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Comment: Re:Not in Canada (Score 1) 145
Comment: Re:Not in Canada (Score 1) 145
Comment: Re:Is there such a thing (Score 1) 277
Comment: Re:However.... (Score 2, Insightful) 175
You can't spoof an IP thru a router you don't control.
It depends upon what you mean. You *can* send a package with a forged source IP through a router you don't control. It requires that nothing filter on the "bad" source IP (which is still far too common, from what I've read). This also would never get a successful TCP connection; you could send a SYN this way but the ACK would never get back to you (it would be sent to the forged source instead).
But this can be enough for a DOS.
Honestly, though, I'm not sure how important source IP spoofing is nowadays. There are so many MSFT machines participating in one more more zombie armies that spoofing would seem to add little value. The attacks really are coming from all over.
Comment: Re:55% say they are Democrats (Score 3, Insightful) 670
...Whether it is caused by humans or not, it doesn't really seem to matter. Let's focus on making this place a nice place to live. Clean air, clean water, clean land. These are things no one is going to argue with. Let's start making this a better world for you and for me. Global Warming is the fault of humans this time. The next problem might not be. But that doesn't mean that we don't have to deal with it.
Dealing, though, is where we'll fail if we cannot apply science and engineering to design and implement rationally chosen solutions. And our schools are not churning out people trained in rational and critical thinking, much less scientists and engineers.
There's too much political advantage to be had in keeping people ignorant and backward, I fear, for schools to ever receive the long-term correction that is likely required.
Comment: Re:Its not rocket surgery... (Score 1) 865
My experience: I've been doing Taekwondo now for perhaps 20 months. Before this, I'd tried exercise programs, but nothing stuck as well. The reason: I do this with family and - apart from that - it's fun! I find that I exercise outside class because that's become fun too, in a way that it never did when it was "just exercise".
This brought me down an inch or so at the waste. Then, weight watchers brought me down a few more includes over just a few weeks.
Both really are important.
For the blocks of time when work doesn't permit much else, there are plenty of exercizes that can be done at work. Isometrics. Get an exercise band; many of these can easily be done at or near a desk or in a corner somewhere. Perhaps even small weights for arm work at the desk (though this is one I've not done myself (yet)).
It would be a big help if coworkers can get involved too, as this makes it easier to do at work and it also adds to the motivation.
Comment: Re:I know the feeling. (Score 1) 420
Can't one automate download of the
Comment: Re:Could they possibly... (Score 2, Insightful) 162.
Comment: Re:Why is Verbosity Bad? (Score 1) 491
In general, I agree with the disagreement. The ability to replace Some::Package::someFunction() with someFunction() saves the writer time, but it costs time later. The reader needs to do more work to determine from where the function comes, for example.
And since there are typically many readers but only one [original] writer, the time of the reader is more valuable.
The points about name clashes and such are also good.
On the other hand, what happens when some maintainer wants to replace Some::Package::someFunction() with Some::Other::Package::someFunction()? Multiple points in the code to be changed vs. one point? Recall that each change adds a potential bug.
A compromise:
$f = Some::Package->new();
$f->someFunction();
might make sense if someFunction() is used repeatedly. But even this is imperfect, in that the new() may be sufficiently distant from the ->someFunction() that it's not a lot better than "use" in terms of readability. But at least it avoids namespace conflicts.
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A asynchronous library to communicate with Linkedin
Project description
A Python library to communicate with Linkedin using an asynchronous interface
Environment
Dependencies
Necessary for use:
- Python >= 3.6
- Pip
- Git (development)
- Make (development)
- Python Venv (development)
It’s recommended the use of Python virtual environments, to use only needed dependencies. With the python venv installed, to create an environment, just do:
$ python3.6 -m venv venv
$ . venv /bin/activate
The bash will start using the virtual environment for now on.
Build
This library can be imported to be used in another applications. So, after the git clone to install the library inside the virtual environment:
$ make deploy
This way, the application will be completely installed, and all it’s dependencies. When finished, the library can be imported inside python or a .py file with:
from rattledin import LinkedinCore
This library depends on Linkedin API, that can be found [here](), so it’s recommended to install this before Rattledin installation, it’s better to clone the repo because the PyPi version will not always be in the latest version. Install the Linkedin API inside the same virtual environment. With make deploy the library will be cloned and installed.
Examples
In the examples folder exists and example on how to use the library to communicate with Linkedin. At the moment only exists message methods, but someday, I’ll extends this. If you want to create more methods, fell free to contribute and create a pull request.
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I have a number of
.c files, i.e. the implementation files say
Where functions from any of the files can call any function from a different files. My question being, do I need a
.h i.e. header file for each of A and B's implementation where each header file has the definition of ALL the functions in A or B.
Also, main.c will have both
A.h and
B.h #included in it?
If someone can finally make it clear, also, how do I later compile and run the multiple files in the terminal.
Thanks.
The header
A.h for
A.c should only contain the information that is necessary for external code that uses the facilities defined in
A.c. It should not declare static functions; it should not declare static variables; it should not declare internal types (types used only in
A.c). It should ensure that a file can use just
#include "A.h" and then make full use of the facilities published by
A.c. It should be self-contained and idempotent (so you can include it twice without any compilation errors). You can simply check that the header is self-contained by writing
#include "A.h" as the first
#include line in
A.c; you can check that it is idempotent by including it twice (but that's better done as a separate test). If it doesn't compile, it is not self-contained. Similarly for
B.h and
B.c.
For more information on headers and standards, see 'Should I use
#include in headers?', which references a NASA coding standard, and 'Linking against a static library', which includes a script
chkhdr that I use for testing self-containment and idempotency.
Note that
main.o depends on
main.c,
A.h and
B.h, but
main.c itself does not depend on the headers.
When it comes to compilation, you can use:
gcc -o program main.c A.c B.c
If you need other options, add them (most flags at the start; libraries at the end, after the source code). You can also compile each file to object code separately and then link the object files together:
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My trigger on i18n was late this time as I am on vacation, but I'd like to
explain why the namespace was changed.
A quot from changes list:
<quot>. (KP) Thanks to Matthieu Sozeau.
</quote>
Also, there are minor changes in syntax for number formatting in translation
parameters (don't remember details).
What is the most important thing is that 2.1 version is cached, while 2.0 is
not.
In any case, I am +1 for adding support for both namespaces. Another
solution could be to add a stylesheet and an Ant target for migrating 2.0 to
2.1 markup.
I should add that I am agree with all you decide, guys, cause it seems that
you are more interested in i18n than I am ATM.
Regards,
Konstantin
From: "Sylvain Wallez" <sylvain.wallez@anyware-tech.com>
> Joerg Heinicke wrote:
> > Bruno Dumon wrote:
> >
> >>> This makes me think...
> >>>
> >>> What about reverting the "official" i18n namespace to ".../i18n/2.0"
> >>> as it was before ? This would allow warning-less compatibility of
> >>> 2.0 applications and avoid breaking lots of docs, books, articles,
etc.
> >>>
> >>> Of course, we should provide "legacy" support for the "../i18n/2.1"
> >>> namespace as it has been released (damn, wish I did this a few days
> >>> before).
> >>>
> >>> What do you think ?
> >>
> >>
> >> How about making them synonyms, i.e. giving them an equals status?
> >
> >
> > +1
>
>
> Ok. This simply means removing the warning when encountering a "2.0"
> namespace.
>
> >> The new namespace is already in Cocoon 2.1 for a very long time, and
> >> I think many people started to depend on it.
> >
> >
> > Sylvain does not want to remove 2.1 support, but only make 2.0 the
> > official one. But even this is a bit strange to explain to users :-)
>
>
> Makes sense. So let's just say that the official namespace is 2.1 but
> that 2.0 compatibility is ensured. This should make everybody happy ;-)
>
> Sylvain
>
> --
> Sylvain Wallez Anyware Technologies
>
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>
>
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After connecting 800XL via Composite Video to my TV tuner card (WinFast PxTV1200 (XC2028)) it turned out that the Atari was alive (I actually thought it won't start at all due to old age), it boots correctly, but the video is "flickery":
So I decided to fix it. Now, the problem is I have absolutely no idea about electronic circuitry - my biggest achievement ever in this field was creating a joystick splitter for CPC 464 (though I am actually proud of myself to have predicted the ghosting problem and fixing it before soldering anything). Which means that this whole "I will fix the Atari" statement actually means "I will learn something about electronic circuits and probably break the Atari and it will never ever work again and I will cry" (though I hope to avoid the latter).
This blog post is the first of an unknown number of posts containing my notes of the process of attempting to fix my old computer. To be more precise, in this post I'm actually describing some things I've already did to try to pinpoint the problem (this includes dumping frames directly from GTIA - this was actually fun to do). Spoiler: I still have no idea what's wrong, but at least I know what actually works correctly.
Part 1 - Debugging, some soldering, more debugging
My guess is that fixing electronic equipment is like fixing a nasty bug in unknown code. You need to familiarize yourself with the code in general and then start the process of elimination to finally pinpoint the cause of the problem. After you have done that, you need to understand in depth the problem and the cause. And then you fix it.
So from a high level perspective I expect the problem to be in one of four places:
1. The Atari motherboard itself.
2. The Atari Monitor socket → Composite video cable I'm using.
3. My TV tuner card.
4. The application I'm using for the TV tuner.
Starting from the bottom I first tried VLC to get the image from the tuner - this worked but I still got the same artifacts and I wasn't able to convince VLC to actually use the parameters I'm passing to it (I suspected the tuner is selecting the wrong PAL/NTSC mode). So I switched to CodeTV which actually did allow me to set various PAL and NTSC modes, but it turned out to not to fix my issue - actually after seeing the effect of decoding the signal as e.g. NTSC I decided this has absolutely nothing to do with my problem. So that's one point off the list.
Next was the TV tuner card. My card - WinFast PxTV1200 (XC2028) - is a few years old and I never had much luck with it, so I ordered a new one - WinTV-HVR-1975. It should arrive next week, so whether it fixes anything will be revealed in the next part. I'll also play with some other options once I'm add it.
The second point on the list is the cable, and I'm yet to order a replacement, so I'll update this debugging branch in the next part as well.
Which brings us to the fun part - the motherboard itself.
I started by pestering my Dragon Sector teammate and our top electronics specialist - q3k - about what oscilloscope should I buy (I have some limited oscilloscope training and I figured it will be useful) and he recommended RIGOL DS1054 + a saleae logic analyzer (I got the Logic Pro 16 one) + some other useful pieces of equipment for later.
The second thing I did was to desolder all of the old electrolytic capacitors (making quite details notes about where they were and what types they were) as it seems to be a pretty standard thing to do when it comes to old computers. Once that was done (and I was able to read all of the labels, as some were initially hidden, especially in case of the axial ones) I ordered new ones and patiently waited a few days for them to arrive (along with some IC sockets which I plan to use later).
Once they did, I cleaned the motherboard around where they were at and soldered them in (I'm obviously not going to show you a hi-res photo of this as my soldering skills are that of a newbie) and connected the Atari to test it. It did boot, but the video problem was still there.
Chatting on IRC a colleague (hi skrzyp!) mentioned that it might be a GTIA problem (Graphic Television Interface Adaptor - the last IC in the line that runs Atari's video) so I decided to dump the video frame right at the moment it leaves GTIA. Researching the topic on the internet I learnt that Luminance Output 3 (i.e. pin 24) actually should be the Composite Video output (or what later becomes Composite Video); I also found out that pin 25 is Composite Sync Output, which meant I had all I needed to start.
Given that I didn't know much about Composite output I started by connecting my oscilloscope to the Composite Sync Output pin in hopes it will tell me something.
And indeed it did. It seemed that the sync signal is high for about 60μs and then low for about 5μs - this gives a cycle of 65μs, and 1/65μs seems to be about 15625 Hz. Now, this is meaningful since my Atari was PAL, and PAL is actually 25 FPS of 625 scanlines. Surprisingly 25 * 625 is also 15625, so there seems to be a correlation here - i.e. I figured that the signal goes low at the end of the scanline and goes back up at the beginning of a new one. Furthermore, after inspecting some "random flickering" on my oscilloscope I found that there is a series of 3 much shorter high states from time to time - I assumed this was the end-of-frame marker (or start-of-frame, didn't really matter to me).
After this I connected the second channel's probe to the Luminance Output 3, set the trigger to channel 2 and got this:
It took me a few moments to figure out that what I'm actually seeing is the top pixel row of the classic "READY" prompt, but yup, that was it. So it seemed that getting a frame dump shouldn't be a problem.
The next step was to connect the logic analyzer and acquire some samples. The one I have is actually 6.25MHz in case of analog data - this sadly meant that my horizontal resolution won't be good at all, as it leaves below 400 samples per scanline (6.25M / 25 FPS / 625 lines == ~400). Still, I figured it will be enough to see if there are any artifacts in the frame at this point.
A single frame in Saleae Logic looked like this (this was taken when Atari's Self Test was on):
I've exported the data to a nice 400MB CSV file and written the following Python script to convert it into a series of grayscale raw bitmaps (each CSV file contained about 50 frames):
import sys
def resize(arr, sz):
fsz = float(sz)
arr_sz = len(arr)
arr_fsz = float(arr_sz)
k = arr_fsz / fsz
out_arr = []
for i in range(sz):
idx = int(i * k)
if idx >= arr_sz:
idx = arr_sz - 1
out_arr.append(arr[idx])
return out_arr
def scanline_to_grayscale(scanline):
MAX_V = 7.0
scanline = resize(scanline, 400)
scanline = map(lambda x: chr(int((x / MAX_V) * 255)), scanline)
return ''.join(scanline)
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print "usage: process.py <fname.csv>"
sys.exit(1)
f = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
# Ignore headers
f.readline()
CLOCK_BOUNDARY_V = 4.7
FRAME_BOUNDARY_COUNT = 100 # Actually it's ~21 vs ~365. 100 is an OK value.
scanline = None
clock_high = None
ST_INIT = 0
ST_LOW = 1
ST_HIGH = 2
state = ST_INIT
frame_sync = 0
frame = -1
fout = None
for ln in f:
ln = ln.split(', ')
t, clock, composite = map(lambda x: float(x), ln[:3])
clock_high = (clock > CLOCK_BOUNDARY_V)
if state == ST_INIT:
if clock_high:
continue
state = ST_LOW
if state == ST_LOW and clock_high:
state = ST_HIGH
scanline = []
if state == ST_HIGH and clock_high:
scanline.append(composite)
continue
if state == ST_HIGH and not clock_high:
state = ST_LOW
if len(scanline) < FRAME_BOUNDARY_COUNT:
frame_sync += 1
if frame_sync == 3:
frame_sync = 0
frame += 1
print "Dumping frame %i..." % frame
fout = open("frame_%.i.raw" % frame, "wb")
else:
if fout is not None:
fout.close()
fout = None
elif fout is not None:
fout.write(scanline_to_grayscale(scanline))
The script generated about 50 frames for a dump of "READY" screen and a similar amount for "Self Test" one. All the frames looked more or less like this:
So, apart from the low resolution and lack of color (both expected) they actually did look correct.
Which means that the GTIA I have is probably OK. One thing to be noted is that my script actually had access to the composite sync clock and the TV tuner doesn't - so if the timing slightly off my script would not catch it.
Nevertheless it was a pretty fun exercise. The next thing on my list is to read more about Composite Video and verify that all the timings at GTIA output, and later on the Composite Video cable, are actually OK. Once I do that, I have to learn analyze the circuitry that lies between the GTIA and the monitor output socket, check if all the paths look good, etc. Should be fun :)
And that's all in today's noob's notes on ECs and old computers. Stay tuned!
P.S. Please note that there are probably several errors in this post - as mentioned, I don't know too much about this field, so errors/misconceptions/misunderstandings are bound to occur. There might be some updates to this post later on.
Are you sure Atari generates video signal that is compatible with standard? Some of old game consoles abuse video signal and generate strange formats like PAL in 60 Hz, or Apple 2 where color generation is very hackish.
It would be helpful to attach your Atari to normal analog TV. From video it looks like there's a problem with sync, I suggest looking there. Also it is possible that your oscilloscope supports CVBS video decoding or at least syncing to it.
This guy is using oscilloscope to capture raw video and then process it in Octave to get image - kinda cool:
..but honestly... - you are single, have no friends (apart from those online), you are a virgin, you have too much time on your hands... you are a socially unskilled and terrified of talking to strangers, you never go out... YOU ARE A TOTAL WEIRDO.
Well done with your Atari though :)
Yeah, me too ;)
If I'm ever skilled enough I'll make one though.
@jaczekanski
Thanks! I'll investigate :)
As for the oscilloscope video - yup, saw it - it's epic :)
@lol76
Hey! Online friends are real friends!!!one ;)
so please break every device in your house and fix it and don't forget to make video
Haha :) I agree, but my wife read this comment and asked not to break everything in our house.
I could always get a second pair of whatnots I guess...
Still a lot of learning ahead of me before I would be able to analyze the simplest of things.
@AndyB
Thanks!
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, it would be very helpful if
the kernel developers had decided to formalize the nature of their
exceptions, and the Free Software Foundation and I have made a few attempts
to discuss that matter with kernel developers. I had conversations with Ted
Ts'o, I talked to Linus about it and I understood there were some
reluctances to clarify, in a full and complete way, what was going
on. There may have even been disagreements among kernel developers about
that, I wouldn't know. But I continue to think that it would be useful, for
a whole variety of people who are trying in good faith to do the very best
they can, and who may be navigating some dodgy legal territory, for them to
be able to refer to something beyond the COPYING file which -- with all due
respect -- I think probably doesn't contain all the terms that are relevant
to the use of the kernel..
The opening up of the SUSE distribution was bound to happen, sooner or
later. Maintaining a major distribution is a major bit of work. But major
distributions have user communities which can help with that work, and
which can be the source of no end of good ideas as well. Bringing in the
user
community can improve the distribution, ensure wider testing, and, as a
bonus, further bind those users with the distribution. People
tend to be more enthusiastic about software which they have helped to shape
and polish. Red Hat figured this out some years ago, and most other major
distributions are created with a great deal of outside involvement.
SUSE Linux is now attempting to follow a similar path through the openSUSE project, which was officially announced
on August 9. OpenSUSE will play a
role similar to Red Hat's Fedora; it is a free distribution, developed with
community input, which will help to drive the development of SUSE's high-end
commercial offerings. Unlike Fedora, however, openSUSE will continue to be
available as a retail, boxed product. In this way, Novell hopes to make
the distribution as accessible as possible.
Since openSUSE is new, it lags Fedora in a number of ways. At the top of
the list would be the lack of an ongoing development version of the
distribution. The announcement of openSUSE included a beta release for
openSUSE 10.0, which is a step in the right direction (see our review
on this week's Distributions
Page). The occasional
beta release, however, is not the same as a bleeding-edge development
repository along the lines of Rawhide, Debian unstable, or Ubuntu's
"breezy." Your editor, who has not had a successful Rawhide update in some
time, currently finds his enthusiasm for development repositories to be at a
relatively low point. But the fact remains that making the current
development version of a distribution available facilitates early testing
and feedback. It also provides an experience some users want: riding the
leading edge of a fast-moving distribution is a great way to taste - and
participate in - the vitality of the free software community as a whole.
The openSUSE
"how to participate" page shows some parallels with the early Fedora
days. The first and foremost way for people to participate at this time is
to test packages and report bugs. Interested people are also encouraged to
submit patches, write documentation, or apply for a job. There is
currently no way for outside developers to apply changes or provide
packages themselves; the roadmap page states that
"a first version" of a build server will be made available in early 2006.
Given the frustration experienced by would-be Fedora developers, the
openSUSE folks would be well advised to get that infrastructure in place in
short order.
Some things are missing from the openSUSE site altogether. There is, for
example, no discussion of how openSUSE will be governed. Who will make
decisions on distribution policy, which packages will be included, etc.?
Fedora, instead, launched with detailed plans for various sorts of advisory
boards - and promptly ignored them all. More recently, Red Hat has been
talking about loosening its firm grip on Fedora; very little has been said,
instead, about just how independent openSUSE will be from Novell's
management.
Also missing is any discussion of the security update policy for openSUSE
releases. SUSE's security response tends to be rapid and thorough. The
same has traditionally been true of Red Hat, but Fedora brought with it a
new policy on security patches. Updates tend to come quickly from Fedora,
but the short period for security support makes Fedora a
relatively difficult platform for any sort of production use. That suits
Red Hat's goals nicely, of course - Red Hat is wanting to sell its
enterprise support offerings. It would not be entirely surprising to see
openSUSE take a similar path; hopefully the project will post a security
update policy in the near future so that its users will know what to
expect.
If the openSUSE project is to be successful, it must find a way to attract
developers and users, and to keep them happy. There is quite a variety of
community distribution projects out there, and many of them do not have any
apparent conflicts of interest with corporate goals. OpenSUSE will have to
distinguish itself from those other distributions somehow. The openSUSE
FAQ gives a hint as to how the project's leaders are hoping to proceed:
The "only" claim is certainly debatable, but, with SUSE Linux as a base,
the openSUSE project has a solid base upon which to build in that
direction. There will always be room for a well-designed, robustly-built,
user-oriented Linux distribution.
SCO launched its annual SCO Forum (evidently a rather smaller event this
year) with a
delightful open letter from Darl McBride. The letter, in some ways, is
classic Darl; full of bluster and easy to refute. It's almost like the
good old days, before SCO's lawyers finally got him to keep his mouth
closed. Others have taken on the task of writing detailed rebuttals of
this letter; there is no real point in doing it here.
What is truly worth noting in the latest open letter, however, is that it
contains no threats to sue anybody. Darl, instead, seems to have concluded
that he should maybe think about trying to sell some software. As a
result, his letter is all about showing why OpenServer is better than
Linux. It is FUD from one end to the other, but it is boilerplate
commercial FUD of the type we have seen before. Darl seems to be working
from the playbook that Microsoft discarded (as ineffective) some years
ago. The "Linux has no support" line is a holdover from the 1990's. It
didn't work then; there is no real reason for us to worry about it now.
The SCO Group seems to have concluded that the litigation lottery ticket is not going
to pay off, and so is putting its effort into plan B. Had the company
done that a few years ago, it might have gotten somewhere. At this point,
however, SCO seems unlikely to survive the countercharges being leveled
against it. Novell's attempt to force SCO's remaining cash into an escrow
account could, on its own, suffice to end the show - before companies like IBM
and Red Hat even begin to get their licks in.
Some additional amusement can be found in IBM's
deposition of Erik Hughes, a SCO employee. One widely-reported outcome
from this deposition (which was just recently unsealed) is that it seems
likely that UnixWare's "Linux Kernel Personality" product included Linux
kernel code for a couple of releases. If that is indeed the way of things,
SCO may have been in violation of the GPL - at the same time it was
charging copyright infringements by others.
Remember the "Chris and Darl show" teleconferences from the early days of
the IBM suit? One could almost get nostalgic about those bizarre
exercises. Your editor would always try to get a question in, but,
somehow, tragically, time always ran out before the question could be
asked. In August, 2003, a message was sent
to SCO's Blake Stowell and Chris Sontag asking a question which was not
heard during the teleconference: noting that the 2.4 kernel was still
available from SCO's FTP server, your editor asked just how SCO was able to
reconcile its claims over the kernel with the GPL and its distribution of
vast amounts of code over which it could have no possible claim. An
interesting, private conversation resulted, in which a SCO employee stated
that he did
not think the GPL was valid. Nothing publishable ever came from the
exchange, however, and your editor had long since forgotten about it.
It can be a surprising experience to run across one's name unexpectedly in
a legal document. IBM's lawyers, it seems, found that old message and
brought it up in the Hughes deposition. Your editor, it seems, was one of
a group of "long-haired smelly's" asking about the contradictions inherent
in SCO's continued distribution of Linux while claiming that it contained
SCO's proprietary code. The continued availability of the kernel on SCO's
site has been well documented; the "smelly's" helped to document that SCO
knew it was a violation of the GPL at the time.
In retrospect, it seems clear that IBM's lawyers could have disposed of the
SCO threat on their own. That notwithstanding, the community's
"distributed defense" response to this attack is notable. As a group, we
dug up vast amounts of information, poked holes in SCO's claims, and
singlehandedly won the PR battle (which IBM could not engage in). Anybody
contemplating an attack on the free software community will need to think
long and hard about how to handle the community's response. On the other
hand, the sheer buffoonery of SCO's attack presents a risk of its own:
somebody may well decide that SCO's failure resulted from poor execution,
rather than an inherently bad idea. Should that happen, we may have to go
through all of this again.
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version 0.47 was recently released. The
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shut them down. Unfortunately, the approach this module takes is too
simplistic to work in many situations.
mod_spambot is essentially a traffic throttling module. If a given site
pulls down too many pages in a given time period (default is 100 pages in
one hour), its access is cut off. There is also a "honeypot" option which
will, instead, feed the (presumed) harvester a set of pseudo-random pages
with bogus email addresses in them. This approach may well cut off some
spammers, but anybody who has maintained a busy web site can see a few
problems fairly quickly:
So throttling robots based on IP address will miss some attackers while
blocking legitimate users of the site. It would be nice to prevent one's
web site from being used as a resource by spammers, but this approach is
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problems (so extra testing by people with the relevant hardware is being
requested), the removal of a few patches which caused regressions, and a
number of fixes. The long-format changelog
has the details.
Linus's git repository contains a very small number of fixes added since
-rc6. It appears that the August 12 to 19 time frame for 2.6.13
found in Andrew Morton's kernel
status report may be just about right.
The current -mm tree is 2.6.13-rc5-mm1. Recent
additions to -mm include a relayfs update, a new kzalloc()
function (see below), some debugging helpers from the realtime preemption
patch set, some architecture updates, and lots of fixes.
The current 2.4 prepatch is 2.4.32-pre3, released by Marcelo on August 8. This
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-- Linus Torvalds
Solving.
void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_flags);
This function will allocate an array of n items, and will zero the
entire array before returning it to the caller. Pekka's patch converted a
number of kmalloc()/memset() pairs over to
kcalloc(), but that patch drew a
complaint from Andrew Morton:
Very few callers actually need to allocate an array of items, so the extra
argument is unneeded in most cases. Each instance of that argument adds a
bit to the size of the kernel, and, over time, that space adds up. The
solution was to create yet another allocation function:
void *kzalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_flags);
This function returns a single, zeroed item. It has been added to -mm,
with its appearance in the mainline likely to happen for 2.6.14.
One issue has to do with locking. Since the filesystem is kept on shared
storage, the nodes of the cluster must take care to avoid stepping on each
others' toes and corrupting things. The distributed lock manager (DLM)
subsystem is used to that end; whenever a node wishes to access a
particular block on the filesystem, it first obtains a cluster-wide lock on
that block. As long as the filesystem only supports the read()
and write() system calls, this locking works reasonably well. The
filesystem code can obtain the locks it needs, perform the operation, then
return the locks, and all works well.
The problem comes in when the filesystem supports mmap() as well.
Accesses to memory mapped with mmap() does not happen with the
read() and write() system calls; it is, instead, done
with regular memory operations. Locking in this case is handled in
conjunction with the virtual memory subsystem; the permissions on any
particular page are set to be consistent with the level of lock currently
held by the local node. If the node does not have a lock for a specific
block in the filesystem, the page table entry for the corresponding page
will show that page as being absent. If the process which made the mapping
tries to access the page, it will incur a page fault; the filesystems
nopage() method can then set up the mapping, acquiring whatever
locks are required.
Page faults are asynchronous events. In particular, a page fault could
happen while the kernel is busy handling a read() or
write() operation somewhere else in the filesystem. In this case,
the kernel will be acquiring two independent locks in the filesystem, and
in an arbitrary order. It does not take much experience with locking to
learn that, when multiple locks are to be acquired, the order in which they
are taken is critical. Consider a case where there are two locks (call
them "A" and "B") and two processes needing them. Imagine that one process
acquires A, while the other acquires B. Each process then attempts to grab
the remaining lock. At this point, both processes will wait forever; this
situation is called an "ABBA deadlock." Contrary to what some may believe,
the term has nothing to do with 1970's Swedish rock bands.
Avoiding this kind of deadlock requires a fair amount of ugly filesystem
trickery; Zach Brown put it this way:
Sorting this situation out properly will probably require some sort of
support at the VFS layer. In that way, one hopes, a single, working
solution would be found. The alternative seems to be a bunch of brittle
and complicated code in each filesystem which has this problem.
Another glitch encountered by GFS is its support for "context-dependent
path names." These are, in essence, symbolic links with magic properties.
The GFS code, if it encounters "@hostname" as a component in a
symbolic link, will substitute the name of the current host. Similar
substitutions will happen for @mach, @os, @uid,
and others. There is also support for an alternative syntax
("{hostname}"), for whatever reason.
This mechanism exists to allow cluster nodes to establish private areas on
a shared disk. It can also be used, for example, to create
architecture-specific directories full of binaries on a common path. In
the past, administrators have used automounter trickery to a very similar
end. The filesystem hackers, who do not like to see this sort of magic
buried within individual filesystems, suggest that bind mounts should be
used instead. That technique, however, is relatively cumbersome and
error-prone, so there is some interest in finding a way to maintain the
sort of functionality implemented by context-dependent links.
The objections to context-dependent links include the addition of magic to
parts of the filesystem namespace and the fact that they are specific to
one filesystem. Moving the resolution of these links up to the VFS layer
could be a part of the solution, since it would then at least function the
same way for all filesystems. Adding this kind of semantics may always be
a hard sell, however, since it changes the way Linux filesystems are
expected to behave. The old, automounter-based approach may end up being
the recommended technique for those needing this sort of behavior.
August 10, 2005
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On the dangers Virtual Machines pose to freedom
Martin C. Atkins
There has been much enthusiasm surrounding the recent rise of Xen as
the OpenSource Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM, or hypervisor), most of
which I have joined in.
There have also been several comments along the lines of "Virtual
machines are the ultimate weapon against DRM/NGSCB/etc", since we
will just virtualise the controlled devices along with the virtual
processor. I used to think that too.
However, I recently realised that there are some significant dangers
lurking in these developments, especially when Intel's Vanderpool,
and AMD's Pacifica come into the picture.
How long will it be before Intel, or a BIOS manufacturer, puts a VMM
into the BIOS of a motherboard designed for a Vanderpool/Pacifica-capable
processor? This has many attractions, in addition to the "normal"
ones (multiple simultaneous OSs), for example, one would be able to
access BIOS/etc functionality, such as DVD playing, independently of any
OS, and without stopping the other operating systems that are already
running. One could also standardise many device interfaces, etc...
However, it is only a small step to a BIOS/VMM that *only* allows OSs
to run in virtual machines! Suddenly the VMM has immense power, and
the company who controls the VMM also has immense power! The VMM
becomes the natural seat for DRM technologies, and we wouldn't even
be able to argue that we couldn't boot Linux (or whatever) - but the
capabilities of any "untrusted" operating system could be severely
curtailed.
The next obvious step would be to put the VMM into ROM, rather than
flash memories, making it even more difficult to replace with a
"normal" BIOS. Ultimately, the VMM ROMS could be built into the CPU
chips, and we have (almost) completely unhackable computers, with a
semblance (but only a semblance) of openness. Complete control over
how we use the computer would rest in the CPU manufacturers'
hands [see also note2].
Lesser risks also include things like: does the VMM provide the
facilities I need?. An example would be: does the VMM guarantee
real-time responsiveness? If it does not, and you need guarantees,
well tough! Go and find another computer/architecture/planet!
Another potential risk is simply the quality (or lack of) of the VMM
code.
If you think this is far fetched, ponder for a moment the PS3, which
apparently always runs "applications", such as games and Linux, in a
virtual machine. To quote Ken Kutaragi in [1] "The kernel runs on
Cell (Cell OS hypervisor) and it takes the style in which multiple
OSes as applications run on top of that (virtual machine)". The
future is with us today!
I'm also reliably informed that IBM pSeries and iSeries mainframes
are already configured this way. I am told that the IBM hypervisor
(pHype) is (virtually) impossible to remove (no pun intended!).
Fortunately, DRM hasn't been high on the feature lists of these
machines thus far.
Executive summary: Virtual Machine Monitors are very nice, but we
need to have a real choice about whether or not to boot one and/or
which one to boot. Whoever controls this choice, controls the machine!
Notes:
[Note1] I've found that [2] touched on these ideas back in 2003, but
didn't, in my opinion, go nearly far enough.
[Note2] A more viable alternative might be to build a BIOS ROM
signature check into the CPU, so that only BIOSs signed by the CPU
manufacturer would run. This would allow field updates, bug fixes,
etc., but still make it (nearly) impossible to substitute a less
restrictive BIOS/VMM.
References:
[1]
[2]
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Dear Mr. McAllister:
In your column ``Does a Ratings Standard Make Sense for Open
Source?'' (9 Aug. '05,) you
opine
A rating says to potential users: Watch out. Think
twice. Double check. Get the facts.
It warns off potential users in exactly the way a full and
accurate bug list does: not at all---rather the reverse. In
both cases, you /are/ getting the facts: a clear, honest
evaluation of the program, something impossible to find for
proprietary packages.
Users recognize and appreciate this: they know what they're
getting. They know most proprietary software has failings worse
(often far worse) than the most severe bug found in a Free
Software bug list.
But if promoting open source is the goal, is it really the
best message to lead with?
Yes. Free Software is competing by different rules, ones
fairer to the user. Its ``promotion'' is so much more than
advertising budgets and PR departments.
Best wishes,
Max Hyre
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Since the beginning of time, people have desired to obtain items that they did not possess. Often, to accomplish this, they gave something in return in order to obtain what they wanted. Thus, in effect, they were creating a “market” where goods and/or services could be traded. The trading for a particular good usually lasted until everyone who wanted that good obtained one. But, as is often the case, if the one who was supplying the good demanded more in return than what another wanted to give up, that other person left the market without that good. In spite of not getting that particular good, the person, however, was still satisfied because they felt that what they did have was better than the good they did not obtain. This is generally known as “buyer satisfaction.” In other words, buyers enter a marketplace and buy the items they need until the price of a particular item is more than they deem worthy for their own satisfaction. Satisfying a person tends to be a very individual trait; however, over a large number of people involved in a large market, the extreme differences settle out, leaving a general value or “price” of a good for that particular market. If the market price is too low, everyone will demand to have one, quickly depleting the supply of the good. However, if the price of the good is too high, the supply will remain high, with no trades taking place. Ideally, it is most desirable to have the supply equal the demand. Thus, as soon as a good is ready for market, it is quickly sold to someone who needs it. In this manner, a market is considered to be operating “efficiently” due to the supply equaling the demand. All buyers who desire a good at the market price are satisfied, while all sellers have sold their supplies, maximizing sales of their goods. This optimum market price, where supply equals demand, is known as a “market equilibrium price.”
Because the market equilibrium price affords great benefits to both sellers and buyers in a market, it is very desirable to ascertain this price, especially for new goods entering a marketplace. A new supplier does not want to manufacture a high volume of goods if its manufacturing costs generate a product price that is too high to move the amount of goods. Likewise, if the new supplier attempts to sell below the market equilibrium price, the supplier will quickly run out of goods because the demand will far exceed the supply. Again, ideally, the supplier wants to produce the right number of goods at the market equilibrium price. Thus, the market equilibrium price becomes a very powerful business tool, foretelling product success or failure in the marketplace. For this reason, great efforts have been made to determine a market equilibrium price for a given good in a given market. Despite these efforts, it is still very difficult to produce a viable market equilibrium price. The amount of variables/factors involved with determining/defining a market are not inconsequential. Market data, such as number of buyers, number of sellers, value to a buyer, production costs, and even weather, play an important role in pricing of goods. Thus, market parameters must be modeled adequately to foretell a market equilibrium price.
Accordingly, the behavior of a complex marketplace with multiple goods, buyers, and sellers, can only be understood by analyzing the system in its entirety. In practice, such markets tend toward a delicate balance of supply and demand as determined by the agents' fortunes and utilities. The study of this equilibrium situation is known as general equilibrium theory and was first formulated by Léon Walras in 1874 (see, Éléments d'économie politique pure; ou, Théorie de la richesse sociale (Elements of Pure Economics, or the theory of social wealth); Lausanne, Paris, 1874 (1899, 4th ed.; 1926, rev. ed., 1954, Engl. transl.)). In the Walrasian model, the market consists of a set of agents, each with an initial endowment of goods, and a function describing the utility each one will derive from any allocation. The initial allocation could be sub-optimal, and the task of exchanging goods to mutually increase the utilities might be fairly complicated. A functioning market accomplishes this exchange by determining appropriate prices for the goods. Given these prices, all agents independently maximize their own utility by selling their endowments and buying the best bundle of goods they can afford. This new allocation will be an equilibrium allocation if the total demand for every good equals its supply. The prices that induce this equilibrium are called the market-clearing prices (or market equilibrium price), and the equilibrium itself is called a market equilibrium.
Despite the better understanding of how a marketplace functions, modeling such a marketplace has proven extremely difficult. An agent is often both a buyer and a seller of goods. Satisfaction of a buyer can change dependent on many factors including how the buyer is doing as a seller (e.g., were enough goods sold so that the agent could function as a buyer of a good, etc.). Many variables that may seem trivial at first can have profound impact on a marketplace. Theoretical constructs that attempt to provide a basis for modeling the marketplace tend to be extremely complex for these reasons. The complexity often reaches a point where the basis for the model cannot even be resolved with today's fastest computers. Thus, even with the great technological advances in this century, the Walrasian model described in 1874 still cannot be effectively modeled. This leaves society without a means to maximize their markets, resulting in waste of not only manufactured goods, but also a waste of natural resources utilized in products brought to market. Thus, inefficient markets actually cause an increase in overall prices for goods and computer modeling, and more particularly to systems and methods for modeling approximate equilibrium values for supply and demand systems. Demarcation of an agent into both a demander and a supplier is leveraged to provide a polynomial-time method of approximating a supply and demand system's equilibrium value. This provides, in one instance of the present invention, a simplified means to iteratively extract the equilibrium value. By providing demarcated data, the present invention accounts for both demand and supply effects of an agent within a modeled supply and demand system. In one instance of the present invention, a market equilibrium price vector is approximated by employing a revenue value generated for an agent in a current market equilibrium price iteration as a budget value for the agent in the next iteration. This permits market equilibrium value modeling that encompasses an agent's contributions to a market, both as a buyer and a seller within the same market for a given good and/or service. Thus, the present invention more accurately and precisely models an actual market within a polynomial-time constraint. that allow a system's equilibrium state to be determined in a polynomial-time manner. This permits evaluations of systems such as markets to determine effects such as, for example, price increases on the demand of such entities as goods and services and the like. In one instance of the present invention, a linear utility function is utilized in a polynomial-time method to determine a market equilibrium price vector for a market system. The value of the present invention is unlimited in the sense that it can approximate impacts of changing variables within a system, even a global system, to facilitate in maximizing both seller and buyer benefits in the market system. This allows, for example, only the correct amount of goods to be produced for a particular good at a particular price within the system. Thus, resources, such as natural and manmade resources, can be utilized to maximum benefit instead of by producing goods that will remain unsold. The present invention also provides a powerful analytical tool to aid in research and development for new goods and economic solutions, even politically sanctioned tariffs and the like can be accounted for by utilizing the invention. This facilitates immensely in determining pricing strategies and the like.
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One skilled in the art can appreciate that various systems can be modeled by the equilibrium modeling component 202. These systems can include, but are not limited to, market systems and computer network traffic systems and the like. Supply and demand features of a system can be exploited by the present invention to provide an approximate equilibrium value that can be utilized to optimize a system.
In order to better appreciate the context of the present invention, consider the problem of finding the market equilibrium prices under linear utility functions. A notion of approximate market equilibrium was proposed by Deng, Papadimitriou and Safra (see, Xiaotie Deng, Christos Papadimitriou, and Shmuel Safra; On The Complexity Of Equilibria; In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2002). Expounding upon this notion, the present invention provides the first fully polynomial-time approximation scheme for finding a market equilibrium price vector. One instance of the present invention employs, in part, a polynomial-time algorithm of Devanur et al. (see, Nikhil R. Devanur, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Amin Saberi, and Vijay V. Vazirani; Market Equilibrium Via A Primal-Dual-Type Algorithm; In The 43rd Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2002; for a variant of the problem in which there is a clear demarcation between buyers and sellers).
Much work has been devoted to establishing the existence of market equilibria (see, K. Arrow and G. Debreu; Existence Of An Equilibrium For A Competitive Economy; Econometrica, 22:265-290, 1954 and A. Wald; On some systems of equations of mathematical economics; Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, Vol. 7, 1936. Translated, 1951, Econometrica 19(4), pp. 368-403). This difficult problem is typically approached by placing different assumptions on the endowment and utility functions of the agents. The seminal work of Arrow and Debreu proves the existence of market equilibria in the quite general setting of concave utility functions by applying Kakutani's fixed point theorem. This generality comes at a high price: the proof is non-constructive and so does not give an algorithm to compute the equilibrium prices. Yet computing these prices can be of considerable importance for predicting the market. For example, in order to determine the effects of a change in a tariff, the equilibrium prices must be able to be computed before and after the tariff change. Equilibrium prices also have applications in computer science. Kelly and Vazirani (see, F. P. Kelly and V. V. Vazirani; Rate Control As A Market Equilibrium) show that the rate control for elastic traffic in a network can be reduced to a market equilibrium problem. Despite the impressive progress in computing equilibrium prices (see, K. J. Arrow, H. D. Block, and L. Hurwicz; On The Stability Of Competitive Equilibrium II; Econometrica, 27:82-109, 1959; K. J. Arrow and L. Hurwicz; On The Stability Of Competitive Equilibrium I; Econometrica, 26:522-52, 1958; W. C. Brainard and H. E. Scarf; How To Compute Equilibrium Prices In 1891; Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper 1270, 2000; and H. Scarf; The Computation of Economic Equilibria (with collaboration of T. Hansen); Cowles Foundation Monograph No. 24, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973), especially the seminal work of Scarf, polynomial-time methods have evaded researchers. In the special case of linear utility functions, Deng, Papadimitriou, and Safra (see also, Christos H. Papadimitriou; Algorithms, Games, And The Internet; In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2001) provide a polynomial-time algorithm when the number of goods or agents is bounded. Devanur et al. obtain a polynomial-time algorithm via a primal-dual-type approach when there is a demarcation between sellers and buyers. However, the question of existence of a polynomial-time algorithm for the general case was unsolved. The present invention provides the first fully polynomial-time approximation scheme for this problem. Since the market equilibrium problem is not an optimization problem, it needs to be clarified as to what an approximate market equilibrium entails. A definition is utilized as proposed by Deng, Papadimitriou, and Safra. According to this definition, an approximate market equilibrium is a price vector for which there is an allocation of goods to agents of a market that approximately clears the market, and each agent is approximately, maximally-happy with the allocation (subject to their budget constraint). A precise definition is presented infra.
In a general market equilibrium problem, all agents are buyers as well as sellers. However, the algorithm of Devanur et al. works only when the buyers and sellers are different. The reason is that their algorithm requires that the buyers' budgets be known beforehand. The present invention overcomes the limitations of Devanur et al., in part, by running in iterations and letting the budget of an agent in a current iteration be revenue the agent generated in a previous iteration. Another limitation of the algorithm of Devanur et al. is that it requires an initial setting of prices in which no good is undersold. The present invention overcomes this limitation as well by adding a dummy buyer who has enough money to buy the residual goods.
As an illustration of the present invention, consider a market consisting of n agents trading m types of divisible goods. Initially, each agent i has an endowment wi ε
for every good j). Also, each agent i has a utility function ui:
dollars. Utilizing this money, the agent can buy a bundle xε
Such a solution x is called an optimal bundle for agent i. If the function ui is strictly concave (i.e., for every x≠x′ε
- Theorem A: (Arrow and Debreu) Consider the above setting and assume that ui 's are strictly concave. Then there is a price vector p* such that if each agent buys the optimal bundle with respect to p*, then the market clears. In other words, if xiε
If the utility functions are concave but not strictly concave (e.g., if they are linear), then the optimal bundle is not necessarily unique. In this case, the Arrow-Debreu theorem says that there is a price vector p* and a bundle xi for each agent i, such that xi is an optimal bundle for i with respect to p*, and if for every i, agent i buys the bundle xi, then the market clears.
The proof of the Arrow-Debreu theorem is existential and utilizes a fixed point theorem. Therefore, a natural question is whether one can efficiently compute the equilibrium prices that are guaranteed to exist by the Arrow-Debreu theorem. The present invention can be utilized in formulating a representative model which utilizes this theorem.
Devanur et al. present a polynomial-time algorithm that computes the market-clearing prices in a market with the following conditions:
- 1. All utility functions are linear, i.e.,
- for non-negative constants uij.
- 2. There is a distinction between buyers and sellers in the market. More precisely, there are m sellers, each having one unit of a different type of good, and n buyers in the market. Each buyer i has a given budget ei, and wants to buy a certain amount of each good to maximize the buyer's utility, subject to the buyer's budget constraint. A market with this property is denoted as a dichotomous market.
The algorithm of Devanur et al. is referred to as the DPSV algorithm. The idea of the DPSV algorithm is to start from a price vector p0 satisfying an invariant stated below and keep increasing the prices subject to not violating the invariant, until the equilibrium prices converge. In order to introduce the invariant, the concept of the equality subgraph is first defined.
In
The invariant of the DPSV algorithm can be stated as:
- Invariant 1. The prices p are such that (s, A∪B∪t) is a min-cut in N(p).
For a price vector p and a subset S of goods, define Γp(S) as the set of buyers i such that N(p) contains an edge from aj to bi for some jεS. In other words, Γp(S) is the set of buyers who are interested in at least one of the goods in S at price p. For any S⊂A, the money of S (denoted by mp(S)) is the sum of the prices of the goods in S. Similarly, the money of a subset S of B (denoted by me(S)) is the sum of the budgets of the buyers in S.
By the above definition, it is straightforward to see that Invariant 1 is equivalent to the following:
- Invariant 2. The prices p are such that for every S⊂A it exists that mp(S)≦me(Γp(S)).
Since the DPSV algorithm starts with an arbitrary price vector satisfying the invariant and only increases the prices until it reaches the equilibrium, therefore, it proves the following stronger statement. This observation is utilized in the analysis of one of the present invention's methods.
- Theorem B: (Devanur et al.) Let p0 be a price vector satisfying Invariant 1. Then there is a market-clearing price vector p* such that pj*≧pj 0 for every good j. Furthermore, p* can be computed in polynomial time.
In one instance of the present invention, a method is presented that computes an approximate market equilibrium in the setting of the Arrow-Debreu theorem (where there is no dichotomy between buyers and sellers) assuming that the utility functions are linear. This “approximately” overcomes a limitation of Devanur et al.
Since the market equilibrium problem is not an optimization problem, an approximate market equilibrium must be clarified. Deng et al. provides the following natural definition for the notion of approximate market equilibria:
- Definition 1. An ε-approximate equilibrium for a market is a price vector p* and a bundle xi for each agent i such that:
- The market approximately clears, i.e., for every good j,
- For all i, the utility
- of agent i is at least (1−ε) times the value of the optimum solution of the maximization equation (1).
The present invention provides at least two methods for computing market-clearing prices in a market with m types of goods and n agents, each having an initial endowment wi of goods and a linear utility function
The first method is similar in nature to the DPSV algorithm and is based on the approach of increasing the price of oversold items until an equilibrium is reached. The second method is a modification of the first method, proved through utilization of Theorem B that computes an approximate equilibrium in polynomial time.
First, an equality subgraph 400 corresponding to the price vector p is defined. In
from a vertex biεB 406 to a sink t 408. This equality subgraph 400 is denoted by N′(p) to avoid confusion with the equality subgraph 300 for dichotomous markets defined supra. The money of a set (denoted by mp(S)) is defined as before, utilizing
as the budget of buyer i.
For a set S⊂A, the deficiency of S (denoted by defp(S)) is defined as mp(S)−mp(Γp(S)). The maximum deficiency of the price vector p (denoted by maxdef(p)) is the maximum value of defp(S) over all S⊂A. Thus:
- Proposition 1. Assume p is a price vector and the budgets defined above are non-zero. Let {s}∪S∪T be the s-side of the minimum st-cut in N′(p). Then T=Γp(S) and the deficiency of the set S is equal to the maximum deficiency of p.
A set S with def (S)=maxdef(p) is called a maximally deficient set with respect to p. By the above fact, finding a maximally deficient set is equivalent to finding a minimum st-cut in N′(p).
Thus, the first method is as follows:
Method 1:
- 1. Start from an arbitrary price vector, say p0=(1, 1, . . . , 1).
- 2. Find the largest maximally deficient set S. Let D=def(S). If D=0 then stop.
- 3. Remove all equality edges between A\S and Γp(S) from N′(p).
- 4. Increase the prices of the goods in A\S continuously and at the same rate (i.e., multiply these prices by a factor δ initially equal to 1 and increase δ continuously), until one of the following events occur:
- (a) A new equality edge is added to N′(p).
- (b) For a set S′
- In either case, continue from Step 2. If none of the above events happens for any value of δ>1, then proceed to the next step.
- 5. Set the prices of the goods in S to zero, remove these goods from the set of goods, and start again from Step 2.
Step 4 in the above method can be implemented utilizing binary search over values of δ and/or utilizing a parametric network flow algorithm (see, Giorgio Gallo, Michael D. Grigoriadis, and Robert E. Tarjan; A Fast Parametric Maximum Flow Algorithm And Applications; SIAM J. Comput., 18(1):30-55, 1989) to find the first event that occurs. Notice that Step 5 in the above method is only for taking care of (pathological) cases where in the equilibrium some of the prices are zero. If, for example, it is assumed that each agent has a non-zero utility for each good (i.e., uij>0 for every i, j), then this step is not needed.
The premise of Method 1 is that it can be observed that if the maximum deficiency of the initial price vector p0 is D0, then the method never lets the maximum deficiency of p to increase beyond D0. On the other hand, the method keeps increasing the total price of all goods. Therefore, the ratio of the maximum deficiency to the total prices will converge to zero. However, since in each step the prices might increase only slightly, the polynomial upper bound on the running time of Method 1 remains unknown. Instead, the method is modified to utilize the DPSV algorithm as a subroutine in each iteration. This enables a provable polynomial bound on the time it takes until the method reaches an approximate equilibrium.
Method 2:
- 1. Start from an arbitrary price vector, say p:=(1, 1, . . . , 1).
- 2. Let D:=maxdef(p).
- 3. Construct an instance Mp of a dichotomous market as follows: There are m types of goods and n+1 buyers. For i=1, . . . , n, the utility of buyer i for the goods is the same as the utility of the corresponding agent in the original instance. Also, the budget of buyer i is
- The (n+1)'th buyer has a budget of en+1:=D and its utility for good j is equal to pj (i.e., at price p, buyer n+1 is equally interested in all goods).
- 4. Run the DPSV algorithm on the instance Mp starting from the price vector p. Let p′ denote the output of this algorithm.
- 5. For every agent i, let
- be the budget of i with respect to p′. If ei′/ei≦1+ε for every agent i, then output p′ and stop.
- 6. Let p:=p′. Go to Step 2.
Method 2 finds an ε-approximate market equilibrium after, at most, polynomially many iterations.
One skilled in the art will appreciate that any algorithm/heuristic (e.g., primal-dual heuristics and/or convex programming algorithms) can be employed as a dichotomous market solution algorithm in place of the DPSV algorithm utilized supra to find equilibrium prices exactly and/or approximately on Mp, starting with price vector p and yielding p′.
Proof that Method 2 is correct (i.e., it computes an ε-approximate market equilibrium) and terminates in polynomial time is now analyzed. Start with the following simple lemma, which shows that the price vector p satisfies Invariant 2 of the DPSV algorithm on the instance Mp, and, therefore, in Step 4 of Method 2, the DPSV algorithm runs with the initial price vector p.
- Lemma 1: In Step 4 of Method 2, the price vector p satisfies Invariant 2 of the DPSV algorithm on the instance Mp.
- Proof: It is enough to notice that by the definition, at the price p, the buyer n+1 is interested in all goods. Therefore, adding this buyer to the set of buyers decreases the deficiency of every set by the budget of buyer n+1, which is D. Therefore, after adding buyer n+1, the maximum deficiency is non-positive. Thus, p satisfies Invariant 2 on the instance Mp.
The following lemma shows that when Method 2 stops in Step 5, it must have found an ε-approximate market equilibrium.
- Lemma 2: Assume Method 2 terminates and outputs the price vector p*:=p′. Then there exist a bundle xi for each agent i such that:
- The market clears, i.e., for every good j,
- For all i, the utility
- of agent i is at least (1−ε) times the value of the optimum solution of the maximization equation (1).
- Therefore, the price vector p* together with the allocation x is an ε-approximate market equilibrium.
- Proof: Consider the instance Mp constructed in the last iteration of the method and the equality subgraph N(p′) for this instance. Find a maximum flow from s to t in this network and let yj i denote the amount of flow from the aj to bi divided by pj′. Thus, the total amount of flow entering the vertex bi is Σjpj′yj i. Therefore, since p′ is a market-clearing price in Mp, it follows that Σjpj′yj i=ei for every i. By Theorem B, p′≧p and, therefore, ei′≧ei for every i. This shows that the allocation yi does not violate the budget constraint of agents. Also, by the termination condition of the method, it follows that ei≧ei′/(1+ε)≧(1−ε)ei′. Thus, Σjpj′yj i≧(1−ε)ei′. That is, every agent uses at least a (1−ε) fraction of its budget. Since utility functions are linear, the solution of the maximization equation (1) is precisely the budget of agent i times the bang per buck for agent i. By the definition of the equality subgraph, the agent only buys goods that have the highest bang per buck for the agent. Therefore, the utility that agent i has for the allocation yi is at least a (1−ε) fraction of the agent's optimal bundle. Thus, the allocation yi satisfies the second condition.
In order to satisfy the first condition, the allocation yi is changed as follows: by the principle of conservation of money the total extra money that the agents have after buying the bundles yi is equal to the total price of the unsold goods. These goods are distributed among the agents arbitrarily, so that all goods are sold (i.e., the market clears). Let xi's denote the resulting allocations. Since by doing so, the utility of any agent is not increased, therefore, the allocation xi satisfies both conditions of the lemma.
Lemmas 1 and 2 together prove that Method 2 is correct. Now, it is shown that it terminates after polynomially many iterations. This is based on the fact that the price vector p in Method 2 satisfies the following invariant:
- Lemma 3: Method 2 never increases the maximum deficiency of the price vector p.
- Proof: The maximum deficiency of the price vector p′ computed in Step 4 must be shown that it is not more than D (the maximum deficiency of p). Since the output p′ of the DPSV algorithm must satisfy Invariant 2, mp′(S)≦me(Γ′p′(S)) for every set S of goods in Mp, where Γ′p′(S) denotes the set of buyers that have an equality edge from the goods in S in the equality subgraph N(p′) for the instance Mp(Γ′ is utilized instead of Γ to indicate the presence of the dummy buyer n+1) and me(Γ′p′(S)) is computed utilizing the budgets
- Therefore, if the buyer n+1 is removed from this instance, it leaves:
m p′(S)−m e(Γ′p′(S)\{n+1})≦D (Eq. 2)
- for every set S.
- On the other hand, by Lemma 2 and Theorem B, the price vector p′ must satisfy pj′≧pj for every good j. Therefore:
- By Equations 2 and 3:
def p′(S)=m p′(S)−m p′(Γp′(S))≦m p′(S)−m e(Γ′p′(S)\{n+1})≦D.
- This completes the proof of the lemma.
- The running time of Method 2 is analyzed as follows:
- Lemma 4: Let emin:=miniΣjwj i be the minimum budget ei in the first iteration of the algorithm. Then Method 2 terminates after at most
- iterations.
- Proof: By Theorem B, p′≧p and, therefore, ei′≧ei for every i. On the other hand:
- Therefore, for every i,
e i ′−e i ≦D. (Eq. 4)
- Let D0 denote the maximum deficiency of the original price vector (1, 1, . . . , 1). By Lemma 3, the value of D in Method 2 is always less than or equal to D0. Also, D0≦m by definition. Therefore, by Equation (4), ei′−ei≦m. Thus,
- By the above inequality, the event
- can happen only if
- However, if this event happens in some iteration, then the value of ei in the next iteration (which is the same as the value of ei′ in the current iteration) will grow by a factor of 1+ε. This means that after
- occurrences of the event
- the value of ei will be at least
- and, therefore, by the above observation, the event
- cannot happen anymore. On the other hand, in every iteration in which the algorithm does not stop, this event must happen for at least one i. Thus, after at most
- iterations the algorithm stops.
- Lemmas 2 and 4 together with the observation that log(1/emin) is upper bounded by a polynomial in the size of input imply a polynomial-time method.
- Theorem 1: For every ε>0, Method 2 computes an ε-approximate market equilibrium in time polynomial in 1/ε and the size of the input.
- Note: Using Lemma 3 and the fact that in each iteration Σjpj′=Σjpj+D, it is straightforward to show the ratio of the maximum deficiency to the total price of goods (maxdef(p)/Σjpj) in the r th iteration of Method 2 is at most 1/r . Therefore, if instead of the requirements of Definition 1, the relative maximum deficiency is only needed to be less than ε. Therefore, it is enough to run Method 2 for 1/ε iterations.
Thus, the present invention provides a polynomial-time approximation scheme for computing an approximate market equilibrium for a general market with linear utilities. Although a proof of obtaining a polynomial-time algorithm for computing the exact equilibrium has not been illustrated for Method 1, this instance of the present invention may provide such an algorithm. The proof is limited by the problem of analyzing the running time of Method 1. It has been conjectured that the basic DPSV algorithm runs in strongly polynomial time. A solution to this conjecture might be the first step toward analyzing the running time of Method 1.
Another instance of the present invention could also be applied to cases of strictly concave utility functions. In the Arrow-Debreu setting, strictly concave utility functions are more interesting than linear utility functions, since if the utilities are strictly concave, all optimal bundles are uniquely determined from the prices. Even for special classes of strictly concave utility functions, computing efficient market-clearing price is still a problem.
Yet another instance of the present invention could utilize unknown initial agent endowments and utilities. Thus, scenarios where the agents are allowed to behave strategically in announcing their initial endowment and/or utility function could be analyzed.
One skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention's methods can be utilized in totality and/or in portions to facilitate determining market equilibria. Thus, demarcating agent data and/or iteratively processing demarcated agent data can be utilized to reach a solution in linear and/or concave-based system processing within the scope of the present invention.
Looking at
Turning to
The (n+1)'th buyer has a budget of en+1:=D and its utility for good j is equal to pj (i.e., at price p, buyer n+1 is equally interested in all goods). A dichotomous market solution algorithm is then executed on the dichotomous market instance, Mp, with a starting price vector, p, yielding an output result of price vector p′ 810. Any algorithm/heuristic (e.g., primal-dual heuristics and/or convex programming algorithms) can be employed as the dichotomous market solution algorithm to find equilibrium prices exactly and/or approximately on Mp, starting with price vector p and yielding p′. Then, for every agent i, let
be the budget of i with respect to p′ 812. A determination is then made as to whether every agent i satisfies ei′/ei≦1+ε 814. If every agent i meets this criterion, p′ is output as an approximate equilibrium price vector for the market 816, ending the flow 818. However, if this criterion is not met, set p:=p′ 820 and begin a new iteration at letting D:=maxdef (p) 806. By utilizing the dichotomous market solution algorithm as a subroutine in each iteration, the present invention provides an ε-approximate market equilibrium after, at most, polynomially many iterations.
In order to provide additional context for implementing various aspects of the present invention, 910.
The computer 902 also may include, for example, a hard disk drive 916, a magnetic disk drive drives 916-922 and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of data, data structures, computer-executable instructions, etc. for the computer 9 900, and further that any such media may contain computer-executable instructions for performing the methods of the present invention. an equilibrium value determination scheme in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.
A user can enter commands and information into the computer 902 through one or more user input devices, such as a keyboard 940 and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse 942). Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, a joystick, a game pad, a satellite dish, wireless remote,
When used in a LAN networking environment, for example, the computer 902 is connected to the local network 964 through a network interface or adapter 968. When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 902 typically includes a modem (e.g., telephone, DSL, cable, etc.) 970, or is connected to a communications server on the LAN, or has other means for establishing communications over the WAN 966, such as the Internet. The modem 970, which can be internal or external relative to the computer 902, is connected to the system bus 908 via the serial port interface 944. In a networked environment, program modules (including application programs 934) and/or program data 938 can be stored in the remote memory storage device 962. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary, and other means (e.g., wired or wireless) of establishing a communications link between the computers 902 and 960 902 or remote computer 960, unless otherwise indicated. Such acts and operations are sometimes referred to as being computer-executed. It will be appreciated that the acts and symbolically represented operations include the manipulation by the processing unit 904 of electrical signals representing data bits which causes a resulting transformation or reduction of the electrical signal representation, and the maintenance of data bits at memory locations in the memory system (including the system memory 906, hard drive 916, floppy disks 920, CD-ROM 924, and remote memory 962) equilibrium value determination is comprised of, at least in part, information relating to an equilibrium value determination system that utilizes, at least in part, demarcation of agent related data into buyer data and seller data to employ in a polynomial-time approximation method that generates an approximated equilibrium value for the system.
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IoT Heart Rate Monitoring with ThingSpeak Platform
In the IoT Heart Rate Monitoring with ThingSpeak Platform tutorial, we set up the heart rate sensor or pulse sensor using a Wi-Fi board that uses the ESP32 chip. We then transfer the information received from the sensor to the IoT platform. Of course, you have often seen connecting this sensor with different boards, including Arduino. But this project is different from other examples. In this project, using the ESP32 board and the Wi-Fi capability of this chip, we will display all the output values in the IoT platform called ThingSpeak.
Materials Required
ThingSpeak Platform
To monitor and store data in the Internet of Things, we must use the appropriate platform. The ThingSpeak platform is one of the best open source IoT platform. It uses API for storing and retrieving information via HTTP and MQTT protocols over the Internet or over a local area network. The ThingSpeak platform allows you to collect, store and analyze sensor data. Also, using the features available in the IoT dashboard of this site, we can draw graphs based on the values obtained. ThingSpeak is an IoT analysis platform service which gives you option to create your own dash boards. It also allows you to collect, visualize, and analyze live data streams. You can send data to ThingSpeak from your IoT devices and it can be customized to trigger alerts using different web services.
Wi-Fi board ESP32
We must use Wi-Fi boards in IoT projects. In the heart rate monitoring project , we use the Nodemcu ESP32 board. When we talk about ESP32 boards, we are talking about lower power consumption, better processing power, up-to-date technology, a new generation of WIFI chips that followed the previous generation, the ESP8266. It also supports Bluetooth in addition to WIFI. Auxiliary boards for this chip include NodeMCU and ESP32-CAM. This chip is produced in three types: wroom, wrover and solo.
Working
In the heart rate monitoring project , we used an IoT platform called ThingSpeak. This platform allows us to build a dashboard with the ability to monitor the values coming from different IoT hardware. And in this project, using this feature, we will measure the heart rate of a person using a relevant sensor and display it as a graph on this dashboard. In this project we have used a pulse sensor. Just place the sensor on the surface of the skin or you can also place a finger on top of this sensor to get the values.
Required libraries
To launch the heart rate monitoring project, we first install the PulseSensor and ThingSpeak reference libraries in the Arduino IDE software. Follow these steps:
- Go to Sketch -> Include Library -> Manage Libraries
Installing Thingspeak library
Setting Up ThingSpeak Dashboard
This section we are going to create a account in ThingSpeak portal. First go to thingspeak.com and create a new account, then in the Channels section and then, like the image below New Channel, create a channel.
Next you will see a page like the one below, fill in the name and description information as desired and select the save channel option at the bottom of the page.
Now your Channel is created and it will also display the Channel ID. Keep a note of this channel ID somewhere. It will contain a chart when your channel is ready. Along with this chart lets add widgets to it. Click on Add Widgets
Now enter the details as shown below in widget parameter and click on create.
Now we will select Gauge to display the data. So select gauge and click on next.
Here you will see the received values from your hardware. You can also add custom elements to display values using the Add Widgets option. Now we have completed the configuration of ThingSpeak channel.
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ThingSpeak API Keys
In the API keys section and in the box specified, you can find the API required for the project, we will use this API below. This will be a alphanumeric key which will be shown.
Connection
In this project, we have used only the heart rate sensor and ESP32 board, which can be set up only by connecting the Signal pin from the heart rate sensor to pin D32 to the ESP32 board.
Code Analysis
In this project, as mentioned earlier and the necessary training was given, we use the PulseSensorPlayground and ThingSpeak libraries. In this code, we will first display the values received from the heart rate module in the monitor serial and then send the values to the ThingSpeak servers. In this part of the tutorial, we will review parts of the code of this tutorial, in the first section, we will call the libraries.
#include <PulseSensorPlayground.h> #include <WiFi.h> #include <ThingSpeak.h>
In the following, we enter the information of the Wi-Fi network to connect the ESP32 board to the Internet.
const char ssid[] = "Your Network SSID"; const char password[] = "Your Wi-Fi password";
In this section, enter the channel ID created. This ID is displayed in the information section of each channel in Thingspeak.
const long CHANNEL = Your ThingSpeak Channel ID;
In the previous steps, you saw the API tutorial. In this step, enter this API in this section.
const char *WRITE_API = "WRITE API KEY";
pulseSensor.analogInput(PULSE_INPUT);
Complete Code
You can download the complete code from the link below and upload it using Arduino IDE. For uploading the code in ESP32 you can refer to the article below
How to upload code in ESP32 using Arduino IDE
Construction & Testing
We have connected the sensor with ESP32 dev board as per the connection diagram. Once we power up the hardware and keep the finger on top of the sensor, it starts capturing and sending the data to IoT platform.
It shows the heart rate pulse data in a chart and also in a Gauge.
We can also see the graphical plotting of the heart beat in Arduino Serial Plotter.
Conclusion
In the heart rate monitoring project , we obtained heart rate values using a pulse sensor or heart rate sensor and analyzed these values using the ESP32 board and displayed them in the Arduino Serial Plotter. Next, by calling the ThingSpeak library, we will send the obtained values to ThingSpeak servers, and by the help of built-in dashboard in the program code, the values will be displayed in our dashboard.
Disclaimer: This project is for educational purpose only. Do not use this in critical medical condition. Neither the author nor the website is responsible for inappropriate usage of this project. | https://www.iotstarters.com/iot-heart-rate-monitoring-with-thingspeak-platform/ | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | refinedweb | 1,157 | 61.56 |
I’m trying to make a function retry if an input isn’t 1 or 2, using the “retry” package. I can’t seem to get it to work. I just started with Python a few days ago and I need urgent help with this. (I’m doing it for a school project due in 11 hours.) What am I doing wrong and is there a better/easier way to retry a function?
from retry import retry # first value is the exception, tries is the amount of times the function retries, delay is the amount of time between each retry @retry(ValueError, tries=3, delay=2) def gooo(): '''Retry''' select = int(input("Gibe me number 1 or 2:")) if select == 1: digitboy = "Thanks for 1!" elif select == 2: digitboy = "Thanks for 2!" else: raise ValueError gooo(ValueError) print(digitboy) | https://discuss.python.org/t/retry-a-function/9317 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | refinedweb | 139 | 80.72 |
You may not know much about the Domain Name System—yet—but whenever you use the Internet, you use DNS. Every time you send electronic mail or surf the World Wide Web, you rely on the Domain Name System.
You see, while you, as a human being, prefer to remember the names of computers, computers like to address each other by number. On an internet, that number is 32 bits long, or between 0 and 4 billion or so.[*] That’s easy for a computer to remember because computers have lots of memory ideal for storing numbers, but it isn’t nearly as easy for us humans. Pick 10 phone numbers out of the phone book at random and then try to remember them. Not easy? Now flip to the front of the phone book and attach random area codes to the phone numbers. That’s about how difficult it would be to remember 10 arbitrary internet addresses. ssh, file transfer programs such as ftp, and web browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
Another important feature of DNS is that it makes host information available all over the Internet. Keeping information about hosts in a formatted file on a single computer only helps nameservers . Your nameservers make your zone’s data available to all the other nameservers on the network.
Because the database is distributed, the system also needs to be able to locate the data you’re looking for by searching a number of possible locations. The Domain Name System gives nameservers the intelligence to navigate through the database and find data in any zone.
Of course, DNS does have a few problems. For example, the system allows more than one nameserver nameservers: nameserver or shepherding a hundred of them. Read as much as you need to know now, and come back later if you need to learn more.
DNS is a big topic—big enough to require two almost exclusively on BIND, the Berkeley Internet Name Domain software, which is the most popular implementation of the DNS specs (and the one we know best). We’ve tried to distill our experience in managing and maintaining zones with BIND into this book. (One of our zones, incidentally, was once one of the largest on the Internet, but that was a long time ago.) Where possible, we’ve included the real programs we use in administration, many of them rewritten into Perl for speed and efficiency.
We hope that this book will help you get acquainted with DNS and BIND if you’re just starting out, refine your understanding if you’re already familiar with them, and provide valuable insight and experience even if you know ‘em like the back of your hand.
The fifth edition of this book deals with the new 9.3.2 and 8.4.7 versions of BIND as well as older versions of BIND 8 and 9. While 9.3.2 and 8.4.7 are the most recent versions as of this writing, they haven’t made their way into many vendors’ versions of Unix yet, partly because both versions have only recently been released and many vendors are wary of using such new software. We also occasionally mention other versions of BIND because many vendors continue to ship code based on this older software as part of their Unix products. Whenever a feature is available only in the 8.4.7, or 9.3.2 version, or when there is a difference in the behavior of the versions, we try to point out which version does what.
We use nslookup, a nameserver utility program, very frequently in our examples. The version we use is the one shipped with the 9.3.2 BIND code. Older versions of nslookup provide much, but not quite all, of the functionality in the 9.3.2 nslookup. We’ve used commands common to most nslookups in most of our examples; when this was not possible, we tried to note it.
Besides updating the book to cover the most recent versions of BIND, we’ve added a fair amount of new material to the fifth edition:
Coverage of SPF, the Sender Policy Framework, in Chapter 6
More extensive coverage of dynamic update and NOTIFY, including signed dynamic updates and BIND 9’s new update-policy mechanism, in Chapter 10
Incremental zone transfer, also in Chapter 10
Forward zones, which support conditional forwarding, in Chapter 10
IPv6 forward and reverse mapping using AAAA records and ip6.arpa, respectively, at the end of Chapter 10
Transaction signatures, also known as TSIG, a new mechanism for authenticating transactions, in Chapter 11
An expanded section on securing nameservers, in Chapter 11
An expanded section on dealing with Internet firewalls, in Chapter 11
Coverage of the revised DNS Security Extensions, or DNSSECbis, a mechanism for digitally signing zone data, also in Chapter 11
A new chapter (Chapter 16) on the design of a complete DNS architecture for an organization
ENUM, which maps E.164 telephone numbers to URIs, in Chapter 17
Internationalized Domain Names, or IDN, a standard for encoding Unicode characters in the labels of domain names, in Chapter 17
A revised section on accommodating Active Directory with BIND, in Chapter 17
This book is organized, more or less, to follow the evolution of a zone and its administrator. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss Domain Name System theory. Chapters 3 through 6 help you decide whether or not to set up your own zones, then describe how to go about it, should you choose to. The middle of the book, Chapters 7 through 11, describe how to maintain your zones, configure hosts to use your nameservers, plan for the growth of your zones, create subdomains, and secure your nameservers. Chapters 12 through 16 deal with troubleshooting tools, common problems, and the lost art of programming with the resolver library routines. Chapter 16 puts it all together in an end-to-end architecture.
Here’s a more detailed, chapter-by-chapter breakdown:
Provides a little historical perspective and discusses the problems that motivated the development of DNS, then presents an overview of DNS theory.
Goes over DNS theory in more detail, including the organization of the DNS namespace, domains, zones, and nameservers. We also introduce important concepts such as name resolution and caching.
Covers how to get the BIND software if you don’t already have it, what to do with it once you’ve got it, how to figure out what your domain name should be, and how to contact the organization that can delegate your zone to you.
Details how to set up your first two BIND nameservers, including creating your nameserver database, starting up your nameservers, and checking their operation.
Deals with DNS’s MX record, which allows administrators to specify alternate hosts to handle a given destination’s mail. This chapter covers mail-routing strategies for a variety of networks and hosts, including networks with Internet firewalls and hosts without direct Internet connectivity. The chapter also covers the Sender Policy Framework, which uses DNS to authorize mail servers sending mail from particular email addresses.
Explains how to configure a BIND resolver. We also include notes on the idiosyncrasies of the Windows resolver.
Describes the periodic maintenance administrators must perform to keep their zones running smoothly, such as checking nameserver health and authority.
Covers how to plan for the growth and evolution of your zones, including how to get big and how to plan for moves and outages.
Explores the joys of becoming a parent zone. We explain when to become a parent (create subdomains), what to call your children, how to create them (!), and how to watch over them.
Goes over some less common nameserver configuration options that can help you tune your nameserver’s performance and ease administration.
Describes how to secure your nameserver and how to configure your nameservers to deal with Internet firewalls, and describes two new security enhancements to DNS: the DNS Security Extensions and Transaction Signatures.
Shows the ins and outs of the most popular tools for doing DNS debugging, including techniques for digging obscure information out of remote nameservers.
Is the Rosetta stone of BIND’s debugging information. This chapter will help you make sense of the cryptic debugging information that BIND emits, which in turn will help you better understand your nameserver.
Covers many common DNS and BIND problems and their solutions, and then describes a number of less common, harder-to-diagnose scenarios.
Demonstrates how to use BIND’s resolver routines to query nameservers and retrieve data from within a C program or a Perl script. We include a useful (we hope!) program to check the health and authority of your nameservers.
Presents an end-to-end design for DNS infrastructure, including external nameservers, forwarders, and internal nameservers.
Ties up all the loose ends. We cover DNS wildcards, hosts and networks with intermittent Internet connectivity via dialup, network name encoding, additional record types, ENUM, IDN, and Active Directory.
Contains a byte-by-byte breakdown of the formats used in DNS queries and responses, as well as a comprehensive list of the currently defined resource record types.
Contains a matrix showing the most important features of the most popular BIND releases.
Contains step-by-step instructions on how to compile the 9.3.2 version of BIND on Linux.
Lists the current top-level domains in the Internet domain namespace.
Summarizes the syntax and semantics of each of the parameters available for configuring nameservers and resolvers.
This book is intended primarily for system and network administrators who manage zones and one or more nameservers, but it also includes material for network engineers, postmasters, and others. Not all of the book’s chapters will be equally interesting to a diverse audience, though, and you don’t want to wade through 17 chapters to find the information pertinent to your job. We hope the following roadmap will help you plot your way through the book:
Should read Chapters 1 and 2 for DNS theory, Chapter 3 for information on getting started and selecting a good domain name, then Chapters 4 and 5 to learn how to set up a zone for the first time. Chapter 6 explains how to configure hosts to use the new nameservers. Later, they should read Chapter 7, which explains how to “flesh out” their implementation by setting up additional nameservers and adding zone data. Chapters 12 through 14 describe troubleshooting tools and techniques.
May benefit from reading Chapter 6 to learn how to configure DNS resolvers on different hosts, and Chapter 7 for information on maintaining their zones. Chapter 8 contains instructions on planning for a zone’s growth and evolution, which should be especially valuable to administrators of large zones. Chapter 9 explains parenting—creating subdomains—which is de rigueur reading for those considering the big move. Chapter 10 covers many new and advanced features of the BIND 9.3.2 and 8.4.7 nameservers. Chapter 11 goes over securing nameservers, which may be of particular interest to experienced administrators. Chapters 12 through 14 describe tools and techniques for troubleshooting, which even advanced administrators may find worth reading. Chapter 16 may help administrators get a grasp of the big picture.
Should read Chapter 5 to learn how to configure mail on such networks, and Chapters 11 and 17 to learn how to set up an independent DNS infrastructure.
Can read Chapters 1 and 2 for DNS theory, then Chapter 15 for detailed coverage of how to program with the BIND resolver library routines.
Should still read Chapters 1 and 2 for DNS theory, Chapter 12 to learn how to use nslookup and dig, and Chapter 14 for troubleshooting tactics.
Should read Chapters 1 and 2 for DNS theory, then Chapter 5 to find out how DNS and electronic mail coexist. Chapter 12, which describes nslookup and dig, will also help postmasters dig mail-routing information from the domain namespace.
Can read Chapters 1 and 2 for DNS theory, and then whatever else they like!
Note that we assume you’re familiar with basic Unix system administration, TCP/IP networking, and programming using simple shell scripts and Perl. We don’t assume you have any other specialized knowledge, though. When we introduce a new term or concept, we’ll do our best to define or explain it. Whenever possible, we’ll use analogies from Unix (and from the real world) to help you understand.
The example programs in this book [*] are available electronically via FTP from the following URLs:
In either case, extract the files from the archive by typing:
% zcat dns.tar.Z | tar xf -
System V systems require the following tar command instead:
% zcat dns.tar.Z | tar xof -
If zcat is not available on your system, use separate uncompress and tar commands.
If you can’t get the examples directly over the Internet but can send and receive email, you can use ftpmail to get them. For help using ftpmail, send an email to ftpmail@online.oreilly.com with no subject and the single word “help” in the body of the message.
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We use the following font and format conventions for Unix commands, utilities, and system calls:
Excerpts from scripts or configuration files are shown in constant-width font:
if test -x /usr/sbin/named -a -f /etc/named.con then /usr/sbin/named fi
Sample interactive sessions, showing command-line input and corresponding output, are shown in constant-width font, with user-supplied input in bold:
% cat /var/run/named.pid 78
If the command must be typed by the superuser (root), we use the sharp, or pound sign (#):
# /usr/sbin/named
Replaceable items in code are printed in constant-width italics.
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If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission given above, feel free to contact us at permissions@oreilly.com..
The Lewis Carroll quotations that begin each chapter are from the Millennium Fulcrum Edition 2.9 of the Project Gutenberg electronic text of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Edition 1.7 of Through the Looking-Glass . Quotations in Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 14 come from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and those in Chapters 3, 4, 7, 9–13, and 15–17 come from Through the Looking-Glass.
The authors would like to thank Ken Stone, Jerry McCollom, Peter Jeffe, Hal Stern, Christopher Durham, Bill Wisner, Dave Curry, Jeff Okamoto, Brad Knowles, K. Robert Elz, and Paul Vixie for their invaluable contributions to this book. We’d also like to thank our reviewers, Eric Pearce, Jack Repenning, Andrew Cherenson, Dan Trinkle, Bill LeFebvre, and John Sechrest for their criticism and suggestions. Without their help, this book would not be what it is (it’d be much shorter!).
For.
For the fifth edition, the authors would like to thank their crack team of technical reviewers, João Damas, Matt Larson, and Paul Vixie, and Silvia Hagen for her last-minute help with IPv6.. For the fifth edition, he must mention the other new addition, the fabulous Baby G. And he sends his thanks to his friends and colleagues at Infoblox for their hard work, their generous support, and their company.
Paul would like to thank his wife, Katherine, for her patience, for many review sessions, and for proving that she could make a quilt in her spare time more quickly than her spouse could write his half of a book.
