work in Plone2.5/3.0
Building on that we probably would like to have:
- a concept of AJAX widgets preferably with state
- having sort of macros for defining complex event setups (like widgets)
But stuff like this needs of course lots of discussion (but hopefully not too much ;-) and so I will look
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#include <unistd.h> pid_t vfork(void); #include <sys/fork.h> pid_t vforkx(int flags); DESCRIPTION condi- tions that can cause the child process to become deadlocked and consequently block both the child and parent process from execution indefi- nitely. par- ent). Fork Extensions The vforkx() function accepts a flags argument consisting of a bitwise inclusive-OR of zero or more of the following flags, which are defined in the header <sys/fork.h>: FORK_NOSIGCHLD FORK_WAITPID See fork(2) for descriptions of these flags. If the flags argument is 0, vforkx() is identical to vfork(). RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, vfork() and vforkx() return 0 to the child process and returns the process ID of the child process to the par- ent process. Otherwise, -1 is returned to the parent process, no child process is created, and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The vfork() and vforkx() functions will fail if: EAGAIN The system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution (either system-quality or by a single user) would be exceeded. This limit is determined when the system is generated. ENOMEM There is insufficient swap space for the new process. The vforkx() function will fail if: EINVAL The flags argument is invalid.() or vforkx() are never sent SIGTTOU or SIGT- TIN(). SunOS 5.11 13 Dec 2006 vfork(2) | https://www.unix.com/man-page/sunos/3C/system/ | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | refinedweb | 469 | 60.75 |
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zakim, this will be TSD TF
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I do not see a conference matching that name scheduled near this time, shadi
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zakim, this will be TSD
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ok, shadi; I see WAI_TSDTF()8:30AM scheduled to start in 18 minutes
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chair: Christophe
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agenda:
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agenda+ Continue discussion on TCDL
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agenda+ Start of test production phase
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regrets: CarlosV, CarlosI, Tim, Shane
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+Shadi
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zakim, aaaa is really Daniela
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+Daniela; got it
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zakim, ipcaller is really Chris
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+Chris; got it
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+Vangelis_Karkaletsis
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scribe: Michael
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scribenick: Michael
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zakim, take up agendum 1
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agendum 1. "Continue discussion on TCDL" taken up [from shadi]
12:35:52 [Michael]
cs: decided last week to use BenToWeb extension model
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... separate documents about TCDL in Task Force
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... approved global structure of TCDL and formal messaging section
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... change of dc:date to internal date, has some implications mentioned on list
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saz: BenToWeb date different?
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cs: <missed>
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... TCDL 1.1 date has same type as dc:date in DC 2.0
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saz: provided use XSI param
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cs: restricts DC date, so need to define in schema and then refer to it in all instances
12:41:16 [Michael]
... same problem with dc:description
12:41:46 [Michael]
saz: is it a problem?
12:41:59 [Michael]
cs: just pointing it out so people don't wonder what xsi:type doing there
12:42:29 [shadi]
12:42:56 [Michael]
saz: document above is complete TCDL spec plus usage of task force
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... but intention to separate them out?
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cs: yes
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saz: TCDL 2.0 will be standalone spec that can be used by others
12:43:21 [Michael]
... we'll describe how we use it for our context
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... question about rddl file
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cs: should point back to task force doc
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cs: issue of technologies re baseine
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s/baseine/baseline
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... possible to add pointers to exclude specs from baseline
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... is that an issue?
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12:47:36 [Michael]
s/exclude specs/exclude parts of a spec
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saz: looks pretty flexible
12:48:46 [Michael]
... may adjust how we use it depending on what WCAG does
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q+
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ack michael
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mc: way to add features to a spec that aren't actually there? e.g. embed
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cs: point to a private spec that adds it
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mc: pointer clear that it's an extension spec?
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cs: reference both
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... can add example
12:52:24 [Michael]
saz: sounds good for now, we may need to return to this as WCAG evolves baseline
12:53:48 [Michael]
... notice in test element you use namespace, but use xlink in technicalSpec
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cs: need to add attribute to technicalSpec?
12:54:04 [Michael]
saz: not now, but may need to come back to this
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RESOLUTION: global structure and formal metadata sections of TCDL approved
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RESOLUTION: technology section of TCDL approved
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12:56:37 [Michael]
cs: test case added dc:description with same xsi:type impact
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make requiredTests optional?
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saz: yes, should do that
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... not clear on expertGuidance
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cs: added recently for people who validate test cases
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... optional so we can omit
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saz: can imagine providing guidance, but should be in technique, not developed by task force
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... if we need something to explain how test should be evaluated, should be taken to WCAG WG
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mc: is this targeted to evaluators or to test case consumers?
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saz: expertGuidance seems targeted to manual testers
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... should be in the technique - test procedure or elsewhere
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cs: expertGuidance specific to test case, while technique might be more general, that can be how we decide when it goes where
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... e.g., information about testing hover changes on a link for color contrast, which too detailed to appear in technique
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saz: example points to need for more test cases
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... let's keep for now, but don't want it to turn into interpretation on techniques
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cs: will add note to TCDL documentation
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cs: suggested to use RDF for files element, but unsure how to do
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saz: need ability to add request parameters
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cs: can create HTTP headers with name-value pairs
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ACTION: Christophe to discuss with Johannes using RDF for HTTP, determine if it's needed now, or what future compatibility we may need, and discuss on list
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RESOLUTION: no objections to accepting testCase section with changes discussed in call and pending investigation into file section
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cs: rules section, pointers to success criteria etc.
