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  • Any way to allow classes implementing IEntity and downcast to have operator == comparisons?

    - by George Mauer
    Basically here's the issue. All entities in my system are identified by their type and their id. new Customer() { Id = 1} == new Customer() {Id = 1}; new Customer() { Id = 1} != new Customer() {Id = 2}; new Customer() { Id = 1} != new Product() {Id = 1}; Pretty standard scenario. Since all Entities have an Id I define an interface for all entities. public interface IEntity { int Id { get; set;} } And to simplify creation of entities I make public abstract class BaseEntity<T> : where T : IEntity { int Id { get; set;} public static bool operator ==(BaseEntity<T> e1, BaseEntity<T> e2) { if (object.ReferenceEquals(null, e1)) return false; return e1.Equals(e2); } public static bool operator !=(BaseEntity<T> e1, BaseEntity<T> e2) { return !(e1 == e2); } } where Customer and Product are something like public class Customer : BaseEntity<Customer>, IEntity {} public class Product : BaseEntity<Product>, IEntity {} I think this is hunky dory. I think all I have to do is override Equals in each entity (if I'm super clever, I can even override it only once in the BaseEntity) and everything with work. So now I'm expanding my test coverage and find that its not quite so simple! First of all , when downcasting to IEntity and using == the BaseEntity< override is not used. So what's the solution? Is there something else I can do? If not, this is seriously annoying. Upadate It would seem that there is something wrong with my tests - or rather with comparing on generics. Check this out [Test] public void when_created_manually_non_generic() { // PASSES! var e1 = new Terminal() {Id = 1}; var e2 = new Terminal() {Id = 1}; Assert.IsTrue(e1 == e2); } [Test] public void when_created_manually_generic() { // FAILS! GenericCompare(new Terminal() { Id = 1 }, new Terminal() { Id = 1 }); } private void GenericCompare<T>(T e1, T e2) where T : class, IEntity { Assert.IsTrue(e1 == e2); } Whats going on here? This is not as big a problem as I was afraid, but is still quite annoying and a completely unintuitive way for the language to behave. Update Update Ah I get it, the generic implicitly downcasts to IEntity for some reason. I stand by this being unintuitive and potentially problematic for my Domain's consumers as they need to remember that anything happening within a generic method or class needs to be compared with Equals()

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  • using a Singleton to pass credentials in a multi-tenant application a code smell?

    - by Hans Gruber
    Currently working on a multi-tenant application that employs Shared DB/Shared Schema approach. IOW, we enforce tenant data segregation by defining a TenantID column on all tables. By convention, all SQL reads/writes must include a Where TenantID = '?' clause. Not an ideal solution, but hindsight is 20/20. Anyway, since virtually every page/workflow in our app must display tenant specific data, I made the (poor) decision at the project's outset to employ a Singleton to encapsulate the current user credentials (i.e. TenantID and UserID). My thinking at the time was that I didn't want to add a TenantID parameter to each and every method signature in my Data layer. Here's what the basic pseudo-code looks like: public class UserIdentity { public UserIdentity(int tenantID, int userID) { TenantID = tenantID; UserID = userID; } public int TenantID { get; private set; } public int UserID { get; private set; } } public class AuthenticationModule : IHttpModule { public void Init(HttpApplication context) { context.AuthenticateRequest += new EventHandler(context_AuthenticateRequest); } private void context_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) { var userIdentity = _authenticationService.AuthenticateUser(sender); if (userIdentity == null) { //authentication failed, so redirect to login page, etc } else { //put the userIdentity into the HttpContext object so that //its only valid for the lifetime of a single request HttpContext.Current.Items["UserIdentity"] = userIdentity; } } } public static class CurrentUser { public static UserIdentity Instance { get { return HttpContext.Current.Items["UserIdentity"]; } } } public class WidgetRepository: IWidgetRepository{ public IEnumerable<Widget> ListWidgets(){ var tenantId = CurrentUser.Instance.TenantID; //call sproc with tenantId parameter } } As you can see, there are several code smells here. This is a singleton, so it's already not unit test friendly. On top of that you have a very tight-coupling between CurrentUser and the HttpContext object. By extension, this also means that I have a reference to System.Web in my Data layer (shudder). I want to pay down some technical debt this sprint by getting rid of this singleton for the reasons mentioned above. I have a few thoughts on what an better implementation might be, but if anyone has any guidance or lessons learned they could share, I would be much obliged.