[*] And, with IP version 6, it’s a whopping 128 bits long, or between 0 and a 39-digit decimal number.
[*] Examples are also available online at.
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One of the most important concepts in Plasma is that of the "DataEngine". DataEngines are used to deliver data from somewhere, often from an internet service for example, to your applet. In this tutorial we will discuss DataEngines, what they are, and how to use them from your Plasma applet.
As already mentioned, DataEngines are objects which serve to deliver some kind of data to one or more Plasma applets. Plasma supports many different DataEngines out of the box which deliver all kinds of varied information about things like the state of the machine, e.g. CPU usage, memory usage, position of the mouse pointer; to things such as the current weather report, current time or the latest comic from the internet. DataEngines are used to supply the raw data which an applet displays. Separating the part of the code that fetches data from the part which displays the data, means that one DataEngine can be reused by many applets, regardless of which language the DataEngine or applet is written in. It also makes it easy for people to display the same data using different applets which may tuned towards different uses or screen form factors.
Plasma comes with a handy tool called plasmaengineexplorer which lists all of the available DataEngines and can be used to examine them to see what kind of data and fields they send. plasmaengineexplorer can be started directly from the shell. any specific timezone. If you open the "/etc/localtime" node in the tree you can see which data fields the "time" DataEngine provides. The most important fields are "Time" and "Date". The plasmaengineexplorer also lists what data type the field is, e.g. a QString, QTime or QDate. This information is needed when hooking up a DataEngine to your applet.
Explore some of the other DataEngines in the list. Perhaps it will give you some good ideas for new and interesting applets.
The Python clock code is a good example of how to connect to the "time" DateEngine. You can view the main.py code here online. Let's take a look at how the Python clock works.
The code to connect to the "time" DataEngine is in the clock's connectToEngine() method, shown below.
def connectToEngine(self): self.timeEngine = self.dataEngine("time") if self.showSecondHand: self.timeEngine.connectSource(self.currentTimezone, self, 500) else: self.timeEngine.connectSource(self.currentTimezone, self, 6000, Plasma.AlignToMinute)
This method is called from the clock's init() method. It first calls the dateEngine() method on the plasmascript.Applet class to get a reference to the "time" DataEngine.
The connectSource() method on the DataEngine binds it to this applet. The first parameter is the "DataSource" name. This corresponds to the "DataSouce" column in plasmaengineexplorer. For the "time" DataEngine, it selects which timezone you want the time for. The next parameter is where the data should be sent. In this case it is quite simple, just send the data to this applet. The number is the "polling interval" in milliseconds. This is how often the data should be updated. Depending on how often the clock needs to update its display, it calls the connectSource() method with either 500 or 6000 milliseconds as the polling interval.
Plasma.AlignToMinute indicates to Plasma whether the updates should be syncronised to the system clock. When many applets syncronise the same way, then Plasma can handle the data updates for all of the applets in large batches instead of many small batches. This is important on mobile devices which throttle the CPU down to save battery power. It is more energy efficient for these devices if updates are done in big batches instead of many small batches.
Data is injected into the applet via the dataUpdate() method.
@pyqtSignature("dataUpdated(const QString &, const Plasma::DataEngine::Data &)") def dataUpdated(self, sourceName, data): self.time = data[QString("Time")].toTime() if self.time.minute() == self.lastTimeSeen.minute() and \ self.time.second() == self.lastTimeSeen.second(): # avoid unnecessary repaints return self.lastTimeSeen = self.time self.update()
The dataUpdated() method takes the normal Python self parameter in first place, then the name of the data source (sourceName) which called dataUpdated(), and then the data itself. The big @pyqtSignature() line just before dataUpdated() is a Python decorator which marks this Python method as having const QString &, const Plasma::DataEngine::Data & as its C++ method signature. This is needed so that Qt can find the correct method on our applet when data is sent.
The code just ignores the sourceName parameter because it knows that the data must be from the "time" DataEngine, and just concentrates on the data. The sourceName parameter becomes important when you have multiple DataEngines attached to the same applet. The data is delivered as a Python dict mapping QString keys to QVariant object values. When looking up the "Time" key you need to be careful to use a QString as a key and not just a normal Python string. Notice how the code also extracts a QTime object from the QVariant using the toTime() method.
Next the dataUpdated() method has some code to make sure that the clock's display is only updated if really necessary, followed by the code to actually update the time and redraw the display.
As you can see DataEngines are a great way of delivering data to applets which can also be easily reused by different applets. Connecting a DataEngine to your applet is a simple matter of fetching the data engine itself, connecting up to the wanted data source and then accepting the processing the data in your own dataUpdated() method. | http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Python/Using_DataEngines&diff=prev&oldid=60647 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | refinedweb | 927 | 65.01 |
You can click on the Google or Yahoo buttons to sign-in with these identity providers,
or you just type your identity uri and click on the little login button.
James Lingard reported...
The following program:
def f():
g = lambda: x
x = 1
print g()
generates the following unnecessary error:
E0601: 2:f.<lambda>: Using variable 'x' before assignment
Note that the following program doesn't generate the error:
def f():
def g(): return x
x = 1
print g()
I think it would make sense for this warning to treat lambda expressions the
same as function definitions.
Ticket #18862 - latest update on 2010/08/26, created on 2009/11/10 by Sylvain Thenault | https://www.logilab.org/ticket/18862 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | refinedweb | 113 | 58.62 |
A two radii. The total area is equal to 360o of angle. To find the area for an angle we will multiply the area by θ/360. This given the area of section inscrible.
Where θ is the angle between the two radii in degree.
Area of a sector of a circle = π*r*r*(θ/360).
Area of a sector of a circle of radius = 5 with angle of 60o is 13.083
Area = (3.14*5*5)*(60/360) = 13.03
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { int r = 5; int angle = 60; float pie = 3.14; float area = (float)(pie*r*r*angle/360); printf("The area of sector of a circle of radius %d with an angle of %d is %f", r,angle,area); return 0; }
The area of sector of a circle of radius 5 with an angle of 60 is 13.083333 | https://www.tutorialspoint.com/area-of-a-circular-sector | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | refinedweb | 148 | 85.39 |
Also published in my tech blog
This is a guide that is meant to help you ease your development workflow and save your time by using a bunch of awesome tools that you’ve read about on the internet (does React Hot Loader ring any bells?)
It’s also meant to help you out with some of the most commonly encountered problems while using Webpack — and save some time in the process before you begin to pull your hair out. After all, you want to go fast and tear through other important problems.
Chances are that you’ve run into one or more of the following issues:
- How do I have multiple entries?
- How do I shim modules?
- One of the libraries/plugins that I use depends on jQuery, how do I handle that?
- I keep getting $ is not defined or some stupid crap like that in one of the jQuery Plugins
- My bundling takes like, forever to finish.
- I read a bunch of tutorials on How Module Replacement for ReactJS and think it’s really cool, but keep running into errors while setting it up.
If you’re running into these difficulties, finish this article before you resort to posting one of these questions on Stack Overflow.
I’m assuming that you already know about the advantages of Webpack and what it is used for. If you’re a beginner and have no clue about what Webpack is, I highly recommend reading about it here.
I’m also assuming that you’re building a web app and not just some static page, which means that you will have a web server running on Node and Express. You most likely also use a NodeJS driver to talk to your database — probably MongoDB or Redis.
So here is what a typical webpack.config.js looks like:
/** * @Author Ashwin Hariharan * @Details Webpack config file for adding new vendors, defining entry points and shimming modules. */ var webpack = require('webpack'); var path = require("path"); var lib_dir = __dirname + '/public/libs', node_dir = __dirname + '/node_modules'; // bower_dir = __dirname + '/bower_components' var config = { resolve: { alias: { react: node_dir + '/react', reactDom: lib_dir + '/react-dom', jquery: lib_dir + '/jquery-1.11.2.min.js', magnificPopup: lib_dir + '/jquery.magnific-popup.js' //JQuery Plugin } }, entry: { app: ['./public/src/js/app-main'], vendors: ['react','reactDom','jquery','magnificPopup'] }, output: { path: path.join(__dirname, "public"), filename: "dist/js/[name].bundle.js" }, plugins: [ new webpack.ProvidePlugin({ jQuery: "jquery", 'window.jQuery': "jquery" }), new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('vendors', 'dist/js/vendors.js', Infinity), ], module: { noParse: [ new RegExp(lib_dir + '/react.js'), new RegExp(lib_dir +'/jquery-1.11.2.min.js') ], loaders: [ { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel', query: { presets: ['react', 'es2015'] } }, ] } }; module.exports = config;
This config assumes that you have use some node modules and dist version of few libraries saved inside a public/libs folder. Now if you’ve read other tutorials, you understand what the configs in this file do, however I’m still gonna briefly explain what few things in this file are for —
- Aliases / vendors
Here is where you include all of your libraries/node modules/other vendors and map each of them to aliases. Then if you use a module in any part of your application logic, you can write this (in your app-main.js or any other JS file):
var React = require(‘react’); var ReactDom = require('reactDom'); var $ = require('jquery'); //Your application logic
Or if you prefer AMD over CommonJS:
define( [ ‘react’, ’reactDom’, ’jquery’ ], function(React, ReactDom, $) { //Your application logic } );
Or in ES6 too:
import React from 'react'; import ReactDom from 'reactDom'; import $ from 'jquery';
- Defining your entry points
entry: { }
This block in your config allows Webpack to determine where your app begins execution, and it creates chunks out of it. Having multiple entry points in your application is always advantageous. In particular, you can add all your vendor files — like jQuery and ReactJS — into one chunk. This way, your vendor files will remain the same, even when you modify your source files.
So in the above config, there are two entry points. One for your app’s entry where your JS begins, and one for your vendors — each of them mapped to a variable name.
- Your output directory and bundle file names
output: { path: path.join(__dirname, “public”), filename: “dist/js/[name].bundle.js” },
This block tells Webpack what to name your files after the build process, and where to place them. In our example we have two entries named app and vendors, so after the build process you’ll have two files called app.bundle.js and vendors.bundle.js inside /public/dist/js directory.
- Plugins
Webpack comes with a rich ecosystem of plugins to help meet specific needs. I’ll briefly explain few of the most commonly used ones:
- Use the CommonsChunkPlugin to have Webpack determine what code/modules you use the most, and put it in a separate bundle to be used anywhere in your application.
- You can optionally use the ProvidePlugin to inject globals. There are many jQuery plugins that rely on a global jQuery variable like $, so by using this plugin Webpack can prepend var $ = require(“jquery”) every time it encounters the global $ identifier. Ditto for any other plugin out there, like Bootstrap.
By including noParse, you can tell Webpack not to parse certain modules. This is useful when you only have the dist version of these modules/libraries. Improves build time.
- Loaders
Now if you write JSX in your React code, you can either use the jsx-loader or babel-loader to pre-compile JSX into JavaScript. So you can run npm install jsx-loader and include this in your config:
loaders: [ { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'jsx-loader' }, ]
However, if you write your code in JSX and ES6, then you’ll need to use the babel-loader, along with the babel plugin for React. So run npm install babel-core babel-loader babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-react and then add this to your config instead of the above.
loaders: [ { test: /\.js$/, loader: ‘babel’, query: { presets: [‘react’, ‘es2015’] }, include: path.join(__dirname, ‘public’) } ]
Likewise, you have loaders to compile TypeScript, CoffeeScript, etc.
Example
- Your web-server file:
var http = require("http"); var express = require("express"); var consolidate = require('consolidate'); var handlebars = require('handlebars'); var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); var routes = require('./routes'); var app = express(); //Set the folder-name from where you serve the html page. app.set('views', 'views'); //For using handlebars as the template engine. app.set('view engine', 'html'); app.engine('html', consolidate.handlebars); //Set the folder from where you serve all static files like images, css, javascripts, libraries etc app.use(express.static('./public')); app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); var portNumber = 8000; http.createServer(app).listen(portNumber, function(){ console.log('Server listening at port '+ portNumber); app.get('/', function(req, res){ console.log('request to / received'); res.render('index.html'); }); });
- app-main.js from where our front-end logic begins:
define( [ ‘react’, ’reactDom’, ’./components/home-page’ ], function(React, ReactDom, HomePage){ console.log(‘Loaded the Home Page’); ReactDom.render(<HomePage />, document.getElementById(‘componentContainer’)); } );
- home-page.js is our parent React component which could contain something like this:
define(['react', 'jquery', 'magnificPopup'], function(React, $) { var HomePage = React.createClass({ getInitialState: function() { return { userName: 'ashwin' } }, componentDidMount: function() { $('.test-popup-link').magnificPopup({ type: 'image' // other options }); }, render: function() { return ( <div id="homePage"> {this.state.userName} <a className="test-popup-link" href="path-to-image.jpg">Open popup</a> </div> ); } }); return HomePage; });
Opening your terminal, going to your project’s root folder and running webpack will create two files: vendors.bundle.js and app.bundle.js. Include these two files in your index.html and hit in your browser. This will render a component with your username displayed on the web page.
Now, as you work more on Webpack, you’ll get frustrated by constantly having to build your files manually to see changes reflected on your browser. Wouldn’t it be awesome if there was a way to automate the build process every time you make a change to a file? So if you’re tired of typing the command webpack and hitting the refresh button on your browser every time you change a class name, do read on…
Automating Builds with Webpack Dev Server and React Hot Loader
We will use this awesome module called Webpack Dev Server. It’s an express server which runs on port 8080 and emits information about the compilation state to the client via a socket connection. We will also use React Hot Loader which is plugin for Webpack that allows instantaneous live refresh without losing state while editing React components.
- Step 1: So go run npm install webpack-dev-server — save-dev and then npm install react-hot-loader — save-dev
Then you need to tweak your Webpack config a little to use this plugin. In your loaders, add this before any other loader:
{ test: /\.jsx?$/, loaders: [‘react-hot’], include: path.join(__dirname, ‘public’) }
This tells Webpack to use React Hot Loader for your components. Make sure React Hot Loader comes before Babel in the loaders array. Also make sure you have include: path.join(__dirname, ‘public’) to avoid processing node_modules, or you may get an error like this:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘NODE_ENV’ of undefined
- Step 2: Changes to your index.html
If your index.html has something like this:
<script src="/dist/js/vendors.js"></script> <script src="/dist/js/app.bundle.js"></script>
Change this to point to your webpack-dev-server proxy:
<script src=""></script> <script src=""></script>
- Step 3: Run webpack-dev-server --hot --inline,
wait for the bundling to finish, then hit (your express server port) in your browser.
If you run into any errors while setting up React Hot Loader, you’ll find this troubleshooting guide and this awesome answer on Stack Overflow on Managing jQuery Plugin Dependency with Webpack very helpful. In addition, you can take a look at the Webpack setup for my projects here and here.
This is only meant for development. While in production, you need to minify all your files. Just running webpack -p will minify/uglify/concatenate all your files.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if there was a way to view all your file dependencies in a beautiful tree-like visualization? There is a web-app which does that.
In your terminal, run webpack — profile — json > stats.json. This will generate a JSON file called stats.json. Go to and upload the file, and you’ll see all dependencies in a tree like structure.
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ArchWiki talk:News
From ArchWiki
Date format
Is anybody contrary to changing the news date format to
yyyy/mm/dd? -- Kynikos 08:56, 2 November 2011 (EDT)
- Not at all, but e.g. 12 Feb 2012 is OK too. -- Karol 10:18, 2 November 2011 (EDT)
I18n
Could some one add i18n link here ? -- Fengchao 10:28, 20 April 2012 (EDT)
Move to Category:ArchWiki
Now Category:ArchWiki is a sub category of Category:About Arch. Wiki news fit perfectly into Category:ArchWiki. -- Fengchao 10:28, 20 April 2012 (EDT)
- Done. I'm thinking we should move this page to the ArchWiki namespace, too... ArchWiki:News or similar. -- pointone 02:23, 21 April 2012 (EDT)
- +1 for ArchWiki:News. -- Kynikos 11:44, 21 April 2012 (EDT) | https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=ArchWiki_talk:News&oldid=195556 | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | refinedweb | 126 | 69.89 |
Hi all, If you have Dr Java or know how to use the Linux command line, here is a relatively simple Java program I created in my lab session today. Basically it reads in an integer from the user and then performs integer division (by 2) and pushes the remainders after each division onto a stack until the division result reaches 0. Then each remainder is popped off the stack and printed on one line (the code should be self explanatory, although feel free to ask questions if need be), showing the conversion result. In Java, integers (and other types of objects/values) are pushed/popped onto/off the stack on a first in-first out basis. Anyway here is the code... Code: import java.util.*; /** * A class that uses a stack to convert an integer into binary code. */ public class IntegerToBinary{ /** * The main method of the application. Takes in an integer input from the * user, divides the integer until it reaches zero. The remainders are * then used via the push and pop stack methods to determine the binary * equivalent of the users input. The conversion process will not work if * you enter an input that is not an integer (that includes numbers of * Java type "long". * * @param args the users input from the Command Line. */ public static void main(String[] args){ ArrayList<Integer> decimalInt = new ArrayList<Integer>(); int size = 0; int number, number2; Stack<Integer> intStack = new Stack<Integer>(); Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); while(scan.hasNextInt()){ number = scan.nextInt(); number2 = number; System.out.print("The number " + number2 + " in binary code is "); if(number == 0){ System.out.print("0"); } while(number > 0){ if(number == 0){ intStack.push(0); } else{ intStack.push(number%2); number /= 2; } } while(!intStack.isEmpty()){ System.out.print(intStack.pop()); } System.out.println(); } } } I suggest if you don't understand the code before you use it, that you ask myself or other Java experts (I don't consider myself an expert per se but I created and compiled 95% of this code myself, and had more senior programmers in my class help me with the remaining 5% - which were "minor" bugs). I hope that this code will help you in some way . P.S I'm not sure how to use the cmd from Windows but have a fair idea about linux commands, so if anyone has questions about how to compile and execute java code via Windows command line I can't help , but someday I shall learn it . | https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/a-program-written-in-java-to-convert-an-integer-to-binary.296129/ | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | refinedweb | 415 | 62.68 |
A view bound was a mechanism introduced in Scala to enable the use of some
type
A as if it were some type
B. The typical syntax is this:
def f[A <% B](a: A) = a.bMethod
In other words,
A should have an implicit conversion to
B available, so
that one can call
B methods on an object of type
A. The most common usage
of view bounds in the standard library (before Scala 2.8.0, anyway), is with
Ordered, like this:
def f[A <% Ordered[A]](a: A, b: A) = if (a < b) a else b
Because one can convert
A into an
Ordered[A], and because
Ordered[A]
defines the method
<(other: A): Boolean, I can use the expression
a < b.
Context bounds were introduced in Scala 2.8.0, and are typically used with the so-called type class pattern, a pattern of code that emulates the functionality provided by Haskell type classes, though in a more verbose manner.
While a view bound can be used with simple types (for example,
A <% String),
a context bound requires a parameterized type, such as
Ordered[A] above,
but unlike
String.
A context bound describes an implicit value, instead of view bound’s implicit
conversion. It is used to declare that for some type
A, there is an
implicit value of type
B[A] available. The syntax goes like this:
def f[A : B](a: A) = g(a) // where g requires an implicit value of type B[A]
This is more confusing than the view bound because it is not immediately clear how to use it. The common example of usage in Scala is this:
def f[A : ClassManifest](n: Int) = new Array[A](n)
An
Array initialization on a parameterized type requires a
ClassManifest both view bounds and context bounds are implemented with implicit parameters, given their definition. Actually, the syntax I showed are syntactic sugars for what really happens. See below how they de-sugar:
def f[A <% B](a: A) = a.bMethod def f[A](a: A)(implicit ev: A => B) = a.bMethod)
View bounds are used mostly to take advantage of the enrich my library pattern, through which one “adds” methods to an existing class, in situations where you want to return the original type somehow. If you do not need to return that type in any way, then you do not need a view bound.
The classic example of view bound usage is handling
Ordered. Note that
Int
is not
Ordered, for example, though there is an implicit conversion. The
example previously given needs a view bound because it returns the
non-converted type:
def f[A <% Ordered[A]](a: A, b: A): A = if (a < b) a else b
This example won’t work without view bounds. However, if I were to return another type, then I don’t need a view bound anymore:
def f[A](a: Ordered[A], b: A): Boolean = a < b
The conversion here (if needed) happens before I pass the parameter to
f, so
f doesn’t need to know about it.
Besides
Ordered, the most common usage from the library is handling
String
and
Array, which are Java classes, like they were Scala collections. For
example:
def f[CC <% Traversable[_]](a: CC, b: CC): CC = if (a.size < b.size) a else b
If one tried to do this without view bounds, the return type of a
String
would be a
WrappedString (Scala 2.8), and similarly for
Array.
The same thing happens even if the type is only used as a type parameter of the return type:
def f[A <% Ordered[A]](xs: A*): Seq[A] = xs.toSeq.sorted, which replaced
Ordered
throughout Scala’s library.
ClassManifest usage,’s.
Related questions of interest:
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2
Hello, Flutter.
Now that you’ve had a short introduction, you’re ready to start your Flutter apprenticeship. Your first task is to build a basic app from scratch, giving you the chance to get the hang of the tools and the basic Flutter app structure. You’ll customize the app and find out how to use a few popular widgets like
ListView and
Slider to update its UI in response to changes.
Creating a simple app will let you see just how quick and easy it is to build cross-platform apps with Flutter — and it will give you a quick win.
By the end of the chapter, you’ll have built a lightweight recipe app. Since you’re just starting to learn Flutter, your app will offer a hard-coded list of recipes and let you use a
Slider to recalculate quantities based on the number of servings.
All you need to start this chapter is to have Flutter set up. If the
flutter doctor results show no errors, you’re ready to get started. Otherwise, go back to Chapter 1, “Introduction”, to set up your environment.
Creating a new app
There are two simple ways to start a new Flutter app. In the last chapter, you created a new app project through the IDE. Alternatively, you can create an app with the
flutter command. You’ll use the second option here.
Open a terminal window, then navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder for the project. For example, you can use this book’s materials and go to flta-materials/02-hello-flutter/projects/starter/`.
Creating a new project is straightforward. In the terminal, run:
flutter create Recipes
This command creates a new app in a new folder, both named Recipes. It has the demo app code, as you saw in the previous chapter, with support for running on iOS and Android.
Using your IDE, open the Recipes folder as an existing project.
Build and run and you’ll see the same demo app as in Chapter 1, “Introduction”.
Tapping the Plus button increments the counter.
Making the app yours
The ready-made app is a good place to start because the
flutter create command puts all the boilerplate together for you to get up and running. But this is not your app. It’s literally MyApp, as you can see near the top of main.dart:
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
void main() { runApp(RecipeApp()); } class RecipeApp extends StatelessWidget {
Styling your app
To continue making this into a new app, you’ll customize the the appearance of your widgets next. Replace
RecipeApp’s
build() with:
// 1 @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { // 2 return MaterialApp( // 3 title: 'Recipe Calculator', theme: ThemeData( // 4 primaryColor: Colors.white, accentColor: Colors.black ), // 5 home: MyHomePage(title: 'Recipe Calculator'), ); }
Clearing the app
You’ve themed the app, but it’s still displaying the counter demo. Clearing the screen is your next step. To start, replace the
_MyHomePageState class with:
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> { @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { // 1 return Scaffold( // 2 appBar: AppBar( title: Text(widget.title), ), // 3 body: SafeArea( // 4 child: Container(), ), ); } }
Building a recipe list
An empty recipe app isn’t very useful. The app should have a nice list of recipes for the user to scroll through. Before you can display these, however, you need the data to fill out the UI.
Adding a data model
You’ll use
Recipe as the main data structure for recipes in this app.
class Recipe { String label; String imageUrl; Recipe(this.label, this.imageUrl); }
static List<Recipe> samples = [ Recipe('Spaghetti and Meatballs', 'assets/2126711929_ef763de2b3_w.jpg'), Recipe('Tomato Soup', 'assets/27729023535_a57606c1be.jpg'), Recipe('Grilled Cheese', 'assets/3187380632_5056654a19_b.jpg'), Recipe('Chocolate Chip Cookies', 'assets/15992102771_b92f4cc00a_b.jpg'), Recipe('Taco Salad', 'assets/8533381643_a31a99e8a6_c.jpg'), Recipe('Hawaiian Pizza', 'assets/15452035777_294cefced5_c.jpg'), ];
assets: - assets/
Displaying the list
With the data ready to go, your next step is to create a place for the data to go to.
import 'recipe.dart';
// 4 child: ListView.builder( // 5 itemCount: Recipe.samples.length, // 6 itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) { // 7 return Text(Recipe.samples[index].label); }, ),
Putting the list into a card
It’s great that you’re displaying real data now, but this is barely an app. To spice things up a notch, you need to add images to go along with the titles.
Widget buildRecipeCard(Recipe recipe) { // 1 return Card( // 2 child: Column( // 3 children: <Widget>[ // 4 Image(image: AssetImage(recipe.imageUrl)), // 5 Text(recipe.label), ], ), ); }
return buildRecipeCard(Recipe.samples[index]);
Looking at the widget tree
Now’s a good time to think about the widget tree of the overall app. Do you remember that it started with
RecipeApp from
main()?
Making it look nice
The default cards look okay, but they’re not as nice as they could be. With a few added extras, you can spiffy the card up. These include wrapping widgets in layout widgets like
Padding or specifying additional styling parameters.
Widget buildRecipeCard(Recipe recipe) { return Card( // 1 elevation: 2.0, // 2 shape: RoundedRectangleBorder( borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10.0)), // 3 child: Padding( padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0), // 4 child: Column( children: <Widget>[ Image(image: AssetImage(recipe.imageUrl)), // 5 const SizedBox( height: 14.0, ), // 6 Text( recipe.label, style: const TextStyle( fontSize: 20.0, fontWeight: FontWeight.w700, fontFamily: 'Palatino', ), ) ], ), ), ); }
Adding a recipe detail page
You now have a pretty list, but the app isn’t interactive yet. What would make it great is to show the user details about a recipe when they tap the card. You’ll start implementing this by making the card react to a tap.
Making a tap response
Inside
_MyHomePageState, locate
ListView.builder(). Replace the
itemBuilder return statement with the following:
// 7 return GestureDetector( // 8 onTap: () { // 9 Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute( builder: (context) { // 10 return Text('Detail page'); }, ), ); }, // 11 child: buildRecipeCard(Recipe.samples[index]), );
Creating an actual target page
The resulting page is obviously just a placeholder. Not only is it ugly, but because it doesn’t have all the normal page trappings, the user is now stuck here, at least on iOS devices without a back button. But don’t worry, you can fix that!
import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; import 'recipe.dart'; class RecipeDetail extends StatefulWidget { final Recipe recipe; const RecipeDetail({Key key, this.recipe}) : super(key: key); @override _RecipeDetailState createState() { return _RecipeDetailState(); } }
class _RecipeDetailState extends State<RecipeDetail> { @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { // 1 return Scaffold( appBar: AppBar( title: Text(widget.recipe.label), ), // 2 body: SafeArea( // 3 child: Column( children: <Widget>[ // 4 SizedBox( height: 300, width: double.infinity, child: Image(image: AssetImage(widget.recipe.imageUrl)), ), // 5 const SizedBox( height: 4, ), // 6 Text( widget.recipe.label, style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 18), ), ], ), ), ); } }
import 'recipe_detail.dart';
return RecipeDetail(recipe: Recipe.samples[index]);
Adding ingredients
To complete the detail page, you’ll need to add additional details to the
Recipe class. Before you can do that, you have to add an ingredient list to the recipes.
class Ingredient { double quantity; String measure; String name; Ingredient(this.quantity, this.measure, this.name); }
int servings; List<Ingredient> ingredients;
Recipe(this.label, this.imageUrl);
Recipe(this.label, this.imageUrl, this.servings, this.ingredients);
static List<Recipe> samples = [ Recipe( 'Spaghetti and Meatballs', 'assets/2126711929_ef763de2b3_w.jpg', 4, [ Ingredient(1, 'box', 'Spaghetti'), Ingredient(4, '', 'Frozen Meatballs'), Ingredient(0.5, 'jar', 'sauce'), ], ), Recipe( 'Tomato Soup', 'assets/27729023535_a57606c1be.jpg', 2, [ Ingredient(1, 'can', 'Tomato Soup'), ], ), Recipe( 'Grilled Cheese', 'assets/3187380632_5056654a19_b.jpg', 1, [ Ingredient(2, 'slices', 'Cheese'), Ingredient(2, 'slices', 'Bread'), ], ), Recipe( 'Chocolate Chip Cookies', 'assets/15992102771_b92f4cc00a_b.jpg', 24, [ Ingredient(4, 'cups', 'flour'), Ingredient(2, 'cups', 'sugar'), Ingredient(0.5, 'cups', 'chocolate chips'), ], ), Recipe( 'Taco Salad', 'assets/8533381643_a31a99e8a6_c.jpg', 1, [ Ingredient(4, 'oz', 'nachos'), Ingredient(3, 'oz', 'taco meat'), Ingredient(0.5, 'cup', 'cheese'), Ingredient(0.25, 'cup', 'chopped tomatoes'), ], ), Recipe( 'Hawaiian Pizza', 'assets/15452035777_294cefced5_c.jpg', 4, [ Ingredient(1, 'item', 'pizza'), Ingredient(1, 'cup', 'pineapple'), Ingredient(8, 'oz', 'ham'), ], ), ];
Showing the ingredients
A recipe doesn’t do much good without the ingredients. Now, you’re ready to add a widget to display them.
// 7 Expanded( // 8 child: ListView.builder( padding: const EdgeInsets.all(7.0), itemCount: widget.recipe.ingredients.length, itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) { final ingredient = widget.recipe.ingredients[index]; // 9 return Text( '${ingredient.quantity} ${ingredient.measure} ${ingredient.name}'); }, ), ),
Adding a serving slider
You’re currently showing the ingredients for a suggested serving. Wouldn’t it be great if you could change the desired quantity and have the amount of ingredients update automatically?
int _sliderVal = 1;
Slider( // 10 min: 1, max: 10, divisions: 10, // 11 label: '${_sliderVal * widget.recipe.servings} servings', // 12 value: _sliderVal.toDouble(), // 13 onChanged: (newValue) { setState(() { _sliderVal = newValue.round(); }); }, // 14 activeColor: Colors.green, inactiveColor: Colors.black, ),
Updating the recipe
It’s great to see the changed value reflected in the slider, but right now, it doesn’t affect the recipe itself.
return Text('${ingredient.quantity * _sliderVal} ' '${ingredient.measure} ' '${ingredient.name}');
Key points
- Build a new app with
flutter create.
- Use widgets to compose a screen with controls and layout.
- Use widget parameters for styling.
- A
MaterialAppwidget specifies the app, and
Scaffoldspecifies the high-level structure of a given screen.
- State allows for interactive widgets.
- When state changes, you usually need to Hot Restart the app instead of Hot Reload. In some case, you may also need to rebuild and restart the app entirely.
Where to go from here?
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- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- METHODS COMMON TO ALL SUBCLASSES
- SUBCLASSES
- VERSION
- LICENSING
- AUTHOR
- CONTRIBUTORS
- SEE ALSO
NAME
RDF::Notation3 - RDF Notation3 parser
SYNOPSIS
);
DESCRIPTION.
METHODS COMMON TO ALL SUBCLASSES
The following methods are common to all subclasses. The parse_file and parse_string methods may have somewhat different behavior for various subclasses, see also their description for particular classes for complete information.
- parse_file
.
- parse_string
$rdf->parse_file($string);
Similar to parse_file, just parses N3 data from string.
- anonymous_ns_uri
$ns_uri = $rdf->anonymous_ns_uri; $rdf->anonymous_ns_uri('');
Gets or sets anonymous namespace URI. The default value is '#', which results in anonymous nodes URIs like this: <#g_1>. If set as above, it will be changed to <>.
- quantification
.
SUBCLASSES
RDF::Notation3::Triples
This class parses an RDF/N3 file and stores triples in memory. Qualified names with prefixes are expanded using a prefix-URI mapping for given context during the parse time.
methods:
- parse_file, parse_string
$rdf->parse_file($path); $rdf->parse_string($string);
Triples are stored to the $rdf->{triples} array. Namespace bindings appear in the $rdf->{ns} hash.
- get_triples
.
- get_triples_as.
- get_n3
$n3 = $rdf->get_n3;
This method serializes parsed triples back to an N3 string. Prefixes are not used at all.
- add_prefix
$rc = $rdf->add_prefix('mop','my_own_prefix#');
This method allows to add prefix-namespace bindings for the top-level context. It returns the new number of bound prefixes.
- add_triple
:
- triples
$rdf->{triples}
A reference to array of triples created by the parse method. Each triple is represented as an array with 4 elements: subject, predicate, object, and context. All nodes are stored as <URI> or "literal". To filter triples use get_triples method.
- ns
$rdf->{ns}
A reference to hash created by the parse method. The hash keys are context URIs (<> for document context and <#c_n> for anonymous contexts). The hash values are again hashes keyed with prefixes with ns URIs as values.
RDF::Notation3::PrefTriples:
- parse_file, parse_string
$rdf->parse_file($path); $rdf->parse_string($string);
Triples are stored to the $rdf->{triples} array. Namespace bindings appear in the $rdf->{ns} hash.
- get_triples
See RDF::Notation3::Triples.
- get_triples_as_string
See RDF::Notation3::Triples.
- get_n3
$n3 = $rdf->get_n3;
This method serializes parsed triples back to an N3 string. Prefixes are preserved.
- add_prefix
See RDF::Notation3::Triples.
- add_triple
See RDF::Notation3::Triples. The only difference is that QNames are not expanded.
properties:
- triples
.
- ns
See RDF::Notation3::Triples.
RDF::Notation3::XML
This class parses an RDF/N3 file and converts it to RDF/XML.
methods:
- parse_file, parse_string
$rdf->parse_file($path); $rdf->parse_string($string);
Resulting XML is stored in the $rdf->{xml} array (line by line).
- get_string;
$xml = $rdf->get_string;
Returns resulting XML as string.
- get_array
$xml = $rdf->get_array;
Returns resulting XML as array.
- get_arrayref
$xml = $rdf->get_arrayref;
Returns resulting XML as reference to array.
RDF::Notation3::SAX:
- parse_file, parse_string
$rdf->parse_file($path); $rdf->parse_string($string);
These methods don't return a number of parsed triples but result of calling the end_document() callback as required by SAX. The number of triples can be accessed as $rdf->{count}.
RDF::Notation3::RDFCore
This class parses an RDF/N3 file and returns an RDF::Core::Model object. Using RDF::Core you can store parsed models either in memory or persistently, ask queries etc.
methods:
- parse_file, parse_string
$model = $rdf->parse_file($path); $model = $rdf->parse_string($string);
Both methods return a model object.
- set_storage
$rdf->set_storage($storage);
Allows to select a storage for the model. The argument of this method must be one of the following objects:
- RDF::Core::Storage::Memory
An in-memory implementation of RDF::Core::Storage
- RDF::Core::Storage::Postgres
PostgreSQL implementation of RDF::Core::Storage
- RDF::Core::Storage::DB_File
Berkeley DB 1.x implementation of RDF::Core::Storage
An error is reported by parse_string and parse_file methods if there is no valid storage specified.
- get_n3
$n3 = $rdf->get_n3($model);
This method serializes an RDF::Core model to N3 string. Prefixes are used for predicates only so far.
RDF::Notation3::RDFStore
This class parses an RDF/N3 file and returns an RDFStore model object. The model is stored either in memory or persistently, according to passed options. See RDFStore docs for details.
methods:
- parse_file, parse_string
$model = $rdf->parse_file($path); $model = $rdf->parse_string($string);
Both methods return a model object.
- set_options
$rdf->set_options($options);
Options are simply passed to the RDFStore::Model constructor. Thus all options supported by RDFStore can be used.
VERSION
Current version is 0.90.
LICENSING
Copyright (c) 2001 Ginger Alliance. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Petr Cimprich (Ginger Alliance), petr@gingerall.cz
CONTRIBUTORS
Douglas P. Mennella, mennella@mindspring.com
SEE ALSO
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As mentioned earlier, one of the primary uses of blocks in Ruby is to provide iterators to which a range or list of items can be passed. Many standard classes such as Integer and Array have methods that can supply items over which a block can iterate. For example:
3.times{ |i| puts( i ) } [1,2,3].each{|i| puts(i) }
You can, of course, create your own iterator methods to provide a series of values to a block. In the iterate1.rb program, I have defined a simple
timesRepeat method that executes a block a specified number of times. This is similar to the
times method of the Integer class except it begins at index 1 rather than at index 0 (here the variable
i is displayed in order to demonstrate this):
iterate1.rb
def timesRepeat( aNum ...
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SCABBRMAN - SciTE Abbreviations Manager
By
MrCreatoR, in AutoIt Example Scripts
- By BigDaddyO
I'm trying to use Maps for the first time (Never knew they were available until I read through the release notes) but Scite keeps throwing an error on run about Variable subscript badly formatted.
I tried to run the script directly from AutoIT and it also threw an error.
I've got the latest 3.3.14.5 and just re-installed Scite.
Below is a quick sample that I put together that throws the error in Scite as well as if I run it with the AutoIT Run a script.
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> Local $mBug[] ;==> Variable subscript badly formatted $mBug.Width = 1100 $mBug.Height = 700 $mBug.GUI = GUICreate("Defect Details", $mBug.Width, $mBug.Height) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $mBug.GUI) ;~ $iW = 1100 ;~ $iH = 700 ;~ $hGUI = GUICreate("Defect Details", $iW, $iH) ;~ GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit EndSwitch WEnd
I tried searching the forum for Maps and it's only talking about Beta which I don't have installed.
so, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
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R&D at Stark & Wayne, finding software solutions to customer problems and changing them into executable best practices.
To say that Kubernetes uses a bit of YAML is like saying that a few people put some of their code on GitHub – accurate, but severely understated.
Kubernetes uses a LOT of YAML. It takes over 50 lines of YAML to get a namespace with a single-container deployment with a service, no volumes, no secrets, and no configuration.
Keeping all that syntax straight can be daunting. Is that property a string or can it be a number? Does that collection get set as a map or a list? Who knows?
knows.knows.
kubectl
The online Kubernetes API Reference Documentation site is great, but
can help us out here with itscan help us out here with its
kubectl
command:command:
kubectl explain
kubectl explain pod.spec.containers kubectl explain deployments.metadata kubectl explain secret.data
Each of these invocations will spit out documentation about the specified bits of Kubernetes resource YAML. I use it all the time to remember which API group/version a given object type exists in:
$ kubectl explain statefulsets | head -n2 KIND: StatefulSet VERSION: apps/v1
Did you know that the keys in a ConfigMap's
attribute must follow a strict format? Or that non-UTF-8 configuration values are supposed to go in a different top-level attribute altogether?attribute must follow a strict format? Or that non-UTF-8 configuration values are supposed to go in a different top-level attribute altogether?
data
does:does:
kubectl explain
$ kubectl explain configmap.data KIND: ConfigMap VERSION: v1 FIELD: data <map[string]string> DESCRIPTION: Data contains the configuration data. Each key must consist of alphanumeric characters, '-', '_' or '.'. Values with non-UTF-8 byte sequences must use the BinaryData field. The keys stored in Data must not overlap with the keys in the BinaryData field, this is enforced during validation process.
I have a tough time remembering what things are specified as lists, and what things are specified as keyed maps. Is a container's set of mounted volumes an array? An object? With
, I no longer have to remember:, I no longer have to remember:
explain
kubectl explain pod.spec.containers.volumeMounts KIND: Pod VERSION: v1 RESOURCE: volumeMounts <[]Object> DESCRIPTION: Pod volumes to mount into the container's filesystem. Cannot be updated. VolumeMount describes a mounting of a Volume within a container. ... etc. ...
Note: Even though
is a list, you don't have to worry about that when referencing through it to its sub-fields. This is in contrast to JSON path expressions and Go Templates. It's so handy (and transparent!) that I had to point this out, explicitly!is a list, you don't have to worry about that when referencing through it to its sub-fields. This is in contrast to JSON path expressions and Go Templates. It's so handy (and transparent!) that I had to point this out, explicitly!
pod.spec.containers
If you like that, check out the accompanying video which goes into a bit more depth:
The next tip will help you figure out what images you're running in production.
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The program receives an array of numbers as input and finds the minimum number and a maximum number using pointers.
This program is intended for intermediate level learners familiar with the concept of pointers. If you are not familiar with pointer concepts, visit the link below to learn about pointers with an example.
C Programming Tutorial – Pointers
You can also learn about implementing linear search and binary search algorithms, it will strengthen your concepts.
Learn implementation of Linear Search and Binary Search
Problem Definition
We want to write a program to find the MAX and MIN using pointers in an array of numbers. The program accept 10 numbers from user and store them in an array of integers.
We then use two pointers to locate the maximum and the minimum of the array. The pointer traverse through all the values of the array and compares it with value of max which is 0 at the beginning.
If the number in array greater than max current value, then make the new number as new max value, otherwise keep looking for another max. The same logic applies to minimum of array.
Flowchart – Find Max and Min using Pointers
Program Source Code – Find MAX and MIN using Pointers
#include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> int main() { int i,j,temp,tempmin, max,min; max = temp = tempmin = 0; int arr[10]; min = arr[0]; printf("Enter up to 10 numbers:\n"); for(i=0;i<=10;i++) { scanf("%d",&arr[i]); } int *ptr1, *ptr2; ptr1 = arr; ptr2 = arr; for(i=1;i<=10;i++) { if(max <= *ptr1) { temp = max; max = *ptr1; *ptr1 = temp; } ptr1++; } printf("MAX=%d\n",max); // finding minimum for(j=1;j<=10;j++) { if(min >= *ptr2) { tempmin = *ptr2; *ptr2 = min; min = tempmin; } ptr2++; } printf("MIN=%d\n",min); system("PAUSE"); return 0; }
Output – Find MAX and MIN using Pointers
The output of the program is given below. The array stores the 10 numbers and MAX and MIN is found using pointers. The MAX value in example is 87 and MIN value is 5 after the program completes.
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Merge lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/sc-integration-phase2 into lp:unity
This proposal has been superseded by a proposal from 2012-03-16.
Description of the change
This is the second phase of Software Center integration with the Unity launcher. The first phase included progress bars on the icon, as well as a "Waiting to install" tooltip. The second phase includes an icon moving animation from Software Center to the launcher, and also icon Activate() changes. The software center design spec for the whole feature is:
https:/
The first phase landed around Unity 5.2.0, but got broken right before the release of 5.2.0 (bug #932280). The fix to it lies in this branch: https:/
Note that this branch contains the code from the above merge request too, so if someone were to merge this branch into lp:unity, there would be no need to merge lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/fix-sc-launcher-integration. The reason why I've made two different branches is because I'd like to give the lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/fix-sc-launcher-integration a higher priority (5.6.0) while this could get in to either 5.6.0 (unlikely) or 5.8.0.
The implementation is very stable, with unit tests and all.
Here's a YouTube video of this branch in action:
http://
This branche introduces a change in behavior (flying icon). It clearly needs an UIFe and a FFe.
Also, we saw that the previous code was broken without anyone noticing. This shows that you need tests for you code. Can you please first ensure that lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/fix-sc-launcher-integration gets autopilot tests for it not regressing again?
Nice work! There are many details to tweak: the origin point is too high, the destination point looks to be on top of another launcher element rather than in a gap, the initial icon size is too small, and (as "krnekhelesh" pointed out on YouTube) the animation should happen after authentication rather than before. But this is a definite improvement, thank you.
@didrocks: When is Unity 5.6.0 coming out? Tomorrow, right?
I won't be able to add autopilot tests until today evening and that would mean a merge of lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/fix-sc-launcher-integration AFTER 5.6.0 (since by then everyone would have gone off to sleep). If that's the case, then can you merge that branch right now and I'll add tests today evening?
But if I'm wrong about the release date of 5.6.0 then don't merge that branch until I've added tests.
@mpt: Thanks for the review! Since you've approved already I'll ensure this gets in before I work on those tweaks.
Hey Bilal, there are two things:
5.6 is coming out tomorrow morning if the last regression is fixed. We don't merge anything for a week already as we are in freeze. So this would mean your branch will be merged for 5.8 (once you unfreeze).
Oh, and we don't let entering trunk code without test, so yeah, it's a pre-requisite to push to the other branch some tests.
For that one, you will need to have a Feature freeze exception acked and a UI Freeze exception acked as well before meriging in trunk (in addition to test and from a review from some dx guys, I'm not doing the review. ;)).
64 + sigc::signal<void, std::string const&, AbstractLaunche
65 + gint32, gint32, gint32> launcher_
You can just use int at this level, so we are more C++ conformant.
139 + ((SoftwareCente
Don't use C-style casts.
184 + finished = true;
185 + finished_just_now = true;
Set them using the constructor initializer list.
201 +void SoftwareCenterL
202 +{
203 + _launcher-
204 +}
306 + void AddSelfToLaunch
322 + AbstractLaunche
I don't really think you need those, please don't do that. You already handling an AbstractLaunche
244 + target_x = (int)current_
Again, use static_cast
256 + g_timeout_add(30, &SoftwareCenter
Maybe it can be a little more lazy.
Anyway I'd focus on fixing the problem at the source, instead of using this workaround.
308 + static gboolean OnDragWindowAni
Put in private fields.
310 + void Animate(
You can also just use Animate(
312 + void ActivateLaunche
Put it in protected field.
323 + bool finished;
324 + bool finished_just_now;
Add the _ as prefix for private variables. (Actually it would be betteer use a suffixed _, as defined by our coding standards, but in that case you need to update all the members).
For testing, I think you can also emulate something without autopilot by making your LauncherSpecial request to be caused by a fake dbus server you write on tests.
I've made all the changes that were possible as per Marco's review, except for the tests (which I'm adding now) and I also left some other ones which would break the code if I did change (I've left code comments at those spots).
Hi Bilal! I just want to say thank you for this. It's beautiful!! :D
I am very much looking forward to seeing this in Precise!!!
Thanks everybody,
Gary
189 + _finished = true;
190 + _finished_just_now = true;
You don't need them anymore.
329 + AbstractLaunche
Are you sure you need to save that on the class? I guess you can just Reference your icon before that it gets unreferenced...
+ if (((int)
248 + ((int)current_
Those are still C-style casts :)
139 + static_
Do this only if you're sure that this won't happen for another kind of icon... Otherwise use, at least, the dynamic_cast.
Branch is ready again, please review :)
- 2013. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-09
Change C-style casts
> 189 + _finished = true;
> 190 + _finished_just_now = true;
>
> You don't need them anymore.
Those lines are part of the Finished function, so they're very much needed for the Activate function to work.
>
>.
> + if (((int)
> 248 + ((int)current_
> 0)
>
> Those are still C-style casts :)
Fixed in latest commit.
>
> 139 + static_
> ate(launcher_, icon_x, icon_y, icon_size);
>
> Do this only if you're sure that this won't happen for another kind of icon...
> Otherwise use, at least, the dynamic_cast.
Yes, it won't happen, because I'm using a special function to create the result variable. That function is hard-coded to create only a SoftwareCenterL
Thanks for the review anyway, it would be great if you reviewed again!
- 2014. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-09
Fix a line in tests
> Those lines are part of the Finished function, so they're very much needed for
> the Activate function to work.
Oh, yes sure. I didn't notice they were inside the lambda, sorry.
> >.
I want to look to this further and do some experiments with it... I think we should find a cleaner solution.
357 +class SoftwareCenterL
358 + """Represents a launcher icon of a Software Center app."""
Also on tests SoftwareCenterL
This would also avoid the change on line 378
About the autoplito tests, I think that maybe you should define functions to add icons to the launcher in the emulator, also once you've finished them ask a review by Thomi for the tests.
I myself have given up on the AbstractLaunche
Other than that, do you think the code (other than the tests) is good? Could you approve the code then? Of course I'd need to file a UIFe and FFe request before it can get merged, but in the meantime you can approve/reject it.
Hi,
There's a problem with the autopilot test (Exception on cleanup), which I will look at and fix on Monday. However, more concerning is that running the autopilot test causes unity / compiz to crash frequently (maybe 50% of the time). I will attempt to look into this as well, and let you know what the issue is.
@Marco - you mentioned above that it might be a good idea to add methods to the Launcher emulator for adding and removing icons - we already have this, but we can't use it in this instance, since this isn't a regular application icon.
Hi,
Upon further investigation, the crash is inside the software center launcher icon. I get a segfault about 50% of the time when running the autopilot test. Here's the stack trace:
#0 0x00007fffe4f02ca2 in unity::
at /home/thomi/
#1 0x00007fffe509ecd7 in unity::
icon_x=100, icon_y=100, icon_size=32) at /home/thomi/
#2 0x00007fffe50aa989 in sigc::bound_
_A_
#3 0x00007fffe50a9d5f in sigc::adaptor_
_A_
#4 0x00007fffe50a89b2 in sigc::internal:
a_7=
#5 0x00007fffe508b1e9 in sigc::internal:
_A_
#6 0x00007fffe508995d in sigc::signal7<void, std::string const&, nux::ObjectPtr<
at /usr/include/
- 2015. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-13
Fix crash on second install, THANKS THOMI
Thomi:
I've fixed the crash, pull the branch and you won't have the problem again :)
Also, Marco: Can you review the code? Everything's final now, Thomi will be reviewing the tests. The code is final and works perfectly now.
- 2016. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-13
Merge from trunk, fix conflicts
I don't like how the test skips if the software center is already pinned. You should have your setup ensure that the launcher is not pinned, so that the test can execute.
- 2017. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-13
Cleanup tests, also first ensure Software Center is removed
Thanks for the review Alex, now it unlocks the icon before proceeding. That fixes the issue. Can you review the tests again now?
Note that it will need a Feature Freeze and UI Freeze exception acked. Can you please proceed it?
I thought that was after the code review? Anyway, I'll do that now.
that's to be done in parallel in fact as you need to get the release team approval before the code is merged.
I've filed bug #955147 , and subscribed ubuntu-release to it. That bug contains everything needed for the exception requests. I've also posted to the docs and translators mailing lists and linked the postings there.
The dbus code should be moved into the launcher emulator. Secondly, the assertion that there are more icons may not be true. Consider the case where some applications crash unexpectedly. I would just check for the waiting to install tooltip. That's the real sign that everything worked.
I don't think this test needs to go in its own class. It will be just fine in LauncherTests. I also feel like this test might need some clean up routine to return the desktop to its original state. Does the AddLauncherItem
- 2018. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-14
Make changes in tests, merge function into LauncherTests, etc
- 2019. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-14
Cleanup at the end, move function to the proper class
emulate_
instead of importing dbus and doing bus.SessionBus just do:
from autopilot.
session_bus is your bus object.
define the desktop file in a variable instead of reusing the string over and over.
sleep should not be the first thing you do in your test, also not the last!
You need to check that the icon isn't None when you get it after the dbus call. If the call failed, then the test will crash. So assert that it is not None
self.assertThat
Instead of asserting that icon_text == "blah", Equals(True) do this
self.assertThat
cleanup should go like this,
add an anonymous function to your test
def cleanup():
if icon is not None:
then
icon = self.launcher.
if icon is not None:
launcher_
sleep(1)
else:
self.
Also, make sure to cover in your test this change (it should be implicit, I guess): https:/
Hi Marco,
That change is already covered. In fact, the whole test function evolves
around that.
There would be no way to make it implicit without going through the whole
procedure,since all functions are interconnected.
I'll make the rest if the changes soon.
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*From:* "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <mail@3v1n0.net>
*To:* "Bilal Akhtar" <email address hidden>
*Sent:* 14 March, 2012 1:44 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Merge] lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/sc-integration-phase2 into
lp:unity
Also, make sure to cover in your test this change (it should be implicit, I
guess):
https:/
we can merge all together (if we get the exception, otherwise you need
to backport the tests to only that branch).
--
https:/
You are the owner of lp:~bilalakhtar/unity/sc-integration-phase2.
- 2020. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-14
Cleanup tests even further, follow Alex's recommendations, thanks a lot Alex
- 2021. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-14
Merge from trunk
Tests now look good Bilal
I missed this yesterday, please move def cleanup() to be the first thing in test_software_
- 2022. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-15
Move definition of cleanup function - thanks Alex
- 2023. By Bilal Akhtar on 2012-03-15
Merge from trunk
Aced
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Java Faster Than C++? 1270
jg21 writes "The Java platform has a stigma of being a poor performer, but these new performance benchmark tests suggest otherwise. CS major Keith Lea took time out from his studies at student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York's Tech Valley to take the benchmark code for C++ and Java from Doug Bagley's now outdated (Fall 2001) "Great Computer Language Shootout" and run the tests himself. His conclusions include 'no one should ever run the client JVM when given the choice,' and 'Java is significantly faster than optimized C++ in many cases.' Very enterprising performance benchmarking work. Lea is planning next on updating the benchmarks with VC++ compiler on Windows, with JDK 1.5 beta, and might also test with Intel C++ Compiler. This is all great - the more people who know about present-day Java performance, the better.""
Um, it's online (Score:5, Informative)
The Java is Faster than C++ and C++ Sucks Unbiased Benchmark [kano.net]
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Um, it's online (Score:4, Informative)
So yes, there are cases when runtime optimizations that are unavailable at compile time can speed things a lot. Does this make Java faster? yes, if you look at the right corner case. Hell NO, if you look at the wrong one.
The right tool for the job, as usual. And the right tool wielder, otherwise any tool will suck.
Command and source/test review. (Score:5, Informative)
This is known as the "halting problem". No, the compiler cannot guarantee the ability to transform a recursive solution to a non-recursive one. The case of the fibonacci algorithm is a particularly difficult one to transform properly if the compiler hasn't special cased it.
That said -- Ack and Fib are call overhead limited. They examples of poor quality code whose performance is not inner loop based.
Hash will be C-string (specifically strcmp and sprintf) limited in performance. The performance is therefore very data dependent (since Java uses length delimited strings.) Using a fast string class such as "The Better String Library" () would have yielded C++ far better performance. A similar comment applies to the strcat test.
The Heapsort is a particularly bad implementation. In good implementations, the Intel compiler really takes gcc to town. See:
Integer Matrix multiplying is an extremely rare application. So I wouldn't put too much stock in the results here -- though, I would be surprised if there was much differentiation between either Java of C++ on this test.
The method calling, I think, will be very much limited by the compiler's ability to inline past method calls. I think Intel C/C++ differentiates itself on such things.
The Nestedloop and random tests are interesting -- I don't see how Java is supposed to beat C++ on it, but its possible to be equal.
I don't know enough about the Java object system and barely enough about C++ object system to comment on sieve or objinst.
It seems to me that sumcol and wc are going to be IO limited.
I don't think this test is exactly fair, as the code is not representative for tasks where performance really matters.
Re:Command and source/test review. (Score:5, Informative)
It's worth pointing out that inlining is a case where a VM can really shine for optimizing because it has alot more options available (partial inlining, etc) and can make better decisions about tradeoffs. But this particular benchmark is comparing apples to oranges.
Re:Command and source/test review. (Score:5, Informative)
Changing the objects the be stack allocated and adding -funroll-loops moves the c++ benchmark up to just ahead of the java benchmarks.
Of course, this does point to several advantages of a runtime optimizer. A static optimizer will never be as good at optimizing virtual function calls as a runtime optimizer, since it will never be as good at identifying types. Also, a runtime optimizer will always be better at creating specializations of existing functions (creating a special version of a routine when some input value is treated as a constant).
Re:Um, it's online (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Um, it's online (Score:4, Informative)
It also does stupid things. Like this:When this would have worked just fine:
The alternative is actually shorter, besides being faster and using less RAM.
I think the person which wrote this didn't know how to program in C++ very well. The two pieces of code are not even equivalent. The second loop is traversed backwards in the C++ version while it is not in the Java version. Don't ask me why.
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Informative)
int c = 0;
for (int i=n; i>0; i--) {
sprintf(buf, "%d", i);
if (X[strdup(buf)]) c++;
}
When this would have worked just fine:
int c = 0;
for (int i=n; i>0; i--) {
if (X[atoi(i)]) c++;
}
The code is dumb, yes, but you are wrong, nonetheless. That code won't even compile. I think you meant itoa(), which would be about the same as sprintf in terms of functionality.
That for() loop is not equivalent to the Java code's for loop, either. In the java code, he used
if (ht.containsKey(Integer.toString(i, 10))) c++;
which means that he should have used
if (X.count(somestringrepofi)) c++;
X[somestringrepofi] will create an entry for the key if it is not found, making it very different from containsKey().
Re:Um, it's online (Score:4, Insightful)
A fun one:
Java:
C++:
The C++ version could have been written IDENTICALLY (except for the 'public' modifier on the definition) to the Java version, but it was not. I'm not sure what the compiled difference might be, but there is a difference between these two bits of code, notably that in the C++ version there is a tertiary operator evaluated as an argument to a call to Ack, where this is not the case in the Java version. I would guess that this would be a more difficult thing for a compiler to figure out.
The differences in the methcall sources are even worse; in the C++ version of NthToggle, there are unnecessary dereferences of the this pointer that will kill performance, as well as in the call to new NthToggle(val, 3) in the C++ version is written with the coded constant new NthToggle(true,3) in the java version! It's hardly fair to compare things of this nature.
The trouble with benchmarking different languages is hard enough due to inherent differences between languages; it's not really enlightening to introduce artificial differences such as these.
Re:Um, it's online (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Informative).
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Informative)
That's not a bug in the tests, it's a feature.
The theory behind garbage collection isn't just that it allows the programmer to avoid the effort of watching when to delete things. It's that garbage collection can actually improve performance on certain workloads.
Forcing a garbage collection for every delete is completely unfair, since it does a full scan of memory, as opposed to just twiddling bits to free a single data value.
There's no memory leak for these benchmarks... both C++ and Java free all memory used when the process exits. Perhaps you'd prefer a longer-running test with lot of garbage generation (forcing gc to run at some point).
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Interesting)
Write a java app that does nothing but repeatedly call System.gc(). Run it with the -verbose:gc option, and watch the garbage collector go. Mind you, this is not 100% proof, but the fact that it prints out [Full GC] over and over again makes me lean pretty strongly in the direction of "the garbage collector actually runs in response to a System.gc(), it's not just a hint".
One thing I would like Java to do is to allow me to delete objects manually. There are times when the garbage collector really sucks, but 95% of the time it's sufficient, in my experience. And yes, this experience comes from real-world apps.
Regarding the original topic, I would bet that there are cases where Java really could give C++ a run for its money. However, one liability that Java has compared to C at least is that making everything an object adds a whole lot of object overhead. I had to write a file search routine as part of a Java app, and originally wrote it strictly in Java. The sheer number of File objects that get created by such a routine is ridiculous, and there's really no way to reduce the overhead by reusing the objects -- File objects are immutable. Calling out to JNI resulted in a 3 to 5x performance boost. Does this one example prove anything? No, but it's a heck of a lot more real-world than simply appending a string to itself a few dozen times...
Re:Um, it's online (Score:5, Insightful)
/ took way too long to google
The Great Computer Language Shootout (Score:5, Informative)
Netcraft Confirms: (Score:3, Funny)
Oh hell, I don't have the heart. Nevermind.
Anyone got a match? (Score:5, Funny)
vi is better than emacs
bsd is better than linux
gnome is better than kde
.
.
.
anything else?
oh yeah...
my dad can beat up your dad.
And you smell funny.
One more... (Score:5, Funny)
anything else?
Yeah, Kuro5hin is better than Slashdot.
What are -client and -server? (Score:5, Informative)
different requirements (Score:5, Informative)
You might think that the two are the same, but the two settings actually make a visible impact if you're running on a multi-processor system. Most notably, the garbage collector and locking primitives are implemented differently.
Re:What are -client and -server? (Score:5, Informative)
Am I the only one who noticed the "inlining policy" thing? Considering "method call" was one of the most compelling arguments for his case (by orders of magnitude!), the fact that the methods being "called" are being called *INLINE* should mean something.
If you're allowed to turn on the java inliner, surely you can spare the time to turn on the C++ one as well (he used -O2, not -O3, for compiling the C++ apps).
He used g++ to compare C++ with Java... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:He used g++ to compare C++ with Java... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:He used g++ to compare C++ with Java... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:He used g++ to compare C++ with Java... (Score:5, Informative)
The windows version has a free trial that runs for 30 days.
Try it. See if it makes a difference. If it doesn't, torch it. If you find it makes your critical code run 2x faster, then... have a look at what a computer that runs 2x faster will cost you, and then decide what to do.
Re:He used g++ to compare C++ with Java... (Score:4, Informative)
Languages vs Compilers (Score:5, Insightful)
Java and C++ are language. Languages aren't "faster" or "slower", but compilers for them might be. I find it somewhat underhanded to put the languages in the header when it's really comparing compilers.
Not to mention, inter-language compiler benchmark[et]ing is notoriously difficult to get 'right'. The programs tested are often stupid (doesn't do anything meaningful), or constructed by a person with more skill/bias for one language than the other.
The language does matter (Score:5, Insightful)
1) Java has bounds checking for arrays, C++ doesn't. This is specified in the language. This affects performance.
2) Java has garbage collection, C++ doesn't. This is specified in the language. This affects performance.
Also, the specification of Java says that it should be compiled to byte code and executed in a JVM.
So the "language" certainly affects performance.
Nice to hear... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Nice to hear... (Score:4, Funny)
A few points... (Score:5, Insightful)
- How equivalent were the benchmarks? Where they programmed in an optimum way for their respective compilers and libraries? I'm sure the java ones were.. what about the C++ ones? The author states he doesn't understand G++ very well.
G++ is also known to not produce the best results.
"I rant it with -O2"
My guess is many of the tests were not implemented properly in c++.
The main clue would be this... I can understand java having better than expected performance.. but there is no way I can accept that java is that much FASTER than properly done C++... it doesn't make any sense.
Re:A few points... (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe it does make sense. But what it proves is that C++ (at least as implemented by GCC, but it's probably a design flaw) is slower than expected, not that Java is blazingly fast.
Re:A few points... (Score:5, Interesting)
A couple points:
- The "Great Shootout" benchmark times are sometimes way off because the run-time was too short to get an accurate reading. In those cases the tests should have been run with higher values to really stress the machine. That doesn't appear to be an issue in this test though (assuming his graph values are in seconds).
- Many of the C++ tests are not optimized. That is, they use C++ features like the iostream stuff (cout, and friends) which is extremely slow. The C versions are available and very fast. C++ is pretty much just an extension of C. You don't need to use C++ features if they slow you down. Another one is the hash stuff. In the C++ hash benchmark there are some goofy mistakes made by using the brackets [] operator where it forces several unnecessary lookups. You can also substitute a better STL hashing function that is faster (like MLton's insanely fast hasher).
- The test could be done by comparing C to Java. Anything in C++ can be made as fast as an equivalent C version but there are not many programmers that know how. Just assume anything in C++ will run as fast as a C version, and if it doesn't then you did something wrong. The hash tests would be easier in C++ though. If they were written properly they would kill the Java version.
With that said, I'm going to try these tests myself because I do not believe the results to be accurate. but who knows...
More info, after some testing (Score:5, Insightful)
Here is the "correct" code for hash2.cpp:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <ext/hash_map>
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_cxx;
struct eqstr {
bool operator()(const char* s1, const char* s2) const {
return strcmp(s1, s2) == 0;
}
};
struct hashme
{
size_t operator()(const char* s) const
{
size_t i;
for (i = 0; *s; s++)
i = 31 * i + *s;
return i;
}
};
int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int n = ((argc == 2) ? atoi(argv[1]) : 1);
char buf[16];
typedef hash_map<const char*, int, hashme, eqstr> HM;
HM hash1, hash2;
for (int i=0; i<10000; i++) {
sprintf(buf, "foo_%d", i);
hash1[strdup(buf)] = i;
}
for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
for (HM::iterator k = hash1.begin(); k != hash1.end(); ++k) {
hash2[(*k).first] += k->second;
}
}
cout << hash1["foo_1"] << " " << hash1["foo_9999"] << " "
<< hash2["foo_1"] << " " << hash2["foo_9999"] << endl;
}
Same for hash.cpp (Score:5, Interesting)
This guy is a tool.
Could use a good analysis (Score:5, Interesting)
I looked at his results page quite extensively, but failed to find a good analysis/justification of the results. Just saying that the Server JVM is better than the Client JVM is *not* enough.
I want to know where the C++ overhead comes from, which Java manages to avoid - does the JVM do better optimization because it is given a better intermediate code (bytecode)? Is it better at doing back/front end optimizations (unlikely given gcc's maturity).
I tried to look for possible discrepancies in the results, but the analysis will definitely take more time - and I think it's the job of the experimenter to do a proper analysis of the results. Liked his choice of benchmarks though.
Re:Could use a good analysis (Score:3, Informative)
Magnus.
Re:Could use a good analysis (Score:5, Interesting)
Most of his tests are big loops (primes, string concatenation, etc.) These are cases where (as a sibling poster mentioned) hot path analysis can do you a world of good. A heavily tuned C++ program can do it just as well, or better, but the point of using a high-level language is that you don't have to do those optimizations yourself; you write the code in whatever way seems natural and you let the compiler optimize.
In a long-running Java program, you don't have that extra layer between the program and the CPU. The JIT does a real native compilation and passes control off to it. Once that's started, it runs just as fast as any other assembly code. Potentially faster, given that the JIT can look at the current run and optimize based on the way the code is going: the precise CPU it's running on, where things are in memory, how far it can afford to unroll a loop, what loop invariants it can lift, etc. It can even replace code as it runs.
The question then is, does the one-time (albeit run-time) optimization do more good than it costs?
That's especially easy on a hyperthreaded system. In a C++ program, these loops will run in a single thread on a single CPU, so if the JIT compiler runs on the other (virtual) CPU, you get its effort for free. Even the garbage collector can run on the other CPU, so you get the convenience of memory management with no total performance cost. (You do burn more CPU cycles, but you use up no extra wall-clock time.)
GCC is very mature, but it doesn't have the option of changing the code at run time. Especially on modern CPUs with their incredibly deep pipelines, arranging your code to avoid pipeline stalls will depend a lot on runtime considerations.
Also, Java has a few advantages over C++ in optimization. It's very easy to analyze Java programs to be certain that certain memory locations absolutely will not be modified. That's much harder in languages with native pointers. Those invariants allow you to compile out certain calculations that would have to be done at runtime in a C/C++ program. You can even start spreading loop cycles over multiple CPUs, but I'm pretty certain that the present JVMs aren't that smart.
These results are toy benchmarks, and not really indicative of real performance, even on purely non-GUI code. But I wanted to outline the reasons why the results aren't just silly, and they do have a theoretical basis.
Now you're talking Profiling (Score:5, Interesting)
So, if the JIT computes Hot/Cold Paths, and optimizes the Hot paths, then it should work better and better on successive runs (as more and more profiling information is gathered). On the other hand, there will be cases where it performs worse, as profiles are gathered for specific inputs.
That means that if an average of say 5 runs (on the same input) is taken, it will have an unfair advantage (since gcc did NOT have the advantage of profiling information (see man gprof or similar)). Using Profiling as an optimization tool is *always* unfair unless both tools are provided with the advantage of the same profiling information. This is a valid question for the author then: if the JIT/javac/JVM uses profiling information, gcc should too, for fair comparison.
PS: I have seen this argument being made by my Professor and audiences at compiler conferences.
On the flip side (Score:5, Insightful)
With any JIT system you have the opertunity to use the profiling information from a given "window" of the execution so there is the possibility of having more than one compilation for a function.
Now, I do not know how sophisticated JAVA JIT compilers have become but this is one area where JIT will have an upper hand over a static compiler.
OTOH, these tests do not look like there is enough significant variation in the execution path for profiling to make a large difference.
Expert results (Score:5, Insightful)
That's Great! I can't figure out GCC's error messages, but I offer definitive proof that Java is faster than C++. Nice.
Re:Expert results (Score:5, Interesting)
"I was sick of hearing people say Java was slow, when I know it's pretty fast"
Nice, unbiased viewpoint there...
I don't actually care hugely about performance (Score:5, Interesting)
I care that Java is an inconvenient pain to develop in and use. I care that I have to start a mini-OS just to run a Java program. I care that the language is under the control of one vendor. I care that the 'intialization == resource allocation' model doesn't work in Java. I care that the type system is too anemic to support some of the more powerful generic programming constructs. I care that I don't get a choice about garbage collection. I care that I don't get to fiddle bits in particular memory locations, even if I want.
Re:I don't actually care hugely about performance (Score:4, Interesting)
Have you looked at Objective-C? I'm not an expert, but it sounds just like what you describe. As a downside though, I'm not sure how well supported it is on non-OS-X platforms.
Java is not under one vendor!!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
It's a standards body just like any other, just more open.
P.S. - Aside from that gripe being wrong, I agree with the other poster that you should look into Objective-C to address other issues. Look for "GnuSTEP" for cross-platform objective C GUI work. It's just nicer to use on a Mac as they have very good tools (though in fairness I have never looked at what GnuSTEP tools might be around, I just can't imagine them being quite as good as the tools Apple has sunk so much effort into!).
Flawed Test (Score:3, Insightful)
One example of why the tests are BS (Score:5, Insightful)
int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int n = ((argc == 2) ? atoi(argv[1]) : 1);
bool val = true;
>> Toggle *toggle = new Toggle(val);
for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
val = toggle->activate().value();
}
cout << ((val) ? "true" : "false") << endl;
delete toggle;
val = true;
NthToggle *ntoggle = new NthToggle(val, 3);
for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
val = ntoggle->activate().value();
}
cout << ((val) ? "true" : "false") << endl;
>> delete ntoggle;
return 0;
}
Why allocate and deallocate an object within the scope of a function? Well, in C++, there's no reason, so this is bad code. You can just declare it as a non-pointer and it lives in stack space. But guess what? You can't do that in Java: all objects are allocated on the heap.
That, and using cout instead of printf, are probably why this is slower than the "equivalent" Java.
-_-_-
Re:One example of why the tests are BS (Score:4, Informative)
The problem is that g++ probably does not optimise it all inline, whereas the particular java VM he has chosen to use probably does.
Although defining the Toggle variables with auto storage class may give g++ the hint it needs to realise this.
Additionally, the activate method is declared to be virtual, this shouldn't be a problem, except that it may further hide the optimisation opportunity from g++. Note that the description of the test does not stipulate that it is testing virtual methods.
Some performance myths (Score:5, Interesting)
Now, regarding java performance
... Java isn't slow per se, JVMs and some apis (most notably swing) are. Furthermore, JVMs usually have a slow startup, which gave java a bad name (for desktop apps startup matters a lot, for servers it's hardly a big deal). Java can be interpreted, but it doesn't have to be so (all "modern" JVMs compile to binary code on the fly)
Bytecode-based environments will, IMNSHO, eventually lead to faster execution than with pre-compilation. The reason is profiling and specialized code generation. With today's processors, profiling can lead sometimes to spectacular improvements - as much as 30% performance improvements on Itanium for instance. Although Itanium is arguably dead, other future architectures will likely rely on profiling as well. If you don't believe me, check the research in processor architecture and compiling.
The big issue with profiling is that the developper has to do it, and on a dataset that's not necessarily similar to the user's input data. Bytecode environments can do this on-the-fly, and with very accurate data.
C++ hash code is hobbled? (Score:3)
Why did he use the strdup function when he already has the char array from the previous sprintf?? That step incurs a huge and unnecessary penalty w/an allocation, just pass the pointer!
Also, in the second 'for' loop in hash2, he does extra work beacuse he already looked up (*k).second.
shouldv'e done hash2[k->first] = k->second;
Tell me I'm not crazy.
What about gcj? (Score:5, Interesting)
-josh
java *can* be fast... (Score:5, Interesting)
I am starting on a new standalone server now doing something different, but I am going to stick with Java, and will be happy to see what 1.5 does for me.
But I have seen Java run slow before, and I will tell you this: in every instance it is due to someone writing some needlessly complicated J2EE application with layer upon bloaty layer of indirection. All the wishing in the world won't make one of those behemoths run fast, but it's not fair to blame Java. Maybe blame Sun for EJB's and their best practices, or blame BEA for selling such a pig.
Stuff I like in the Java world:
Slow C++ compiler (Score:4, Informative)
A lot of the test results are close, and I think a different compiler would change the outcome.
Can I have an infinite budget to write the code? (Score:5, Interesting)
We knew java in theory should be worse than C++ at manipulating large blocks of raw data, so we spent some time architecting, prototyping, and profiling java. We quickly learned the limitations and strengths.
The result? After 4 engineers worked for 6 months, we had a program that was rock solid, had more features, had a modern UI, and was WAY faster. Night and day; the old program felt like a hog, and the new program was zippy as anything. And the new code is fewer lines, and (in our opinion) way more maintainable. Since the original release, we've added severeal new features after day or two of work; the same features never would have happened on the old version, because they would have been too risky.
So the question is this? Could we have re-written or refactored the C++ program and gotten the same speed benefits? No doubt, such a thing is possible. But we are all convinced there is NO WAY we could have done it with as little effort. The C++ version would have taken longer to write and debug.
Re:Can I have an infinite budget to write the code (Score:4, Insightful)
Unix GUIs are far easier to implement with Java than with C++. Athena/Xlib are a huge fargin' hassle and no-one ever gets the widgets right. Motif is too expensive to license.
You really need to look into Qt. It's much easier to use than Swing.
O3? Equivalent programs? (Score:5, Insightful)
-O3 adds function inlining and register renaming [gnu.org].
Also, some of the code doesn't look too much of a test of the language, but more of a test of the libraries. Both versions of hash rely on the library implementations, and it looks like hash.cpp [kano.net] does an extra strdup that the java version doesn't. I don't know either of the hash libraries well enough, but I don't see why this significant slowdown would be necessary in the gcc version.
Troll (Score:5, Insightful)
Gcc is designed for compatibility with a wide range of architectures, and is not optimized for a single one. He also (apparantly) used stock glibc from Red Hat. And only one "test", the method call test, showed java to be a real winner. And even then, it's server-side Java, which is meaning less when you talk about it as a day-to-day dev language (ie; creating standalone client-side apps).
Intel's (heavily optimized) C++ compiler should be a damn sight faster, and so should VC++.
This "comparison" is so limited in scope and meaning, that this writeup should be considered a troll.
Hell, read his lead-in:
Ie; I set out to prove Java is teh awesome and c++ is teh suck!
If anything it proves something I've known intuitively for a long time. gcc does not produce x86 code that's as fast as it could be. That's a trade-off for it being able to compile for every friggin cpu under the sun.
I can't wait till RMS takes personal offense and goes on the attack.
Java is not faster than optimized c++ (Score:4, Insightful)
Okay, so how could I make a blanket statement like that? In this case, the author of the paper merely used a compiler switch in gcc (-o2). That doesn't mean his c++ was highly optimized. It just means he told the compiler to do its best. If you really wanted to highly optimize c++, you would study the compiler and how it works, and you would profile the actual assembly that the compiler generates to make sure that it didn't do anything unexpected. Given *any* algorithm, I can come up with a c++ implementation that is faster than a Java implementation. Period.
The java compiler actually compiles to a virtual opcode format, which is then interpreted by the java virtual machine at runtime. Imagine if you needed to talk to someone on the phone, but instead of talking to them, you had to talk through an intermediary. Is there any possible way that it could be faster than talking to the person directly?
Now, I'll be the first to point out that a badly implemented c++ algorithm could be much slower than a well implemented Java algorithm, but I'll take the pepsi challenge with well written code any time, and win.
Relying on benchmarks and code somebody else wrote doesn't prove anything. Did he get down and dirty with the compiler and look at the generated assembly code? No, he did not.
Move along, there's nothing to see here.
Really? Try this one. (Score:4, Informative)
Oh, wait, you can't do that because nobody can write Halting.
I guess that means there are some algorithms for which you can't write a faster C++ version. Next time, try less rhetoric and more facts. "There exist lots of algorithms for which I can code a C++ implementation that's faster than a Java implementation" is good. The instant you make a unilateral statement like the one you just made, though, it shows that you don't know as much about computer science as you think you know.
Fact: there exist cases where Java is faster due to its ability to optimize on the fly. And if you know C++ as well as you think you do, this shouldn't surprise you. C++ beats C so handily for many tasks because C++ is able to do much better compile-time optimization largely on account of the C++ compiler having access to much more type information than a C compiler. When Java beats C++, it's on account of Java having access to much more information about runtime paths than a C++ compiler. ("Much more" may be an understatement; C++ doesn't even try!)
In other words, the JVM (sometimes) beats C++ for the exact same reason that C++ almost always spanks C; the faster implementation has access to more information and uses that information to make more efficient use of cycles.
I don't think these situations will appear all that often, and I am deeply skeptical of this guy's "in the general case, Java is faster" conclusion. But my skepticism isn't leading me to make rash statements which cannot be backed up.
The methodology used here sucks (Score:4, Interesting)
This didn't exactly fill me with optimism either:This would seem to imply that the author does not know much about either shell scripting or Makefiles. I'm not sure I'm willing to trust benchmarks from somebody who can't figure out an automated way to build and run them.
Explanation (Score:5, Interesting)
Reviewing the console log, we find that when java programs were tested with a large number of iterations, Java only performed better on one test.
I know that Java has many strengths, but speed isn't one of them. Looking at the results, we see the g++ runtimes are much more consistent than those of Java - on some tests, the Java Server is faster than the client by a factor of 20!? How could a programmer code without having any realistic expectation of the speed of his code. How embarrassed would you be to find that your "blazingly fast" app ran slower than molasses on the client machine, for reasons yet unknown?
When it comes to speed, compiled languages will always run faster than interpreted ones, especially in real-world applications.
But discussions of language speed are a moot point. What this really tested was the implementation, not the language. Speed is never a criteria upon which languages are judged - a "slow" language can always be brought up to speed with compiler optimizations (with a few exceptions). I suspect that if C++ was interpreted, and Java compiled, we'd see exactly the opposite results.
In short, the value of a language consists not in how fast it runs, but in what it enables the programmer to do.
Optimization at runtime vs. compile time (Score:5, Insightful)
I think some of you are overlooking the fact that a VM running byte code is capable of doing optimizations that a compiled language just can't possibly do. A compiled language can only be optimized at compile time. Those optimizations may be very sophisticated, but they can never be any better than an educated guess about what's going to happen at runtime.
But a VM is capable of determining exactly what is happening at runtime; it doesn't have to guess. And thus it is able to optimize those sections of code that really are, in true fact, impacting performance most severely. In can do this by compiling those sections to machine code, thus exploiting precisely the advantage that a compiled language is alleged to have by its very nature. And other kinds of optimizations, the kind that a compiler traditionally does, can be performed on those sections as well.
Of course there are scenarios where runtime optimization doesn't win much, for example in a program that is run once on a small amount of data and then stopped, so that the profiler doesn't get much useful info to work with. This is why Java is more likely to have benefits like this in long-running server processes.
And of course a conscientious C++ programmer will run a profiler on his program on a lot of sample data, and go about optimizing the slowest parts. A conscientious Java programmer should do that too. But an interpreted language has the advantage that the VM can do a lot of that work for you, and always does it at runtime, which is when it really counts.