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... adding new techniques was only open issue
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... examples has one now
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RESOLUTION: accept rules section
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cs: namespaceMapping had no issues
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RESOLUTION: accept namespaceMapping
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cs: rulesets had no issues on list
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... keep in mind rule sets are XML files, important not to drop exisitng rules, only add new ones as WCAG draft updated
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cs: in order to keep validity with previously defined tests
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RESOLUTION: accept rulesets section
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cs: next up is to write the usage document
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... have taken TCDL, removed what we're not using in task force
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... but it duplicates a lot from TCDL, would like suggestions on making it shorter (unless we want a long one)
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saz: it should be small, simple about required/optional/usage of elements
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... don't need examples etc., that's already in the spec
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ACTION: Christophe to post a revised usage document
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saz: uisng EARL pointers in location?
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cs: have added extension to allow usage from EARL namespace
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saz: can add further elements from EARL namespace?
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cs: current extension allows that
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ACTION: Shadi to send example of how to use EARL pointers in TCDL
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saz: we should use EARL as much as we can, and will probably want to generate EARL reports from test cases
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cs: TCDL now pretty much finalized (pending a couple issues)
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zakim, close this item
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agendum 1 closed
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I see 1 item remaining on the agenda:
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2. Start of test production phase [from shadi]
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zakim, bye
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rrsagent, make logs world
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate
shadi
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rrsagent, make logs world
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9.6.
random — Generate pseudo-random numbers¶
Source.
Warning
The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for
security purposes. For security or cryptographic uses, see the
secrets module..
9.6.1. Bookkeeping functions¶
random.
seed(a=None, version=2)¶object gets converted to an
intand all of its bits are used.
With version 1 (provided for reproducing random sequences from older versions of Python), the algorithm for
strand
bytesgenerates a narrower range of seeds.
Changed in version 3.2: Moved to the version 2 scheme which uses all of the bits in a string seed.
random.
getstate()¶
Return an object capturing the current internal state of the generator. This object can be passed to
setstate()to restore the state.
random.
setstate(state)¶
state should have been obtained from a previous call to
getstate(), and
setstate()restores the internal state of the generator to what it was at the time
getstate()was called..
9.6.2. Functions for integers¶
random.
randrange(stop)¶
random.
randrange(start, stop[, step]).
9.6.3.).
New in version 3.6..
random.
sample(population, k)¶ a
range()object as an argument. This is especially fast and space efficient for sampling from a large population:
sample(range(10000000), k=60).
If the sample size is larger than the population size, a
ValueErroris raised.
9.6.4. Real-valued distributions¶.
9.6.5. Alternative Generator¶
- class
random.
SystemRandom([seed])¶if called.
9.6.6. Notes on Reproducibility¶.
9.6.7. Examples and Recipes >>> # (a ten, jack, queen, or king). >>> deck = collections.Counter(tens=16, low_cards=36) >>> seen = sample(list(deck.elements()), k=20) >>> seen.count('tens') / 20 0.15 >>> # Estimate the probability of getting 5 or more heads from 7 spins >>> # of a biased coin that settles on heads 60% of the time. >>> trial = lambda: choices('HT', cum_weights=(0.60, 1.00), k=7).count('H') >= 5 >>> sum(trial() for i in range(10000)) / 10000 0.4169 >>> # Probability of the median of 5 samples being in middle two quartiles >>> trial = lambda : 2500 <= sorted(choices(range(10000), k=5))[2] < 7500 >>> sum(trial() for i in range(10000)) / 10000 0.7958
Example of statistical bootstrapping using resampling with replacement to estimate a confidence interval for the mean of a sample of size five:
# from statistics import mean from random import choices data = 1, 2, 4, 4, 10 means = sorted(mean(choices(data, k=5)) for i in range(20)) print(f'The sample mean of {mean(data):.1f} has a 90% confidence ' f'interval from {means[1]:.1f} to {means[-2]: mean from random import shuffle drug = [54, 73, 53, 70, 73, 68, 52, 65, 65] placebo = [54, 51, 58, 44, 55, 52, 42, 47, 58, 46] observed_diff = mean(drug) - mean(placebo) n = 10000 in a single server queue:
from random import expovariate, gauss from statistics import mean, median, stdev average_arrival_interval = 5.6 average_service_time = 5.0 stdev_service_time = 0.5 num_waiting = 0 arrivals = [] starts = [] arrival = service_end = 0.0 for i in range(20000): if arrival <= service_end: num_waiting += 1 arrival += expovariate(1.0 / average_arrival_interval) arrivals.append(arrival) else: num_waiting -= 1 service_start = service_end if num_waiting else arrival service_time = gauss(average_service_time, stdev_service_time) service_end = service_start + service_time starts.append(service_start) waits = [start - arrival for arrival, start in zip(arrivals, starts)] print(f'Mean wait: {mean(waits):.1f}. Stdev wait: {stdev(waits):.1f}.') print(f'Median wait: {median(waits):.1f}. Max wait: {max(waits):.1f}.')
