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Can't seem to install imagick

- by PolishHurricane

I'm trying to install the PHP PEAR PECL extension "imagick" (image magick), but failing horribly. It seems that I keed installing packages to progress, but this one has me stumped. It seems to fail all the way at the bottom. Please Note: I'm using ArchLinux, apt-get doesn't save me. [root@Crux tmp]# pecl install imagick downloading imagick-3.0.1.tgz ... Starting to download imagick-3.0.1.tgz (93,920 bytes) .....................done: 93,920 bytes 13 source files, building running: phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20100412 Zend Module Api No: 20100525 Zend Extension Api No: 220100525 Please provide the prefix of Imagemagick installation [autodetect] : building in /tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1 running: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/configure --with-imagick checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for cc... cc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether cc accepts -g... yes checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking for icc... no checking for suncc... no checking whether cc understands -c and -o together... yes checking for system library directory... lib checking if compiler supports -R... no checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for PHP prefix... /usr checking for PHP includes... -I/usr/include/php -I/usr/include/php/main -I/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/include/php/Zend -I/usr/include/php/ext -I/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib checking for PHP extension directory... /usr/lib/php/modules checking for PHP installed headers prefix... /usr/include/php checking if debug is enabled... no checking if zts is enabled... no checking for re2c... re2c checking for re2c version... 0.13.5 (ok) checking for gawk... gawk checking whether to enable the imagick extension... yes, shared checking whether to enable the imagick GraphicsMagick backend... no checking ImageMagick MagickWand API configuration program... found in /usr/bin/MagickWand-config checking if ImageMagick version is at least 6.2.4... found version 6.7.8 Q16 checking for MagickWand.h header file... found in /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h checking PHP version is at least 5.1.3... yes. found 5.4.6 checking for ld used by cc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B checking whether ln -s works... yes checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking dlfcn.h usability... yes checking dlfcn.h presence... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from cc object... ok checking for objdir... .libs checking for ar... ar checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for strip... strip checking if cc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for cc option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if cc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if cc static flag -static works... yes checking if cc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the cc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no creating libtool appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating config.h running: make /bin/sh /tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1/libtool --mode=compile cc -I. -I/tmp/pear/temp/imagick -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1/include -I/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1/main -I/tmp/pear/temp/imagick -I/usr/include/php -I/usr/include/php/main -I/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/include/php/Zend -I/usr/include/php/ext -I/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib -I/usr/include/ImageMagick -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c -o imagick_class.lo mkdir .libs cc -I. -I/tmp/pear/temp/imagick -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1/include -I/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-rootLbSUWT/imagick-3.0.1/main -I/tmp/pear/temp/imagick -I/usr/include/php -I/usr/include/php/main -I/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/include/php/Zend -I/usr/include/php/ext -I/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib -I/usr/include/ImageMagick -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/imagick_class.o /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagematteâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:268:2: warning: âMagickGetImageMatteâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:82) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getsizeoffsetâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:406:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetSizeOffsetâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:87:3: note: expected âssize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_paintfloodfillimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1016:3: warning: âMagickPaintFloodfillImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:99) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1019:3: warning: âMagickPaintFloodfillImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:99) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagepropertiesâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1083:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetImagePropertiesâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:35:5: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimageprofilesâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1131:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetImageProfilesâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:33:5: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_recolorimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1402:2: warning: âMagickRecolorImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:109) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_setfontâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1442:3: error: âstruct _php_core_globalsâ has no member named âsafe_modeâ /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1442:3: error: âCHECKUID_CHECK_FILE_AND_DIRâ undeclared (first use in this function) /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1442:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:1442:3: error: âCHECKUID_NO_ERRORSâ undeclared (first use in this function) /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_queryformatsâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:2580:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickQueryFormatsâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:41:5: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_queryfontsâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:2607:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickQueryFontsâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:40:5: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_colorfloodfillimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3396:2: warning: âMagickColorFloodfillImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:75) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_mapimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3730:2: warning: âMagickMapImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:86) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_mattefloodfillimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3763:2: warning: âMagickMatteFloodfillImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:88) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_medianfilterimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3790:2: warning: âMagickMedianFilterImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:217) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_paintopaqueimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3853:2: warning: âMagickPaintOpaqueImageChannelâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:104) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_painttransparentimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:3916:2: warning: âMagickPaintTransparentImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:107) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_reducenoiseimageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:4059:2: warning: âMagickReduceNoiseImageâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:266) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimageattributeâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5068:2: warning: âMagickGetImageAttributeâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:59) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagechannelextremaâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5253:2: warning: âMagickGetImageChannelExtremaâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:78) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5253:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetImageChannelExtremaâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:68:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:78:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5253:2: warning: passing argument 4 of âMagickGetImageChannelExtremaâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:68:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:78:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimageextremaâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5506:2: warning: âMagickGetImageExtremaâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:80) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5506:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetImageExtremaâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:68:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:80:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5506:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetImageExtremaâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:68:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:80:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagehistogramâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5629:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetImageHistogramâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:74:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:415:5: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagepageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5740:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetImagePageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:74:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:192:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5740:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetImagePageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:74:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:192:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5740:2: warning: passing argument 4 of âMagickGetImagePageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:74:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:192:3: note: expected âssize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:5740:2: warning: passing argument 5 of âMagickGetImagePageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:74:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-image.h:192:3: note: expected âssize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimageindexâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:6344:2: warning: âMagickGetImageIndexâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:65) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_setimageindexâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:6369:2: warning: âMagickSetImageIndexâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:113) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getimagesizeâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:6447:2: warning: âMagickGetImageSizeâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:140) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_setimageattributeâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:6796:2: warning: âMagickSetImageAttributeâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:111) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_flattenimagesâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:7043:2: warning: âMagickFlattenImagesâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:132) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_averageimagesâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:8079:2: warning: âMagickAverageImagesâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:131) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_mosaicimagesâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:8516:2: warning: âMagickMosaicImagesâ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/deprecate.h:135) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getpageâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9126:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetPageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:84:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9126:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetPageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:84:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9126:2: warning: passing argument 4 of âMagickGetPageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:84:3: note: expected âssize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9126:2: warning: passing argument 5 of âMagickGetPageâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:84:3: note: expected âssize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getquantumdepthâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9154:2: warning: passing argument 1 of âMagickGetQuantumDepthâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:52:4: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getquantumrangeâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9176:2: warning: passing argument 1 of âMagickGetQuantumRangeâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:53:4: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getsamplingfactorsâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9247:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetSamplingFactorsâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:59:4: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getsizeâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9273:2: warning: passing argument 2 of âMagickGetSizeâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:86:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9273:2: warning: passing argument 3 of âMagickGetSizeâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:86:3: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_getversionâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9299:2: warning: passing argument 1 of âMagickGetVersionâ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/MagickWand.h:73:0, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/php_imagick.h:49, from /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:21: /usr/include/ImageMagick/wand/magick-property.h:55:4: note: expected âsize_t *â but argument is of type âlong int *â /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c: In function âzim_imagick_setimageprogressmonitorâ: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9534:2: error: âstruct _php_core_globalsâ has no member named âsafe_modeâ /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9534:2: error: âCHECKUID_CHECK_FILE_AND_DIRâ undeclared (first use in this function) /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9534:2: error: âCHECKUID_NO_ERRORSâ undeclared (first use in this function) make: *** [imagick_class.lo] Error 1 ERROR: `make' failed