Function calls (Score:5, Interesting)
For example:
[bdr@arthurdent tests]$ time
165580141
real 0m3.709s
user 0m3.608s
sys 0m0.005s
time
165580141
real 0m0.006s
user 0m0.002s
sys 0m0.002s
I think a lot of these benchmarks are showing that the Hotspot optimiser is very good at avoiding function call overheads.
Study Proves Sun Java Compiler Faster than GCC (Score:4, Insightful)
What this shows is that GCC's implementation of C++ is slower than an interpreted language like Java. This does not show that C++ is slower than Java.
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Notes on Stuff [blogspot.com]
String concat sillyness (Score:5, Informative)
I could not run the test for 10M, but ran it for up to 1M. 541 milliseconds in one case, 280 in the other. Here's the code I used (I had to modify the timing cause I'm running XP): The only difference in the class Strcat besides the class name is the instantiation of StringBuffer.
NB: I'm not accusing the author of bias against Java, nor am I ignorant of the fact a bunch of
Obligatory Bash Quote... (Score:4, Funny)
hash.c uses sprintf which is very slow (Score:4, Insightful)
It must parse the "%x" and determine what it's trying to do. So it decides, at runtime, you want to translate an integer value into a hexidecimal string. Of course if there's an error at runtime in the string "..." it must generate an error. How 'bout using strtol?
Now let's look at the java version:
Integer.toString(i, 16)
Ok, here we have something that is strongly typed so of course it will be faster. At runtime the java compiler _knows_ what it's dealing with and it knows it must invoke the hexadecimal conversion code.
Note that these statements are within loops.
Just one example, that was the first file I looked at. I don't think they have quite optimized the C++ code IMO. Plus the C++ library is notoriously slow, I would recommend rogue wave or your homegrown C++ classes.
I think the lesson here is it's very easy to write slow C++ code while it's very easy to write fast Java code.
Gimme any C++ code here and I'll profile it/speed it up and get it as fast if not faster than java.
Java performance "truths" change over time (Score:5, Informative)
Some very surprising tidbits there. For instance:
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Read the article for an excellent nuts-and-bolts analysis of many current performance considerations. From the posts in this thread, it's pretty clear a lot of people haven't looked into what's actually done in a server JVM these days.
Looking as the assembly for the C++ code (Score:4, Insightful)
Ackermann.cpp, for example, spends very little time actually calculating anything. Much of it's work includes all the overhead associated with making a function call.
Included in this overhead is management of the frame pointer. By using -fomit-frame-pointer, you avoid pushing the old ebp on the stack and a store of the current esp into ebp.
Ackermann runs about twice as fast with this simple optimization.
Re:If you don't run the JVM... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:3, Insightful)
Elaboration:
No model: with swt you get the widget as a UI object with a field of type Object that you may or may not use as a reference to the object dislpayed. You ahve to write the code that updates th
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:5, Informative)
Oh... and as of Java1.5, Swing apps can now be skinned to look however you'd like them to.
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:4, Informative)
Seeing things like this: is hurting my eyes.
This page [pemberley.com] has more information about this horrible malfeature.
That just means... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:4, Informative)
Very true, if don't nkow what you are doing (Score:5, Informative)
Now, when you need to change that quickly and without much overload, there are ways. A little known global HashTable called UIDefaults lets you change just about everything on the visual interface without having to write your own LookAndFeel (which you obviously can do too, for very large projects). You can have your scrollbars, menus, etc in any colour, size and shape, using any font. You can easily change all default colours without having to set every control. After a while the ugliness ceases to be a problem.
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:4, Interesting)
Non-graphical Java code can indeed be very competitive with other languages, but it would help if the author bothered to implement the code for his tests intelligently.
The Fibonacci code is recursive, which is about the slowest possible way to implement it, and much of the other code uses high-level features of C++ which are a convenience for the programmer, but are not used when worried about speed.
This fibo code, for example, should be faster: This code was turned in by a student in a lab of mine. This was his first semester in CS, and this code outperforms the Java code quoted on the website considerably. (Try it!).
I am not saying that recursion and high-level C++ features should NOT be used, but I AM saying that if you are comparing the potential speed of languages, you should use tricks that each language provides to optimize speed.
Java will never be faster than properly optimized C++ compiled with an intelligent optimizing compiler except in bizarre corner cases, and tests like this are not terribly convincing demonstrations otherwise. Even the corner cases are removed by a sufficiently talented programmer.
This is also not to say that Java is bad. I think Java is a great language (except for GUI programming with SWING), and definitely makes many programming tasks faster to code and easier to debug than one can do in C++.
Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually you can do most anything in those languages. Although for performance, and desgin reasons you may wish to use something else depending on the application.
You have no respect for code. Learn assembly and then we'll talk.
I know assembly, and fun as it is, it isn't well suited for high level projects where code reuse and mantainability are important. By the way, I have no respect for someone who knows assembly and thinks it is difficult. It isn't. And it certainly isn't graceful or elegant, but I love it all the same.
My Hero! (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm tired of some programmers expecting to be worshipped because they know assembly.
Assembly isn't all that.
For some uses, it is the right tool. For 99.9%+ it most definitely isn't.
Re:my arse (Score:3, Funny)
I used to be a C hacker and a laughed at Java when it came out because of it's poor performance. Times have changed, but the language bigots haven't.
Re:my arse (Score:5, Informative)
This whole "x is written in y, so x can't be faster than y" rubbish is just that - rubbish.
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:5, Interesting)
If you have a program that runs for awhile (so the startup time is small compared to the time the program takes to run), and does not do intensive output to the console, then Java is a reasonable choice in my opinion. Combined with SWT, Java applications can be quite snappy (see Eclipse, Azureus), and the end user will probably never know the difference.
- shadowmatter
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:3, Interesting)
Desktop app use cases may be different, in which case your test may be valid. Start-up time is definitely a significant part of the user experience. At one point Java 1.5 was supposed to have shared VMs, so that Java can start at system load time. Other VMs would just then
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:4, Interesting)
While it is entirely possible [in c/c++] to use a profiler to generate compiler hints so as to generate even more efficient code, this is rarely performed, and often is not free. A VM otoh does get this capability for free.
Additionally, the java memory manager has a slight edge over tradditional malloc's for total throughput (though the best throughput configurations have horrible spuradic response times). It is also possible to choose a different memory manager for c/c++, but this too is rarely used.. Moreover, it is much harder to have 3'rd party code integrate well with a garbage-collector model. Java enforces garbage collection, and thus optionally gets the particular performance gains (being free to trade off throughput for responsiveness no matter what 3'rd part code is integrated).
As was pointed out, one of the strenghts of C/C++ are pass-by-value, which allows memory allocations to be avoided all-together, but at the cost of copy-time and robustness of code. If a method call requires instantiation, c/c++ have the option of passing in a local [stack resident] structure to be populated by the method. However, this is fodder for buffer-overflow exploits, and notorious for otherwise bad code (accidently caching the address of a value that lives on the stack). Thus, given that c++ will use "new" and thus generally perform a malloc, the same performance issues above apply, and c/c++ may have the additional overhead of copy-by-value.
The fact that you have to explicity declare a c++ parameter as pass-by-reference suggests that those interested in "good programming practices" (tm) will only make a pass-by-reference if you intend to modify it's contents. Thus "clean" code in c++ will be copy-intensive... For fairness, clean java code should always make immutable wrappers for any non-modifyable code, thus requiring an all together different liability (and thus I can't make any claims as to which would be faster; wrapper object instantiation or deep parameter-copy). Though all primatives are available in java as immutable objects (Strings, Dates, etc). Moreoever, clean OO-code should always use method getters, and make all fields private (not even protected). Both C++ and jit'd java can inline these getters.
I haven't looked at the benchmark code, but the above are common components which make a big difference when scaling to large enterprise applications, or even when merely writing a glue application which integrates many large 3'rd party libraries. In c++ you don't have a lot of control over the 3'rd party libraries (in terms of their design trade-offs), but with a VM, you are largely sheltered and have many configurable alternatives.
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This doesn't make any sense... (Score:5, Informative)
Something I've often wondered is whether this caching could be persistent, i.e. be kept between runs of the JVM. Eventually, the entire program would be translated to pure assembler with the cost of translation largely amortised across many sessions. You still keep the safety, cross platform compatibility and ease-of-programming of a bytecode language (i.e. Java, C#) but you get the bonus of the cached object code being just as fast, even during startup and shutdown.
Provide link please! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:every year this happens... (Score:4, Informative)
been there, done that (Score:5, Informative)
2) While it's not an id game, IL2 Sturmovik [il2sturmovik.com] is a critically-acclaimed fight simulator that was written almost entirely in Java.
Re:every year this happens... (Score:5, Insightful)
_Jikes_, OTOH, is written in C++. But that's not really the official Java compiler by a long shot.
Your second requirement is absolutely bizarre. Does this mean you're not taking languages like Lisp, Prolog, Python, and Perl seriously, too? Those are all very nice languages for doing stuff in, but I'm pretty sure id never wrote a 3D engine in them. In fact, I was under the impression that id has never written a 3D engine in C++, either. Should we not take C++ seriously?
IMHO: The measure of a language is not how easy it is to write an arbitrary application in it. It's how easy it is to write something for which the language was designed to do.
-Erwos
Re:every year this happens... (Score:3, Funny)
Except for the first Java compiler.
Re:Nort really surprising (Score:5, Insightful)
This would be much more meaninful if you had used fputs() instead of write() in the C version.
As for "several orders of magnitude," I call bullshit. There's no way in hell the standard C++ IO functions are hundreds of times slower unless they're extremely badly written. Which leads me to another reason why this example sucks: there can be different implementations of the standard libraries.
In conclusion, this "comparison" is a stinky pile of shit, and should be ignored. And it's not even on topic, since it doesn't have a Java version.
Re:Benchmarks (Score:3, Interesting)
I put it on the web because I thought it would interest others. Even though I put disclaimers on the page, and I try not to make any claims, I see some people say the shootout shows that "language X is faster than language Y".
That claim is probably premature and hence, bogus. I
Re:-O3? (Score:4, Informative)
For example:
methcall.cpp -O2 1.8s -O3 1.8s
fib.cpp -O2 3.7s -O3 3.7s
matrix.cpp -O2 1.8s -O3 1.8s (interestingly, adding -march=athlon-xp for my machine reduces time to 1.5s)
Java to Assembly (Score:4, Insightful)
The rest of the performance improvements are in the compiler optimizations and libraries which are mostly tangential to the language itself. If the compiler is clever enough to take "for (x=0, i=0; i<100; ++i) x+=5;" and substitute this for "x=500;", then great, but it should not be confused with an endorsement of the language itself.
Furthermore, I had no difficulty modifying the C++ code to outperform or at least meet the results of the server-side JVM using G++. In the cases where Java had any lead whatsoever, the code was so trivial that the JVM could virtually precompute the result. I don't see this as being useful because in the real-world, nothing I write is so trivial that this is possible. If it was, I would have done it myself. I believe this largely explains the discrepency between these "tests" and my actual experience.
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Hello,
The old version you have is part of the old suite dubbed "RadControls for ASP Classic" which has not been supported since 2009. The current suite, "UI for ASP.NET AJAX", while based on them, is entirely new in terms of plaforms and concepts and thus, there are a lot of changes. We do try to keep backwards compatibility but sometimes changes are needed. They are inevitable when we changed platforms 7 years ago. We do try to keep the current suite in a stable state with as little changes as possible.
Some of the old skins are not available anymore. You can find the full list in the online demos where a skin chooser is available or here:. You can take a look at the demos to see which of the current ones are closest to your needs to switch to them. You can also set the skin globally from the web.config for all controls: (web.config registration is shown at the end).
Custom skins can be used with the current suite and this article explains the basics:. Each control has an article that explains details, for example:. This article also explains that you need to set the EnableEmbeddedSkins to false to use custom skins. How exactly you are going to set this property and the Skin property of the control depends on your site and preferences, there is no silver bullet for this choice.
There has been a major change in Q1 2009 to unify the skinning approach in all controls and this causes old custom skins to have some issues. Thus, I advise that you go through the following resources to resolve that:
I hope this helps you migrate the customizations you have.
I would also like to use this opportunity to strongly advise that you upgrade as often as possible (e.g., with every service pack release). This minimizes changes that you may need to tackle and also provides you with the latest fixes, improvements and new features/controls.
Generally, when upgrading I would suggest having those resources in mind:
You may also find this blog post useful when upgrading:.
Also, in case you are using the "Classic" suite of controls, you may find articles like this one useful:.
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Hi,
You can set the most common setting for the Skin and EnableEmbeddedSkins in the web.config.
You can then explicitly change it for controls that need custom skins in their definitions. Or, you can use ASP Themes and skinID to set that for a more global set of controls.
There is no way to combine two application-scope settings with different values. One of them has to be entered manually where needed by the developer.
On using the old .NET2 assemblies together with the Telerik.Web.UI assemblies - I strongly advise against this because I cannot guarantee where namespaces (both on the client or on the server) will match and cause ambiguity or overriding.
You can only use one version of a given .NET assembly in the project and this also applies to our controls. You can reference only one version of the Telerik.Web.UI assembly and it has to match the one of the Telerik.Web.UI.Skins and Telerik.Web.Design assemblies.
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What I want to stress is that we do not support such a scenario and we cannot guarantee there will be no issues, script overrides, errors or server namespace/class ambiguities. | http://www.telerik.com/forums/telerik-web-ui-version-upgrade-compatibility-issue | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | refinedweb | 673 | 70.84 |
We all know how painful memory management in C++ is, don't we? :-) ... Of course, there are solutions like reference counting with smart pointers, but the programmer should exercise great care not to introduce cyclic references. Programmers that use garbage-collected languages laugh at us, don't they? :-).
After some articles I have written the previous years about C++ and garbage collection (see here and here), the problem of memory management came up again in one of my personal projects, so I revisited my code, found out the bugs I had, redesigned it, and the result is in the attached file.
LibGC is a thread-based garbage-collection library with the following features:
finalize
The library is created such that it is easy to use, especially by people who are used to using special pointer classes for managing memory.
The library provides thread-based garbage collection. What does that mean? It means that each thread can have its own collector. The reason for this decision is two-fold:
I think it is better that each thread has its own collector; threads can exchange data with synchronized queues.
The library, as it is provided, only supports one thread, the main thread. If you want to provide thread support, you have to define a global function that returns a different collector for each thread, using thread local storage. It is not too difficult, and I will write an example for that later.
The main classes of the library are:
garbage_collector
object
ptr<T>
weak_ptr<T>
member_ptr<T>
weak_member_ptr<T>
array<T>
weak_array<T>
The library does not contain source files; it only contains header files. Unzip it in a directory of your choice, then include the file libgc.hpp in your project. The zip file contains the code documentation.
Declaring garbage-collected classes is very easy. Here is an example:
#include "libgc.hpp"
using namespace libgc;
class Foo : public object {
public:
};
You have to use the class member_ptr<T> in order to declare garbage-collected pointers. These members must be initialized with an owner object, so that the collector has a precise picture of an object's layout. You can also initialize members:
#include "libgc.hpp"
using namespace libgc;
class Foo : public object {
public:
member_ptr<Bar> m_next;
Foo() : m_next(this, new Bar) {
}
};
Global and stack pointers to garbage-collected objects must be declared with the class ptr<T>. This class automatically registers itself to the current garbage collector on construction, and un-registers itself on destruction. Registration happens using a single-linked list as a stack, so it does not take too much code. This is necessary so that the collector knows where the pointers are. Here is an example:
int main() {
ptr<Foo> foo1 = new Foo;
}
Sometimes, it is necessary to have pointers that do not cause objects to be kept around, and that are nullified automatically when the pointed object is collected. These pointers are called weak. The library provides both member and root weak pointers. Usage is exactly the same as strong pointers:
#include "libgc.hpp"
using namespace libgc;
class Foo : public object {
public:
weak_member_ptr<Bar> m_next;
Foo() : m_next(this, new Bar) {
}
};
int main() {
weak_ptr<Foo> foo1 = new Foo;
}
When garbage collection happens, all root and member weak pointers that point to the collected objects are set to NULL.
NULL
The library also provides the capability of declaring garbage-collected arrays of garbage-collected objects. The declaration is very simple:
int main() {
ptr<array<Foo> > array1 = new array<Foo>[10];
}
You can then handle the array as a normal C++ array:
array[0] = new Foo;
array1[0]->action();
Weak arrays are the same as arrays, but they contain weak pointers instead of strong pointers.
The functionality described above is not hard-coded into the garbage_collector class. In fact, that class only provides the absolute minimum interface for handling finalizing and marking. The actual algorithms for finalization and marking are provided by user-defined classes. The library's classes are coded in the same way. Check out the documentation of the class for how to call the methods malloc, free, mark, and mark_weak in order to find out how to customize certain aspects of the library.
malloc
free
mark
mark_weak
If you want super-fast scanning of member pointers, for example, without using special classes, then you can provide your own mark routine:
class Node {
Node *m_prev;
Node *m_next;
void *operator new(size_t size, temp_ptr &tmp = temp_ptr()) {
return get_garbage_collector().malloc(size,
finalize_node, mark_node, 0, tmp);
}
static void finalize_node(void *mem) {
cout << "finalized!\n";
}
static void mark_node(void *mem) {
Node *node = (Node *)mem;
get_garbage_collector().mark(node->m_prev);
get_garbage_collector().mark(node->m_next);
}
};
Thread support can be provided by specifying a custom 'garbage collector accessor function' which returns a thread-specific collector; for example, under Win32:
//returns a collector specific to thread
garbage_collector &get_thread_collector() {
//gc_index must have been allocated elsewhere
return *(garbage_collector *)TlsGetValue(gc_index);
}
int main() {
//set the gc access function
set_garbage_collector_access_function(&get_thread_collector);
}
The library provides a wrapper class for those classes that are not garbage-collected. For example, you can make an STL list garbage-collected, like this:
new GC<std::list<int> >;
The algorithm used internally is the mark & sweep algorithm: first the root set is scanned for live objects, then objects that are unreachable are finalized and destroyed. Upon exit, all remaining objects are finalized and destroyed.
Garbage collection happens automatically from inside the allocation function, when the number of allocated bytes exceeds the collector's limit. The method garbage_collector::limit() can be used to retrieve the number of bytes set as limit, and the method garbage_collector::set_limit(size_t size) can be used to set the limit. The default value for the limit is 64 MB.
garbage_collector::limit()
garbage_collector::set_limit(size_t size)
The number of bytes that are allocated are retrieved by the method garbage_collector::alloc_size().
garbage_collector::alloc_size()
The library follows the C++ semantics closely; be careful to initialize pointers (global/stack, members, arrays) to meaningful values before using them, otherwise your application will most certainly crash. The rationale is that, in C++, you do not pay for what you do not use, so this principle is followed by this library too.
You can always delete objects and arrays, using the operator delete.
operator delete
What I described above is, of course, not the fastest possible collection; I consider it, though, more than enough to solve my memory management problems. Maybe, that's valid for you. If not, there are other collectors around which are industrial strength, like this one.
Of course, there are some restrictions:
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Quote:Storyline
A movie based on the true life story of Bass Reeves...
Robin Hood: Men in Tights[^] wrote:Townspeople: A black sheriff?!
Blinkin: He's black?
Achoo: And why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles.
dandy72 wrote:5.2 on IMDB isn't exactly a glowing endorsement.
Mark_Wallace wrote:Note that I'd use the word "remarkable" for hollywood, too, but not in quite the same context.
Prophet = speaks in parables
sounds like = reportedly
profit
pkfox wrote:Reportedly gains gives too much of the answer away
1. Jack likes Jill 80% of the time with an intensity of 75%
2. Jill likes Jack 70% of the time with an intensity of 65%
3. When it's a sunny day, 6 times out of ten sunny days: Jack and Jill will go up the Hill
4. When it's overcast, or raining: they go up the Hill 1 out of 15 overcast days.
5. When Jack and Jill are up the Hill:
5a. Jack likes Jill with an intensity of 80~99%
5b. Jill likes Jack with an intensity of 76~90%
6. there is a pattern of quantum fluctuations in Jack's liking Jill based on the extent to which Jill likes Jack.
7. there is a pattern of quantum fluctuations in Jill's liking Jack based on the extent to which Jack likes Jill.
// .NET 4.8
public class RelationStates<T>
{
public string Source { get; }
public string Target { get; }
public Dictionary<string, (T, T)> RelStates;
public Func<(T, T), string> GetStateFunc;
public string GetState((T, T) values)
{
return GetStateFunc?.Invoke(values);
}
public RelationStates(string source, string target, Dictionary<string, (T, T)> relstates = null)
{
Source = source;
Target = target;
RelStates = relstates ?? new Dictionary<string, (T, T)>();
}
}
RelationStates<int> JackToJill = new RelationStates<int>(
"Jack", "Jill",
new Dictionary<string, (int, int)>
{
{"indifferent", ( 0,10) },
{"warm", (20,40) },
{"friendly", (50,79) },
{"intimate", (85, 90) },
{"love", (95,100) }
});
JackToJill.GetStateFunc = tuple => { return "not implemented"; }; // yes, this compiles !
var state = JackToJill.GetState((23, 24));
BillWoodruff wrote:I predict your mind already began...
BillWoodruff wrote:JackToJill.GetStateFunc = tuple => { return "not implemented"; }; // yes, this compiles !
musefan wrote:My mind ain't doing jack at the moment.
musefan wrote:I'm going to stop writing now until I wake up
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This Week in Rust
Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust. We’re gearing up
for the 0.8 release in 2-3 weeks. It looks like it’s going to be a really
solid release. I’ll write another
State of Rust, hopefully before it is
released.
What’s cooking in master?
68 PRs were merged this week.
Breaking changes
std::iteratorhas been renamed to
std::iter.
- The
std::num::Primitivetrait is now constrained by the
Cloneand
DeepClonetraits, as well as
Orderable.
- Some more free functions have been removed from
std::vec.
unzipnow takes an iterator, a
Permutationsiterator has been added, and some rarely-used, obsolete, functions were removed.
- A bunch of changes to
Optionand
Resultwere made. Specifically,
chainwas changed to
and_thenand
unwrap_or_defaultto
unwrap_or.
- rustpkg builds into target-specific subdirectories now.
Additions and fixes
- debuginfo now has namespace support. Looking at all the various PRs Michael has opened over the summer, it seems DWARF is a very flexible, nice debuginfo format, but gdb and LLVM don’t support it very well.
- Correct
range_stepand
range_step_inclusiveiterators have been added. They are correct in cases of overflow, and are generic.
- A handy
sleepfunction has been added to newrt.
- File IO in newrt works on windows now.
- A bug where nested items in a default method weren’t compiled has been fixed.
- A rendezvous concurrency structure, much like Ada’s, has been added.
- Buffered IO wrappers have been added.
- nmatsakis landed a PR that closed 7 issues at once.
- rustpkg now uses
extra::workcacheto prevent recompilation of already-compiled crates.
Meeting
The Tuesday
meeting
discussed the github commit policy, implicit copyability, patterns, and the
fate of
&const.
Other things
- Eric Reed (ecr)’s intern presentation: An I/O System for Rust. Unfortunately, the audio cuts out.
- Evict-BT, a git-integrated issue tracker.
- Computer Graphics and Game Development. Also note the
#rust-gamedevchannel.
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Version Control on Mac OS X, Part 3
Pages: 1, 2, 3
MacCVSClientX is a free
multithreaded CVS client for Mac OS X, as well as Mac OS (Classic). Unlike
Project Builder and BBEdit, MacCVSClientX is not a development or edit
environment. It enables you to see file differences, conflicts, administer adds and
imports, and manage your project files' revision history.
Click for larger view
Concurrent Versions Librarian (CVL) is a GUI
for CVS, supporting many CVS commands, including commit, update, tag, checkout, import, status, log, and differences and tag inspectors. It uses Apple's
FileMerge to resolve merge conflicts and permits you to interact with multiple
repositories. CVL also supports integration with ProjectBuilder. If you double-click on a file in the Work Area, CVL will open the file in Project Builder.
commit
update
tag
import
status
log
You can perform many CVS commands by selecting a file and either right-clicking over the file or selecting the command from the CVL menus.
In addition, you can get information on a file through Tools->Inspector,
including a file's status, log information, tags, and differences. For example, to
get log information for a file, select the file from the work area and choose Tools->Inspector->Logs.
The last program we will look at is LinCVS. LinCVS is a
freely available cross-platform GUI for CVS that runs under Mac OS X, UNIX,
and Windows. The program uses the Qt GUI and application tools kit, providing
single-source portability across platforms. As with the other programs we've
discussed, LinCVS supports most of the CVS commands you need. For Mac OS X
users, LinCVS comes as an application you can run from a shell or by double-clicking its icon.
To access the remote CVS repository, I used the same trick as we did with Project
Builder, where I launched to from a shell with the open command. Next, I
created a new profile, entered my CVS information, and checked out the MyPing
project.
open
If you develop cross-platform applications, and you are looking for a good GUI
for CVS, LinCVS is definitely worth checking out.
This concludes our look at version control under Mac OS X using CVS and
Project Builder. I hope that this series of articles has convinced you that version
control is an important part of any software development project and adding it to
your development process is a relatively painless process.
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One of the Internet’s current hot topics is Web Services, introduced by Kevin Yank in his article Web Services Demystified.
If you’ve been following industry news on the subject, you may think this is some high level technology, of interest only to big companies with huge budgets. But if you did, you’d be wrong.
The concepts behind Web Services are remarkably simple, and in this article we’ll be taking a deeper look at what’s involved. Then, with a little help from our good friend PHP, we’ll set up our first Web Service.
We will assume some knowledge of PHP, MySQL and XML, which — if you’re uncertain of — you can quickly pick up from Building your own Database Driven Website using PHP & MySQL and XML – An Introduction.
So here’s what’s on the menu:
The Basics of Web Services: To start with we’ll be quickly reviewing the basic concepts behind Web Services.
Introducing XML-RPC: Next, we’ll introduce you to an XML standard for the exchange of data between systems, and we’ll put it into context with Kevin’s article.
PHP XML-RPC Implementations: Then we’ll review some of the Open Source implementations of XML-RPC in PHP: code you can use to quickly build your own Web Service, or access other Web Services from your site.
Your first Web Service: If you want to get straight down to business, this is the place to be. Here, we’ll take one of the implementations described previously, and build a Web Service for it in PHP.
What you can do with XML-RPC: Wondering what to do next? We’ll give you some ideas for what you could do with XML-RPC and Web Services.
Let’s get started!
The Basics of Web Services
The first thing to understand about Web Services is they’re not really anything new. If you’ve ever used an RSS Feed to take news from another Website and place it on your own, you’ve already got a good idea of how Web Services work (see Kevin Yank’s article: PHP and XML: Parsing RSS 1.0).
Web Services are about exchanging data between a server and a client, using a standard XML format to "package" requests and data so that both systems can "understand" each other. The server and the client could both be Web servers, or any other electronic device you care to think of..
Above that, there’s information that describes the nature of the service itself (not unlike the HTML-descriptive META tags), so that it can be categorised and found on sites that offer Web Service directories. This is the discovery layer, which is currently being addressed by the UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) standard.
Both the description and discovery layers are simply XML, governed by a particular format that enables relevant information to be found for all Web Services on the Internet.
Perhaps what’s made Web Services a hot topic recently — aside from marketing by the likes of Microsoft and IBM — is the development of these standards. They’ll allow Web Services to be rolled out en masse across the Internet, backed by development tools that’ll make access to them both predictable and easy.
But it should be remembered that everything a Web Service does now, in terms of data exchange, could also have been done 5 or even 10 years ago using the HTTP standard and whichever XML format you chose to use or invent (RSS feeds being a prime example). The "hot news" today is that building and distributing a Web Service is now a lot easier than in the past.
Anyway, if you’re looking for a hype-free news source for the technological development in Web Services, try XML Hack.
We’ll skip further generalities, but suffice it to say that this article focuses on the packaging layer, i.e. how you build and access a Web Service.
Introducing XML-RPC
In "Web Services Demystified", Kevin looks at a standard called SOAP, which is used to "package" data for exchange between two systems. SOAP is on its way to being the W3C standard for Web Services, and with backing from Microsoft and IBM will probably get the official stamp very soon.
But another standard exists for the same purpose: XML-RPC. It’s been around since 1998, and although it’s not an official W3C standard, is already widely used, and has impressive support in the form of Open Source projects. Developed by Useful Inc. in conjunction with Microsoft, it can be regarded in many ways as the forerunner to SOAP, which hasn’t stopped running quite yet.
As this article will demonstrate, the biggest thing XML-RPC has going for it is simplicity, which is clear from the start when you compare the 1500 word specification with SOAP’s 11,000 word (and growing) bible. The other good news is that XML-RPC is well supported in PHP, along with implementations in just about any other language you could desire.
For a detailed comparison of XML-RPC and SOAP, I’d recommend reading XML-RPC vs. SOAP. In brief, SOAP is intended to fill the gaps in XML-RPC, offering a truly enterprise-level mechanism for the exchange of data between systems. For example, it should be easier to deliver multi-dimensional arrays through SOAP than through XML-RPC. But there’s nothing wrong with using XML-RPC, especially given that it’s a stable standard, while SOAP may undergo further re-definition in the future.
You might wonder whether it’s worth putting the effort into learning about XML-RPC if it’s about to be superseded by another standard. Worry no more: you can easily transform a SOAP request to an XML-RPC request using XSLT, which will allow your XML-RPC to survive in a messy Internet where everyone’s looking for the SOAP (apologies — but one pun had to be made).
So how does XML-RPC work? As you’ll see later in this article, you don’t really need to know too much about it to be able to use it. But there’s plenty of information out there that describes it, and a worthwhile read is XML-RPC for Newbies. We’ll take a quick look at how XML-RPC works now, and then move on to how we can make use of it.
The two main components of an XML-RPC "message" are methods and parameters. Methods correspond loosely to the functions you define in PHP, while parameters correspond to the variables you pass to those functions. Parameters can be one of a number of different types, such as strings, integers and arrays — very similar to the variable types you’re already used to in PHP. In addition, XML-RPC defines other tags for things like error handling, but we’ll leave that explanation to the spec as, for the most part, we’ll never need to worry about them.
An XML-RPC "conversation", between two systems bgins with a request from the XML-RPC client, which the server answers with a response. The request contains a method and perhaps some parameters required by the method. The response replies with parameters that contain the requested data. The process is very much like using a function you’ve defined in a PHP script; you call a function and pass it some variables. The function then responds by returning some variables.
Here’s what a client request might look like, as seen by the target XML-RPC server:
Request (from your XML-RPC client):
POST /xmlrpcInterface HTTP/1.0
User-Agent: Sitepoint XML-RPC Client 1.0
Host: xmlrpc.sitepoint.com
Content-type: text/xml
Content-length: 195
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall> <methodName>forums.getNumTodaysThreads</methodName>
<params>
<param><value><string>PHP Development</string></value></param>
</params>
</methodCall>
And here’s the response from the server, as seen by the XML-RPC client.
Response (from the XML-RPC server):
HTTP/1.1 200 OKThe example request might be to find out how many threads have been posted in the PHP Development forum today. The response tells the client the number it asked for. This is just a simple example, sending one parameter to a method and getting one parameter back. XML-RPC provides much more, allowing you to pass the server more complicated sets of data (such as arrays), and receive in return a detailed response that contains all sorts of data. In case you were wondering, the "RPC" in XML-RPC stands for Remote Procedure Call. The client system "calls" a "procedure" (or method) on a remote server. The concept of a Remote Procedure Call is general to software development, and one which you'll come across in many places. XML-RPC is an XML standard for data exchange to be used in a Remote Procedure Call. XML-RPC itself sits at the packaging layer of the technology stack described in Kevin's "Web Services Demystified" (and as mentioned above, it's an alternative to SOAP, which Kevin uses as an example of a packaging layer). What happens in the description and discovery layers is up to you. Some implementations of XML-RPC offer extensions that provide introspection, which would amount to the description layer providing details of the methods and parameters with which you can call an XML-RPC server. The discovery layer is missing with XML-RPC: there is no central registry of XML-RPC servers, but no doubt extensions conforming to the UDDI standard will arise when the need appears. Enough detail of XML-RPC! Using the implementations that already exist for PHP, you don't need to get too involved with the standard itself. So let's see what you can get for free for XML-RPC and PHP...
Connection: close
Content-Length: 148
content-Type: text/xml
Date: Wed, Jul 28 1999 15:59:04 GMT
Server: Sitepoint XML-RPC Server 1.0
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><int>42</int></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>
PHP XML-RPC ImplementationsJust as your hands were starting to sweat, it's now time to review a number of Open Source projects that can save you having to write your own code to generate XML-RPC requests and responses. Those reviewed here all come from the implementations page at xmlrpc.com. The two main "stress tests" in reviewing them were:
XMLRPC-EPI
- how long do they take to install and use?
- will they be widely supported by the type of PHP configuration you'll find on an average Web host?%MINIFYHTMLd50f6e234160df0357dc33533f7384d523%XMLRPC-EPI was developed originally for internal use at epinions and has been successful to the point that it now provides PHP with its experimental XML-RPC Functions. XMLRPC-EPI itself is a base class written in C++ (the rest are written in PHP), which won't be something you can readily install on your Web server if you don't have root access -- you'll need to re-compile PHP. Aside from that, this class only deals with the interpretation of XML-RPC requests and responses, and doesn't actually send or receive the requests themselves. You'll find an early tutorial on its use here. eZ xmlrpc Developed by BÃ¥rd Farstad (gotta love that name), this is the XML-RPC class used in ezPublish to receive requests from their desktop client. The design of the class is good, in that it's fairly intuitive to work with and is nicely introduced by this tutorial, plus it offers introspection. But it fails on one major point -- it requires that the xml parser (--with-qtdom) be available and configured for use with PHP. This is going to be non-standard for the majority of PHP installations, which usually adopt the expat XML parser (--with-xml). So, sadly, we'll have to look elsewhere... Fase 4 XML-RPC Looking at the site, the documentation is good, but in installing and trying the "server.php" demonstration script results in a "class not found" error. With so many to choose from, that eliminates this class from the race. phpRPC This class has potential. It goes beyond interpretation and request/response handling to provide functionality like connection to an "abstract" database. The current version is alpha 0.9, so for now we're going to pass on it, but it's worth keeping an eye on. If you have big projects planned, this class could save you a lot of development time. phpxmlrpc Developed by Useful Inc, the creators of the XML-RPC standard, this class obviously has a lot going for it. Basically it fully supports the XML-RPC standard and offers debugging as well, which, as we'll see later, can be one of your bigger problems when building a Web Service. The documentation is good and there are plenty of examples, as well as this tutorial on how to build a client with it. But as a starting place for building your first Web Service, this class isn't ideal -- it can be recommended only to more experienced PHP developers, which is why we're going to look elsewhere... Keith Devens' XML-RPC Client/Server Visiting the project's home page, you'll quickly realise you're off to an easier start. The code is simply a set of user-defined PHP functions to include in your scripts, as opposed to a full class. It takes away from your XML-RPC servers and clients the requirement that they work out what types of XML-RPC parameters they're dealing with. This does mean your XML-RPC client will need to be more careful in examining the data it receives, but you'll only be worried by PHP variables (which you should already be used to), not XML-RPC parameters. Also, the documentation is good. So this is where we're going to start building your first Web Service...
Your First Web ServiceHere we go! Let's build a Web Service for publishing news from your Website, along the lines of an RSS feed. But rather than simply providing a list titles and links that will end up taking the user back to the original news source, our Web Service will make it look like the news lives on the site where the XML-RPC client is installed. We'll define two XML-RPC methods for our use: "
news.getNewsList", which will provide a list of news items, and "
news.viewNewsItem", which will display a single news item in full. There will also be a default "
method_not_found" method, in case of trouble. Each method corresponds to a function we'll define in PHP, such as a query which
SELECTs news from your database. We'll assume you have PHP 4.1.0 or later, and access to a MySQL database (version 3.23+). It's worth reading the code and examining the comments as well as checking the documentation for Keith's XML-RPC related functions. Ok. Roll up those sleeves, and away we go... Preparations 1. Download the code archive for this article -- it'll save you from laboriously cutting and pasting the code from the pages of this tutorial. 2. Download the source code from and save it as "kd_xmlrpc.php".%MINIFYHTMLd50f6e234160df0357dc33533f7384d524%3. Now create a directory on your Web server called kd_xmlrpc, below your Web root (where your "home page" lives), and place kd_xmlrpc.php there. We'll be putting all the other files we create below in the same directory. 4. Create a table in your MySQL database using this query:
CREATE TABLE kd_xmlrpc_news (
news_id mediumint(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
title varchar(255) default NULL,
short_desc text,
full_desc text,
author varchar(100) default NULL,
date datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
PRIMARY KEY (news_id)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='XML RPC News';
4. Now
INSERTsome dummy news items into the table -- or, if you're lacking inspiration, run the "kd_xmlrpc_news.sql" query you'll find in the code archive (downloaded in step 1).
The XML-RPC Server
The database is now ready for action. Next, let's create the XML-RPC server, and call it "server.php":
<?php
/* server.php */
/* Variables for accessing MySQL */
$dbserver= "localhost"; // Hostname of your MySQL server
$db = "database_name"; // Name of your MySQL database
$dbuser = "username"; // MySQL user with access to $db
$dbpassword = "password"; // Password for MySQL user
/* Connect to the MySQL server */
$link = @mysql_connect ($dbserver, $dbuser, $dbpassword);
if (! $link){
echo ( "Unable to connect to db" );
exit();
}
/* Select the database */
if (!mysql_select_db ($db, $link) ){
exit ();
}
/* Include Keith's xml-rpc library */
include("kd_xmlrpc.php");
/* Include a file that defines all the xml-rpc "methods" */
include("web_service_api.php");
/* Now use the XMLRPC_parse function to take POST
data from what xml-rpc client connects and turn
it into normal PHP variables */
$xmlrpc_request = XMLRPC_parse($GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA']);
/* From the PHP variables generated, let's get the
method name ie. server asks "What would you like
me to do for you?" */
$methodName = XMLRPC_getMethodName($xmlrpc_request);
/* Get the parameters associated with that method
e.g "So you want to view a news item. Tell me
which one you want. What's the id#?" */
$params = XMLRPC_getParams($xmlrpc_request);
/* Error check - if a method was used that doesn't
exist, return the error response to the client */
if(!isset($xmlrpc_methods[$methodName])){
$xmlrpc_methods['method_not_found']($methodName);
/* Otherwise, let's run the PHP function corresponding
to that method - note the functions themselves
return the correct formatted xml-rpc response
to the client */
}else{
/* Call the method - notice $params[0] not just $params as the
documentation states. */
$xmlrpc_methods[$methodName]($params[0]);
}
?>
Here's a quick summary of what happens within server.php:
- Connect to MySQL to give the script access to the database.
- Include the kd_xmlrpc.php code so we can use Keith's functions.
- Include web_service_api.php, which defines the XML-RPC methods (see below).
- Use the
XMLRPC_parse()function to take the contents of
$GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA'], which contains the request from an XML-RPC client, and convert the XML into PHP variables.
- Now determine which XML-RPC method has been called, using the
XMLRPC_getMethodName()function. We want the same XML-RPC server to be capable of more than one task (method/function), and here's where we determine which one we'll carry out for the current request (e.g "
news.getNewsList" or "
news.viewNewsItem").
- Now check for any parameters sent in the client request, such as an "
id" (identifying number) of a news item.
- Finally we check that the method exists, as defined in web_service_api.php, and if everything looks good, we run th method (i.e. PHP function) required. If we can't find the method, we run the default "
method_not_found" method.
The special XML-RPC functions we used were:
XMLRPC_parse(): this function takes some XML and turns it into PHP variables -- so the XML from the client's request is converted to a form that PHP can work with. At this point, this isn't specific to the XML-RPC standard -- any XML that's sent will be converted to PHP variables.
XMLRPC_getMethodName()determine which method is being used so we can decide which PHP function to use.
XMLRPC_getParams()takes any XML-RPC parameters and converts them to PHP variables.
That's basically the XML-RPC server finished. In general, this is what you'd do for every XML-RPC server you build. Not hard, was it? Now all we need are those PHP functions to be used with the methods...
The Methods
Next, we define some PHP functions that correspond to XML-RPC methods, and store them in web_service_api.php:
<?php
/* web_service_api.php */
/* Define an array to name the xmlrpc methods and
their corresponding PHP functions */
$xmlrpc_methods = array();
$xmlrpc_methods['news.getNewsList'] = news_getNewsList;
$xmlrpc_methods['news.viewNewsItem'] = news_viewNewsItem;
$xmlrpc_methods['method_not_found'] = XMLRPC_method_not_found;
/* Now a useful function for converting MySQL datetime
to a UNIX timestamp which can then be used with
the XMLRPC_convert_timestamp_to_iso8601($timestamp) function.
This is not a method!
It comes from: */
function mysql_datetime_to_timestamp($dt) {
$yr=strval(substr($dt,0,4));
$mo=strval(substr($dt,5,2));
$da=strval(substr($dt,8,2));
$hr=strval(substr($dt,11,2));
$mi=strval(substr($dt,14,2));
$se=strval(substr($dt,17,2));
return mktime($hr,$mi,$se,$mo,$da,$yr);
}
/* Function for listing news items, corresponding
to the news.getNewsList method Allows ordering by
column name and a result limit of up to 20 rows */
function news_getNewsList ( $query_info=0 ) {
/* Define an array of column names we'll accept
to ORDER BY in our query */
$order_fields = array ( "author", "title" );
/* Now check to see if $query_info['order'] has
an acceptable value and assign the correct value
to the $order variable */
if ( ISSET ( $query_info['order'] ) &&
in_array ( $query_info['order'], $order_fields ) ) {
$order = "ORDER BY " . $query_info['order'] . ", date DESC ";
} else {
$order = "ORDER BY date DESC ";
}
/* Now check for $query_info['limit'] to specify
the number of news items we want returned,
and assign the correct value to $limit */
if ( ISSET ( $query_info['limit'] ) && $query_info['limit'] < 20 ) {
$limit = "LIMIT 0, " . $query_info['limit'] . " ";
} else {
$limit = "LIMIT 0, 5 ";
}
/* Now build the query */
$query = "SELECT * FROM kd_xmlrpc_news " . $order . $limit;
$sql = mysql_query ( $query );
if ( $sql ) {
$news_items = array();
while ( $result = mysql_fetch_array ( $sql ) ) {
/* Extract the variables we want from the row */
$news_item['news_id'] = $result['news_id'];
$news_item['date'] = XMLRPC_convert_timestamp_to_iso8601(
mysql_datetime_to_timestamp( $result['date'] )
);
$news_item['title'] = $result['title'];
$news_item['short_desc'] = $result['short_desc'];
$news_item['author'] = $result['author'];
/* Add to the $news_items array */
$news_items[] = $news_item;
}
/* Convert the $news_items array to a set
of XML-RPC parameters then respond with the XML. */
XMLRPC_response(XMLRPC_prepare($news_items),
KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT);
} else {
/* If there was an error, respond with an
error message */
XMLRPC_error("1", "news_getNewsList() error: Unable
to read news:"
. mysql_error() . "\nQuery was: " . $query,
KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT);
}
}
/* Function for viewing a full news item corresponding
to the news.viewNewsItem method */
function news_viewNewsItem ( $news_id ) {
/* Define the query to fetch the news item */
$query = "SELECT * FROM kd_xmlrpc_news WHERE news_id = '"
. $news_id . "'";
$sql = mysql_query ( $query );
if ( $result = mysql_fetch_array ( $sql ) ) {
/* Extract the variables for sending in
our server response */
$news_item['news_id'] = $result['news_id'];
$news_item['date'] = XMLRPC_convert_timestamp_to_iso8601(
mysql_datetime_to_timestamp( $result['date'] ) );
$news_item['title'] = $result['title'];
$news_item['full_desc'] = $result['full_desc'];
$news_item['author'] = $result['author'];
/* Respond to the client with the news item */
XMLRPC_response(XMLRPC_prepare($news_item),
KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT);
} else {
/* If there was an error, respond with a
fault code instead */
XMLRPC_error("1", "news_viewNewsItem() error: Unable
to read news:"
. mysql_error(), KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT);
}
}
/* Function for when the request method name
doesn't exist */
function XMLRPC_method_not_found($methodName){
XMLRPC_error("2", "The method you requested, " . $methodName
. ", was not found.", KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT);
}
?>
What happened here?
- First we defined a PHP array
$xmlrpc_methods, which is a list of all the available XML-RPC methods and the PHP functions to run for that method.
- The
mysql_datetime_to_timestamp()function is not an XML-RPC method itself, but rather a useful function to convert MySQL datetime fields to a format PHP can work with.
- Then we define
news_getNewsList(), which we'll use to query the "
kd_xmlrpc_news" table. This function is capable of accepting an array called
$query_info, which will correspond to optional parameters that the XML-RPC client can send. As you can see, this alters the query we run against mysql, changing the "
ORDER BY" and "
LIMIT" options.
- The function
news_viewNewsItem()is used to pull a single news item from the database, and accepts only one variable/parameter:
$news_id,which corresponds to the row id of the article in the database.
- The last function,
XMLRPC_method_not_found(), is our default function, which generates a response when the client request is for an XML-RPC method that didn't exist.
The special XML-RPC functions we used were:
XMLRPC_convert_timestamp_to_iso8601(): the XML-RPC has a specified format for sending dates and times. This function takes a PHP timestamp and converts it to the correct format for XML-RPC.
XMLRPC_prepare(): this takes a set of PHP variables and turns it into XML-RPC parameters. It identifies the type of variable being used and creates the correct XML-RPC output from it. This is one of the things that make Keith Devens' code friendly to use -- the other implementations generally require that you use a separate function for arrays, integers, strings and so on, when building the XML-RPC request of response.
XMLRPC_response(): is the function you use to provide the results to the client, on request. It takes two values -- the first being the XML-RPC data (built by
XMLRPC_prepare()), and the second, an optional name for the server or a user agent e.g.
KD_XMLRPC_USERAGENT-- this can be whatever you like.
XMLRPC_error(): generates an XML-RPC response using the error reporting tags defined in the specification. Should you desire, you could build your own set of error codes for your server here, which can help a lot when it comes to debugging the server.
Phew! So now we've defined our PHP functions, and have an array to translate them to XML-RPC methods: our XML-RPC server is ready to go! Now, to finish off, let's put together a simple client to access our news.
The XML-RPC Client
For the sake of example, we'll store the client script in the same place as the server, but if you have another Web server, you could place the script there, making sure it has access to "kd_xmlrpc.php", the functions library.
<?php
/* Include the library */
include ( "kd_xmlrpc.php" );
/* Define variables to find the rpc server script */
$site = "";
$location = "/kd_xmlrpc/server.php";
/* Function to give us back a nice date */
function convert_date ( $date ) {
$date = date ( "D M y H:i:s",
XMLRPC_convert_iso8601_to_timestamp ( $date ) );
return ( $date );
}
?>
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title> KD XML RPC News Client </title>
<meta name="Generator" content="EditPlus">
<meta name="Author" content="HarryF">
<meta name="Keywords" content="XML RPC">
<meta name="Description" content="Gets news form server.php">
</head>
<body>
<?php
/* client.php */
/* If user is viewing a single news item, do this */
if ( ISSET ( $_GET['news_id'] ) ) {
/* $success is 0 (fail) / 1 ( succeeded ).
XMLPRC_request preforms the XML POST to
the server script, calling the method and
sending the correct parameters using
XMLRPC_prepare */
list($success, $response) = XMLRPC_request(
$site,
$location,
'news.viewNewsItem',
array(XMLRPC_prepare($_GET['news_id']),
'HarryFsXMLRPCClient')
);
/* If all went well, show the article */
if ($success) {
?>
<table align="center" width="600">
<tr valign="top">
<th colspan="2"><b><?php echo ( $response['title'] );?></b></th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<th><?php echo ( $response['author'] );?></th>
<th><?php echo ( convert_date ( $response['date'] ) );?></th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2">
<?php echo ( nl2br ( $response['full_desc'] ) );?>
</th>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
/* Else display the error */
} else {
echo ( "<p>Error: " . nl2br ( $response['faultString'] ) );
}
} else {
/* Define the parameters to pass to the XML-RPC
method as a PHP array */
$query_info['limit'] = 10;
$query_info['order'] = "author";
/* XMLRPC_prepare works on an array and
converts it to XML-RPC parameters */
list($success, $response) = XMLRPC_request(
$site,
$location,
'news.getNewsList',
array(XMLRPC_prepare($query_info),
'HarryFsXMLRPCClient')
);
/* On success, display the list as HTML table */
if ($success) {
echo ( "<table align=\"center\" width=\"600\">\n" );
$count = 0;
while ( list ( $key, $val ) = each ( $response ) ) {
?>
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2">
<a href="<?php echo ( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] );?>?news_id=<?php
echo ( $response[$count]['news_id'] );
?>">
<?php echo ( $response[$count]['title'] ); ?>
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2">
<?php echo ( $response[$count]['short_desc'] ); ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<?php echo ( $response[$count]['author'] ); ?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo ( convert_date ( $response[$count]['date'] ) ); ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php
$count++;
}
echo ( "</table>\n" );
/* Or error */
} else {
echo ( "<p>Error: " . nl2br ( $response['faultString'] ) );
}
}
;?>
</body>
</html>
What happened here? The PHP code itself is simply an if/else structure, so that if we decide to look at a single news item using the
$_GET['news_id'] variable, we display that item. Otherwise, we display the list of news items.
For the news list, we use the
news.getNewsList method. Notice that we've set the
$query_info['limit'] to 10 (i.e. we want 10 news items maximum) and
$query_info['order'] is set to "author" (sort the news items by author name). These will become parameters that will be sent in the XML-RPC client request.
When we view a single news item, we'll turn the
$_GET['news_id'] into a parameter, by which the server will be able to identify the news item we want.
The special XML-RPC functions we used here were:
XMLRPC_prepare(): We've used this before in the server, again to turn PHP variables into XML-RPC parameters. This is where we provide the server with the data it needs for the particular method we're using.
MLRPC_request(): This function accepts five variables and returns an array. It's basically what makes your client a client. Accepted are:
$site- the domain name of the server
$location- the path on the server from the Web root to the server script
$methodName- the name of the XML-RPC method we're invoking
$params- any variable required for the method
$user_agent- which is optional and can be anything you like (e.g. HarryFsXMLRPCClient ).
-XMLRPC_convert_iso8601_to_timestamp: with our
convert_date()function at the top, we use this special function to change the XML-RPC date format into something that looks nice, via an intermediate PHP timestamp.
The returned array contains two variables. The first is either a 0 for a failure, or a 1 for a successful response to the request, which we use for error checking. The second is a multidimensional array that contains all the data from the response.
One tip: for writing XML-RPC clients, it can be helpful to think of the server in the same way that you'd think of a database -- it's just a source of data. In terms of your scripts, the code will be a similar structure to that which you'd use when querying MySQL.
So that's it! Point your browser at, sit back and read the news.
Download the Code: the scripts used in this tutorial and the MySQL table are all in this zip file.
Wrap Up
As you've seen, using Keith Devens' XML-RPC code, it's pretty easy to create your own Web service. It makes an excellent starting place to come to grips with Web Services. Perhaps as "homework", you might want to try updating the client to allow visitors to choose how they want news items ordered (i.e. by author, title or date). And if you're feeling ambitious, perhaps you might even consider adding an interface to the client for
INSERTing or
UPDATEing news items.
If you've got big plans for Web Services, you may want to look at some of the other implementations, such as Userland's
phpxmlrpc class, to optimise your code design. But you can definitely get by with Keith Devens' implementation, achieving the same end results as with any other solution.
There are one or two minor shortcomings in Keith's code that you should be aware of.
First, the
XMLRPC_request() function used by a client removes the "knowledge" stored in the XML-RPC response of what type each variable is, which may lead extra coding for the client. For example, you might expect an array, but get back just a scalar (single valued) variable -- the client needs to deal with both circumstances.
Also, there's no extension for introspection, to allow other developers to see your API (i.e. what methods and parameters your server accepts). It shouldn't be too hard to add your own introspection though -- just use the array we defined in web_service_api.php.
Finally, there's only limited provision for debugging. If your only interface is the client, you can encounter a lot of headaches when it comes to working out what your XML-RPC server is doing. You'll probably want to think about generating some kind of log file for the server, using PHP's custom error handling -- have a look at this article to get started with custom error handlers.
But thanks to Keith Devens for some great code, and for getting us off to an excellent start!
There are a couple of issues we haven't looked at here: security and transaction processing.
If you'd like some fear and loathing, try this article. There are three main issues to be aware of in regard to security:
- How you authenticate XML-RPC clients. If you added the methods for
INSERTing and
UPDATEing the news above, you'll also need to find a way to authenticate the remote site and/or the users of that site. At the moment, how you do that is up to you. You might check the remote site using an IP-address or hostname. For remote users, one approach is to think of your XML-RPC server the same way as you'd check users against a database, and require a username and password combination before you llow access to sensitive methods, using a method purely for authentication. Ideally, if you're doing that, you'll encrypt the connection between client and server using SSL but that will require use of PHP's Curl functions to send and receive the data (you may need to re-write parts of the implementation you're using to do this).
- How will you control "denial of service" attacks? The more general question is: what happens when a client floods your server with requests and prevents it from responding to other clients?
- What controls do you place over publishing your API (introspection/WSDL) at the description layer? Is it a good idea to publish all methods for your XML-RPC server, so that everyone can "have a go"? How do you control who sees what? If your methods provide access to sensitive data that's usually kept safe behind your firewall, you need to think carefully.
In regard to transaction processing, what happens if you lose connection between client and server during an XML-RPC conversation? What mechanisms do you provide to handle retries (re-sending a request or response)? It may be that you can't afford to lose data for the Web Service you're running, in which case you need to consider some mechanism for queuing requests and responses. For an introduction to the principles of transaction processing, try this article.
Worries aside, you've now built your first Web Service and hopefully gained a good understanding of how the technology works. The question now is what to do with it? Publishing news is fine but it's been done before. What else is there? We'll look at that in the next section...
What can you do with XML-RPC?
This question's a bit like asking "what can I do with a Web page?" The only limit is your imagination. What you're capable of with XML-RPC and PHP in general is to extend your Website beyond the bounds of simply serving Web pages. Your site will be able to communicate data to any system you like, and by adopting and accepted standard, you provide an interface that other developers will be happy to work with.
Web Services in the broadest sense will make money for those who own "valuable data". For example, if you have direct access to currency exchange rates, you could use PHP and XML-RPC to deliver a currency converter to other Websites. But here are some other ideas and examples:
- Provide an alternative client for updating your Website. Ever screamed in frustration as you typed a long message into an HTML textarea, clicked "Submit" -- and lost it all because your session timed out, or you lost connection to the Website? XML-RPC can:
- provide you with an interface to update your site,
- allow you to run a standard Windows client so you could save your input locally on your hard disk, and
- update the Website when the time is right.
- ez Systems have done exactly that, providing a Desktop Edition to their ezPublish content management system.
- Correct spelling on your Website with Stuffed Dog's XML-RPC Spell Checker.
- Distribute load and bandwidth use by running your database on one Web server, then have multiple servers providing the user interface, accessing the database over XML-RPC. For Massively Multiplayer Games like Planetarion, the possibilities are endless.
- Get your PHP site talking to a CGI/Perl or ASP site using one of the many XML-RPC implementations, which allow you the option of preserving old code when you upgrade to PHP.
- Make use of the Google Search Gateway, allowing search results to appear directly on your site.
- POP your email from all over the place, then read it all from one XML-RPC source with xr2pop CGI server (OK -- Perl, not PHP -- but it's a nice example).
- Get all kinds of news from News is Free using their XML-RPC Server.
The possibilities are endless... | http://www.sitepoint.com/own-web-service-php-xml-rpc/ | crawl-003 | refinedweb | 6,118 | 61.77 |
Tuesday 21 September 2004 02:31, alex katebi wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> There is a patch that I got from
> that will make the uml
> kerenel 2.6.8.1 build and run. I have attached the patch to this email.
> Anyone knows how to apply this patch? What the command syntax looks like?
The command syntax to apply a patch is:
patch -p1 --dry-run< patchname
-- see if there are any rejects; if there is none it's perfect --
patch -p1 < patchname.
If there is any reject, sometimes you can try adding the "-l" flag to the
patch command line, which is still safe (it ignores whitespace differences).
Bye
--
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729
On Sunday 19 September 2004 15:03, Tsillas, Demetrios J wrote:
OK, let's start analyzing it. I have some ideas, but that's just a guess about
it.
Here there is segv handling stack, nothing new:
> #0 0x08157021 in kill ()
...
> #9 0x080d9f5e in sig_handler (sig=11, sc={gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0,
> __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 671043576, esi
> = 671088637, ebp = 154237660, esp = 154237636, ebx = 671039488, edx =
> 4096, ecx = 2, eax = 154206208, trapno = 14, err = 4, eip = 135120628,
> cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 66054, esp_at_signal = 154237636, ss = 43,
> __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0x0, oldmask = 134217728, cr2 = 671088640}) at
> trap_user.c:109
> #10 <signal handler called>
Here we have the problem:
> #11 0x080dc6f4 in copy_from_user_skas (to=0x27fff005, from=0x27fffffd,
> n=136244252) at string.h:202
Here we do copy_from_user_skas, and we should be with get_fs() == KERNEL_DS;
maybe we are not with that set (although for the init task this should be
granted, see include/asm-um/thread_info.h: INIT_THREAD_INFO).
> #12 0x0808a50c in copy_mount_options (data=0x27fff005, where=0x9317b30)
> at um_uaccess.h:31
This is actually inside fs/namespace.c, but executing UML code.
> #13 0x0808aa18 in sys_mount (dev_name=0x81ad3f8 "/dev/root",
> dir_name=0x81ad3fc "/root", type=0x27fff005 "ext2", flags=32769,
> data=0x0) at namespace.c:838
As you see below, we are called from kernel-space code. And with SKAS one more
copy_from_user hurts a lot, if get_fs() has not the right ! I guess that
get_fs() != KERNEL_DS, i.e. it is not set correctly.
> #14 0x08049878 in mount_block_root (name=0x81ad3f8 "/dev/root",
> flags=32769) at init/do_mounts.c:371
> #15 0x08049cbc in mount_root () at init/do_mounts.c:816
> #16 0x08050717 in prepare_namespace () at init/do_mounts.c:944
> #17 0x080504e1 in init (unused=0x0) at init/main.c:562
> #18 0x080d6239 in run_kernel_thread (fn=0x80504d0 <init>, arg=0x0,
> jmp_ptr=0x81eec1c) at process.c:231
> #19 0x080dba06 in new_thread_handler (sig=10) at process_kern.c:72
We are called by rest_init(), by way of kernel_thread.
--
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 19:10, Jody McIntyre wrote:
>'
Disable CONFIG_HIGHMEM and this will disappear. Bye
--
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729
I got the serial problem fixed by doing the following:
./ linux ubd0=root_fs_cow ssl5=tty:/dev/ttyS0
UML# echo "Hello" > /dev/tts/5 (earlier was using /dev/ttys/5)
This works assuming the baud-rate and terminal attributes for the HOST ttySx are in sync.
Cheers!'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [linux] Error 1
I will send complete build logs if that's useful.
$ 1:3.3.4-6sarge1)
Please cc me as I am not subscribed to this list.
Thanks,
Jody
Hello,
Someone here are using Umlazi ?
Tuntap is not working for me (if I'm not use Umlazi, tuntap works!)....
In host, the tun module is loaded and in guest the interface eth0 is up,
but not ping outside (nor host ip)
I am forgeting something?
Is needed setup some iptables rules or something like this ?
Thanks!
Hello list!
I set up uml on a gentoo based pc. Afterwards I configured the virtual
Network with TUN/TAP:
10.1.0.10---10.1.0.1|192.168.0.1---192.168.0.2|10.2.0.1---10.2.0.20
alice moon (gw1) sun (gw2) bob
starting the four UMLs on the host:
Gateway1 (moon):
linux ubd0=gentoo-fs-moon ubd1=swap_fs mem 128M con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1
eth0=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134 eth1=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134
Gateway2(sun):
linux ubd0=gentoo-fs-sun ubd1=swap_fs mem 128M con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1
eth0=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134 eth1=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134
Alice:
linux ubd0=gentoo-fs-alice ubd1=swap_fs mem 128M con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1
eth0=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134
Bob:
linux ubd0=gentoo-fs-bob ubd1=swap_fs mem 128M con=pty con0=fd:0,fd:1
eth0=tuntap,,,160.85.169.134
Configuration (on the UMLs):
moon:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up
ifconfig eth1 10.1.0.1 up
sun:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up
ifconfig eth1 10.2.0.1 up
alice:
ifconfig eth0 10.1.0.10 up
bob:
ifconfig eth0 10.2.0.20 up
Routes:
route on host:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
10.2.0.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap5
10.2.0.20 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap3
10.1.0.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap1
192.168.0.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap0
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap4
10.1.0.10 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tap2
160.85.160.0 * 255.255.224.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default edugw.zhwin.ch 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
route on gw1 (moon):
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
10.1.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
route on gw2 (sun):
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
10.2.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
route on alice:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
10.1.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 10.1.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
route on bob
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
10.2.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 10.2.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
The Problem:
I can ping from Alice to Bob, so the connectivity is ok, but when I
controle the route which the packages takes (with traceroute), I can see
that all packages are going through the host's Interface
(160.85.169.134). So the packages aren't taking the routes which I
defined on my virtual Network, they just go over the host's Interface
eth0 and then back into the virtual Network.
Can I define my routes in a way with tuntap, that the packages take the
way through the gateways instead of going over the host's interface?
any help is very appreciated
patrik
Content Security by MailMarshal
Hi There,
There is a patch that I got from that will
make the uml kerenel 2.6.8.1 build and run. I have attached the patch to this email. Anyone knows
how to apply this patch? What the command syntax looks like?
Thanks,
-Alex Katebi
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To David , NIX , Camargo , Chris
and others who helped ,
Apparently the problem has been solved .
It really is as simple as
1. Install the bridge .
2. copy resolv.conf over to UML
3. setup ifcfg-eth0 as in your host .( gateway etc. same as on host .)
I must have typed something wrong here so it didn't work , gave up
on it etc .
Not really sure where I went wrong to tell the truth .
4. linux eth0=tuntap,tap0 .
Note that MASQUERADING and ip-forwarding are not needed as far as I can
tell .
I am able to ping UML from other networked computers .
Sorry for the trouble , thanks again .
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Create script which loads page from my server (with server IP etc.) - all OK, but if I want to click on any link I landed to 404 error page, because link is - some thing like this:
...37.139.17.81:5000/html/privacy-check.php
from flask import Flask
import requests
application = Flask(__name__)
@application.route("/")
def hello():
result = requests.get("")
return result.content
if __name__ == "__main__":
application.run(host='0.0.0.0')
You are basically trying to make your page act like a proxy for the remote page. In order to do this completely, you need to handle all links in the remote page.
So for example if there is a link like
/something/something flask will automatically try to match it with a local url (). Given the fact that you only define a single route ("/") the app will determine that any other page does not exist and will return a 404.
To handle this correctly you can try the following:
import urlparse @application.route("/") @application.route("/<url:path>") def hello(url=None): baseurl = "" if not url: result = requests.get(urlparse.urljoin(baseurl,"index.php")) return result.content else: result = requests.get(urlparse.urljoin(baseurl,url)) return result.content
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Hello,
We use Websphere 6.0.
I have a web project and an ejb project. when looking up a local ejb through a reference in web.xml ? Are there any known side effects ?
if not what would be a workaround to the NameNotFoundException ?
(i tried to lookup the local ejb with "local:" at the beginning of the jndi name and succeeded, but that's something Websphere uses internal and not thought of public use)
Randy Schnier wrote in a post here :
"The local home
is bound into an internal namespace within the server and should be
accessed via an ejb-local-ref defined in the calling component (which
will be bound by the container into the calling component's
java:comp/env component-specific namespace)."
but how can I access the (Web) component-specific namespace inside a subclass of java.lang.Thread ?
Thanks in advance.
Topic
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Updated on 2008-12-17T16:36:35Z at 2008-12-17T16:36:35Z by SystemAdmin
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Re: Looking up local ejb in custom thread..2008-12-17T16:36:35Z
This is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.Sorry, I'm in the wrong forum. I reposted it to the application server forum.
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My little series of posts about the new googleVis charts continues with calendar charts.
Google’s calendar charts are still in beta, but they provide already a nice heat map visualisation of calendar year data. The current development version of googleVis supports this new function via
gvisCalendar. Here is an example displaying daily stock price data.
For the code below to run you will require the developer version (≥ 0.5.0-4) of googleVis from GitHub and R ≥ 3.0.2.
I suppose the biggest current drawback is that the colours of the cells cannot be defined by the user. However, this should change with future versions of the Google Chart Tools. For more information and installation instructions see the googleVis project site and Google documentation.
Interestingly, the calendar chart looks very similar to the visualisation R. Wicklin and R. Allison from SAS used for the winning poster at the Data Expo 2009. Paul Bleicher created a function in R, based on lattice that creates a very similar output. You may recall David Smith’s blog post about this.] googleVis_0.5.0-4 chron_2.3-45 lattice_0.20-24
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
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I wrote a tree collection for .NET 1.1 last year - A Tree Collection [^]. This has proved to be quite popular, so I decided to write one for .NET 2.0 using generics. I reused a lot of code, but I had to write a lot of new interfaces from scratch, especially the enumerators. Once again, I don't know why MS didn't include an implementation of such a basic collection in the framework. This implementation fills that gap and is useable straight out of the box.
I recommend reading the Structure section first, but if you just want to use this code, then look at the Quickstart section..
Although only one class,
NodeTree, is being used to model the tree, the consumer does not directly use it. They manipulate the collection through two interfaces:
INode and
ITree. The
NodeTree class derives from both of these interfaces:
partial class NodeTree<T> : ITree<T>, INode<T>
So, a
NodeTree is the internal representation of both a node and a tree. However the two interfaces only declare members that make sense to that particular point of view. There is considerable equivalent behaviour between the two interfaces; for example, they both declare
InsertChild methods. In general, the
INode interface is the larger, although
ITree does declare some unique members like
Clear.
The purpose of a collection is to hold data. In this collection, the data is held in a private field,
_Data, in the
NodeTree class. Access to this object is through the
INode interface, which declares a property
Data:
partial interface INode<T> { T Data { get; set; } }
ITree does not declare this property, as it does not make sense, as we shall see later.
Each node has the following structure:
Figure 1: Node structure
Nodes link together to form a tree with the following structure:
Figure 2: Tree structure
The
Root node defines a tree. You cannot use it to store data - it is just a place-holder. The
Top node(s) defines the user part of the tree. You can have multiple
Top nodes, but you don't have to. You are responsible for building your tree to match your requirements. A branch is the collection of nodes which are the
Children of a common
Parent and are connected by the
Previous and
Next properties. The node at the beginning of a branch is called a
First node. Similarly, the node at the end of a branch is called a
Last node. The
Child node of a parent is the
First node in its branch.
This section will get you going in the shortest possible time. The examples show a tree with a data type of
Element.
Firstly, you must create your tree:
ITree<Element> tree = NodeTree<Element>.NewTree();
Next, create a top node:
INode<Element> top = tree.AddChild( new Element() );
Note that you add instances of your data type and a node is created and inserted into the tree for you.
Then add leaf nodes:
INode<Element> leaf1 = top.AddChild(new Element()); INode<Element> leaf2 = top.AddChild( new Element() );
You can now iterate over your tree:
foreach( INode<Element> node in tree.All.Nodes ) DoSomething( node.Data );
or:
foreach( Element element in tree.All.Values ) DoSomething( element );
This section details the capabilities of the collection.
These
static methods create new trees:
partial class NodeTree<T> { public static ITree<T> NewTree() { ... } public static ITree<T> NewTree(IEqualityComparer<T> dataComparer) { ... } }
The first method creates a new tree with the default
DataComparer, using
EqualityComparer<T>.Default. If
T implements
IEquatable, then it uses that implementation. Otherwise, it uses the
Equals method.
The second method allows you to specify the
IEqualityComparer<T> to use.
Each interface has a property that allows conversion to the other:
partial interface ITree<T> { INode<T> Root { get; } } partial interface INode<T> { ITree<T> Tree { get; } }
Various metrics about a tree or node are available:
partial interface ITree<T> { int Count { get; } int DirectChildCount { get; } } partial interface INode<T> { int Count { get; } int DirectChildCount { get; } int Depth { get; } int BranchIndex { get; } int BranchCount { get; } }
Count returns the number of nodes below the current node + 1 for the current node. The root node is not counted.
DirectChildCount returns just the number of direct children of the current node. The
Depth of a node is the number of parents it has, not including the root node. Thus, the depth of a top node is 0 and the depth of a top node's child is 1, etc. A branch is a collection of sibling nodes.
BranchCount is the number of sibling nodes and
BranchIndex is the zero-based index of the current node in its branch.
These properties provide access to other nodes in a tree:
partial interface ITree<T> { } partial interface INode<T> { INode<T> Parent { get; } INode<T> Previous { get; } INode<T> Next { get; } INode<T> Child { get; } INode<T> Root { get; } INode<T> Top { get; } INode<T> First { get; } INode<T> Last { get; } INode<T> LastChild { get; } }
The
Parent,
Next and
Child properties allow you to navigate through the immediate relations of a node. More distant relations can be accessed through the
Root,
Top,
First,
Last and
LastChild properties of a node.
These properties provide information about the relations of a node:
partial interface ITree<T> { } partial interface INode<T> { bool IsTree { get; } bool IsRoot { get; } bool IsTop { get; } bool IsFirst { get; } bool IsLast { get; } bool HasParent { get; } bool HasPrevious { get; } bool HasNext { get; } bool HasChild { get; } }
The
IsTree property is only
true for a root node at the base of a tree. The
IsRoot property is
true for any node that has no parent. This should only be
true for a root node at the base of a tree, as nodes cannot exist outside a tree. The
IsTop,
IsFirst and
IsLast properties provide information about the position of a node within a tree. The
HasParent,
HasPrevious,
HasNext and
HasChild properties provide information about the immediate relations of a node.
These methods allow you to populate your tree:
partial interface ITree<T> { INode<T> InsertChild( T o ); INode<T> AddChild( T o ); } partial interface INode<T> { INode<T> InsertPrevious( T o ); INode<T> InsertNext( T o ); INode<T> InsertChild( T o ); INode<T> Add( T o ); INode<T> AddChild( T o ); }
These methods wrap the given element in a new node and insert or add this node in the tree. The
InsertChild methods insert a node at the beginning of the child branch and the
AddChild methods add a node to the end of the child branch. The
Add method adds a node to the end of the current branch.
These methods work with complete trees:
partial interface ITree<T> { void InsertChild( ITree<T> tree ); void AddChild( ITree<T> tree ); } partial interface INode<T> { void InsertPrevious( ITree<T> tree ); void InsertNext( ITree<T> tree ); void InsertChild( ITree<T> tree ); void Add( ITree<T> tree ); void AddChild( ITree<T> tree ); }
These methods work in the same way as adding an element, but operate on complete trees.
These methods allow you to move nodes around in your tree:
partial interface ITree<T> { } partial interface INode<T> { bool CanMoveToParent { get; } bool CanMoveToPrevious { get; } bool CanMoveToNext { get; } bool CanMoveToChild { get; } bool CanMoveToFirst { get; } bool CanMoveToLast { get; } void MoveToParent(); void MoveToPrevious(); void MoveToNext(); void MoveToChild(); void MoveToFirst(); void MoveToLast(); }
The
Can properties indicate whether a particular operation is possible. The methods actually do the work of moving a node (and its children along with it).
There are two ways to copy the sub-tree:
public interface IDeepCopy { object CreateDeepCopy(); }
If the data object supports this interface, then
CreateDeepCopy is called on the data from each node being copied. If the data does not support this interface, then
ICloneable is tried. If this interface is also not implemented, an attempt is made to instantiate a new object of the same type as the data object, using the copy constructor through reflection. If no copy constructor exists, then
DeepCopy gives up and just copies a reference to the data.
These methods allow you to create a new tree from a node and its children:
partial interface ITree<T> { ITree<T> Copy(); ITree<T> DeepCopy(); } partial interface INode<T> { ITree<T> Cut(); ITree<T> Copy(); ITree<T> DeepCopy(); void Remove(); }
These methods operate on a node to produce a tree.
These methods find a node that contains the specified element and then operate on that node:
partial interface ITree<T> { INode<T> this[ T item ] { get; } bool Contains( INode<T> node ); bool Contains( T item ); ITree<T> Cut( T item ); ITree<T> Copy( T item ); ITree<T> DeepCopy( T item ); bool Remove( T item ); } partial interface INode<T> { INode<T> this[ T item ] { get; } bool Contains( INode<T> node ); bool Contains( T item ); ITree<T> Cut( T item ); ITree<T> Copy( T item ); ITree<T> DeepCopy( T item ); bool Remove( T item ); }
The
indexer property returns the first node that has the specified data element, using the tree's
DataComparer. The methods use the
indexer to find the required node and then operate on that node.
These interfaces and members allow you to perform enumerations:
public interface IEnumerableCollection<T> : IEnumerable<T>, ICollection { bool Contains( T item ); } public interface IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> { IEnumerableCollection<INode<T>> Nodes { get; } IEnumerableCollection<T> Values { get; } } partial interface ITree<T> : IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> { IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> All { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> AllChildren { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> DirectChildren { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> DirectChildrenInReverse { get; } } partial interface INode<T> : IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> { IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> All { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> AllChildren { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> DirectChildren { get; } IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> DirectChildrenInReverse { get; } }
The
IEnumerableCollection<T> interface is the base of all the enumerators. The
IEnumerableCollectionPair<T> interface provides the two views of an
EnumerablePair: the
Nodes and the
Values enumerations. Both
ITree and
INode implement
IEnumerableCollectionPair<T>; these implementations return the
All
EnumerablePair.
The four properties that return
EnumerablePairs provide access to differing parts of the tree, or sub-tree under a node.
This implementation supports serialization to binary or XML streams:
partial interface ITree<T> { void XmlSerialize( Stream stream ); } [ Serializable ] partial class NodeTree<T> : ITree<T>, INode<T>, ISerializable { public static ITree<T> XmlDeserialize( Stream stream ) }
Binary serialization is provided through the
ISerializable interface. To use this method, your would write something like this:
private void BinarySerialize() { using ( Stream stream = File.Open( Filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write ) ) { IFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter(); ITree<Element> tree = CurrentNode.Copy(); f.Serialize( stream, tree ); } } private ITree<Element> BinaryDeserialize() { using ( Stream stream = File.Open( Filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read ) ) { IFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter(); return ( ITree<Element> ) f.Deserialize( stream ); } }
To use binary serialization, your element data type must be marked with the
Serializable attribute.
XML serialization is provided by methods exposed in the
ITree interface and
NodeTree class. To use these methods, you would write something like this:
private void XMLSerialize() { using ( Stream stream = File.Open( Filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write ) ) { ITree<Element> tree = CurrentNode.Copy(); tree.XmlSerialize( stream ); } } private ITree<Element> XMLDeserialize() { using ( Stream stream = File.Open( Filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read ) ) { return NodeTree<Element>.XmlDeserialize( stream ); } }
To use the XML serialization, your element data type must support standard XML serialization. By default, the XML serializer serializes all
public fields and
public properties with
get and
set accessors, which may not be what you want. See the documentation for the
XmlSerializer class in MSDN.
The two interfaces,
ITree and
INode, both expose many events:
partial interface ITree<T> { event EventHandler<NodeTreeDataEventArgs<T>> Validate; event EventHandler Clearing; event EventHandler Cleared;; } partial interface INode<T> { event EventHandler<NodeTreeDataEventArgs<T>> Validate;; }
You can attach to an event at the node or tree level. Every event is raised for the current node, and then for the containing tree. I thought about raising the events for each parent of the current node, but this seemed a bit too much. The default
Validate handler checks the type of the data object, and throws an exception if this does not match the type of the tree element.
See Points of interest which explains about using an
EventHandlerList object to minimize the space overhead of so many events.
Note the use of
ISerializable, and the persistence of a version number to help future-proof the serialization process. The default serialization implementation is inflexible, but these two operations go a long way to mitigating its failures. You may like to use a
SerializationBinder to return the current types when types from a previous version are being deserialized. the
NodeTree just has one instance of
EventHandlerList, and this only records attached events. This makes the raising an event a little more complicated, but not very much so.
Version 2: The
EventHandlerList is now only created when an event is hooked. This saves about 16 bytes per node when no events are hooked..
EventHandlerListfor nodes that have event handlers.
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26 August 2009 12:38 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Mitsubishi Chemical (India)’s 480,000 tonne/year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Haldia has been running normally since its restart last week, a company source said Wednesday.
“The plant is now very normal, back running,” said the source.
The facility in the West Bengal state, on the east coast of ?xml:namespace>
Force majeure was declared on August supplies, but that had since been lifted.
Meanwhile, the company was still in the process of starting up its new 800,000 tonne/year PTA line at the same site.
“That [second line] is not normal, not running still,” said the source.
The company, owned by Japanese petrochemical major Mitsubishi Chemical, had planned to start production at the new line in June, but mechanical problems prevented it from doing so. | http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/08/26/9243035/mitsubishi-india-pta-normal-after-restart-new-line-not-running.html | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | refinedweb | 141 | 60.65 |
In my first Laminar tutorial I showed how to set up a Scala sbt project to use Laminar, and then showed a “static” example — i.e., there were no moving parts. Please see that tutorial first if you’ve never used Laminar.
BUT, because Laminar is meant for writing reactive applications with observables and observers, this tutorial begins to show its reactive concepts.
Please note that this example is almost 100% the same as the Laminar “Hello, world” example, except that I add a few minor things to it.
Just like my first tutorial, I also provide an sbt project for this tutorial to help you get up and running asap:
Clone that project if you want to follow along with the text below.
A Laminar reactive “Hello, world” example
Given that introduction, this is what this example looks like in a browser:
What happens in this example is that you type into the input field, and then whatever you type is reactively sent to the two output fields that are below the input field. The second field transforms whatever you type into uppercase.