See also. | http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.6/python/library/random.html | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | refinedweb | 564 | 51.34 |
So let’s go back to English from today :)
I solved SRM612 Div1 for practice. This problem is this In this post, I left out the detail of this problem because main topic of this post is pattern of BFS. First I tried to solve this problem with some dynamic programming algorithm. But after trying, I found BFS is sufficient algorithm to solve. So now I rewrote my program as below.
import java.util.*; import java.math.*; import static java.lang.Math.*; public class EmoticonsDiv1 { public static int[] decode(int code) { int[] ret = new int[2]; ret[0] = code / 10000; ret[1] = code % 10000; return ret; } public int printSmiles(int smiles) { Queue<Integer> q = new LinkedList<Integer>(); int[][] state = new int[1 << 1000][1 << 1000]; for (int i = 0; i < 1 << 1000; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 1 << 1000; j++) { state[i][j] = (1 << 1000); } } // state[i][j] : i = message, j = clipboard state[1][0] = 0; q.add(1 * 10000 + 0); while (!q.isEmpty()) { int[] ret = decode(q.poll()); int message = ret[0]; int clipboard = ret[1]; if (state[message][message] > state[message][clipboard] + 1) { state[message][message] = state[message][clipboard] + 1; q.add(message * 10000 + message); } if (message + clipboard < (1 << 1000) && state[message + clipboard][clipboard] > state[message][clipboard] + 1) { state[message + clipboard][clipboard] = state[message][clipboard] + 1; if (message + clipboard == smiles) return state[message + clipboard][clipboard]; q.add((message + clipboard) * 10000 + clipboard); } if (message > 0 && state[message - 1][clipboard] > state[message][clipboard] + 1) { state[message - 1][clipboard] = state[message][clipboard] + 1; if (message - 1 == smiles) return state[message - 1][clipboard]; q.add((message - 1) * 10000 + clipboard); } } return 1 << 1000; } }
The computing complexity of this code is O(S^2). Could solve in time. After writing, I realized there are some patterns about writing BFS in competitive programming. I want to put together these patterns in this port for the future contest.
In general, BFS uses a queue data strucure. The elements of queue has to keep each state to search. In this case, each
message and
clipboard.
When you write software on long-term basis, you should write state class for keeping
message and
clipboard. But this is competitive programming.
Defining adhoc class will take you some more time to complete writing code. So you should avoid this pattern as possible.
The solution is encoding, decoding pattern. Default queue can only keep one
Integer or
String, therefore let two variables put into this one variable.
Specifically, this is.
// Decode one integer to two interger that composes state public static int[] decode(int code) { int[] ret = new int[2]; ret[0] = code / 10000; ret[1] = code % 10000; return ret; } int[] ret = decode(q.poll()); int message = ret[0]; int clipboard = ret[1]; // Encode two variables into one variable q.add(message * 10000 + clipboard);
With this pattern you don’t have to write your own state class. But this pattern has a fault. If there are more variables in a state,
decoding and encoding code becomes more complex and hard to debug. In addition to this problem, you should also know the range of input variable.
In this case, I use 10000 number to encoding and decoding, bacause input variables are included in [0, 1000]. So
message and
clipboard can be
separated. The selection of this base integer will be difficult as the number of state varibales are increasing.
Above case, optimization value to be submit as answer is the count of manipulation
state[i][j]. If you can write state class, you don’t need to
this 2 dimension array. But you couldn’t. So with this
state, I can realize that if I want to keep more values such as optimization value,
I can prepair external third variable instead. With this variable, you can keep more values corresponding to each state.
You should not write such codes in production software!!Written on April 10th, 2014 by Kai Sasaki | https://www.lewuathe.com/competitive%20programming/topcoder/bfs/patterns-about-bfs-in-commetitive-programming.html | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | refinedweb | 650 | 66.13 |
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On 8/21/2011 10:09, Sisyphus wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Dean" > >> #include <vector> >> #include <string> >> using namespace std; >> int main() { >> vector<string> vs; >> vs.push_back("asdf"); >> } >> >> If I compile with g++, I get an executable that works, i.e. runs without >> error. This file is recognized by objdump and cygcheck. >> >> If I compile with x86_64-w64-ming32-g++ -m64 t.cc -o t > > I presume the 'ming32' is a typo. > Is the '-m64' necessary ? > What happens if you remove it from the command ? > > I can't reproduce the error you get (either with or without '-m64'), > though I'm just running mingw in the cmd.exe shell - not under Cygwin. > >> the resulting executable produces an error message >>> ./t.exe >> t.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared >> object file: no such file or directory. >>> objdump -p ./t.exe >> objdump: ./t.exe: File format not recognized > > I think that's to be expected - objdump expects to look at a 32-bit > executable. > I get the same error when I run objdump on a 64-bit executable. > Try: > x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump -p ./t.exe > Hi Thomas, you are probably missing the runtime DLLs from path. They should be found in "/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin".
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The Exchangeable image file format (Exif) is a standard that’s been around since 1998 to include metadata in image file formats like JPEG, WAV, HEIC, and WEBP. With the proliferation of digital cameras and smart phones with GPS receivers these images often include geolocation coordinates. We’re going to get started with how to read geotagged photographs using Python to make use of the data.