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  • What is AGL on .NET Compact Framework?

    - by SmartJJ
    What is AGL on .NET Compact Framework?? Any information about it would be very appreciated! For Example(Code from .NET Compact Framework): DllImport("AGL", EntryPoint="@106")] public static extern PAL_ERROR Blt(IntPtr howThis, IntPtr howSrc, ref RC rcSrc, ref RC rcDst, int cvKey, AGL_BLT md); public void Save(Stream stream, ImageFormat format) { if (stream == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("stream"); } if (!stream.CanSeek || !stream.CanWrite) { throw new ArgumentException(); } MISC.HandleAr(GL.SaveImage(this.m_how, format.m_imgfmt, StreamWrapper.CreateStreamCallback(stream))); }

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  • Asp.net Mvc - Kigg: Maintain User object in HttpContext.Items between requests.

    - by Pickels
    Hallo, first I want to say that I hope this doesn't look like I am lazy but I have some trouble understanding a piece of code from the following project. http://kigg.codeplex.com/ I was going through the source code and I noticed something that would be usefull for my own little project I am making. In their BaseController they have the following code: private static readonly Type CurrentUserKey = typeof(IUser); public IUser CurrentUser { get { if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CurrentUserName)) { IUser user = HttpContext.Items[CurrentUserKey] as IUser; if (user == null) { user = AccountRepository.FindByClaim(CurrentUserName); if (user != null) { HttpContext.Items[CurrentUserKey] = user; } } return user; } return null; } } This isn't an exact copy of the code I adjusted it a little to my needs. This part of the code I still understand. They store their IUser in HttpContext.Items. I guess they do it so that they don't have to call the database eachtime they need the User object. The part that I don't understand is how they maintain this object in between requests. If I understand correctly the HttpContext.Items is a per request cache storage. So after some more digging I found the following code. internal static IDictionary<UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager, object> GetInstances(HttpContextBase httpContext) { IDictionary<UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager, object> instances; if (httpContext.Items.Contains(Key)) { instances = (IDictionary<UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager, object>) httpContext.Items[Key]; } else { lock (httpContext.Items) { if (httpContext.Items.Contains(Key)) { instances = (IDictionary<UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager, object>) httpContext.Items[Key]; } else { instances = new Dictionary<UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager, object>(); httpContext.Items.Add(Key, instances); } } } return instances; } This is the part where some magic happens that I don't understand. I think they use Unity to do some dependency injection on each request? In my project I am using Ninject and I am wondering how I can get the same result. I guess InRequestScope in Ninject is the same as UnityPerWebRequestLifetimeManager? I am also wondering which class/method they are binding to which interface? Since the HttpContext.Items get destroyed each request how do they prevent losing their user object? Anyway it's kinda a long question so I am gradefull for any push in the right direction. Kind regards, Pickels

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  • Did Visual Studio 2010 break "Project Dependencies" between C++ projects?

    - by Roger Lipscombe
    In Visual Studio 2008, if I had a solution containing multiple C++ projects, I could make them depend on each-other and correctly link by using the "Project Dependencies" option. This fixed up the build order and also made (e.g.) the main application project link against the static library outputs. In Visual Studio 2010, this doesn't seem to work. Did Visual Studio 2010 change the way this works?

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  • I Get the error message while write data in file --Cannot access the disposable object .Object name

    - by kunal rai
    This was the code: public static void SaveFile(Stream stream, string fileName = "") { using (IsolatedStorageFile file = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication()) { IsolatedStorageFileStream fs = file.CreateFile(fileName); var filesize = stream.Length; var getContent = new byte[(int)filesize]; stream.Read(getContent, 0, (int)filesize); fs.Write(getContent, 0, (int)filesize); fs.Close(); } }

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  • quick java question

    - by j-unit-122
    private static char[] quicksort (char[] array , int left , int right) { if (left < right) { int p = partition(array , left, right); quicksort(array, left, p - 1 ); quicksort(array, p + 1 , right); } for (char i : array) System.out.print(i + ” ”); System.out.println(); return array; } private static int partition(char[] a, int left, int right) { char p = a[left]; int l = left + 1, r = right; while (l < r) { while (l < right && a[l] < p) l++; while (r > left && a[r] >= p) r--; if (l < r) { char temp = a[l]; a[l] = a[r]; a[r] = temp; } } a[left] = a[r]; a[r] = p; return r; } } hi guys just a quick question regarding the above coding, i know that the above coding returns the following B I G C O M P U T E R B C E G I M P U T O R B C E G I M P U T O R B C E G I M P U T O R B C E G I M P U T O R B C E G I M O P T U R B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U B C E G I M O P R T U when the sequence BIGCOMPUTER is used but my question is can someone explain to me what is happening in the code and how? i know abit about the quick-sort algorithm but it doesnt seem to be the same in the above example.