The Laminar/Scala/Scala.js code
Here’s the source code that makes this example work:
import com.raquo.laminar.api.L._ import org.scalajs.dom object Laminar101Reactive { def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = { val nameVar = Var(initial = "world") // an outer “wrapper” div val rootElement = div( padding("2em"), div( backgroundColor("#e0e0e0"), label("Your name: "), input( onMountFocus, placeholder := "Enter your name here", // as the user types into this 'input' field, send the contents // of the input field to nameVar. nameVar is a reactive variable // (observable), and it’s used to update the two DIVs below. inContext { thisNode => onInput.map(_ => thisNode.ref.value) --> nameVar } ), ), // a div for the first output area div( backgroundColor("#d9d9d9"), "Reactive 1: ", // any time nameVar is updated, it sends us a signal, and this // field is updated: child.text <-- nameVar.signal ), // a div for the second output area div( backgroundColor("#d0d0d0"), // any time nameVar is updated, it sends us a signal, and this // field is updated. note in this case that the value is map’d: "Reactive 2: ", child.text <-- nameVar.signal.map(_.toUpperCase) ) ) // `#root` must match the `id` in index.html val containerNode = dom.document.querySelector("#root") // render the element in the container render(containerNode, rootElement) } }
As you can see, the code consists of several
div elements, with different content in each element. Hopefully the HTML-ish elements make sense, so I won’t describe them. But here are a few notes about the unfamiliar parts:
- From the Laminar docs,
onMountFocus“focuses the element when it's mounted into the DOM. It’s like the HTML autoFocus attribute that actually works for dynamic content.”
inContextis a way to get a reference to the node that you’re inside. In this example,
inContextrefers to the
inputfield. Its code may be a little easier to read like this:
inContext { thisNode => onInput.map(_ => thisNode.ref.value) --> nameVar }
Discussion
As I write in my book, Functional Programming, Simplified,
inContext is either (a) a class that takes a function parameter, or (b) a function that takes a by-name parameter. In this case, the truth is that I don’t know what
inContext is — I haven’t taken the time to look it up.
But what this code does is that whenever a user types something into the input field, an
onInput event is triggered, and that causes the
map method to be run. Inside
map the value we get from
onInput is ignored with the
_ character, and we just yield
thisNode.ref.value, which is the value in the input field. That value is then sent “to” the
nameVar reactive variable.
Because
nameVar is an observable variable and it’s observed by these two lines of code:
child.text <-- nameVar.signal child.text <-- nameVar.signal.map(_.toUpperCase)
those two lines are immediately updated.
That’s the way observables and observers work,
and Laminar is 100% based on this principle and
style of coding.
Here’s another way of looking at how that code works:
An awesome thing about Laminar is that you can write Scala code that’s compiled to JavaScript (using Scala.js and sbt), letting you write single-page applications using Scala!
Other notes
As you’ll see in the Github project:
- The build.sbt file is almost the same as my first tutorial
- The index.html file is almost the same as my first tutorial
- You compile your Scala code to JavaScript using this command in sbt:
sbt:Laminar101> ~fastOptJS
All of that is explained in my first tutorial.
One thing that isn’t mentioned in that tutorial is that whenever you update your Scala code and it’s recompiled into JavaScript, you need to refresh your browser so it picks up the newly-generated JavaScript file.
Experiment with the examples
Now that you’ve seen this example and have access to my Github project, you can also copy and paste the other Laminar examples into this project to experiment with them.
The next tutorial
When you’re ready for the next step, I just added my third Laminar tutorial, A small Laminar reactive routing example.
Resources
If you go forward in working with Laminar, here are some helpful resources:
- Laminar documentation
- Laminar examples
- For other tech support, see the Laminar Gitter page
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When loading a class, " class" is still tacked at the end of it
By Paolo Bonzini - Posted on September 16th, 2009
Description
1. Print-it:
PackageLoader fileInPackage: 'SUnit'.
2. Choose TestCase from the class list
3. Print-it:
(PackageLoader packageAt: 'SUnit') test fileIn
4. Expand TestCase and see the result
Updates
#1 submitted by Paolo Bonzini on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 00:02
Furthermore, opening the SUnit browser and clicking the Smalltalk namespace gives an "instanceClass not understood" exception.
#2 submitted by Paolo Bonzini on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 00:05
Using #instanceClass is almost always wrong, just use #asClass or #asMetaclass.
#3 submitted by Gwenael Casaccio on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 08:09
fixed in the revision 217 but please do not integrate it now.
#4 submitted by Paolo Bonzini on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 15:30
integrated now. Please move the various occurrences of each, ' ' to GtkClassModel>>#buildClassArray:
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wikiHow to Break up With Your Significant Other when You Are Already Dating Someone Else
Nobody enjoys having to break up with someone––but it can be even more difficult when you’ve already moved on both mentally and in action, and have a new significant other in your life. If you've already started seeing someone new but haven’t mustered the courage yet to break it off with your current squeeze, it's vital that you do so, including clarifying things for the new person in your life who will need reassuring that you're not flip-flopping between lovers.
This article suggests some steps to help ease the transition. And the sooner you do it, the better because eventually it's all going to get found out!
Steps
- 1Evaluate your original relationship. Consider why you started seeing someone else while you were still in a relationship. Did you and your significant other simply grow apart or did something happen that made you stray? It’s important to understand why you started dating another person in order to make the break up as painless as possible. Make a list of at least three reasons why you may have mentally left your original relationship and started dating another person.
- How compelling are the reasons? Are they enough to stay with the new person or do you feel that this has been a big mistake? You need to know this now before you're a pond full of regrets.
- 2Ponder your current relationship. Perform the same mental analysis with your new steady as you did with your original mate. Why did you start dating this person and what attracted you to the relationship? Most importantly, does the new person know that you're currently dating someone else? If your new boyfriend or girlfriend is in the dark, this may cause problems later down the road, especially if you become serious and yet you've not acted as if you have treated the relationship seriously. As with your original mate, list three or more reasons why you have entered into this new relationship and how it will differ from the previous relationship.
- Are these reasons compelling enough to want your new date to completely take the place of your current lover? Again, ensure that there is no ambiguity in your reasoning.
- 3Check your calendar for the best time to meet with your original boyfriend or girlfriend. Timing is everything. Avoid major life events such as holidays, birthdays or anniversaries––especially if the anniversary marks a sad occasion such as the death of a loved one. Select a totally random day––one that should have no meaning to you or your current mate. However, don't use an inability to select "the right day" as an excuse not to get this over and done with. The sooner that you deal with breaking up, the better for both of you.
- 4Choose a location for the break-up. Always break up in person––never on the phone, by mail or text. You owe the other person a face-to-face meeting. However, if you believe the break-up could be filled with intense drama, choose a public place, but avoid crowded, intimate restaurants. If your significant other decides to explode, he or she may not be concerned with the surroundings and have a very public reaction. Additionally, consider a place where you can make a quick getaway. Waiting to pay for the check at a restaurant can be very awkward, so head to a destination that will provide you with mobility. Some suggestions for places include:
- A spacious outdoor park (away from kids and playground equipment)
- A shopping mall
- The gym
- A coffee shop
- A bar and grille
- The beach
- An athletics park.
- Places to avoid:
- An intimate restaurant
- Your favorite place to go as a couple
- The movies
- Your or his/her home––however, some people feel more comfortable breaking up with someone from their own home turf if they're the only one living there, so this depends on the context
- While on vacation
- A play or concert.
- 5Let your new boyfriend/girlfriend know you plan to break up with your original mate. If you haven’t already told your new steady that you had someone else, now is a good time. If you want to have a strong, honest relationship with your new boyfriend or girlfriend, it’s imperative you alert your new honey to the situation. Along the same lines as breaking up with your other mate, choose a random day and place to tell your new boyfriend/girlfriend about the other person.
- Begin the conversation by reinforcing your feelings for him/her.
- Explain how your life has changed since you met him/her.
- Discuss your plans for the future with the new person.
- Gently tell him or her that you have current boyfriend/girlfriend, but that you will be breaking up on a certain date and why you plan to break up.
- Reassure your new boyfriend/girlfriend that the break-up will truly result in the end of that relationship.
- 6Contact your original boyfriend/girlfriend to arrange for a meeting in order to break up. Don’t tell the other person over the phone, email or text why you want to meet, but simply ask if you can meet on a certain day and time to talk. Don’t make a lot of small talk on the phone and definitely do not say things like, “I love you” or “I miss you.” Avoid confusing the situation--even if the other person is the one who says it first. Stand strong but be gentle.
- 7Prepare for the meeting. If you have to rehearse the delivery, do it. Just don't have notecards out in front of you and refer to them while you're breaking up. Punctuate the other person’s positive qualities first but make no qualms about why you're there––to break up. Ask the other person if they were truly happy in the relationship. You may be surprised to learn that he or she wasn’t happy either. (Be prepared for them to say they were though, in which case, asking them will backfire on you and you'll have to apologize and recognize that they were happy but explain that you're still not.) Other points to consider:
- Avoid telling the other person that they drove you into the arms of another––that will only escalate into an unproductive discussion and says more about your inability to be independent-minded than it does about them. It's not a tactic to escape unscathed; it's a way of telling your soon-to-be ex that you're making excuses.
- Don’t lead the other person on to think that you could possibly get back together. Make it clear that it's over.
- Don’t point fingers––it takes two to make a relationship work (or not work). Acknowledge your own faults, lack of participation and inability to contribute fully to the relationship.
- Don't drag out the past––remain in the “here and now” instead of talking about the time he or she kissed someone else, for example. The idea is to not apportion blame or to try to make your soon-to-be ex look bad; rather, help them to see that this is ultimately a good decision for the two of you.
- 8Be on time for the meeting. Show the other person respect by being prompt and exactly in the place where you agreed to meet, at the time you agreed. If you know that they're never prompt, take something along to do to pass the time so that you avoid getting frustrated waiting for them. Take a book, your eReader or play phone games. Just resolve to stay calm until they arrive (and after, of course).
- 9Remain calm and in control throughout the discussion. Keeping in control of a conversation means being ready to open it and to lead with the news of the break up as quickly as possible. Also be prepare to ask questions as much as or more even than you're asked questions, questions about how the other person is taking the news, how they're feeling and what they'll do next. By making them respond to your questions, it shows that you care enough about their welfare to be interested but also deflects a focus off you all of the time, as they're forced to think over how they're taking it and how they're going to move on.
- All the same, anticipate the possibility that your significant other could flip out so keep that in mind during your break up delivery. If you remain calm, perhaps you can tone down the situation.
- If they have items in your home, be sure to allow them plenty of space to retrieve their things without pressure or anxiety. You could even offer to have them delivered but don't sound like you don't want them to collect their own things if they want to.
- 10Keep an eye on the time. Don't allow the break up to last more than an hour. You owe the other person the time to discuss his or her feelings, but you don’t want to drag the break up out for hours; doing so will just encourage unhealthy wallowing and your ex will be tempted to raise a whole raft of reasons why this shouldn't be happening and why you need to reconsider. Have a good excuse ready such as meeting someone else, having to get work done or needing to get to bed early for an early meeting, etc. Offer to drop them back home if it helps or to shout them a taxi ride.
- 11Try to end the meeting on a good note. This may be impossible, especially if the other person wasn’t expecting it or didn’t want to break up. If the other person storms off, there is nothing you can do. However, if you can end it amicably, wish the other person well and you can even hug. Don’t make plans to see them soon or say, “Let’s be friends.” The break up is still too fresh to identify any future plans or friendship dynamic.
- 12After speaking with your “now former” significant other, arrange to meet your new squeeze to reassure him or her that you went through with the break up. They will need to be sure that you went through with it and that things are truly over and done with, allowing the two of you to proceed forward happily and with strength as an unencumbered couple.
Community Q&A
Tips
- You could also try breaking up with the person the minute you lose interest, as opposed to waiting until you've met and become involved with someone else. Have a heart. Don't play with your relationships, they are not a joke.
- If you run into your former flame, while with your new boyfriend/girlfriend do not flaunt your new relationship. Of course don’t hide your boyfriend/girlfriend but be cordial and friendly––no PDA or mushy talk.
- Depending on how serious you were with the other person, avoid bringing any personal items to the break-up such as jewelry or symbolic gifts to return (i.e. a special teddy bears or birthday gift). The break-up speech is not the day to unload personal items––it will only pour salt into the other person’s wounds. These items can be returned more discreetly at a later, but not too distant, date.
Warnings
- There is always a risk that your new flame won't like any of this and will feel betrayed that you hadn't already ended a former relationship before entering a new one.
- If your original boyfriend or girlfriend won’t accept your initial break-up, repeat the steps above one more time. Re-evaluate your behavior to determine if you are doing anything to lead the person on or if you are giving him or her false hope. If not, eliminate all contact with the other person if he or she still will not accept that you are going to break up.
- If you feel as if your former flame continues to pursue you even though you have asked him or her to stop, say that you may seek a restraining order. Hopefully, simply saying it will get the other person to back off. If it doesn’t and you feel uncomfortable, proceed with the restraining order.
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public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
private Transform myTransform;
private Vector3 myPosition;
private void Start()
{
SetInitialReferences();
}
private void Update()
{
Debug.Log(myTransform.position.ToString()); //why does this update constantly?
Debug.Log(myPosition.ToString()); //this doesent update as I expected not like the other one
}
void SetInitialReferences()
{
myTransform = transform; //why is it faster to use myTransform later on than transform?
myPosition = transform.position;
}
myTransform = transform means that the your variable will point to the actual Transform Object because it is a reference type (as all classes). So it doesn't really copy it just points to the same Object in memory. As on if it is faster to cashe the reference rather picking it through the property transform if there is any difference it is trivial.
On the other hand myPosition = transform.position which is of Vector3 type copies the value so afterwards there are 2 different Objects in memory, thus any changes on the transform.position won't be reflected on the myPosition var as it is Value Type.
Search on google about reference types and value types there are alot of sites (including $$anonymous$$SDN official site) to find out more about them.
Cheers.
Sry for not seeing your answer earlier. Was the first time I used the forums and did not see that you commented as a reply ins$$anonymous$$d of an answer. Anyway thanks both of you!
Answer by MUG806
·
Feb 08, 2018 at 02:09 PM
If I'm understanding the question, this comes down to the difference between objects and structs.
When you store "transform.position" in myPosition, you actually store a copy of the vector coordinates in the variable, because Vector3 is a struct. When you assign the object "transform" to myTransform, you are actually storing a reference to a transform object, which is just the way C# does things with objects. This way when you access myTransform.position, you are getting the original transform object, and then finding its current position, whereas with myPosition, you are just accessing a copy of the position as it was when you assigned the variable.
Can be tricky to get your head around at first, but C# just handles assigning objects differently to structs and basic data types like int and float.
Thx for the answer! Is clear now :) One last thing... in the method "SetInitialReferences" I set a reference of the transfrom to myTransform. I have heard that it is fast that way if want to access the transform over the reference ins$$anonymous$$d of the actual transfrom. Do you know why that is? And if yes, why is it that way?
$$anonymous$$ight be mistaken but I don't think that's the case. You may be getting mixed up with GetComponent() which you can use to access components attached to the game object. That method IS slow so the advice is to create a reference to the components you will be needing every frame just the once in initialisation.
I think you are mistaken. You can get a performance improvement from cacheing it. See eg
It's no longer as slow as a GetComponent call, but still quicker to cache it yourself. Not so much as to make a huge difference, but I$$anonymous$$O it does little harm to get into the habit, at least for Transforms that are being accessed every frame.
Alright, TIL. I'd submit that as an answer cuz that is definition worth knowing.
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This is your resource to discuss support topics with your peers, and learn from each other.
11-07-2008 09:15 AM
In 4.3, we added a menuItem in the BB calendar application. It creates a new appointement and populate all the fields so that the user has just to invite attendees and save. It works well.
We tried this en 4.2.1, unfortunatly it doesn't work. When we try to invoke a new appointement from our custom menu item in the BB calendar application, nothing happens. In debug, no exception is thrown. We tried to invoke the adress book application and it worked but not the calendar app. So it seems impossible to add a new appointement from the calendar app. Is it because we are already in the calendar app ? Is it a bug (because it works in 4.3) ?
Here is some code :
public class MyMenuItem extends ApplicationMenuItem { //... public Object run(Object context) { try {
Event event = (Event)context; //... EventList el = null; try {
el = (EventList)BlackBerryPIM.getInstance().openPIMList
( BlackBerryPIM.EVENT_LIST, BlackBerryPIM.READ_WRITE );( BlackBerryPIM.EVENT_LIST, BlackBerryPIM.READ_WRITE );
} catch (PIMException ex1) { ex1.printStackTrace(); } Event e = el.createEvent(); e.addString(Event.NOTE, 0, "test"); Invoke.invokeApplication( Invoke.APP_TYPE_CALENDAR, new CalendarArguments( CalendarArguments.ARG_NEW, e)); } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex2) { ex2.printStackTrace();
}
return context;
} }
Regards,
Sylvain.
11-07-2008 09:28 AM
I've had similar issues.
Based on my own experience (not necessarily official gospel), you need to be calling Invoke() from your own event thread. Calling this from within a listener thread is not going to work.
You might try using creating a runnable object that calls the Invoke of the calendar, then pass this runnable off to UiApplication.invokeLater().
Of course, there are several ways to skin this cat and I'm sure other folks have their own methods of getting it done. If you search this forum for "invokeLater" or "event thread" you will probably find 20 similar issues and solutions.
11-07-2008 10:51 AM
Thx RexDoug.
I tried this :
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { Invoke.invokeApplication( Invoke.APP_TYPE_CALENDAR, new CalendarArguments( CalendarArguments.ARG_NEW, e )); } });
But that doesn't work...
Any other ideas ?
11-07-2008 04:48 PM
Try this:
1. in your Runnable, call UiApplication.requestForeground()
2. In your UiApplication.activate() method, perform the Invoke on calendar.
11-12-2008 11:47 AM
Thanks for replying again, we tried but without success.
We discovered (from the support) that in 4.2.1 we cannot invoke a calendar item if the calendar application is already opened.
However, we found another way to do that. Our code now invokes an UIApplication that wait 1 second and invoke a calendar item. Just after invoking this application, we close the current active screen which is the calendar application (the UIApplication is waiting at this moment).
It's not very satisfaying but it's the only way we found to do the job.
Regards,
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Usher661 Points
return the square of the value
I really need help on this one. Can some guide me through the process of this function
import math def square(number):
Kenneth Usher661 Points
I finally got it!!!!!! Thanks for the encouragement
Dylan Chuckry2,841 Points
Nothing more satisfying than finally figuring out something youv'e been struggling with for a long time, nice work!
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WAIT A MINUTE are you the guy in the video?
Dylan Chuckry2,841 Points
Dylan Chuckry2,841 Points
Give it a try, work through it and add each task line by line. Don't be scared to get it wrong, making mistakes is the best way to improve!
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Jochen Heuer writes:> On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 03:57:04PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:> > Peter Hawkins <dph-man@iname.com> said:> > [...]> > > How do you reference, say, /dev/fd0 if the floppy module isn't even loaded?> > You need to do that so kmod loads the module, as things stand now.> > This is the biggest problem I see with the current devfs. While it> loads many modules correct it does not work for all modules which> are supported by devfs if they are loaded.No, no, no! That's getting into policy! We want to minimise policy inthe kernel.> Try a _ls -l /dev/ide/_ with ide-disk, ide-mod and ide-probe as modules.> It does not work. There should be some reference to the module name> in devfs. E.g. /dev/ide/hd would load the module ide-disk. Or> /dev/sr would load sr_mod. Btw. maybe it is time to rename some modules> and find a standard name style. If I think of the modulesAll you need is a properly configured /etc/modules.conf with the rightaliases. For example:alias sr sr_modalias ide/hd ide-cdand so on. Ideally, I'd like to prepend some special string (say"/dev/") to the names passed to kmod to reserve a "namespace" fordevfs and avoid any possible conflicts.Richard: are you happy to include a set of aliases with modutils thatdoes this? If so I'll start collating names. Regards, Richard....-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/1998/8/11/35 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | refinedweb | 269 | 77.53 |
ZeroFux - A Stateless Unidirectional Data Flow Implemented With Custom Events
Undirectional Data Flow, Flux, Redux, Whateverux is essentially this:
- something happens
- what happened is being described with an action object
- that action object is being dispatched through a central point, the dispatcher
- on the other side of that dispatcher actions are matched to reducers
- the reducers take the information of the actions and return state
This allows you to manage interactions in your UI in a stateless and synchronous manner.
As a developer, the only thing that really interests you are the actions and the reducers, all the rest is just implementation detail. Actions and reducers shape the app‘s state.
In the following I describe a really simple way how you can implement this type of state management with Custom Events.
Actions
First let’s define what an action is. An action is a JavaScript object that has one required property with the key „type“ and two optional ones with the keys „payload“ and „error“. Here an action defined as a TypeScript interface.
{ type: string; payload?: any; error?: boolean; }
I think we can agree that the JavaScript community mostly agrees on this definition pioneered by Redux, maybe minus the
error property. I stole that from
redux-observable.
Dispatcher
So, now that we have actions how do we dispatch them through the dispatcher and what is the dispatcher?
We want to use Custom Events. Those event get dispatched on a DOM element with the
dispatchEvent method. That means our dispatcher is a DOM element. It is really not important which one but let’s just use the
body element since that element is present on any web app.
const dispatcher = document.querySelector('body');
Great. Now that we have the dispatcher how do we dispatch an action? That’s where the Custom Events come in. We‘re using Custom Events because they allow us to add Custom event data (which we will, sneakily, call actions).
dispatcher.dispatchEvent( // The first argument of the Custom Event is // the event name. The event name is the same // as the action type. // The second argument are options. new CustomEvent('SOME_ACTION', { // Here goes our custom data, the action object. detail: { // Action type and event name are the same. type: 'SOME_ACTION', // Here goes the optional data. payload: someData, error: false, }, }) )
So now that all these actions are being piped through one point in the DOM via Custom Events, we can match them to reducers.
In your component that expects some some state, take an array of action names that the component is interested in and set up event listeners. In the event listeners callback match a reducer with the same name per action to update the component state:
// Some example action names. const ACTIONS = [ 'INCREMENT', 'DECREMENT', 'ADD_TEN', ]; ... // As a convention components need a setter and // a getter for the state property. // That allows you to call a render function or similar // whenever state is set to a new value. set state(s) { this._state = s; // Use lit-html or some other library that efficiently // can update DOM in the render function. this.render(); } get state() { return this._state; } // This is a method on some component. setReducers() { ACTIONS.forEach(ACTION => { if (reducers[ACTION]) { // Again we are using the reference to the body // element as the dispatcher. dispatcher.addEventListener(ACTION, e => { // Reducers are kept in an object and matched // via action name. this.state = reducers[ACTION](e.detail, this.state); }); } else { throw new Error( `Please add a reducer for the "${ACTION}" action.` ); } }); } ...
The ZeroFux Library
The code above is a little boilerplate-y so let’s make a simple library out of it. No Flux plus no Redux euquals ZeroFux:
export class ZeroFux { constructor(element) { if (element) { this.dispatcher = element; } else { this.dispatcher = document.querySelector('body'); } } // The dipatch method takes an action argument // of the previously defined action type. dispatch(action) { this.dispatcher.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent(action.type, { detail: action, // In case you set a custom dispatcher element // and want them to bubble. bubbles: true, // In case your custom dispatcher is in the // Shadow DOM and you want them to bubble between // the borders or Shadow DOM and regular DOM. compose: true, }) ) } // This method takes an array of action types // that can influence a component's state, // an object with reducers with the same names // as the action types and a reference // to the component on which we want to set // the state propery. setReducers(actionTypes, reducers, component) { actionTypes.forEach(actionType => { if (reducers[actionType]) { this.on(actionType, e => { const action = e.detail; component.state = reducers[actionType](component.state, action); }); } else { throw new Error( `Please add a reducer for the "${actionType}" action.` ); } }); } } export const zeroFux = new ZeroFux();
🎉 tadaa!
It’s up on Github and npm right now if you want to try it.
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Side Effects
“Ah-haaa! How do we manage side effects with ZeroFux?”, you may ask. Well, there is actually a simple zero-fux way to deal with this.
Since these custom events are all streaming through one point in the DOM, the point that we can access via
zeroFux.dispatcher, we can just listen to these events separately and fire effects on certain actions.
These side effects have to fire an action themselves when they are done with whatever they were doing. That’s how we introduce data coming from theses side effects synchronously back into the the data flow.
This is how your SideEffects class could look:
import { zeroFux } from 'zero-fux'; export class SideEffects { run() { const on = zeroFux.dispatcher.addEventListener; on('SOME_ACTION', () => { someApi.doSomethingAsync() .then(data => zeroFux.dispatch({ type: 'SOME_RESPONSE_ACTION', payload: data, })); }); ... } }
See it in action in the CodePen.
Conclusion
So there it is, a bare bones, straight forward unidirectional data flow implementation using custom events.
It uses the same principle I have also used in oddstream, a unidirectional data flow library implemented with RxJS: matching a “stream of actions” to reducers. This just has zero dependencies and is practically no code.
In Node this could be implemented using
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I wants to access supl.nokia.com through my computer via internet. Hope it is fesiable.
I have tried with ping command.
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it is able to get reply from...
Hi Fabrizio Dominici,
I wants to access supl.nokia.com through my computer via internet. Hope it is fesiable.
I have tried with ping command.
ping supl.nokia.com
it is able to get reply from...
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I am working on JSR 172, for that i have configured Tomcat and Tomcat/axis and i have to create WSDD file.
I am using the below command :
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While on execution in device client (another code) is able to discover the...
The below code for OBEX server is running in Emulator but not in device, can you suggest any idea.
import javax.bluetooth.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;
import java.io.*;
import...
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I have modified my code according to the Symbian example code.
Now It is working fine.
Regards,
Arun.
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I am sending a sms (Symbian FP2 8.0)
the below code is working fine :
MDesC16Array* aliases = NULL;
CSendAppUi* iSUI=CSendAppUi::NewL(EHClientCmdAppSendBIO);
CParaFormatLayer*...
Thanks for quick reply.
I have created a exe that contain only a Hello World message; then it sleeps for 15 sec.
I am executing it from another Application; code is as below
CProcessMonitor*...
Thanks for reply KevinD.
Yes i do not need any UI on this EXE.
How to make it a vanilla EXE ?
I am using S60 -FP2. I did not found any option to creatre vanilla EXE in the S60 Application...
Can any one suggest me how to run a symbian exe file in background.
I am using a Nokia 6681 Device.
I have created a .exe file containing helloworld and a for loop for a calculation.
...
Can any one suggest me how to run a symbian exe file in background.
Hi
I am using the below code for BIO msg ->
const TUid KBIOUid = { 0x1000EEEE };
_LIT(KRecipient1,"9831321200");
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On 2011-11-10 02:33:02 +0000, Sean Mitchell said:
Anyone ever run into the case where you wish an Object could have more
than one equals(), or that Set and Map implementations would let you
pass in something like a closure to determine key equality?
Given the lack of anything sufficiently "like a" closure, until Java 8
if not later, you'll have to live with the options you have.
It seems to me that objects can be equal in varying degrees. Let's
consider a class Dog:
public class Dog {
String breed;
String name;
String age;
}
I may want to have a Set<Dog>, which holds only one Dog of each breed,
irrespective of name of age. In this case my equals()/hashcode() would
only consider breed.
But I may also want a Mag<Dog, Owner> in which each Dog is made unique by name.
And of course, there is the most intuitive case where I want to use
equals() to see if the instances map on all three fields.
I suppose I could create a wrapper class for each purpose which only
overrides equals() and hashcode(), but that seems very unsatisfying and
inefficient.
That's one option, and it's not as inefficient (at least in terms of
run time) as you might expect, unless you have several million wrappers
kicking around. It's clunky to write, true.
Another option is the TreeSet and TreeMap classes, which have slightly
worse lookup and insertion complexity guarantees (amortized O(log n) vs
amortized O(1) on lookup, for example) but allow passing a Comparator
that also controls equality tests for that set or map.
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Zend_Markup should provide an extensible way to tokenize and render lightweight markup languages, like BBcode and Textile.
Zend Framework: Zend_Markup Component Proposal
Table of Contents
1. Overview
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3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
Zend_Markup should provide an extensible way to tokenize and render lightweight markup languages, like BBcode and Textile.
Zend_Markup should provide an extensible way to tokenize and render lightweight markup languages, like BBcode and Textile.
- This component will provide the extensibility to tokenize different lightweight markup languages.
- This component will provide the extensibility to render into different (lightweight) markup languages.
- This component will provide an easy way to create your own tags.
- It will not be possible to retrieve the original source from the rendered text.
4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components
- Zend_Exception
- Zend_Filter
- Zend_Loader_PluginLoader
5. Theory of Operation
Zend_Markup does tokenize and render lightweight markup languages into another format. Because there are a lot of lightweight markup languages, it should be compatible with the most important languages. It should also be possible to create your own Parsers.
Zend_Markup consists of parsers and renderers. A parser is splitting the input text into an array with all the information it could extract out of the input text.
For example, the Zend_Markup_Parser_Bbcode parser should produce this array from the string '[tag="a" attr=val]value[/tag]':
A renderer does loop trough the generated array, and uses the provided information to generate a value.
6. Milestones / Tasks
- Milestone 1: [DONE] Create the proposal
- Milestone 2: [DONE] Initial class design
- Milestone 3: [DONE] Submit the proposal for community review
- Milestone 4: [DONE] Create working prototype (see the bottom of this proposal)
- Milestone 5: [DONE] Create code-covering unit tests.
7. Class Index
- Zend_Markup
- Zend_Markup_Parser_Interface
- Zend_Markup_Parser_BbCode
- Zend_Markup_Parser_Textile
- Zend_Markup_Parser_Parsed
- Zend_Markup_Renderer_Abstract
- Zend_Markup_Renderer_Html
- Zend_View_Helper_Markup
8. Use Cases
Simple usage (bbcode)
Creating your own tags (bbcode)
Create an object with a textile parser (uses the same renderer as with the BBcode parser).
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9. Class Skeletons
You can retrieve the current code from the incubator.]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
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Feb 05, 2008
Joó Ádám
<p>According to the coding guidelines, Bbcode should be BbCode. Also would be better to use attribute(s) instead of attr(s).</p>
Feb 08, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>That's a pretty good idea, when i'm back from work i'm going to change that.</p>
Feb 08, 2008
Joakim Nygård
<p>I'd love to see support for Markdown <ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> added. </p>
<p><ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> <a class="external-link" href=""></a></p>
Feb 08, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>In the beginning, only tokenizers for BBcode and MediaWiki should be available. But you can still write your own tokenizer for any language. And if you would like, you can also help me with a tokenizer for Markdown.</p>
<p>But I think I will write a tokenizer for Markdown later, but first I'm going to build my current ideas of Zend_TextParser.</p>
Feb 13, 2008
Jack Sleight
<p>Hi, <br />
This looks really interesting, I've actually been thinking about a similar idea. One thing I thought of is parsing the given mark-up into a DOMDocument first, and then writing that back out as HTML. This would allow you to convert any mark-up, to any other mark-up, and give you a common, standard, in-between format. Something like:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
"BBCode" -> BBCode Tokenizer & Parser -> (DOMDocument) -> saveHTML() // get HTML output
-> MediaWiki Renderer -> "MediaWiki"
-> Textile Renderer -> "Textile"
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
<p>And so on. Of course I have no idea how to write tokenizers or parsers (something I'm trying to learn), so I can't really do this, but I thought I'd make the suggestion.</p>
Feb 16, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>Hi Jack,</p>
<p>Can you explain your idea for using DOMDocument further with an exaple how you should use it? Now it looks like it does have a lot of unnecessary overhead.</p>
<p>And writing tokenizers isn't very hard, you can look at the interface for the return format.</p>
Feb 19, 2008
Jack Sleight
<p>Hi Pieter,<br />
Well my general idea was that rather than reading in BBCode, and then directly writing that back out as HTML, you could instead parse the BBCode, and then store it in a standard intermediary format, something that could for instance be serialized and then saved into a database. Making this format an extension of DOMDocument, would allow for modifications to the DOM, and allow people to do all sorts of other processing on the markup. This is roughly how it could work:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$parser = new Zend_TextParser_BBCode_Parser();
$dom = $parser->parse('[b][i]some text[/b][/i] some text');
// to get HTML you'd then do
echo $dom->saveHTML();
// or you could render it back out as another format
$renderer = new Zend_TextParser_Textile_Renderer();
echo $renderer->render($dom);
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
<p>And say for instance it were a news article with various header tags, if the mark-up was available as a DOMDocument object, someone could very easily scan through it (manually or via XPath), and build a table of contents based on the header tags, in an OO fashion. And there are all sorts of other possibilities.</p>
<p>You also have the advantage of not having to parse and render the mark-up every time you need it. If for example you stored the serialized version of the DOM object in your database, rather than the raw BBCode, you only need to render it each time.</p>
<p>Of course I've no idea what the overheads would be like by doing this, but it's just an idea. In my mind it seems quite tidy to have the data in a standard, almost mark-up language agnostic format.</p>
Feb 19, 2008
Jack Sleight
<p>Also, using DOMDocument allows you to write the mark-up back out as XML (if you wanted it as XHTML), and the loadHTML() method, allows you to parse even badly formed HTML. You could for example load in an external document (without worrying if it's valid), and then write that back out as BBCode. Like:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadHTML(file_get_contents(''));
$renderer = new Zend_TextParser_BBCode_Renderer();
echo $renderer->render($dom);
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
<p>I'm probably getting carried away with the examples here, but I'm sure you can see the flexibility that using DOMDocument introduces.</p>
Oct 05, 2009
Pieter Kokx
<p>Hi Jack,</p>
<p>There are still some problems when you are using DOMDocument. Because many developers like to have [code] tags on their sites with syntax highlighting. And as you know, it is very hard to remove syntax highlighting, and that isn't the task of a renderer. Oke, it would be possible, but then it does have a really huge overhead.</p>
<p>Also, your example, that should be possible later, in this form:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$html = Zend_TextParser::factory('html', 'bbcode');
echo $html->render(file_get_contents(''));
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
<p>Also, using DOMDdocument means that you have to implement a renderer into a tokenizer, which makes tokenizers a lot more complicated. And it doesn't really conform to the framework's DRY and KISS standards.</p>
Mar 30, 2008
Ralph Schindler
<p>A few comments:</p>
<ul>
<li>A tokenizer implies that there is a set of Tokens that are generated. Does this mean that there is a standard set of tokens that will be shared by all parsers and generators?</li>
<li>How are token tree's handled? For example <ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link><ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link>Foo<ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link><ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> implies that there is a token for bold with contents "<ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link>Foo<ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link>".. but that further implies there is a token within it for italic with contents "Foo"</li>
<li>Will tokenized input be able to be serialized for output in any format that a renderer is available for?</li>
</ul>
<p>Just a few question to get started <ac:emoticon ac:</p>
<p>-ralph</p>
Mar 30, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>I don't have much time, so I will only answer you last question, I will answer the other two later.</p>
<p>Yes, you can pass the same tokenizer output to any renderer.</p>
May 17, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>Well, a tokenizer generates an array like described in "Theory of Operation". This is totally independent of the renderer, so there is a little problem with tokenizers like the MediaWiki tokenizer. For example, if you pass "''some text''" to the MediaWiki tokenizer, it will output an array with three tokens. The first token has the tagname "i" and contains "''", it also defines "''" as the stopper. The second token does only contain "some text". And the third token contains exactly the same information as the first token.</p>
<p>There are also some tokens defined in the MediaWiki tokenizer, which aren't supported by a renderer. This is because a renderer isn't able to gather information like the signature of the current user. But you can still use '~~~' with a MediaWiki tokenizer, and if you define a new tag (look to UC-02), single-replace callback (not yet implemented!) with the name 'signature', then it will work fine <ac:emoticon ac:.</p>
<p>Well, token-trees are handled very simple. For example, if we take an example like "[b]...[i]...[/b]...', it will output something like: "<strong>...<em>...</em></strong><em>...</em>". This is, because the renderer first sees the '[b]' token, then it will add all the text to a string until the '[i]' token, there it will create another string for the italic tag. All the text will be added to the italic tag until the '[/b]' tag is found. There it will first end the italic tag, and add it to the bold tag, which is also closed. After that, it will restart the italic tag with exactly the same parameters and add it to the return string.</p>
Jun 23, 2008
Ralph Schindler
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<p>This proposal is currently accepted into the Zend Laboratory as we'd like to see the following points explored and developed:</p>
<ul>
<li>Move Zend_TextParser into the Zend_Text_Parser namespaces (there will be other Zend_Text proposals in this space as well)</li>
<li>We need to understand the use cases better with respect to what this component <strong>WILL NOT</strong> provide (See section 3 above), currently, this proposal is quite open ended.</li>
<li>We need to understand better the method that will be implemented to "parse".</li>
<li>Other areas we'd like to explore:
<ul>
<li>Currently, it seems as though the approach is token replacement</li>
<li>How will the Parser handle non-well-formed data</li>
<li>What relationship will this have with DomDocument</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro>
Oct 25, 2008
Matthew Ratzloff
<p>It'd be great if you could define languages in a declarative way. Seems like it would make it easier for users to add or extend their own.</p>
<p>Taking this to an extreme, one would define something like BBCode in BNF, then have a parser generator (adapted from any of the C ones) spit out a parser on initial load. Parsing would be pretty darn fast in that case.</p>
<p>Now, you can meet somewhere in the middle on this. Defining each token in its own object, putting them in a stack, and then transforming the text by popping off the tokens would potentially allow a declarative syntax.</p>
<p>What I'm thinking is something like this:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
<?php
class Zend_Markup_Language_BBCode
{
public function defineTokens(Zend_Markup_Lexer $lexer)
}
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
Oct 25, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>That is a pretty good idea. But I think there is a problem. My Bbcode parser looks to Bbcode as a language like SGML or XML. The tags don't have any meaning at all (because that part is done by the renderer). But languages like Textile are a bit different, they have tokens like '*' which defines bold text or '_' which defines italics text.</p>
Oct 25, 2008
Matthew Ratzloff
<p>I'm not sure about the benefit of decoupling the "renderer" (that is, the transformer) if you don't put it to good use: allow transformations between markup languages. That is, allow transformations between Textile and Markdown, for instance.</p>
<p>After all, most of these languages are tied directly to HTML. I'm not sure if there is any meaning in alternate transformations of BBCode, for instance. Obviously a data interchange format like JSON is meaningless, so we're talking about presentation. BBCode => PDF, for instance. But most of these formats permit HTML embedded in the text... translating some but not all of the code to PDF format is not helpful. These lightweight markup languages were designed for HTML, so why not couple them to HTML?</p>
<p>One difficulty with decoupling is that you don't have a one-to-one correspondence. Take Markdown's block quote for instance:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
>.
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
<p>This translates to:</p>
<ac:macro ac:<ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
<blockquote>.
</blockquote>
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
Oct 26, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>That is the whole point of my idea, making it possible to not only go from Textile/Bbcode/Markdown to HTML, but also transformations like Textile to Bbcode. Well, initially not all combinations will be possible, because the tranformation
to HTML is the most important part.</p>
<p>And yes, it is sometimes pretty hard to write a parser so it will be compatible with the renderers. But if you want to allow transformations between the languages, without a lot of copy-paste, I think this is the best idea.</p>
Nov 12, 2008
Jonathan
<p>Is it normal that on the repository nothing is inside the Rendered directory ?<br />
Where could I find the basic html rendered class ?</p>
Nov 13, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>Yes that is normal, since I decided to rewrite everything, and I still haven't found any time to create a renderer.</p>
Nov 13, 2008
Jonathan
<p>ok I understand.<br />
When do you think you can release a first draft ? <br />
As I m very interesting to use it.</p>
Nov 13, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>Currently, I think that it will be this weekend. But if you are really interested in that, you should look to revisions before 12121. The old Zend_TextParser code was removed in that revision.</p>
Nov 13, 2008
Jonathan
<p>thanks I think I can wait until next week <ac:emoticon ac:</p>
Nov 25, 2008
Ben Scholzen
<p>This parser should also allow for special markup handling. As you are yet parsing it into a tree structure, one should be able to mark elements as not beeing allowed in other elements. For example. <ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> or <ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> tag should not be allowed within a <ac:link><ri:page ri:</ac:link> tag.</p>
<p>Also you should allow paragraphhandling instead of simple nl2br conversion. If you didn't yet, take a look at Chrisitan Seiler's BBCode Parser:</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href=""></a></p>
Nov 26, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>About the 'special markup handling', that is already in place. It is what you should call context-awareness. Currently, you can specify which tag is allowed inside an other tag, but I am not sure if that is already checked into SVN.</p>
<p>The paragraph handling is quite interesting. It is not that hard to realize.</p>
<p>Also, I have looked to Chrisitan Seiler's BBCode parser fore several times <ac:emoticon ac:.</p>
Nov 26, 2008
Jonathan
<p>I m trying to get Zend_markup working on my website but I have some problems to implement it.</p>
<p>below are the tags that I would like to use:</p>
<p>[h1]test[/h1]<br />
[list]<br />
[*]toto est en bateau<br />
[/list]<br />
[url][/url]<br />
[url=]Example[/url\]</p>
<p>no one of these tags except "list" element is working</p>
<p>Here is what I did:<br />
$bbCode = Zend_Markup::factory('BbCode', 'Html');<br />
<br />
$allowedIn = array('i', 'u', 's', 'b');<br />
$allowsInside = array('i', 'u', 's', 'b');<br />
<br />
$bbCode->addTag('h1', Zend_Markup::REPLACE, array('start' => '<h1>', 'end' => '</h1>'), $allowedIn, $allowsInside);<br />
$bbCode->addTag('*', Zend_Markup::REPLACE, array('start' => '<li>', 'end' => '</li>'), array("list"), $allowsInside);<br />
$bbCode->addTag('list', Zend_Markup::REPLACE, array('start' => '<ul>', 'end' => '</ul>'), $allowedIn, array('*') );</p>
<p>$bbCode->render($texte ); //the output is exactly the same as the input</p>
<p>Can someone help me?</p>
Nov 26, 2008
Pieter Kokx
<p>Currently, the factory is not tested, so I think there will be some issues with that. And the name of the file (and the last part of the classname) is Bbcode, not BbCode.</p>
<p>Also, I have a known issue in my bbcode tokenizer, the '[*]' tag will not parse correctly. And the '$allowedIn' and '$allowsInside' parameters are not there currently.</p>
<p>You should also know that this is pretty much a development snapshot, not near to production-ready. And there could be a lot of API changes in the future <strong>without</strong> any notification.</p>
Jan 09, 2009
Ralph Schindler
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<p>We like the direction in which this is taking shape. This component is approved for development in the <strong>Standard Incubator</strong>.</p>
<p>Issues as mentioned on the IRC channel we'd like to see explored while in the incubator:</p>
<ul>
<li>Parsers generate a token tree</li>
<li>There is a standard set of Tokens defined that must be implemented by all parsers, in addition to their own Custom tokens, this would provide maximum compatibility between parsers and generators.</li>
<li>Parsers should have some element of modes/error settings to determine if the character stream supplied is parsable and/or fixable.</li>
</ul>
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Mar 18, 2009
Wil Sinclair
<p>What is the status of this proposal? We'd love to include it in the 1.8 release.</p>
Jul 26, 2009
Rob Zienert
<p>Since it doesn't look like the author is pursuing this any longer, I started writing tests for Zend_Markup tonight. If nothing has happened, I'd be willing to take on the responsibility of getting it done. </p>
Jul 29, 2009
Dylan Arnold
<p>I emailed the author a while back and he said he was still working on this. I haven't seen much activity in svn though. I'd love to see this component.</p>
Aug 05, 2009
Pieter Kokx
<p>Yep, i am still working on this.</p>
<p>The recent lack of activity is probably a result of my vacation in france. I am just back for a few hours, so give me some time to pull everything back together here, and then I will continue to work on a basic HTML renderer.</p>
Jul 30, 2009
Laurent Melmoux
<p>Meanwhile for those who are looking for a php5 solution you can checkout wikirenderer <a class="external-link" href=""></a></p>
Oct 27, 2009
Remi ++
<p>The ezComponents are offering also a very interesting "Document" component which is able to do transformations between RST (ReStructured text), XHTML, Docbook, ez Publish XML markup, and Wiki markup languages, like: Creole, Dokuwiki and Confluence. <a class="external-link" href=""></a></p>
Dec 22, 2009
David Moring
<p>I would like to find out if I can merge Zend_Phaml (Zend_Haml) into this project, it is an implementation of HAML for PHP that seems to be a good fit. Can someone guide me on this?</p>
Dec 22, 2009
Pieter Kokx
<p>I just looked fast into HAML, but it seems that there is a big difference between what HAML does, and what Zend_Markup does. Zend_Markup is for content, while HAML is for creating entire pages. </p> | http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Markup+-+Pieter+Kokx?focusedCommentId=42655 | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | refinedweb | 3,504 | 52.6 |
I am using the code below to open up multiple threads (20+).
However, it seems that all the threads are running on 1 CPU when I do have 4 cores(according to task manager).
I am guessing there is a limitation on where my threads can be run.
In other word, threads can only be open up on the CPU where the original process started.
Obviously something have gone wrong some where.
Anybody got some suggestions?
Thanks a lot in advance
Additional information on platform:
I am using Eclipse to code.
Have tried to run on both windows 7 and XP, none works.
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Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
thread.start();
public class XThread implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
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Verizon Considering Purchase of Netflix 139
schwit1 writes "Shares of Netflix soared more than 6% Monday on a report that Verizon Communications is considering buying the troubled movie renter. Verizon is reportedly evaluating whether a purchase of Netflix could provide an entry into the video delivery business, DealReporter said, citing a source close to the matter.."
Can you screw me now? (Score:5, Insightful)
Wowsers, if you thought Netflix was nickel-and-diming you, wait til Verizon gets hold of them. Probably cost you a quarter every time you use fast forward.
Verizon: we keep on working you like a whore. (Score:3)
You forgot one of their old slogans that still applies to Verizon, and would apply to Netflix.
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Good! After all the whining of a measly $2/month increase in price brought on Netflix by the movie studios, I'd say the spoiled brats that make up TEH BLAGOSPHERE needed a cold, hard lesson in "shut your fucking trap and learn to appreciate what you've got or someone might make it worse"! If it weren't for their incessant, self-centered whining*, Netflix wouldn't have lost quite so many customers and money and would've still looked too expensive for Verizon to absorb! So, congrats on digging too deep, gu
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Damn, I'm torn between calling you a dumbfag or a prophet
:P
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Seriously Slashdot, implement a +6 for this. Comment of the year.
Re:Can you screw me now? (Score:5, Insightful)
I already had a relatively expensive plan so it was only a few bucks for me, but some people's plans almost doubled in price. Granted $7 or $8 is not that much in the scheme of things, but if my price doubled overnight without bringing any improvements in the service then I might also be pissed. I understand it was out of Netflix's control, but the condescending (lack of) explanation was a huge misstep. They should have just been forthcoming and honest about it and a lot of this rage could have been avoided.
Re:Can you screw me now? (Score:5, Insightful)
Would +1 if I had mod points.
That is the whole point, it was never that expensive, but it almost doubled in price (and was a whole lot more then $2 mentioned).
And to make matters worse the company was like. "We are sure that our customers absolutely love how their bill will be double next month while getting the exact same service. What an amazing thing we are doing for our customers."
I can imagine a severe "anti-defamation" clause in their contract with the content producers, something to the effect of: "Purchaser of license shall never directly or indirectly disclose the cost of license in any manner not strictly required by law, and then only in a positive light. Any comment attributable to purchaser of license which in any way may be construed to imply that license is not an absolute bargain, and wonderful value will be grounds for retro-active tripling of said license purchase pric
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Shit, if Version buys Netflix, I'd expect the most basic plan they offer will be at least $40/month and would probably have way less content than Netflix has now (newer movies will be premium service).
I just have to say the following
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
They did it to themselves. (Score:5, Interesting)
The fact of the matter is that the majority of people on the old Netflix plan only used the streaming service or the DVD plan because it came free with the one they wanted. They never had any interest in paying for the other service, so when Netflix decided to start charging for it, they naturally dropped the one they didn't use.
There was a smaller group that liked both, and decided that even with a 60% price increase, that it was worth it.
There was an even smaller group that liked both, but were frustrated with the streaming selection, annoyed at the screwed up website. They were already looking at other options, but nothing came close to the combined value of DVDs and streaming. When the price increase came, this changed and other options started looking more competitive so they left. But again this was a very small group.
I wouldn't call people who don't want to pay for a service they hardly use spoiled. I wouldn't call people who can find a better deal spoiled. I call it obvious, and if Netflix had done any customer research they would have as well.
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When their actions cause Netflix's stock to nosedive such that it makes them a takeover target for Verizon, I'm damn sure going to call them spoiled.
Their bitching over the price increase is going to lead to all of us who stuck with Netflix getting screwed big time by Verizon.
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Wait, you're upset because a bunch of people who were upset with the service they were getting refused to stay with the service and thereby subsidize your use of it, and YOU are calling THEM spoiled?
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Ok, you're right. However, they were very very shortsighted.
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I can't speak to what other people like/dislike about Netflix. In my family, we have had a 3 disc at a time subscription since we bought our first DVD player in 1990-something. Around about 2003-ish, we started paying for a 3 disc at a time subscription for one set of parents (who live in a trailer park with no broadcast TV and are too cheap/poor to purchase cable.) When I was laid off a couple of years ago, and Netflix had been "streaming for free" for awhile, we reduced both subscriptions to 2 discs +
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You realize that this would punish those of us who stayed....
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It was only a 2$/month price change in Netflix's best case. In my case, 3 discs at once, 2 DVD, 1 Bluray plus streaming was 17.99$ previously, and a great deal. They revised that to 27.99$/month for me, and I responded by cancelling.
This single example is the problem Netflix had, in microcosm. Sticker shock. Was it still a good deal at 28$/month? Probably. Could I have adjusted my plan down to, say, single Bluray and streaming to get my old price point back? Looks like. Did I? No.
Why not? Because the differ
They lost 800k in 6 weeks to bloggers? Ludicrous! (Score:2)
I'm one of those "spoiled brats". I'm curious what lesson I learned. I left Netflix and left loudly. So... not sure how it got worse. The service price exceeded benefit. People left. Netflix lost.
Netflix didn't lose money to whining. Netflix lost money because people left. And having left, why do we care one iota if it becomes worse or is bought by Verizon or the People's Republic of China.
Let me nail this point for you: we don't care.
All you are saying is, "Hah! See, the price went up, and you left!
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People already voted with their wallet - if they LEFT Netflix after a minor price bump, do you really think they care if Verizon takes the helm? If I've already taken my toys and gone home I don't care if a bigger bully starts wandering the playground.
Realistically, if Verizon cranks up the restrictions and fees, you can bet that they'll succeed in merely driving the service further into the ground than Netflix could do alone.
Re:Can you screw me now? (Score:5, Insightful)
How is netflix nickel and diming me? It's one rate for streaming to multiple devices, then X amount more depending on how many physical discs you want to hold.
Nickle and diming is what Verizon does - X amount for Y amount of texts, or download limits, or download speeds, or service areas, or content packages, or voice minutes, and of course this is also largely dependent on which device you are using. And multiple devices? psh. Overcharges on service? That's a another horrible part right there.
That's real nickle-and-diming. There are so many gotchas I'd need a small book to describe it all. But this netflix hate I do not understand - it's simple and cheap. Is it that you want their service to be free?
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Try: $3/mo to access the GPS unit built in to your blackberry. That happened.
Verizon buys netflix: Charges you $0.20 every time you watch a film from the Criterion Collection, $0.40 for any movie released in the last 6 months, and $0.35 for any movie released in the last 18 months. On top of your $15/mo fee.
Oh and by the way, you'll need a Verizon Cable TV account to use Netflix if you're in a Verizon service area.
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OP here: I never claimed Netflix was nickel and diming, though some of the squeakier wheels seem to think so. As someone only halfway through a Verizon contract, I can say with confidence that those guys are the absolute freakin worst, lading up all their phones with crapware that do what free apps do, but worse, and with monthly fees on top of it.
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At least netflix' customer support right now is good (call them, and see how long it takes to reach someone-- likely under 45 seconds); can you imagine what billing and support will turn into if Verizon gets its mitts on them?
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My complaint list for verizon is as follows:
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Verizon to purchase Netflix. Netflix to be renamed Shitflix. Customers to shit bricks. Verizon to be renamed Shitbrick.
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Verizon would make it worse off. (Score:3)
Instead of having flat-rate streaming movies, it's an add-on that dings you per movie.
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If the price were to vary by movie, then this would allow Netflix to stream more movies. This is why Amazon is able to stream certain movies that Netflix doesn't.
The "one price fits all" model just doesn't work very well in the real world.
Re:Verizon would make it worse off. (Score:5, Insightful)
The "one price fits all" model just doesn't work very well in the real world.
It doesn't work very well in the idiotic playground of RIAA/MPAA execs. While they may presently inhabit the real, physical world, the term "real world" implies something a bit more broad, and I don't believe the "one price fits all" model has been demolished for all markets.
God no (Score:5, Insightful)
The CRTC will have a fit and use it as even more reason to keep the lecherous US company from stealing Bell's customers. Damn them netflix hooligans with their fairer prices.
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Where's mod points when you need them.... This has got to be the most asinine move from competition point of view up north.
The resident incumbent would jump with joy for such an easy way to throttle this competition.
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Christ I know and i just signed up for netflix streaming. Please oh ye of the noodly appendege - deliver us from verizon.
Oh God no (Score:5, Insightful)
If Verizon buys Netflix, we'll be paying $15/month for streaming to ONE device at a time, and the DVD delivery will be dropped entirely.There will be a limit of 15 streams a month per account, or 50GB of data, whichever comes first. Additional streams will cost $3.99 each. And you'll have to sign a 2-year contract. And if you want to stream to your PHONE, that will be another $15 a month, on top of the $15/month membership.
$5-$20 per device mirroring fee (Score:2)
$5-$20 per device mirroring fee just like the fees they make you pay per cable box to rent them.
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If you like it that much then you should have offline versions.
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I have a roku box, and i only use it for netflix.
If this verizon thing actually happens, and they fuck up the pricing, i will only use it for amazon streaming.
Doctor who, no BBC in my house. I need internet-streaming-something!
Re:Oh God no (Score:5, Funny)
Netflix subscribers, get used to bills like this:
$9.99 - Basic service
$2.55 - Federal taxes
$1.85 - Network Maintenance fee
$2.25 - Copyright owners association fee
$1.45 - Federal Streaming tax
$0.95 - Streaming content insurance
$1.35 - Verizon CEO excess compensation fee
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They won't drop the DVD service. They'll just use the DVD service as overage. You'll start watching a streaming movie online and once you're over quota, they'll just suspend the movie midway through, send you the rest on a DVD, and bill you according to how much more data there was left to watch.
NEW! (Score:4, Insightful)
Streaming that only works well on verizon internet!
Please no, Verizon. (Score:5, Insightful).
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You know, it's bad enough that ISP's, Verizon definitely included, are using bandwidth caps now, which limits the attraction of a service like Netflix..
They'll work it like eBay/PayPal. You sell on eBay, they require you to pay through Paypal.
So Verizon (or Verizster, or whatever they'll be) sets you up with the video/movie you want to watch, then pounds you for the additional overage fee. What's not to like? (from their perspective.)
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They really ought to make the caps apply only to peak usage periods, similar to cell plans with "unlimited nights and weekends." Then you could stream or download your movies during the off-peak periods to save money.
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You know, it's bad enough that ISP's, Verizon definitely included, are using bandwidth caps now, which limits the attraction of a service like Netflix.
Verizon will then be able to get you both ways. The Verizon brand will charge you a fee when you exceed their bandwidth cap, and their new Netflix brand will charge you another fee for exceeding their bandwidth cap (which will surely be introduced when Verizon takes over. I can just see the Verizon execs looking over the Netflix books and saying, "you guys aren't charging by the gigabyte? Oh, this'll be an easy fix!") . Thus, the parent company gets to double dip. It's like printing your own money, only wit
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FiOS isn't everywhere...
Expect their website to be nothing but upsell ads (Score:2)
Just like the Verizon FiOS site.
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And again the content carrier becomes... (Score:5, Insightful)
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They have been involved in the production of documentaries and indie films for a while now, and have recently gotten into TV as well.
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Netflix is going to create new episodes of Arrested Development.
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Aren't they producing a TV show now? (pretty sure I saw a
./ article on that a few days ago) [wikipedia.org]
tl;dr version: Netflix outbid HBO and AMC. Kevin Spacey is the star. It's based on a great BBC series from 1990.
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Hopefully the DOJ will pay attention.
Netflix vulnerable (Score:4, Insightful)
After their recent misstetp they'll likely be a bargain buy. Expect Verizon to only be interested in the technology, IP and media rights portfolio, while they ditch the people who are running the company.
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After their recent misstetp they'll likely be a bargain buy. Expect Verizon to only be interested in the technology, IP and media rights portfolio, while they ditch the people who are running the company.
I'm sure Verizon sees this as the next generation of cable companies. With Netflix being the only real player, this will put them ahead of their competitors in the cable company space (AT&T, Warner, etc.) whose on-demand services are still largely indistinguishable from on-demand 10 years ago. However, I would think that its media rights portfolio would be treated as a toxic asset... its cost is a liability that has thrown Netflix's future into question.
I quit (Score:2)
That'll definitely kill it. Verizon will force folks to subscribe to their cable service and offer it as an add-on or something horrible like that. I can't see how Verizon won't resist squeezing all the blood out of Netflix like everything else they do.
I'm going to go hug a Redbox today.
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Make sure you keep it a secret.
Already screwed... (Score:2)
Already screwed over by Verizon in the past, dropped them as soon as my contract ran out, then swore I would never do business with them again.
I guess I will have that final "nail in the coffin" that pushes me to drop Netflix too. Ah well, it was good while it lasted (11 years). [wikipedia.org]
I love Netflix (Score:5, Insightful)
But if Verizon buys them, I'm cancelling. I just cannot imagine any way that they wouldn't completely destroy Netflix's value proposition.
Re:I love Netflix (Score:5, Insightful)
Not that I don't think you're right, but if you love the service and it's worth it to you then why not wait until they destroy Netflix's value proposition rather than doing it preemptively?
Re:I love Netflix (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I love Netflix (Score:4, Insightful)
first thing verizon would do is remove the "cancel my service" button
Please someone mod this up. Too many sleaze bag companies use the "make it painful, time consuming and difficult if not impossible to cancel" policy as a way to limit turnover instead of providing good service. That is what turned a planned temporary cancellation of DirecTV into a permanent, bitter grudge to the grave unwillingness to ever do business with them again.
When Netflix's streaming library started shrinking rapidly (including a disappearing TV series I was halfway through) about the same time as the 60% price hike, at least it was easy to cancel. That left me with enough goodwill that I would consider subscribing again if they ever manage to start growing their streaming content. That would not happen if they became just another Verizon service.
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It costs something like $200 to get an attorney to write a letter. How many attorneys letters do you require per year to make your $27 per month LegalShield worthwhile?
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Still, I will watch this very caref
Hastings Earns a generous severance package (Score:2)
Re:Hastings Earns a generous severance package (Score:4, Interesting)
He's probably got a comfy warm seat on Verizon's board waiting for him. There has to be a reason he single-handedly destroyed Netflix from the inside. Nobody is stupid enough to do everything he did just out of the blue.
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Wouldn't surprise me, I have a hard time imagining how anybody could be so incompetent at running a company. I'm sure those sorts of things are said in private at meetings all the time, but to tell the customers that they should just suck it up and that they're expecting to lose customers was unbelievable.
In other words... (Score:1)
I will cancel if Verizon buys Netflix (Score:4, Interesting)
Missteps were mildly annoying, but I never considered cancelling. I _will_ cancel if Verizon acquires Netflix.
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Ditto...the very instant it's announced. That's a promise. That's a guarantee. There is not a single contingency anyone is capable of imagining where my business stays with a Verizon-owned Netflix. They might as well cancel it for me.
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Agreed. Netfilx is sometimes brilliant, sometimes bumbling, but delivering real value. Verizon is as close to the definition of evil in a corporation as you can get this side of a few of the big investment banks and mortgage lenders. Look at how Verizon screwed its union workers, despite all-time high profits, while paying its executives ever-more. Verizon's customers, also often screwed. They are on the front line of the upper class's war against the rest of us.
And the moral of the story is ... (Score:2)
Take it for what it is
Just wail 'til VZ fixes Netflix's customer service (Score:2)
Lily Tomlin [vimeo.com]
Netflix Streaming Selection Sucks (Score:2)
I subscribed to Netflix specifically to get streaming, but I was very disappointed in the movies available for streaming. I know - this is probably the fault of the studios more than Netflix - but nonetheless, after only a couple of months, I had watched everything worth watching and I was really digging to find good content. Netflix has taught me that the *number* of movies is only part of the story - because Netflix has far too much worthless crap.
The technology works fine - I'm not a video/audio snob,
Interesting (Score:1)
So the leadership of Netflix makes some absolutely poor decisions that cause their stock to drop, the next thing that happens is Verizon wants to buy them (greater media consolidation?) and the stocks go up...
It would be fascinating to see who purchased the stock after ti dropped from their truly amateurish business decision. [slashdot.org] [allthingsd.com]
All of it right
Please No. (Score:2)
I love Netflix. It's my only source of Television now. If Verizon buys Netflix I will be totally screwed.
Not to mention I bet if they buy Netflix the mobile app will be pulled from the market and merged with their "Verizon TV" crap, so anyone not on Verizon will not be able to watch Netflix on their phone anymore.
Dear Verizon... (Score:5, Insightful)
I do, however, loathe you as a company, with every fiber of my being. If you buy Netflix, I will drop my subscription before the ink dries.
So please, don't. I would prefer to keep my Netflix subscription. I will not, however, ever do business with Verizon, under any name I recognize as affiliated with them.
More antitrust mergers, gah! (Score:3)
I don't care if you like Verizon or not, we have to stop content carriers from buying content providers. Comcast+NBC, Verizon+Netflix, etc. It is bad enough that one company provides phone lines + service on those lines, now they are going to provide the whole thing?
"No Mr. Senator, VerizonFlix services will not be hindered when traveling over competing networks. Here, ask our friend Benjamin [google.com] if he sees any problems with it..."
Netflix Less Friendly Already (Score:2)
On my last DVD rental return (I don't use the streaming service due to the much lower quality of the stream, no extra features, and the fact that when I did try it the streaming versions were sometimes markedly inferior in content -- one movie, for example, was missing nearly 20 minutes of what was on the rental DVD) Netflix acknowledged my return, but then didn't send out my next DVD for an entire day. When you're on the 1-at-a-time plan, that is a significant hit.
Their explanation? When I called i
Well there goes that dream (Score:2)
This isn't about acquisition (Score:2)
Sounds like a win for consumers! (Score:3)
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Shouldn't there be a law that prevents big (Score:2)
The end of Netflix! (Score:1) | http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2221230/verizon-considering-purchase-of-netflix?sdsrc=nextbtmnext | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | refinedweb | 4,060 | 72.05 |
Review: Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux (PC)
Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux
Developer: Red Thread Games
Publisher: Red Thread Games
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 06/17/2016
Here we are at last, the end of this long journey. The Longest Journey came out in 1999, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey came out in 2006, and then we didn’t see another entry in this series until book 1 of Dreamfall Chapters came out in 2014. It truly has been the longest journey, and this book promises to wrap up everything introduced in previous books and the aforementioned games.
(While the plot will be different in each book, the gameplay, graphics, and sound are essentially the same. Sections from my review of Book 1 will be in italics.)
Given this is the climax, it’s a bit hard to go too much into the plot without spoilers, but I’ll still try to keep spoilers to a minimum. More old faces show up again, with one who previously seemed like a comic relief character get a more important role. Most of Kian’s side involves leading the resistance army to stop the Azadi’s plan to kill all magicals, while Zoe contends with revelations regarding her origins. Parallels between Arcadia and Stark more apparent, and the line between the two worlds even blurs. While there was an emphasis on choices in first few books, in this one you’re mostly along for the ride, as, to quote the game, “the story is already written”. While some of the choices you’ve made along the way affect the fates of some side characters, they don’t impact the overarching plot so much, which is a bit of a disappointment given how heavily the consequences from choices theme featured in the earlier books. You do get one choice to make, but you see the results right away since there’s no more books to wait for.
The conclusion wraps up loose ends neatly enough for you to walk away feeling as though things were resolved (no giant cliffhanger like the end of Dreamfall). However, this final book emphasizes the strong recommendation – dare I say, need – to play through the first two games first (or at minimum watch a Let’s Play). There’s lots of callbacks to those games which lose poignance if you’re not familiar with the context and characters involved. The final scene in particular loops in with The Longest Journey. I do wish there was a chance of The Longest Journey Home being made (as the final scene seemed like a potential lead-in), but even without it the ending did feel like a proper conclusion.).
While the bulk of this book is watching events unfold, there are a few puzzles to get through before the end. One puzzle has a solution that seems glaringly obvious, but turns out to be a red herring if you try to use it (you can, however, use the contents for amusing results). There’s also another listening puzzle, and it’s trickier than the one in the last book (at least for me), as it requires listening to pitch, then replicating the pattern. It could be just because I’m more tone deaf than I thought, but no matter how closely I listened and tried to repeat the pattern, I eventually ended up needing to look up a Youtube video to get past that part. The other puzzles were generally doable without help as long as you paid attention. Though I will say being the type to examine things multiple times until the comments started to repeat helped me in one puzzle in particular, though there could’ve been more of a nudge. There’s also a stealth section, as well as a return (albeit an all too short one) of the powers Zoe used in Dreamtime way back in book 1. Overall, though, gameplay takes a backseat to story in this book, which is understandable given how it feels like wraps up not just Dreamfall Chapters, but the Dreamfall series as a whole.
Short Attention Span Summary:
Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux is a culmination of not only the events in the game, but also the series. The primary focus is on story and wrapping up all the loose plot threads, so there’s fewer puzzles and choices to make. Looking back at how consequences from choices played out, it didn’t feel like they played as big a role as the game emphasized in earlier books. Still, I walked away from the ending satisfied with how things ended up. It’s disappointing The Longest Journey Home is unlikely to materialize anytime soon, as I would’ve liked to see more of April. But I am glad the series did get a proper conclusion. | http://diehardgamefan.com/2016/09/12/review-dreamfall-chapters-book-five-redux-pc/ | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 802 | 62.92 |
Calling [Compiled] Swift from R: Part 2
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The previous post introduced the topic of how to compile Swift code for use in R using a useless, toy example. This one goes a bit further and makes a case for why one might want to do this by showing how to use one of Apple’s machine learning libraries, specifically the Natural Language one, focusing on extracting parts of speech from text.
I made a
parts-of-speech directory to keep the code self-contained. In it are two files. The first is
partsofspeech.swift (
swiftc seems to dislike dashes in names of library code and I dislike underscores):
NOTE: I didn’t change the @’s this time, so just ignore the incorrect Twitter links it created.
import NaturalLanguage import CoreML) } } @_cdecl("part_of_speech") public func part_of_speech(_ x: SEXP) -> SEXP {]() tagger.enumerateTags(in: text.startIndex..
The other is bridge code that seems to be the same for every one of these (or could be) so I’ve just named it
swift-r-glue.h(it’s the same as the bridge code in the previous post):#define USE_RINTERNALS #include
#include const char* R_CHAR(SEXP x);
Let’s walk through the Swift code.
We need to two
imports:import NaturalLanguage import CoreML
to make use of the NLP functionality provided by Apple.
The following extension to the String Array class) } }
will reduce the amount of code we need to type later on to turn Swift String Arrays to R character vectors.
The start of the function:@_cdecl public func part_of_speech(_ x: SEXP) -> SEXP {
tells
swiftcto make this a C-compatible call and notes that the function takes one parameter (in this case, it’s expecting a length 1 character vector) and returns an R-compatible value (which will be a
listthat we’ll turn into a
data.framein R just for brevity).
The following sets up our inputs and outputs]()
We convert the passed-in parameter to a Swift String, initialize the NLP tagger, and setup two arrays to hold the results (sentence component in
txtsand the part of speech that component is in
The following code is mostly straight from Apple and (inefficiently) populates the previous two arrays:tagger.enumerateTags(in: text.startIndex..
Finally, we use the Swift-R bridge to make a
listmuch like one would in C:let out = Rf_protect(Rf_allocVector(SEXPTYPE(VECSXP), 2)) SET_VECTOR_ELT(out, 0, txts.SEXP) SET_VECTOR_ELT(out, 1, tags.SEXP) Rf_unprotect(1) return(out!)
To get a shared library we can use from R, we just need to compile this like last time:swiftc \ -I /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Headers \ -F/Library/Frameworks \ -framework R \ -import-objc-header swift-r-glue.h \ -emit-library \ partsofspeech.swift
Let’s run that on some text! First, we’ll load the new shared library into R:dyn.load("libpartsofspeech.dylib")
Next, we’ll make a wrapper function to avoid messy
.Call(…)s and to make a
data.frame:parts_of_speech <- function(x) { res <- .Call("part_of_speech", x) as.data.frame(stats::setNames(res, c("name", "tag"))) }
Finally, let’s try this on some text!tibble::as_tibble( parts_of_speech(paste0(c( ?" ), collapse = " ")) ) ## # A tibble: 92 x 2 ## name tag ##
## 1 The Determiner ## 2 comm Noun ## 3 was Verb ## 4 n't Adverb ## 5 working Verb ## 6 Feeling Verb ## 7 increasingly Adverb ## 8 ridiculous Adjective ## 9 he Pronoun ## 10 pushed Verb ## # … with 82 more rows
FIN
If you’re playing along at home, try adding a function to this Swift file that uses Apple’s entity tagger.
The next installment of this topic will be how to wrap all this into a package (then all these examples get tweaked and go into the tome. | https://www.r-bloggers.com/2021/01/calling-compiled-swift-from-r-part-2/ | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | refinedweb | 633 | 62.07 |
Corange
Created on May 29, 2011, 2:17 p.m.
Making your own game engine is always something people tell you never to bother with - still, it seems a to be an allure which most graphics programmers can't avoid.
In the past I've worked at a fairly low level - even using an existing framework or engine you still need to know about the basics for many techniques. I knew the steps needed for getting a teapot on screen.
So I went ahead and took the dive - created what is called Corange. For anyone interested the WIP source code can be found on github. It uses SDL and OpenGL and I've been largely developing it in windows using MinGW.
I also decided to decided to develop it in pure C. This was almost the point of the experience - I wanted a project to get my C skills up to a more acceptable standard. In the end, there didn't turn out to be that much stuff in C which was new to me. Most of what I learnt was about objects, linking, libraries, gcc, gdb and all the things involved with actually making a C project. I've used C++ before and to put it lightly I'm not a fan. Perhaps I should have not picked an industry that uses it almost exclusively. Either way there were lots of things I liked about C.
- Memory Management is fun! I like thinking about stuff on this kind of low level - it helps you appreciate all that is done for you on high level languages, but it also give you a much more distinct view at memory usage. The only thing I missed were some nicities like destructors and constructors, which I could have used in some of my more generic container types. Still - it wasn't too much of a pain. In the end I used function pointers and handlers to give the appearance of generics, which ended up working fairly well, and giving a nice interface on things like asset management.
- C forces you to keep it simple. I've said before how much I think keeping it simple is the key to good abstraction - rather than strong typing and code beaurocracy. Because doing complicated things in C can be hard, it encourages you to look for simple, effective solutions. No more throwing Dictionaries, Arraylists and extra Classes at a problem - it makes you examine the data flow, which often leads to a better solution.
- Values are values. Everything is data. No longer do I have to worry about what things "are" - structs are values - pointers point to memory. The nice thing this leads to is that I can also hack in some of the dynamic and functional programming constructs which I love.
There were also some things I don't like.
- Strings in C are evil. Filled with so many pitfalls in trying to use them. And I had to use them a lot - for any file formats I was parsing. The other thing that haunts me - and I know the reasons why this is easier said than done to implement in C - is that strings should be values. This is just a semantic so strong in my head that I stuggle to see the world in any other way. Even if strings were forced to be immutable and a bastardised functional programming approach had to be used to implement them - I would still prefer this.
- Namespaces - If your language standard includes a preprocessor definition at the beginning of every header file then you've basically fucked up. As with strings, I understand why it had to be done in this way, but it seems crazy. Luckily I didn't come into any namespace issues, but I was careful to avoid them, and there are some horrible things going on in some well used libraries with regards to namespaces. For a language which is so beautiful, this doesn't seem right.
So Corange is in pure C - feel free to take anything you'd like, even if it is just the vector libraries. It can be considered BSD until I come up with something else. As far as "neat features" goes it doesn't have that many. Asset management is pretty nice and easy, done using filetype handlers. It can render using custom GLSL shaders and also it does font rendering.
Contains a basic (probably buggy and untested) .obj importer and working .dds importer. I'll probably extend it some more - when I have things to be playing with like some stuff for my thesis project. | http://theorangeduck.com/page/corange | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 770 | 71.75 |
In this tutorial, we are going to write a program that finds the most frequent element in an array.
Let's see the steps to solve the problem.
Initialise the array.
Initialise a map to store the frequency of each element.
Count the frequency of each element and store it in the map.
Iterate over the map and find the element with most frequency.
Let's see the code.
#include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; int getMostFrequentNumber(int arr[], int n) { unordered_map<int, int> elements; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { elements[arr[i]]++; } int maxCount = 0, res = -1; for (auto i : elements) { if (maxCount < i.second) { res = i.first; maxCount = i.second; } } return res; } int main() { int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 }; int n = 11; cout << getMostFrequentNumber(arr, n) << endl; return 0; }
If you run the above code, then you will get the following result.
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If you have any queries in the tutorial, mention them in the comment section. | https://www.tutorialspoint.com/most-frequent-element-in-an-array-in-cplusplus | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | refinedweb | 170 | 75 |
Python 3.2 CSV Module -- Very, Very Nice
Python 3.2 CSV Module -- Very, Very Nice
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In Python 2.x, a CSV file with Unicode was a bit of a problem. The CSV module isn't happy with Unicode. The documentation is quite clear that many files need to be opened with a mode of 'rb' to correctly handle Windows line-endings.
Because of this, a CSV file with Unicode required using an explicit decoder on the individual columns (not the line as a whole!)
But with Python 3.2, that's all behind us.
Here's something I did recently. The file has six columns that are relevant. One of them (the "NOTE") column has a big block of text with details buried inside using a kind of RST markup. The data might be three lines with a value like this " words words\n:budget: 1500\nwords words".
The file is UTF-8, and the words have non-ASCII unicode characters randomly through it.
def details( source ): relevant = ( "TASK", "FOLDER", "CONTEXT", "PRIORITY", "STAR", ) parse= "NOTE" data_pat= re.compile( r"^:(\w+):\s*(.*)\s*$" ) rdr= csv.DictReader( source ) for row in rdr: txt= row[parse] lines= ( data_pat.match(l) for l in txt.splitlines() ) matches= ( m.groups() for m in lines if m ) result= dict( (k, row[k]) for k in relevant) result.update( dict(matches) ) yield result
How much do I love Python? Let me count the ways.
- The assignment of lines on line 8 was fun. The "NOTE" column, in row[parse], contains the extra fields. They'll be on a separate line with the :word:value format as shown in the data_pat pattern. We create a generator which will split the text field into lines and apply the pattern to each line.
- The assignment to matches on line 9 was equally fun. If the matches generator produced a match object, the lines generator will gather the two groups form the line.
- The assignment to result creates a dictionary from the relevant columns.
- The second assignment to result updates this dictionary with data parsed out of the "NOTE" column.
That makes it quite pleasant (and fast) to process an extract file, reformatting a "big blob of text" into individual columns.
def rewrite( input, target=sys.stdout ): with io.open(input, 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as source: data= list( details( source ) ) headers= set( k for row in data for k in row ) wtr= csv.DictWriter( target, sorted(headers) ) wtr.writeheader( ) wtr.writerows( data )
This gathers the raw data into a big old sequence in memory, and then writes that big old sequence back out to a file. If we knew the headers buried in the "NOTE" field, we could do the entire thing in a single pass just using generators.
We have to explicitly provide the encoding because the file was created via a download and the encoding isn't properly set on the client machine. The important thing is that we can do this when it's necessary. And we no longer have to explicitly decode fields.
Since we don't know the headers in the "NOTE" field, we're forced to create the headers set by examining each row dictionary for it's keys. }} | https://dzone.com/articles/python-32-csv-module-very-very | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | refinedweb | 569 | 67.55 |
A few months ago I was confronted with an interesting challenge. I teach at a STEM-oriented after-school club and a student explained that he was making bismuth crystals and needed help with a somewhat unique problem.
If you don't remember from chemistry class (I didn't), bismuth is an element, atomic number 83. It is a silver-colored, soft metal which is solid but brittle at room temperature. If you melt it down and then let it cool, it will form crystals. Due to oxidation, the crystals will take on some surprising colors, from pink to green to blue. My student was making the crystals and selling them, but wanted a way to monitor and record the temperature of the metal as it heated and cooled. This way, if he got a crystal he liked, he could attempt to replicate it.
Some time later, we had a couple of Python scripts that would monitor the temperature, displaying it as a line graph on the computer screen and recording it to a CSV file for future reference. It wasn't pretty, but it worked. Since then, I've gone back and replaced all of our messy code with a single program: MegunoLink.
What Does It Do?
MegunoLink is a pretty cool program that allows you to create an on-screen interface for your project. It's compatible with just about any board that has a serial connection to the computer, including most Arduino boards and the Raspberry Pi. It can connect over USB, UDP network connections, and the XBee Series 2.
In my case, I am simply using an Arduino Uno, along with a photoresistor I had lying around.
My photoresistor setup
MegunoLink is, in essence, a smarter version of the serial monitor in the Arduino IDE. It reads all communications coming from the board and can send messages back. With MegunoLink, however, you preface each line of information with a special tag which tells the computer what the numbers and text in that line mean.
You create a quick drag-and-drop layout on screen, made up of various "panels". You can use anything from simple serial monitors to a few different kinds of graphs, or even maps if your board is passing GPS coordinates.
MegunoLink then takes that information and, based on the tag, sends it to the correct "panel" on screen. Sound complicated? No stress. If you're using Arduino, they have a library with a bunch of pre-made functions to make the process quick and easy.
Code
A program set up for MegunoLink is pretty much the same as what you might use for any other project. Note that I created a "TimePlot" object and that, instead of printing to Serial, I used the functions from the MegunoLink library.
#include "MegunoLink.h" int tmpsns = A1; TimePlot tempPlot("tmp"); void setup() { pinMode(tmpsns, INPUT); Serial.begin(115200); //pick your favorite baud rate! } void loop() { int tempRead = analogRead(tmpsns); //read sensor tempPlot.SendData("Temp", tempRead); //send data to plot delay(100); }
Reading Outputs from a Project
Upload your code, launch MegunoLink, then drag and drop a few panels to get things how you want them. To get some data that would be worth looking at, I just waved my hand around above the sensor a bit.
Among our panels for this project, we have a basic serial monitor. Note the way that the data is tagged.
If you wanted to forgo the provided library, or if you were using a different device, you would just use a normal serial print statement to send these messages (where the number at the end of each line is the actual reading from the sensor and the rest of the line is the tags for MegunoLink).
From that data, MegunoLink constructs a simple time plot. I left most of the settings at their defaults, but virtually everything about this plot is customizable, from the labels and limits on the axes to the colors of the plot and the shapes of the points. You can zoom and pan or even export the data to a CSV file with one of the buttons at the top.
If you need, you can even handle more than one graph at a time, whether you want them in separate panels or overlaid in the same panel. You can also use the tags on the data to direct the information to a table, to a specific serial monitor, or to a standard x,y plot (you would, of course, need to supply the value for both axes).
Providing Input to a Project
You can also do some cool stuff using MegunoLink as an input for your project. You can add an interface panel, drag buttons, sliders, drop boxes, checkboxes, labels, text boxes, progress bars—you name it. You can then specify what each control does by defining a string for it to send over serial.