This project will demonstrate how to extract Exif data from a JPEG, how to convert from Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) to decimal coordinates, how to group photos by location, and finally how to place a thumbnail image on a map like this.
Let’s get started.
Reading Exif with Python
I’ll be working with Python 3.7 in the examples since it’s almost 2020 and Python 2.7 won't be supported for much longer.
$ python -V Python 3.7.2
I use virtualenv and virtualenv_wrapper to keep my project dependencies straight and recommend you do as well if you run into any issues installing libraries. There are several options you can use for reading Exif data such as
piexif and
exifread that you might like to try. As a more general purpose image library, I find Pillow to be helpful and is an update for some of the code samples you may see from Python 2.x examples referencing
PIL.
The installation is straightforward with
pip install Pillow. With just a few lines of code we can display the Exif data:
#!/usr/bin/env python from PIL import Image def get_exif(filename): image = Image.open(filename) image.verify() return image._getexif() exif = get_exif('image.jpg') print(exif)
What you get back from this
get_exif() function is a dictionary with numeric keys that correspond to various types of data. It isn’t terribly useful unless you know what you are looking for. Fortunately, the library also makes it easy to identify these attributes with human readable labels.
from PIL.ExifTags import TAGS def get_labeled_exif(exif): labeled = {} for (key, val) in exif.items(): labeled[TAGS.get(key)] = val return labeled exif = get_exif('image.jpg') labeled = get_labeled_exif(exif) print(labeled)
The label GPSInfo is much more meaningful than 34853 which is the numeric code defined in the standard for identifying the GPS data in Exif. The tags also show a variety of other details like the camera used, image dimensions, settings, etc. beyond just the geotagging results. To get a full list of the tags the Exiv2 Metadata reference table is pretty handy.
GPSInfo = {1: 'N', 2: ((36, 1), (7, 1), (5263, 100)), 3: 'W', 4: ((115, 1), (8, 1), (5789, 100)), 5: b'\x00', 6: (241175, 391), 7: ((19, 1), (8, 1), (40, 1)), 12: 'K', 13: (0, 1), 16: 'T', 17: (1017664, 4813), 23: 'T', 24: (1017664, 4813), 29: '2019:01:11', 31: (65, 1)} Make = Apple Model = iPhone 8 Software = 12.1.2 ShutterSpeedValue = (223247, 48685) DateTimeOriginal = 2019:01:11 11:08:47 FocalLength = (399, 100) ColorSpace = 65535 ExifImageWidth = 4032
In addition to this subset, there are fields like the MakerNote which can include just about any data hex encoded for various uses and is often where photo software might store IPTC or XP metadata like comments, tags, subjects, titles, etc. that you see in Desktop Applications. I just want the geotagging details for this project which have additional tag constant labels I can reference:
from PIL.ExifTags import GPSTAGS def get_geotagging(exif): if not exif: raise ValueError("No EXIF metadata found") geotagging = {}] return geotagging exif = get_exif('image.jpg') geotags = get_geotagging(exif) print(geotags)
I now have a dictionary of some key geographic attributes that I can use for this project:
{ 'GPSLatitudeRef': 'N', 'GPSLatitude': ((36, 1), (7, 1), (5263, 100)), 'GPSLongitudeRef': 'W', 'GPSLongitude': ((115, 1), (8, 1), (5789, 100)), 'GPSTimeStamp': ((19, 1), (8, 1), (40, 1)), ... }
If you are trying to make sense of the GPSLatitude and GPSLongitude values you’ll notice they are stored in degrees, minutes, and seconds format. It’ll be easier to use HERE Services available with your developer account when working in decimal units so we should do that conversion.
EXIF uses rational64u to represent the DMS value which should be straightforward to convert with PIL which has already given us numerator and denominator components in a tuple:) def get_coordinates(geotags): lat = get_decimal_from_dms(geotags['GPSLatitude'], geotags['GPSLatitudeRef']) lon = get_decimal_from_dms(geotags['GPSLongitude'], geotags['GPSLongitudeRef']) return (lat,lon) exif = get_exif('image.jpg') geotags = get_geotagging(exif) print(get_coordinates(geotags))
At this point, given an image as the input I’ve produced a latitude and longitude (36.13372, -115.15228) result. To figure out where that is we can use the geocoding service.
Reverse Geocoding
In Turn Text Into HERE Maps with Python NLTK, I demonstrated how to use the Geocoder API to take a city like “Gryfino” and search to identify the latitude and longitude coordinates. Now, I want to do the opposite and reverse geocode the set of coordinates from my image to identify the location.
If you’ve worked with HERE services before you should know all about your APP ID and APP CODE from the developer projects dashboard. Personally, I like to store these values in a shell script to config my environment as demonstrated in this next snippet.
import os import requests def get_location(geotags): coords = get_coordinates(geotags) uri = '' headers = {} params = { 'app_id': os.environ['APP_ID_HERE'], 'app_code': os.environ['APP_CODE_HERE'], 'prox': "%s,%s" % coords, 'gen': 9, 'mode': 'retrieveAddresses', 'maxresults': 1, } response = requests.get(uri, headers=headers, params=params) try: response.raise_for_status() return response.json() except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e: print(str(e)) return {} exif = get_exif('image.jpg') geotags = get_geotagging(exif) location = get_location(geotags) print(location['Response']['View'][0]['Result'][0]['Location']['Address']['Label'])
This is pretty much boilerplate use of the Python requests library to work with web services that you can get with a
pip install requests. I’m then calling the Reverse Geocoder API endpoint with parameters to retrieve the closest address within 50 meters. This returns a JSON response that I can use to quickly label the photograph with Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States to create an album or whichever level of detail I find useful for an application.