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How do I run shell script "convert" in OSX Mavericks

- by user267219

I have been successfully converting jpgs to pdf in Mountain Lion with: do shell script "/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/./convert -f " & "\"" & _posix & "\"" & " -o " & "\"" & _newPosix & "\"" I recently moved to Mavericks and now get this error: -- error "sh: /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/./convert: No such file or directory" number 127 The error message is right - the directory does not exist under Mavericks. Can anyone suggest a replacement for this code?

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OSX pdf-kit vs Linux poppler or pdf/x

- by Tahnoon Pasha

I keep reading and hearing that the reason that there is no good pdf editing software for Linux is that the libraries are not as well developed. That is why there is no equivalent for Skim or Preview in Linux. I had a look a the pdf-kit documentation and the poppler documentation and they looked very similar to my admittedly non-technical view. Could someone explain to me why the OSX libraries (eg) are so much easier to write projects like Skim in than the linux ones. I'm not sure if the same applies to OSX projects to NVAlt, but it seems to be a common theme - I'd just like to understand what is behind the thesis that OSX is easier to code these projects in, and what would be involved in changing it. (I'm not disputing the value of Okular or Evince and the like, just noting that they don't have the richness of functionality of Skim, Preview or even things like Goodreader on the Ipad).

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Cannot build digiKam

- by Tichomir Mitkov

I'm trying to compile digiKam 2.8.0. I have installed the required libraries but cMake seems to stuck without any meaningful reason. Here is the output of cMake: $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=relwithdebinfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local . -- Found Qt-Version 4.7.1 (using /usr/bin/qmake) -- Found X11: /usr/lib64/libX11.so -- Found KDE 4.6 include dir: /usr/include -- Found KDE 4.6 library dir: /usr/lib64 -- Found the KDE4 kconfig_compiler preprocessor: /usr/bin/kconfig_compiler -- Found automoc4: /usr/bin/automoc4 -- Local kdegraphics libraries will be compiled... YES -- Handbooks will be compiled..................... YES -- Extract translations files..................... NO -- Translations will be compiled.................. YES -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Starting CMake configuration for: libmediawiki ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The following external packages were located on your system. -- This installation will have the extra features provided by these packages. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * QJSON - Qt library for handling JSON data ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Congratulations! All external packages have been found. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Starting CMake configuration for: libkgeomap -- Found Qt-Version 4.7.1 (using /usr/bin/qmake) -- Found X11: /usr/lib64/libX11.so -- Check Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkexiv2 -- kexiv2 found, the demo application will be compiled. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Starting CMake configuration for: libkface -- Found Qt-Version 4.7.1 (using /usr/bin/qmake) -- Found X11: /usr/lib64/libX11.so -- First try at finding OpenCV... -- Great, found OpenCV on the first try. -- OpenCV Root directory is /usr/share/opencv -- External libface was not found, use internal version instead... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Starting CMake configuration for: kipi-plugins -- Check Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkexiv2 -- Check for Kdcraw library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kdcraw library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkdcraw CMake Error at extra/libkdcraw/cmake/modules/FindKdcraw.cmake:137 (file): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkdcraw/libkdcraw/version.h for reading. Call Stack (most recent call first): extra/kipi-plugins/CMakeLists.txt:123 (FIND_PACKAGE) -- Check Kipi library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kipi library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkipi CMake Warning at extra/kipi-plugins/CMakeLists.txt:139 (MESSAGE): libkdcraw: Version information not found, your version is probably too old. -- Found GObject libraries: /usr/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so;/usr/lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so;/usr/lib64/libgthread-2.0.so;/usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so -- Found GObject includes : /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject -- Check for Ksane library in local sub-folder... -- Found Ksane library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libksane -- Check for KGeoMap library in local sub-folder... -- Found KGeoMap library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkgeomap -- Check Mediawiki library in local sub-folder... -- Found Mediawiki library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libmediawiki -- Check Vkontakte library in local sub-folder... -- Found Vkontakte library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkvkontakte -- Boost version: 1.38.0 -- libkgeomap: Found version 2.0.0 -- Found X11: /usr/lib64/libX11.so -- CMake version: cmake version 2.8.9 -- CMake version (cleaned): cmake version 2.8.9 -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- kipi-plugins 2.8.0 dependencies results <http://www.digikam.org> -- -- libjpeg library found.................... YES -- libtiff library found.................... YES -- libpng library found..................... YES -- libkipi library found.................... YES -- libkexiv2 library found.................. YES -- libkdcraw library found.................. YES -- libxml2 library found.................... YES (optional) -- libxslt library found.................... YES (optional) -- libexpat library found................... YES (optional) -- native threads support library found..... YES (optional) -- libopengl library found.................. YES (optional) -- Qt4 OpenGL module found.................. YES -- libopencv library found.................. YES (optional) -- QJson library found...................... YES (optional) -- libgpod library found.................... YES (optional) -- Gdk library found........................ YES (optional) -- libkdepim library found.................. YES (optional) -- qca2 library found....................... YES (optional) -- libkgeomap library found................. YES (optional) -- libmediawiki library found............... YES (optional) -- libkvkontakte library found.............. YES (optional) -- boost library found...................... YES (optional) -- OpenMP library found..................... YES (optional) -- libX11 library found..................... YES (optional) -- libksane library found................... YES (optional) -- -- kipi-plugins will be compiled............ YES -- Shwup will be compiled................... YES (optional) -- YandexFotki will be compiled............. YES (optional) -- HtmlExport will be compiled.............. YES (optional) -- AdvancedSlideshow will be compiled....... YES (optional) -- ImageViewer will be compiled............. YES (optional) -- AcquireImages will be compiled........... YES (optional) -- DNGConverter will be compiled............ YES (optional) -- RemoveRedEyes will be compiled........... YES (optional) -- Debian Screenshots will be compiled...... YES (optional) -- Facebook will be compiled................ YES (optional) -- Imgur will be compiled................... YES (optional) -- VKontakte will be compiled............... YES (optional) -- IpodExport will be compiled.............. YES (optional) -- Calendar will be compiled................ YES (optional) -- GPSSync will be compiled................. YES (optional) -- Mediawiki will be compiled............... YES (optional) -- Panorama will be compiled................ YES (optional) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Starting CMake configuration for: digiKam -- Check for Kdcraw library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kdcraw library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkdcraw CMake Error at extra/libkdcraw/cmake/modules/FindKdcraw.cmake:137 (file): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkdcraw/libkdcraw/version.h for reading. Call Stack (most recent call first): core/CMakeLists.txt:156 (FIND_PACKAGE) -- Check Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kexiv2 library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkexiv2 -- Check Kipi library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kipi library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkipi -- Check Kface library in local sub-folder... -- Found Kface library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkface -- Check for KGeoMap library in local sub-folder... -- Found KGeoMap library in local sub-folder: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkgeomap -- PGF_INCLUDE_DIRS = /usr/local/include/libpgf -- PGF_INCLUDEDIR = /usr/local/include/libpgf -- PGF_LIBRARIES = pgf -- PGF_LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib;-lpgf -- PGF_CFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include/libpgf -- PGF_VERSION = 6.12.24 -- PGF_CODEC_VERSION_ID = 61224 -- Could NOT find any working clapack installation -- Boost version: 1.38.0 -- Check for LCMS1 availability... -- Found LCMS1: /usr/lib64/liblcms.so /usr/include -- Paralelized PGF codec disabled... -- Identified libjpeg version: 62 -- Found MySQL server executable at: /usr/sbin/mysqld -- Found MySQL install_db executable at: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db CMake Warning at core/CMakeLists.txt:310 (MESSAGE): libkdcraw: Version information not found, your version is probably too old. -- libkgeomap: Found version 2.0.0 -- Found gphoto2: -L/usr/lib64 -lgphoto2_port;-L/usr/lib64 -lgphoto2 -lgphoto2_port -lm -- WARNING: you are using the obsolete 'PKGCONFIG' macro, use FindPkgConfig -- WARNING: you are using the obsolete 'PKGCONFIG' macro, use FindPkgConfig -- PKGCONFIG() indicates that lqr-1 is not installed (install the package which contains lqr-1.pc if you want to support this feature) -- Could NOT find Lqr-1 (missing: LQR-1_INCLUDE_DIRS LQR-1_LIBRARIES) -- Found SharedDesktopOntologies: /usr/share/ontology -- Found SharedDesktopOntologies: /usr/share/ontology (found version "0.5.0", required is "0.2") -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- digiKam 2.8.0 dependencies results <http://www.digikam.org> -- -- Qt4 SQL module found..................... YES -- MySQL Server found....................... YES -- MySQL install_db tool found.............. YES -- libtiff library found.................... YES -- libpng library found..................... YES -- libjasper library found.................. YES -- liblcms library found.................... YES -- Boost Graph library found................ YES -- libkipi library found.................... YES -- libkexiv2 library found.................. YES -- libkdcraw library found.................. YES -- libkface library found................... YES -- libkgeomap library found................. YES -- libpgf library found..................... YES (optional) -- libclapack library found................. NO (optional - internal version used instead) -- libgphoto2 and libusb libraries found.... YES (optional) -- libkdepimlibs library found.............. YES (optional) -- Nepomuk libraries found.................. YES (optional) -- libglib2 library found................... YES (optional) -- liblqr-1 library found................... NO (optional - internal version used instead) -- liblensfun library found................. YES (optional) -- Doxygen found............................ YES (optional) -- digiKam can be compiled.................. YES -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Adjusting compilation flags for GCC version ( 4.5.1 ) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! Actually this line shows a sign of error CMake Error at extra/libkdcraw/cmake/modules/FindKdcraw.cmake:137 (file): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/tichomir/Downloads/digikam-2.8.0/extra/libkdcraw/libkdcraw/version.h for reading. 'version.h' doesn't exists instead there is a file 'version.h.cmake' I have installed libkdcraw (64-bit) from sources. I'm using OpenSuse