For example, I created a panel with three buttons.
Each button sends a simple message—for example, "red", "blue" and "green"—and my Arduino is programmed to listen for those messages on the serial line. When one is received, it completes a specific action. In this case, these messages toggle an LED of the appropriate color. I had a lot of fun with this one, including hooking up a robot arm with buttons and sliders to control each of its joints. The are loads of possibilities.
Of course, the program isn't suited for every application. If you're just blinking a light, MegunoLink may be more complexity than your project needs. It's also only compatible with Windows and does require a bit of installation, but it does its job well. If you're looking for an easier way to read data from or send input to your Arduino or Raspberry Pi project, MegunoLink could be a good fit for you.
MegunoLink has a free trial if you'd like to try it on one of your projects. Do you have a favorite interface development tool for Arduino or Raspberry Pi, especially one that works on Mac or Linux? Let us know in the comments!
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Have you looked at LabVIEW home? It costs a little more, but has a lot of capabilities.
I did look at it, but at the time decided it was a little more than we wanted to spend, and had a lot of features we didn’t need. Then the project got a bit bigger, but by then we had our whole setup in place, and I didn’t think to try anything else until this came along.
I have only recently started working with Arduino and I am loving it. I have a long-term goal of building a quadcopter by the end of 2017 but I am getting my feet wet now with a robotic vehicle project. I also love Linux and I am considering integrating Rasberry PI into my robot somehow because it will run Linux from what I understand. This MegUnoLink package sounds very interesting. Maybe a GUI based controller that could tell a quadcopter to hover or go into a pre-determined pattern, or land stuff like that. I’m not sure, just thinking out loud. | https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/using-a-customizable-interface-development-tool-for-arduino-projects/ | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | refinedweb | 1,208 | 69.82 |
Overview
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Windows.
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Mac.
confman
Description
Synchronize configuration files between machines, lazily, without root permissions, and still be able to create powerful rules when needed.
While it is mainly targeted at managing personal configuration files (dotfiles), it can be used to deploy files to pretty much anything.
It is designed to have almost no dependencies, and is contained in one small file.
By default, it will create symbolic links in the destination directory to the files in the source directory. However, some filenames can indicate special actions instead (see below).
Requirements
Python 2.6 or later (for 2.5, try v0.1). No installation needed, though you can install it.
Usage
The project is usable, but has no CLI interface for now. Examples are available in example.py and in the public-dotfiles repository.
A simple example:
from confman import ConfigSource c = ConfigSource("~/dotfiles", "~") c.sync()
Special actions
- Files with names starting with _ will be ignored. This is useful to provide data for programmable actions.
- File with names ending with .copy will be a copy. It will update the destination file every time.
- File with names ending with .copyonce will be a copy. It will not update the destination file if either file is modified.
- Files with names ending with .empty will be an empty file. It will not update the destination file if either file is modified.
- Files with names ending with .p.py are programmable actions. They contain Python code, and are provided with some special methods.
- Files with names ending with .F are normal files. It means blah.p.py.F will end up as blah.p.py, and f.F.F as f.F. It is really useful to make a symbolic link of a directory instead of all its children (effectively treating the directory as a file).
All the matching parts of the special actions are removed; myfile.empty will create an empty file named myfile.
Programmable actions
Programmable actions can do everything special actions can do, and more. They have to raise a "Forwarder", however for most uses helpers are provided to keep the code short.
- empty() raises an empty action.
- ignore() raises an ignore action.
- redirect(filename) will create a symbolic link to the provided filename with a _ added. redirect('myfile') will create a symbolic link to _myfile.
Text / Templates
Both text() and template() use string.Template templates.
- text(data) will put the text from the data variable in the destination file.
- template(filename) acts like text() but takes the data from a file.
They have to be used in two steps:
text('hello $name').render(hello='laurentb')
A warning variable is provided, to help prevent users from modifying automatically generated files.
text('''# $warning aaa=$var''').render(var='123')
Will output:
# WARNING: Do not edit this file, edit the template instead. aaa=123
Since it is Python, you can use external libraries if you want, including advanced template libraries like mako.
Options variable
You can provide an options variable to confman, which will be provided to the programmable actions.
from confman import ConfigSource c = ConfigSource("~/dotfiles", "~", options={'hostname': 'myhostname'}) c.sync()
A programmable action could use it like this:
if options['hostname'] == 'myhostname': redirect('myfile') else: ignore()
The options variable does not have to be a dict, it can be anything you want.
Advanced use
To debug what is happening (and why), you can do:
from confman import ConfigSource c.sync() print repr(c)
Changing the default behavior
All special actions are optional, and can be configured or subclassed. For example, you could change the matching of "copy" actions:
import confman, re # use .COPY instead of .copy confman.CopyAction.MATCHED = re.compile(r"\.COPY$") # use hg instead of git confman.IgnoreAction.MATCHED = re.compile(r"_|\.hg|\.hgignore")
You can also change what classes are used. By default, it is confman.ConfigSource.DEFAULT_CLASSES.
import confman confman.ConfigSource("~/dotfiles", "~", classes=[MyClass, confman.SymlinkAction])
Development
Contributions can be sent in the form of git patches, to laurent@bachelier.name. | https://bitbucket.org/laurentb/confman | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | refinedweb | 685 | 61.73 |
C program to find next prime palindrome: In this code user will enter a number(say n) and we have to find a number greater than n which is a palindrome as well as prime. For example if the input is 7 then output will be 11 as it is prime as well as palindrome, if input is 21 then output will be 101. In our code we first check if a number is palindrome and then check if it is prime as it will take less time as primes occur more frequently then palindromes.
C programming code
#include <stdio.h> #include <math.h> #define TRUE 1 int main() { long n, t, r = 0, c, d; printf("Enter an integer\n"); scanf("%ld", &n); /* n must be a natural number */ while (TRUE) { n++; t = n; /* Calculating reverse of number */ while(t) { r *= 10; /* Compound assignment operator r*=10 => r=r*10 */ r += t%10; t /= 10; } /* if reverse equals original then it is palindrome */ if (r == n) { d = (int)sqrt(n); /* Checking prime */ for (c = 2; c <= d; c++) { if (n%c == 0) break; } if (c == d+1) break; } r = 0; } printf("%ld\n",n); return 0; }
Download Next prime palindrome program.
Output of program:
| http://www.programmingsimplified.com/c/source-code/c-program-find-next-prime-palindrome | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 205 | 69.75 |
Implement Linked List in Java using Node class
How to implement a linked list in java using node class
Hey Folks,
I am back another tutorial of data structure. In this tutorial, we will learn how to implement a linked list in java using node class. It can also be done by importing class linked list from the library. But in this tutorial, we will learn to hard code the program.
Implementing Linked List in Java using Node Class
Firstly we create a class named Node. Every node consists of an address of the next element and its value. But the last node has null stored at its address as it is the last element.
This is how one node is connected to the other node. So we create a node class and it consists of two declarations. one is integer type data and the other is Node type next variable.
Creating Node.java file
public class Node { int data; Node next; }
The above code creates a block of memory. Where a part of it stores the address of next data and other part stores data.
Creating Linkedlist.java file
public class Linkedlist { Node head; public void insert(int data) { Node node=new Node(); node.data=data; node.next=null; if(head==null) { head=node; } else { Node n=head; while(n.next!=null) { n=n.next; } n.next=node; } } public void delete(int index) { if(index==0) { head=head.next; } else { Node n=head; Node n1=null; for(int i=0;i<index-1;i++) { n=n.next; } n1=n.next; n.next=n1.next; System.out.println("n1" + n1.data); } } public void show() { Node node=head; while(node.next!=null) { System.out.println(node.data); node=node.next; } System.out.println(node.data); } public void insertAtStart(int data) { Node node=new Node(); node.data=data; node.next=head; head=node; } public void insertAt(int index,int data) { Node node=new Node(); node.data=data; node.next=head; Node n=head; for(int i=0;i<index-1;i++) { n=n.next; } node.next=n.next; n.next=node; } }
For inserting the node at the end we simply copy the address of the node to be added to the last node. And we make the newly added node as null. We can also add an element at the start. We replace the head node with a new node. And we put the address of the next node in our head node.
We can also add an element at the index of your choice with insertAt function. For deleting a node we can also write n.next=n.next.next. It automatically deletes an adjacent node. n.next represent the address of node and n.data gives us data stored in it.
Show function print data of the node until we encounter null value. Insert functions work is to add a node. It reaches to the position where we want to add the node by .next and adds.
Creating Runner.java file
//import java.util.LinkedList; public class Runner { public static void main(String[] args) { Linkedlist list=new Linkedlist(); list.insert(18); list.insert(7); list.insert(15); list.insertAtStart(25); list.insertAt(2,55); list.delete(2); list.show(); } }
Output: 18 7 55 15
Runner class is basically our driver class which connects all our files. It calls all the functions and resulted is printed here.
We make an object of LinkedList type named list. Then we call function one by one like object.functionName(value).
I hope it cleared your concepts. Feel free to ask your doubts in the comment section.
You may also read,
Thank you, very nicely explained in an easy way.
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F.
Compatibility
Starting from version
4.0.0,
Faker dropped support for Python 2 and from version
5.0.0 only supports Python 3.6 and above. If you still need Python 2 compatibility, please install version
3.0.1 in the meantime, and please consider updating your codebase to support Python 3 so you can enjoy the latest features
Faker has to offer. Please see the extended docs for more details, especially if you are upgrading from version
2.0.4 and below as there might be breaking changes.
This package was also previously called
fake-factory which was already deprecated by the end of 2016, and much has changed since then, so please ensure that your project and its dependencies do not depend on the old package.
Basic Usage
Install with pip:
pip install Faker
Use
faker.Faker() to create and initialize a faker generator, which can generate data by accessing properties named after the type of data you want.'
Pytest fixtures
Faker also has its own
pytest plugin which provides a
faker fixture you can use in your tests. Please check out the pytest fixture docs to learn more.
Providers
Each of the generator properties (like
name,
address, and
lorem) are called "fake". A faker generator has many of them, packaged in "providers".
from faker import Faker from faker.providers import internet fake = Faker() fake.add_provider(internet) print(fake.ipv4_private())
Check the extended docs for a list of bundled providers and a list of community providers.
Localization
faker.Faker can take a locale as an argument, to return localized data. If no localized provider is found, the factory falls back to the default LCID string for US english, ie:
en_US.
from faker import Faker fake = Faker('it_IT') for _ in range'
faker.Faker also supports multiple locales. New in v3.0.0.
from faker import Faker fake = Faker(['it_IT', 'en_US', 'ja_JP']) for _ in range(10): print(fake.name()) # 鈴木 陽一 # Leslie Moreno # Emma Williams # 渡辺 裕美子 # Marcantonio Galuppi # Martha Davis # Kristen Turner # 中津川 春香 # Ashley Castillo # 山田 桃子).
Optimizations
The Faker constructor takes a performance-related argument called
use_weighting. It specifies whether to attempt to have the frequency of values match real-world frequencies (e.g. the English name Gary would be much more frequent than the name Lorimer). If
use_weighting is
False, then all items have an equal chance of being selected, and the selection process is much faster. The default is
True.
Command line usage
When installed, you can invoke faker from the command-line:
faker [-h] [--version] [-o output] [-l {bg_BG,cs_CZ,...,zh_CN,zh_TW}] [-r REPEAT] [-s SEP] [-i {package.containing.custom_provider otherpkg.containing.custom_provider}] [fake] [fake argument [fake argument ...]]
Where:
faker: is the script when installed in your environment, in development you could use
python -m fakerinstead
package containing your Provider class, not the custom Provider class itself.
fake: is the name of the fake to generate an output for, such as
name,
address, or
text
[fake argument ...]: optional arguments to pass to the fake (e.g. the profile fake takes an optional list of comma separated field names as the first argument) customize the Lorem Provider
You can provide your own sets of words if you don't want to use the default lorem ipsum one. The following example shows how to do it with a list of words picked from cakeipsum :
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() my_word_list = [ 'danish','cheesecake','sugar', 'Lollipop','wafer','Gummies', 'sesame','Jelly','beans', 'pie','bar','Ice','oat' ] fake.sentence() # 'Expedita at beatae voluptatibus nulla omnis.' fake.sentence(ext_word_list=my_word_list) # 'Oat beans oat Lollipop bar cheesecake.'
How to use with Factory Boy
Factory Boy already ships with integration with
Faker. Simply use the
factory.Faker method of
factory_boy:
import factory from myapp.models import Book class BookFactory(factory.Factory): class Meta: model = Book title = factory.Faker('sentence', nb_words=4) author_name = factory.Faker('name')
Accessing the random instance
The
.random property on the generator returns the instance of
random.Random used to generate the values:
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() fake.random fake.random.getstate()
By default all generators share the same instance of
random.Random, which can be accessed with
from faker.generator import random. Using this may be useful for plugins that want to affect all faker instances.
Unique values
Through use of the
.unique property on the generator, you can guarantee that any generated values are unique for this specific instance.
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() names = [fake.unique.first_name() for i in range(500)] assert len(set(names)) == len(names)
Calling
fake.unique.clear() clears the already seen values. Note, to avoid infinite loops, after a number of attempts to find a unique value, Faker will throw a
UniquenessException. Beware of the birthday paradox, collisions are more likely than you'd think.
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() for i in range(3): # Raises a UniquenessException fake.unique.boolean()
In addition, only hashable arguments and return values can be used with
.unique.
Seeding the Generator
When using Faker for unit testing, you will often want to generate the same data set. For convenience, the generator also provide a
seed() method, which seeds the shared random number generator. Calling the same methods with the same version of faker and seed produces the same results.
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() Faker.seed(4321) print(fake.name()) # 'Margaret Boehm'
Each generator can also be switched to its own instance of
random.Random, separate to the shared one, by using the
seed_instance() method, which acts the same way. For example:
from faker import Faker fake = Faker() fake.seed_instance(4321) print(fake.name()) # 'Margaret Boehm'
Please note that as we keep updating datasets, results are not guaranteed to be consistent across patch versions. If you hardcode results in your test, make sure you pinned the version of
Faker down to the patch number.
If you are using
pytest, you can seed the
faker fixture by defining a
faker_seed fixture. Please check out the pytest fixture docs to learn more.
Tests
Run tests:
$ tox
Write documentation for providers:
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In mid-July, Adobe announced the release of React Spectrum, a collection of tools for building adaptive, accessible, and rich user experiences. At its core, React Spectrum is composed of three main parts:
- React Spectrum, which is concerned with UI
- React Aria, which is concerned with accessibility
- React Stately, which deals with state management and logic
In this article, we will take a look at each of these parts in turn. Note that you should have a fair amount of experience with JavaScript and React to be able to follow along.
React Spectrum
React Spectrum, as we learned earlier, focuses on the UI. It is an implementation of Spectrum, Adobe’s design system; it is what Material UI is to Google’s Material Design. You can learn more about it here. React Spectrum provides us with a vast array of components with which to build accessible, adaptive, responsive, and robust user interfaces and experiences.
Installing React Spectrum
React Spectrum can be installed via a package manager like npm or Yarn. It also works perfectly with create-react-app.
So, first of all, create a new React project (preferably with create-react-app):
npx create-react-app intro-react-spectrum
Then install React Spectrum:
//npm npm install @adobe/react-spectrum //yarn yarn add @adobe/react-spectrum
We can now test it out by using this very simple example code from the documentation. In your
app.js, type out the following:
import { Provider, defaultTheme, Button } from "@adobe/react-spectrum"; import React from "react"; function App() { return ( <Provider theme = {defaultTheme}> <Button variant = "primary" onPress = {() => alert("Hey there!")} > Hello React Spectrum! </Button> </Provider> ); }
This should render a single button on the screen, which opens an alert that says “Hey there!” when clicked.
Now that we’ve got React Spectrum set up, we can start exploring what it offers.
Providers
At the root of every React Spectrum app is a provider that is used to define application-level configurations like themes, locales, etc. In the sample code block above, for example, we set the theme of our application to
defaultTheme, which uses the “light” and “darkest” color themes.
React Spectrum allows us to set color schemes on the provider component to force a particular color scheme. For example, we can force our application to use the “dark” color scheme of our current application theme by using the
colorScheme prop, like so:
<Provider theme = {defaultTheme} <Button variant = "primary" onPress = {() => alert("Hey there!")} > Hello React Spectrum! </Button> </Provider>
Provider also has a very handy use case that I have become fond of: setting common properties for a group of elements. For example, we can disable a group of elements by wrapping them with a provider and using the
isDisabled prop, like so:
<Flex direction = "column" alignItems = "center" flex <Provider isDisabled> <ActionButton width = "size-2000" variant = "primary" > Button 1 </ActionButton> <Button width="size-2000" variant = "cta" > Button 2 </Button> </Provider> </Flex>
Provider also has other similar props, like
isQuiet,
isHidden, and so on.
Layout
React Spectrum supports the two most popular layout systems in CSS3, which are the flexbox system and the grid system. It does this by providing two container components called
Flex and
Grid. With these two components, we can build flexible and responsive UI.
Flex is a container component that implements CSS flexbox, and it allows us to use all the properties that flexbox provides — such as
justify-content,
align-content,
align-items, etc. — in the form of props. Here’s some sample code using
Flex:
<View borderWidth="thin" borderColor="dark" padding="size-200"> <Flex width="size-3000" justifyContent="space-around"> <View height="size-600" width="size-600" backgroundColor="blue-400" ></View> <View height="size-600" width="size-600" backgroundColor="red-500" ></View> <View height="size-600" width="size-600" backgroundColor="green-600" ></View> </Flex> </View>
And here’s the result as displayed in the browser:
Grid is an implementation of the CSS grid system, and, like
Flex, it allows us to use the various CSS grid properties in the form of props. Here’s some example code from the documentation of how you’d use the
Grid component:
<View borderWidth="thin" borderColor="dark" padding="size-200"> <Grid flex> </View>
And here’s the result:
Aside from
Flex and
Grid, React Spectrum also has a concept known as slots. To quote from the documentation, “Slots are named areas in a component that receive children and provide style and layout for them.”
With slots, we can provide certain children to a component that provides layout and styles for these children. Examples of components that use slots are the
Dialog,
Picker, and
Menus components.
Let’s take
Dialog as an example. It takes in
Heading,
Header,
Content, and
ButtonGroup components and provides predefined layouts and styling for each of these components. Here’s what the code for a simple
Dialog would look like:
<Dialog> <Heading>Heading</Heading> <Header>Header</Header> <Divider /> <Content> <Text>Content</Text> </Content> <ButtonGroup> <Button variant="secondary" onPress={close}> Button 1 </Button> <Button variant="cta" onPress={close}> Button 2 </Button> </ButtonGroup> </Dialog>
And the resulting dialog should look like this:
Theming
Themes in React Spectrum allow us to define the color schemes and platform scales used in our applications.
Color schemes define the different theme modes of our application, such as “light” and “dark,” while platform scales define the extent to which components scale up (on mobile devices) or scale down (on desktop) in size. Platform scales ensure a fluid experience for all users regardless of the type of device they might be using. You can read more about platform scales in Spectrum here.
To create a custom theme, you would have to define your own
Theme object. The structure of a
Theme as seen from React Spectrum source code is as follows:
interface Theme { /** CSS module defining the global variables, which do not change between color schemes/scales. */ global?: CSSModule, /** CSS module defining the variables for the light color scheme. */ light?: CSSModule, /** CSS module defining the variables for the dark color scheme. */ dark?: CSSModule, /** CSS module defining the variables for the medium scale. */ medium?: CSSModule, /** CSS module defining the variables for the large scale. */ large?: CSSModule }
You can find the list of variables that should be defined for each CSS module here.
If your goal is to build an Adobe-styled product with React, then React Spectrum is perfect for all the needs you might have. However, it is a bit limited in terms of customization. It’s definitely customizable through the use of themes, but it’s not a quick process.
React Aria
React Aria mainly handles three things: accessibility, user interactions, and internationalization. Basically, it helps developers ensure that we provide the best experiences for all users regardless of ability, choice of device, or choice of browser. It does this by providing us with React Hooks that return props we can spread in our JSX elements. We will take a brief look at some of these Hooks.
Installation
React Aria is, according to the documentation, incrementally adoptable. Therefore, each component is published as a separate package, and you would have to install each component individually as you need it. For the purposes of this article, we will be installing both the
useButton and
useFocusRing Hooks.
npm install @react-aria/button @react-aria/focus
useButton
The first Hook we will discuss is the
useButton Hook. This Hook provides accessibility and adaptive behavior for a
Button component. We can use this Hook with the regular semantic
<button> element or a presentational element like a
<div> if we want to implement more custom styling. It handles all accessibility concerns so that developers can focus on styling.
The
useButton Hook takes in two arguments: the props from our component and a ref. Here’s a sample code block from the documentation:
function Button(props) { let ref = useRef(); let {buttonProps} = useButton(props, ref); let {children} = props; return ( <button {...buttonProps} ref={ref}> {children} </button> ); }
We can also choose to use other JSX elements like
<div> or
<span> instead of a
<button>, and React Aria will ensure it remains fully accessible.
function Button(props) { let {children} = props; let ref = useRef(); let {buttonProps, isPressed} = useButton( { ...props, elementType: 'span' }, ref ); return ( <span {...buttonProps} style={{ cursor: 'pointer', userSelect: 'none', WebkitUserSelect: 'none' }} ref={ref}> {children} </span> ); }
useFocusRing
useFocusRing allows us to apply styles to HTML elements with keyboard focus. Focus rings only work with keyboard focus and not mouse or touch focus. Here’s a brief example of the
useFocusRing Hook in use:> ); }
React Aria is home to a variety of very handy Hooks that ease some common frontend tasks, such as creating custom components, building the best user interaction feedback, and internationalization.
React Stately
The final component of React Spectrum is React Stately. React Stately is a library of Hooks that provide state management and core logic that can be used across React (on the web) and React Native. It can be used alongside React Aria on the web to provide behavior and user interactions for custom components like a
Switch.
Installation
Just like React Aria, React Stately is incrementally adoptable, so you would have to install each component as a separate package under the @react-stately scope.
Collections
React Stately has this concept of collections which are basically lists of items. Collections are very common and can be found in many UI components some of which are menus, lists, trees, selects, tables and so on. Collections can either be static (represent static data such as menus) or dynamic (such as lists representing data fetched from an API).
With React Stately, we can implement collections easily using a bunch of hooks and components. For example, let’s say we want to create a custom
Select component, whose items have to be fetched from an API.
Since fetching the data is an asynchronous operation, we have to let the user know when the data is still being fetched. We can easily achieve this through one of React Stately’s Hooks,
useAsyncList.
Using the
useAsyncList Hook, we can determine the state of the asynchronous operation (loading or failure) and use it alongside our own custom components or some React Spectrum components that implement the collections API like
Picker.
Since
Picker implements the collections API, we can easily integrate it with
useAsyncList. For example, using the
isLoading prop of the
Picker component, we can easily inform users that data is still being fetched, and, as such, they would not be able to use the
Picker component.
Here’s a simple example of the
Picker component being used with
useAsyncList to create a
Select component that allows users to select from a list of Nigerian banks.
function App() { let list = useAsyncList({ async load({signal}) { let res = await fetch('', {signal}); let json = await res.json(); console.log(json); return {items: json}; } }); return ( <Provider theme={defaultTheme}> <View borderWidth="thin" borderColor="dark" padding="size-200"> <Picker label="Select a bank" items={list.items} isLoading={list.isLoading}> {(item) => <Item key={item.name}>{item.name}</Item>} </Picker> </View> </Provider> ); }
useAsyncList can also be used to implement infinite loading, sorting, and many other useful operations that can be performed on a list of data.
Finally, and this should go without saying, React Stately integrates very nicely with React Spectrum and React Aria and can be used in conjunction with either of those two libraries.
Conclusion
React Spectrum is home to a wide variety of tools, some of which can be integrated into your own design systems to build fully accessible custom components and applications. You can learn more about React Spectrum. | https://blog.logrocket.com/rich-accessible-uis-react-spectrum/ | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | refinedweb | 1,920 | 50.87 |
mesages has similar steps , some small changes require to consume message from a j2se client instead of sending messages.
to make it more clear , the main purpose of an MDB is to consume messages as they arrive , The MDB onMessage(..) is called whenever a message become available in destination that MDB is binded to it.
sure we can do what ever we want after message recieved. for example you can send the message that you recive from a queue to several topics , you can process it to do some database operation.... usually we use JMS for executing Asynchronous operations ,bringing more decoupling of a system components....
but lets come to our own steps to create a simple remote client that will sends some messages to tQueue that we made in first part of this series. then we will see that our messages are reciveing by TMDB. As you know we used a context object to locate the Queue and ConnectionFactory . the servlet code was like:
... Context ctx = new InitialContext(); ...
By default a JNDI client assume that it is in a correctly configured environment , so when we do not pass a HatshTableto IinitialContext , the InitialContextFactory will return a context configured with that environment .In server environment we do not need to explicity pass parameters to InitialContext unless we need to initiate a context for another environment.
But, what are this parameters and how we can use them to initiate a context for none default environemtn or in places that there is no default environemt pre-configured , situation like standalone remote clients?
in a such situation we should configure the InitialContextusing a HashTable that contain some parameters, There are several parameter that can be used to configure the initialContext but Two most important ones are :
- provider url , for glassfish in iiop format it is :iiop://127.0.0.1:3700
- We can use a key likeContext.PROVIDER_URL to put its value into hashtable , also we may use java.naming.provider.url String to put value of this parameter into HashTable . this parameter is vendor dependent.
- initial context factory , for glassfish it is :com.sun.appserv.naming.S1ASCtxFactory
- This is another important parameter that we must set before we can access a JNDI Tree , indeed it is totaly vendor dependent because each vendor has its own implementation for its JNDI access. This factory will create the context object along with the url that you put into the hashtable. we may use Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY or "java.naming.factory.initial" string as a key to put this value into the hashtable
As i said there are some other parameters that you can set , like security parameters for authentication and .... but those are not necessary.
I should tell that we can also make this parameter to be the jvm default parameter and allows the Initialcontext to return a context without need to pass any arguments. in this way we need to pass parameters to java command when we want to start it. for example you can use :
java -Djava.naming.provider.url="iiop://127.0.0.1:3700" -Djava.naming.factory.initial="com.sun.appserv.naming.S1ASCtxFactory" to start our application. this way you allows the Initialcontext to return a context without need to configure it by a HashTable. For our Sample we will use a hashtable to configure the InitialContext , but you can try to pass parameters to java instead and observ the execution of your application.
To create a j2se remote client we need to add some jar files to our project , NetBeans provide its own way to manage jar files that may be used in more than one project. it is Libraries....
Run NetBeans, From Tools menu select Library Manager, create a new library and name it jms . Now you can add as much jar files to this library as you need , then it will be reuseable for your other projects.
add following jar files to this library , I use glassfish_home as installation directory of glassfish.
- glassfish_home/lib/appserv-rt.jar
- glassfish_home/lib/javaee.jar
- glassfish_home/lib/install/applications/jmsra/jmsra.jar
- glassfish_home/lib/install/applications/jmsra/imqbroker.jar
- glassfish_home/imq/lib/imq.jar
- glassfish_home/lib/appserv-admin.jar
- glassfish_home/imq/lib/jms.jar
Create a j2se project using , File > new project > general > java application. name the application jmsClient and allow the IDE to create a Main class for you.
You shoud add that library that you create to this project. to do this , expand the project node , right click on the libraries and select add library Now from the library list select jms .
Up to now you have done 30% of creating an stand alone remote client to interact with your jms resources like connectionFactories and destinations.
Now we need to code the main method of main class . expand the jmsClient node , expand the source packages and finally open the main class of your project.
The overall look of your code shoul be like the following :
public class JmsClient { Context ctx; public JmsClient() {(); } } public Object lookup(String name){ try { return ctx.lookup(name); } catch (NamingException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } return null; } public static void main(String[] args) { JmsClient client = new JmsClient(); try{ ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory)client.lookup("jms/tConnectionFactory"); Queue queue = (Queue)client.lookup("jms/tQueue"); javax.jms.Connection connection = connectionFactory.createConnection(); javax.jms.Session session = connection.createSession(false,Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE); MessageProducer messageProducer = session.createProducer(queue); for(int i=0;i<5;i++) { TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("It is a message from main class "+ ": "+ i); System.out.println( "It come from main class:"+ message.getText()); messageProducer.send(message); } } catch(Exception ex){ ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
Now lets see what the above code means , i will not go indepth because JMS APIs are discussed too much :-) .
In constructor we configured a context object named ctx
we encapsulate the lookpu task in a method named lookup(...)we usually use a service locator or cached service locator to locate our objects in JNDI because JNDI lokups are time consumer
In main method:
- we create a ConnectionFactory by looking it up in the jndi by using our context and dummy lookup(...) method.
- we create a Queue by looking it up in the jndi by using our context and dummy lookup(...) method.
- Then we create a connection using that ConnectionFactory
- we obtain a Session (jms Session) using our connection
- we made the messageproducer which is our tools to send message to that Queue ,
- in a loop we create and sent 5 text message to the queue.
Now lets run the program and see the result , to run the application you nedd to complete the first part of this series , then you should run the application server , and if you like to have a demonestration like what i will show you , you should deploy the application that we made in first part.
i assume you have completed first part and you have the application server running , Now run the client that we made and what you will see in output window should be like :
and if you take a look at application server log file (in runtime tab , expand the servers node and rigt click on the glassfish instance , now select view server log..) what you should see in the server log should be something like :
messages that we send via standalone client will reach the queue that the MDB is listening on it , as soon as we send a message MDB will pick it up and start processing it.
you can download the standalone client project from here | https://community.oracle.com/blogs/kalali/2006/05/10/step-step-toward-jms-sample-netbeans-and-yes-glassfish-part-2-remote-client | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | refinedweb | 1,248 | 53.31 |
Sound Code - Mark Heath's Blog Mark Heath's development blog. MarkBlog 2022-07-15T00:00:00Z Using Consul for Name Resolution in Dapr 2022-07-15T00:00:00Z 2022-07-15T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p><a href="">Dapr</a> supports "service invocation" out of the box, allowing you to easily make requests to another microservice, addressing it by name, without needing to know the IP address. So for example, simply by making a request to my Dapr sidecar on localhost port 3500, I can direct a request through to the "catalog" microservice like this, and let Dapr work out where it is:</p> <pre><code class="language-txt"> </code></pre> <p>When you're running Dapr in "self-hosted" mode, <a href="">it uses mDNS</a> as the name resolution service, and if you're running on Kubernetes, then it makes use of the Kubernetes DNS service.</p> <h3>mDNS problems</h3> <p>Unfortunately, there has been <a href="">a long-standing issue</a> that certain VPN or networking software commonly found on corporate developer machines can interfere with the mDNS name resolution. Some people have been able to work around this by temporarily disabling their VPN or networking software.</p> <p>However, on one of my development environments it has not been possible to work around the issue, and as of Dapr v1.8 the only alternative is to switch to using <a href="">Consul</a> for name resolution.</p> <p>This is especially unfortunate for those new to Dapr as this results in a poor initial experience where the basic quickstart demos don't work at all, and it is non-trivial to set up Consul. I'm hopeful that Dapr will resolve this by offering a simple alternative to mDNS for local development scenarios.</p> <h3>Using Consul for name resolution</h3> <p>Although there are some <a href="">basic instructions</a> to configure Consul, I found they were not sufficient to get it working on my machine.</p> <p>In the rest of this post, I'll run through the steps I took to get round the mDNS issue by configuring Dapr to use Consul for name resolution.</p> <h3>Running Consul locally with Docker</h3> <p>First of all we need to start the Consul container locally with the following command:</p> <pre><code class="language-ps">docker run -d -p 8500:8500 --name=dev-consul -e CONSUL_BIND_INTERFACE=eth0 consul </code></pre> <p>n.b. I happen to be using <a href="">Rancher Desktop</a>, but doubt the command would need to change if you're using something different such as <a href="">Docker Desktop</a></p> <p>The important thing is making sure that port 8500 is accessible. If not the Dapr Consul name resolution component will fail to initialize and you'll get crashes in your Dapr process with null reference exceptions in Dapr sidecar (I'm hoping that they'll fix that and make it handle the error more gracefully in the future).</p> <p>You can check that Consul is running successfully locally by visiting <code></code></p> <h3>Create a configuration file</h3> <p>By default, when you run locally, Dapr uses your global config file which is found in <code>%USERPROFILE%\.dapr\config.yaml</code></p> <p>You could of course change set up Consul globally for your machine, but I chose to create my own <code>daprConfig.yaml</code> file specific to my application. The contents I used are the same as the default <code>config.yaml</code> file, but with the extra <code>nameResolution</code> section. Note that it's very important to include <code>selfRegister: true</code> - this was missing from some of the guides I read, but it won't work without it.</p> <pre><code class="language-yaml">apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1 kind: Configuration metadata: name: daprConfig spec: nameResolution: component: "consul" configuration: selfRegister: true tracing: samplingRate: "1" zipkin: endpointAddress: </code></pre> <h3>Create a Consul component definition file</h3> <p>Now create a <code>consul.yaml</code> file in your local components folder with the following contents. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to put for <code>datacenter</code> but it seems that <code>dc1</code> is the default value for Consul so I recommend leaving it as is:</p> <pre><code class="language-yaml">apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1 kind: Component metadata: name: consul namespace: default spec: type: state.consul version: v1 metadata: - name: datacenter value: dc1 # Required. Example: dc1 - name: httpAddr value: 127.0.0.1:8500 # Required. Example: "consul.default.svc.cluster.local:8500" </code></pre> <h3>Pass correct arguments to <code>dapr run</code></h3> <p>Now when you call <code>dapr run</code> for each microservice, it needs to point to the updated config and components folder, with the <code>--config</code> and <code>--components-path</code> arguments. Here's an example PowerShell script I used for my <a href="">GloboTicket Dapr demo application</a>:</p> <pre><code class="language-powershell">dapr run ` --app-id frontend ` --app-port 5266 ` --dapr-http-port 3500 ` --components-path ../dapr/components ` --config ../dapr/components/daprConfig.yaml ` dotnet run </code></pre> <h3>Check its working</h3> <p>Now all that remains is to start all your services. Hopefully it will be obvious that it's working because you can make service to service invocations.</p> <p>You can also test by directly making a network request to a Dapr sidecar, passing in the target application name (in this example "catalog") and method (in this example "products")</p> <pre><code class="language-ps">curl </code></pre> <p>You can also use the Dapr CLI to try it out with the <code>dapr invoke</code> command, again passing in the application and method names. You can also pass in the HTTP verb if it's not the default of POST.</p> <pre><code class="language-ps">dapr invoke -a catalog -m event -v GET </code></pre> <p>Finally, you can use the Consul UI to check that each service has correctly registered itself by visiting. Here's what it looks like for my <a href="">GloboTicket Dapr sample app</a>:</p> <p><img src="" alt="Consul Service List" /></p> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>In an ideal world, you wouldn't need to change the name resolution component in Dapr from its default, but it's nice that you can, and it's a helpful workaround until <a href="">the mDNS issue</a> is finally resolved.</p> <p>If you'd like to take a look at a version of my app that uses this approach, you can look <a href="">here on the "consul" branch</a>.</p> Attach and Detach LocalDB Databases 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>Every now and then I need to attach and detach databases from a <a href="">SQL Server Express Local DB</a> instance. Its often useful to be able to quickly and easily automate attaching different versions of your database, and I can never remember what the SQL commands are. So this post is mainly for my own benefit in the future!</p> <p>I tend to use <a href="">LINQPad</a> for most of my database querying needs, which allows me to use LINQ or plain SQL. However, although it lets you connect to a local DB instance (e.g. with a connection string like <code>Data Source=(localdb)\ProjectsV12;Integrated Security=SSPI</code>), it doesn't provide any capability to manage databases - you need to write the SQL directly yourself.</p> <h3>Find out where the files are</h3> <p>If you already have a database (we'll call it <code>MusicStore</code> for these examples), you can find out where the <code>mdf</code> and <code>ldf</code> files are located with the following command:</p> <pre><code class="language-sql">USE [MusicStore] SELECT type_desc, name, physical_name from sys.database_files; </code></pre> <h3>Detaching a database</h3> <p>Detaching the database can be done with the <code>sp_detach_db</code> command, but that can fail if the database is in use, so setting it offline first ensures it can be detached.</p> <pre><code class="language-sql">USE master ALTER DATABASE [MusicStore] SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE EXEC sp_detach_db 'MusicStore'; </code></pre> <p>Having detached the database, you're free to back up the mdf and ldf files to another location, or swap them out with different versions.</p> <h3>Attaching a database</h3> <p>And here's the command to attach a new database with specific <code>mdf</code> and <code>ldf</code> files.</p> <pre><code class="language-sql">USE master CREATE DATABASE MusicStore ON (FILENAME = 'C:\Users\mark\MusicStore.mdf'), (FILENAME = 'C:\Users\mark\MusicStore_log.ldf') FOR ATTACH; </code></pre> <p>Nice and simple, and an easy way to switch between multiple different instances of a particular database for testing purposes.</p> Async Enumerable in C# (Part 3) 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>In this third part of my series on <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> (<a href="">part 1</a>, <a href="">part 2</a>), let's discuss some of the differences between processing a sequence in parallel verses sequentially (sometimes referred to as "in series").</p> <h3>Processing Sequences in Series</h3> <p>When we write a regular <code>foreach</code> loop to iterate through an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> sequence like in the example below, we're processing our sequence in series. Here we process a single order at a time before moving onto the next one:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">foreach(var o in GetOrders()) { await ProcessOrderAsync(o); } </code></pre> <p>And the same is true if we have an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> and use the <code>await foreach</code> syntax. In this example, we're still processing the orders one at a time, even though we're starting with an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<Order></code>.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">await foreach(var o in GetOrders()) { await ProcessOrderAsync(o); } </code></pre> <p>Processing sequences in series isn't necessarily a problem. In many cases its the best thing to do. It protects us from a whole category of hard to diagnose bugs that come with parallelism.</p> <p>But there are times when it does make sense for us to work through a sequence faster by processing items in parallel. So let's explore some of the options.</p> <h3>Processing Sequences in Parallel</h3> <p>One simple way of achieving parallelism that I often see developers reaching for is something like the example below. Basically, when we call <code>Select</code> we return <code>Task<T></code>. This means that as we enumerate the sequence we're starting all the tasks one after the other <strong>without waiting for them to finish</strong>.</p> <p>Then we can wait for all those tasks to finish with a call to <code>await Tasks.WhenAll</code> like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var tasks = GetOrders().Select(async o => await ProcessOrderAsync(o)); await Tasks.WhenAll(tasks); </code></pre> <p>A similar approach can be taken if <code>GetOrders</code> returns an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>. We can call <code>ToListAsync</code> (from <a href="">System.Linq.Async</a>) to get a list of tasks we can pass into <code>Task.WhenAll</code>. Note that we're using <code>Select</code> (also from the System.Linq.Async NuGet package) not <code>SelectAwait</code> here which means that we're only kicking off tasks, not waiting for them to finish before moving on to the next element in our <code>IAsyncEnumerable</code> sequence.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// in this example, GetOrders() returns an IAsyncEnumerable<Order> var tasks = await GetOrders().Select(async o => await ProcessOrder(o)).ToListAsync(); await Task.WhenAll(tasks); </code></pre> <h3>Constraining the number of parallel operations</h3> <p>One issue with the examples I gave above is the fact that if there are say 10,000 orders, then we'll attempt to start 10,000 tasks all in one go. This not only risks flooding the thread-pool, but also potentially opens us up to overloading other resources (e.g. by making too many calls to a downstream service like a database).</p> <p>It would be better if we could control the maximum degree of parallelism. For example we might only want to process 10 orders in parallel to avoid overloading the database with too many queries. I wrote an article a few years back about <a href="">several ways you can constrain the number of parallel actions</a>.</p> <p>There's actually an easier option available now, which is to take advantage of the <a href="">new <code>Parallel.ForEachAsync</code> method</a> that was introduced in .NET 6. Let's see that in action with a short demo.</p> <h3>Converting a sequential LINQ to parallel</h3> <p>In this example, imagine we've got a list of URLs, and we simply want to download the HTML from each of these URLs and search it for a particular phrase. Because that involves an asynchronous operation, we can use the technique we discussed earlier in this series to convert to an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, allowing us to make a pipeline that maps the url to HTML and filters the results down to just the ones matching the search term:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var results = urls.ToAsyncEnumerable() .SelectAwait(async url => new { Url = url, Html = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(url)}) .Where(x => x.Html.Contains("Blazor")); await foreach(var result in results) { Console.WriteLine($"Found a match in {result.Url}"); } </code></pre> <p>However, the example above does not download each URL in parallel, so we can speed things up by just selecting Tasks as discussed above, and then using <code>Task.WhenAll</code> to wait for them to complete. We now need to move our filtering step to be after all the tasks have completed.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var tasks = urls .Select(async url => new { Url = url, Html = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(url) }); var results2 = await Task.WhenAll(tasks); foreach(var result in results2.Where(x => x.Html.Contains("Blazor"))) { Console.WriteLine($"Found a match in {result.Url}"); } </code></pre> <p>Let's see how we might rewrite this code to use <code>Parallel.ForEachAsync</code>. For more readable code, I'd typically start by refactoring out the entire operation that needs to be performed in parallel into it's own method. I've called it <code>FindMatch</code>.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">async Task FindMatch(string url, string searchTerm) { var html = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(url); if (html.Contains(searchTerm)) { Console.WriteLine($"Found a match in {url}"); } } </code></pre> <p>Now we can run this in parallel, by using <code>Parallel.ForEachAsync</code>. (note that the <code>ct</code> parameter is a cancellation token that I'm not making use of in this simple example, but would be a good idea to flow through into your async methods).</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">await Parallel.ForEachAsync(urls, async (url, ct) => await FindMatch(url, "Blazor")); </code></pre> <p>By default, <code>Parallel.ForEachAsync</code> will use the processor count of your computer as <a href="">the default maximum degree of parallelism</a>. This is a sensible default particularly if your tasks are CPU bound, as there would be no point going any higher. But there are situations when setting a different value makes sense.</p> <p>We can control this by customizing the <code>MaxDegreeOfParallelism</code> property of <code>ParallelOptions</code> like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var parallelOptions = new ParallelOptions() { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 2 }; await Parallel.ForEachAsync(urls, parallelOptions, async (url, ct) => await FindMatch(url, "Blazor")); </code></pre> <p>I like this approach because it cleanly separates the concerns of deciding whether or not to run the operations in series or parallel, from the code that actually performs each operation. Not everything needs to be written as a LINQ pipeline, and it can sometimes result in harder to understand code if you do so.</p> <h3>Alternative approaches to parallelism</h3> <p>If you do find yourself trying to run multiple Tasks in parallel like this, it may be worth considering other alternative approaches. The code we've looked at spreads a large amount of work across different threads running on a single machine.</p> <p>But it's often preferable to spread work out across multiple workers in a distributed system. One great way to achieve this is through messaging. If we post a message for each order to a service bus, then multiple listeners can work through them on different machines. Services like Azure Functions make this really easy to achieve and will automatically scale out to additional workers to help you manage a large backlog of messages. So that might be a better approach than focusing on parallelization within the context of a single worker.</p> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>In this post I've shown how we can process a sequence in parallel, which can be greatly reduce the time taken to get through a large sequence. However, it's important that you think carefully about what the best way to parallelize your code is, and take into account that too much parallelism can cause additional problems by hitting other bottlenecks in the system.</p> Async Enumerable in C# (Part 2) 2022-06-25T00:00:00Z 2022-06-25T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>In this second part of my series on <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> (part 1 is <a href="">here</a>), I want to consider what happens when we want to make asynchronous calls within a LINQ pipeline. This is actually something that's very difficult to achieve with an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> but much more straightforward with <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>.</p> <h3>Asynchronous Mapping and Filtering</h3> <p>LINQ supports many "operators" that can be chained together into pipelines. The most commonly used are probably the LINQ <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code> operators for mapping and filtering elements in a sequence.</p> <p>These will serve as good examples of the challenges of introducing asynchronous code into a regular LINQ pipeline.</p> <p>Consider this simple LINQ pipeline, where we have a list of filenames and want to find which are large files. We might do that with a simple <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code> like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var largeFiles = fileNames .Select(f => GetFileInfo(f)) .Where(f => f.Length > 1000000); </code></pre> <p>This is fine, but lets imagine that getting the file size is an asynchronous operation (for example, instead of local files, maybe these are Azure blobs). What developers will often try is something like this, where they make an asynchronous call in the <code>Select</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// will not compile, as we now have a sequence of Task<FileInfo> var largeFiles = fileNames .Select(async f => await GetFileInfoAsync(f)) .Where(f => f.Length > 1000000); </code></pre> <p>Of course, that code doesn't even compile, as now we've got an <code>IEnumerable</code> sequence of <code>Task<FileInfo></code>, rather than <code>FileInfo</code> objects which is what our <code>Where</code> clause is expecting.</p> <p>One ugly workaround that I see sometimes is to turn the asynchronous method back into a synchronous one by blocking (e.g. by calling <code>Result</code>). Whilst this "solves" the problem - it's an antipattern to block on tasks, for reasons of performance and potential deadlocks.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// "works" but is an antipattern - don't block on Tasks var largeFiles = fileNames .Select(f => GetFileInfoAsync(f).Result) .Where(f => f.Length > 1000000); </code></pre> <p>Likewise, if the method in the <code>Where</code> clause is asynchronous, we have a similar problem:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// also won't compile var corruptFiles = fileNames .Select(f => GetFileInfo(f)) .Where(async f => await IsCorruptAsync(f)); </code></pre> <p>Our "predicate" function needs to return a <code>bool</code> not a <code>Task<bool></code> and although you can use the same trick to block, again this is an antipattern to be avoided:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// don't do this var corruptFiles = fileNames .Select(f => GetFileInfo(f)) .Where(f => IsCorruptAsync(f).Result); </code></pre> <p>So how can we resolve this?</p> <p>Well, one way is to avoid writing LINQ pipelines that need to call asynchronous methods. That's actually quite a good practice, as LINQ encourages <a href="">a "functional" style of programming</a>, where you try to mostly use "pure" functions that have no "side-effects". Since they're not allowed to perform network or disk IO, they will not be asynchronous functions and you've pushed the problem out of your LINQ pipeline into some other part of the code.</p> <p>But there may be some cases where it really would be helpful to perform asynchronous transformations to a sequence of data, and it turns out that <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> able to solve this problem.</p> <h3>LINQ Extensions for <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code></h3> <p>At first glance, <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> doesn't seem to help very much. If you try to chain a <code>Select</code> or <code>Where</code> onto an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> you'll get a compile error.</p> <p>However, if you reference the <a href="">System.Linq.Async NuGet package</a> then you'll get access to essentially all the same LINQ operators that you're familiar with using on a regular <code>IEnumerable<T></code>. You can explore the code for the <a href="">full list of available operators here</a>.</p> <p>In this post, we're particularly focusing on the <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code> operators, and if we look at the code, we can see method signatures for those methods that work exactly the same as their <code>IEnumerable<T></code> equivalents:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs"> IAsyncEnumerable<TResult> Select<TSource, TResult>(this IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, TResult> selector) IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> Where<TSource>(this IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, bool> predicate) </code></pre> <p>This means that if we have an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> we can use these extension methods to make a LINQ-like pipeline based on an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<string></code> just like we did in our first example:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">IAsyncEnumerable<string> fileNames = GetFileNames(); var longFiles = fileNames .Select(f => GetFileInfo(f)) .Where(f => f.Length > 1000000); await foreach(var f in longFiles) { // ... } </code></pre> <p>But of course, while this is very useful for mapping and filtering an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> sequence, it doesn't address the question we started with of how we can call <em>asynchronous</em> methods inside the LINQ operators.</p> <p>Fortunately, the <code>System.Linq.Async</code> NuGet package can help us here as well. In addition to the <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code> methods whose lambdas work just like their <code>IEnumerable<T></code> equivalents, it also provides <code>SelectAwait</code> and <code>WhereAwait</code> for the specific scenarios where we want to call asynchronous functions. These methods still return a regular <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> so they can be chained together into a pipeline.</p> <p>Here's the method signatures for the "await" versions of <code>Where</code> and <code>Select</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> WhereAwait<TSource>(this IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, ValueTask<bool>> predicate) IAsyncEnumerable<TResult> SelectAwait<TSource, TResult>(this IAsyncEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, ValueTask<TResult>> selector) </code></pre> <p>And here's an example showing how these operators allow us to make those asynchronous calls within a pipeline:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">IAsyncEnumerable<string> fileNames = GetFileNames(); var corruptFiles = fileNames .SelectAwait(async f => await GetFileInfoAsync(f)) .WhereAwait(async f => await IsCorruptAsync(f)); await foreach(var f in corruptFiles) { // ... } </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>by the way, if you're wondering why my lambdas are using the <code>await</code> syntax rather than just returning the method directly (e.g. <code>SelectAwait(f => GetFileInfoAsync(f))</code>), it's that the extension methods on <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> all expect a <code>ValueTask<T></code> rather than a <code>Task<T></code> which is more likely what your regular async methods are returning. This is because of a performance optimization that you can learn more about <a href="">here</a>, but the easiest way to deal with it is just to use <code>await</code> in the lambda.</p> </blockquote> <p>So far we've seen that we can construct a LINQ pipeline on our <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, even if the methods we want to call within our mapping and filtering steps are asynchronous. Let's see next how we can get the same benefits with <code>IEnumerable<T></code>.</p> <h3>Converting an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> into an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code></h3> <p>Of course, our original example didn't start with an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<string></code>, but an <code>IEnumerable<string></code> instead. Fortunately, there's a very easy way to get around that, and that's by calling the <code>ToAsyncEnumerable()</code> extension method which converts from an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> into <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, allowing us to use those extension methods.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var files = new[] { "file1.txt", "file2.txt", "file3.txt"}; var corruptFiles = files .ToAsyncEnumerable() .SelectAwait(async f => await GetFileInfo(f)) .WhereAwait(async f => await IsCorruptAsync(f)); await foreach(var f in corruptFiles) { //... } </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>By the way, there is also a <code>ToEnumerable()</code> extension method that does the opposite, but I highly recommend you avoid using it, as it will introduce the antipattern of making blocking calls on asynchronous methods to turn them into synchronous methods.</p> </blockquote> <h3>Even more extension methods for <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code></h3> <p>On top of the <a href="">operators available in System.Linq.Async</a> there is also an additional library of operators in the <a href="">System.Interactive.Async NuGet package</a> . You can explore the <a href="">available operators here</a>.</p> <p>These additional operators help with a variety of common scenarios, and are definitely worth exploring if you find yourself working regularly with <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>.</p> <p>I won't go into detail on the methods here (maybe another day), but the <code>Merge</code> extension method was particularly useful for a problem I was looking at recently. I had multiple <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> sequences, wanted to merge them together with the elements coming in whatever order they come out of their source sequences.</p> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>In this post we've seen how the <code>System.Linq.Async</code> extension methods make it possible to make asynchronous calls within a LINQ pipeline, whether you start with <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> or <code>IEnumerable<T></code>. Of course, it's not always the best decision to introduce a lot of asynchronous methods into a pipeline, but there are situations where its useful.</p> <p>I hope to follow up with another article in this series soon, where we look at some additional considerations to bear in mind when mixing LINQ and asynchronous method calls.</p> Async Enumerable in C# (Part 1) 2022-06-21T00:00:00Z 2022-06-21T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>LINQ provides a very elegant and powerful way to work with sequences of data in C#. You can combine the LINQ "operators" (such as <code>Select</code> or <code>Where</code>) to form "pipelines" that filter and transform elements of <code>IEnumerable<T></code> sequences.</p> <p>But one thing that can be a bit tricky is when you need to introduce <em>asynchronous</em> calls into your LINQ pipeline. This might be that <em>generating</em> the initial sequence itself requires asynchronous calls. Or maybe as part of various filtering and mapping stages in a LINQ pipeline you might want to perform asynchronous operations. And of course it's quite common for you to want to consume your LINQ pipeline by performing asynchronous operations, which you might want to do in parallel.</p> <p>All of this is possible, and a relatively recent addition to .NET is a feature called "<a href="">async streams</a>", which introduces the <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> interface, which is similar to <code>IEnumerable<T></code> but supports working with asynchronous streams of data.</p> <p>I'm hoping to write a few posts on this topic, and we'll get started by discussing the situations where you might want to consider using <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>. We'll also see the C# language features that allow us to <em>generate</em> and <em>consume</em> asynchronous sequences thanks to some new capabilities of the <code>yield</code> and <code>foreach</code> keywords.</p> <p>Let's start by focusing at the "top" of a LINQ pipeline. What if the method that produces my sequence needs to make some asynchronous calls? In this case we have two main options - to use the new <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, or to just return a <code>Task<IEnumerable<T>></code>...</p> <h3>Should I return <code>Task<IEnumerable<T>></code> or <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>?</h3> <p>First things first, I am not generally a fan of returning an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> from a method, as it requires the caller to consider <strong>deferred execution</strong>. When we receive an <code>IEnumerable<T></code> we can't assume that the work required to generate each value in the sequence has happened yet, and it is also not safe to enumerate the sequence twice.</p> <p>For that reason, I tend to return <code>IReadOnlyCollection<T></code> for all situations where I'm actually returning an in-memory collection of items. I've written more on this <a href="">here</a>. But the question still remains - when should we return an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> instead of just using <code>Task<IReadOnlyCollection<T>></code>?</p> <p>For me the key difference is whether there is potentially the need to do some asynchronous work when you <strong>move to the next element</strong> of the sequence or not. If all the asynchronous work is done up front, then I think the <code>Task</code> option is just fine.</p> <p>Here's a very common example, where the method must first make a network request to fetch some JSON which it deserializes. But once that's been done, we can return anything that implements <code>IEnumerable<T></code> allowing it to be easily used in LINQ to objects pipeline.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">public async Task<IReadOnlyCollection<Customer>> GetCustomers() { var customers = await httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<Customer>>("/api/customers"); // all the customers are in memory by the time we return from this method // no real need to use IAsyncEnumerable<T> here return customers; } </code></pre> <p>But sometimes, additional asynchronous work is needed to keep iterating through. Imagine our Customers API returns pages of results, and we'd like to receive a <code>Customer</code> iterator that makes calls to the API to fetch each page on an as-needed basis (rather than fetching all pages up front).</p> <p>We might want to do something like this, but it won't compile, because you can't use the <code>yield</code> keyword if you're returning a <code>Task<T></code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// WILL NOT COMPILE public async Task<I the scenario in which <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> is helpful. With one small change to our method signature, we can do exactly what we wanted. Essentially it means we can use <code>yield return</code> in a method that has makes some asynchronous calls.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">public async IAsync in fact exactly how several of the Azure SDKs now work. If you want to list all Blobs in an Azure storage container, we can call the <a href=""><code>GetBlobsAsync</code> method</a> which returns an <a href=""><code>AsyncPageable<T></code></a> which is a special implementation of <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> that allows us to either fetch a page at a time, or iterate through without needing to know or care when we've moved on to the next page.</p> <h3>Consuming <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code></h3> <p>One of the challenges with <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> is that you need to consume it in a slightly different way to a regular <code>IEnumerable<T></code>.</p> <p>C# 8 introduced <a href="">a new form of <code>foreach</code></a> that allows us to loop through the <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> and do perform actions on each element. It's as simple as adding the <code>await</code> keyword before <code>foreach</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">await foreach(var c in GetCustomers()) { Console.WriteLine(c); } </code></pre> <p>If you're wondering about whether you can create LINQ pipelines by chaining methods like <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code> with <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, that is possible, but I'll save that for a future post.</p> <h3>Avoid returning <code>Task<IAsyncEnumerable<T>></code></h3> <p>The last thing I want to mention in this article is to avoid returning <code>Task<IAsyncEnumerable<T>></code>. There are some situations where you might be tempted to do this, but it makes the calling code unnecessarily convoluted, and there's a simple alternative.</p> <p>Imagine there's already a method that returns an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">public async IAsyncEnumerable<Customer> GetCustomersFromApi(string apiKey) </code></pre> <p>And you want to create a higher level method that fetches the API key and then just returns the <code>IAsyncEnumerable</code>. You might write something like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">// avoid this! public async Task<IAsyncEnumerable<Customer>> GetCustomers() { var apiKey = await GetApiKey(); return GetCustomersFromApi(apiKey); } </code></pre> <p>However this forces the consumer to write cumbersome code with an additional <code>await</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">await foreach(var customer in await GetCustomers()) </code></pre> <p>There's a relatively easy workaround, by simply using the <code>yield return</code> syntax in your method. (In fact, I suspect there may be more than one way of doing this so let me know in the comments if there's a better alternative).</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">public async IAsyncEnumerable<Customer> GetCustomers() { var apiKey = await GetApiKey(); await foreach (var c in GetCustomersFromApi(apiKey)) { yield return c; } } </code></pre> <h3>Next steps</h3> <p>So far in this article, seen how you can generate and consume an <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code>, as well when to use it in preference to returning an <code>Task<IEnumerable<T>></code>.</p> <p>Next up, I want to discuss situations in which the stages in your LINQ pipeline might need to perform asynchronous operations, and we'll see how <code>IAsyncEnumerable<T></code> can be useful in those situations as well.</p> Should I avoid LINQ for performance reasons? 2022-06-17T00:00:00Z 2022-06-17T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>When I created my <a href="">More Effective LINQ Pluralsight course</a> (hopefully to be updated in the not too distant future!), I wanted to include a section that discussed the question of the performance implications of using LINQ. Sometimes developers hear that "LINQ is slower than using a for loop" and wonder whether that means they should avoid using LINQ for performance reasons.</p> <blockquote> <p>Note: In this post I'm specifically talking about LINQ to objects. With LINQ queries against databases (such as when you're using Entity Framework) performance considerations are mostly related to whether the generated SQL is efficient or not.</p> </blockquote> <h3>It is slightly slower</h3> <p>Let's start off by acknowledging that using the LINQ operators (such as <code>Select</code> and <code>Where</code>) does typically result in very slighly slower code than if you wrote a <code>for</code> or <code>foreach</code> loop to do the same thing.</p> <p>This is acknowledged in the <a href="">Microsoft documentation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>LINQ syntax is typically less efficient than a foreach loop. It's good to be aware of any performance tradeoff that might occur when you use LINQ to improve the readability of your code.</p> </blockquote> <p>And if you'd like to measure the performance difference, you can use a tool like <a href="">BenchmarkDotNet</a> to do so. I created a <strong>very simple</strong> <a href="">LINQ benchmark project</a> a few years back and recently updated it to .NET 6.</p> <p>The test basically uses a LINQ pipeline to perform a series of mathematical operations on 10 million numbers.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">const int N = 10000000; return Enumerable.Range(1, N) .Select(n => n * 2) .Select(n => Math.Sin((2 * Math.PI * n) / 1000)) .Select(n => Math.Pow(n, 2)) .Sum(); </code></pre> <p>But how does that compare with a regular <code>for</code> loop performng the same calculation:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">double sum = 0; for (int n = 1; n <= N; n++) { var a = n * 2; var b = Math.Sin((2 * Math.PI * a) / 1000); var c = Math.Pow(b, 2); sum += c; } </code></pre> <p>With BenchmarkDotNet, running on .NET 6, we can see that the for loop was indeed significantly faster (around 20%) as we might expect:<> </tbody> </table> <h3>It probably doesn't matter</h3> <p>Now before you go rushing off and refactoring all your LINQ code into for loops, it's worth remembering that in the vast majority of situations, LINQ is not a major contributing factor to the overall speed of your application.</p> <p>The example I used was special in a couple of ways - first, we were iterating through millions of times (not a typical scenario for LINQ to objects), and second, the inside of the loop was extremely trivial (which is not always the case when you're using LINQ).</p> <p>One of the most important rules of software optimization is to <strong>measure first</strong>. If your application is slow, take some time to instrument it and find out where the time is being taken. This will lead you to the places you should invest effort in performance optimizing. It is extremely unlikely in most enterprise applications that switching from LINQ to <code>for</code> loops will make any noticable difference to the overall performance. It would just make the code harder to read and maintain for negilible benefit.</p> <p>By the way, don't take my word for it - I foumd <a href="">this stack overflow answer</a> from Eric Lippert that states it well. He says "ensure that you're only spending valuable time and effort doing performance optimizations on things that are <em>not fast enough</em>."</p> <h3>There are often better ways to make your code faster</h3> <p>We saw from the benchmarks above that if we converted my simple LINQ example into a <code>for</code> loop it would have run faster. But that's not the only way we could speed up that code.</p> <p>For example, if I run that same comparison on .NET 4.8 I get the following results:<;">756.4 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">14.83 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">19.29 ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td>SumForLoop</td> <td style="text-align: right;">645.8 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">12.43 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">12.21 ms</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>As you can see, .NET 4.8 is significantly slower than .NET 6. That means that if my project is running on .NET 4.8, then converting to .NET 6 will actually give me a substantially bigger performance boost than converting my LINQ expressions to <code>for</code> loops. And it will make many other parts of my application faster as well.</p> <p>Of course, the <code>for</code> loop on .NET 6 is still the fastest of the options we've seen <em>so far</em>. But that's not the only way we could go about making this code run faster. As it happens, the example I used can be parallelized using <a href="">PLINQ</a>. The change is trivial - just add an <code>AsParallel</code> and PLINQ will use different threads that can run across different CPUs to calculate the values and then join back together with the <code>Sum</code> at the end.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">Enumerable.Range(1, N).AsParallel() .Select(n => n * 2) .Select(n => Math.Sin((2 * Math.PI * n) / 1000)) .Select(n => Math.Pow(n, 2)) .Sum(); </code></pre> <p>When we run this, we can see that the PLINQ solution greatly outperforms even the <code>for</code> loop conversion, whilst retaining the readability and composability benefits that typically come with LINQ pipelines.<> <tr> <td>SumParallel</td> <td style="text-align: right;">93.55 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">1.824 ms</td> <td style="text-align: right;">2.371 ms</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Of course, not every LINQ query is suitable for parallelizing with PLINQ, but it serves as an example of the benefits of considering alternative ways to optimize performance.</p> <p>Let me give one other very simple example of how a LINQ query can be performance optimized without the need to eliminate LINQ. In this example I'm generating a list of 1 million random books:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">record Book(string Title, int Pages); var random = new Random(); var books = Enumerable.Range(1,1000000) .Select(n => new Book($"Book {n}", random.Next(50,2000))).ToList(); </code></pre> <p>Suppose I want to find the longest book and I decide to be clever with LINQ and do something like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var longestBook = books.First(b => b.Pages == books.Max(x => x.Pages)); </code></pre> <p>This works just fine and will find the longest book, but it's an <a href="">O(n^2) algorithm</a>. For every book in the list, I go through the entire list again repeatedly recalculating the maximum number of pages.</p> <p>Of course, the problem here is that there are already many more efficient ways we could do this in LINQ. In this example, the <code>MaxBy</code> operator is perfect for our needs:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var longestBook = books.MaxBy(b => b.Pages); </code></pre> <p>If we compare the speeds of the two approaches with a simple stopwatch:</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew(); var longestBook = books.First(b => b.Pages == books.Max(x => x.Pages)); Console.WriteLine($"{longestBook} is the longest book {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"); sw.Restart(); longestBook= books.MaxBy(b => b.Pages); Console.WriteLine($"{longestBook} is the longest book {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"); </code></pre> <p>We see that we get a roughly 1000 times speed increase from using a more appropriate algorithm that is only O(n).</p> <pre><code class="language-txt">Book { Title = Book 1023, Pages = 1999 } is the longest book 11845ms Book { Title = Book 1023, Pages = 1999 } is the longest book 12ms </code></pre> <p>In short, if you are in a situation where you think that LINQ might be what's making your application slow, there are still likely many ways to greatly improve performance that don't involve eliminating LINQ.</p> <h3>When should you avoid LINQ?</h3> <p>You might think from this article that I'm advocating that you should <em>always</em> use LINQ, but that's not true. There are situations where performance is so critical that avoiding LINQ makes sense.</p> <p>For example, in my own <a href="">NAudio library</a>, I use LINQ very sparingly. For a CPU intensive algorithm like a Fast Fourier Transform, it wouldn't make sense to use LINQ even if it did make the code read a bit more elegantly.</p> <p>And the <a href="">.NET runtime libraries</a> likewise have been heavily performance optimized due to the fact that they are relied on by all kinds of performance critical applications. I'm sure there are many places where the nicer syntax of LINQ has been avoided to gain a small performance boost.</p> <p>Another example I've heard of where LINQ was deliberately avoided was in the "game loop" for a computer game, where getting the fastest possible render speed was considered critical.</p> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>In conclusion although it's true that there are some situations where it does make sense to avoid LINQ for performance reasons, it's not nearly as frequent as you might think, and there are often much better approaches to speeding up your code.</p> <p>Always start by measuring what parts of your codebase are taking the longest to run, always ensure you consider multiple alternative strategies for optimizing the performance (or perceived performance) of a slow piece of code, and always take into account the business cost-benefit tradeoff of the developer time required to rewrite and the possible loss of readability and maintainability that comes with moving away from LINQ.</p> Deploy ASP.NET Core websites to Azure App Service with Azure Pipelines 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>Several years ago I <a href="">rewrote this blog in ASP.NET Core</a>, but I kept on using my existing deployment technique of using <a href="">Kudu</a>, so I could push my changes to a Git repo hosted in Azure Repos, and my Azure Web App would build and publish the code.</p> <p>For the most part it's worked flawlessly, but this weekend it stopped working for no apparent reason, with the following error:</p> <pre><code>The SDK resolver "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver" failed while attempting to resolve the SDK "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web". Exception: "System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\sdk-manifests'.,,0 kudu </code></pre> <p>I decided it was about time that I switched to Azure Pipelines, the obvious choice since my Git repo is hosted in Azure DevOps.</p> <h3>Creating a pipeline</h3> <p>Creating an Azure Pipeline is very easy in the DevOps portal, just visit the Pipelines tab for your project and select "New Pipeline" which launches a step by step guide, starting with selecting where your code is (an Azure Repo), and selecting a starting template (the ASP.NET Core one was the obvious choice).</p> <p>This creates an <code>azure-pipelines.yml</code> file and checks it into your Git repo for you.</p> <h3>Build and publish steps</h3> <p>The default template gets you started with a single step that calls <code>dotnet build</code> in release mode whenever a change is checked into the <code>master</code> branch.</p> <pre><code class="language-yaml">trigger: - master pool: vmImage: ubuntu-latest variables: buildConfiguration: 'Release' steps: - script: dotnet build --configuration $(buildConfiguration) displayName: 'dotnet build $(buildConfiguration)' </code></pre> <p>Next, we need to publish the website to a zip. For this I used the <a href="">.NET Core CLI</a> task.</p> <p>I overrode the arguments to specify the build configuration I wanted (Release).</p> <p>Here's the YAML for my publish step:</p> <pre><code class="language-yml">- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2 inputs: command: 'publish' arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) -o $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/Output' publishWebProjects: true </code></pre> <p>Note that I also explicitly set the location of the output with the <code>-o</code> argument, as my website includes some zip files as static assets, which meant the final stage of my pipeline didn't know which was the zip that needed deploying to App Service.</p> <pre><code>##[error]Error: More than one package matched with specified pattern: /home/vsts/work/1/s/**/*.zip. Please restrain the search pattern. </code></pre> <h3>Deploy to Azure App Service</h3> <p>To deploy to Azure App Service, we first need to create a "Service Connection" in Azure DevOps. This is a pretty straightforward process - just go to "project settings | service connection" and select "Azure Resource Manager". From there you can select the Azure Subscription you want to use, and let it automatically create a Service Principal to use for deployment.</p> <p>The deployment is handled by the <a href="">Azure Web App task</a>. We need to specify the name of our service connection, the name of the webapp we want to deploy to (which has to be in the chosen subscription for the Service Connection), and the package needs to point to the same location chosen for the publish task.</p> <pre><code class="language-yaml">- task: AzureWebApp@1 inputs: azureSubscription: 'My Service Connection' appName: 'mywebapp' package: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/Output/**/*.zip' </code></pre> <p>And that's all there is to it. Note that the deploy doesn't work immeditely after creating a brand new webapp in Azure - it seems to need a few minutes to become visible.</p> <p>And the nice thing about using Azure Pipelines for the build compared with Kudu, is that we're not reliant on the Azure App Service itself to perform the builds for us. Another advantage it has over Kudu is that we get a much nicer UI to view the logs of each run of the pipeline, making it much easier to troubleshoot.</p> Launching Tabs in Windows Terminal 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>I recently worked on a project where we needed to simultaneously launch lots of PowerShell windows. This obviously resulted in a lot of clutter of windows, and I wondered whether it would be possible to launch them all as tabs in a single instance of <a href="">Windows Terminal</a> instead, to reduce clutter and to allow them all to be closed together.</p> <p>The good news is that Windows Terminal can be launched quite easily with <code>wt.exe</code> and has some <a href="">command line arguments</a> that enable us to get all the windows as tabs in a single Windows Terminal instance.</p> <p>The key commandline arguments are <code>-w</code> to allow us to specify a window name. You can make up your own name here, but be careful not to start another with the same name too quickly or it won't detect that the first one exists. I found that sleeping 1 second after launching the first instance of <code>wt.exe</code> was enough. There may well be a more elegant way but some of the alternative techniques I tried didn't work.</p> <p>You then supply <code>nt</code> to request a new tab, followed by additional flags.</p> <p>The <code>-p</code> argument lets you pick the profile and <code>-d</code> lets you pick the starting directory. There are also flags to set the tab title and color although I found that the title got ignored.</p> <p>For the command to run inside the new tab I used <code>PowerShell -c</code> followed by the name of the actual PowerShell script I wanted to run. This seemed to work out a lot better than just trying to execute a PowerShell script directly.</p> <p>So the overall command line looks like this:</p> <pre><code class="language-powershell">wt.exe -w myWindow -d C:\myworkingfolder PowerShell -c .\run.ps1 # n.b. pause briefly to allow a windows terminal with this name to # start up before trying to create more tabs in that window </code></pre> <p>Here's some C# code that you can use to launch the window.</p> <pre><code class="language-cs">varNLayer project</a>. As part of the awesome annual <a href="">Advent of Code</a> event, I've ported both my own and other people's solutions to the daily challenges in various directions between languages such as C#, F#, Python, and TypeScript.</p> <p>On the face of things this can seem like a bit of a pointless excercise. Why not just use the original language? Or why not find a library in your language of choice that does the same thing? Or why not use the interop features of your preferred language to call into code written in the other language?</p> <p>Of course all of that is possible, and may well be the most sensible thing to do in a professional development context. But in this post, I want to make the case that there is tremendous benefit taking time to port code, because <strong>converting code between programming languages is a great way to learn new languages and improve your development skills</strong>.</p> <p>One common motivation for porting is that you have found a cool piece of code in another language that does something you wish you could do in your own language. And in the process of porting it, you'll find that you quite quickly learn the key syntax constructs of the source language - how variables, assignments, loops and branches work. So its a great way to start learning a new language.</p> <p>Every now and then, you'll run into language constructs that don't easily translate. For example, I've found that converting from a dynamic or a functional language into C#, often leads me to explore techniques that I hadn't made much use of before. So the learning goes both ways - I became a better C# programmer by learning F# for example.</p> <p>As part of the process you'll become adept at troubleshooting and paying attention to small details. Sometimes very minor things such as the exact difference between <code>!=</code> and <code>!==</code> can make a huge difference to the outcome of your program.</p> <p>One downside is that sometimes you'll discover features so elegant in another language that you'll feel less satisfied with the language you are currently using. After learning F#, I find myself wishing that <a href="">discriminated unions</a> were a first-class concept in C#, and the way Python implements tuples is so much more elegant than C# (although it has caught up a little in recent years).</p> <p>Porting in the other direction can also be a great way of learning a new language. Start with some code in the language you know and try to achieve the same thing in the new language. One downside you'll run into if you take this approach is that the code you end up creating will often not be "idiomatic" to the target language.</p> <p>Of course, I've focused primarily on porting between languages, but the same benefits apply when <strong>porting between frameworks</strong>. Try solving the same problem with a different frontend framework (e.g. Vue, React, Blazor, or MAUI), or a different ORM or database type (e.g. relational vs document). There is always a huge amount to be learned by tackling a familiar problem with a different tech stack.</p> <p>Let me wrap up with a few additional simple open source examples of things I've ported.</p> <p><a href="">Asterisk</a> was originally a BBC basic game that I implemented in VB6, WinForms with C#, Silverlight, WPF, and IronPython! It's probably overdue an attempt to create it in Blazor. I also ported <a href="">a simple snake game called nibbles</a> from QBasic into WinForms and Silverlight.</p> <p><img src="" alt="Asterisk Screenshot" /></p> <p><a href="">TypeScript Tetris</a> was me taking a version of TypeScript I originally wrote as a Java desktop and porting it to TypeScript.</p> <img src="/posts/2022/learn-by-porting-1.png" alt="Typescript Tetris" style="max-width: 50%"> <p>When I created my original <a href="">Skype Voice Changer app</a>, I ported a bunch of audio effects from the built-in <a href="">REAPER</a> JSFX effects programming language into C#. And I also wrote an article (sadly now lost) for the now defunct <a href="">Microsoft Coding4Fun website</a> where I ported a C++ auto-tune algorithm into C#.</p> <p><img src="" alt="Skype Voice Changer" /></p> <p>More recently I tried porting some C++ VST audio effects over into REAPER's built-in <a href="">JSFX programming language</a>, and made a tutorial video you can watch here.</p> <p><iframe src="" class="youtube" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>In summary, I can highly recommend porting code as a great way to learn new languages, pick up new ideas for tackling problems, and having fun experimenting with new programming techniques and frameworks.</p> Automatic Sample Rate Conversion with WASAPI 2022-04-30T00:00:00Z 2022-04-30T00:00:00Z Mark Heath test@example.com <p>14 years ago(!) I blogged about the (at the time) new WASAPI audio playback API introduced with Windows Vista and <a href="">complained that WASAPI was missing the crucial feature of automatic sample rate conversion</a>. In other words, if your soundcard was operating at 44.1kHz and you wanted to play a 16kHz audio file, it wouldn't let you. You were forced to resample it yourself.</p> <p>Likewise if you wanted to record audio, you were forced to receive audio in the format used by the device, which was annoying if you were say recording a mono source like a USB microphone, but were forced to deal with stereo samples.</p> <p>NAudio tried to help you round this by automatically creating an instance of <code>ResamplerDmoStream</code> that attempted to convert your audio into a suitable playback format. The main downside of this is that <code>ResamplerDmoStream</code> introduces some additional latency to your playback. It also required an ugly hack where we made the resampler on one thread to check it worked, but had to make it again on the playback thread due to not being able to use the same COM object across threads.</p> <p>The good news is that at some point in the last 14 years, the <a href="">AUDCLNT_STREAMFLAGS_AUTOCONVERTPCM</a> flag was added, instructing WASAPI to handle the sample rate conversion itself.</p> <p>I tried this out and it works really well. In NAudio, with <code>WasapiOut</code>, it will simply use the built in sample rate conversion, meaning playback should be faster and more responsive. And with <code>WasapiCapture</code>, you will finally be able to pick the format you want - so if you'd like to capture 16kHz mono audio, you can do that.</p> <p>The one caveat is that <strong>exclusive mode</strong> playback (as opposed to "shared mode" which is the default) doesn't support sample rate conversion, which makes sense. You're using exclusive mode because you want the fastest and most direct route and you're willing to provide audio in the right format. NAudio actually will still insert the <code>ResamplerDmoStream</code> for you in this scenario, but I'm considering removing that and providing some bit depth conversion helpers that let you work with exclusive mode but require you to provide audio at the correct sample rate.</p> <p>If you'd like to try out this new capability, it's currently in the <a href="">2.1.0-beta.1 release of NAudio</a>. That's because I've also been experimenting a bit with the target frameworks used by the packages to try to resolve some pain point about .NET 6 apps needing to specify <code>net6.0-windows</code> even if you had no plans to use the Windows-specific parts of NAudio. I need to do some more testing before it goes live.</p> <p>But in summary, it's great that we finally have this feature that I think should have been in WASAPI from day one. It means that <code>WasapiOut</code> and <code>WasapiCapture</code> can finally be the primary recommended way of playing and recording audio with NAudio on Windows, and the older <code>WaveOut</code>, <code>WaveOutEvent</code>, <code>WaveIn</code> and <code>WaveInEvent</code> classes that use the legacy Windows audio APIs are now effectively obsoleted by this change.</p> | http://feeds.feedburner.com/markdotnet | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | refinedweb | 10,204 | 51.48 |
Hi !
I would like to implement an access control in jackrabbit.
To store the privileges on each file/folder/linkedFiles I'd like to make the
following child nodes :
[nt:privilegedFile] > nt:file
[nt:privilegedFolder] > nt:folder
[nt:privilegedLinkedFile] > nt:linkedFile
Both will have an owner property, a list of subjects with reading rights and
another list of subjects with writing rights.
It would become the new default type of node used during a data import in
the repository.
Is it a right way to directly inherit from nt:folder or should i use another
namespace ? ?
I would like, if you are interested in my work, to commit these change to
jackrabbit as soon as it is functional.
I've seen that the RFC3253 as been implemented in the webdav server, so i
can later add the real rights showing in the propfind.
So I would like to have your point of view on the question so that i can
implement it the right way
Thanks .
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Muniak julien | http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jackrabbit-dev/200605.mbox/%3C63f34a630605280255t4aa31777g6fc879f3c6f7d2bf@mail.gmail.com%3E | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | refinedweb | 168 | 57.2 |
A Swift library for caching items to the filesystem (using SQLite by default).
A
PersistentCache is a view into a cache storage that uses specifically typed keys and values. It will use an in memory cache for fast access of commonly used data. And because the memory cache is type specific, it can be even faster than a more general cache implimentation.
PersistentCache optionally has a
CacheStorage that it uses to persist it’s data accross app launches, or even accross memory warnings. By default this is set to the shared
SQLiteCacheStorage. Persistent storage converts all keys to strings and all values to data using
Codable.
Concurrency
Caches and storages are thread safe. Each cache uses it’s own serial queue, so that different caches can operate independently of each other while remaining internally consistent. When a cache only needs to access it’s in memory store, it can do so in parallel with other caches. When it needs to access a store it will do so serially. As much work is done asynchronously as possible. For instance, when setting a new value the memory cache is updated immidiately so that subsequent request for that data will be correct, but is asynchronously written to disk.
Usage
struct Message: Codable { var id: UUID = UUID() var createdAt: Date = Date() var body: String = "" } let cache = PersistentCache<UUID, [Message]>() let roomID = UUID() if let cached = cache[roomID] { // show cached messages } else { // load them some expensive way cache[roomID] = (0..<10).map({ Message(body: String($0)) }) }
Creating a cache:
Often you only need to specify the key and value types. However you can also include a cache storage and namespace:
let cache = PersistentCache<UUID, [Message]>(storage: customStorage, namespace: "com.example.app")
Using custom storage can be useful either to use a different storage method or to parallize storage between caches.