This is a good way for example to process and group your photos by city, state, country or zip code with just a little bit of batch sorting.
Geopy
An alternative approach that can simplify the code a bit is to use the geopy library that you can get with a
pip install geopy. It depends on the level of detail and flexibility you want from a full REST request but for simple use cases can greatly reduce the complexity of your code.
from geopy.geocoders import Here exif = get_exif('image.jpg') geotags = get_geotagging(exif) coords = get_coordinates(geotags) geocoder = Here(os.environ['APP_ID_HERE'], os.environ['APP_CODE_HERE']) print(geocoder.reverse("%s,%s" % coords))
The response using geopy in this example is: Location(1457 Silver Mesa Way, Las Vegas, NV 89169, United States, Las Vegas, NV 89169, USA, (36.13146, -115.1328, 0.0)). This can be convenient but customizing your request to the REST endpoint gives you the most flexibility.
Removing Exif from Photos
What if you don’t want geotagging details in photos that you share or put on a public website?
While using the above is handy when working with my own photographs – if trying to sell something on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, or eBay I might want to avoid giving away my home address. It’s pretty straightforward to remove the geotagging details by creating a new image and not copying the Exif metadata.
This quick script is a useful metadata removal tool for purposes like that:
import sys from PIL import Image for filename in sys.argv[1:]: print(filename) image = Image.open(filename) image_clean = Image.new(image.mode, image.size) image_clean.putdata(list(image.getdata())) image_clean.save('clean_' + filename)
Placing Markers on a Map for Photos
Switching things up for a moment we’ll turn to web maps. If you haven’t created an interactive map before the Quick Start and other blog posts should help you get started with the Maps API for JavaScript.
I already have the coordinates for my image so all that is left is to generate a small thumbnail that I can use for the marker.
def make_thumbnail(filename): img = Image.open(filename) (width, height) = img.size if width > height: ratio = 50.0 / width else: ratio = 50.0 / height img.thumbnail((round(width * ratio), round(height * ratio)), Image.LANCZOS) img.save('thumb_' + filename)
This function generates a thumbnail with a max height or width of 50 pixels which is about right for a small icon. Taking the quick start JavaScript I only need to add the next few lines to initialize the icon, place a marker at the coordinates retrieved from Exif with the icon, and then add it for rendering on the map.
thumbnail = new H.map.Icon('./thumb_image.jpg'); marker = new H.map.Marker({lat: 36.13372, lng: -115.15228}, {icon: thumbnail}); map.addObject(marker);
I could even consider dynamically generating this JavaScript from Python if I had many images I'm working with. Firing up a python web server we get our final result.
$ ls index.html index.js thumb_image.jpg $ python -m http.server Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 () ...
That photo was of the doorway in between the Las Vegas Convention Center and Westgate, not nearly as exciting as the Valley of Fire State Park pictured initially.
Wrapping Up
Wrapping up, a few final notes that might be helpful. There is Exif support in image formats like WEBP commonly used by Chrome and HEIC (or HEIF) which is the new default on iOS. Some of the supporting Python libraries are still being updated to work with these newer image formats though so require some additional work.
There is also the c++ library exiv2 that is made available in the Python3 package py3exiv2 for reading and writing Exif data but it proved challenging to install with boost-python3 on OSX recently. If you’ve had any luck with these other image formats or libraries, please do share in the comments.
The example project here should demonstrate all the steps you need for an image processing pipeline that can extract geotagged details from photographs and organize by location or place the photo on a map much like you see in apps on a phone.
Sign up for a developer account to make use of the Map Image and Geocoding APIs on your next project. | https://developer.here.com/blog/getting-started-with-geocoding-exif-image-metadata-in-python3 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | refinedweb | 1,756 | 54.12 |
SUSI Skill CMS is an editor to write and edit skill easily. It follows an API centric approach where the Susi server acts as API server. Using Skill CMS we can browse history of a skill, where we get commit ID, commit message and name the author who made the changes to that skills. In this blogpost we will see how to fetch complete commit history of a skill in the susi skill repository. A skill is a set of intents. One text file represents one skill, it may contain several intents which all belong together. Susi skills are stored in susi_skill_data repository. We can access any skill based on four tuples parameters model, group, language, skill. For managing version control in skill data repository, the following dependency is added to build.gradle . JGit is a library which implements the Git functionality in Java.
dependencies { compile 'org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:4.6.1.201703071140-r' }
To implement our servlet we need to extend our servlet to AbstractAPIHandler. In Susi Server, an abstract class AbstractAPIHandler extending HttpServelets and implementing API handler interface is provided.
public class HistorySkillService extends AbstractAPIHandler implements APIHandler {}
The AbstractAPIHandler checks the permissions of the user using the userroles of and comparing it with the value minimum base role of each servlet. Thus to specify the user permission for a servlet we need Override the getMinimalBaseUserRole method.