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  • Solving a cyclical dependency in Ninject (Compact Framework)

    - by Alex
    I'm trying to use Ninject for dependency injection in my MVP application. However, I have a problem because I have two types that depend on each other, thus creating a cyclic dependency. At first, I understand that it was a problem, because I had both types require each other in their constructors. Therefore, I moved one of the dependencies to a property injection instead, but I'm still getting the error message. What am I doing wrong? This is the presenter: public class LoginPresenter : Presenter<ILoginView>, ILoginPresenter { public LoginPresenter( ILoginView view ) : base( view ) { } } and this is the view: public partial class LoginForm : Form, ILoginView { [Inject] public ILoginPresenter Presenter { private get; set; } public LoginForm() { InitializeComponent(); } } And here's the code that causes the exception: static class Program { /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [MTAThread] static void Main() { // Show the login form Views.LoginForm loginForm = Kernel.Get<Views.Interfaces.ILoginView>() as Views.LoginForm; Application.Run( loginForm ); } } The exception happens on the line with the Kernel.Get<>() call. Here it is: Error activating ILoginPresenter using binding from ILoginPresenter to LoginPresenter A cyclical dependency was detected between the constructors of two services. Activation path: 4) Injection of dependency ILoginPresenter into property Presenter of type LoginForm 3) Injection of dependency ILoginView into parameter view of constructor of type LoginPresenter 2) Injection of dependency ILoginPresenter into property Presenter of type LoginForm 1) Request for ILoginView Suggestions: 1) Ensure that you have not declared a dependency for ILoginPresenter on any implementations of the service. 2) Consider combining the services into a single one to remove the cycle. 3) Use property injection instead of constructor injection, and implement IInitializable if you need initialization logic to be run after property values have been injected. Why doesn't Ninject understand that since one is constructor injection and the other is property injection, this can work just fine? I even read somewhere looking for the solution to this problem that Ninject supposedly gets this right as long as the cyclic dependency isn't both in the constructors. Apparently not, though. Any help resolving this would be much appreciated.

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  • j2me bluetooth client. Function startInquiry nothing found.

    - by Hugi
    I develop simple j2me bluetooth client and have problem with bluetooth device search. Function startInquiry nothing found. Client : nokia 5220 Server : my pc with bluetooth adapter All bluetooth devices is on. /* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ import javax.microedition.midlet.*; import javax.bluetooth.*; import java.util.Vector; import javax.microedition.lcdui.*; /** * @author ????????????? */ public class Midlet extends MIDlet implements DiscoveryListener { private static Vector vecDevices=new Vector(); private static String connectionURL=null; private LocalDevice localDevice; private DiscoveryAgent agent; private RemoteDevice remoteDevice; private RemoteDevice[] devList; private Display display; private Form form; public void startApp() { display = Display.getDisplay(this); form = new Form( "Client" ); try { localDevice = LocalDevice.getLocalDevice(); } catch( BluetoothStateException e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } form.append("Address: "+localDevice.getBluetoothAddress()+"\n\n"); form.append("Name: "+localDevice.getFriendlyName()+"\n\n"); try { agent = localDevice.getLocalDevice().getDiscoveryAgent(); form.append("Starting device inquiry... \n\n"); boolean si = agent.startInquiry(DiscoveryAgent.GIAC, this); if ( si ) { form.append("true"); } else { form.append("false"); } } catch( BluetoothStateException e ) { } int deviceCount = vecDevices.size(); if(deviceCount <= 0){ form.append("No Devices Found ."); } else{ //print bluetooth device addresses and names in the format [ No. address (name) ] form.append("Bluetooth Devices: "); for (int i = 0; i < deviceCount; i++) { remoteDevice=(RemoteDevice)vecDevices.elementAt(i); form.append( remoteDevice.getBluetoothAddress() ); } } display.setCurrent(form); } public void pauseApp() { } public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { } public void deviceDiscovered(RemoteDevice btDevice, DeviceClass cod) { //add the device to the vector if(!vecDevices.contains(btDevice)){ vecDevices.addElement(btDevice); } } public void inquiryCompleted(int discType) { } //implement this method since services are not being discovered public void servicesDiscovered(int transID, ServiceRecord[] servRecord) { if(servRecord!=null && servRecord.length>0){ connectionURL=servRecord[0].getConnectionURL(0,false); } } //implement this method since services are not being discovered public void serviceSearchCompleted(int transID, int respCode) { } }