A namespace is very useful to avoid name collisions between multiple caches.
Access values
The simplest way to access cache data is to use subscripts.
let value = cache[key] cache[key] = value
This will use the memory cache if possible, or access storage if needed.
You can also access data using cache items:
let value = cache[item: key] cache[item: key] = Item(value, expiresIn: 60 * 60)
This is mostly valuable to set an expiration date for the value. Regular subscript will ignore an expired item, so in practice it should be rare that you need to get an item directly.
Various fetch metohds exist to do a find or update on the cache:
cache.fetch(key, fallback: { value })
This is a basic wrapper around subscript access. The other fetch methods perform lookup asynchronously:
cache.fetch(key, queue: .main) { value in // use value (possibly nil) } cache.fetch(key, queue: .main, fallback: { value }) { value in // use value (never nil) }
These methods will first check the memory cache for data and if present, call completion immediately without dispatching to another thread. However if needed, they will asynchronously load data from storage on a background queue.
Patterns
It can be a good idea for testing and flexibility to have your cache passed in on creation:
class Foo { let cache: PersistentCache<UUID, String>? init(cache: PersistentCache<UUID, String>? = PersistentCache(namespace: "Foo")) { self.cache = cache } } let fooA = Foo(cache: PersistentCache(storage: custom)) let fooA = Foo(cache: PersistentCache(storage: nil)) let fooB = Foo(cache: nil)
Notice that the cache is optional. If a test or a user of a framework wants to disable caching completely they can pass nil for the cache. Or to disable persistent storage and only use in memory caching, they can pass in a cache with no backing storage. And finally, if they want to use a custom storage method, they can pass in a cache with their specific storage class.
Latest podspec
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I am new here and I am in general a beginner in programming and Python. I hope my questions will not become too trivial.
So, the exercise is:
You are supposed to learn to transverse (look at all the elements) in a simple list. In the given framework the code for creating a chained list is written The important thing to remember in this exercise is how to link elements together. This is very common in object-oriented programming. The trick when making a chained list, is to connect several objects of the same class, so that every object has a reference (link) to another object (the next object'). If you so, at any place, save a referance to the first object in the chain (the next object that has not been linked to any other objects), you have a starting point to transverse the whole list of objectsr.
Input consists of whole numbers separated by a break line. Your program is supposed to put these in a chained list, transverse the chained list, and print the highest number.
Input example:
54
37
100
123
1
54
Output should be:
123
Framework:
- Code: Select all
class cube:
weight = None
next = None
def __init__(self, vekt):
self.weight = vekt
self.next = None
def trace(cube):
# WRITE YOUR CODE HERE
# Creating a chained list
first = None
last = None
for line in stdin:
previous_last = last
last = cube(int(line))
if first == None:
first = last
else:
previous_last.next = last
# Calling the solution function and printing the result
print trace(first)
We don't have to use the framework to find the solution.
Ok, first of all, I don't really understand the framework. I think I understand the the class "Cube" is creating a cube and initializing the values of weight and next. What I don't understand is how the chained list is getting created. Especially after the part previous_last = last.
I was wondering if perhaps someone could give me a few hints as to how to understand the framework? I would also appreciate, in case nobody wants to baby me through too many steps, if someone could recommend to me what to learn in order to understand this. For example, I figured that I should learn about object oriented programming in Python, so I checked out a few tutorials on YouTube, It made me understand what classes and objects are, but I still have a hard time understanding the framework even after knowing that.
I appreciate your time and help
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Never heard of EDE before. Looks refreshingly light and simple. Probably hard to beat something like Fluxbox in terms of speed, but this looks much easier to adjust to for someone coming from windows.
Hmm. I would never be able to guess what UI they're influenced by... Personally, I think one version of xpde is enough. But if the developers feel that another operating system that looks exactly like MS Windows is what the Linux world needs, that's their perogative. Personally, I've never liked the FLTK API, I'm more of a Qt guy (although I still love Be's APIs) when it comes to APIs. But whatever. To each his/her own.
Never heard of EDE before
Hmm.. For those not yet knowing Xwinman, you can find a pretty comprehensive list and some short reviews of the alternative desktop environments (including EDE) and window managers for X here:
Windows 98/2000 users should feel right at home in this non spectacular but functional desktop.
I really wish people would be more creative and stop copying the Windows look and feel. Yes, making it look like Windows makes it more familiar and hence more attractive, but it's boring!! Do something (dare I say) unique?!?!
Aside from the eFLTK portion of this project, it looks alot like XPDE and ICEWM.
The effort would be alot better spent on other more robust WM's, but I'm not one to judge. Who knows this could turn into a very usable DE, like XFCE. Good luck to the developers, and keep up the hardwork.
The bit that made me think this project has a use is its very small footprint - apparently it uses less ram than an xterm session, but looks like it has quite a bit of functionality. Only problem is the win95 look
Simple I guess.
maybe they should merge? that said XPDE looks dead now... same for Ark Linux.
I love the professional Windows 2000 look and at least their widgets are not gigantic unlike KDE and GNOME's where three controls such as a text field and a button and a combo box will take 70% of the screen real estate forcing you to use max resolution just so that everything fits on the screen.
... a good acronym... and EDE is a cool acronym.
This looks like a very interesting project to me. I'm always looking for lightweight window managers/environments for my old 233mhz laptop and EDE looks like its worth trying. Right now I'm switching between fluxbox, openbox, and icewm. It really depends on how I feel that day as to which WM to use. Now I can add EDE to the list. I agree with some of the others tho, I could do without the standard win95 look. Perhaps someone will implement a theme or different window manager look into it. That'd be swell.
To those who just post and whinning without knowing the actual information, I wish to inform that EDE came a lot earlier than XPDE. Maybe XPDE look nicer but EDE are faster.
I believe if Qt should follow FLTK in term of lean and fast aspect but for sure eFLTK need some work on the look.
Another copy of Windows(R). At this pace there will never be inovation in the Linux(R) world. If devs like so much to copy Windows interfaces, why not copy Apples(R) Aqua(TM) for a change. Lets also copy Quartz(TM) and ditch the stupid XServer. It's not that imposible to emulate the cool Aqua(TM) interface. If people can write cool OpenGL code for games, I'm sure they can get it donne for a desktop. Just my 2 cents.
I won't defend cloning a Windows UI, but it should be said that XPDE aims to clone WinXP while EDE obviously clones Win9x. Also, I think XPDE needs more system power than EDE; much like the OS's they clone. I don't see the two projects occupying the same space.
Regarding Ark, it's very much alive, the development just isn't getting the media attention it once did. Being a user friendly distribution, I think it's a smart move not to attract the media with too many alphas that aren't near ready for their target.
Yes, because, thanks to two DE projects cloning the Windows UI, there's absolutely no innovation in the GNU/Linux world. And, again because of these two projects, no other project has borrowed elements from MacOS, 10 or earlier. No, Gnome and XFCE simply don't exist.
And you're right, let's replace the X Server with a rendering system that runs like absolute crap on anything less than a gigahertz processor with 512MB of RAM and a rather fast graphics card. That's a great idea, let's tell millions of users that they don't matter because their computers aren't fast enough. Hey, it's obviously worked for Apple!
Another copy of Windows(R). At this pace there will never be inovation in the Linux(R) world.
I don't get what you mean by that, but there are only a few copy of Windows(R) regarding window managers, and it's not popular or widely used. It might help newbies who in transition from Windows, but once they get used to window/desktop managers like Windowmaker, Fluxbox, XFCE4 and etc-- they won't go back. I have tried a handful of copy of Windows(R); didn't find it useful. Oh yeah, there're innovations.
built and installed eFLTK, no problem:
./configure --enable-xft --enable-static --disable-nls --disable-unixODBC --disable-mysql
attempting to build EDE however:
./configure (no problem)
gmake
---
Going to common...
Compiling aboutdialog.cpp...
aboutdialog.cpp: In function `void showCopyingInfo()':
/home/$user/local/include/efltk/Fl_Util.h:58: error: too many arguments to function `int fl_start_child_process(char*)'
aboutdialog.cpp:11: error: at this point in file
gmake[1]: *** [aboutdialog.o] Error 1
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
My fault! I grabbed eFLTK 2.0.1 instead of 2.0.4 (note to developers, interface changes should not take place between subversions. 2.0.x should be bugfixes with the same interfaces. 2.1.x versus 2.0.x might warrant an interface change, although strict library developers usually leave interface changes for the major version only)
eFLTK - ./configure --disable-mysql --disable-unixODBC --disable-nls --enable-xft --with-x && gmake && gmake install
EDE - ./configure --enable-optimize --disable-nls --disable-silent && gmake && gmake install
Worked like a charm - great job EDE guys!
mine fails on ./configure
config.status: error: cannot find input file: efltk.spec.in
I just extracted efltk-2.0.4.tar.bz2 and go to its directory and type ./configure
Well, I don't know what to do from here, where do I find this file
"Personally, I've never liked the FLTK API, I'm more of a Qt guy"
Why? FLTK API is clean, fast and C++ strict (without MOCs, pre-processors or crypt macros; it uses namespaces, exceptions, etc.).
"mine fails on ./configure
config.status: error: cannot find input file: efltk.spec.in
"
I have the exactly same problem
. I tried to Google for it but could not find an answer. I would really like to try EDE on my old P233MMx Slackware 10.0 box.
Do:
touch efltk.spec.in
and then:
./configure
make
make install
hope it works
exactly so.
EDE is programmed in C++ with an extended version of FLTK2 and is intended to be a DE. It looks a lot like windows and maybe it is supposed to, who knows what its going to look like 2 or 3 years from now.
IceWM is also programmed in C++ but doesn't use a preexisting toolkit. It doesn't try to be a DE, and is made to be a lot like OS/2.
XPDF is programmed in Object Pascal (Kylix) and uses CLX. Since Kylix is discontinued and CLX isn't really used anywhere else I don't see a bright future for XPDF.
I dunno, I never really got "into" it. Not that it matters much anyway. I'm a horrible GUI designer.
Efltk compiled and installed worked. But, with Ede, during compilation, I get this error:
snip
Going to edewm...
Linking edewm
/usr/local/lib/libefltk.a(Fl_WM.static.o)(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `_XA_NET_SUPPORTED'
Winhints.o(.bss+0x2c): first defined here
/usr/local/lib/libefltk.a(Fl_WM.static.o)(.bss+0x4): multiple definition of `_XA_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK'
and so on....
I ran ldconfig after compiling efltk.
"Do:
touch efltk.spec.in
"..."
hope it works
"
Thanks a lot
. It worked, I'm compiling eFLTK right now and hoping that everything works. Why didnt I thought that my self... *me stupid*
Well
touch efltk.spec.in workd
Thanks for that. efltk-2.0.4 has been compiled and installed but nowwww.....
I try to run ./configure in ede's directory and after a while I get
You don't have efltk installed. To compile Ede, you will needit.
But I did install it so I don't know what's going on. Should I add something in the PATH variable? May be it can't see it if it's searching the PATH. Then also, on their web site it says:
you can just run ./build.gcc script, which will do usually preparations; but /build.gcc does not exist.
also, (NOTE: before running ./configure, you must run aclocal, autoconf, and automake commands);
aclocal does not exist and I don't what it is, the rest:
root@yos ede # autoconf
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/bin/m4
root@yos ede # automake
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/bin/m4
automake: autoconf failed with exit status: 1
I think I will give up on this unless someone gives me some tips and I can try out.
If devs like so much to copy Windows interfaces, why not copy Apples(R) Aqua(TM) for a change.
In which way exactly does this project copy Windows
interfaces in your opinion? Or, better question, what exactly do you understand is an "interface"?
I personally like this "interface concept". Compliments to EDE team.
I dont care about "DE too similar to Win9X/XP".. WTF, I just want a nice DE.
Even a cursory overview shows many more "light" environments out there then "cutting edge"...yet everyone seems to think its groundbreaking when someone "finally gets it" and builds a light environment. Duh, there are like 20 already.
There are prettier light-weight window managers/environments -- XFCE and Rox come to mind, but this is basic and gets the job done. It would be familiar to migrating Windows users. Nothing wrong with that. Most window widget sets have functions for minimizing, closing, expanding, windowshading, closing, etc., and are going to create similar windows. No one bitches that NeXT windows look an awful lot like MS Windows widgets.
I personally use Win2K Pro, OSX Panther, and Gnome on Gentoo.
Grow up people. If you don't like it, don't use it, or better yet, if you don't approve, then don't watch. | http://www.osnews.com/comments/9618 | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | refinedweb | 1,872 | 76.42 |
Opened 3 years ago
Closed 17 months ago
Last modified 6 months ago
#12919 closed bug (fixed)
Equality not used for substitution
Description (last modified by ).
Change History (26)
comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by
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Richard, could you look at this? It's an outright bug. I had a look and my brain melted.
- We seem to be flattening a type
((f::*) |> Sym D:R:VC[0]), where I think
axiom D:R:VC[0] :: VC Z ~ TypeBut the result of this flattening seems to be
((f:*) |> D:R:VC[0]), which is plainly wrong.
- I don't understand the code
flatten_one (CastTy ty g) = do { (xi, co) <- flatten_one ty ; (g', _) <- flatten_co g ; return (mkCastTy xi g', castCoercionKind co g' g) }It seems suspicious that the evidence returned by
flatten_cois discarded.
flatten_cois inadequately commented. Perhaps
If r is a role co :: s ~r t flatten_co co = (fco, kco) then fco :: fs ~r ft fs, ft are flattened types kco :: (fs ~r ft) ~N# (s ~r t)But I'm really not sure.
- The
flatten_one (CastTy ty g)plan seems quite baroque when applied to
((f::*) |> D:R:VC[0]). Apparently, in
flatten_cowe
- Take the coercion
D:R:VC[0], and flatten its from-type
*, and its to-type
VC Z.
- Flattening its to-type uses
Sym D:R:VC[0]to produce
*again.
- So we end up with
Refl ; D:R:VC[0] : Sym D:R:VC[0], which seems a bit of a waste.
Generally, could you add a note about flattening
(t |> g)?
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by
comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by
comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by
While I don't see what's going wrong here -- and something surely is -- I'm not as concerned about
flatten_co. The second return value from the function is always ignored and should indeed be removed. It is a coercion relating the output coercion to the input, as constructed by
mkProofIrrelCo. (Yes, this is a coercion relating two coercions.) These coercions are cheap to make, as any two coercions proving the same proposition are considered equal.
Is this holding you up today? Or is it OK to wait a few weeks? I see the "highest" priority and will surely fix for 8.2.
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by
It's not holding me up, but presumably it's holding int-index up, and outright Lint bugs seem so egregious that I try to fix them fast.
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by
In 41ec722d/ghc:
comment:8 Changed 3 years ago by
comment:9 Changed 2 years ago by
Goldfire, is there still a chance that this will happen for 8.2?
comment:10 Changed 2 years ago by
I hate to say so, but I doubt it. Fixing this requires making some substantive changes to the flattener (specifically, changing "flattened types have flattened kinds" to "flattening does not change a type's kind"). Making this change in the presence of tycons with kind polymorphism will require some delicate work. It will all add up to more time than I have, I'm afraid. Merging the far simpler D3315 and D3316 patches seems to be hard enough these days. (Though I've finally figured out that my compilation server is acting unreliably, taking up more of my time than I have to offer. Will continue to work locally to get those patches in.)
comment:11 Changed 2 years ago by
Alright, bumping off to 8.4.
comment:12 Changed 2 years ago by
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comment:14 Changed 2 years ago by
In 8e15e3d3/ghc:
comment:15 Changed 2 years ago by
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comment:17 Changed 22 months ago by
See also #14441, which may be fixed when we commit Phab:D3848.
comment:18 Changed 22 months ago by
comment:19 Changed 22 months ago by
For the record: this patch should fix this ticket, #13643, #13822, #14024, #14126, #14038, #13910, #13938. It's hard for me to say how it affects #14441, but Simon's analysis suggests that the problem stems from this ticket as well.
The ticket is held up because of some performance trouble, but we'll get it in eventually.
comment:20 Changed 20 months ago by
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A brief status update on this: Richard presented me with a patch fixing this a few months ago, giving me the task to reduce its footprint on compiler performance. He provided a few possible avenues for inquiry, a few of which I have explored. The result can be found on the
wip/T12919 branch. Unfortunately more performance improvement is necessary as several compiler performance testcases are still regressing in allocations by >50%.
Sadly, I have recently lacked the time to dig back into the issue. Alex Vieth will be picking up the task shortly.
comment:22 Changed 18 months ago by
comment:23 Changed 17 months ago by
In e3dbb44f/ghc:
comment:24 Changed 17 months ago by
In b47a6c3/ghc:
comment:25 Changed 17 months ago by
At long, long last, this is put to bed.
comment:26 Changed 6 months ago by
In 2b90356d/ghc:
Running the test actually resulted in a Core Lint error: | https://trac.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12919 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | refinedweb | 894 | 69.21 |
Hello again,
despite having built a Xen 4.13 with just Python3 on a
Linux From Scratch system,
specifically
and booted into the Dom0 (Linux 5.5.3, GCC 9.2.0, Python 3.8.1)
without issue, in coming to boot up a DomU, I get the following
terse message
~ # cat /var/log/xen/bootloader.3.log
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/xen/bin/pygrub", line 21, in <module>
import xen.lowlevel.xc
SystemError: bad call flags
~ #
in the wake of these messages during the xl cretate's pygrub boot:
libxl: error: libxl_bootloader.c:648:bootloader_finished: Domain
3:bootloader failed - consult logfile /var/log/xen/bootloader.3.log
libxl: error: libxl_exec.c:117:libxl_report_child_exitstatus:
bootloader [766] exited with error status 1
libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1420:domcreate_rebuild_done: Domain
3:cannot (re-)build domain: -3
libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1177:libxl__destroy_domid: Domain
3:Non-existant domain
libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1131:domain_destroy_callback: Domain
3:Unable to destroy guest
libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1058:domain_destroy_cb: Domain
3:Destruction of domain failed
libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:40:libxl__domain_type: unable to get domain
type for domid=3
xl: unable to exec console client: No such file or directory
libxl: error: libxl_exec.c:117:libxl_report_child_exitstatus: console
child [767] exited with error status 1
There's a suggestion out on the interweb thing that these
SystemError: bad call flags
are something to do with Python 3.8, as in this thread I found
when searching for the above:
-------
It's a bug in the Python binding of libcomps. I proposed a fix upstream:
Extract:
> In Python 3.7, import didn't check descriptor flags (METH_KEYWORDS):
> these flags were only checked when the methods were called.
>
> In Python 3.8, the flags are checked at soon as the module is imported,
> which prevents the module to be imported.
-------
Is that likely to be what i am seeing?
I had a gander at
tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xc/xc.c
tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xs/xc.c
but it's not obvious to me where, presumably in,
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
#define INITERROR return NULL
PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_xc(void)
#else
#define INITERROR return
PyMODINIT_FUNC initxc(void)
#endif
{
I could start to "play around" with any "descriptor flags"
Any pointers welcome, including "it's not a Python 3.8 thing,
you idiot" responses,
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I am trying to customize my Mediawiki Seach in $server['PHPSELF']. I would like to ask your help. I use mediawiki 1.18, wamp server, mysql.I can index page list like this.
$query = "select page_title from page where page_namespace = 0";
But i don't know how to make a query for search..Thanks in advance
Hi. Here is what you may use for search.
$search = $_REQUEST['search'];//just filter this data$query = "select page_title from page where FIELD_NAME LIKE '%".$search."%' ";
Don't do that -- you really should sanitize the input as well as use parameterized queries. Only you can prevent SQL injections.
As for free-text search queries, if you want to be effective over a large amount of source data you typically don't use SQL or at least use a full text engine within SQL. No idea what mediawiki's internal structures look like so I can't give more specific advice. | https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/query-selection-for-search-engine/19799 | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | refinedweb | 155 | 77.33 |
below is my code, im stuck with the smallest number and it didnt even turn out right.. nid help please!
#include <iostream> using namespace std; #define maxsize 10 int main() { int small, temp, i, j, n, list[maxsize]; cout<<"\n--You are prompted to enter your list size.--"; cout<<"\n--Then, for your list size, you are prompted to enter--"; cout<<"\n--the element of your list.--"; cout<<"\nEnter your list size: "; cin>>n; for(i=0; i<n; i++) { cout<<"Enter list's element #"<<i<<"-->"; cin>>list[i]; } for(i=1; i<n; i++) { if(small>list[i]) small=list[i]; } cout<<"the smallest value in the given array is = "<<small<<endl; return 0; }
ModEdit: added code tags:
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Bus for anyblok
Project description
AnyBlok / bus
Improve AnyBlok to add comunication with bus.
AnyBlok / Bus is released under the terms of the Mozilla Public License.
See the latest documentation
Usage
Declare a new consumer
In an AnyBlok Model you have to decorate a method with bus_consumer
from anyblok_bus import bus_consumer from anyblok import Declarations from .schema import MySchema @Declarations.register(Declarations.Model) class MyModel: @bus_consumer(queue_name='name of the queue', schema=MySchema()) def my_consumer(cls, body): # do something
The schema must be an instance of marshmallow.Schema, see the marshmallow documentation
Note
The decorated method become a classmethod with always the same prototype (cls, body) body is the desarialization of the message from the queue by the schema.
Publish a message through rabbitmq
The publication is done by registry.Bus.publish method:
registry.Bus.publish('exchange', 'routing_key', message, mimestype)
if the message have not be send, then an exception is raised
..warning:
A profile must be defined and selected by the AnyBlok configuration **bus_profile**
Front Matter
Information about the AnyBlok / Bus_bus
Installation via source distribution is via the setup.py script:
python setup.py install
Installation will add the anyblok commands to the environment.
Script
anyblok_bus add console_script to launch worker. A worker consume a queue defined by the decorator anyblok_bus.bus_consumer:
anyblok_bus -c anyblok_config_file.cfg
..note:: The profile name in the configuration is used to find the correct url to connect to rabbitmq
Dependencies
AnyBlok / Bus works with Python >= 3.4 and later and pika >= 1.0.1. The install process will ensure that AnyBlok is installed, in addition to other dependencies. The latest version of them is strongly recommended.
Contributors
- Jean-Sébastien Suzanne
- Florent Jouatte
- Julien SZKUDLAPSKI
- Jean-Sébastien Suzanne
Bugs
Bugs and feature enhancements to AnyBlok should be reported on the Issue tracker.
CHANGELOG
1.2.0 (2019-06-24)
Update version to use pika >= 1.0.1
Fixed Multiple consumer on the same model
Refactored bus console script, Added processes parameter on bus_consumer. The goal is to define processes for one queue, by default all the queues are in the same process
Add better logging when a queue is missing. If a queue is missing, then workers won’t start.
Added adapter parameter to transform bus message, the schema attribute become now a simple kwargs argument give to adapter.
The adapter is not required.
Note
To keep the compatibility, if no adapter is defined with a schema then the adapter is schema_adapter
1.1.0 (2018-09-15)
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This post is about malicious race conditions and data races. Malicious race conditions are race conditions that cause the breaking of invariants, blocking issues of threads, or lifetime issues of variables.
At first, let me remind you, what a race condition is.
That's fine as starting point. A race condition can break the invariant of a program.
In the last post Race Conditions and Data Races, I use the transfer of money between two accounts to show a data race. There was a benign race condition involved. To be honest, there was also a malicious race condition.
The malicious race condition breaks an invariant of the program. The invariant is, that the sum of all balances should always have the same amount. Which is in our case is 200 because each account starts with 100 (1). For simplicity reason, the unit should be euro. Neither I want to create money by transferring it nor I want to destroy it.
// breakingInvariant.cpp
#include <atomic>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
struct Account{
std::atomic<int> balance{100}; // 1
};
void transferMoney(int amount, Account& from, Account& to){
using namespace std::chrono_literals;
if (from.balance >= amount){
from.balance -= amount;
std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ns); // 2
to.balance += amount;
}
}
void printSum(Account& a1, Account& a2){
std::cout << (a1.balance + a2.balance) << std::endl; // 3
}
int main(){
std::cout << std::endl;
Account acc1;
Account acc2;
std::cout << "Initial sum: ";
printSum(acc1, acc2); // 4
std::thread thr1(transferMoney, 5, std::ref(acc1), std::ref(acc2));
std::thread thr2(transferMoney, 13, std::ref(acc2), std::ref(acc1));
std::cout << "Intermediate sum: ";
std::thread thr3(printSum, std::ref(acc1), std::ref(acc2)); // 5
thr1.join();
thr2.join();
thr3.join();
// 6
std::cout << " acc1.balance: " << acc1.balance << std::endl;
std::cout << " acc2.balance: " << acc2.balance << std::endl;
std::cout << "Final sum: ";
printSum(acc1, acc2); // 8
std::cout << std::endl;
}
At the begin,.
Only to make my point clear. You have to use a condition variable in combination with a predicate. For the details read my post Condition Variables. If not, your program may become the victim of a spurious wakeup or lost wakeup.
If you use a condition variable without a predicate, it may happen that the notifying thread sends it notification before the waiting thread is in the waiting state. Therefore, the waiting thread waits forever. That phenomenon is called a lost wakeup.
Here is the program.
// conditionVariableBlock.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <mutex>
#include <thread>
std::mutex mutex_;
std::condition_variable condVar;
bool dataReady;
void waitingForWork(){
std::cout << "Worker: Waiting for work." << std::endl;
std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lck(mutex_);
condVar.wait(lck); // 3
// do the work
std::cout << "Work done." << std::endl;
}
void setDataReady(){
std::cout << "Sender: Data is ready." << std::endl;
condVar.notify_one(); // 1
}
int main(){
std::cout << std::endl;
std::thread t1(setDataReady);
std::thread t2(waitingForWork); // 2
t1.join();
t2.join();
std::cout << std::endl;
}
The first invocations of the program work fine. The second invocation locks because the notify call (1) happens before the thread t2 (2) is in the waiting state (3).
Of course, deadlocks and livelocks are other effects of race conditions. A deadlock depends in general on the interleaving of the threads and my sometimes happen or not. A livelock is similar to a deadlock. While a deadlock blocks, I livelock seems to make progress. The emphasis lies on seems. Think about a transaction in a transactional memory use case. Each time the transaction should be committed, a conflict happens. Therefore a rollback takes place. Here is my post about Transactional Memory.
Showing lifetime issues of variables is not so challenging.
The recipe of a lifetime issue is quite simple. Let the created thread run in the background and you are half done. That means the creator thread will not wait until its child is done. In this case, you have to be extremely careful that the child is not using something belonging to the creator.
// lifetimeIssues.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
int main(){
std::cout << "Begin:" << std::endl; // 2
std::string mess{"Child thread"};
std::thread t([&mess]{ std::cout << mess << std::endl;});
t.detach(); // 1
std::cout << "End:" << std::endl; // 3
}
This is too simple. The thread t is using std::cout and the variable mess. Both belong to the main thread. The effect is that we don't see the output of the child thread in the second run. Only "Begin:" (2) and "End:" (3) are displayed.
I want to emphasise it very explicitly. All the programs in this post are up to this point without a data race. You know is was my idea to write about race conditions and data races. They are a related, but different concept.
I can even create a data race without a race condition.
But first, let me remind you, what a data race is.
// addMoney.cpp
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>
struct Account{
int balance{100}; // 1
};
void addMoney(Account& to, int amount){
to.balance += amount; // 2
}
int main(){
std::cout << std::endl;
Account account;
std::vector<std::thread> vecThreads(100);
// 3
for (auto& thr: vecThreads) thr = std::thread( addMoney, std::ref(account), 50);
for (auto& thr: vecThreads) thr.join();
// 4
std::cout << "account.balance: " << account.balance << std::endl;
std::cout << std::endl;
}
100 threads are adding 50 euro (3) to the same account (1). They use the function addMoney. The key observation is, that the writing to the account is done without synchronisation. Therefore we have a data race and no valid result. That is undefined behaviour and the final balance (4) differs between 5000 and 5100 euro.
I often hear at concurrency conference discussions about the terms non-blocking, lock-free, and wait-free. So let me write about these terms454
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Editor’s Note: This blog post was updated in August 2021 with relevant information that addresses common errors developers experience when using GitLab OAuth, as well as when naming files to create a dynamic API route with NextAuth.js.
Authentication is the act of proving that someone is who they say they are, such as confirming the identity of a user in an application, for example. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to implement authentication in Next.js apps using NextAuth.js.
What is NextAuth.js?
NextAuth.js is a library specifically designed to handle authentication solutions in Next.js apps. According to the documentation, “NextAuth.js is a complete open-source authentication solution for Next.js applications. It is designed from the ground up to support Next.js and Serverless.”
Prerequisites for building an authorization API for Next
To follow along with this tutorial, you’ll need the following:
- A basic understanding of React
- A basic understanding of MongoDB or any other database
- A basic understanding of how authentication works
Nice-to-haves:
- Prior experience with the Next.js framework
Building an authentication API with NextAuth.js
In this tutorial, we are going to build a basic authentication API using the built-in Next.js API routes. The authentication will consist of a passwordless email sign-in and open authentication with Google. Then we’ll look into securing API endpoints and protected pages.
All the code written in this tutorial is available on this GitHub repository.
Scaffolding the application
Next.js has a handy CLI we can use to generate a starter project. To begin, install the CLI globally:
npm install -g create-next-app
Now, create a new Next.js app:
create-next-app next-authentication
When prompted to choose a template, choose the default starter app option and hit enter to continue.
Now change the directory to the newly created project folder:
cd next-authentication
Then, start the development server:
yarn dev
This should start the development server at.
Creating environment variables in Next
Because we are going to work with several credentials, we need to hide them. Create a new file at the root of the project folder called
.env.local and paste in this snippet:
NEXTAUTH_URL=
Notice that this is the same as the URL of our development server. If you have yours running on another port, then replace it. We’ll populate this file as we progress.
Setting up NextAuth.js
In this step, we are going to install the
next-auth dependency and use API routes. API routes in Next.js allow us to create API endpoints without creating a custom server.
API routes run on one server during development, and when deployed, are deployed as sever-less functions that run independently of each other. Learn more about API routes in the documentation.
Installing the
next-auth dependency
Install
next-auth by running the snippet below:
yarn add next-auth npm install next-auth
Creating a dynamic API route
Create a new file called
[…nextauth].js in
pages/api/auth and paste this snippet into the newly created file:
// pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js import NextAuth from 'next-auth' const options = { site: process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL } export default (req, res) => NextAuth(req, res, options)
Make sure that you have named your file as
[...nextauth.js] and not
[...nextAuth.js]. If you do so, you will receive an
undefined error. Note how we used the spread operator in the name of the dynamic API route wrapped in square brackets. That’s because behind the scenes, all requests made to
/api/auth/* (sign-in, callback, sign-out, etc.), will automatically be handled by NextAuth.js.
The
site option is used by NextAuth.js as a base URL to work with, so all redirects and callback URLs will use as their base URL. In production, for example, this should be replaced with the base URL of your website.
Using the NextAuth.js
<Provider>
According to the documentation: “Using the supplied React
<Provider> allows instances of
useSession() to share the session object across components, by using React Context under the hood. This improves performance, reduces network calls and avoids page flicker when rendering. It is highly recommended and can be easily added to all pages in Next.js apps by using
pages/_app.js.”
So now, open
pages/_app.js and replace it with this snippet:
// pages/_app.js import { Provider } from 'next-auth/client' export default function App({ Component, pageProps }) { return ( <Provider session={pageProps.session}> <Component {...pageProps} /> </Provider> ) }
In this code, we wrapped our application with the
Provider component from NextAuth.js and passed in the session page prop. This is to avoid checking the session twice on pages that support both server and client-side rendering.
For email sign-in to work, we’ll need a database to store information about the user. As mentioned earlier, we’ll be using MongoDB as the database of choice, but feel free to use any other one.
Note: NextAuth.js requires a database if working with email sign-in. However, for OAuth, a database is not required.
Creating a MongoDB database
Because we’ll be using MongoDB, we can create a database by running the following snippet:
Enter MongoDB shell:
mongosh
Create a new database called
nextauth:
use nextauth
Adding database credentials for authentication
Our database connection string should look something like this:
mongodb://localhost:27017/nextauth.
Now open the
.env.local file and add this snippet:
DATABASE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/nextauth
The last piece necessary for the database to work is the database driver. Luckily, all we need to do now is install
mongodb as a dependency:
yarn add mongodb npm install mongodb
If you’re using any other database, install the appropriate database driver by following this link.
Adding the
Providers to NextAuth.js
NextAuth.js has a concept of providers, which define the services that can be used to sign in, such as email or OAuth.
To begin, import the
Providers module and replace the options object with the following snippet in the
pages/api/auth/[…nextauth].js:
// pages/api/auth/[…nextauth].js // ...other imports import Providers from 'next-auth/providers' const options = { site: process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL, providers: [ Providers.Email({ server: { port: 465, host: 'smtp.gmail.com', secure: true, auth: { user: process.env.EMAIL_USERNAME, pass: process.env.EMAIL_PASSWORD, }, tls: { rejectUnauthorized: false, }, }, from: process.env.EMAIL_FROM, }) ], database: process.env.DATABASE_URL }
Let’s break down what these new changes are:
First, we imported the
Providers module, which gives us access to the different providers that NextAuth.js supports. Next, we introduced a new
providers option, which is an array that takes a list of all the providers. For now, we passed the
The email provider accepts either a connection string or a configuration object similarly to using Nodemailer to take care of sending confirmation emails based on the credentials passed above.
Learn more about configuring email providers here.
Note: In the above configuration, I used my Gmail account. If you choose to use yours, then you might need to enable less secure apps. Later on, request an app password so that you can link your Gmail account with NextAuth. If not, then provide credentials from your email server.
Moving forward, the
database option takes in the connection string to our database created earlier.
From the snippet above, we referenced a few new variables, so add them by pasting this snippet in
.env.local file:
At this point, we need to restart our server to allow those new environment variables to take effect. Once that’s done, we need to navigate to to see the sign-in screen.
It should look like this:
By default, NextAuth.js comes baked with a minimal UI that shows sign-in options based on the authentication providers provided during configuration.
After submitting the form, we should be redirected to a success page and receive an email with a verification token if that’s the first sign-in with that email. If not, we’ll receive a sign-in email link.
This is what the success page should look like:
And here’s what the verification email should look like.
Clicking on the sign-in link should take us to the homepage by default.
In the next section, we’ll look at how to display the current user information. If we take a look at our database now, we’ll see a new entry with information about the signed-in user:
Handling user sessions
In this section, we’re going to use the session data to display information about the current user. It’s worth noting that, by default, NextAuth.js uses database sessions for email sign-in and JWT for OAuth.
To enable JWT when using email sign-in, we need to add that option to our API route. To do so, add this snippet to the
options object
in pages/api/[...nextauth].js:
session: { jwt: true, maxAge: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 // the session will last 30 days },
This option tells NextAuth.js to use JWT for storing user sessions, and that the session should last for 30 days. For more information about the possible options, refer to the documentation.
Now, to get the session data in our app, we either choose to use the
useSession hook on the client side or the
getSession function on the server side.
Next, open
pages/index.js and replace the current content with this snippet:
// pages/index.js import { signIn, signOut, useSession } from 'next-auth/client' export default function Page() { const [session, loading] = useSession() if (loading) { return <p>Loading...</p> } return ( <> {!session && ( <> Not signed in <br /> <button onClick={signIn}>Sign in</button> </> )} {session && ( <> Signed in as {session.user.email} <br /> <button onClick={signOut}>Sign out</button> </> )} </> ) }
In this snippet, we imported a few functions:
signOut, and
useSession. The first two, as you might have guessed, are used for signing in a user and signing out a signed-in user.
The
useSession hook returns a tuple containing the
session and a
loading state. We used the loading state to display a loading text and conditionally render a sign-in or sign-out button, as well as user data, depending on whether the user is currently signed in or not.
Here are previews of the homepage with and without a signed-in user:
Protected routes in Next
Now that we have implemented email sign-in, we can use the user session to grant or deny access to any page we want. We also have the option of doing this on the server or on the client side.
Server-side protection
To take advantage of route protection using SSR, we can use the
getSession function instead. To begin, create a new file called
dashboard.js in the
pages folder and paste the following snippet:
// pages/dashboard.js import { getSession } from 'next-auth/client' export default function Dashboard({ user }) { return ( <div> <h1>Dashboard</h1> <p>Welcome {user.email}</p> </div> ) } export async function getServerSideProps(ctx) { const session = await getSession(ctx) //if no session found(user hasn’t logged in) if (!session) { return { redirect: { destination: ‘/’, //redirect user to homepage permanent: false, } } } return { props: { user: session.user, }, } }
To server render a page in Next.js, we need to export an
async function called
getServerSideProps. This function receives a context argument, and by passing the context to the
getSession function, we get back the session. To learn more about SSR in Next, read the documentation.
If there’s no session, we simply redirect the user back to the home page, else we return an object with a
user prop. This contains user info like their email and full name.
Finally, on the
Dashboard component, we accessed the
user prop that contains the user data.
Client-side protection
To begin, create a new file called
profile.js in the
pages folder and paste this snippet:
// pages/profile.js import { useSession } from 'next-auth/client' import dynamic from 'next/dynamic' const UnauthenticatedComponent = dynamic(() => import('../components/unauthenticated') ) const AuthenticatedComponent = dynamic(() => import('../components/authenticated') ) export default function Profile() { const [session, loading] = useSession() if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && loading) return <p>Loading...</p> if (!session) return <UnauthenticatedComponent /> return <AuthenticatedComponent user={session.user} /> }
This is somewhat similar to what we had in the
pages/index.js file, but this time, we are taking advantage of code-splitting by lazy loading both the
AuthenticatedComponent and the
UnauthenticatedComponent.
Here’s a rundown of what this snippet does:
First, we imported the
useSession hook, then we imported a special function in Next.js called
dynamic. This function is what enables us to dynamically import any component. Because our app will always be in one of two states — authenticated or unauthenticated — we don’t need to import both components if only one is going to be used at a time.
Next, we destructured the
session and
session to dynamically render to the DOM.
Finally, we rendered a loading text while NextAuth.js is still loading, and either the
AuthenticatedComponent or
UnauthenticatedComponent, depending on if we have a session.
Now, create a new folder called
components and two files:
authenticated.js and
unauthenticated.js.
In
authenticated.js, paste this snippet:
// components/authenticated.js import { signOut } from 'next-auth/client' export default function Authenticated({ user }) { return ( <div> <p>You are authenticated {user.email}</p> <button onClick={signOut}>Sign Out</button> </div> ) }
In the
unauthenticated.js file, paste this snippet:
// components/unauthenticated.js import { signIn } from 'next-auth/client' export default function Unauthenticated() { return ( <div> <p>You are not authenticated</p> <button onClick={signIn}>Sign In</button> </div> ) }
In
components/authenticated.js, we imported the
signOut function and destructured the
user prop passed from
pages/profile.js. We also displayed the user data and sign out button for signing out the user.
In
components/unauthenticated.js, we displayed a message to the user. When the user clicks on the sign in button, we call the
API route protection
We can also extend our authentication service to Next.js’s API routes. It’ll be similar to what we did with server-side rendering and can be useful for allowing API access to only authenticated users.
To start, create a new file called
data.js in
pages/api and paste this snippet:
// pages/api/data.js import { getSession } from 'next-auth/client' export default async (req, res) => { const session = await getSession({ req }) if (session) { res.status(200).json({ message: 'You can access this content because you are signed in.', }) } else { res.status(403).json({ message: 'You must be sign in to view the protected content on this page.', }) } }
Any file that exports a default
async function and is created in the
page/api folder will automatically be an API route. In this case, this file will be mapped to.
In this snippet, we imported the
getSession function and passed in the request object acquired from our API route. From there, NextAuth.js takes care of reading the cookies. Finally, we returned a message to the user based on the availability of the session.
To test this, we can create a
GET request to to get back a response.
NextAuth.js has many built-in providers out of the box. Unlike the email provider, we don’t need a database to use them. In this section, we’re going to create an app on Google’s developer console and obtain our client ID and secret.
If you’re already familiar with creating apps on these platforms, then you can skip ahead to the “Handling page redirects” section.
To enable sign in with Google, we need to create a new project on the developer console, sign in with our Google account, and create a new app by clicking the NEW PROJECT button on the modal.
It should look something like this:
Next, we need to give our project a name and click the CREATE button:
Next, click on the CONFIGURE CONSENT SCREEN button:
Then, check the External checkbox, and then click the CREATE button. Here’s the screen:
For the next step, we need to give our app a name. Once that’s done, click the Save button.
Now we need to go back to the credentials page, click on the CREATE CREDENTIALS drop-down button, and choose OAuth client ID:
Select Web Application as the application type:
Fill in the form like in the screenshot below:
Here, we added our app’s base URL and the callback URL NextAuth.js expects for Google OAuth. Using another service like GitHub would mean we’d need to replace “/callback/google” with “/callback/github.”
After clicking on the CREATE button, a modal should pop up with our credentials, like so:
All we need to do now is add these as environment variables and register a new provider.
Adding Google credentials
Open the
.env.local lo file and paste this snippet:
GOOGLE_ID=YOUR_GOOGLE_ID GOOGLE_SECRET=YOUR_GOOGLE_SECRET
Adding a new provider
Open
pages/api/auth/[nextauth].js file and add this snippet in the
providers array:
Providers.Google({ clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_ID, clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET, }),
We’ll need to restart our app to see the new changes. After a restart, our sign-in page should now look like this.
With this, we should be able to log in with our Google accounts. From here on out, adding a new provider should be as easy as creating an app on the platform, obtaining credentials, and adding it to the list of providers.
Handling Page Redirects
Next.js provides a way to customize callbacks in our app. One of these callbacks is the redirect callback. This is called any time a user is redirected to a callback, such as sign in and sign out, for example.
But why do we care about this? Well, do you notice how any time we sign in, we get redirected back to the home page? Let’s change that to go to the
/profile page we created earlier.
To handle this, we’ll need to hook into NextAuth.js’
callbacks option and modify only the
redirect function. Add this snippet to the
options object in
pages/api/auth/[…nextauth].js:
// ...other options callbacks: { redirect: async (url, baseUrl) => { if (url === '/api/auth/signin') { return Promise.resolve('/profile') } return Promise.resolve('/api/auth/signin') }, },
The
redirect function takes two parameters:
url and
baseUrl. But for this example, we don’t care about the second parameter. This function also expects that we return a promise.
Now, check to see that we are currently on the sign-in page. If so, then we need to go to the
/profile page, otherwise we are sent back to the sign-in page.
Common issues
Sometimes GitLab OAuth gives a callback error. Make sure that you have enabled the
read_user and
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we learned how to implement email and OAuth authentication using Next.js and NextAuth.js in our application. In the process, we used the session data to protect pages on both the client and server sides. After reading this, hopefully adding authentication in a brand-new or existing Next.js app is now seamless.
NextAuth.js comes baked in with many features not covered in this tutorial. A great next step to take is to add more OAuth providers and customize the design of the sign-in page by following this guide._16<<
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Took me three hours of head-smashing, but I finally figured out that google wasn’t letting me log in for some reason and I solved the issue by generating an app password to use as my EMAIL_PASSWORD environment variable.
Thanks for the tutorial! I’m getting this error UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property ‘0’ of undefined when trying to visit the page
I had the same issue, just make sure you named the file properly: […nextauth].js
Reference:
Regards.
Thank you for this tutorial! I am getting this URL after the app has been authorised. I have redirecting but to no avail. NOTE: I can see that my app has been granted access to gitlab, because I am using gitlab oauth. | https://blog.logrocket.com/building-authorization-api-next-js/ | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | refinedweb | 3,344 | 57.57 |
Shake to send feedback for Android.
Shake-to-feedback plugin for Android.
Inspired by Google Maps' Shake to feedback and based on Square's seismic.
Download the latest .aar via Maven:
xml com.linkedin.shaky shaky 3.0.2
or Gradle:
implementation 'com.linkedin.shaky:shaky:3.0.2'
Add the following to your
AndroidManifest.xmlapplication tag:
Create the corresponding
res/xml/filepaths.xmlresource:
This allows files captured by Shaky to be shared with external apps. In this case, whatever app picks up the email Intent. Note: you only need these xml permissions to share files with external apps. For more information see FileProvider.
In your
Applicationsubclass:
public class ShakyApplication extends Application { @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); Shaky.with(this, new EmailShakeDelegate("[email protected]")); } }
For a complete example, see the demo app.
Your app can define custom behavior by subclassing
ShakeDelegateand implementing the
void submit(Activity, FeedbackResult)method (e.g. to send the data to a custom server endpoint).
In addition, you can implement the
Bundle collectData()to collect extra app data including device logs, user data, etc. You will also need to handle how to send the extra data collected in your
submitmethod.
If you want to programmatically trigger the feedback collection flow, rather than listening for shake events, you can call
Shaky#startFeedbackFlow()on the object returned by
Shaky.with(). See the demo app for a full example of how to do this.
You can use snapshot builds to test the latest unreleased changes. A new snapshot is published after every merge to the main branch by the Deploy Snapshot Github Action workflow.
Just add the Sonatype snapshot repository to your Gradle scripts:
gradle repositories { maven { url "" } }
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A project I'm currently doing for work involves a custom server-side component. Ordinarily I would reach straight for D and Vibe.d. (In fact, D and Vibe.d are already making development go very smoothly on a light-weight "not-a-blog" system I'm developing...at least in the rare cases I can actually spend any time on it...) Unfortunately, this project came with an unwavering pointy-hair decree that I must use either PHP or Python. (BTW, If you think you know who it was, you're probably wrong.)
Naturally I didn't hesitate to choose "Anything but PHP".
But, it's worth noting the big reason behind the "PHP or Python" limit was the usual false-dichotomy bullcrap about "getting shit done" that's frequently used by dynamic fans. About the only argument that made any sense at all was that a lot of people know PHP and Python and could pick up the codebase later (It's always nice to know you're coding your way towards expendability.)
Whatever, fine. Python it is.
So, long story short, I found this page which pointed me to some relevant libs, and I figured I'd try Flask first.
I went to download Flask (BTW, if I see one more language or lib claiming on its homepage to be "fun!", I'm gonna kill someone). But Flask showed nothing but a Linux release. WTF? I thought Python was supposed to be at least vaguely cross-platform? Searched around and found some obscure corner of the net that happened to actually explain how to install it on Windows. Ok, so I installed the prerequisite PIP, I do the "pip install flask"...and the system couldn't find PIP. More digging...Oh great, back when I had to put the Python directory into my PATH manually, despite having used an actual Python installer, I was apparently supposed to also know to add the 'Scripts' subdirectory. Clear as mud.
Fine, done. Try again...And I get some big useless "Traceback" vomit. (I swear, when trying to use Python "software", I get more "Traceback" bullshit than actual "Ok boss! Done!".) Buried in that garbage is some line of sourcecode involving a string literal mentioning something about needing a "PyFlakes". Ehh, what the hell, let's just try "pip install pyflakes". Nah, no dice, just more barf.
Meh, whatever, fuck Flask for now, let's try Bottle. Apparently it's supposed to be low-bullshit anyway, so sounds good. Wow, this one actually installs. And the "hello world" source on their website works! Hot damn, we're in business.
So I modify the hello world. And I look up how to change the content type, because I know I'm going to need to spit out binary data on this project. And...uhhh...the content type didn't fucking change. It's still spitting out 'text/html'. Errghh...So I blow nearly half an hour digging through the docs for something I may have missed, go back over my code...nothing. Try to find someplace to ask, find a buried link to a mailing list (I hate mailing lists), and start writing for help. Then, by pure chance, I happen to notice it:
from bottle import route, run, request, response @route('/foo') def index(): request.content_type = 'application/octet-stream' return 'Blah' run(host='localhost', port=8181)
Do you see the problem? I mean, aside from the flawed idea of indent-scoping and the goofy underscore_naming_convention. Yea...Obviously "content_type" is a property of the response, not the request. Of course, Python couldn't have told me 'request' didn't have a member 'content_type' and ended the matter right then and there. No, it had to string me along, doing anything except let me know something was wrong.
If this is a dynamic coder's idea of "getting shit done", then they can blow me.
Oh, sure, you never make stupid mistakes like that, right? There's a term for programmers who don't make dumb mistakes: Goddamned LIARS.
After fixing it to "response" we can still have some more fun with this:
response.content_typePOOP_SHITS_FUCK = 'application/octet-stream'
Still runs! Wrongly! Even though I'm damn certain the Bottle developers didn't put any "POOP_SHITS_FUCK" into their API.
Why the fuck should any of that even compile? That's what I hate about these dynamic turds, they happily let you do completely nonsensical shit, just for the fuck it. "Oh, but this means you can stick random extra garbage into any object you want!" Gee, great. Just what I've never wanted.
Here's another wonderful feature I never wanted:
from datetime import date ... response.content_type = date.today()
Holy hell, my content type is a fucking day and Python happily spits out the resulting gibberish. Gee, it's not a bug, it's a feature! (Hmm, happily doing the non-sensical? No wonder it's named after Monty Python[1].) "But what if you wanted to..." Lemme just stop you there. The day I want to do something like that is the day I want my head bashed in.
"But it's just doing what you clearly told it to!" Great, I see we're already forgetting something about "programmers who don't make mistakes". Now, I don't like software that second-guesses me any more than anyone else, but when I fuck up (as we all do) and tell my computer to do something that doesn't even make sense, I expect it to tell me so, not use it as an excuse to run around fucking shit up. If I hand you a gun and say "Shoot the fribstitch", I expect you to say "What the fuck is a fribstitch?", not start blasting away hoping to hit it.
So let's recap: Dynamic typing helps you "get shit done" by giving you the freedom to do useless nonsensical things, write to properties that don't even fucking exist, and generally do things that are either outright bugs or are convoluted enough to invite bugs. Then, instead of letting the compiler eliminate entire classes of these bugs, you're encouraged to take the time to write extra unittests to catch some of them instead of, you know, just "getting shit done".
If I'm gonna "get shit done", then I expect my language to help me avoid bugs, not help me make them.
[1] I am indeed a fan of Python the Monty. Just not Python the Dynamic.
41 comments for "Why I Hate Python (Or Any Dynamic Language, Really)"
LMFHO i couldn't have said it better. learning JS right now--i know, just shoot me--because i got a web app to build and there is nothing else running client side. i can't believe that we've been stuck with this garbage for more than 15 years now. i remember when netscape was pushing it. a took 1 look and my stomach heaved. that was it for me. had i not had c/c++, and later java, it would have been the monastery somewhere far away from the madness. server-side there seems to be now an inordinate amount of juvenile enthusiasm for something called node.js. thank god there is scala, akka, and typesafe. didn't know about D until yesterday. problem is, there are all these libraries available now to speed up development server-side with dynamic languages. don't know what D has, but if one has to reinvent the wheel... well you get my point.
Yea, funny thing about JS and Python: As horrible as JS is, even *it* at least has optional static type annotations in later versions of the ECMAScript spec. Python doesn't even have that.
The big server-side lib for D is Vibe.d < >. I use it and I highly recommend it. It's sorta like node.js except it doesn't suck.
D also has this set of libs: < > It's not very well documented, but it has a lot of web-related stuff, including a D server-side HTML DOM, which is very cool. I use it instead of the HTML templating engine that's built into Vibe.d.
thanks. greatly appreciated.
hey! i was wrong regarding being stuck with JS. just stumbled today onto Google's new language whose goal is to get rid of JS, at least on the front -end. the language name is: DART. at first glance, looks like a better tool than JS.
The only dynamic language I tolerate is Java. Others? Go to hell.
Is Java a dynamic language? I don't think so...
At least that's what I would have said if you asked me off-hand.
But reading wikipedia it looks like Java *could* fit into the definition of a statically typed dynamic language.
Learned something new.
I was debugging my WordPress plugin for the past 26 hours and naturally, after no progress whatsoever, I have decided to type "fuck dynamic languages" into Google, and that is how I get here.
Thank you for the article.
Python has its own cons, but mistakes you've made just make me laugh. You are shitty programmer and thats it.
@guest: For the third time, since the first two mentions were *cough* mistakenly overlooked:
"There's a term for programmers who don't make dumb mistakes: Goddamned LIARS."
What separates the good programmers from the rest, as with *any* form of engineering, is the ability and willingness to recognize that inevitable fallibility and plan for it, minimizing its impact.
All people fuck up. But the true talent are those smart enough to have already set up failsafes.
I always joke and say that you can judge a programmer by what they blame:
The novice blames the OS;
The intermediate blames the middleware (<--- you);
The craftsman blames himself.
On this whole page I found only 1 truth, and that was your sub-title:
"Inflammatory rants"...
All of the best mate.
That's an old saying and people constantly interpret it wrong.
The craftsman blames himself *because* it's his responsibility to pick the right tool (and *then* use it correctly).
Being a good craftsman is NOT about grabbing any random junk and expecting to do an adequate job with something ill-suited for the task. I don't understand where so many people keep getting such a bizarrely twisted and nonsensical interpretation.
If you drive a nail with a hammer and fail: Your fault for using the hammer wrong.
If you drive a nail with a screwdriver and fail: Your fault, but only because you made a moronic choice by selecting the screwdriver in the first place.
It doesn't matter one bit whether it's the screwdriver's fault or the craftsman's fault for picking the screwdriver. That distinction, as well as the entire blame-game it comes with, is semantic bullshittery. Doesn't matter what's to blame; what's important is that using a screwdriver to drive a nail is moronic.
...Just like using a dynamic language to write non-trivial software. And no amount of trite proverbs, let alone misinterpreted ones, can change that.
Thank you so much for the good laugh.
After spending an entire afternoon trying to figure out why Mr. Python kept evaluating to True the critical "If x < y:" line in my code, regardless of x's and y's values of course, I finally nailed it: x was a good old float but y was a.. string. My bad, ok, i'll admit to forgetting the appropriate type casting. I suppose strings are implictly valued to 0 or something so comparing numbers with them can "get the fuck done"...
Boiling with wrath (unlegitimate I'm sure, easy, easy Python Ayatollahs), I decided for some reason to try and soothe it down by googling "Python is ****" which brought me to your fribstitch article... Hilarious and thoughtful.
Google fuck Python. Was not disappointed.
Oh and I almost forget :
Yes... they both are shitty languages but Python is even much more slower than PHP >_<
Python was made by crazy monkeys ...
I feel your pain!
You've just described my Python experience.
But look at the bright side
While it allows you to write bull shit code, it will force you
to indent it correctly.
> While it allows you to write bull shit code, it will force you
to indent it correctly.
Hah! I like that! :)
I found the article as others have mentioned, and it likewise made me smile :). Perhaps I am too dumb or haven't really given Python an opportunity, but I too feel the same. Programming languages, in the first place, serve to offer concepts over the raw stream of bytes; what's the purpose of a language without strict types, that allows for such nonsensical, non-obvious behaviour? With SCons I already had some problems, and the same happened for some simple tools that I decided to implement with Python that ended up not being so simple. It seems as if what you get with the 'dynamic' part is what you later pay guessing how some trivial things are happening. For now, I'll keep with C++ :).
(Again, this is just my current feeling. I realize that I might not have had a real experience with Python, and that it could change.)
Python was intended as an educational language and so on every opportunity it gets it tries to make you limp along to a new enlightmentment.
Getting shit down isn't even remotely in the scope and nor is getting you just the info you need to fix your error.
This is surely awesome if all you do is sit at some university getting knowledge stuffed up your ass.
In other contexts, it can be a bit bewildering why you're told there was an unexpected end of the line, and that that occured while it was scanning a literal that was apparently a string instead of simply saying missing "/' in line 1510.
Yes, this, thank you.
Fuck Python.
I don't care for your inflammatory 'anything but PHP' nonsense though.
When I heard someone said "Dynamic language could have beated statical language", I immediately searched "Fuck dynamic language", the "language" doesn't ends with a 's', is because I hated it from my bones. Nevertheless it ends up leading me to here, and expressed half of my feeling towards the "dynamic language", but he doesn't mentioned that so many "popular tools" are based in "dynamic language": Angular, Web.py, Ruby in rails, node.js and sort, where the common point among them is, they are totally non-sense bullcrap that you have to invest in a lot of time to debug just for one god-damned line of mistake, however the "programmer of nowadays" use them, and often leads to bloat-wares that you would screw you life by reading their documents oftenly, and I finally give up learning the "dynamic language", people who use "dynamic language" is the same who use BASIC and need to be corrected immediately, or otherwisr they will kill the normal and turn non-sense into new "normal".
*Forgive my swear, but BASIC is the bullshit-est even far ahead of dynamic languages, people who uses BASIC as their primary programming language don't even know what the fuck is structure but know what the fuck is goto and spagetti code.
After a day of frustrating python coding, this is exactly what I needed to read for a break. Good to know I'm not alone.
Just goes to show, there are gotchas in every language.
Frankly, this example is bordering on ridiculous. Reading between the lines, it seems like frustration bourne of dealing with unfamiliar territory.
Maybe you'd be happier in .NET.
jak się nie umie to się nie potrafi
pierdolenie - jak się nie umie to się nie potrafi
You are doing it wrong
Clearly this is the worst reasoning I've ever seen against Python. He/She's annoyed because the language doesn't magically opine intent and suggest an alternative (even when request DOES have a content type property)?? That it doesn't run cross platform?? I'm curious as to what language the author does feel to be ideal across the full spectrum of preordained cynicism covered here.
What's ironic is that ultimately Python allowed him/her to prototype the intended functionality and test such within minutes (and with a bit more time, provides one of the most powerful unit testing frameworks to idiot proof his/her code from such future mistakes). Love to see how fast that goes in a large scale C++ app which can take hours to build before discovering such a mistake - and failing - requiring at least another few hours to try again, and that's before even attempting a single functional test. I won't even mention java as the callouses from all the typing would speak for themselves.
There are clearly some sacrifices and other shortcomings with Python but I'd anything in THIS article is enough to convince someone to stay away from Python, clearly you are inexperienced enough to be easily swayed by passionate, superficial and illogical hyperbole
> He/She's annoyed because the language doesn't magically opine intent and suggest an alternative
"opine intent" != "tell you when something actually went wrong". As explained in the post, I'm only advocating the latter.
> even when request DOES have a content type property
Shouldn't be public-writable anyway. But even if it wasn't there, it still would have done the same "Well, this property being accessed doesn't exist in the API, but let's just pretend nothing went wrong and keep chugging along anyway".
> ... C++ ... Java ...
Equating non-dynamic language with "C++ or Java" is hyperbole as well. That would be just as nonsensical as if I had said "dynamic languages are all terrible *because PHP*".
See, it works both ways. You can't argue against an entire class of languages by cherry-picking the two absolute worst examples (C++ and Java).
BTW, this page shows what it looks like in D:
That's some pretty damn quick prototyping, too ;) And note that adding "res.contentType = Clock.currTime" or "res.contentTypePROP_DOES_NOT_EXIST = "whatever"" results in immediate compiler feedback of the mistake. I guess it does opine intent!
Nice rant! I'm no fan of python either, no interfaces, not even duck-typing, but the mistakes you made would have been covered by unit tests. Had you made the mistake inside the content type string, all compilers would have missed it. Therefore having an accompanying unit test would ensure that 1. You've set the correct property and 2. The value you've set it to is also correct.
@tommed: Unittests are indeed essential for modern software development, even in static languages.
In this case though, it wouldn't have helped: Detecting that the property wasn't getting set correctly wasn't the problem. I immediately detected that as soon as I ran it and saw it spitting out "text/html" instead of "application/octet-stream". The problem is the compiler responding to things that shouldn't be valid code in the first place by ignoring them rather than flagging them.
I thought Python did do duck typing though?
Thank you man, I'm forced to use this 'funny' thing that modern hippies love so much, and I hate it, I hate it with all the cells of my body. I'll come back and re-read this every time the through 'fuck this shit' start building up in my mind, to reset it and keep working on this fucking shit. Best regards.
Garbage in.
Garbage out.
Weak/Dynamic: Garbage in, Garbage out.
Static: Garbage in, Meaningful diagnostic message out.
I agree. I don't see the advantage of using Python unless you are doing very simple stuff. I rather use C# or Java for the same reasons you provided. Sometimes you don't have time to write unit tests and prefer to write code towards the product.
I so hate dynamic languages. Every time I work with one, I end up with implementing a complete type system in my tests. I am at lost how people "get shit done" with this crap.
And the programmers must be completely retarded or something, why do you need the freedom to write error prone code? Is it because they don't really understand what they write?
The correct way to set mimetype:
What you mentioned are weaknesses of Python (and Ruby) but not weaknesses of dynamic typing. I can also rant about how crap static typing is by referencing Java, C#'s or C++'s type systems but I'll immediately get a response have some Haskell or Ocaml guy telling me not to judge static typing by the worst examples.
Let me just give you an example of why Java/C#/C++'s type systems are bad: I have simple task divide to numbers and get a decimal fraction as a result, in a dynamic language that is no problem since variables carry type information at runtime they will be coerced into the appropriate type thus you just divide the numbers. In Java however If I just divide the numbers e.g. 'a/b' I will get the result I desire IF and ONLY IF a and b are both floats/doubles, however if they happen to be ints the result will be an integer even if what I am doing is assigning the result to a float/double I will not get some useful diagnostic type error message, nor will I even get a runtime crash, instead the result will be implicitly truncated and a bug may not even be visible until MUCH later. In order to make this work I have to do put casts everywhere (double)(a)/(double)(b) yea other than not being readable, you're performing a cast isn't that going against the purpose of static typing anyway.
Either way what you wrote are weaknesses of the Python programming language, in other dynamic languages such as Lisp don't have the aforementioned problems.
I don't really have a dog in this fight. I'm an independent contractor and I end up working with whatever is required regardless of my opinions. I have to say though every time I have to work with a non-trivial set of Python code it's always a steaming pile of shit. I don't know that the problem is the language so much as it is the culture of Python programmers. It's like because they're not forced to apply rigor then they are somehow excused from it. I'd say 60-70% of the Python code I've had to fix over the years was written by non-developers. Various kinds of engineers, academics, system administrators, etc. Basically otherwise intelligent people who just don't know what the fuck they're doing when it comes to developing software but don't yet realize it. I think Python is ok for building test drivers and sysadmin scripts and things like that but for big boy work I reach for C++, Scala, Java if I must and C# for any .NET or Mono work.
Python is Elegant language. Stop bashing Python you don't know true power of Python
Languages like Python and PHP may be easier to learn and quicker to prototype in, but all the convenience comes with the high cost of being able to more conveniently shoot yourself in the foot without even noticing it until your foot rots off. For all the "get shit done" that these convenient languages bring and the initial time savings they represent, the time wasted trying to debug once programs get bigger will easily destroy any time savings and then some. Convenience is a double-edged sword. It's like using the 'rm' command: you don't have to tolerate "are you sure?" for every last thing you try to delete unless you explicitly say so, but when you accidentally type 'rm -r /home/user /foo' and you get 'rm: /foo: No such file or directory' and the computer then catches on fire, at least it was convenient! | https://semitwist.com/articles/article/view/why-i-hate-python-or-any-dynamic-language-really | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | refinedweb | 4,061 | 71.55 |
Retrieve nonmatching blast queries
Problem
The XML output of NCBI's stand alone BLAST programs does not include information on query sequences that have 'no hits' in the target database. Sometimes you want to know which sequences don't have match a database and further analyse/anotate them accordingly. There are a number of different ways to do this, one is to use SeqIO's method .to_dict() to turn the query file into a flat database then parse the results file to get the sequences that did match the database. You can then use python's set() arithmetic to make a list of sequences that are in the query file and not the results which can be used as keys to retrieve the complete SeqRecord for each of the "no hit" queries. Got it? Well, perhaps it's easier to just do it:
Solution
Let's presume you set up a BLAST run with the sequences in a file called "queries.fasta" searched against a database, with the results saved to BLAST_RESULTS.xml
from Bio import SeqIO from Bio.Blast import NCBIXML q_dict = SeqIO.to_dict(SeqIO.parse(open("queries.fasta"), "fasta")) hits = [] for record in NCBIXML.parse(open("BLAST_RESULTS.xml")): # As of BLAST 2.2.19 the xml output for multiple-query blast searches # skips queries with no hits so we could just append the ID of every blast # record to our 'hit list'. It's possible that the NCBI will change this # behaviour in the future so let's make the appending conditional on there # being no hits (ie, and empty alignments list) recorded in the blast record if record.alignments: # The blast record's 'query' contains the sequences description as a # string. We used the ID as the key in our dictionary so we'll need to # split the string and get the first field to remove the right entries hits.append(record.query.split()[0]) misses = set(q_dict.keys()) - set(hits) orphan_records = [q_dict[name] for name in misses]
We can do a little sanity check to make sure everything worked OK:
>>> print "found %i records in query, %i have hits, making %i misses" % (len(q_dict.keys()), len(hits), len(misses)) >>> found 11955 records in query, 2802 have hits, making 9153 misses
Good, now you have all the 'not hits' sequence in a list ('orphan_records') of SeqRecord objects you can annotate/analyse as you please or use SeqIO.write() to make a new file of just these sequences that can be put through another program.
Discussion
As implemented above most of the time in each run is spend populating the list of hits from the BLAST parser, would checking each record from the results file against the dictionary one at a time be a less memory intensive way to go in case of very large files? | http://biopython.org/w/index.php?title=Retrieve_nonmatching_blast_queries&oldid=2680 | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | refinedweb | 468 | 66.78 |
After playing around with writing Sudoku Solvers in the past, I was interested to see this page which details a number of tiny sudoku solvers in a variety of languages such as Perl, Ruby, etc.
They have a few basic rules - no line over 80 bytes, etc, etc. And the examples take their input as a string of 81 digits, which represents the 9 rows of 9 digits, with “0″ being a blank square.
As I apparently have way too much time on my hands ;), I got up the motivation to convert one of these examples into Java. The results?
- The end program is around twice as many lines as the Perl original, and
- Yup - you can make Java programs as unreadable as anything else out there!
There may well be shorter possibilities out there - I didn’t put in a great deal of effort past converting the Perl original. But, for the record:
import java.util.*;public class S{static char[] A;static void R(){int i,j;for(i= 0;i<81;i++){if(A[i]!='0')continue;HashMap h=new HashMap();for(j=0;j<81;j++){h. put(j/9==i/9||j%9==i%9||(j/27==i/27)&&((j%9/3)==(i%9/3))?""+A[j]:"0","1");}for(j =1;j<=9;j++){if(h.get(""+j)==null){A[i]=(char)('0'+j);R();}}A[i]='0';return;}for (i=0;i<81;i++){System.out.print(A[i]);}System.out.println();System.exit(0);} public static void main(String[] a){A=a[0].toCharArray();R();}}
Assuming you have an appropriate classpath, you can run it with a line like:
java S 006070800000000000078601520030405010400000002090302060052103690000000000003020100
This code was converted from the excellent Perl example at:
And to think I managed to write solver in only 100 or so line of Perl. And it wasn’t even complete!
Bah.
… you can save four more bytes by using ‘Map h=new HashMap()’
You can get smaller and faster by replacing the hash with a boolean array (’x’ is for eXcluded chars). You need to (ab)use the fact that booleans are false by default.
public class S{static char[] A;static void R(){int i,j;for(i=0;i
import java.util.*;public class S{static char[]A;static void R(){int i=0,j;for(;i
Wow, still not sure how it does it. Need to get my head around it’s recursiveness (R() is called 1107(!) times for that example problem).
Using Kofa’s idea of a boolean array I got it down to under 5 lines.
public class S{static char[] A;static void R(){int i=0,j;for(;i
3 line groovy version:
def r(a){def m=a=~’0′; if(m.find()){def i=m.start();((49..57)-(0..80).collect{
j->j/9==i/9||j%9==i%9||j/27==i/27&&j%9/3==i%9/3?a[j]:0}).collect{
r(a[0..i-1]+(char)it+a[i+1..-1])}}else print a} | http://blogs.asman-it.com.au/dasman/index.php/20060724/java-sudoku-solver-in-6-lines | crawl-002 | refinedweb | 508 | 71.95 |
My company has purchased a product that renders an ASP.NET control on the page. This control uses jQuery 1.2.3 and adds a script tag to the page to reference it. The developers of the control will not support use of the control if it modified in any way (including modification to reference a different version of jQuery).
I'm about to start development of my own control and would like to use the features and speed improvements of jQuery 1.3. Both of these controls will need to exist on the same page.
How can I allow the purchased control to use jQuery 1.2.3 and new custom development to use jQuery 1.3? Also out of curiosity, what if we were to use an additional control that needed to reference yet another version of jQuery?
You can achieve this by running your version of jQuery in no-conflict mode. "No conflict" mode is the typical solution to get jQuery working on a page with other frameworks like prototype, and can be also be used here as it essentially namespaces each version of jQuery which you load.
<script src="jQuery1.3.js"></script> <script> jq13 = jQuery.noConflict(true); </script> <!-- original author's jquery version --> <script src="jQuery1.2.3.js"></script>
This change will mean that any of the jQuery stuff you want to use will need to be called using
jq13 rather than
$, e.g.
jq13("#id").hide();
It's not an ideal situation to have the two versions running on the same page, but if you've no alternative, then the above method should allow you to use two differing versions at once.
Also out of curiosity, what if we were to use an additional control that needed to reference yet another version of jQuery?
If you needed to add another version of jQuery, you could expand on the above:
<script src="jQuery1.3.js"></script> <script> jq13 = jQuery.noConflict(true); </script> <script src="jQuery1.3.1.js"></script> <script> jq131 = jQuery.noConflict(true); </script> <!-- original author's jquery version --> <script src="jQuery1.2.3.js"></script>
The variables
jq13 and
jq131 would each be used for the version-specific features you require.
It's important that the jQuery used by the original developer is loaded last - the original developer likely wrote their code under the assumption that
$() would be using their jQuery version. If you load another version after theirs, the
$ will be "grabbed" by the last version you load, which would mean the original developer's code running on the latest library version, rendering the
noConflicts somewhat redundant! | https://codedump.io/share/ElitI3ot7cS0/1/how-do-i-run-different-versions-of-jquery-on-the-same-page | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | refinedweb | 436 | 64.2 |
23 October 2009 19:56 [Source: ICIS news]
TORONTO (ICIS news)--US concerns about the impact of increasing production of biofuels crops on forestry land do not apply to Europe, a German biofuels industry group said on Friday.
The group, Bundesverband der deutschen Bioethanolwirtschaft (BDB), was reacting to an article in Friday’s issue of US magazine Science outlining researchers and scientists’ concerns about an increased use of forestry land to grow biofuels crops in the ?xml:namespace>
Also, emissions arising from changing the land use to biofuels crops had not been fully taken into account in assesing the climate impact of biofuels in the
But BDB warned not to blindly apply this latest criticism of biofuels to EU-based biofuels production.
EU laws do not allow forests to be cleared to make way for biofuel crops, said BDB general manager Dietrich Klein, referring to the EU’s “cross-compliance” regulations from 2003 and 2004.
“The clearing of forests to grow energy crops is thus not possible in the EU,” he said.
Klein said that that in
Also, German observers of the | http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/10/23/9257750/us-biofuels-critique-does-not-apply-to-eu-german-group.html | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | refinedweb | 182 | 50.3 |
Abstract
Put the only agreed upon control flag into the entry in it's own namespaced element. It is updated by PUTting the whole entry.
Status
Open (JoeGregorio)
Rationale
I took an informal survey and this is what I heard, or at least what I was able to glean from the conversation. If I have misrepresented your position please update this Wiki entry. I have added my own votes to the final tally.
1. Control information MUST be sent with the initial POST to create an entry. (otherwise creating a draft is a two step process.)
2. Control information MUST be sent with the initial POST to create anon-entry member.
-1 from Ezra Cooper, Thomas Broyer, Joe Gregorio.
3. Non-entry collections MUST support control data.
-1 from Thomas Broyer, Ezra Cooper
3. Control information MUST be able to be set separately from updating
is too much overhead)
-1 from Tim Bray, Joe Gregorio +1 from Eric Scheid, James Snell
4. Control information MUST be extensible.
+0 from Joe Gregorio
5. Control information MUST be in an XML document.
6. Control information MUST be contained inside the entry document.
+0 from James Snell
From this I concluded that we only want to include control information to members of Entry Collections. That's nice because it simplifies things, such as allowing the control information to be included in the entry itself. This lines up nicely because an Entry in a resource, and the Atom entry that you GET and PUT 'represents' the 'state' of that resource and that state includes whether or not it is a draft.
My personal rationale for requiring the entry be PUT to update the 'draft' status is: 1. It is conceptually the simplest thing that could possibly work (aside from not doing any control at all). 2. I believe it is a much more common use case the you are going to edit your draft one last time before
onerous at all and in fact falls into the primary way 'draft' is used.
The astute will observe that this proposal is just Tim Bray's proposal, just stripped of any elements except 'draft'.
Proposal
Add a new top-level section X to the protocol-04 draft:? & extensionElement } pubDraft = element pub:draft { and MAY contain zero or more extension elements as outlined in the Atom Syndication Format, Section 6. Both clients and servers MUST ignore foreign markup present in the pub:control element that they do not know.
X.2.1 Control element values
This specification defines only one child element for "pub:control".
X.2.2 The "pub:draft" Element
The number of "pub:draft" elements in "pub:control" MUST be zero or one. It's value MUST be one of "yes" or "no". A value of "no" means that the entry may be made publicly visible. If the "pub:draft" element is missing then the value is understood to be "no". That is, if "pub:control" and/or the "pub:draft" elements are missing from an entry then the entry is considered not a draft and can be made publicly visible.
Example
<entry> <title>Lorem Ipsum</title> <link href="" /> <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated> <summary>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit...</summary> <control xmlns=""> <draft>yes</draft> </control> </entry> | http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceCollectionControl | crawl-002 | refinedweb | 549 | 64.61 |
master-collection tools would look like this:
val collUtils = "com.twitter" %% "util-collection" % "19.5
LoggingLogging
util-logging is a small wrapper around Java's built-in logging to make it more Scala-friendly.
UsingUsing
To access logging, you can usually just use:
import com.twitter.logging.Logger private val log = Logger.get(getClass)
This creates a
Logger object that uses the current class or object's package name as the logging node, so class "com.example.foo.Lamp" will log to node
com.example.foo (generally showing "foo" as the name in the logfile). You can also get a logger explicitly by name:
private val log = Logger.get("com.example.foo")
Logger objects wrap everything useful from
java.util.logging.Logger, as well as adding some convenience methods:
// log a string with sprintf conversion: log.info("Starting compaction on zone %d...", zoneId) try { ... } catch { // log an exception backtrace with the message: case e: IOException => log.error(e, "I/O exception: %s", e.getMessage) }
Each of the log levels (from "fatal" to "trace") has these two convenience methods. You may also use
log directly:
import com.twitter.logging.Level log(Level.DEBUG, "Logging %s at debug level.", name)
An advantage to using sprintf ("%s", etc) conversion, as opposed to:
log(Level.DEBUG, s"Logging $name at debug level.")
is that Java & Scala perform string concatenation at runtime, even if nothing will be logged because the log file isn't writing debug messages right now. With
sprintf parameters, the arguments are just bundled up and passed directly to the logging level before formatting. If no log message would be written to any file or device, then no formatting is done and the arguments are thrown away. That makes it very inexpensive to include verbose debug logging which can be turned off without recompiling and re-deploying.
If you prefer, there are also variants that take lazily evaluated parameters, and only evaluate them if logging is active at that level:
log.ifDebug(s"Login from $name at $date.")
The logging classes are done as an extension to the
java.util.logging API, and so you can use the Java interface directly, if you want to. Each of the Java classes (Logger, Handler, Formatter) is just wrapped by a Scala class.
ConfiguringConfiguring
In the Java style, log nodes are in a tree, with the root node being "" (the empty string). If a node has a filter level set, only log messages of that priority or higher are passed up to the parent. Handlers are attached to nodes for sending log messages to files or logging services, and may have formatters attached to them.
Logging levels are, in priority order of highest to lowest:
FATAL- the server is about to exit
CRITICAL- an event occurred that is bad enough to warrant paging someone
ERROR- a user-visible error occurred (though it may be limited in scope)
WARNING- a coder may want to be notified, but the error was probably not user-visible
INFO- normal informational messages
DEBUG- coder-level debugging information
TRACE- intensive debugging information
Each node may also optionally choose to not pass messages up to the parent node.
The
LoggerFactory builder is used to configure individual log nodes, by filling in fields and calling the
apply method. For example, to configure the root logger to filter at
INFO level and write to a file:
import com.twitter.logging._ val factory = LoggerFactory( node = "", level = Some(Level.INFO), handlers = List( FileHandler( filename = "/var/log/example/example.log", rollPolicy = Policy.SigHup ) ) ) val logger = factory()
As many
LoggerFactorys can be configured as you want, so you can attach to several nodes if you like. To remove all previous configurations, use:
Logger.clearHandlers()
HandlersHandlers
QueueingHandler
Queues log records and publishes them in another thread thereby enabling "async logging".
ConsoleHandler
Logs to the console.
FileHandler
Logs to a file, with an optional file rotation policy. The policies are:
Policy.Never- always use the same logfile (default)
Policy.Hourly- roll to a new logfile at the top of every hour
Policy.Daily- roll to a new logfile at midnight every night
Policy.Weekly(n)- roll to a new logfile at midnight on day N (0 = Sunday)
Policy.SigHup- reopen the logfile on SIGHUP (for logrotate and similar services)
When a logfile is rolled, the current logfile is renamed to have the date (and hour, if rolling hourly) attached, and a new one is started. So, for example,
test.logmay become
test-20080425.log, and
test.logwill be reopened as a new file.
SyslogHandler
Log to a syslog server, by host and port.
ScribeHandler
Log to a scribe server, by host, port, and category. Buffering and backoff can also be configured: You can specify how long to collect log lines before sending them in a single burst, the maximum burst size, and how long to backoff if the server seems to be offline.
ThrottledHandler
Wraps another handler, tracking (and squelching) duplicate messages. If you use a format string like
"Error %d at %s", the log messages will be de-duped based on the format string, even if they have different parameters.
FormattersFormatters
Handlers usually have a formatter attached to them, and these formatters generally just add a prefix containing the date, log level, and logger name.
Formatter
A standard log prefix like
"ERR [20080315-18:39:05.033] jobs: ", which can be configured to truncate log lines to a certain length, limit the lines of an exception stack trace, and use a special time zone.
You can override the format string used to generate the prefix, also.
BareFormatterConfig
No prefix at all. May be useful for logging info destined for scripts.
SyslogFormatterConfig
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Sep 08, 2006, Christian Pohlmann wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm very new to ocempgui, so here's my sort of newbie'ish question:
> I can't figure out how to connect a SIG_CLICKED with a HFrame *and*
> have it supply the coordinates where the click occured.
First of all the Frame does not support signals, so that you'll have to
implement this features by subclassing.
Second, SIG_CLICKED is definitely something you should not use because
of its general intention. A click consists of a SIG_MOUSEDOWN followed
by SIG_MOUSEUP event combination while it is indifferent whether the
mouse was moved or not (as long as it stays in the bounds of the widget).