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Link Error : xxx is already defined in *****.LIB :: What exactly is wrong?

- by claws

Problem: I'm trying to use a library named DCMTK which used some other external libraries ( zlib, libtiff, libpng, libxml2, libiconv ). I've downloaded these external libraries (*.LIB & *.h files ) from the same website. Now, when I compile the DCMTK library I'm getting link errors (793 errors) like this: Error 2 error LNK2005: __encode_pointer already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 3 error LNK2005: __decode_pointer already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 4 error LNK2005: __CrtSetCheckCount already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 5 error LNK2005: __invoke_watson already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 6 error LNK2005: __errno already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 7 error LNK2005: __configthreadlocale already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Error 8 error LNK2005: _exit already defined in MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) LIBCMTD.lib dcmmkdir Documentation: This seems to be a popular error for this library so, they do have a FAQ entry addressing this issue which ( http://forum.dcmtk.org/viewtopic.php?t=35 ) says: The problem is that the linker tries to combine different, incompatible versions of the Visual C++ runtime library into a single binary. This happens when not all parts of your project and the libraries you link against are generated with the same code generation options in Visual C++. Do not use the /NODEFAULTLIB workaround, because strange software crashes may follow. Fix the problem! DCMTK is by default compiled with the "Multithreaded" or "Multithreaded Debug" code generation option (the latter for Debug mode). Either change the project settings of all of your code to use these code generation options, or change the code generation for all DCMTK modules and re-compile. MFC users beware: DCMTK should be compiled with "Multithreaded DLL" or "Multithreaded DLL Debug" settings if you want to link the libraries into an MFC application. Solution to same problem for others: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2259697/vscopengl-huge-amount-of-linker-issues-with-release-build-only says: It seems that your release build is trying to link to something that was built debug. You probably have a broken dependency in your build, (or you missed rebuilding something to release by hand if your project is normally built in pieces). More technically, you seem to be linking projects built with different C Run Time library settings, one with "Multi-Threaded", another one with "Multi-Threaded Debug". Adjust the settings for all the projects to use the very same flavour of the library and the issue should go away Questions: Till now I used to think that Name mangling is the only problem that may cause linking failures if its not been standardized. Just now I knew there are other things also which can cause same effect. Whats up with the "Debug Mode" (Multi-Threaded Debug) and "Release Mode" (Multi-Threaded)? What exactly is happening under the hood? Why exactly this thing is causing linking error? I wonder if there is something called "Single-Threaded Debug" and "Single-Threaded" which again causes the same thing. Documentation talks something about "Code Generation Options". What Code Generation Options? WTH are they? Documentation specifically warns us not to use /NODEFAULTLIB workaround. (example /NODEFAULTLIB :msvcrt ). Why? How would I cause troubles? what exactly is it? Please explain the last point in the documentation for MFC users. Because I'm going to use MFC later in this project. Explain Why should we do it? What troubles would it cause if I don't. Anything more you'd like to mention? I mean regarding similar errors. I'm very interested in Linker & its problems. So, if there are any similar things you can mentions them or some keywords atleast.

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Modifying the initrd.img to run additional binaries in a PXE booted RHEL 6

- by Charles Long

I am trying to add additional automation to our existing RHEL 6 (or Oralce's implementation thereof) PXE install process by running a script in the %pre section of my kickstart config that call hpacucli, HP's raid device configuration binary. My approach has been to modify the PXE served initrd.img. I've unpacked the initrd.img and copied in the required libraries, binaries, and scripts but when the system boots using the modified initrd.img, the modified /lib (and /lib_64) are moved aside to /lib_old and /lib is linked to the /mnt/runtime/lib. How can I change this configuration so that the /lib is not moved (unlikely) or required libraries are available in the runtime /mnt/runtime/lib? To test and confirm this I've been able to get the install process to move to the 6th virtual console, which allows me to see errors, and then open a shell (a useful debugging mechanism). %pre exec /dev/tty6 2 /dev/tty6 chvt 6 /bin/sh

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What is a preferred method for automatically configuring and setting up an Ubuntu instance?

- by sutch

I am tired of manually configuring instances of Ubuntu for testing web applications and for setting up workstations. I'm even more frustrated by the issues caused by inconsistent configurations. Is there a method (hopefully not too time consuming to learn and setup) that allows for automation of the setup and configuration of an Ubuntu server or workstation from an ISO. This is primarily for virtual machine instances, but it would be helpful to also create instances on hardware. I am specifically looking for a method to automate the installation of libraries (apt-get), configure services (such as Apache and MySQL), add 3rd party software (download, extract and build), and add libraries to scripting languages (for example, Ruby Gems or CPAN packages for Perl).

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How can a wix custom action dll call be made to use the debug runtime via a merge module?