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  • iphone :- i have one webservice in that Authentication require

    - by Heart PAL
    hello, i have one webservice given by my client ... problem is this webservise require Authentication...without username and password no one get data from this url...so how can i do authentication this webservice . this is same like u r gling to login to facebook or twitter then first we enter username and password for authenticate . how can i do this same. i have username and password for this webservise can i pass this static data in code ?

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  • c++ object sizes

    - by anon
    Suppose I have: struct Foo: public Bar { .... } Foo introduces no new member varaibles. Foo only introduces a bunch of member functions & static functions. Does any part of the C++ standard now guarantee me that: sizeof(Foo) == sizeof(Bar) ? Thanks!

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  • MySQL - Calculating fields on the fly vs storing calculated data

    - by Christian Varga
    Hi Everyone, I apologise if this has been asked before, but I can't seem to find an answer to a question that I have about calculating on the fly vs storing fields in a database. I read a few articles that suggested it was preferable to calculate when you can, but I would just like to know if that still applies to the following 2 examples. Example 1. Say you are storing data relating to a car. You store the fuel tank size in litres, and how many litres it uses per 100km. You also want to know how many KMs it can travel, which can be calculated from the tank size and economy. I see 2 ways of doing this: When a car is added or updated, calculate the amount of KMs and store this as a static field in the database. Every time a car is accessed, calculate the amount of KMs on the fly. Because the cars economy/tank size doesn't change (although it could be edited), the KMs is a pretty static value. I don't see why we would calculate it every single time the car is accessed. Wouldn't this waste cpu time as opposed to simply storing it in a separate field in the database and calculating only when a car is added or updated? My next example, which is almost an entirely different question (but on the same topic), relates to counting children. Let's say we have a app which has categories and items. We have a view where we display all the categories, and a count of all the items inside each category. Again, I'm wondering what's better. To perform a MySQL query to count all the items in each category every single time the page is accessed? Or store the count in a field in the categories table and update when an item is added / deleted? I know it is redundant to store anything that can be calculated, but I worry that calculating fields or counting records might be slow as opposed to storing the data in a field. If it's not then please let me know, I just want to learn about when to use either method. On a small scale I guess it wouldn't matter either way, but apps like Facebook, would they really count the amount of friends you have every time someone views your profile or would they just store it as a field? I'd appreciate any responses to both of these scenarios, and any resource that might explain the benefits of calculating vs storing. Thanks in advance, Christian

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  • read length of string from stdin

    - by teoz
    I want to take a string from stdin but I don't want a static array of fixed size I know that scanf need something where save the stdin input, but I can't do something like this: char string[10] scanf("%s",string); becouse I need to know before how long will be the string in order to allocate the right memory space. Can you help me to resolve this problem?

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  • Why do sockets not die when server dies? Why does a socket die when server is alive?

    - by Roman
    I try to play with sockets a bit. For that I wrote very simple "client" and "server" applications. Client: import java.net.*; public class client { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); System.out.println("before"); Socket clientSideSocket = null; try { clientSideSocket = new Socket(localhost,12345,localhost,54321); } catch (ConnectException e) { System.out.println("Connection Refused"); } System.out.println("after"); if (clientSideSocket != null) { clientSideSocket.close(); } } } Server: import java.net.*; public class server { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ServerSocket listener = new ServerSocket(12345); while (true) { Socket serverSideSocket = listener.accept(); System.out.println("A client-request is accepted."); } } } And I found a behavior that I cannot explain: I start a server, than I start a client. Connection is successfully established (client stops running and server is running). Then I close the server and start it again in a second. After that I start a client and it writes "Connection Refused". It seems to me that the server "remember" the old connection and does not want to open the second connection twice. But I do not understand how it is possible. Because I killed the previous server and started a new one! I do not start the server immediately after the previous one was killed (I wait like 20 seconds). In this case the server "forget" the socket from the previous server and accepts the request from the client. I start the server and then I start the client. Connection is established (server writes: "A client-request is accepted"). Then I wait a minute and start the client again. And server (which was running the whole time) accept the request again! Why? The server should not accept the request from the same client-IP and client-port but it does!