I'd thus recommend to use another signal type which is raised upon
SIG_MOUSEUP, but only if the mouse did not move between
SIG_MOUSEDOWN and SIGMOUSEUP (you could use e.g. a certain delta, which
is allowed to be moved to compensate the inaccuracy of a user's hand :-).
=20
> It'll be great if somebody could post a simple example.
I'll just cover the basic things without getting into detail here (or
having rechecked the code). Most is explained in the docs so you might
want to take a look at them as well.
class UserFrame (HFrame):=20
def __init__ (self, widget=3DNone):
HFrame.__init__ (self, widget)
# Do not let the user connect to SIG_MOUSEDOWN and SIG_MOUSEUP,
# they're only for internal listening purposes so the widget
# receives the events.
self._signals[SIG_MOUSEDOWN] =3D None=20
self._signals[SIG_MOUSEUP] =3D None
# Misuse SIG_CLICKED :-)
self._signals[SIG_CLICKED] =3D {}
# The mouse position to pass to SIG_CLICKED callbacks.
self.__mousepos =3D None
def notify (self, event):
if event.signal =3D=3D SIG_MOUSEDOWN:
# Get the occupied area on the screen.
eventarea =3D self.rect_to_client ()
=20
if eventarea.collidepoint (event.data.pos):
# Mouse is in the bounds, store its position.
self.__mousepos =3D event.data.pos
=20
elif event.signal =3D=3D SIG_MOUSEUP:
# Get the occupied area on the screen.
eventarea =3D self.rect_to_client ()
if eventarea.collidepoint (event.data.pos):
# Mouse is in the bounds, check its current position
# and assure that it is near the SIG_MOUSEDOWN position.
# _check_position must be implemented, if wanted.
if self._check_position (event.data.pos):
# Invoke the SIG_CLICKED callbacks and pass the
# position as first argument to them.
self.run_signal_handlers (SIG_CLICKED, self.__mousepos)
Callbacks for the SIG_CLICKED handler of this class then must have the
signature
def FUNCNAME (position[, user_defined_arguments]):
...
because run_signal_handlers() passes any argument supplied to it at
first to the callbacks while their arguments, which were passed with
connect_signal() are concatenated to it/them.
You might also want to take a look at the ImageMap class code and the
BaseObject and EventCallback documentations for argument passing to
callbacks.
I hope that helps a bit.
Regards
Marcus
Regis Desgroppes <rdesgroppes@...>:
> Hello,
> As said in my former e-mails, here is the cumulative patch.
> Hope this is convenient.
It did not a apply cleanly, but was merged manually then.
Thanks a lot.
Which mail address (if any) shall I use for the contributor
list? The current one you use for this list, another one or none?
Regards
Marcus
Regis Desgroppes <rdesgroppes@...>:
> Hello,
>
[...]
> OcempGUI provides two helpers functions to create Font objects. The 1st
> one takes a filename, and the 2nd one is based on a font name.
> In both, "fake renderings" are enabled (see apply_font_style function)
> if requested style is not regular (bold and/or italic and/or underline).
> As the 1st helper function (create_file_font) doesn't use
> pygame.font.SysFont as a Font factory, I have no idea how to check when
> applying style.
In my opinion, the String module should not care about that. Usually the
developer or user, who selects that font, knows about it and its default
style (hard to imagine, that a user selecting a "Helvetica Bold" font file
does not know, that it might be bold already).
> As the 2nd one (create_system_font) uses pygame.font.SysFont as a
> factory, returned Font objects are already checked for boldness and
> italicness. So re-applying style is useless. Moreover, if you requested
> a bold and/or italic font and that there is a system font with such a
> style, you'll get dumpy characters (bold-ed twice and/or italic-ed twice).
That's interesting. I thought, that this is handled automatically by pygame.
> This patch consists in just checking underline-ness in
> create_system_font, because it's not part of pygame.font.SysFont's job.
> This should lead to a much better display for bold and/or italic fonts.
>
> Could you consider applying this patch in the next release ?
Agreed and applied in CVS for both, the HEAD and rel_0_2 branch.
Thanks a lot once more .
Regards
Marcus
Regis Desgroppes <rdesgroppes@...>:
> Hello,
> This bug is about the internal font cache managed by OcempGUI (see
> draw/String.py).
> When a font with a certain style (let's say Courier, 60, regular) is
> loaded in the cache and you need the same font with another style (let's
> say Courier, 60, bold), you'll get the font with the first style.
> It is due to the fact font cache indexing is only made thanks to a font
> name and a size ; the style is not part of the font cache key.
> This patch consists in replacing the 2-uple (font name, size) by a
> 3-uple (font name, size, style).
> Could you consider applying this patch in the next release ?
Agreed and applied in CVS for both, the HEAD and rel_0_2 branch.
Thanks a lot.
I think, I have to overwork the caching a bit to get rid of the reference
passing of Fonts. The cache should stay unmanipulated when the user
opertates on a requested Font object. This however inflicts some
profiling :).
Regards
Marcus
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Arduino Ultrasonic Sensor Overview and Tutorials
With Arduino ultrasonic sensors like the HC-SR04, you can measure the distance. Through this Arduino tutorial, you will learn how an Ultrasonic sensor works and how do you use it with the Arduino and even with the Raspberry Pi.
What is an Arduino Ultrasonic Sensor?
An ultrasonic sensor is a sensor that measures distances through ultrasound which travels through the air. If the ultrasound hits an object or obstacle on its path, it will then bounce back towards the sensor.
Ultrasonic Sensor Working Principle
Here is a simple example of how an ultrasonic sensor works to measure distance:
- Firstly, the transmitter (trig pin) sends a sound wave
- The object picks the wave up, reflecting it back to the sensor.
- The receiver (echo pin) picks it up
The time between transmission and reception allows distance between to be calculated since sound’s velocity in air is known.
Examples of Arduino Ultrasonic Sensors
HC-SR04
One of the most popular ultrasonic sensors would be the HC-SR04. The configuration pin of HC-SR04 is VCC (1), TRIG (2), ECHO (3), and GND (4). The supply voltage of VCC is 5V and you attach TRIG and ECHO pin to any Digital I/O in your Arduino Board to power it.
Specifications
- Power Supply: DC 5V
- Working Current: 15mA
- Working Frequency: 40Hz
- Ranging Distance : 2cm – 400cm/4m
- Resolution : 0.3 cm
- Measuring Angle: 15 degree
- Trigger Input Pulse width: 10uS
- Dimension: 45mm x 20mm x 15mm
Grove – Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
Next up we have our very own Grove – Ultrasonic Distance Sensor, Seeed’s very own version of an ultrasonic distance sensor which is comparative to the HC-SR04.
It can measure from 3cm to 350cm with the accuracy up to 2mm. It is a perfect ultrasonic module for distance measurement, proximity sensors, and ultrasonic detector.
Specifications
- Power Supply: 3.3V – 5V
- Operating Current: 8mA
- Working Frequency: 40Hz
- Ranging Distance : 3cm – 350cm/3.5m
- Resolution : 1 cm
- Measuring Angle: 15 degree
- Trigger Input Pulse width: 10uS TTL
- Dimension: 50mm x 25mm x 16mm
HC-SR04 vs Seeed Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
So what is the difference between the HC-SR04 and Seeed Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor?
The main differences we can observe from the table above include:
Working Voltage
- Grove -Ultrasonic Distance Sensor supports a wider voltage level
I/O Pins Needed
- Transmitting and receiving signals on the Grove-Ultrasonic Distance Sensor share one pin, saving the requirement of using all available pins
Ease of pairing with Raspberry Pi and Arduino
- The Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor supports 3.3V, allowing it to be directly connected to the I/O of the Raspberry Pi instead of using a voltage conversion circuit
- With the onboard plug and play Grove connector, if you have a Grove-Base shield or a Seeeduino, you can easily connect the Grove-Ultrasonic Distance Sensor with a wire.
Despite the popularity of HC-SR04, the grove ultrasonic distance sensor is a more versatile option that allows for lesser external components and easier pairing with the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino. Not to mention, we provide full documents and libraries for Arduino, Python, and Codecraft so that you can use the Grove – Ultrasonic Distance Sensor with Arduino and Raspberry pi easily!
Getting started with Ultrasonic Sensor Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pairing Guide
For this tutorial, we will be using the Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor and pair it with the Arduino and Raspberry Pi. For the first tutorial, we have the guide for Arduino. Scroll down for the tutorial on Raspberry Pi.
Ultrasonic Sensor Arduino Guide:
What do you need?
You can either watch the following video or read the written tutorial below for the instructions!
Step by step instructions
Hardware connections
Step 1: Connect Ultrasonic Ranger to port D7 of Grove-Base Shield
Step 2: Plug Grove – Base shield into Seeeduino
Step 3: Connect Seeeduino to PC via a USB cable
It should look like this after completing the above steps:
Software configurations:
Step 1: Download the UltrasonicRanger Library from Github.
Step 2: Refer How to install library Arduino if you are unsure on how to install library to your Arduino.
Step 3: Copy the code into Arduino IDE and upload it. If you do not know how to upload the code, please check our guide on how to upload code.
#include "Ultrasonic.h" Ultrasonic ultrasonic(7); void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { long RangeInInches; long RangeInCentimeters; Serial.println("The distance to obstacles in front is: "); RangeInInches = ultrasonic.MeasureInInches(); Serial.print(RangeInInches);//0~157 inches Serial.println(" inch"); delay(250); RangeInCentimeters = ultrasonic.MeasureInCentimeters(); // two measurements should keep an interval Serial.print(RangeInCentimeters);//0~400cm Serial.println(" cm"); delay(250); }
- Step 4: We will see the distance display on the terminal as below:
The distance to obstacles in front is: 2 inches 6 cm The distance to obstacles in front is: 2 inches 6 cm The distance to obstacles in front is: 2 inches 6 cm
If you’re looking to connect multiple ultrasonic to one Arduino, you can do so by connecting one to D2 and the other to D3. Below are the respective codes:
#include "Ultrasonic.h" Ultrasonic ultrasonic1(2); Ultrasonic ultrasonic2(3); void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { long RangeInCentimeters1; long RangeInCentimeters2; RangeInCentimeters1 = ultrasonic1.MeasureInCentimeters(); // two measurements should keep an interval Serial.print(RangeInCentimeters1);//0~400cm Serial.println(" cm"); RangeInCentimeters2 = ultrasonic2.MeasureInCentimeters(); // two measurements should keep an interval Serial.print(RangeInCentimeters2);//0~400cm Serial.println(" cm"); delay(250); }
You can also use ultrasonic sensor with Raspberry Pi.
In this guide, we’ll be using the Raspberry Pi 3B for the guide below but other models that support the base hat can be used as well.
If you’ve yet to own raspberry pi, you can pick up a Raspberry Pi Zero, a low-cost option to use alongside the Grove-Ultrasonic Distance Sensor.
What do you need?
Step by Step Instructions
Hardware Connections
Step 1: Plug the Grove Base Hat into Raspberry
Step 2: Connect the Grove – Ultrasonic Ranger to port D5 of the Base Hat
Step 3: Connect the Raspberry Pi to PC through USB cable
- You can connect the ultrasonic ranger to any GPIO port as well but make sure you change the command with the corresponding port number
It should look something like this after completing the above steps:
Software Configurations:
- Step 1. Follow Setting Software to configure the development environment.
- Step 2. Download the source file by cloning the grove.py library.
cd ~ git clone
- Step 3. Execute below commands to run the code.
cd grove.py/grove python grove_ultrasonic_ranger.py 5 6
Following is the grove_ultrasonic_ranger.py code.
import sys import time from grove.gpio import GPIO usleep = lambda x: time.sleep(x / 1000000.0) _TIMEOUT1 = 1000 _TIMEOUT2 = 10000 class GroveUltrasonicRanger(object): def __init__(self, pin): self.dio =GPIO(pin) def _get_distance(self): self.dio.dir(GPIO.OUT) self.dio.write(0) usleep(2) self.dio.write(1) usleep(10) self.dio.write(0) self.dio.dir(GPIO.IN) t0 = time.time() count = 0 while count < _TIMEOUT1: if self.dio.read(): break count += 1 if count >= _TIMEOUT1: return None t1 = time.time() count = 0 while count < _TIMEOUT2: if not self.dio.read(): break count += 1 if count >= _TIMEOUT2: return None t2 = time.time() dt = int((t1 - t0) * 1000000) if dt > 530: return None distance = ((t2 - t1) * 1000000 / 29 / 2) # cm return distance def get_distance(self): while True: dist = self._get_distance() if dist: return dist Grove = GroveUltrasonicRanger def main(): if len(sys.argv) < 2: print('Usage: {} pin_number'.format(sys.argv[0])) sys.exit(1) sonar = GroveUltrasonicRanger(int(sys.argv[1])) print('Detecting distance...') while True: print('{} cm'.format(sonar.get_distance())) time.sleep(1) if __name__ == '__main__': main()
If everything goes well, you should see the following result (It shows the distance measured by the sensor)
pi@raspberrypi:~/grove.py/grove $ python grove_ultrasonic_ranger.py 5 6 Detecting distance... 121.757901948 cm 246.894770655 cm 2.60205104433 cm 0.205533257846 cm 0.657706425108 cm 247.433267791 cm 122.485489681 cm ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "grove_ultrasonic_ranger.py", line 110, in <module> main() File "grove_ultrasonic_ranger.py", line 107, in main time.sleep(1) KeyboardInterrupt
You can quit this program by simply pressing Ctrl + C
Arduino Ultrasonic Sensor Projects
Now you know how to program your Ultrasonic sensor, why not try your hand at some of these projects!
Drinking Reminder Water Bottle
Do you often forget to drink water when you are busy? With this project, you can create a drinking reminder to alert you to drink water! With the ultrasonic sensor, it is able to detect the changes in the water level in the bottle and also calculate how much water was drunk!
What do you need:
Interested? You can find the full tutorial here!
Trash Sensor
Ever wonder how much trash you produce in a week? Want to know how fast you fill up your recycling bin?
With this project, you can track your trash (or recycling) build-up and receive notifications when it needs to be taken out.
What do you need:
- Arduino Yun
- micro SD Card with Card Reader-32GB (or any SD card with 4 GB or more)
- USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
- Jumper Wires
- Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
Interested? You can find the full tutorial by RChloe on Seeed Project Hub!
Ultrasonic Sensor Home Alarm
Want a security system but they are just too pricey? Why not make one of your own for much cheaper! This project allows you to build an alarm system that will call you if the ultrasonic sensor detects a difference in the distance being measured.
What do you need:
- Arduino UNO / Seeeduino V4.2
- GPRS Shield V3.0
- Grove Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
- Power supply 12V@2A
- Breadboard
Interested in this project? You can check out the full tutorial by Hugo Gomes on Seeed Project Hub!
Summary
I hope the above tutorials have been helpful, if you need any further technical support, you can send an email to techsupport@seeed.cc
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The top-level header for sector (block, frame)-related libcdio calls. More...
#include <cdio/types.h>
Go to the source code of this file.
The top-level header for sector (block, frame)-related libcdio calls.
All the different ways a block/sector can be read.
Reposition read offset Similar to (if not the same as) libc's fseek()
Reads into buf the next size bytes. Similar to (if not the same as) libc's read(). This is a "cooked" read, or one handled by the OS. It probably won't work on audio data. For that use cdio_read_audio_sector(s).
Read an audio sector
Reads audio sectors
Read data sectors
Reads a mode 1 sector
Reads mode 1 sectors
Reads a mode 2 sector
Reads mode 2 sectors
The special case of reading a single block is a common one so we provide a routine for that as a convenience.
Reads a number of sectors (AKA blocks).
If read_mode is CDIO_MODE_AUDIO, p_buf should hold at least CDIO_FRAMESIZE_RAW * i_blocks bytes.
If read_mode is CDIO_MODE_DATA, p_buf should hold at least i_blocks times either ISO_BLOCKSIZE, M1RAW_SECTOR_SIZE or M2F2_SECTOR_SIZE depending on the kind of sector getting read. If you don't know whether you have a Mode 1/2, Form 1/ Form 2/Formless sector best to reserve space for the maximum which is M2RAW_SECTOR_SIZE.
If read_mode is CDIO_MODE_M2F1, p_buf should hold at least M2RAW_SECTOR_SIZE * i_blocks bytes.
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Our.
We believe students learn by building. There's no better way to become an iOS developer than building a complex app from scratch.
Student.
Welcome to WhaleTalk our whatsapp clone. We will be integrating some cool frameworks and working on app architecture.
In this lecture, we will start setting up our WhaleTalk project.
* Create a new Project in Xcode
* **New Project-> iOS Application-> Single View Application**
* Name it WhaleTalk
The first thing we'll do is rename the view controller from its default name of `ViewController` to `ChatViewController`.
* Change the view controller name in Xcode's **Project Navigator** by clicking once on the file's name and entering the new name
But we also need to change the Class name. This is actually much more important than changing the file's name.
* Change the view controller's class from `ViewController` to `ChatViewController`
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We finally need to update the class in the storyboard which manages the ViewController on the screen.
Let's make sure everything still works and that we haven't broken the connection between the View Controller file and the storyboard.
* Run the app
We'll see an empty screen but we shouldn't get any errors.
In this lecture, we will add a TableView to our project.
We've added TableViews before but using the Storyboard. Now we will be creating the TableView completely in code.
We will start by creating a constant for our TableView, right below the class declaration.
**Code:**
private let tableView = UITableView()
All we did was create a constant attribute name tableView and created the instance. The private keyword might be new to a few of you. Essentially adding this before any attribute will make the constant or variable private to the class which creates it. What does that mean? Other classes which may attempt to use the ViewController will not be able to access this attribute only the class which creates the private attribute may use it.
Next, inside of `viewDidLoad()`, we will set up our constraints. We'll start by turning the auto resize mask off and then adding the TableView as a subview of our main view.
If this doesn't make sense to you, make sure to watch the Auto Layout lectures.
**Code:**
tableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addSubview(tableView)
Now we will setup our constraints into an array so we can activate them all at once.
**Code:**
let tableViewConstraints: [NSLayoutConstraint] = [
tableView.topAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.topAnchor),
tableView.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.leadingAnchor),
tableView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.trailingAnchor),
tableView.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.bottomAnchor)
]
NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints(tableViewConstraints)
So, what we've done here is created an array of type `NSLayoutConstraint` and added all the constraints for our TableView in the array.
Finally, we activate all the constraints with one line of code. Very convenient.
* Run the app
You'll see an empty table, but that means everything is working correctly.
In this lecture, we will add a data source for our table.
The first thing we will do is create a
Message class, which will be responsible for our messages.
Messagefile
Code:
class Message { var text: String? }
Right now, this class only contains 1 property, an optional string variable called
text.
We need to go back to ChatViewController to keep working.
Now let's create some stored properties or instance variables, as they are called in other languages, to our class.
Code:
private var messages = [Message]() private let cellIdentifier = "Cell"
messages is an array of type
Message, this is the class we just created.
Next we create a cell identifier so we can reuse our cells. This is a simple
String constant.
Remember that both these lines go right below the class declaration, where we had the tableView declaration.
In our next lecture we will create some fake data for our table.
In this lecture, we will create some fake data for our table.
Still in **ChatViewController**, inside `viewDidLoad()`.
**Code:**
for i in 0...10 {
let m = Message()
m.text = String(i)
messages.append(m)
}
So, what's happening here?
1. We have a loop that iterates from `0` to `10`
2. then we create the constant `m` as an instance of the `Message` class
3. and we set the value of `i` as the text property of the `m` instance. The variable `i` will start at 0 on our first pass through the loop and keep increasing all the way to `10`
4. finally, we append the instance of `m` to the `messages` array that we created earlier
This loop will generate an array of Message instances which will contain the numbers 0 through 10 as the value of its `text` string property.
If you want to see the values, you can print them out with code like this (this would go right below the loop above, but outside that loop's brackets). Lets try this out.
for eachMessage in messages {
print(eachMessage, ":", eachMessage.text)
}
Run the app and see the values it prints out.
I'm just printing each message type here just so you can see it's an instance of `WhaleTalk.Message`.
This is just a shortcut so we don't have to create it manually, one by one, but we could also have done that of course.
Make sure to delete this for loop after you see the result in the console so we don't clutter up the console.
In the next lecture, we will add the UITableView datasource extension and register the cell so we can reuse it.
In this lecture, we will register the cell for reuse and add the UITableView datasource.
Remember we want to reuse our cells, we never want to create new ones to display data if it's not necessary (see the UITableView lectures for more on this). We have usually done this in the Storyboard by giving the cell an identifier name.
This time we're doing it in code. Previously, we created the `cellIdentifier` constant. Now we need to tell Xcode to use that identifier to reuse the cell. It's actually a lot easier than it sounds.
**Code:**
// inside viewDidLoad
tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellIdentifier)
That's it. One single line. Now Xcode knows to reuse that cell, with the `cellIdentifier` we created. Simple.
We also need to create and assign our UITableView Datasource. To do this we will first create the extension to our class so that it conforms to the UITableView Datasource protocol and then we will assign the datasource.
This extension goes outside of the `ChatViewController` class declaration.
**Code:**
extension ChatViewController: UITableViewDataSource {
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return messages.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(cellIdentifier, forIndexPath:indexPath)
let message = messages[indexPath.row]
cell.textLabel?.text = message.text
return cell
}
}
If you've done any of the **UITableView** lectures with us, this should be familiar to you. If not, let me go through it briefly.
In order to conform to the `UITableViewDataSource` protocol, we need at least 2 methods: `numberOfRowsInSection` and `cellForRowAtIndexPath`.
The first method returns an `Integer`, as you can see in its declaration. That number is the number of rows we want to display. So we just set it to the number of items in the `messages` array. That way, whenever the array changes, we're covered.
The second method is used to display the cell. So we first create a cell constant for the row.
Then we create a `message` constant and assign the `Message` instance for that row to it. We set the current cell's `textLabel` to the text of the `Message` instance for that row.
And, finally, we return the cell.
This is a brief overview, I'm not going into detail here because I assume you've done this before. If you haven't, I really encourage you to watch the `UITableView` lectures.
Alright, we have our class conforming to the `UITableViewDataSource` protocol. The only thing missing is telling the class who the datasource is. Let's do that now.
Inside `viewDidLoad()`.
**Code:**
tableView.dataSource = self
We simply tell the class that the `UITableViewDataSource` is itself, since we've just made it conform to this protocol.
In this lecture, we will add a cell Model to our project.
Why do we need a cell model? Again, check our UITableViewCell lectures for more, but basically, we want to have a way to display custom data in our cells. If we just wanted to display a title and text, we could use one of Xcode's predefined cell models. But since we want more control over how our cell looks, we will create our own model.
This will be a subclass of `UITableViewCell`.
* Create a new class
* **File-> New File-> iOS Source-> Cocoa Touch Class**
* **Class:** ChatCell
* **Subclass of:** UITableViewCell
* **Language:** Swift
This will create a new file called `ChatCell`.
Delete all the boilerplate code that Xcode creates, we will be creating our own methods here.
Let's start by creating a message label and an image view in our cell.
**Code:**
let messageLabel: UILabel = UILabel()
private let bubbleImageView = UIImageView()
Next, we will override the initialization method for the UITableViewCell so we can customize it as we want.
**Code:**
override init(style: UITableViewCellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
}
So, what are we doing here? When you instantiate a class or struct, an initialization method is required. A lot of times, this is called behind the scenes automatically by Xcode. And that's fine. But in this case, we want to customize our cell so we are overriding the `init` method and we will add some instructions on how to initialize this `UITableViewCell`.
Specifically, we are calling the `init` method with `style` and `reuseIdentifier` parameters.
`style` is just an instance of `UITableViewCellStyle` which is an enum.
`reuseIdentifier` is just a string with whatever identifier we've set up to reuse the cell. Remember we already set this up earlier.
The second line of code simply calls the init method of the super class.
See the `Classes` and `Structs` lectures for more on all this. This is not what we're really interested in here. The interesting stuff is what we're going to put inside this init method.
We will start configuring the cell in our next lecture.
In this lecture, we will configure the cell model we added earlier.
Alright, time to tackle our cell model. We will be writing all this code inside the `init` method we created in the last lecture.
In the last lecture, we created a `UILabel` and a `UIImageView` as properties for our `ChatCell`. Now it's time to configure those properties. We will add Auto Layout constraints to them and get them ready for use.
We are going to use a speech bubble image and have the message text inside of it. The image looks like this:
We will add it to our project later on.
**Code:**
//In our initialization method add:
messageLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
bubbleImageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
contentView.addSubview(bubbleImageView)
bubbleImageView.addSubview(messageLabel)
As usual with Auto Layout, we set the resizing mask to false and add our views as subviews.
We will now center the `UILabel`, smack in the middle of the `UIImageView` with 2 constraints.
**Code:**
messageLabel.centerXAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(bubbleImageView.centerXAnchor).active = true
messageLabel.centerYAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(bubbleImageView.centerYAnchor).active = true
We want the speech bubble image to grow with the text so we'll do that with constraints.
**Code:**
bubbleImageView.widthAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(messageLabel.widthAnchor, constant:50).active = true
bubbleImageView.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(messageLabel.heightAnchor).active = true
Note that we are adding `50` to the width, this is to account for the speech bubble's tail.
We now what to place the bubble at the top right of the cell.
**Code:**
bubbleImageView.topAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.topAnchor).active = true
bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.trailingAnchor).active = true
Let's configure the `UILabel` next.
**Code:**
messageLabel.textAlignment = .Center
messageLabel.numberOfLines = 0
The last thing we'll do is get our `UIImageView` ready for use.
**Code:**
let image = UIImage(named: "MessageBubble")?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
bubbleImageView.tintColor = UIColor.blueColor()
bubbleImageView.image = image
Here we create a `UIImage` with an image named _MessageBubble_ (we will use that **same name** when we import the image), we give it a tint color and then we add it as an image to the `bubbleImageView` `UIImageView`.
What's interesting here, which you might not have seen before, is the `imageWithRenderingMode` method. This allows us to tint the image however we want.
The `.AlwaysTemplate` mode draws the image ignoring its color information. So it's up to us to specify what color we want it.
This is a great way to be able to change our image's color in code.
In this lecture, we will finish configuring the cell.
We need to add another initializer because we have created a custom initializer.
**Code:**
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
We need to do this because in Swift, a convenience initializer must ultimately call a designated initializer. This means that we need to call some built-in initializer at some point. Since our initializer is a custom one, we also need to make sure that our class is properly initialized by calling a "regular" initializer.
If this doesn't mean anything to you, don't worry. It's enough for now to know that when we create a custom initializer, we should also call the `init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder)` initializer.
For more on class initialization, see our **Classes and Structs** lectures.
In this lecture, we will add the speech bubble image asset and configure it so we can use a single size for all the iOS devices.
* Download the `MessageBubble.pdf` asset from this lecture
* Drag it to **Assets.xcassets** in Xcode
* With the `MessageBubble` selected, change **Scale Factors** in the **Attributes Inspector** to **Single Vector**
* Drag the `MessageBubble` from where it is now in **Unassigned** to **All Universal** above it
Our image is ready to be used for different sizes.
Let me explain what we've done.
These days there are a number of iOS devices, with different screen sizes and resolution. We have retina and non-retina displays as well. So it breaks down like this:
- Any non-retina device will use image sizes at **1x** (iPhone 3 and below)
- Retina devices (iPhone 4 and above) will use images at **2x** size
- iPhone 6 Plus will use images at **3x** size
**2x** means twice as big and **3x** means 3 times as big.
This means that whenever we create an image to use in our apps, we need to create all 3 sizes for every single image. There are ways to automate this but it can get tiresome.
So there is a trick to be able to use a single image and tell Xcode to resize it. And that is just what we've done above.
We told Xcode to use a single image as Universal for all sizes.
Before you pop the champagne though, there are limitations to this trick. This will only work with **resizable vector** images that have been saved as PDF or EPS.
For more on vector and bitmap images, check out the **Single Image Asset** lecture where we explain all this in depth.
In this lecture, we will edit the `ChatViewController` to use the new cell model we just created as well as the new image we added.
Earlier, we had registered the cell for reuse. We're going to do the same thing, but in this case, we will use the new cell model we created so we'll edit the `tableView.registerClass` line of code inside `viewDidLoad()`.
**Code:**
tableView.registerClass(ChatCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellIdentifier)
So here, instead of using an instance of `UITableViewCell`, we use an instance of our `ChatCell`.
This means we'll also need to change the instance of cell inside the `cellForRowAtIndexPath` method so that it uses the instance of our new cell model as well.
**Code:**
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(cellIdentifier, forIndexPath:indexPath) as! ChatCell
Notice that we have to cast it as `ChatCell` to help out the compiler.
We also added a `messageLabel` property to our cell so we need to remove the line that previously set the cell's `textLabel` and add code for our `messageLabel`.
So delete this line: `cell.textLabel?.text = message.text`. And add the one below.
**Code:**
cell.messageLabel.text = message.text
Ok, we've made a number of changes to our structure. Let's run the app and make sure everything still works.
* Run the app
You should see the speech bubbles in blue and the numbers inside it.
The numbers are hard to see (especially in the screenshot) because the text is black, but they're there.
In this lecture, we will setup our app to deal with incoming messages.
We need to make a distinction for messages that are incoming. In order to do that, the first thing we'll do is add a new property to our **Message** class.
Open the `Message.swift` file and add this property.
**Code:**
var incoming = false
We add the `incoming` boolean variable and set it to `false` by default.
With that taken care of, let's edit the `ChatViewController` to make our fake data have some incoming messages so we can test this new feature.
We'll create a new variable for the `incoming` state and then apply that to all the entries in the array.
Inside `viewDidLoad()`.
**Code:**
// add this variable above the loop
var localIncoming = true
// inside the loop we will add these 2 new lines right above `messages.append(m)`
m.incoming = localIncoming
localIncoming = !localIncoming
So now our `viewDidLoad()` method looks like this for these changes:
Notice that we have a line that toggles `localIncoming` from `true` to `false` and vice-versa. This line:
localIncoming = !localIncoming
Means: "take whatever value localIncoming is right now and set it to its opposite".
Since `localIncoming` is a boolean, it will be set to `false` if `true`, or to `true` if `false`.
Here's what's happening here:
1. the first item in the loop will have its `incoming` property set to `true` because the `localIncoming` variable we created is `true`
2. then the line that toggles the local `localIncoming` variable gets run and sets it to the opposite, in this case `false`
2. the second item in the loop, will have its `incoming` property set to `false`
3. then the `localIncoming` toggle is run again, setting it to `true`
4. the third item (third time the loop runs) will have its `incoming` property set to `true`
5. and so on...
So we'll end up with half the messages with `incoming` as `true` and half with it as `false`.
Since we're here, we will also add a call to the `incoming` function. This function doesn't exist yet and we will create it in a little while. It will take care of applying the right constraints to our bubble image.
We will do this in `cellForRowAtIndexPath`.
**Code:**
cell.incoming(message.incoming)
We're not ready to run the app just yet. We need to add this new feature to `ChatCell`. We'll do that in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will edit `ChatCell` to add support for the `incoming` property.
We'll begin by adding 2 properties for Auto Layout constraints.
**Code:**
private var outgoingConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
private var incomingConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
We'll have to edit the trailing anchor we set up earlier for the bubble image to use one of these new constraint properties.
Inside the `init` method.
Delete this line: `bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.trailingAnchor).active = true`. We'll add the constraint again as the `outgoingConstraint`.
**Code:**
outgoingConstraint = bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.trailingAnchor)
incomingConstraint = bubbleImageView.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.leadingAnchor)
The new code in context:
You'll notice that we didn't activate these new constraints. This is because we need to do some logic depending on whether the `incoming` property is set to true or false. We'll add a function for that. But we'll do it in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will add a new function to handle constraints activation based on the `incoming` property.
Navigate to the ChatCell class and we'll add the necessary function to remove our error.
**Code:**
func incoming(incoming: Bool) {
if incoming {
incomingConstraint.active = true
outgoingConstraint.active = false
} else {
incomingConstraint.active = false
outgoingConstraint.active = true
}
}
This function is pretty simple. If `incoming` is `true`, then `incomingConstraint` is active and `outgoingConstraint` is inactive. If `incoming` is false, `incomingConstraint` is inactive and `outgoingConstraint` is active.
What do we gain with this? This is an easy way to set our bubble image either flush left or right, depending on the `incoming` value.
* Run the app
You should see the bubbles staggered. The ones that have `incoming` set to true to the left, the other ones to the right.
Great, that means our new code is working perfectly.
In this lecture, we will start coding to change the color and orientation of the incoming speech bubble.
So now we have our incoming images on the left. But the speech bubble looks wrong, it's oriented towards the right. It would look a lot nicer if it were oriented towards the left, like it's coming out of the margin.
Also, wouldn't it be great if we could have it a different color than the one on the right? Sure it would. Let's get things started.
We will do this in `ChatCell.swift`.
Earlier, we had this bit of code inside the initializer which would create an image instance, change its color and assign it to the `bubbleImageView`:
let image = UIImage(named: "MessageBubble")?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
bubbleImageView.tintColor = UIColor.blueColor()
bubbleImageView.image = image
Now, we will let the `incoming` function handle this. So we'll need to delete the 3 lines of code above from the `init` method.
Inside the `incoming` function, let's add the code to handle this. We will add 2 lines of code. The first one inside the `if incoming`, at the end of everything. The second one inside the `else`, also at the end of everything.
**Code:**
bubbleImageView.image = bubble.incoming
bubbleImageView.image = bubble.outgoing
So the whole function looks like this:
Now, we'll get errors for these lines because we are calling the `bubble` object, which doesn't exist yet. We will fix that in the next lesson.
In this lecture, we will create the missing function to flip the speech bubble image.
At the end of the `ChatCell` class in this file, at the very end of the file, right after the closing curly brace, let's add the bubble object.
**Code:**
let bubble = makeBubble()
This object will get assigned the return value from the `makeBubble()` function. Now, we haven't written this function. We will do so next.
The `let bubble` declaration in context:
The `makeBubble()` function will call another function which will take care of assigning the right color to the bubble. We will write that function in the next lecture. That means we'll get some errors in the `makeBubble()` function but those should only be for this missing function, we shouldn't be seeing any other errors.
Let's get to it. Right below the `bubble` declaration.
**Code:**
func makeBubble() -> (incoming: UIImage, outgoing: UIImage) {
let image = UIImage(named: "MessageBubble")!
// rendering mode .AlwaysTemplate doesn't work when changing the orientation
let outgoing = coloredImage(image, red: 0/255, green: 122/255, blue: 255/255, alpha: 1)
let flippedImage = UIImage(CGImage: image.CGImage!, scale: image.scale, orientation: UIImageOrientation.UpMirrored)
let incoming = coloredImage(flippedImage, red: 229/255, green: 229/255, blue: 229/255, alpha: 1)
return (incoming, outgoing)
}
Let's go over this function.
1. it takes no parameters
2. it returns a Tuple with 2 variables, one called `incoming`, of type `UIImage`, the other `outgoing`, also of type `UIImage`
3. we assign the **MessageBubble** image to the `image` constant
4. we create the `outgoing` constant and give it a color
5. we create the `flippedImage` constant, which is just the same MessageBubble image but flipped using a different initializer for `UIImage`
6. we create the `incoming` image, which takes the `flippedImage` we just created
7. lastly, we return the tuple with both variables
One thing you might not have seen before is the different initializer for `UIImage`. We usually use `UIImage(named: String)`. We've actually used it at the beginning of the `makeBubble` function.
But `UIImage` has other initializers as well. For `flippedImage`, we are using one that allows us to manipulate its orientation to easily flip it. This is great, because it means we can use a single image asset and not ask our designer for another one just because it's flipped.
Notice that we couldn't use the `.AlwaysTemplate` rendering mode because it doesn't work when we change the image's orientation. So we have to take care of coloring the image ourselves.
We will do that in the next lecture by creating the `coloredImage` function.
In this lecture, we will create the missing `coloredImage` function.
Right below the `makeBubble()` function.
**Code:**
func coloredImage(image: UIImage, red: CGFloat, green: CGFloat, blue: CGFloat, alpha: CGFloat) -> UIImage! {
let rect = CGRect(origin: CGPointZero, size: image.size)
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(image.size, false, image.scale)
let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
image.drawInRect(rect)
CGContextSetRGBFillColor(context, red, green, blue, alpha)
CGContextSetBlendMode(context, CGBlendMode.SourceAtop)
CGContextFillRect(context, rect)
let result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return result
}
OK, let's see what this function does:
1. it takes 5 parameters, the first one a `UIImage` and the rest just `CGFloat` numbers
2. it returns a `UIImage`
3. we create a rectangle with `CGRect` with the image's size
4. we then call the `UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions` which creates a bitmap image context with the specified options. This is so we can create a new image. We need a context
5. the next 2 lines are helping to create this new image context
6. `CGContextSetRGBFillColor` and the next 2 lines set a number of options (fill color, blend mode, etc.) for the new image we are creating
7. the next line actually creates the image by calling `UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext`
8. then, with `UIGraphicsEndImageContext()` we remove the image context from memory
9. finally, we return our new image
Wow, lots of scary image-creation code here. The good news is that we don't really have to know exactly what each line does. For now, it's enough to know that this is the process we use to create a new iOS image object.
And more importantly, we need to do this so we can change the color of the **MessageBubble** image. So we're essentially creating a new iOS image object but based on the **MessageBubble** image. The only thing we are doing is changing its color.
Of course, we could always use a different image asset. Then we'd have one for each type of message. This is not a bad thing, it's actually quite common. I just wanted to show you an alternative way, working with a single asset. But we won't get into any of the graphics API because that is a course in and of itself. I still think it's cool to see it though.
Alright, let's take a breather and in the next lecture we will run the app to see if all this effort paid off.
In this lecture, we will run our app and see what we get.
* Run the app
Hey, look at that, we've been able to flip our image and change its color. We also changed the color of the other bubble to a nicer shade of blue so the text is more readable now.
In this lecture, we will stop the rows from highlighting when tapped.
So now we have our `UITableView` working. The bubbles are looking nice, each one facing the right direction. But when you tap a row, it highlights in grey.
This is OK, but we don't want it to do that. We want to keep our UI as clean as possible so let's remove the row's highlight.
This is a good trick to learn because the highlight is on by default and will often want to turn it off.
Open `ChatViewController.swift`.
We need to do 2 things for this to work. The first thing is to make our controller conform to the `UITableViewDelegate` protocol since that's the one responsible for handling the highlight.
With `UITableViews`, you'll find that some functionality is handled by the **Delegate** and some by the **Datasource**. In this case, it's one of the **Delegate** methods that we need to edit.
This means we first need to add the `extension` to our controller at the end of the class declaration (after the last closing curly brace), right below the Datasource declaration.
**Code:**
extension ChatViewController: UITableViewDelegate{
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, shouldHighlightRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> Bool {
return false
}
}
Delegate extension in context.
We added the Delegate extension and we also added the method responsible for highlighting the row, which is the `shouldHighlightRowAtIndexPath` method.
This method is quite simple, it returns a `boolean` indicating whether the row should be highlighted on tap. The default is true, so simply returning `false` from this method is enough to tell the `UITableView` not to highlight the rows when tapped.
If we were to run the app now, nothing would have changed. Try it if you want to see.
This is because we have added the Delegate and even the correct method to turn highlighting off, but we haven't told the controller who its delegate is!
Without this crucial piece of data, the controller can't call the delegate and our `shouldHighlightRowAtIndexPath` method will not run.
We'll do that in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will add the `UITableView.delegate` variable and run our app to see the results.
We need to do this inside `viewDidLoad()`, right below the `.datasource` variable declaration.
**Code:**
tableView.delegate = self
So the whole `viewDidLoad()` method looks like this:
Let's run the app now and see if our highlight is off.
* Run the app
Tap the rows, they should not highlight in grey.
So things are looking better each time. But if you look closely, you'll see the bubble icon is a bit distorted. It's stretched because of the content.
I'll show you what I mean. In `ChatViewController.swift`, let's add a longer text to the messages.
Inside `viewDidLoad()`, comment out the `m.text = String(i)` line and let's add this new one.
**Code:**
m.text = "This is a longer message. How does it look?"
It should end up looking like this:
* Run the app
Oh, that looks nasty.
So what can we do to fix that? The answer is to use **edge insets**.
**Edge Insets** are part of the `UIKit` framework and they allow us to tell Xcode how stretch `UIViews`. This means we can tell Xcode which part of the `UIView` to **ignore** when stretching it.
This works really well for creating images with different contents based off a single image. The typical example for this is a UIButton with an image background that will resize according to contents.
We'll do the same thing here but with the bubble image instead of a button.
We will add the code for this in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will fix the distortion of our bubble image.
In `ChatCell.swift`, locate the `makeBubble()` method. We'll be adding the new code in there.
First we need to declare the insets we want to use. Do this at the beginning of the method, right below this line:
let image = UIImage(named: "MessageBubble")!
**Code:**
let insetsIncoming = UIEdgeInsets(top: 17, left: 26.5, bottom: 17.5, right: 21)
let insetsOutgoing = UIEdgeInsets(top: 17, left: 21, bottom: 17.5, right: 26.5)
We've simply declared 2 instances of `UIEdgeInsets`. One for the incoming bubble and one for the outgoing one.
The next thing we need to do is tell Xcode that our image is resizable and that we want to use the insets in it. We'll do this by **editing** the lines that declare outgoing and incoming images.
**Code:**
//Make sure to locate the existing lines of code and update not add the following code:
let outgoing = coloredImage(image, red: 0/255, green: 122/255, blue: 255/255, alpha: 1).resizableImageWithCapInsets(insetsOutgoing)
let incoming = coloredImage(flippedImage, red: 229/255, green: 229/255, blue: 229/255, alpha: 1).resizableImageWithCapInsets(insetsIncoming)
Our whole `makeBubble()` method now looks like this:
The `resizableImageWithCapInsets` is the new code we added and what allows us to resize the image and use the Edge Insets.
* Run the app
Now that's much better. Now our image is no longer distorted and expands really nicely with the longer text.
We still have a problem with the text getting cut off and we will fix that later, but this is looking good. With a couple of lines of code we've been able to reuse the same image and stretch it dynamically based on content.
Let's make the text a little shorter so we can see both ends of the resized image.
In `ChatViewController.swift`, edit this line `m.text = "This is a longer message. How does it look?"` and shorten the text by deleting everything after the period.
**Code:**
m.text = "This is a longer message."
* Run the app
Now we can see both ends of the image. Looking good!
In this lecture, we will constrain the bubble image so that it doesn't grow past the center of the screen in either direction.
To do this, we will create an array of constraints for the the outgoing and incoming images.
Let's start in `ChatCell.swift`.
We had these constraints declared before:
private var outgoingConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
private var incomingConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
We will replace them with arrays in the declaration.
**Code:**
private var outgoingConstraints: [NSLayoutConstraint]!
private var incomingConstraints: [NSLayoutConstraint]!
The reason we are doing this is so we can activate the constraints all at once. Check out our **Auto Layout** course for more on this.
The properties in context:
Now, inside the `init` method, we will replace some of the constraints we had before and add the new ones into the array.
We'll need to **delete** these 3 constraints:
bubbleImageView.topAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.topAnchor).active = true
outgoingConstraint = bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.trailingAnchor)
incomingConstraint = bubbleImageView.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.leadingAnchor)
And let's add the new ones into the array.
**Code:**
outgoingConstraints = [
bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.trailingAnchor),
bubbleImageView.leadingAnchor.constraintGreaterThanOrEqualToAnchor(contentView.centerXAnchor)
]
incomingConstraints = [
bubbleImageView.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.leadingAnchor),
bubbleImageView.trailingAnchor.constraintLessThanOrEqualToAnchor(contentView.centerXAnchor)
]
bubbleImageView.topAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.topAnchor, constant: 10).active = true
bubbleImageView.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -10).active = true
The complete `init` method now looks like this:
In the next lecture, we will activate the constraints.
In this lecture, we will activate the constraints we created in the previous lecture.
Still in `ChatCell.swift`, find the `incoming()` method.
Before, we had the constraints as properties and activated them with `.active = true`. Now, they are in an array so we need to replace those lines.
Delete these 2 lines in the `if statement`:
incomingConstraint.active = true
outgoingConstraint.active = false
Replace them with these 2.
**Code:**
NSLayoutConstraint.deactivateConstraints(outgoingConstraints)
NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints(incomingConstraints)
We will do the same thing in the `else statement`. Delete these 2 lines:
incomingConstraint.active = false
outgoingConstraint.active = true
Replace with these 2 lines.
**Code:**
NSLayoutConstraint.deactivateConstraints(incomingConstraints)
NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints(outgoingConstraints)
Notice that we must deactivate before we activate.
The complete `incoming()` method:
OK, time to view our handiwork.
* Run the app
Nice. Our bubbles don't stretch beyond the center of the screen.
But our text is getting cut off. We will use a quick fix to take care of this in the next lecture.
This will be a really short lecture. All we're going to do is use a quick trick to be able to see all our text inside the bubble.
Open `ChatViewController.swift`. Inside `viewDidLoad()`, right below `tableView.delegate = self`, let's add an estimated row height for the `UITableView`.
**Code:**
tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 44
* Run the app
That's better:
We're telling Xcode to set the row height of each cell to 44 points.
By setting the `estimatedRowHeight` to any positive number, Xcode will dynamically adjust the height when it is drawing the rows. The closer the number is to the actual height, the less redraw Xcode has to do. Of course, when our text changes, there will have to be redrawing to accommodate the height.
Another short lecture. If we look at our app right now, it's shaping up really well.
But the cell separator, that grey line between bubbles, looks out of place in our design. It's a default feature of `UITableView` and it works for most cases, but not this one.
So, how can we get rid of it?
Easy, we will use the `separatorInset` property.
In truth, there are a couple of ways to remove this cell separator, if you search online you will probably find different suggestions on how to do it. They're all valid, but this one seems to be the simplest solution. Let's get to it.
In `ChatViewController.swift` inside the `cellForRowAtIndexPath` method, add this line.
**Code:**
cell.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, tableView.bounds.size.width, 0, 0)
Note that the `separatorInset` property takes an instance of `UIEdgeInset`, we can't just simply pass 0 to it. That's why we have to create the value using `UIEdgeInsetsMake`.
* Run the app
Great, the separators are gone.
Yet another short lecture. We continue tweaking our UI. This is the way tweaks should be made, both in code and interface. You want to get used to making small adjustments and checking them.
It makes the whole process, not only, easier but also less work to debug. If something goes wrong, you know it was probably that last change you made. As opposed to making lots of changes across lots of files and then hunting down an elusive bug.
So, what we want to do in this lecture is add some height padding around our text.
Back in `ChatCell.swift`. We will change the height anchor of the bubbleView image. We will simply add a constant of 20 to this line:
bubbleImageView.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(messageLabel.heightAnchor).active = true
So it now becomes this line.
**Code:**
bubbleImageView.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(messageLabel.heightAnchor, constant:20).active = true
Adding the constant to the bubble image's height anchor will add padding to the text inside it.
* Run the app
That looks nicer.
In this lecture, we will start creating a new message area.
In `ChatViewController.swift`, inside `viewDidLoad()`.
**Code:**
let newMessageArea = UIView()
newMessageArea.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
newMessageArea.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addSubview(newMessageArea)
We create a new `UIView`, change its background color, set the auto resize mask off and add the new view as a subview.
Now we will create the necessary constraints for this view and activate them.
**Code:**
let messageAreaConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint] = [
newMessageArea.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.leadingAnchor),
newMessageArea.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.trailingAnchor),
newMessageArea.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.bottomAnchor),
newMessageArea.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToConstant(50)
]
NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints(messageAreaConstraints)
The message area will sit at the bottom of our screen, so we'll need adjust the constraint for the `UITableView's` bottom to account for this new area. As such we'll need to edit this line:
tableView.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.bottomAnchor)
Into this line.
**Code:**
tableView.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageArea.topAnchor)
So we're telling the `UITableView` that its bottom anchor is going to be the top of the new message area.
* Run the app
You should see the new message area as a gray bar at the bottom of the screen.
In this lecture, we will create the `UITextView` and button for the new message area.
As its name implies, this area will be used for us to create and send messages.
Let's start by creating a property for the `UITextView` at the head of the `ChatViewController` class, right below the `UITableView` declaration: `private let tableView = UITableView()`.
**Code:**
private let newMessageField = UITextView()
Now, inside `viewDidLoad()`, let's set up the `UITextView` and `UIButton`. We'll do this right below where we added the `newMessageArea` earlier: `view.addSubview(newMessageArea)`.
**Code:**
newMessageField.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
newMessageArea.addSubview(newMessageField)
newMessageField.scrollEnabled = false
let sendButton = UIButton()
sendButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
newMessageArea.addSubview(sendButton)
sendButton.setTitle("Send", forState: .Normal)
sendButton.setContentHuggingPriority(251, forAxis: .Horizontal)
We turn off auto resizing mask and add the view as usual.
Then we turn scrolling inside of the `UITextView` off. This is necessary because scrolling is enabled by default and we don't want that.
Next, we create an instance of `UIButton`, turn resizing mask off and add it to the view. We set the `UIButton's` title to "Send" and its `Content Hugging Priority` to 251 which is just above **Low Priority**. This will prevent the button from growing too much when using Auto layout.
If Content Hugging Priority is a new concept for you, make sure you check out the **Auto Layout** lectures.
In the next lecture, we will add constraints for all these elements and adjust the height constraint of the message area.
In this lecture, we will create add constraints for the new elements and adjust the height constraint of the message area.
Since we now have a `UITextView` inside the message area, we will remove the height constraint we set up earlier for it using a constant value. We will re-add the height constraint based on the `UITextView`.
So delete this line: `newMessageArea.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToConstant(50)`
And let's add the constraints. Make sure you add these to the existing array of constraints we already have.
**Code:**
newMessageField.leadingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageArea.leadingAnchor,constant:10),
newMessageField.centerYAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageArea.centerYAnchor),
sendButton.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageArea.trailingAnchor, constant:-10),
newMessageField.trailingAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(sendButton.leadingAnchor,constant: -10),
sendButton.centerYAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageField.centerYAnchor),
newMessageArea.heightAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(newMessageField.heightAnchor, constant:20)
Constraints array in context:
Let's run the app and see what we got.
* Run the app
Hey, our message area now actually looks like a proper message area.
In this series of lectures, we will show how to make the message area move up when the keyboard is shown.
Right now, when we click the `UITextView`, and the keyboard comes up, the message area is covered by the keyboard.
This is what we need to fix. We need the message area to come up with the keyboard so that it rests right above it.
It will end up looking like this:
To do this, we will remove the `newMessageArea` bottom constraint from the array of constraints we have and create a stored property for it, so that we can use it inside different methods.
We will then use `NSNotificationCenter` to let us know when the keyboard is being shown. We will create a method that gets called by the Notification and takes care of moving the message area as the keyboard slides up.
To get this effect, we will be animating a constraint!
Alright, so lots of interesting things in this series of lectures. Let's take it one step at a time and we'll explain the steps as we go along.
We will start in the next lecture.
In this series of lectures, we will modify the constraints so we can animate the necessary ones.
In `ChatViewController.swift`, let's add a store property (or instance variable) for the `newMessageArea`'s bottom constraint.
We will add it right below the array declaration, so right below this line: `private var messages = [Message]()`.
**Code:**
private var bottomConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
We now want to remove the `newMessageArea`'s bottom constraint from the constraint of arrays we have inside `viewDidLoad()`. So find this line and delete it:
newMessageArea.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.bottomAnchor),
Delete the whole line, along with the comma. We will recreate this constraint but using the stored property we just declared.
Now let's recreate this constraint with the property. We will do this right above the declaration for our array of constraints.
**Code:**
bottomConstraint = newMessageArea.bottomAnchor.constraintEqualToAnchor(view.bottomAnchor)
bottomConstraint.active = true
So we haven't done anything new here. We simply removed a constraint from inside the array and added it directly using a property.
Of course, since we activate all the constraints together inside the array, we need to activate this one directly. Very important we don't forget that or the constraint will not take effect.
That's it for this lecture. In the next lecture, we will start setting up the NSNotificationCenter listener.
In this lecture, we will add the `NSNotificationCenter` listener for the keyboard.
We will add this inside `viewDidLoad()`, right below where we activate the `tableViewConstraints`. So, right below this line: ` NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints(tableViewConstraints)`.
We will first add the code and then I'll explain what we're doing.
**Code:**
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"),
name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification,
object: nil)
Let's first talk a little about `NSNotificationCenter`.
OK, so we know that an `NSNotificationCenter` object provides a mechanism for broadcasting information. We've used the radio analogy in the past. We said that a notification center is like a radio station, you tune in to the station you want to listen to.
In order to do this, we create an `observer`. Any object can actually be an `observer`.
We then need to specify a `Selector`, which will be the method that gets called when we receive a message from notification center.
We can specify the name for the notification so that we only listen to these particular notifications and not all notifications.
Lastly, there's an optional `object` parameter that we can use to filter even further the notifications. We can tell our observer to only listen for notifications from this particular object.
So let's look at the code above:
1. the `observer` is is set to `self` meaning the ChatViewController is the `observer`. This is typical when creating notifications.
2. the `selector` is `keyboardWillShow:`. This means we need to create this method ourselves to handle the notification. The colon `:` after the method name means we will be passing something to the method. In this case, we will be passing the notification itself.
3. the `name` is `UIKeyboardWillShowNotification`. This means we will only listen to notifications with this particular name.
4. `object` is nil, meaning we won't further filter the notifications.
Now the key here is the `UIKeyboardWillShowNotification`. This is part of the `UIKit` framework. It is a notification that is posted automatically by the system, right before the keyboard will be shown.
This is great for us, because we can simply listen for this notification and run whatever code we need to when the keyboard is shown.
Which is exactly what we will do in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will create the method that gets called by the notification center and that actually animates the message area.
This method needs to be part of the `ChatViewController` so we'll create it right below the `didReceiveMemoryWarning()` method.
We will create the whole method and then I will explain what we're doing with each line.
This lecture will be a little long, but bear with me because I want to show the whole method in context.
**Code:**
func keyboardWillShow()
})
}
}
This might look scary but it's not really. If we take it step by step, we'll see that everything makes sense.
1. This method takes an `NSNotification` as a parameter.
2. Then we're simply doing **Optional Chaining**, which means we're chaining multiple `if let`'s in a single declaration.
3. `userInfo` contains information about the notification. We will use it to get some information we'll need to create the animation.
4. With the information contained in `userInfo`, we set the `frame` constant to be the keyboard's `frame` as a `CGRect` type. We will use that information to convert coordinates between views.
5. The keyboard slides up in an animation handled by the system. But we don't know how long that animation takes. Yet we need to animate the bottom constraint of `newMessageArea` based on the keyboard animation. Fortunately, the notification contains that information, so we're asking `userInfo` for the animation duration right here: `userInfo[UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey]` and casting it as a `Double`. We need it as a double because we will use that value when we actually animate the `newMessageArea`.
6. Then we have the beginning of the `if let statement body` which is where we set up and animate the `newMessageArea`.
7. We start by setting `newFrame` to the frame of the keyboard window. We get the keyboard window's frame from here: `UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate?.window)!`. `convertRect` is a method that converts coordinates from one view to another, we use to to make the calculations easier.
8. Next we change the `constant` property of the `bottomConstraint`, we set it to the vertical (`y`) position of `newFrame` minus the controller view's `frame`. So we're essentially getting the height of the keyboard.
9. Lastly, we call `animateWithDuration` which actually handles the animation. The `layoutIfNeeded()` method tells the system to redraw the layout if necessary.
So, you see, it's not really that bad once we take it step by step.
In the next lecture we will run the app and bask in our accomplishment.
Ok, let's see if our hard work has paid off.
* Run the app
* Click inside the UITextField to make the keyboard come up
* If the keyboard doesn't show in the Simulator, go to **Hardware-> keyboard-> Toggle Software keyboard** or simply **Cmd-K**
Nice. Our message area moves up with the keyboard and looks good doing it!
If you close the keyboard (**Cmd-K**) you'll see that the message area stays there floating, it doesn't move down with it. And we will take care of that in the upcoming lectures.
But right now, pat yourself in the back, you've just created a dynamic animation based on another animation. Very cool stuff.
In this lecture, we will add a `UITapGestureRecognizer` to close the keyboard when the user taps anywhere outside of the keyboard area.
Right now, we don't really have a way of closing the keyboard. Let's make it so that the keyboard is closed whenever the user taps outside of it.
In order to do this, we will need to add a `UITapGestureRecognizer` and a method to handle the tap.
Let's start by adding the `UITapGestureRecognizer` inside `viewDidLoad()`, right at the bottom of the method.
**Code:**
let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleSingleTap:")
tapRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
view.addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)
First we create the `UITapGestureRecognizer` instance.
The `numberOfTapsRequired` is set to 1 by default, but it doesn't hurt to be explicit so we specify it.
Then we add the `UITapGestureRecognizer` we just created to the whole view in our controller. This way, a user can tap anywhere in the main view and the tap will be recognized.
In the next lecture, we will create the method to handle that tap.
In this lecture, we will add the method to handle the `UITapGestureRecognizer` we added previously.
In `ChatViewController.swift`, right below the `keyboardWillShow` method, let's add this new one.
**Code:**
func handleSingleTap(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
view.endEditing(true)
}
This method is very simple, all it does force the view to resign the **first responder status**. This means that the keyboard will close.
When the keyboard shows up, the `view` it is in will get a first responder status automatically. To close it, we simply resign this status and this is what we're doing in the method above.
* Run the app
* Tap on the `UITextView`
The keyboard will show and our message area moves up with it. We coded all this before.
* Tap anywhere in the main view other than the keyboard or message area
The keyboard will close. Perfect, this means that our `UITapGestureRecognizer` is working properly.
* Tap inside the `UITextView` again
Keyboard comes up again.
* Tap anywhere on the main view
The keyboard closes again. Our code works perfectly.
In this lecture, we will create another `NSNotificationCenter` `observer`.
We want the message area to come down with the keyboard. So we need to the opposite of the animation we created earlier. We have the message area moving up with the keyboard, but when the keyboard is closed, the message area remains floating in space. We need to fix that.
For this, we will create another `NSNotificationCenter` `observer`, another listener, if you will. So let's do that below the existing one.
**Code:**
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"),
name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification,
object: nil)
This time, the name we will be listening for is `UIKeyboardWillHideNotification` and the method we will call is `keyboardWillHide`.
We will also move the code to handle the message area animation into a separate method, this way, we can call it from within both `keyboardWillHide` and `keyboardWillShow` methods.
We'll start with this in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will move the animation for the message area into its own method.
First we will create the method to handle the animation. Later on we will create the method that the new observer calls. Then we will call this method from both observers.
The reason for this order will become apparent after we're done. OK, so right below the `handleSingleTap` method, let's create this one.
All we're doing is creating a new method called `updateBottomConstraint` and moving the **existing** code into that method. The code is now inside the `keyboardWillShow` method. We want to grab **all of the code** and move it into this new method we are creating.
So:
1. Create this new method.
**Code:**
func updateBottomConstraint(notification: NSNotification) {
}
2. Cut and paste all of the code inside `keyboardWillShow` into the body of `updateBottomConstraint`.
The new method will look like this:
**Code:**
func updateBottomConstraint()
})
tableView.scrollToBottom()
}
}
And the `keyboardWillShow` will be empty. We will take care of that in the next lecture.
In this lecture, we will add the necessary calls inside the various keyboard methods.
First things first. Earlier we left the `keyboardWillShow` method empty. Let's fix that.
We will add a call to the new `updateBottomConstraint` method inside it.
**Code:**
func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
updateBottomConstraint(notification)
}
So, all this method does is call the `updateBottomConstraint` method.
We also need to create the `keyboardWillHide` method, which our new observer calls. This method will do the exact same thing as `keyboardWillShow`.
**Code:**
func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
updateBottomConstraint(notification)
}
So you may be wondering, why do we have 2 distinct methods that do the exact same thing? The answer is simple:
each one is called from a different observer.
- `keyboardWillShow` is called when we receive a notification that the keyboard is about to be shown
- `keyboardWillHide` is called when we receive a notification that the keyboard is about to be hidden
- In both cases, we want to run the `updateBottomConstraint` method because that takes care of animating the message area
The other question is, why does the same code work for both moving the message area up or down? And this is the cool part:
Since we are basing our animation on the keyboard window, the same code will work for both cases.
This line: `let newFrame = view.convertRect(frame, fromView: (UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate?.window)!)` gives use the `frame` of the keyboard window and we animate based on that. Our message area simply follows the keyboard window, whether it comes up or goes down.
See, I said that creating an animation based off another animation would be cool!
---
You might also be wondering why not call `updateBottomConstraint` from both observers, right? The reason is that we might want to add additional functionality when the keyboard shows up or goes away. Maybe we want to clear the `UITextView` when the keyboard is dismissed, for example.
In this lecture, we will set the **Compression Resistance** for the `sendButton`.
When we created this button earlier, we set its **Content Hugging Priority** so that it wouldn't grow too much.
But we never set its **Compression Resistance** so that it wouldn't be squished. Let's do that now and then we will run the app with these lines commented out so you can see the difference.
Check out the **Auto Layout** lectures for more information on **Content Hugging** and **Compression Resistance**.
Right below `sendButton.setContentHuggingPriority(251, forAxis: .Horizontal)` add this line.
**Code:**
sendButton.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(751, forAxis: .Horizontal)
We are setting the **Compression Resistance Priority** to `751` which is just above the default. This means our `UIButton` has less of a chance of getting squished.
* Run the app
Everything looks good.
* Now, comment out this line `sendButton.setContentHuggingPriority(251, forAxis: .Horizontal)`
* Run the app
Uh oh, our button has grown huge! And our `UITextView` is tiny!
That's what Content Hugging is for, it will keep it from growing too much.
* Uncomment the line `sendButton.setContentHuggingPriority(251, forAxis: .Horizontal)`
* Run the app
Back to normal.
In this series of lectures, we will add the ability to create a new message in our app.
Let's start by creating the
pressedButton method so that something happens when we press the
Send
UIButton.
In
ChatViewController.swift, right below
updateBottomConstraint, let's create the
pressedButton method.
Code:
func pressedSend(button:UIButton){ guard let text = newMessageField.text where text.characters.count > 0 else {return} let message = Message() message.text = text message.incoming = false messages.append(message) }
Let's see what this method does:
newMessageFieldhas some text in it by counting the characters. If it doesn't, we return out of this method. No sense running unnecessary code if we don't have any text for the message.
textproperty of the instance to whatever text the user has inputted.
incomingproperty to
false
messageinstance into the
messagesarray.
So nothing crazy, pretty simple really.
But if you run the app now, nothing will happen when we press the
Send button. This is because we have not told the
UIButtonthat it needs to run this method when tapped. So, how do we do this?
We do this by adding a
Target to the
UIButton.
We'll do that next.
In this lecture, we will add a target to the
Send
UIButton
In
viewDidLoad(), right below
sendButton.setTitle("Send", forState: .Normal) let's add this line.
Code:
sendButton.addTarget(self, action: Selector("pressedSend:"), forControlEvents:.TouchUpInside) ###/precode###addTarget method can be tricky to read. Because you might think that the target for it should be the
UIButtonitself. But it's not. Here's how the method reads:
###li/li######li/li######licode###.TouchUpInside is the default for
UIButtons###/olstrong###target is ###strong/strong###. In this case, we set it to
selfwhich means we are setting it to be the
ChatViewControllerclass. This class contains the
pressedSendSelector that we just created so that works fine. We still need to do some more work before we can run the app. Right now, a new message gets added to the array, but we have nothing in place to allow us to show that new message. We don't even have a way to close the keyboard when we press the
Sendbutton. We will take care of this next.
In this lecture, we will add the ability to show the new messages we create.
In order to show the new messages, we need to do 2 things.
UITableView
UITableViewdown so that new message is shown
We will do all this inside the
pressedSend method. So at the bottom of the method.
Code:
tableView.reloadData() tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: tableView.numberOfRowsInSection(0)-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true) ###/precode###UITableView. The second line scrolls down to this new message. We do this by calling numberOfRowsInSection to get the number of rows in the
UITableViewand then subtracting 1 from it. Why do we subtract 1 from the count? This is because
numberOfRowsInSectionreturns the count for all rows. But
NSIndexPathfollows the array convention of starting with
0. So if we have
10rows, the
countis 10 but the index path for row
10is actually
9.
UITableViewshave sections by default. If we don't use them, as is the case here, we are in fact working in section 0 so we have to use that section in this method.
atScrollPositionis a constant. We can use
.Top,
.Middleor
.Bottom. We want to scroll to the bottom here so we use
.Bottom.
Sendbutton
UITableViewand it should scroll automatically to it.
In this lecture, we will move the code that scrolls to the bottom of the
UITableView into its own function.
Doing this will allow us to call it from more than one place. We could simply copy and paste the code wherever we need it. But creating a function for it is a much better idea. You want your code to be modular and easy to edit. You don't want the same code repeated in different places, this makes it much more difficult to make changes in the code. It turns any change into an unnecessary treasure hunt.
Instead of creating a method inside the
UITableView controller, we will create an extension to
UITableView. This will allow us to reuse this helper in other
UITableView controllers should we need to.
So we'll need to create a new file:
Code:
import Foundation import UIKit extension UITableView { func scrollToBottom() { self.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: self.numberOfRowsInSection(0)-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true) } }
Since we're creating this file by hand, we have to manually include the frameworks like
Foundation and
UIKit.
extension UITableView extends every
UITableView we have in our app. This means that we'll be able to call the
scrollToBottom function from within any
UITableView we create.
We define a new function called
scrollToBottom and then we copy/paste the code that we had in
ChatViewController.swift
pressedSend() to have the
UITableView scroll to the bottom.
Of course, we will need to delete that code from
ChatViewController.swift. We'll do that next.
In this lecture, we will add the ability scroll to the bottom of the
UITableView when the app starts.
Right now, when we start the app, we see the topmost rows of the table. Wouldn't it be nice if the app would start showing us the most recent messages? Of course it would. But these messages are located at the bottom of the table. So how do we accomplish this?
In
ChatViewController.swift.
We will use the
viewDidAppear() method for this. This method is similar to
viewDidLoad() but it runs after that one.
viewDidLoad() runs when our
view is loaded into memory.
viewDidAppear() runs right after that, when the
view actually appears.
Why don't we use
viewDidLoad()? The reason is that we want the
UITableView to have completely populated all its rows before we scroll. If we scroll too soon, the
UITableView might still be drawing its content and we might not get all the rows.
Code:
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) { tableView.scrollToBottom() }
Here we simply call the
scrollToBottom method we created earlier, which will take care or scrolling the
UITableView to the right place. This method will be called as soon as the
ChatViewController view appears.
That takes care of scrolling to the bottom when we run the app. But we still need to fix scrolling to the bottom when we press the
Send button.
We will do that next.
In this lecture, we will refactor the
pressedSend method.
Right now, tapping the
Send button will work because we have the correct code in it. But, since we have created a method to handle the scroll, we want to replace that code with the method call.
We will delete the line of code that scrolls the view inside
pressedSend:
tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: tableView.numberOfRowsInSection(0)-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true)
And replace it with this line.
Code:
tableView.scrollToBottom()
So the whole
pressedSend method now looks like this:
func pressedSend(button:UIButton){ guard let text = newMessageField.text where text.characters.count > 0 else {return} let message = Message() message.text = text message.incoming = false messages.append(message) tableView.reloadData() tableView.scrollToBottom() }
Let's make sure all this works.
It's a little hard to tell because all our messages say the same thing, but if you scroll the table, you'll notice that we are now at the bottom when the app starts.
Let's make sure our scroll works when we press the
Send button.
Sendbutton
It should scroll again to the bottom.
Excellent. All is as it should be.
In this lecture, we will reset the
UITextView when we send a new message.
Right now, when we press the
Send button, the text of our new message is still shown in the
UITextView.
The right thing to do would be to remove the text after the message has been sent. This is quite easy to do.
But the keyboard also stays onscreen after we send the new message. We want to dismiss the keyboard when we press send, we don't need it any more. This is also quite easy to do.
So, in
ChatViewController.swift, in the
pressedSend method, right above
tableView.reloadData() add this line.
Code:
newMessageField.text = "" ###/precode###UITextView. Then, at the bottom of the method, after this line
tableView.scrollToBottom()add this code. Code:view.endEditing(true) ###/precode###view to resign its first responder status. The whole
pressedSendmethod.func pressedSend(button:UIButton){ guard let text = newMessageField.text where text.characters.count > 0 else {return} let message = Message() message.text = text message.incoming = false messages.append(message) newMessageField.text = "" tableView.reloadData() tableView.scrollToBottom() view.endEditing(true) }
Sendbutton
UITextViewis reset, and we scroll down to the last message. This is starting to look like a real app!
In this lecture, we will make a small improvement to our app. We will trigger the
scrollToBottom method only if we have rows in the
UITableView.
This is another example of a pretty small detail that makes a difference. Except, this time, the difference is more for the developer than for the end user.
Let's see the code and then we'll talk more about it.
In
UITableView+Scroll.swift, inside the
scrollToBottom() method we have this line:
self.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: self.numberOfRowsInSection(0)-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true)
We will put it inside of an if statement.
Code:
if self.numberOfRowsInSection(0) > 0 { self.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: self.numberOfRowsInSection(0)-1, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true) }
The whole method now looks like this:
We want to make sure everything still works and we are not getting any errors. I know we made a simple change, but it's good to check our app continuously. Makes it easier to catch bugs this way, rather than having to come back after we've made many changes.
OK, so why have we done this?
We don't want the
scrollToBottom() method to trigger unless there are some rows in our
UITable. The user probably won't see a difference but it's not great programming. We're calling a function that is not really needed. If there are no rows in the table, then scrolling doesn't make sense, does it?
Let's try to get into the habit of only calling functionality when it's needed. This, not only, makes us better programmers, but also makes for a more robust app which will be easier to troubleshoot. Imagine if you had a bunch of methods that were called all the time, even when they are not needed and you're searching for a bug. Well, you would have to look at all that irrelevant code unnecessarily. Not a good use of your time.
And calling irrelevant code also makes our app slower since we're wasting cycles on something that does not produce any results.
So, in conclusion, only call the code that you need.. | https://www.udemy.com/clone-whatsapp-with-bitfountain/ | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | refinedweb | 11,336 | 58.69 |
The
InputStream class of the
java.io package is an abstract superclass that represents an input stream of bytes.
Since
InputStream is an abstract class, it is not useful by itself. However, its subclasses can be used to read data.
Subclasses of InputStream
In order to use the functionality of
InputStream, we can use its subclasses. Some of them are:
We will learn about all these subclasses in the next tutorial.
Create an InputStream
In order to create an InputStream, we must import the
java.io.InputStream package first. Once we import the package, here is how we can create the input stream.
// Creates an InputStream InputStream object1 = new FileInputStream();
Here, we have created an input stream using
FileInputStream. It is because
InputStream is an abstract class. Hence we cannot create an object of
InputStream.
Note: We can also create an input stream from other subclasses of
InputStream.
Methods of InputStream
The
InputStream class provides different methods that are implemented by its subclasses. Here are some of the commonly used methods:
read()- reads one byte of data from the input stream
read(byte[] array)- reads bytes from the stream and stores in the specified array
available()- returns the number of bytes available in the input stream
mark()- marks the position in the input stream up to which data has been read
reset()- returns the control to the point in the stream where the mark was set
markSupported()- checks if the
mark()and
reset()method is supported in the stream
skips()- skips and discards the specified number of bytes from the input stream
close()- closes the input stream
Example: InputStream Using FileInputStream
Here is how we can implement
InputStream using the
FileInputStream class.
Suppose we have a file named input.txt with the following content.
This is a line of text inside the file.
Let's try to read this file using
FileInputStream (a subclass of
InputStream).
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { byte[] array = new byte[100]; try { InputStream input = new FileInputStream("input.txt"); System.out.println("Available bytes in the file: " + input.available()); // Read byte from the input stream input.read(array); System.out.println("Data read from the file: "); // Convert byte array into string String data = new String(array); System.out.println(data); // Close the input stream input.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.getStackTrace(); } } }
Output
Available bytes in the file: 35 Data read from the file: This is a line of text inside the file
In the above example, we have created an input stream using the
FileInputStream class. The input stream is linked with the file input.txt.
InputStream input = new FileInputStream("input.txt");
To read data from the input.txt file, we have implemented these two methods.
input.read(array); // to read data from the input stream input.close(); // to close the input stream
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Hi,
Could somebody please explain to me the difference between Value Objects and Domain Objects, or are they the same?
My understanding is that Value Objects are just used to transfer data, and that the Domain Objects have the business methods.
Is this correct, or is it OK to have business logic in the Value Objects?
Should I be getting my Value Object from my DataAccessObject and then use these to populate my Domain Objects before then calling the business methods on Domain Objects?
If I'm using Hibernate or OJB should I get the persistence framework to return me Value Objects or Domain Objects?
If this is the right way to go, can anybody point me in the right direction for a Struts example app that uses Value Objects, Domain Objects and some persistence technology like Hibernate or OJB.
So many questions.
Please help,
- Martin Smith
Value Objects and Domain Objects (1 messages)
- Posted by: Martin Smith
- Posted on: January 15 2004 09:07 EST
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- Value Objects and Domain Objects by Jacob Hookom on January 15 2004 19:44 EST
Value Objects and Domain Objects[ Go to top ]
We are buttoning up a fairly large project and we used a single domain object layer in combination with our DAO -- which I regret.
- Posted by: Jacob Hookom
- Posted on: January 15 2004 19:44 EST
- in response to Martin Smith
Some of the issues we ran into is that domain objects have conversational state, while the Value Objects (DTO's) represent the state of the database. Things can become very clean cut.
DTO's, since they only have state, you make rules in the domain layer to only pass DTO's by copy. They also would have equals, hash, etc overridden in them-- as if they belonged in "java.lang.*"
OrderSession.setData(OrderData data)
{
this.data = (OrderData) data.clone();
}
OrderSession.getData()
{
return (OrderData) this.data.clone();
}
The other thing is that the DTO's have getter's and setter's while the Domain Objects might only have getter's to help preserve it's internal state.
Overall, I think seperating business state and business rules are the way to go. It will also help keep your Hibernate/OJB config/code cleaner when business logic gets really hairy. | http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=23351 | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | refinedweb | 380 | 59.74 |
11 September 2013 21:08 [Source: ICIS news]
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Fourth-quarter US fatty alcohol contract negotiations are underway, although no price initiatives have been announced, buyers and sellers said on Wednesday.
The lack of announced initiatives so far is a trend that has become commonplace in the ?xml:namespace>
Price ideas were widely mixed between buyers and sellers in both heavy chain C16-18 alcohols and in the mid-cut C12-14 to C12-16 blended alcohols.
The mid-cut detergent-range alcohols of C12-14 to C12-16 blends were considered to be carrying some upward pressure, bolstered largely on good demand factors.
“We have seen some contract offers at 1-2 cents/lb up, but we have also had some offers at rollover from the third quarter,” one buyer said about the mid-cut alcohols.
General price sentiment on the heavy chain is that a rollover from the third quarter is likely to take place.
However, some buyers’ input points to lower price expectations.
“Some special deals are being cut,” one buyer said.
Mid-cut detergent range alcohol contracts were assessed at 83.50-96.00 cents/lb ($1,841-2,116/tonne, €1,381-1,587/tonne) for the third quarter.
Third-quarter heavy chain alcohols were last assessed at 80.00-92.00 cents/lb.
The
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Beginning Java
Small problem with arrays in Hangman java game
Klaas Vredevort
Greenhorn
Posts: 29
posted 13 years ago
Hi everyone...
I have coded this Hangman prog as a school project, however I am experiencing a small problem. The program prints a number of *s for every random
word
that is chosen. For instance, the word "oasis" would be *****. Yet, when printing the *s, it gives the last letter of the word a "null" value, in other words the array's last space is empty. For instance once again: oasis is now ****null...
And for some reason, if you type in the correct letter for the first letter of the word (in oasis "o"), it simply doesn't print it.
The problem would be in the
test
() void.
I am printing the code here. The text files (if you want to compile the program), can be found at
Will anybody be willing to take a look?
I am also placing the driver program for anyone who wants to compile.
import java.io.*; class JasperHangman { public String [] words = new String [5]; // number of words in all files public String randomWord; public String [] afrikaansWords = new String [51478]; /* file has around about 52 000 Afrikaans words copyright Mieliestronk <a href="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a> */ public JasperHangman () throws IOException { } public String randomChoose () throws IOException { BufferedReader inputCategoryChoice = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in)); System.out.println ("What is your choice? 1) for music 2) for movies 3) for Afrikaans"); int choice = Integer.parseInt (inputCategoryChoice.readLine ()); if ((choice == 1 || choice == 2)) // both of these files have equal numbers of words { FileReader fileObj1 = new FileReader (choice + ".txt"); //chooses file BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader (fileObj1); // reads data from selected file for (int i = 0 ; i < words.length ; i++) { words [i] = input.readLine (); } int random = (int) (Math.random () * 5); // number of objects in 1- or 2.txt file randomWord = words [random]; System.out.println (); System.out.println (randomWord); test (); } if ((choice == 3)) { FileReader fileObj1 = new FileReader (choice + ".txt"); //chooses file BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader (fileObj1); // reads data from selected file for (int i = 0 ; i < afrikaansWords.length ; i++) { afrikaansWords [i] = input.readLine ().toLowerCase (); // files in 3.txt file are in upper case } int random = (int) (Math.random () * afrikaansWords.length); // number of objects in 3.txt file randomWord = afrikaansWords [random]; System.out.println (); System.out.println (randomWord); test (); } return randomWord; } public void test () throws IOException { boolean found = false; boolean gameOver = false; boolean gebruikteLetter = false; int lengthW = randomWord.length (); // length of the actual chosen random word String usedLetter [] = new String [lengthW + 4]; // allowed missed chances of the player int gameOverInt = 0; int times = 0; String letters [] = new String [lengthW]; String [] templateArray = new String [letters.length]; int chancesTaken = 0; // number of letters chosen, correct or incorrect, by user String wordsUsed = ""; int win = 0; BufferedReader testInput = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in)); for (int i = 0 ; i < lengthW - 1 ; i++) { letters [i] = randomWord.substring (i, (i + 1)); for (int t = i ; t < lengthW - 1 ; t++) // fills the array with "*" characters that are changed when user chooses a correct letter { templateArray [t] = "*"; } } System.out.println (); while ((win != lengthW) && (!gameOver) && (chancesTaken < usedLetter.length)) // situations under which // game continues { for (int s = 0 ; s < lengthW ; s++) { System.out.print (templateArray [s]); } System.out.println (" Win = " + (lengthW)); System.out.println ("What letter do you choose?"); String letterChosen = testInput.readLine (); letterChosen.toLowerCase (); for (int h = 0 ; h < usedLetter.length ; h++) { if (letterChosen.equalsIgnoreCase (letters [h])) { System.out.println ("You have used this letter, try again"); gebruikteLetter = true; break; } else { for (int r = 0 ; r < letters.length ; r++) { if (letterChosen.equals (letters [r])) { templateArray [r] = letterChosen; } } } } System.out.println ("End"); chancesTaken++; } } }
// The "JasperHangmanDriver" class. import java.io.*; public class JasperHangmanDriver { public void input () throws IOException { JasperHangman dataObj = new JasperHangman (); dataObj.randomChoose (); dataObj.test (); } public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException { JasperHangmanDriver mainObj = new JasperHangmanDriver (); //mainObj.input (); mainObj.input (); // Place your code here } // main method } // JasperHangmanDriver class
Michael Dunn
Ranch Hand
Posts: 4632
posted 13 years ago
> Yet, when printing the *s, it gives the last letter of the word a "null"
> value, in other words the array's last space is empty. For instance once
> again: oasis is now ****null...
create a demo program and strip everything unrelated to the problem
it may look like this
class JasperHangman { public String randomWord = "hello";//hard-coded for debugging public void test () { int lengthW = randomWord.length (); // length of the actual chosen random word String letters [] = new String [lengthW]; String [] templateArray = new String [letters.length]; for (int t = 0 ; t < lengthW - 1 ; t++) { templateArray [t] = "*"; } for (int s = 0 ; s < lengthW ; s++) { System.out.print (templateArray [s]); } System.out.println(); } } class JasperHangmanDriver { public void input () { JasperHangman dataObj = new JasperHangman (); dataObj.test (); } public static void main (String [] args) { JasperHangmanDriver mainObj = new JasperHangmanDriver (); mainObj.input (); } }
there is one notable difference in how you are filling the array,
and what you are printing from the array
Bert Bates
author
Posts: 8995
19
posted 13 years ago
Hi Klaas,
Well, we're all volunteers here so there's never a guarantee that a question will be answered in a specific amount of time. That said, I took a quick glance at your code and decided that I didn't want to wade through all of it looking a problem that's probably pretty isolated. I'd recommend that you send us a smaller bit of code that isolates the problem you're having, and you'll probably get a faster response. Also, you might find that when you isolate the bit of code that's causing you grief, you might just find the problem yourself!
hth,
Bert
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On 10/29/2010 10:09 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote::
Yes, but if you want close() to cause the generator to finish normally, you *don't* want that to happen. You would have to surround the yield-from call with a try block to catch the GeneratorExit, and even then you would lose the return value from the inner generator, which you're probably going to want.