@Override public BaseUserRole getMinimalBaseUserRole() { return BaseUserRole.ANONYMOUS; }
UserRoles can be Admin, Privilege, User, Anonymous. In our case it is Anonymous. A User need not to log in to access this endpoint.
@Override public String getAPIPath() { return "/cms/getSkillHistory.json"; }
This methods sets the api endpoint path. One need to send requests at to get the modification history of skill. Next we will implement The ServiceImpl method where we will be processing the user request and giving back the service response.
", "wikipedia"); File skill = new File(language, skill_name + ".txt"); JSONArray commitsArray; commitsArray = new JSONArray(); String path = skill.getPath().replace(DAO.model_watch_dir.toString(), "models"); //Add to git FileRepositoryBuilder builder = new FileRepositoryBuilder(); Repository repository = null; try { repository = builder.setGitDir((DAO.susi_skill_repo)) .readEnvironment() // scan environment GIT_* variables .findGitDir() // scan up the file system tree .build(); try (Git git = new Git(repository)) { Iterable<RevCommit> logs; logs = git.log().addPath(path).call(); int i = 0; for (RevCommit rev : logs) { commit = new JSONObject(); commit.put("commitRev", rev); commit.put("commitName", rev.getName()); commit.put("commitID", rev.getId().getName()); commit.put("commit_message", rev.getShortMessage()); commit.put("author",rev.getAuthorIdent().getName()); commitsArray.put(i, commit); i++; } success=true; } catch (GitAPIException e) { e.printStackTrace(); success=false; } if(commitsArray.length()==0){ success=false; } JSONObject result = new JSONObject(); result.put("commits",commitsArray); result.put("success",success); return new ServiceResponse(result); }
To access any skill we need parameters model, group, language. We get this through call.get method where first parameter is the key for which we want to get the value and second parameter is the default value. Based on received model, group and language browse files in that folder we build the susi_skill_data repository path read the git variables and scan up the file system tree using FileRepositoryBuilder build() method. Next we fetch all the logs of the skill file and store them in json commits array and finally pass as a server response with success messages. In case of exceptions, pass service with success flags as false.
We have successfully implemented the servlet. Check the working of endpoint by sending request like and checking the response.
Susi skill cms uses this endpoint to fetch the skill history, try it out at
Resources
- Read more about Servets –
- Read more about JGit-
- The source code –
- Read more about DAO- | http://blog.fossasia.org/author/saurabhjn76/ | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | refinedweb | 608 | 50.12 |
Today in class my teacher proposed a simple (for me) challenge and wanted the fastest possible solution, while still being well done, etc. I was the first one done, and mine was imo the best (some ppl had a variable for each input, no loops, etc).
The problem was this:
Take in 5 integers from user, write to a file.
Read values in, and display the sum and average of them.
My solution. I am posting this too see if there was a faster way to do it, or what your opinion is. I wrote it in 3 1/2 minutes.
Code:#include "stdafx.h" #include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int value, sum = 0, avg; ofstream outfile; ifstream infile; outfile.open("c:\\myfile"); for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) { cout << "Enter an integer value: "; cin >> value; outfile << value << endl; } outfile.close(); infile.open("c:\\myfile"); while (! infile.fail()) { if (infile >> value) { sum += value; } } avg = sum / 5; cout << "Sum: " << sum << endl; cout << "Avg: " << avg << endl; return 0; } | http://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplusplus-programming/36194-speed-challenge-my-solution.html | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | refinedweb | 175 | 78.48 |
GPCRC_Init_TypeDef Struct Reference
CRC initialization structure.
#include <em_gpcrc.h>
CRC initialization structure.
Field Documentation
◆ crcPoly
CRC polynomial value.
GPCRC supports either a fixed 32-bit polynomial or a user configurable 16 bit polynomial. The fixed 32-bit polynomial is the one used in IEEE 802.3, which has the value 0x04C11DB7. To use the 32-bit fixed polynomial, just assign 0x04C11DB7 to the crcPoly field. To use a 16-bit polynomial, assign a value to crcPoly where the upper 16 bits are zero.
The polynomial should be written in normal bit order. For instance, to use the CRC-16 polynomial X^16 + X^15 + X^2 + 1, first convert it to hex representation and remove the highest order term of the polynomial. This would give us 0x8005 as the value to write into crcPoly.
◆ initValue
CRC initialization value.
This value is assigned to the GPCRC_INIT register. The initValue is loaded into the data register when calling the GPCRC_Start function or when one of the data registers are read while autoInit is enabled.
◆ reverseByteOrder
Reverse byte order.
This has an effect when sending a 32-bit word or 16-bit half word input to the CRC calculation. When set to true, the input bytes are reversed before entering the CRC calculation. When set to false, the input bytes stay in the same order.
◆ reverseBits
Reverse bits within each input byte.
This setting enables or disables byte level bit reversal. When byte-level bit reversal is enabled, then each byte of input data will be reversed before entering CRC calculation.
◆ enableByteMode
Enable/disable byte mode.
When byte mode is enabled, then all input is treated as single byte input even though the input is a 32-bit word or a 16-bit half word. Only the least significant byte of the data-word will be used for CRC calculation for all writes.
◆ autoInit
Enable automatic initialization by re-seeding the CRC result based on the init value after reading one of the CRC data registers.
