[gme-users] JavaBON fixes

[Peter Volgyesi]

Alex,

Thank you for your patches. I've applied them on the GME CVS repository, our
upcoming release will include them all (though your problem with
JBuilderModelReference.getReferred() remained unresolved).
Thanks again,

--
Peter Volgyesi
Vanderbilt University, ISIS  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu 
> [mailto:gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] On Behalf 
> Of Alex Goos
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:09 AM
> To: gme-users at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: [gme-users] JavaBON fixes
> 
> Hello
> 
> Find here some Fixes to JavaBON as provided with GME 5.9.21. 
> Most errors occur when you use JavaBON for updating/creating 
> new Objects.
> In the mentioned methods replace the lines commented-out with 
> a // by the following one(s).
> 
> There remain some caveats in JavaBON, I just fixed the errors 
> my program encountered.
> Attached is a copy of gme.jar with the patches applied.
> 
> Alex
> 
> -------------------------------
> 
> CreateNewModel problem:
>  
> org.isis.mga.meta.MgaMetaModel:
> 
>    public MgaMetaRole getRoleByName( String name )
>    {
> //    return new MgaMetaRole( (Dispatch)call( "RoleByName", name ) );
>      return new MgaMetaRole( (Dispatch)get( "RoleByName", name ) );
>    }
> 
> 
> org.isis.mga.meta.MgaMetaFolder:
> 
>     public MgaMetaFCO getLegalRootObjectByName( String name )
>     {
>    //    return new MgaMetaFCO( (Dispatch)call( 
> "LegalRootObjectByName", 
> name ) );
>        return new MgaMetaFCO( (Dispatch)get( 
> "LegalRootObjectByName", name ) );
>     }
> 
>  
> SetAttribute problem:
> 
> org.isis.jaut.Dispatch:
> 
>    public void put(String dispName, Object arg0, Object value)
>    {
>        //invokeSub(dispName, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT, new 
> Object[] { value, arg0 }, DISPID_PROPERTYPUT_ARG);
>        invokeSub(dispName, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT, new Object[] 
> { arg0, value }, DISPID_PROPERTYPUT_ARG);
>    }
> 
> Create RootFolder Models Problem:
> 
> org.isis.gme.bon.JBuilderFolder
> 
>     public JBuilderModel createNewModel(String kindName)
>     {
>     ...
>         //return o;
>         rootModels.add(o);
>         return o;
>     }
> 
> CreateNewConnection Problem:
> 
> org.isis.gme.bon.JBuilderModel (line 733)
> 
>     public JBuilderConnection createNewConnection(String 
> connName, JBuilderObject source, JBuilderObject destination)
>     {
>     ...
>         //MgaSimpleConnection sconn = (MgaSimpleConnection)iconn;
>         MgaSimpleConnection sconn = new MgaSimpleConnection(iconn);
>     ...
>     }
> 
> CreateNewReference Problem
> 
> org.isis.gme.bon.JBuilderModel: (line 638)
>     public JBuilderModelReference 
> createNewModelReference(String refPartName, JBuilderObject refTo)
>     {   
>      ...
>         //MgaMetaRole role = metaModel.getRoleByName(partName);
>         MgaMetaRole role = metaModel.getRoleByName(refPartName);
>      ...
>     }
> 
> org.isis.gme.mga.MgaModel: (line 590)
>     public MgaFCO createReference( MgaMetaRole meta, MgaFCO target )
>     {
>     ...
>   
>         //Variant arguments[] = new Variant[2];
>         Variant arguments[] = new Variant[3];
>         arguments[0]        = new Variant(meta);
>         //arguments[1]        = new Variant(returned_fco_variant);
>         arguments[1]        = new Variant(target);
>         arguments[2]        = new Variant(returned_fco_variant);
>     ...
>     }
> 
> Other Problems:
> 
> Problem: Path of an Object cannot be read by getNamePath()
> Reason: parameters are passed "copy by value" in Java, so 
> getNamePath() fails.
> Note: The function's siganture changed! And I deliberatly 
> replaced the "_" separator by "#" as its much less frequent 
> in my object's names
> 
> org.isis.gme.bon.JBuilderObject
> public String getNamePath()
>     {    return this.getExtendedName("","#",true);
>     }
>    
>     public String getExtendedName(String extName, String 
> seperator, boolean startWithRoot)
>     {   
>         if(!startWithRoot)
>             extName += getName();
>         JBuilderObject parent = this.getParent();
>         if(parent!=null)
>         {    if(!startWithRoot)
>                 extName += seperator;
>             parent.getExtendedName(extName,seperator,startWithRoot);
>             if(startWithRoot)
>                 extName += seperator;
>         }
>         if(startWithRoot)
>             extName += getName();
>         return extName;
>     }
> 
> 
> 
> Another problem persits for MgaReference, but I couldnt 
> figure out the 
> exact reason. Sometimes, a newly created JBuilderModelReference's 
> getReferred() is Null. I help myself a with workaround, calling 
> .resolve() before accessing .getReferred() the first time...
> 
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