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  • .NET Reflection: How to call method of interface without creating instance?

    - by jitm
    I have situation where I have to call method of interface using reflection, like this object x = null; MethodInfo method = interfaceExists.GetMethod("ShutDown"); method.Invoke(x, new object[] { 4 }) As you can see I do not create instance of object! And, as I can supposed, I receive exception Non-static method requires a target And Question, Can I call method of interface using reflection without creating instance of interface and if YES, How I can do it ?

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  • WPF ControlTemplate and Binding

    - by Vinjamuri
    In the below code, MousePressImage is a dependency property of class ButtonControl. The following Binding doesn't work.. Appreciate your help in solving this issue.. Value="{Binding RelativeSource={x:Static RelativeSource.Self}, Path=MousePressImage}"/> -- I create the ButtonControl like this. <local:ButtonControl Height="48" Width="160" MouseOverImage="pack://application:,,,/Recipe_06_13;component/Resources/Over.bmp" MousePressImage="pack://application:,,,/Recipe_06_13;component/Resources/Press.bmp" DisableImage=" "> </local:ButtonControl>

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  • Contravariant Delegates Value Types

    - by ChloeRadshaw
    Can anyone shed light on why contravariance does not work with C# value types? The below does not work private delegate Asset AssetDelegate(int m); internal string DoMe() { AssetDelegate aw = new AssetDelegate(DelegateMethod); aw(32); return "Class1"; } private static House DelegateMethod(object m) { return null; }

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  • Java accessing variables using extends

    - by delo
    So here I have two classes: Customer Order Class and Confirmation Class. I want to access the data stored in LastNameTextField (Customer Order Class) and set it as the text for UserLastNameLabel (Confirmation Class) after clicking a "Submit" button. For some reason however, the output displays nothing. Snippet of my code: package customer_order; public class customer_order extends Frame{ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private JPanel jPanel = null; private JLabel LastNameLabel = null; protected JTextField LastNameTextField = null; private JButton SubmitButton = null; public String s; public customer_order() { super(); initialize(); } private void initialize() { this.setSize(729, 400); this.setTitle("Customer Order"); this.add(getJPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER); } /** * This method initializes LastNameTextField * * @return javax.swing.JTextField */ public JTextField getLastNameTextField() { if (LastNameTextField == null) { LastNameTextField = new JTextField(); LastNameTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(120, 100, 164, 28)); LastNameTextField.setName("LastNameTextField"); } return LastNameTextField; } /** * This method initializes SubmitButton * * @return javax.swing.JButton */ private JButton getSubmitButton() { if (SubmitButton == null) { SubmitButton = new JButton(); SubmitButton.setBounds(new Rectangle(501, 225, 96, 29)); SubmitButton.setName("SubmitButton"); SubmitButton.setText("Submit"); SubmitButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("actionPerformed()"); // TODO Auto-generated Event stub actionPerformed() //THE STRING I WANT s = LastNameTextField.getText(); java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { new confirmation().setVisible(true); } }); } }); } return SubmitButton; } package customer_order; public class confirmation extends customer_order{ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private JPanel jPanel = null; // @jve:decl-index=0:visual-constraint="58,9" private JLabel LastNameLabel = null; private JLabel UserLastNameLabel = null; // @jve:decl-index=0: /** * This method initializes frame * * @return java.awt.Frame */ public confirmation() { super(); initialize(); } private void initialize() { this.setSize(729, 400); this.setTitle("Confirmation"); this.add(getJPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER); } /** * This method initializes jPanel * * @return javax.swing.JPanel */ private JPanel getJPanel() { if (jPanel == null) { UserLastNameLabel = new JLabel(); UserLastNameLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(121, 60, 167, 26)); //THE PROBLEM? UserLastNameLabel.setText(s); } return jPanel; }

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  • Find the closest palindrome number C#