- by Benj

I'm trying to create a debug build with a corresponding debug installer for our product. I'm new to Wix so please forgive any naivety contained herein. The debug Dlls in my project are dependent on both the VS2008 and the VS2008SP1 debug runtimes. I've created a merge module feature in wix to bundle those runtimes with my installer. <Include xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">    <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">  <Merge Id="AtlFiles_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_ATL_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="AtlPolicy_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_ATL_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="CrtFiles_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_DebugCRT_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="CrtPolicy_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_DebugCRT_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="MfcFiles_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_DebugMFC_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="MfcPolicy_x86" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_DebugMFC_x86.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/>  <?if $(env.Platform) = "x64" ?> <Merge Id="AtlFiles_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_ATL_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="AtlPolicy_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_ATL_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="CrtFiles_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_DebugCRT_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="CrtPolicy_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_DebugCRT_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="MfcFiles_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_DebugMFC_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <Merge Id="MfcPolicy_x64" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\policy_9_0_Microsoft_VC90_DebugMFC_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> <?endif?> </DirectoryRef> <Feature Id="MS2008_SP1_DbgRuntime" Title="VC2008 Debug Runtimes" AllowAdvertise="no" Display="hidden" Level="1">  <MergeRef Id="AtlFiles_x86"/> <MergeRef Id="AtlPolicy_x86"/> <MergeRef Id="CrtFiles_x86"/> <MergeRef Id="CrtPolicy_x86"/> <MergeRef Id="MfcFiles_x86"/> <MergeRef Id="MfcPolicy_x86"/>  <?if $(env.Platform) = "x64" ?> <MergeRef Id="AtlFiles_x64"/> <MergeRef Id="AtlPolicy_x64"/> <MergeRef Id="CrtFiles_x64"/> <MergeRef Id="CrtPolicy_x64"/> <MergeRef Id="MfcFiles_x64"/> <MergeRef Id="MfcPolicy_x64"/> <?endif?> </Feature>  </Include> If I'm doing a debug build of the installer, I include that feature like so:  <?if $(var.Configuration) = "Debug"?> <?include ..\includes\MS2008_SP1_DbgRuntime.wxi?> <?endif?> The only problem is that my installer also includes a custom action which is also dependent on the debug runtime:  <Binary Id="InstallPrivateKey" SourceFile="..\InstallPrivateKey\win32\$(var.Configuration)\InstallPrivateKey.dll"></Binary> <CustomAction Id='InstallKey' BinaryKey='InstallPrivateKey' DllEntry='InstallPrivateKey'/> So how can I package the debug run time in such a way that the custom action also has access to it?

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What are the principles of developing web-applications with action-based java frameworks?

- by Roman

Background I'm going to develop a new web-application with java. It's not very big or very complex and I have enough time until it'll "officially" start. I have some JSF/Facelets development background (about half a year). And I also have some expirience with JSP+JSTL. In self-educational purpose (and also in order to find the best solution) I want to prototype the new project with one of action-based frameworks. Actually, I will choose between Spring MVC and Stripes. Problem In order to get correct impression about action-based frameworks (in comparison with JSF) I want to be sure that I use them correctly (in bigger or lesser extent). So, here I list some most-frequent tasks (at least for me) and describe how I solve them with JSF. I want to know how they should be solved with action-based framework (or separately with Spring MVC and Stripes if there is any difference for concrete task). Rendering content: I can apply ready-to-use component from standard jsf libraries (core and html) or from 3rd-party libs (like RichFaces). I can combine simple components and I can easily create my own components which are based on standard components. Rendering data (primitive or reference types) in the correct format: Each component allow to specify a converter for transforming data in both ways (to render and to send to the server). Converter is, as usual, a simple class with 2 small methods. Site navigation: I specify a set of navigation-cases in faces-config.xml. Then I specify action-attribute of a link (or a button) which should match one or more of navigation cases. The best match is choosen by JSF. Implementing flow (multiform wizards for example): I'm using JSF 1.2 so I use Apache Orchestra for the flow (conversation) scope. Form processing: I have a pretty standard java-bean (backing bean in JSF terms) with some scope. I 'map' form fields on this bean properties. If everything goes well (no exceptions and validation is passed) then all these properties are set with values from the form fields. Then I can call one method (specified in button's action attribute) to execute some logic and return string which should much one of my navigation cases to go to the next screen. Forms validation: I can create custom validator (or choose from existing) and add it to almost each component. 3rd-party libraries have sets of custom ajax-validators. Standard validators work only after page is submitted. Actually, I don't like how validation in JSF works. Too much magic there. Many standard components (or maybe all of them) have predefined validation and it's impossible to disable it (Maybe not always, but I met many problems with it). Ajax support: many 3rd-party libraries (MyFaces, IceFaces, OpenFaces, AnotherPrefixFaces...) have strong ajax support and it works pretty well. Until you meet a problem. Too much magic there as well. It's very difficult to make it work if it doesn't work but you've done right as it's described in the manual. User-friendly URLs: people say that there are some libraries for that exist. And it can be done with filters as well. But I've never tried. It seems too complex for the first look. Thanks in advance for explaning how these items (or some of them) can be done with action-based framework.