◆ enable
Enable/disable GPCRC when initialization is completed. | https://docs.silabs.com/gecko-platform/3.2/emlib/api/efr32xg14/struct-g-p-c-r-c-init-type-def | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | refinedweb | 341 | 58.89 |
I am trying to write a program to calculate mean & standard deviation.
I sort of figured out how to find mean (it is not correct yet, so i am going to need help on this part as well) but how do you do standard deviation?
import java.util.Scanner; public class Mean { public static void main(String[] args){ int sum = 0, inputNum; int counter; float mean; Scanner NumScanner = new Scanner(System.in); Scanner charScanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter the total number of terms whose mean you want to calculate"); counter = NumScanner.nextInt(); System.out.println("Please enter " + counter + " numbers:"); for(int x = 1; x<=counter ;x++){ inputNum = NumScanner.nextInt(); sum = sum + inputNum; System.out.println(); } mean = sum / counter; System.out.println("The mean of the " + counter + " numbers you entered is " + mean); } }
The above is what i have so far, there are errors but hopefully we can build from there? | https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/469961/mean-standard-deviation | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | refinedweb | 153 | 56.66 |
Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com):> "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> writes:> > > Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com):> >> Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> writes:> >> > >> >> >> > understand the details of why this is a problem?> >> > >> Very simply.> >> > >> In the presence of a user namespace. > >> All comparisons of a user equality need to be of the tuple (user namespace,> > user id).> >> Any comparison that does not do that is an optimization.> >> > >> Because you can have access to files created in another user namespace it> >> is very unlikely that optimization will apply very frequently. The easy> > scenario> >> to get access to a file descriptor from another context is to consider unix> >> domain sockets.> >> > What does that have to do with uids? If you receive an fd, uids don't> > matter in any case. The only permission checks which happen are LSM> > hooks, which should be uid-agnostic.> > You are guest uid 0. You get a directory file descriptor from another namespace.> You call fchdir.> > If you permission checks are not (user namespace, uid) what can't you do?File descripters can only be passed over a unix socket, right?So this seems to fall into the same "userspace should set things upsanely" argument you've brought up before.Don't get me wrong though - the idea of using in-kernel keys ascross-namespace uid's is definately interesting.-serge-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.orgMore majordomo info at read the FAQ at | https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/14/92 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | refinedweb | 258 | 60.82 |
I have this character controller for a 2D platformer game. However I wanted to make it for android and I cant seem to figure out how to do it. I have searched online and if I missed this somewhere im sorry did not mean to repeat a answered question. (Sorry for my english its not my first language.)`using UnityEngine;
public class PlatformerCharacter2D : MonoBehaviour { bool facingRight = true; // For determining which way the player is currently facing.
[SerializeField] float maxSpeed = 10f; // The fastest the player can travel in the x axis.
[SerializeField] float jumpForce = 400f; // Amount of force added when the player jumps.
[Range(0, 1)]
[SerializeField] float crouchSpeed = .36f; // Amount of maxSpeed applied to crouching movement. 1 = 100%
[SerializeField] bool airControl = false; // Whether or not a player can steer while jumping;
[SerializeField] LayerMask whatIsGround; // A mask determining what is ground to the character
Transform groundCheck; // A position marking where to check if the player is grounded.
float groundedRadius = .2f; // Radius of the overlap circle to determine if grounded
bool grounded = false; // Whether or not the player is grounded.
Transform ceilingCheck; // A position marking where to check for ceilings
float ceilingRadius = .01f; // Radius of the overlap circle to determine if the player can stand up
Animator anim; // Reference to the player's animator component.
Transform PlayerGraphics; // Reference to the graphics so we can change direction
void Awake()
{
// Setting up references.
groundCheck = transform.Find("GroundCheck");
ceilingCheck = transform.Find("CeilingCheck");
anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
PlayerGraphics = transform.FindChild ("Graphics");
if (PlayerGraphics == null)
{
Debug.LogError ("Let's freak out! There is no 'graphics' object as the child of the player");
}
}
void FixedUpdate()
{
// The player is grounded if a circlecast to the groundcheck position hits anything designated as ground
grounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, groundedRadius, whatIsGround);
anim.SetBool("Ground", grounded);
// Set the vertical animation
anim.SetFloat("vSpeed", rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
}
public void Move(float move, bool crouch, bool jump)
{
// If crouching, check to see if the character can stand up
if(!crouch && anim.GetBool("Crouch"))
{
// If the character has a ceiling preventing them from standing up, keep them crouching
if( Physics2D.OverlapCircle(ceilingCheck.position, ceilingRadius, whatIsGround))
crouch = true;
}
// Set whether or not the character is crouching in the animator
anim.SetBool("Crouch", crouch);
//only control the player if grounded or airControl is turned on
if(grounded || airControl)
{
// Reduce the speed if crouching by the crouchSpeed multiplier
move = (crouch ? move * crouchSpeed : move);
// The Speed animator parameter is set to the absolute value of the horizontal input.
anim.SetFloat("Speed", Mathf.Abs(move));
// Move the character
rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector2(move * maxSpeed, rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
// If the input is moving the player right and the player is facing left...
if(move > 0 && !facingRight)
// ... flip the player.
Flip();
// Otherwise if the input is moving the player left and the player is facing right...
else if(move < 0 && facingRight)
// ... flip the player.