    - by user294837
    Hi All, I am trying to create a console application that reads number from a file all underneath each other like so: 101 9 and then outputs into another file the closest palindrome number. So far what I have is not quite rightm i.e. I don't think I can put the class inside a method which is a bit more Java I was wandering if anyone could help at all? Thanks :) namespace PalidromeC { class Program { static public void Main(string[] args) { #region WriteAnswers try { StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("C://Temp/PalindromeAnswers.txt"); sw.WriteLine("Answers"); sw.Close(); }//try catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message); }//catch #endregion #region ReadFile try { string numbers; StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("C://Temp/Palindrome.txt"); numbers = sr.ReadLine(); while (numbers != null) { Console.WriteLine(numbers); numbers = sr.ReadLine(); }//while sr.Close(); Console.ReadLine(); }//try catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message); }//catch #endregion NearPalindromeFinder f = new NearPalindromeFinder(); int palindrome = f.findNearPalindrome(n); Console.WriteLine("Nearest Palindrome = " + palindrome); }//main public static void testFindNearestPalindrome(int n) { class NearPalindromeFinder { int findNearPalindrome(int start) { if (testPalindrome(start)) return start; else { int neg = start; int pos = start; for (int i = 0; i < start; i++) { if (testPalindrome(start-i)) { neg = start-i; break; }//if if (testPalindrome(start+i)) { pos = start+i; break; }//if }//for return (start == neg) ? pos : neg; }//else }//findNearPalindrome bool testPalindrome(int start) { if (start == 0 || start == 1) return true; String str = String.valueOf(start); String rev = new if (str.equals(rev)) return true; else return false; }//testPalindrome }//NearPalindromeFinder class }//testFindNearestPalindrome }//Program Class

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  • Your creative PHP Obfuscation - Dynamic Variables

    - by Email
    Hi No thread about use or unuse of obfuscusion please ^^ Just share creative approaches how to obfuscate in php the really smart way plz. plain md5 and base64_decode is too static .. what you think regarding hash, salt what about dynamic Variables (even for the same $var). Thx for any creative input

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  • How to discover classes with [Authorize] attributes using Reflection in C#? (or How to build Dynamic

    - by Pretzel
    Maybe I should back-up and widen the scope before diving into the title question... I'm currently writing a web app in ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (although I do have MVC 2.0 installed on my PC, so I'm not exactly restricted to 1.0) -- I've started with the standard MVC project which has your basic "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC" and shows both the [Home] tab and [About] tab in the upper-right corner. Pretty standard, right? I've added 4 new Controller classes, let's call them "Astronomer", "Biologist", "Chemist", and "Physicist". Attached to each new controller class is the [Authorize] attribute. For example, for the BiologistController.cs [Authorize(Roles = "Biologist,Admin")] public class BiologistController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } } These [Authorize] tags naturally limit which user can access different controllers depending on Roles, but I want to dynamically build a Menu at the top of my website in the Site.Master Page based on the Roles the user is a part of. So for example, if JoeUser was a member of Roles "Astronomer" and "Physicist", the navigation menu would say: [Home] [Astronomer] [Physicist] [About] And naturally, it would not list links to "Biologist" or "Chemist" controller Index page. Or if "JohnAdmin" was a member of Role "Admin", links to all 4 controllers would show up in the navigation bar. Ok, you prolly get the idea... Starting with the answer from this StackOverflow topic about Dynamic Menu building in ASP.NET, I'm trying to understand how I would fully implement this. (I'm a newbie and need a little more guidance, so please bare with me.) The answer proposes Extending the Controller class (call it "ExtController") and then have each new WhateverController inherit from ExtController. My conclusion is that I would need to use Reflection in this ExtController Constructor to determine which Classes and Methods have [Authorize] attributes attached to them to determine the Roles. Then using a Static Dictionary, store the Roles and Controllers/Methods in key-value pairs. I imagine it something like this: public class ExtController : Controller { protected static Dictionary<Type,List<string>> ControllerRolesDictionary; protected override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext) { // build list of menu items based on user's permissions, and add it to ViewData IEnumerable<MenuItem> menu = BuildMenu(); ViewData["Menu"] = menu; } private IEnumerable<MenuItem> BuildMenu() { // Code to build a menu SomeRoleProvider rp = new SomeRoleProvider(); foreach (var role in rp.GetRolesForUser(HttpContext.User.Identity.Name)) { } } public ExtController() { // Use this.GetType() to determine if this Controller is already in the Dictionary if (!ControllerRolesDictionary.ContainsKey(this.GetType())) { // If not, use Reflection to add List of Roles to Dictionary // associating with Controller } } } Is this doable? If so, how do I perform Reflection in the ExtController constructor to discover the [Authorize] attribute and related Roles (if any) ALSO! Feel free to go out-of-scope on this question and suggest an alternate way of solving this "Dynamic Site.Master Menu based on Roles" problem. I'm the first to admit that this may not be the best approach.

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