Ok, after thinking about this for a while, I think the "yield from" would be too limited if it could only be used for consumers that must run until the end. That rules out a whole lot of pipes, filters and other things that consume-some, emit-some, consume-some_more, and emit-some_more.
I think I figured out something that may be more flexible and insn't too complicated.
The trick is how to tell the "yield from" to stop delegating on a particular exception. (And be explicit about it!)
# Inside a generator or sub-generator. ...
next(<my_gen>) # works in this frame.
yield from <my_gen> except <exception> #Delegate until <exception>
value = next(<my_gen>) # works in this frame again.
...
The explicit "yield from .. except" is easier to understand. It also avoids the close and return issues. It should be easier to implement as well. And it doesn't require any "special" framework in the parent generator or the delegated sub-generator to work.
Here's an example.
# I prefer to use a ValueRequest exception, but someone could use # StopIteration or GeneratorExit, if it's useful for what they # are doing.
class ValueRequest(Exception): pass
# A pretty standard generator that emits # a total when an exception is thrown in. # It doesn't need anything special in it # so it can be delegated.
def gtally(): count = tally = 0 try: while 1: tally += yield count += 1 except ValueRequest: yield count, tally
# An example of delegating until an Exception. # The specified "exception" is not sent to the sub-generator. # I think explicit is better than implicit here.
def gtally_averages(): gt = gtally() next(gt) yield from gt except ValueRequest #Catches exception count, tally = gt.throw(ValueRequest) #Get tally yield tally / count
# This part also already works and has no new stuf in it. # This part isn't aware of any delegating!
def main(): gavg = gtally_averages() next(gavg) for x in range(100): gavg.send(x) print(gavg.throw(ValueRequest))
main()
It may be that a lot of pre-existing generators will already work with this. ;-)
You can still use 'yield from <gen>" to delegate until <gen> ends. You just won't get a value in the same frame <gen> was used in. The parent may get it instead. That may be useful in it self.
Note: you *can't* put the yield from inside a try-except and do the same thing. The exception would go to the sub-generator instead. Which is one of the messy things we are trying to avoid doing.
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#include "univ.i"
#include "btr0pcur.h"
#include "data0data.h"
#include "dict0stats.h"
#include "dict0types.h"
#include "pars0sym.h"
#include "que0types.h"
#include "read0types.h"
#include "row0mysql.h"
#include "row0types.h"
#include "trx0types.h"
#include "row0sel.ic"
Go to the source code of this file.
Created 12/19/1997 Heikki Tuuri
Convert a non-SQL-NULL field from Innobase format to MySQL format.
Open or close cursor operation type.
Search direction for the MySQL interface.
Match mode for the MySQL interface.
Select node states.
Performs a fetch for a cursor.
Performs an execution step of an open or close cursor statement node.
Count rows in a R-Tree leaf level.!
Search the record present in innodb_index_stats using db_name, table name and index_name and fill the cardinality for the each column.
Number of fields to search in the table.
Column number of innodb_index_stats.database_name.
Column number of innodb_index_stats.table_name.
Column number of innodb_index_stats.index_name.
Column number of innodb_index_stats.stat_value.
Search the innodb_index_stats table using (database_name, table_name, index_name).
Read the max AUTOINC value from an index.
Searches for rows in the database using cursor.
Function is mainly used for tables that are shared accorss connection and so it employs technique that can help re-construct the rows that transaction is suppose to see. It also has optimization such as pre-caching the rows, using AHI, etc.
Compare the last record of the page with end range passed to InnoDB when there is no ICP and number of loops in row_search_mvcc for rows found but not reporting due to search views etc.
Secondary index record but the template
based on PK.
Create offsets based on prebuilt index.
In case of prebuilt->fetch,
set the error in prebuilt->end_range.
Searches for rows in the database using cursor.
Function is for temporary tables that are not shared accross connections and so lot of complexity is reduced especially locking and transaction related. The cursor is an iterator over the table/index.
Search the record present in innodb_table_stats table using db_name, table_name and fill it in table stats structure.. A counterpart of this function is ha_innobase::store_key_val_for_row() in ha_innodb.cc.
Copy used fields from cached row.
Copy cache record field by field, don't touch fields that are not covered by current key.
Stores a non-SQL-NULL field in the MySQL format.
The counterpart of this function is row_mysql_store_col_in_innobase_format() in row0mysql.cc.
Performs a select step.
This is a high-level function used in SQL execution graphs.
This is a high-level function used in SQL execution graphs.
Convert a row in the Innobase format to a row in the MySQL format.
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How to use D3 with React components?
D3 (Data Driven Documents) is a JS library that helps us build visualizations. It binds arbitrary data to a DOM, where the data-driven transformations can be applied to the document. It works well by mutating the DOM element, usually a root node that was placed in the HTML. You call .append (‘span’) and it inserts a <span></span> as a child of the node you selected.
Whereas, React on the other hand, builds the application through one big call stack to various render methods.
We create a tree of objects that represent the application and its state, and then React works out what DOM elements it should add, remove or mutate on your behalf.
The problem arises when we need to use both of them together. D3 needs DOM which is generated by React. Therefore, we need a fake DOM with enough methods to trick D3.
React-faux-dom supports a wide range of DOM operations. We can use the full D3 API with the help of react-faux-dom to have efficient D3 components and use React to render on the server side.
Steps to use D3 with React components
Installing :
npm install d3 npm install react-faux-dom
Importing D3 and ReactFauxDOM :
import ReactFauxDOM from "{path-to-ReactFauxDOM-js-file}" import d3 from "{path-to-d3-js-file}"
Creating react component with empty render method:
const MyChart = React.createClass({ render () {}, });
Inside the render create a SVG using ReactFauxDOM:
var node = ReactFauxDOM.createElement('svg');
Now we have an SVG element and, we can do what ever we want to do with this SVG element using D3:
var svg = d3.select("node"); svg.append("div").html("First heading using d3 and React.") .style("font-size","22px") .style("color","green"); svg.append("circle") .style("fill", "blue") .attr("r", 40) .attr("cx", 150) .attr("cy", 350) .on("mouseover", function() { var myCircle = this; d3.select(myCircle).style("fill","red"); }) .on("mouseout", function() { var myCircle = this; d3.select(myCircle).style("fill","green"); });
Once you are done with your SVG, then you just need to send it to React to render it accordingly:
return node.toReact();
And you are done!
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Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach
Anthony Watts has posted up an interesting article on the temperature at Laverton Airport (Laverton Aero), Australia. Unfortunately, he was moving too fast, plus he’s on the other side of the world, with his head pointed downwards and his luggage lost in Limbo (which in Australia is probably called something like Limbooloolarat), and as a result he posted up a Google Earth view of a different Australian Laverton. So let’s fix that for a start.
Figure 1. Laverton Aero. As you can see, it is in a developed area, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia.
Anthony discussed an interesting letter about the Laverton Aero temperature, so I thought I’d take a closer look at the data itself. As always, there are lots of interesting issues.
To begin with, GISS lists no less than five separate records for Laverton Aero. Four of the records are very similar. One is different from the others in the early years but then agrees with the other four after that. Here are the five records:
Figure 2. All raw records from the GISS database. Photo is of downtown Melbourne from Laverton Station.
This situation of multiple records is quite common. As always, the next part of the puzzle is how to combine the five different records to get one single “combined” record. In this case, for the latter part of the record it seems simple. Either a straight linear offset onto the longest record, or a first difference average of the records, will give a reasonable answer for the post-1965 part of the record. Heck, even a straight average would not be a problem, the five records are quite close.
For the early part of the record, given the good agreement between all records except record Raw2, I’d be tempted to throw out the early part of the Raw2 record entirely. Alternately, one could consider the early and late parts of Raw2 as different records, and then use one of the two methods to average it back in.
GISS, however, has done none of those. Figure 3 shows the five raw records, plus the GISS “Combined” record:
Figure 3. Five GISS raw records, plus GISS record entitled “after combining sources at the same location”. Raw records are shown in shades of blue, with the Combined record in red. Photo is of Laverton Aero (bottom of picture) looking towards Melbourne.
Now, I have to admit that I don’t understand this “combined record” at all. It seems to me that no matter how one might choose to combine a group of records, the final combined temperature has to end up in between the temperatures of the individual records. It can’t be warmer or colder than all of the records.
But in this case, the “combined” record is often colder than any of the individual records … how can that be?
Well, lets set that question aside. The next thing that GISS does is to adjust the data. This adjustment is supposed to correct for inhomogeneities in the data, as well as adjust for the Urban Heat Island effect. Figure 4 shows the GISS Raw, Combined, and Adjusted data, along with the amount of the adjustment:
Figure 4. Raw, combined, and adjusted Laverton Aero records. Amount of the adjustment after combining the records is shown in yellow (right scale).
I didn’t understand the “combined” data in Fig. 3, but I really don’t understand this one. The adjustment increases the trend from 1944 to 1997, by which time the adjustment is half a degree. Then, from 1997 to 2009, the adjustment decreases the trend at a staggering rate, half a degree in 12 years. This is (theoretically) to adjust for things like the urban heat island effect … but it has increased the trend for most of the record.
But as they say on TV, “wait, there’s more”. We also have the Australian record. Now theoretically the GISS data is based on the Australian data. However, the Aussies have put their own twist on the record. Figure 5 shows the GISS combined and Adjusted data, along with the Australian data (station number 087031).
Figure 5. GISS Combined and Adjusted, plus Australian data.
Once again, perplexity roolz … why do the Australians have data in the 1999-2003 gap, while GISS has none? How come the Aussies say that 2007 was half a degree warmer than what GISS says? What’s up with the cold Australian data for 1949?
Now, I’m not saying that anything you see here is the result of deliberate alteration of the data. What it looks like to me is that GISS has applied some kind of “combining” algorithm that ends up with the combination being out-of-bounds. And it has applied an “adjustment” algorithm that has done curious things to the trend. What I don’t see is any indication that after running the computer program, anyone looked at the results and said “Is this reasonable?”
Does it make sense that after combining the data, the “combined” result is often colder than any of the five individual datasets?
Is it reasonable that when there is only one raw dataset for a period, like 1944–1948 and 1995–2009, the “combined” result is different from that single raw dataset?
Is it logical that the trend should be artificially increased from 1944 to 1997, then decreased from that point onwards?
Do we really believe that the observations from 1997 to 2009 showed an incorrect warming of half a degree in just over a decade?
That’s the huge missing link for me in all of the groups who are working with the temperature data, whether they are Australian, US, English, or whatever. They don’t seem to do any quality control, even the most simple “does this result seem right” kind of tests.
Finally, the letter in Anthony’s post says:
BOM [Australian Bureau of Meteorology] currently regards Laverton as a “High Quality” site and uses it as part of its climate monitoring network. BOM currently does not adjust station records at Laverton for UHI.
That being the case … why is the Australian data so different from the GISS data (whether raw, combined, or adjusted)? And how can a station at an airport near concrete and railroads and highways and surrounded by houses and businesses be “High Quality”?
It is astonishing to me that at this point in the study of the climate, we still do not have a single agreed upon set of temperature data to work from. In addition, we still do not have an agreed upon way to combine station records at a single location into a “combined” record. And finally, we still do not have an agreed upon way to turn a group of stations into an area average.
And folks claim that there is a “consensus” about the science? Man, we don’t have “consensus” about the data itself, much less what it means. And as Sherlock Holmes said:
I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia
Thanks Willis for correcting my Google Earth mistake and making an even better post. I’ve made a note in the original post along with a link.
Nicely summed Willis. The simple point I was making in my correspondence with senior BOM climate staff is that they simply do not know the effect of UHI at this critical station, yet insist it is suitable for climate monitoring. IMHO they need to do the experiment then perhaps they can say something about UHI at the site. At the moment they are just guessing.
I was looking at writing this up and submitting to the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal but when I looked at the editorial board (see here:) I figured I might as well try the Minister.
Anthony,
I hope you have a real holiday scheduled after this trip!
Cheers
Marc radar guns, all with a history of giving, on occasion, spurious results. Because of these technical difficulties, the data from these readings are combined and then homogenized. Both the specific locations of the radar units and the basis of the data adjustments are not available to the defense. In fact, they are not available to anyone, as the records storage area of the two jurisdictions are in a state of complete chaos.
In addition, the technicians responsible for making the the ‘adjustments’ use undocumented and varying procedures for these adjustments.
One technician testifies, reluctantly, regarding his experience with one of the radar locations. He has observed how the new FM rock station has altered the electronic environment the radar guns operate under. The signal from this station can affect the readings on the radar guns. It really depends on what day of the week it is, as the station will broadcast at a lower power level when the intended audience is sleeping off last night’s party time.
There is also the problem with householders installing security systems generating spurious signals interfering with the radar guns.
“We know these new security systems affect our radar units, we just don’t know exactly how they do so. So we adjust the radar readings to compensate.”
In addition, different police officers do their own adjusting in the field.
“I can just tell when someone is really speeding. So I’ll adjust the recorded speeds to give a more truthful reading,” says one sheriff.
This is the only law enforcement officer testifying, as the others simply refuse to comply with the court order to appear before the jury.
It is also revealed that the two jurisdictions disagree with one another on how to adjust radar gun readings. Neither can produce any documentation on how the readings are adjusted, let alone the basis for these adjustments.
What do you suppose the jury would do with a case like that?
How would the defense attorney proceed?
What do you think you would do if you were on that jury?
Now instead of a speeding charge, switch gears and think temperature records.
Can you draw any decent conclusions regarding the temperature record at this Australian location?
My conclusion is: we have no idea of what went on here except there have been temperature readings in some given range.
There’s no real evidence of any trend here because the records are so botched up.
You said it well Willis:
“I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia”
Spot on!
Current CAGW argument is like measuring a balloon that is inflating and deflating, with different scales and sizes of ruler on differing time-scales and then saying that there is certainty and consensus about the size of the balloon, whether it is inflating or deflating and it is caused by a flea that landed on it farting!
Breaking news from Ozland, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has stepped down in the face of an internal Labour leadership vote……
It seems like more of the same obfuscation we see in essentially all of the GISS data. “Homogenization”, “adjusted”, “value-added” data, without any explanation as to the reasoning behind the alteration of the raw data with the end result ALWAYS inducing warming where there was none originally.
Willis did you look at the actual raw data of the Laverton RAAF Vic. station number 087031 monthly max
monthly min
There is no gap in the data. Station is indicated to have opened in 1941 but data starting in Oct 1943 and the station is still open.
The mean monthly max. is indicated to be 19.7C and the mean monthly min. 9.2C
It appears that there has been an increase in temperatures probably from UHI effect in recent years Ave Min 1944 8.2, 1945 8.9 1946 8.8 –2007 10.5 2008 9.6 2009 10.0
Ave Max 1944 19.4, 1945 18.9, 1946 18.5 –2007 21.3, 2008 20.4, 2009 20.9
My Subaru Forester has a thermometer to give outside temperatures. I regularly measure 2C difference (lower) at night from where I live on 1.5acres (surround by similar properties) compared to the main street of the town 5kms away (population of towns postcode about 40,000). So I would not be surprised by the 2C increase going from war time grass fields to bitumen airstrips surrounded by dense industry and housing.
the late John Daly also did some analysis of Laverton aero — he gives a chart of the seasons here:
and the write up is here:
and there is a bit more of a write up with some pictures of Laverton here:
There is also an interactive map here that you can zoom in quite close. You can find the weather station (or at least that strange round building it is shown to be near) if you go up towards the top until you get to Sayers Rd and then follow it along until you get to turning bay going towards the top of the picture, and the weather station is down a bit. Actually the siting doesn’t seem that bad on the WUWT scale.
OT – I could not resist another attack at computer models.
NASA, stay off the Nintendo please.
So, the entire historic temperatures data set clearly needs to be audited by someone neutral and not a typical alarmist.
Any chance of that happening – absolutely not! We can’t have the real figures interfering with the climate models.
It is incredible that the proposal to tax us all back into the Stone Age still has any credibility.
A cardinal rule for dealing with data from a medical experiment, say a comparison between two treatments, is that one must have a clear protocol for dealing with bad data and this protocol must be specified before the data are analyzed (and preferably before the experiment starts). One is not allowed to make up the rules as one goes along even if it leads to perfectly reasonable treatments of the bad data. In the medical context the choice is normally a binary one: a trial participant is either retained or dropped for the analysis. In the surface data context there is a broader choice, but the same principle should apply to the procedures for adjusting surface station data. It should not be acceptable that adjustments, even perfectly reasonable adjustments, are made for each station according to a local best judgment after inspection of the data. One needs an algorithm or in any case unambiguous rules that are applied uniformly to all station data. I think that specific criticisms by Willis here and by Wattsupwiththat in general of surface data adjustments are proper, but the proper response from the surface data folks can not be a case-by-case justification. The only proper justification for any specific surface data adjustments is that the adjustments are prescribed by the algorithm or the rules. Then there can be argument over the content of the rules, or it can be questioned if the rules are indeed applied correctly and uniformly. A case-by-case discussion of adjustments without reference to uniformly applicable rules for the adjustments is besides the point.
where is the next grant coming from?
As I pointed out in the comments to wrt Andrew Watt’s post there is some history available.
This link to Andrew Bolt’s Blogg (21/3/2010) may be of use as it shows some aerial photos of Laverton (Victoria) a couple of years ago and in 1946:
The 1946 photo shows open fields so there is clearly the potential for UHI effect when compared with the photo you present.
Wiki says that there was a Grand Prix circuit on the runways in 1948 suggesting that the early training ground was upgraded with sealed runways possibly for heavier jets after WW2 This new activity may account for some of the sharp rise seen in the late 1940s.
Wiki also says the base was decommissioned in the late 1990s which may account for the sharp drop as the base was closed down. The runways were apparently ripped up for housing development. In 2007 the land was released for subdivision as urban sprawl / UHI effect approached. This would explain the rapid rise from early 2000.
I assume there has been quite a bit movement of weather stations during all this. I’m not sure that much of this is as purely evidence-based as you would like but hey, I’m a geologist. We have to work with what we have. But this may provide a starting place for the more rigorously inclined.
The Australian record should be authoritative. All the Aussie records must come from the BOM ab initio. I believe that the “New Climate Data Online” website at the BOM is reasonably close to the raw data record, having done some satisfactory freehand comparisons of Tasmanian stations to published (hardcopy book) BOM Climatic Averages.
The Reference Climate Stations are a subset (one hundred or thereabouts) of the hundreds of Australian climate stations, a subset especially picked for stability, likelihood of being maintained into the future, appropriate siting, and (one assumes) reasonable completeness over the available record time.
It would be very strange for there to be years of missing data in this series in modern times. Apart from anything else, the station is probably needed for ongoing air operations. And it was previously designated an “AMO” or Airport Meteorological Office, meaning that there was an office of BOM staff at the location. If they skived off for years at a time, someone would have noticed…..
So the Laverton data exists and always has existed! Laverton RAAF aka Laverton Aero (BOM ID 087031) starts at 1943, is ongoing at the present time, and switched over to an automatic weather station (AWS) in 1997.
I have the BOM daily min/max temperature CD which confirms the dates of years of record. There’s 11 non-contiguous days of missing Tmin/Tmax data in the 1999-2003 period. Chiefio (chefio.wordpress.com) suggests that GHCNv2 drops whole years if it encounters any missing data. That’s pretty rigorous, if so. I guess it is not known just where in the BOM – GHCN – GISS QC/transfer/homogenisation/combination factory line the Laverton data goes astray.
There’s also some missing daily data prior to 1961, but it’s pretty clean after that. Could some of the GISS traces be (yikes) different versions of the same trace? With different ‘missing data’ treatments? I couldn’t find any other “Lavertons” with the right years of record on a quick search.
I’ve seen the missing data phenomenon before. I was recently checking Forrest AMO Reference Climate Station in Western Australia. GHCN seems to have “vanished” whole years within the past twenty years according to KNMI and GISS. Cold years, as it happens.
My take on the Laverton graph? 1992, 1995 and 1996 were the coldest years in south-eastern Australian in the last twenty years. In Victoria, it looks like they were almost as cold as the chilly 1940s-1950s. (I was stationed in Melbourne in winter 1995. I can confirm it was a bleak, biting winter.) Australian year-to-year annual mean temperatures naturally vary around 2 degrees C over decades, with the big peaks probably corresponding to large or long El Nino events or other warm-ocean events. (Compare the Laverton plot with Ballarat Aerodrome). So the exciting rise from the early nineties to the late 2000s at Laverton is still consistent with natural variation on the Australian continent. We’ve had a decade dominated by El Nino, and some hard drought years, so not surprising we are at the ‘high end’ at the moment.
The vexed question of recording accurate temperatures and the failure to do this initially alerted me to the suggestion that theory of ‘Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming’ is built on extremely shaky foundations. How can the Met Office in the UK justify spending millions of scarce pounds to run forecasting models built on data that is possibly wildly inaccurate?
While in London, my wife and I live in a suburban house with no lawn, just private paved areas and pebble garden behind the house and public areas to the front, but still my daily temp. readings (taken outside in my back yard and in the shade) almost invariably show slightly lower max temps and slightly higher min temps – I use a good quality thermometer, so if the Met Office figures are correct, why are my readings showing less heat during daylight and more heat during darkness when the opposite should be the case if the Met Office corrects for UHI?
And I hope that Anthony’s missing luggage is soon found. Confusing enough to operate out of a suitcase in different time zones, but not to have one’s suitcase to hand can be quite distressing.
If I want to know what the climate was doing in the past, I’ll consult a geologist. If I want a climatic prediction for the future, I’ll best be served by consulting.. a geologist.
Willis Laverton Victoria ceased to be used as an airfield back in the 1990s. The weather station is located well away from runways, buildings and bitumen. However whilst the site is located in a sizable grassed area, the urban fringe of Melbourne now pretty well surrounds the old Laverton Air Force Base. The location is here at the green arrow
Willis,
Some more answers to some questions.
There are missing data in the early years, see this part of 1943 in Tmin:
Year Month Day Tmax Tmin
1943 10 31 17.3 7.6
1943 11 1 18.4
1943 11 2 17.7
1943 11 3 27.8
1943 11 4 20.1
1943 11 5 16.1
1943 11 6 19.6 9.3
1943 11 7 14.4
1943 11 8 14.6
1943 11 9 17.5
1943 11 10 13.8
1943 11 11 16.2
1943 11 12 22.1
1943 11 13 22.2
1943 11 14 23.8 7.9
1943 11 15 23.2
1943 11 16 30.2
1943 11 17 31.6 18.4
1943 11 18 16.9
1943 11 19 17.3
1943 11 20 16.8
1943 11 21 18.2
1943 11 22 20.6 11.1
1943 11 23 19.6 11
1943 11 24 18.2
1943 11 25 17.9
1943 11 26 23.3 12.2
1943 11 27 29
1943 11 28 17.8
1943 11 29 21.3
1943 11 30 17.9
1943 12 1 19.9
1943 12 2 21.9
1943 12 3 24.4
1943 12 4 15.8
1943 12 5 18.3
1943 12 6 22.8
1943 12 7 18.4
1943 12 8 21.7 9.7
1943 12 9 18.6 11.4
1943 12 10 23.2 11.8
1943 12 11 24.3 12.6
1943 12 12 22.2
1943 12 13 21.7 15.7
1943 12 14 18.4
1943 12 15 18.3 10.3
1943 12 16 17.8 11.3
1943 12 17 16.6 12.1
1943 12 18 21.4 12.8
1943 12 19 21.1 9.5
1943 12 20 20.3 7.4
1943 12 21 23.9 9.2
1943 12 22 32.5 7.4
1943 12 23 19.7 8.3
1943 12 24 24.5 8.3
1943 12 25 22.9
1943 12 26 21.1
1943 12 27 22.8
1943 12 28 18.4 11.7
1943 12 29 19.8
1943 12 30 28.8 11.8
1943 12 31 39.2 14.8
1944 1 1 39.3
1944 1 2 25.3
1944 1 3 23.2
1944 1 4 21.6
1944 1 5 21.1
1944 1 6 21.6 12.2
1944 1 7 27.8
1944 1 8 40.1
1944 1 9 24.2
1944 1 10 24.7
1944 1 11 18.2
1944 1 12 20.4
1944 1 13 28.3
1944 1 14 40.8
1944 1 15 23.6
1944 1 16 22.2
1944 1 17 23.8
1944 1 18 23.8
1944 1 19 19.8
1944 1 20 28.3
1944 1 21 39.3
1944 1 22 40.7
1944 1 23 19.9
1944 1 24 19.4
1944 1 25 21.6
1944 1 26 21.6
1944 1 27 21.3
1944 1 28 29.3
1944 1 29 23.8
1944 1 30 24
1944 1 31 29.1
1944 2 1 18.9
1944 2 2 20
1944 2 3 25.9
1944 2 4 26.8
1944 2 5 34.2
1944 2 6 35.8
1944 2 7 29.5
1944 2 8 22.9
1944 2 9 19.4
The cold year in 1949. My official BoM record gives Tmax 17.97 deg C, Tmin 8.32 for an average of 13.14 deg C for the year, after infilling about 12 missing data points of the 730 with intermediate round figures. This agrees with your yellow graph at bottom for Aust data. It does not resemble anything shown for GISS.
The DMS for the Laverton station 087031 are stated as 144 45 24, -37 51 24. If you trust Google Earth, this picks up some instruments 180m south of Sayer’s Rd. If these are the correct instruments, they are 870m bearing 222 deg from the NE end of runway 23. That is, not far to the north of the flight path. However, while Laverton was a busy place in the war years, it ceased to be an official RAAF airport in 1992. I spent some years 5 miles to the South of Laverton at RAAF Point Cook Academy in the the 1959-61 period and took some training at Laverton. It was way out in the wilderness then. We used to spot and shoot rabbits with the landing light from a P51 Mustang mounted on a car roof with a hole cut in it. In 2010 the area is rather suburban, as can be seen on the aerial photo above. Little reason exists to disregard UHI.
There was also a temperature station for a short time at Salines, a few miles South of Laverton, where salt water was evaporated and salt harvested; but the weekend data are much missing. There is also a record of a Laverton Comparison 087177 from 1 Mar 1997 to 31 July 1998. The comparison point seems to have been at 144 44 44, -37 51 59, some 210 m West of the N-S runway 35. I have not cross checked the comparison, but I note it because it seems additional to the Heinz 57 varieties shown for GISS.
I hope this helps with context.
@Alexander K says: June 24, 2010 at 4:26 am
“How can the Met Office in the UK justify spending millions of scarce pounds to run forecasting models built on data that is possibly wildly inaccurate?”
And how can our beloved politicians in the UK (in between slashing and burning benefits and public spending, and hiking taxes and fuel costs) contentedly plan to spend £400 Billion (their figures and no doubt grossly underestimated) on “combatting climate change” and moving to a “low carbon economy”, in response to the MET Office’s ridiculous prophesies based on exceedingly dodgy, cherry picked and “homogenised” data?
Facts? We don’t need no stinkin’ facts! We’ve made up our minds!!!
Limbooloolarat
funny
The University of Melbourne has done actual measurements of melbourne UHI as reported by
If this work is correct, and it does not seem to have received objections, the top map shows Laverton in the second or third highest colour zone, with a 6-6.5 degree UHI in 1985-94 Winter (JJA) Mean Minimum.
How far downwind does the ‘wake’ of heat from a built up area affect the temperature over the adjoining rural area? The answer to this is particularly relevant to this discussion about the temperatures at Laverton, but has more general implications as well.
I recently spent a few days tracking temperatures recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology at the Geelong airport (38.22S, 144.33E) compared with those at the Avalon airport (38.03S, 144.48E). Geelong is a provincial city about 47km. SW of Laverton. The Geelong airport is about 1.5km. S of the built up area, and Avalon airport is 8 to 10 km. NNW. Both are rated as high quality automatic stations. Readings are reported at half hour intervals.
The point here is that depending on the direction of the wind, if one is in clear air upstream, then the other is in the wake, so that any differential should be an indication of an extended heat island effect.
What showed up quite clearly was that even at those distances the station in the downwind wake could be up to about 0.5 deg.C higher during much of a day and into the evening.
Laverton is downwind of built up areas when the wind is in any quarter except the NW, which means that the temperature records must reflect the impact of the increasing density of adjacent urbanization over the past fifty years. A separation of even a few hundred meters is apparently quite insufficient to guarantee isolation.
The whole temperature record is work of fiction! If you take the individual works of fiction for each site and combine them, what do you have? The public library, Fiction section!
Interesting UHI adjustment, given the population of the City of Wyndham, the local municipality, has shown the following population growth:
1954 9,414#
1958 10,520*
1961 13,629
1966 18,369
1971 25,116
1976 31,790
1981 40,555
1986 52,458
1991 60,563
1996 73,691
2001 84,861
2006 112,695
Not to mention the increased heat generated by the rising number of cars and gadgets per capita.
[~SNIP~ The d-word is against site policy. Try again without the name calling. ~dbs, mod.]
One way to tell if the data sets are corrupted, is to ask oneself, “do the adjusted data give a random error, or is it always one way”. This is called a systematic error if it is unidirectional. In the warm-earther cabal, I posit that this is intentional wrongdoing.
These GISS et.al. adjustments and algorithms always, without exception, change the raw data into a warm-earther friendly trend (onwards, always upwards!). These data sets then lead an observer with less than the abilities of a Willis, to believe the earth is warmer than it is at present, and/or cooler in the past.
I know you sai, W.E., that you don’t assert wrongdoing. In light of the direction of the systematic adjustments, I certainly do, and enough circumstantial evidence (from “adjustments”, to “missing Ms”, to bogus sensor sitings, to cynical starting points or intervals, to “interpolations”, to “extrapolations”, to “dog ate my raw data”) has been collected to prove scientific and criminal wrongdoing beyond a reasonable doubt.
OT: Monbiot predictably has a piece gloating about the Sunday Times cave in.
One section intrigued me though:
).”
The only link is not to any specific papers but to to a pdf of the whole IPCC chapter, at the end of which are hundreds of citations. But searching the chapter for “40%” brings up as far as I can see, only passages dealing with quantities concerning clouds and precipitation – not any proportion of the rainforest supposedly at risk.
Has Monbiot been deliberately vague because there is nothing which clearly would back up the IPCCs claim that up to 40% of the Amazon rainforest is in danger from CC? Surely if there had been a killer quote Monbiot would have used it with relish.
PS
Sorry, the link to the Monbiot piece is:
re: Limbooloolarat
Actually it’s probably more like “larvo”, since they somehow get “arvo” out of “afternoon”. Of course, with all the bikini-clad maidens thereabouts, I’d be pretty confused too. 😉
OT, Moderator there is an article in todays WSJ online that may need to be discussed by Al Gore and David Blood . It is behind pay wall. I think it will be free this afternoon or tomorrow.
“Is it reasonable that when there is only one raw dataset for a period, like 1944–1948 and 1995–2009, the “combined” result is different from that single raw dataset?”
I think under certain conditions this could be reasonable. Let’s say there’s dataset A and dataset B. They overlap for part of the time. When they overlap, dataset A is consistently a degree higher than dataset B. So then when they combine them into one dataset, it’s reasonable to lower A a half degree when it is by itself, and raise B a half degree when it is by itself, and average them when they are both present.
However, I do not know if this is the situation with the example in the post.
AleaJactaEst says (June 24, 2010 at 2:05 am): “Breaking news from Ozland, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has stepped down in the face of an internal Labour leadership vote……”
Buh-bye!
Cement a friend says:
June 24, 2010 at 2:19 am
Yes. It is the average of those two datasets (max and min) which is shown in yellow in Fig. 5.
JohnH says: “Off topic but news of a more selatious (sic) type…”
Yes, it’s off topic here. And, yes, salacious. And ad hominem, with no relation to Gore’s already-nonexistent veracity in matters of science. This is more of a Weekly World News item than a WUWT factoid. Much as I abhor the Goracle, this may very well turn out to be akin to “Aliens Abduct Michael Jackson.” I wouldn’t pin any hopes on this as relevant.
Reply: I’ve trashed it. ~ ctm
John H – not really necessary for this discussion and definately TMI.
OT
I’m listening to Lord Monkton on Alex Jones Internet radio right now.
I appreciate the analysis in this post–it shows that even when mysterious “adjustments”
don’t favor warming, there are still data handling and integrity issues to be considered.
Climate science is only as good as the underlying data.
Willis, this becomes repetitive from you. If you were interested in explaining the algorithms to your readers, you could. They’re quite simple; there is no need to leave them as some mystery. As for the questions of whether the results are reasonable:
for the purposes of GISTEMP, the absolute values of the combined record don’t really matter. What’s important are the trends, as what you’re building towards is a spatially averaged set of anomalies.
As for the GISS adjustment, we’ve been through this before. Essentially, the one-legged trend adjustment attempts to eliminate the effect of this station from the spatial mean, by forcing it to have the same trends as its rural neighbors. That’s all there is to it. So if this station had for whatever reason a cooler apparent trend than its rural neighbors in the early part of the record, then it will be adjusted so that its trend during that time better matches the neighbors. The effect of the UHI adjustment (on the regional or global mean) should be roughly the same as simply tossing out all the urban stations. Actually, that’d be a nice calculation to do, to check…
Is the adjustment crude? You bet. Do there exist much more sophisticated ways of going about it? Sure. But instead of periodically bringing up an example of a GISS UHI adjustment, saying it looks weird, and doing nothing to explain why the adjustment did what it did, you could try to progress the discussion by giving an overview of what the UHI adjustment tries to do, and how it does it.
The net effect is to pretty much remove the impact of an urban station from the final result. Or at least, that’s the idea. If you don’t understand that context, then of course some of the individual adjustments will look odd – especially if you don’t do the legwork of compiling the neighbors, and doing the comparison between that station and the neighbors.
In a (weak) defense, there is an awful lot of data for GISS to check to see if the results of their adjustments look reasonable. But a counter-argument is which stations has GISS checked to see if their adjustments produce reasonable results.
Again, it comes down to both good basic science (fact checking the data) and good computer programming practices (testing the results). Neither appears to have been done in this case.
@ Jack Simmons says:
June 24, 2010 at 1:47 am
one radar gun s, allwith a history of giving, on occasion, spurious results. Because of these technical difficulties, the data from these readings are combined and then homogenized. Both the specific location sof the radar unit sand the basis of the data adjustments are not available to the defense. In fact, they are not available to anyone, as the records storage area of the two jurisdictions are in a state of complete chaos. . . . ”
Do we know for sure that there were multiple thermometers? My impression is that when there are multiple records for one station, there was originally only a single thermometer in most cases. One of the mysteries of temperature data is how in the world different data sets come to exist where there was originally only one instrument.
Any thoughts in the change of Australian leadership toward the climate policies
HadCRU also has the 1999-2003 gap filled in their CRUTEM3 station data.
It can be plotted here along with the GHCN data:
Zoom in to the Melbourne area – Laverton Aero is labeled with a “B” icon since both CRUTEM3 and GHCN station data are available. Click the icon to view the graph. CRUTEM3 shows more warming than GHCN (since the GHCN is unadjusted on this plot).
Typo in my comment; it’s a two-legged adjustment, not a one-legged adjustment.
Looks like the pivot point here was around 1997. The bit after that might be an over-fit by the algorithm; it can do that when it places the pivot very close to the beginning or end of the record; one would have to see the composite of the rural (or rather, dark-at-night) neighbors to see what was going on.
Geoff Sherrington says:
June 24, 2010 at 5:24 am
I love the bi-polar nature of the AGW adherents. Half the time they claim that there is no UHI, the other half of the time they say there is UHI but it doesn’t matter because the records are adjusted for it.
This is another question that to me should be obvious to anyone who has driven into or out of a city …
I love how people try to catch Willis in errors all the time and he just calmly replies and stuffs the evidence that he has obvoiusly already presented previously down their virtual throats but does it so eloquently and politely.
As usual Willis and Anthony, well done well done indeed.
Here’s a thought, in Seinfeld, there is a humorous scene where Elaine screams “The Dingo ate may babyyyyyyy!”
Maybe the Dingo ate the evidence?
🙂
carrot eater says:June 24, 2010 at 11:20 am
for the purposes of GISTEMP, the absolute values of the combined record don’t really matter. What’s important are the trends, as what you’re building towards is a spatially averaged set of anomalies.
How do you determine a trend without absolute values?
As for the GISS adjustment, we’ve been through this before. Essentially, the one-legged trend adjustment attempts to eliminate the effect of this station from the spatial mean, by forcing it to have the same trends as its rural neighbors.
You’re assuming there are rural stations used in the spatial adjustment. As we’ve seen in the USA, the rural stations have been dropped.
carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 11:20 am
carrot eater, this objection becomes repetitive from you. I guess I’m not being sufficiently clear, it’s not the first time that I think I’ve explained something and someone doesn’t understand what I’m trying to say. Let me see if I can clarify it.
My point is not the details of the adjustment algorithms. They are not at issue, and they are public record that anyone can look up.
My point is whether the algorithms provide reasonable and defensible results.
Unfortunately, the GISTEMP records are used for many, many more things than a “spatially averaged set of anomalies”. In addition, why would you want to excuse a procedure that messes with the absolute values?
But even just considering the trends, the algorithm in this case (and many others) makes the trend less accurate, not more accurate.
What does it matter “why the adjustment did what it did”? The question is whether the result is correct, not whether the adjustment had an unhappy childhood …
You seem to think that if the algorithm does what it was designed to do, that the results are perforce reasonable, and thus the case is closed.
I hold that despite doing what it is supposed to do, the result of the adjustment makes absolutely no sense. It’s not making a proper adjustment for anything.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Do you hear what you are saying? “Or at least, that’s the idea”??? That kind of handwaving doesn’t cut it in the real world. It’s like saying “the net effect of the blowout preventer is to shear the drill pipe and cap the well. Or at least, that’s the idea” …
In this case, it increases, not removes but increases, the impact of UHI on this station from 1944 to 1997 … and I hardly think “that’s the idea”.
“Look odd”? I’m not saying they look odd. I’m saying that the adjustments are wrong, that they don’t make sense, that they don’t pass the smell test, that they do the opposite of what they are designed to do. “Odd” is not a synonym for “incorrect”.
And I’m not interested in making billion dollar decisions based on an algorithm that makes “odd” individual adjustments. “Kinda good enough some of the time” may be fine for you. When it comes to hugely important public policy decisions, it is totally inadequate in my book.
I hope that clears up the confusion.
w.
Willis,
None of that forwards your argument at all.
You come along, eyeball some adjustments, and declare them wrong. Based on… what? The only way it’s “wrong” for the purposes here is if the adjusted record has long term trends which are unlike the composite of the rural neighbors. Have you done that comparison? I don’t see that you have.
The GISS adjustment does one thing. It’s very clear what it does, and why it does it. Under the hypothesis that urban stations may have spurious long-term trends, it takes a broad brush and gives it the same trends as the rural neighbors. That’s all the meaning the adjustment has. That adjustment may be up, down, whatever. It just makes it so that the urban stations have little effect on the long term trends of the spatial averages. Your readers would be better served if you actually made that clear.
Would you be happy if GISS just tossed out all urban stations? If so, then you shouldn’t have a problem with these crude adjustments.
The point is that you use something that’s appropriate for your needs. If you want a temperature record that is a careful reconstruction of what that location’s history would have looked like, if it weren’t for station moves, instrument changes, etc, etc, then GISS is simply not where you go. GISS does not do that, it does not pretend to do that. So if that’s what you want, don’t go to GISS. GISS makes an adjustment suitable for its purposes.
Oh, and for the context of how does it matter to the big picture – here
This claims there’s no missing data for the period for Laverton 087031:
You can calculate average temps from the max and mins for Laverton given here:
Willis – there’s more data for Laverton available here
this record goes back to 1910 and is the High Quality temperature record used for annual temperature analyses.
Ken at has been going through the full Australian record state by state. Here’s nearly finished.
There is a town called Laverton in outback Western Australia as well. This could be the picture in Anthony Watt’s post. Perhaps the inconsistencies are due to a confusion between the two?
[reply] See update and Willis Eschenbach’s followup post. RT-mod
BTW – the data from 99 – 03 perfectly matches the data for Moorabbin airport 34 km away.
I haven’t looked at their data for this location, but the Australian BoM does something that’s probably more akin to what Willis seems to want – painstaking adjustments with manual human judgment, guided by field notes about station moves, etc.
If that’s what you want, then that’s where you go. You don’t go to GISS. Different records are created for different purposes, so you have to know if the record you’re looking at is appropriate for whatever it is you are trying to do. The point of GISTEMP is to build up spatially averaged anomalies, to represent regional or global trends. They feel they can do this without making really detailed adjustments, so they don’t. As it is, those adjustments they do make do not have much impact on the global trends, as you can see.
Why the missing data at Laverton RAAF? It was an RAAF Base from before WWII, the ATC Radar, at least until a few years ago was still operational.
“carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 1:43 pm
The GISS adjustment does one thing. It’s very clear what it does, and why it does it”
Instead of throwing rocks at Willis here, perhaps you should do some work yourself and show how and why the adjustments made by GISS for THIS station make sense. If the adjustments do make sense, then it should be straightforward to show that to us all.
Willis is saying that the adjustments look strange. From what I’ve seen so far, I’d have to agree with his conclusions.
If the adjustment in Fig 4 is meant to be a compensation for the UHI effect, then its shape seems unjustifiable – UHI for this site is surely going to be increasing with time as more and more urbanization creeps around it. Any apparent drop in UHI effect is more likely to be a pointer to the fact that local comparison “rural” stations ain’t so rural any more…
Carrot eater unfortunately BOM don’t make UHI adjustments for Laverton. It appears NASA do. Who should we believe?
It may be interesting to watch the future data and possible (probable?) UHI at this site as it undergoes redevelopment.
This is funny.
So what they are saying is the oldest data is no good, not accurate, and is corrected down.
But the exact same newest data, from the same equipment in the same place, is very accurate, accurate enough that they can apply a computer generated correction to it.
Makes sense that you would correct for UHI by raising temperatures, right? and when raising temperatures doesn’t show enough increase, it must mean the oldest data is wrong and must be corrected down………………….
thank you Willis for original post and thank you carrot eater for june24 /1:47pm link to clear climate code showing how GIS calculates adjustment
I thought it would be helpful for other newbies to post how GIStemp calculates the adjustment, so I have pasted the code comments from /code/step2.py (from carrot eaters link) that document the calculations at the bottom of this post. (My apologies to the oldies who already know this stuff for the length.)
I understand the code picks out all the stations classified as rural within a radius of ”
d.cslat = math.cos(station.lat * pi180)” , calculates a trend for these, does some data checks, then adjusts the “urban” station with this trend.
Presumably, the “rural stations” around Laverton Aero showed a stronger and inconsistent warming trend then it already it had, so in this case applying the adjustment for UHI causes an even greater warming trend.
Of course, this brings us back to the central theme of this blog: Are the “rural” classifications in the GISTemp accurate and valid? Or to answer Carrot Eater’s question: Would you be happy if GISS just tossed out all urban stations?
I would, Yes. That is the point of surfacestations.org : to find a large sample of stations with no UHI corruption and see if there really is a significant, widespread trend in temperatures.
Here are the code comments from step2.py:
def urban_adjustments(anomaly_stream):
“””Takes an iterator of station records and applies an adjustment
to urban stations to compensate for urban temperature effects.
Returns an iterator of station records. Rural stations are passed
unchanged. Urban stations which cannot be adjusted are discarded.
The adjustment follows a linear or two-part linear fit to the
difference in annual anomalies between the urban station and the
combined set of nearby rural stations. The linear fit is to allow
for a linear effect at the urban station. The two-part linear fit
is to allow for a model of urban effect which starts or stops at
some point during the time series.
The algorithm is essentially as follows:
For each urban station:
1. Find all the rural stations within a fixed radius;
2. Combine the annual anomaly series for those rural stations, in
order of valid-data count;
3. Calculate a two-part linear fit for the difference between
the urban annual anomalies and this combined rural annual anomaly;
4. If this fit is satisfactory, apply it; otherwise apply a linear fit.
If there are not enough nearby rural stations, or the combined
rural record does not have enough overlap with the urban
record, try a second time for this urban station, with a
larger radius. If there is still not enough data, discard the
urban station.
“””
def combine_neighbors(us, iyrm, iyoff, neighbors):
“””Combines the neighbor stations *neighbors*, weighted according
to their distances from the urban station *us*, to give a combined
annual anomaly series. Returns a tuple: (*counts*,
*urban_series*, *combined*), where *counts* is a per-year list of
the number of stations combined, *urban_series* is the series from
the urban station, re-based at *iyoff*, and *combined* is the
combined neighbor series, based at *iyoff*.
“””
def prepare_series(iy1, iyrm, combined, urban_series, counts, iyoff):
“””Prepares for the linearity fitting by returning a series of
data points *(x,f)*, where *x* is a year number and *f* is the
difference between the combined rural station anomaly series
*combined* and the urban station series *urban_series*. The
points only include valid years, from the first quorate year to
the last. A valid year is one in which both the urban station and
the combined rural series have valid data. A quorate year is a
valid year in which there are at least
*parameters.urban_adjustment_min_rural_stations* contributing
(obtained from the *counts* series).
Returns a 4-tuple: (*p*, *c*, *f*, *l*). *p* is the series of
points, *c* is a count of the valid quorate years. *f* is the
first such year. *l* is the last such year.
“””
def cmbine(combined, weights, counts, data, first, last, weight):
“””Adds the array *data* with weight *weight* into the array of
weighted averages *combined*, with total weights *weights* and
combined counts *counts* (that is, entry *combined[i]* is the
result of combining *counts[i]* values with total weights
*weights[i]*). Adds the computed bias between *combined* and
*data* before combining.
Only combines in the range [*first*, *last*); only combines valid
values from *data*, and if there are fewer than
*parameters.rural_station_min_overlap* entries valid in both
arrays then it doesn’t combine at all.
Note: if *data[i]* is valid and *combined[i]* is not, the weighted
average code runs and still produces the right answer, because
*weights[i]* will be zero.
“””
“””Finds a fit to the data *points[]*, using regression analysis,
by a line with a change in slope at *xmid*. Returned is a 4-tuple
(*sl1*, *sl2*, *rms*, *sl*): the left-hand slope, the right-hand
slope, the RMS error, and the slope of an overall linear fit.
“””
“””Decide whether to apply a two-part fit.
If the two-part fit is not good, the linear fit is used instead.
The two-part fit is good if all of these conditions are true:
– left leg is longer than urban_adjustment_short_leg
– right leg is longer than urban_adjustment_short_leg
– left gradient is abs less than urban_adjustment_steep_leg
– right gradient is abs less than urban_adjustment_steep_leg
– difference between gradients is abs less than urban_adjustment_steep_leg
– either gradients have same sign or
at least one gradient is abs less than
urban_adjustment_reverse_gradient
carrot eater:
I’m surprised that anyone with any analytic acumen would defend GISTEMP and their data suppliers. There is virtually no QC in the data analysis, which is done on time-series often patched together from short stretches of inconsistent data at the same station. Incisive QC routines find egregious offsets of decadal and longer duration in both the “raw” and the “adjusted” series. The basic premise of their homogenization is that a low night-lights station is “rural,” and for every grid-cell, one such station is designated as the “reference,” whose trend all other stations are then forced to mimic. This is trend management of the most obvious subjective kind. And the tendentiousness of their management technique is amply evident in comparing the two versions of the USA48 anomalies. They differ substantially only at the extreme ends of the series, in what is an obvious attempt to maintain a consistent trend theroughout the decades, rather than a genuine methodological change, as is advertised.
MikeEdwards:
If there was a difference in trends between the urban station and the rural neighbors, then the method will try to get rid of them, as dixonstalbert outlines.
Exactly why the trend was different: this does not come into play. Maybe it was UHI. Maybe it was something else. Maybe it was an artifact of a step change at a station move. Maybe the rural neighbors had, for whatever reason, a higher warming trend than the urban station, so the urban station is adjusted to warm faster.
The algorithm doesn’t know or care why this would be the case; it just puts its head down and makes the urban stations look like the rural stations.
So the real question is, is it a good idea to neuter the urban stations in this way?
Or, put another way, do you think it’s a good idea to just eliminate the urban stations from the sample?
Because that’s roughly what this method is doing; any long term trends unique to the urban stations are not allowed into the result.
This is the context that Willis’s posts always miss. Along with the context of how little the adjustment affects the overall result.
janama says:
June 24, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Many thanks, janama. Gotta love more data. Here’s the long-term high quality Australian temperature record, the one used for the analyses, along with the plain vanilla Australian record.
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carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 3:41 pm
One of the “adjustments” that GISS has made is to throw away thirty years of Australian data. This may or may not “have much impact on global trends”, but it certainly would have an effect on regional trends.
Again, let me restate my main point. The field of climate science needs to have one agreed upon method for selecting temperature data, for combining records at the same location, for adjusting for UHI, and for area-averaging records. The problem is not just that the GISS adjustment method may or may not be right. It is that we get very, very different answers if we use the GISS data (adjusted or unadjusted) and the Australian HQ data.
PS – carrot eater, we know for a fact that UHI exists and is a couple of degrees in many cities. The link from Geoff Sherrington shows that it has been measured and is significant in Laverton Aero. The fact that (as you note) the GISS adjustments for UHI “do not have much impact on the global trends” should give you pause regarding the validity of those adjustments …
Your link above shows that the GISS UHI adjustments make absolutely no difference to the post-1950 data … is that supposed to impress me? Because it does exactly the opposite. Post-1950 we should see the largest change from any UHI adjustment and the GISS method shows none at all … does that make sense to you?
Finally, you ask above “Would you be happy if GISS just tossed out all urban stations? If so, then you shouldn’t have a problem with these crude adjustments.” Yes, I’d be happy if GISS did that … but what does that have to do with adjustments that are improper?
Also, that might not fix it, because the GISS method for distinguishing urban from rural has some big problems, and for the same reason I detailed above, no quality control. They use night-time brightness, but then (as with the UHI adjustments) they neglect the quality control. You can’t just make up a computer method and apply it to every place on the globe. You need to go through every station, one by one, and see if your method makes sense.
Here’s some examples. Srinagar is a city with a population just under a million, a population density of 6,400 people per square kilometre, and a brightness of 6, so it is rural. Baghdad has a brightness of 8, as does Jiuquan, China, population one million. Bangui is the capital of the Central African Republic, population half a million, brightness zero. Zero is also the score for Nanchang, China, population four million. … riiiiight. I looked up all of these on Google Earth, the temperature station is inside the city in all cases. And all of them will be used to homogenize other stations …
Someone had a good idea (use brightness to distinguish urban from rural). But they didn’t detail an intern to actually look up each and every station to make sure that the brightness made sense.
Sure, carrot eater, if you classify Baghdad and Srinagar as “rural”, no matter what algorithm you use you may see little difference between adjusted and unadjusted data … so?
BOM has several records for Laverton at
Untick the box “Only interested in open stations” to see them-
087031 Laverton RAAF, 087177 Laverton Comparison, 087032 Laverton Salines, 087086 Laverton explosives, 087065 Werribee Research Farm (8.8km away). It’s only 18.4km from BOM Regional Office in Melbourne.
I’m currently analysing Victorian climate data and should have a post up in a couple of days at
kenskingdom.wordpress.com
which will include Laverton. On ya janama and Willis.
Ken
‘Does it make sense that after combining the data, the “combined” result is often colder than any of the five individual datasets?”
It makes no sense to me , but does somehow to the CRU team.
Here are just a couple of examples where not one but two stations have been adjusted (in favour of a warm bias and lowering the 1961-1990 baseline) in Australia by CRU.
The BOM quality site is a bit of a joke IMO.
Here they have turned a 100 year flat trend over two stations 12km apart and 65 odd metres different in elevation into up 1.6 degree trend in the Maximums.
Yet the data shows the earlier station minimums were much colder in winter
Compare them with a plot with CRU2010 details released after the climate gate that for Australia purport (by the met office) to be “Based on the original temperature observations sourced from records held by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology”.
The CRU 2010 data shows a cooling trend from 1950.
Bear in mind that the Halls creek station is extrapolated over at least 1mil sqr km or 15% of Australia’s land mass.
More Aus info here
P.S. Looking forward to Antony’s presentation in Perth on the 29th.
just a tip for all – the Weatherzone site is the way to access where the sites are physically.
here’s Laverton
scroll down and click on “full climatology »” and scroll to bottom of page and you’ll see the exact location of the site 37.8565°S 144.7566°E – remove the degree signs and paste into google earth. It will take you directly to the Stevenson box site.
Willis
“One of the “adjustments” that GISS has made is to throw away thirty years of Australian data. ”
Where is that? I must have missed something. GISS just takes what NOAA gives them. If a record is less than 20 years long (I think), they toss it out.
“The field of climate science needs to have one agreed upon method for selecting temperature data, for combining records at the same location, for adjusting for UHI, and for area-averaging records.”
NO they absolutely don’t. I couldn’t disagree more. Because there simply isn’t any obvious best way to do any of these things. That’s why there’s value in different groups using different methods with roughly the same data – CRU, GISS, NCDC, the individual countries, and now a whole slew of bloggers as well – you see the effects of different choices in processing, you see what matters, what doesn’t matter. When it comes to hemispheric or global means, it’s remarkable how little processing choices matter; you get about the same results. But it’s still useful to have different people trying different things.
“It is that we get very, very different answers if we use the GISS data (adjusted or unadjusted) and the Australian HQ data.”
1. So?
2. No, they aren’t very, very different.
3. Differences are going to come up when different groups use different adjustment methods. GISS takes the raw, and then applies its crude adjustment to make it look like the rural stations. The BoM will, on the other hand, sit there with both field notes and statistical methods and try to specifically adjust for each little thing that happened there – station moves, micro-site stuff, whatever. Again, why is there this need for everybody to come to the exact same results? That’s weirdly bureaucratic.
“Your link above shows that the GISS UHI adjustments make absolutely no difference to the post-1950 data … is that supposed to impress me?”
The reason I show you that is to show that the adjustments you are so suspicious of have very little impact to the big picture. It’s something to keep in mind when obsessing over each individual adjustment.
“PS – carrot eater, we know for a fact that UHI exists and is a couple of degrees in many cities. ”
Yes. But based on that, you can’t just eyeball a global graph and know how much UHI is in there. I’m sorry, but you just can’t. You have to do some analysis. One simple thing to do is exactly what GISS does: not let any urban station carry its own trend into the analysis. The trends in GISTEMP are driven by the rural stations.
“Yes, I’d be happy if GISS did that … but what does that have to do with adjustments that are improper?”
It has everything to do with it.. because that’s essentially what the GISS adjustment accomplishes. I don’t understand why this is so difficult to grasp, but it’s fundamental to understanding what GISS does. If you would be happy with GISS dropping the rural stations, then you can’t be upset with them doing what they do now.
Anyway, if you want to see what happens, you can go use ccc code to see what GISTEMP does when you do eliminate all the urban stations. I think Ron Broberg has posted such results.
As for your point about using light/dark for urban/rural in poor countries: that’s a reasonable objection,on the face of it, but separate from the point here. I think they think nightlights scales with energy usage, and UHI scales with energy usage. I’m not convinced, since UHI has as much to do with materials of construction, obstructions to convection and changes in surface moisture, as it does anything else, and you can have all these things in a poor country that’s dark at night. So without doing or seeing further analysis on poor countries, I’m not convinced by their choice there.
carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 3:41 pm “I haven’t looked at their data for this location, but the Australian BoM does something that’s probably more akin to what Willis seems to want – painstaking adjustments with manual human judgment, guided by field notes about station moves, etc”.
Reply. (1). Your earlier assertion that trend is more important than accurate absolute value is simply wrong. Ultimately, there is a national average, then a global average calculated. These are independent of trend. They are entirely dependent upon the accuracy of the temperature measurement.
Reply (2). Yes, the BoM does the things you state. Here is one result derived from the 100 years of annual average data from Laverton. It deals with the number of times a value appears among those 100. Let’s start with the whole numbers and half numbers.
13 deg 1 time
13.5 deg 3
14 deg 3
14.5 deg 4
15 deg 2
But, looking at intermediate values, we have
13.8 deg 13 times
14.1 deg 10
14.3 deg 10
So, only 3 values account for a third of the numbers reported and there is a tendency to avoid whole and half numbers. Does this seem like a natural data set? Emphatically no. It looks “adjusted”. If the adjustment is this far askew, what else is askew?
carrot eater, I’m calling you out..
Remember, this is before the data are exported for GISS to play with.
“Reply. (1). Your earlier assertion that trend is more important than accurate absolute value is simply wrong. Ultimately, there is a national average, then a global average calculated. These are independent of trend. They are entirely dependent upon the accuracy of the temperature measurement.”
I don’t think you understood what I mean. A temperature series that goes
1 1 2 2 1
is, so far as GISS is concerned, the same as a temperature series that goes
2 2 3 3 2
That’s what I mean that absolutes don’t matter, when what you’re ultimately calculating are anomalies. Trends are what matter. And the process of GISTEMP doesn’t calculate national averages. The grid boxes don’t know or care about political boundaries.
As for the rest of it, I’m not interested in numerology.
I’ve come across a letter of mine published in The Australian, our national newspaper, on 25 Sept 2007. It still seems pertinent, in the light of data concerns which have arisen since 2007, and particularly as the new Prime Minister Julia Gillard has acknowledged the lack of a popular consensus on AGW policies.
“Letter to the Editor, The Australian. Published 25/9/07 (lead letter) future an op-ed piece by a government minister]. It would be better to focus our efforts on developing a clearer understanding of climate change than on pursuing ad hoc and disparate measures, many of which will clearly not be cost-effective.
Michael Cunningham, West End, Qld”
I think that Gillard should use this as a starting point.
Speaking as a scientist Just looking at the graph displayed at “Willis Eschenbach says: June 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm above ” I think that anyone who draws a straight line through that data set as dislayed is either heroic or has rocks in their heads.
You can fiddle with it as much as you like, but until you have another hundred years of data or can explain the fluctuations, all you can reliably say is that temperature goes up and temerature goes down. I mean just look at those huge drops. What are they all about? I doubt its UHI effect.
Now you can give that data to NASA to have a fiddle with but after you’ve read Case Study 12 of D’Aleo and Watts (“show this to Jim then hide it”) which shows that it is apparently standard practice to alter “raw data” and then delete the original, and when you’ve digested that read where NASA says its data is even worst that the Uni of East Anglia for heaven’s sake – Then any output “homogenised” or otherwise is just not credible, however you tart it up.
I guess I’m addressing this to various people out there who eat vegetables.
carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 8:54 pm “As for the rest of it, I’m not interested in numerology.”
You are caught out badly on selective quotation. Whereas you state “And the process of GISTEMP doesn’t calculate national averages” my statement was “Ultimately, there is a national average, then a global average calculated.” I did not limit my comment to GISTEMP. Would you care to answer how an anomaly temperature is calculated if not from the mean of absolute numbers, whose accuracy is vitally important as a base, irrespective of trend?
Of course accuracy matters. Only a novice would argue otherwise.
Thank you for taking up the challenge. You do not score points for telling people to do them near impossible, then failing to show that you can do it.
I’m not dealing with numerology in the sense of predicting horse races from past patterns of winners. I’m talking about a natural number set that ought to have an explainable distribution. This was does not. Why, oh wise carrot eater?
Geoff Sherrington:
“Would you care to answer how an anomaly temperature is calculated if not from the mean of absolute numbers, whose accuracy is vitally important as a base, irrespective of trend?”
Seriously? Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you are saying, but this looks like an elementary misunderstanding of how anomalies are calculated. The only time the absolute numbers are averaged together are to find the monthly means at any given location from the daily observations – something that happens before the data gets to NOAA or GISS or CRU.
Regardless of how you combine the stations – RSM, CAM or FDM, you aren’t simply averaging together absolute values from different locations.
If I’m not misunderstanding you, and this is actually a point of contention, then I would have you work out a simple example of how you think anomalies are calculated. Start with my silly example of
1 1 2 2 1
and
2 2 3 3 2
Phil says:
June 24, 2010 at 11:32 am
Phil,
You are right, of course. There probably was only one thermometer. But, as you observed, why the different data sets? Until these things are explained, we should toss the whole thing and start over.
In any event, when looking at the combined datasets from a global perspective, the CO2 induced warming theory collapses.
See
This adjustment process reminds me of an old joke:
A man goes into a butcher shop and orders 5 pounds of ground beef.
The butcher puts some on the scale which then reads 5 pounds. But the customer says; “hey get your thumb off the scale!” The butcher says “oops, looks like its just 3 pounds.” Then the customer says; “now get your other thumb off the scale!” The butcher complies and the scale reading drops to 1 pound. Finally the customer says; “now get your belly off the scale.” The butcher complies again and then looks up sheepishly and say; “well what do you know, there ain’t no meat!”
Maybe there ain’t no temperature anomaly either.
Carrot eater
Willis has shown the UHI adjustments. I have given you the population growth. Only a true believer would say they can be reconciled. I do not know what the UHI adjustment needs to be, as an order of magnitude, but I know that it needs to be a downward one and needs to have grown over the years in proportion to some function – maybe logarithmic, maybe not – of the population, with something in the mix for additional heat-generating energy use in the area. It doesn’t. So it MUST be wrong. It doesn’t have a chance of being right. It’s no good arbitrarily dividing the stations into urban and rural, as each station has its own unique population growth characteristics. When climate scientists start making a serious effort to estimate the effect, rather than indulging in what you call numerology in a spurious effort to show there is no such thing as UHI, then we might have a better global record.
By the way, I think there is global warming, and that anthropogenic CO2 plays a part, but I do not think you or anyone else has a handle on how much.
I think I agree with you David S at 8:30. Not much anomaly.
I dont eat too many carrots but my eye sight is good enough that when I look at the graph presented in the comments above, I dont see a straight line, I see a saw tooth. Since that does not seem to correlate too well with CO2 I think I can assume its natural. OK, so there is a slight rise in the saw teeth but that goes way back to 1910 and I think one could assume that it goes right back to the minimum at the end of the Little Ice Age. That doesn’t correlate with CO2 either so that must be natural too.
“Homogenised” temperature graphs that still show these two natural trends are dishonest. Pure and simple.
So here’s the challenge – Take the temperature graph and remove all the trends that are natural and show me what the residual is that is “unnatural.” Or are we supposed to be stopping natural climate change too now? If thats the case, explain to me again -How, if the two dominant trends are clearly independant of CO2, is stopping CO2 emissions going to turn these trends around?
When I put my geologist’s hat on, I find that this religious fevour to stop species extinction, stop sea level rise, stop climate change, and , I suppose,ultimately stop plate techtonics is, well, silly. Its as if the current moment is so special because it is graced with our own presence that it must be preserved in tact for the future to enjoy too. Geology just doesn’t work like that.
AC of Adelaide (11:04pm):
You’re spot-on in pointing to strong, low-frequency, natural variations (evident in century-long temperature records from many warm- and temperate-climate stations) as counterindications of inherent linear trends. But linear regression is just about all the analytic expertise in data analysis that most climate scientists posess. Thus they fit linear trends opportunistically to woefully short stretches of record and pretend that they are secular features. Little do they realize how volatile multidecadal trends really are when the power spectrum of the temperature signal is dominated by multidecadal- and centennial-scale oscillations. And when there are substantial uncertainties in datum-level, as with stitched-together records, linear trends become particularly suspect as a metric, because they are quite sensitive to data values at both ends of record. Linear trends fitted over arbitrarily chosen time-intervals are not very meaningful and certainly cannot be projected into the future.
Those who may lack enough protein in their diet fail to understand that “anomalization” of data scarcely provides an antidote to datum uncertainty. While it does not change the apparent trend, the reliability of the anomalies themselves depends on having an ACCURATE ABSOLUTE value of the mean temperature over the base period. Those of us experienced in analyzing station records realize that even genuinely rural stations can show spurious trends due to inconsistent datum levels.
What makes trend-managing homogenization particularly onerous, however, is that in many regions of the world there are no rural records in the GHCN data base. Thus darkly lighted cities, often major ones, become the nominal “rural” stations in GISTEMP analysis. The fact that homogenization of megacities makes little difference in the trends obtained is scarcely evidence of insignificant UHI corruption of the anomaly time-series.
Sadly, where reliable rural station records are quite plentiful, they are being arbitrarily altered in the name of homogenization. USHCN Version 2 is a farce.
Looks like we have two David S’ again. So I’ll go back to being David S the 1st.
[One of the of idiosyncrasies of WordPress; two people can have the same nickname. ~dbs, mod.]
carrot eater says:
June 24, 2010 at 8:54 pm (Edit)
carrot eater, you give an example of two temperature series:
1 1 2 2 1
You say that as far as GISS is concerned, this is the same as
2 2 3 3 2
However, this is only true for the procedure of making area (gridcell) averages. It is definitely not true when combining records at the same site.
This is because when GISS makes area averages, they are concerned (as you say) only with anomalies, and their end result is an anomaly. When they combine records at the same site, however, they do not end up with anomalies — they end up with absolute temperatures.
Which makes their combining of the Laverton Aero most curious. As I pointed out, they end up with a combination that at times gives an intermediate value somewhere in between all available records, and at other times gives a value that is below all of the records.
Since you claim that you know how they do the combining, perhaps you could step through the combination process for the Laverton Aero records, and show us how it is done? Because I’ve tried what I think is their method, and I can’t get an answer that looks like what they end up with.
Finally, as I said, GISS is not using the Australian data from 1910 to 1944 … what is your explanation for that?
carrot eater says”If I’m not misunderstanding you, and this is actually a point of contention, then I would have you work out a simple example of how you think anomalies are calculated. Start with my silly example of
1 1 2 2 1
and
2 2 3 3 2″
Yes, carrot eater, you are misunderstanding me, I think intentionally. Before we get back to the original topic, I’ll reply to your bait-and-switch this way:
I object to climate scientists who see similarity in these two number series:
1 1 2 2 1
and what we have in practise,
1 (maybe 3), 1 (maybe minus 2), 2 (maybe 2 +/- 1), 2 (maybe missing data), 1 (interpolated from point 100 km away).
The discussion is about ACCURACY, not trend. Without accurate point readings, your trend is inaccurate.Now be a good lad and address the topic restated verbatim from above –
.”
To which I might add, how accurate is an infill of missing data? | https://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/06/24/before-one-has-data/ | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | refinedweb | 13,453 | 72.16 |
Part Chamfer
Description
Chamfers the selected edge(s) of an object. A dialog allows you to choose which edge(s) to work on as well as modify various chamfer parameters.
Usage
- Invoke the Chamfer command several ways in the
Part Workbench
- Select the shape to chamfer from the dialog.
- Select edges to chamfer by checking the corresponding box in the chamfer dialog or by selecting them on the model directly.
- Edit chamfer parameters.
- Press OK to close the chamfer dialog and apply the chamfer.
Options
- When selecting edges on the model, you have the option to select by edge or by face. Selecting by face will select all bordering edges of that face.
- Constant length chamfer or variable length chamfer.
- A constant length chamfer will create a chamfer with edges equidistant to the original edge at the distance specified.
- A variable length chamfer will have edges that may be set to different distances from the original edge, allowing you to create a chamfer at a variable angle.
Properties
Base
- DataBase: The shape onto which the chamfer is to be applied.
- DataPlacement: Specifies the orientation and position of the shape in the 3D space.
- DataLabel: Label given to the object. Change to suit your needs.
Limitations
Chamfer might do nothing if the result would touch or cross the next adjacent edge. So if you do not get the expected result, try with a smaller value. This is the same for
Part Fillet.
Also note that the Chamfer
Part Fillet operations at the last steps in the chain.
Scripting
The Chamfer tool can by used in macros and from the python console by adding a Chamfer object to the document.
Example Script:
import Part cube = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature", "myCube") cube.Shape = Part.makeBox(5, 5, 5) chmfr = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Chamfer", "myChamfer") chmfr.Base = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument)) chmfr.Edges = myEdges FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.myCube.Visibility = False FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
Example Script Explanation:
import Part cube = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature", "myCube") cube.Shape = Part.makeBox(5, 5, 5)
- Creates a 5 mm cube for us to apply chamfered edges to. See Part_API for an explanation of the makeBox method.
chmfr = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Chamfer", "myChamfer")
- Adds a new object to the document of type Chamfer (from the Part module) with label "myChamfer".
chmfr.Base = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.myCube
- Specifies that the base shape of the chamfer object should be ))
- Creates an empty array "myEdges" and then appends the array with each edge's chamfer parameters.
- Syntax for each item should be (edge#, chamfer start length, chamfer end length)
chmfr.Edges = myEdges
- Sets the Edges attribute of our Chamfer object equal to the array we just created.
FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.myCube.Visibility = False
- This line simply hides "myCube" so that our newly created "myChamfer" object is the only one visible.
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
- Recomputes all altered components on the screen and refreshes the display.
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Problem. If amount1 (EUR) changes you want to update amount2 with the corresponding value in USD.
You could go ahead with a coding similar to this:
import AP.Common.GDT as APC; // I'm doing the declarations here so you know they're the same // namespace. In reality, the fields would not need to be declared, // so imagine they're not initial, but filled var amount1 : APC:Amount; // contains amount in EUR var amount2 : APC:Amount; // contains amount in USD // amount1 has changed => update amount2 by converting // amount1 into the currency of amount2 amount2 = amount1.ConvertCurrency(amount2.currencyCode);
However, this will fail during activate. Why? Because Amount.currencyCode uses the CurrencyCode data type from the BASIS.Global namespace, but Amount.ConvertCurrency expects the CurrencyCode from the AP.Common.GDT namespace.
Okay, you might think, according to the repository explorer their technical details are the same. So just do a:
// use CurrencyCode from AP.Common.GDT var code_apc : APC:CurrencyCode; code_apc = amount1.currencyCode; amount2 = amount1.ConvertCurrency(code_apc);
This will satisfy our ConvertCurrency routine, you will be able to activate, but you’ll get a dump during runtime because of a green little wriggle underneath amount1.currencyCode saying that assignment between CurrencyCode(BASIS.Global) and CurrencyCode (AP.Common.GDT) is not possible.
Solution
Assign the BASIS.Global CurrencyCode to a string. And then assign the string to the AP.Common.GDT CurrencyCode.
Note that you cannot explicitly declare a variable of type String.
var code_string : String;
will fail. String only exists in the AP.PDI.ABSL namespace. But this cannot be imported.
You also cannot use another data type that implements string (like Text).
The solution is rather simple. To create a String data type, just do:
var code_string = "";
And in our case above, the solution would be:
// use CurrencyCode from AP.Common.GDT var code_apc : APC:CurrencyCode; var code_string = ""; code_string = amount1.currencyCode; code_apc = code_string; amount2 = amount1.ConvertCurrency(code_apc);
Note
Not all data types can be converted to string just like that. But all that I’ve come across either contained a .content node, which contains the string representation of the content. Or there is a ToSTring() method, which converts the content to string | https://blogs.sap.com/2017/05/10/convert-between-data-types-by-creating-a-variable-of-type-string/ | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | refinedweb | 362 | 52.76 |
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Hey @sradha,
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event :- this is the type of data that is being passed to your handler. Generally it is of python dict type but again it can be of any type.
context:- this is used to provide runtime information to your handler. This is of LambdaContext type.
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rbtree
talloc-aware Red Black Tree
Ronnie Sahlberg <[email protected]>
This is an implementation of a red-black tree based on talloc. Talloc objects that are stored in the tree have nice properties such as when the object is talloc_free()d, the object is also automatically removed from the tree. This is done by making the nodes of the tree child objects of the talloc object stored in the tree, so that destructors are called to automatically remove the node from the tree.
The object stored in the tree does NOT become a child object of the tree itself, so the same object can be stored under several keys at the same time, and even in several different trees at the same time.
The example below is a trivial example program that shows how to use trees that are keyed by a uint32_t. The rb_tree code also contains support for managing trees that are keyed by an array of uint32. It is trivial to expand this to "key as string". Just pad the string with 0 to be a multiple of uint32_t and then chop it up as an array of uint32_t.
This code originates from ctdb, where talloc based trees keyed are
used in several places.
#include <stdio.h> #include <ccan/talloc/talloc.h> #include <ccan/rbtree/rbtree.h> static void printtree(trbt_node_t *node, int levels) { int i; if(node==NULL)return; printtree(node->left, levels+1); for(i=0;i<levels;i++)printf(" "); printf("key:%d COLOR:%s\n", node->key32, node->rb_color==TRBT_BLACK?"BLACK":"RED"); printtree(node->right, levels+1); } static void print_tree(trbt_tree_t *tree) { if(tree->root==NULL){ printf("tree is empty\n"); return; } printf("---\n"); printtree(tree->root->left, 1); printf("key:%d COLOR:%s\n", tree->root->key32, tree->root->rb_color==TRBT_BLACK?"BLACK":"RED"); printtree(tree->root->right, 1); printf("===\n"); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx; TALLOC_CTX *val; int i; trbt_tree_t *tree; printf("Example of tree keyed by UINT32\n"); mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL); // create a tree and store some talloc objects there tree=trbt_create(mem_ctx, 0); for (i=0; i<10; i++) { val = talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "Value string for key %d", i); trbt_insert32(tree, i, val); } // show what the tree looks like print_tree(tree); printf("Lookup item with key 7\n"); val = trbt_lookup32(tree, 7); printf("Item with key:7 has value:%s\n", (char *)val); printf("Talloc_free this item\n"); talloc_free(val); printf("Item is automagically removed from the tree\n"); print_tree(tree); talloc_free(mem_ctx); return 0; }
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html.parser.HTMLParser task.
What is HTMLParser?
Essentially,
HTMLParser lets us understand HTML code in a nested fashion. The module has methods that are automatically called when specific HTML elements are met with. It simplifies HTML tags and data identification.
When fed with HTML data, the tag reads through it one tag at a time, going from start tags to the tags within, then the end tags and so on.
How to Use HTMLParser?
HTMLParser only identifies the tags or data for us but does not output any data when something is identified. We need to add functionality to the methods before they can output the information they find.
But if we need to add functionality, what’s the use of the HTMLParser? This module saves us the time of creating the functionality of identifying tags ourselves.
We’re not going to code how to identify the tags, only what to do once they’re identified.
Understood? Great! Now let’s get into creating a parser for ourselves!
Subclassing the HTMLParser
How can we add functionality to the HTMLParser methods? By subclassing. Also identified as Inheritance, we create a class that retains the behavior of HTMLParser, while adding more functionality.
Subclassing lets us override the default functionality of a method (which in our case, is to return nothing when tags are identified) and add some better functions instead. Let’s see how to work with the HTMLParser now.
Finding Names of The Called Methods
There are many methods available within the module. We’ll go over the ones you’d need frequently and then learn how to make use of them.
- HTMLParser.handle_starttag(tag, attrs) – Called when start tags are found (example <html>, <head>, <body>)
- HTMLParser.handle_endtag(tag) – Called when end tags are found (example <html/>, <head/>, <body/>)
- HTMLParser.handle_data(data) – Called when data is found (example <a href =#> data </a>)
- HTMLParser.handle_comment(data) – Called when comments are found (example <!–This is a comment–>)
- HTMLParser.handle_decl(decl) – Called when declarations are found (example <!DOCTYPE html>)
Creating Your HTMLParser
Let’s define basic print functionalities to the methods in the HTMLParser module. In the below example, all I’m doing is adding a print method whenever the method is called.
The last line in the code is where we
feed data to the parser. I fed basic HTML code directly, but you can do the same by using the
urllib module to directly import a website into python too.
from html.parser import HTMLParser class Parse(HTMLParser): def __init__(self): #Since Python 3, we need to call the __init__() function #of the parent class super().__init__() self.reset() () testParser.feed("<html><head><title>Testing Parser</title></head></html>")
What Can HTMLParser Be Used For?
Web data scraping.
This is what most people would need the HTMLParser module for. Not to say that it cannot be used for anything else, but when you need to read loads of websites and find specific information, this module will make the task a cakewalk for you.
HTMLParser Real World Example
I’m going to pull every single link from the Python Wikipedia page for this example.
Doing it manually, by right-clicking on a link, copying and pasting it in a word file, and then moving on to the next is possible too. But that would take hours if there are lots of links on the page which is a typical situation with Wikipedia pages.
But we’ll be spending 5 minutes to code an HTMLParser and get the time needed to finish the task from hours to a few seconds. Let’s do it!
from html.parser import HTMLParser import urllib.request #Import HTML from a URL url = urllib.request.urlopen("") html = url.read().decode() url.close() class Parse(HTMLParser): def __init__(self): #Since Python 3, we need to call the __init__() function of the parent class super().__init__() self.reset() #Defining what the method should output when called by HTMLParser. def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs): # Only parse the 'anchor' tag. if tag == "a": for name,link in attrs: if name == "href" and link.startswith("http"): print (link) p = Parse() p.feed(html)
This module is really fun to play around with. We ended up scraping tons of data from the web using this simple module in the process of writing this tutorial.
Now there are other modules like BeautifulSoup which are more well known. But for quick and simple tasks, HTMLParser does a really amazing job! | https://www.askpython.com/python-modules/htmlparser-in-python | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | refinedweb | 743 | 65.93 |
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