Flip();
}
// If the player should jump...
if (grounded && jump) {
// Add a vertical force to the player.
anim.SetBool("Ground", false);
rigidbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0f, jumpForce));
}
}
void Flip ()
{
// Switch the way the player is labelled as facing.
facingRight = !facingRight;
// Multiply the player's x local scale by -1.
Vector3 theScale = PlayerGraphics.localScale;
theScale.x *= -1;
PlayerGraphics.localScale = theScale;
}
} `
Yes but when I add it my character does not move :/
Where are you getting the inputs from? I see no input code in the sample. Where is $$anonymous$$ove(,,,) being called from? Can you post the Update() (which is where I assume you're getting the inputs from the Input class)?
Answer by screenname_taken
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Art4Apps
Introduction
Art4Apps is a database of images, audio,and videos files of words created by ET4D under a Creative Common License (CC BY-SA). The primary objective in sharing this database is to promote apps development in the field of literacy in an effort to support and sustain the diversity among world languages. More information is available in the site [1]
Letter images are from Vicki Wenderlich web site [2] another nice source for free game images.
[2]
Use in activities
To make easier the use in the activities, we have a python library and the resources packaged in rpms.
You can download the last versions here:
Examples
from art4apps import Art4Apps aa = Art4Apps() print "All words in english" words = aa.get_words() print words print "All categories in english" categories = aa.get_categories() print categories print "Test a translation to all the available languages" languages = aa.get_languages() for language in languages: print "Language %s" % language word = words[4] print "Word %s = %s" % (word, aa.get_translation(word, language)) print "Words on category %s" % categories[2] print aa.get_words_by_category(categories[2]) print "All the words in language %s" % languages[1] print aa.get_words(languages[1]) print "IMAGE FILE NAME FOR %s" % words[5] print aa.get_image_filename(words[5]) print "AUDIO FILE NAME FOR %s" % words[5] print aa.get_audio_filename(words[5]) print "AUDIO FILE NAME FOR %s lang %s" % (words[2], 'fr') print aa.get_audio_filename(words[2], 'fr')
- If audio file is not available, get_audio_filename() return None
Improving. If you interrupt your translation session, and start again, copy the generated file in the 'data' directory. This is not done by the utility to avoid damaging data accidentally. We would like get updated files and add them to the rpms to distribute them. Please send them to godiard at sugarlabs dot org.
Activities using Art4Apps
- Story
- WhatIs
- Sources:
- Memorize
Sources
Repository is hosted here | http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Art4Apps&direction=next&oldid=91134 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | refinedweb | 311 | 56.35 |
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#2723 closed enhancement (duplicate)
C# syntax highlighting
Description
Would be good if Trac supported C# source highlighting. I guess that's the only major format missing.
Attachments (1)
Change History (6)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
Thanks, I got it working fairly easy on my testing/experimental Track installation (sample). It obviously lacks some C#-specific keywords (set, get, internal, delegate) but I guess the keywords can be fairly easily added to SilverCity.
I'm going to play with this a bit since I want to get some GLib-specific keywords (gint32, gint64, gfloat) in C-syntax as well. Hopefully we can push it upstream.
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
I'm attaching a patch against SilverCity-0.9.6 that adds support for full C# highlighting without altering the C++/C module/keywords. I duplicated the lexer/keywords table of the CPP module and tweaked it reflect the C# specifics.
by , 16 years ago
SilverCity 0.9.6 patch to add support for C# syntax highlighting
comment:4 by , 16 years ago
Ah, forgot to add - the new module is called CS. It needs to be enabled in trunk/trac/mimeview/silvercity.py with something like:
types = { ... ... 'text/x-c#src':['CS'], ... ... }
We are using SilverCity for highlighting, and after some research on the matter it seems that the highlighter actually supports C# - or rather the C/C++ formatter also supports C# syntax.
The .cs ending is also used for the Trac templating system (ClearSilver) that currently it not in the map. It will change from no formatting to C# formatting, and it actually picks up on some keywords and string formatting that makes it OK (but by no means complete…)
For us C# is more important as well, so a solution is to make changes in trunk/trac/mimeview/api.py as follows:
Either you can put the dictionary items right into the MIME_MAP, or put the code above into the file after the definition of MIME_MAP, or (as I have done to leave the Trac code intact) in something that executes as part of a custom plugin or similar in
__init__.pyor a file that it imports (need
from trac.mimeview.api import MIME_MAPbefore the code above if you do this).
As you can see we have also added some other common ASP.Net endings that all get rendered relatively OK through default SilverCity install. | https://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2723 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | refinedweb | 414 | 61.67 |
Transforms jsdoc data into something more suitable for use as template input. Also adds a few tags to the default set:
@category <string>: Useful for grouping identifiers by category.
@done: Used to mark
@todoitems as complete.
@typicalname: If set on a class, namespace or module, child members will documented using this typical name as the parent name. Real-world typical name examples are
$(the typical name for
jQueryinstances),
_(underscore) etc.
@chainable: Set to mark a method as chainable (has a return value of
this).
This module is built into jsdoc-to-markdown, you can see the output using this command:
$ jsdoc2md --json <files>
© 2014-16 Lloyd Brookes <75pound@gmail.com>. Documented by jsdoc-to-markdown. | https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsdoc-parse | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | refinedweb | 116 | 57.87 |
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