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Subversion 1.7.x and expat location in configure

- by ditto

I am running CentOS 6.3 64bit and DirectAdmin control panel. Currently I have installed Apache Subversion 1.6.19 without any problems. I have installed expat and expat-devel and neon-devel using yum. When installing Apache Subversion 1.6.19 this configure command works fine: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-config However when installing Apache Subversion 1.7.7 using the same configure command as above, I get this error after doing commmand "make": /etc/httpd/lib/libaprutil-1.so: undefined reference to `XML_StopParser' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [subversion/svnadmin/svnadmin] Error 1 However I found out I can solve that problem by adding this into the configure command: --with-expat=includes:lib_search_dirs:libs So it then looks like this: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --with-expat=includes:lib_search_dirs:libs --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-config However that configure command then give this warning: configure: WARNING: Expat found amongst libraries used by APR-Util, but Subversion libraries might be needlessly linked against additional unused libraries. It can be avoided by specifying exact location of Expat in argument of --with-expat option. So I want to solve that. I have experimentet alot, but not been able to figure out how to "specifying exact location of Expat" in configure command, and how to find out what the location should be? However after a lot of searching I found this: http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3997 - that is a FreeBSD user saying this: Building Subversion 1.7.x on FreeBSD currently requires a configure flag: --with-expat=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/lib:expat As that is the default location of expat on that platform, it would be nice if configure detected it automatically. However I am not using FreeBSD, I am running CentOS 6.3 64bit. Also remember I said I have installed expat and expat-devel and neon-devel using yum. However I tried to use the expat/command path posted by the FreeBSD user, and it seems to work, it does not give errors when running configure command, and does not give errors when running "make". This is what I used then: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --with-expat=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/lib:expat --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-config But this server is a production server, and therfor I need your help to advice if this is also correct to run on a CentOS server? Is the following path in expat command correct on CentOS?: --with-expat=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/lib:expat If not, please advice what it should be changed to. Thanks in advance for any confirmation or help on this!

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Weblogic Class-Path Dependencies EAR

- by user18287

I am deploying an EAR in a WebLogic node with many jars defined in the bootstrap (startWeblogicServer.bat) class-path. The problem is that my ear and the bootstrap contain different versions of the same jars, not only that but certain jars contain extracted third party libraries which also differ in version from the WebLogic bootstrap jars causing all kinds of classpath errors. I know you can set preferred jars in the EAR application xml but, this can be very tedious to resolve with regards to jars which include extracted third party libraries in terms of understanding all the dependencies.. Is there a correct approach that i need to be taking here? Am i thinking about this in the wrong way? Any help would be greatly appreciated! So far prefer-web-inf-classes has been recommended but wont work because i'm not deploying a WAR, also prefer-application-packages is what we are currently using but still has the issue described above... Anymore advice out there?? Thanks!

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Weblogic Class-Path Dependencies EAR

- by Mo

I am deploying an EAR in a WebLogic node with many jars defined in the bootstrap (startWeblogicServer.bat) class-path. The problem is that my ear and the bootstrap contain different versions of the same jars, not only that but certain jars contain extracted third party libraries which also differ in version from the WebLogic bootstrap jars causing all kinds of classpath errors. I know you can set preferred jars in the EAR application xml but, this can be very tedious to resolve with regards to jars which include extracted third party libraries in terms of understanding all the dependencies.. Is there a correct approach that i need to be taking here? Am i thinking about this in the wrong way? Any help would be greatly appreciated! So far prefer-web-inf-classes has been recommended but wont work because i'm not deploying a WAR, also prefer-application-packages is what we are currently using but still has the issue described above... Anymore advice out there?? Thanks!

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How to Customize the File Open/Save Dialog Box in Windows

- by Lori Kaufman

Generally, there are two kinds of Open/Save dialog boxes in Windows. One kind looks like Windows Explorer, with the tree on the left containing Favorites, Libraries, Computer, etc. The other kind contains a vertical toolbar, called the Places Bar. The Windows Explorer-style Open/Save dialog box can be customized by adding your own folders to the Favorites list. You can, then, click the arrows to the left of the main items, except the Favorites, to collapse them, leaving only the list of default and custom Favorites. The Places Bar is located along the left side of the File Open/Save dialog box and contains buttons providing access to frequently-used folders. The default buttons on the Places Bar are links to Recent Places, Desktop, Libraries, Computer, and Network. However, you change these links to be links to custom folders of your choice. We will show you how to customize the Places Bar using the registry and using a free tool in case you are not comfortable making changes in the registry. Use Your Android Phone to Comparison Shop: 4 Scanner Apps Reviewed How to Run Android Apps on Your Desktop the Easy Way HTG Explains: Do You Really Need to Defrag Your PC?

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Entity Framework Code-First, OData & Windows Phone Client

- by Jon Galloway

Entity Framework Code-First is the coolest thing since sliced bread, Windows Phone is the hottest thing since Tickle-Me-Elmo and OData is just too great to ignore. As part of the Full Stack project, we wanted to put them together, which turns out to be pretty easy… once you know how. EF Code-First CTP5 is available now and there should be very few breaking changes in the release edition, which is due early in 2011. Note: EF Code-First evolved rapidly and many of the existing documents and blog posts which were written with earlier versions, may now be obsolete or at least misleading. Code-First? With traditional Entity Framework you start with a database and from that you generate “entities” – classes that bridge between the relational database and your object oriented program. With Code-First (Magic-Unicorn) (see Hanselman’s write up and this later write up by Scott Guthrie) the Entity Framework looks at classes you created and says “if I had created these classes, the database would have to have looked like this…” and creates the database for you! By deriving your entity collections from DbSet and exposing them via a class that derives from DbContext, you "turn on" database backing for your POCO with a minimum of code and no hidden designer or configuration files. POCO == Plain Old CLR Objects Your entity objects can be used throughout your applications - in web applications, console applications, Silverlight and Windows Phone applications, etc. In our case, we'll want to read and update data from a Windows Phone client application, so we'll expose the entities through a DataService and hook the Windows Phone client application to that data via proxies. Piece of Pie. Easy as cake. The Demo Architecture To see this at work, we’ll create an ASP.NET/MVC application which will act as the host for our Data Service. We’ll create an incredibly simple data layer using EF Code-First on top of SQLCE4 and we’ll expose the data in a WCF Data Service using the oData protocol. Our Windows Phone 7 client will instantiate the data context via a URI and load the data asynchronously. Setting up the Server project with MVC 3, EF Code First, and SQL CE 4 Create a new application of type ASP.NET MVC 3 and name it DeadSimpleServer. We need to add the latest SQLCE4 and Entity Framework Code First CTP's to our project. Fortunately, NuGet makes that really easy. Open the Package Manager Console (View / Other Windows / Package Manager Console) and type in "Install-Package EFCodeFirst.SqlServerCompact" at the PM> command prompt. Since NuGet handles dependencies for you, you'll see that it installs everything you need to use Entity Framework Code First in your project. PM> install-package EFCodeFirst.SqlServerCompact 'SQLCE (= 4.0.8435.1)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done 'EFCodeFirst (= 0.8)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done 'WebActivator (= 1.0.0.0)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done You are downloading SQLCE from Microsoft, the license agreement to which is available at http://173.203.67.148/licenses/SQLCE/EULA_ENU.rtf. Check the package for additional dependencies, which may come with their own license agreement(s). Your use of the package and dependencies constitutes your acceptance of their license agreements. If you do not accept the license agreement(s), then delete the relevant components from your device. Successfully installed 'SQLCE 4.0.8435.1' You are downloading EFCodeFirst from Microsoft, the license agreement to which is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=206497. Check the package for additional dependencies, which may come with their own license agreement(s). Your use of the package and dependencies constitutes your acceptance of their license agreements. If you do not accept the license agreement(s), then delete the relevant components from your device. Successfully installed 'EFCodeFirst 0.8' Successfully installed 'WebActivator 1.0.0.0' You are downloading EFCodeFirst.SqlServerCompact from Microsoft, the license agreement to which is available at http://173.203.67.148/licenses/SQLCE/EULA_ENU.rtf. Check the package for additional dependencies, which may come with their own license agreement(s). Your use of the package and dependencies constitutes your acceptance of their license agreements. If you do not accept the license agreement(s), then delete the relevant components from your device. Successfully installed 'EFCodeFirst.SqlServerCompact 0.8' Successfully added 'SQLCE 4.0.8435.1' to EfCodeFirst-CTP5 Successfully added 'EFCodeFirst 0.8' to EfCodeFirst-CTP5 Successfully added 'WebActivator 1.0.0.0' to EfCodeFirst-CTP5 Successfully added 'EFCodeFirst.SqlServerCompact 0.8' to EfCodeFirst-CTP5 Note: We're using SQLCE 4 with Entity Framework here because they work really well together from a development scenario, but you can of course use Entity Framework Code First with other databases supported by Entity framework. Creating The Model using EF Code First Now we can create our model class. Right-click the Models folder and select Add/Class. Name the Class Person.cs and add the following code: using System.Data.Entity; namespace DeadSimpleServer.Models { public class Person { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } public class PersonContext : DbContext { public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; } } } Notice that the entity class Person has no special interfaces or base class. There's nothing special needed to make it work - it's just a POCO. The context we'll use to access the entities in the application is called PersonContext, but you could name it anything you wanted. The important thing is that it inherits DbContext and contains one or more DbSet which holds our entity collections. Adding Seed Data We need some testing data to expose from our service. The simplest way to get that into our database is to modify the CreateCeDatabaseIfNotExists class in AppStart_SQLCEEntityFramework.cs by adding some seed data to the Seed method: protected virtual void Seed( TContext context ) { var personContext = context as PersonContext; personContext.People.Add( new Person { ID = 1, Name = "George Washington" } ); personContext.People.Add( new Person { ID = 2, Name = "John Adams" } ); personContext.People.Add( new Person { ID = 3, Name = "Thomas Jefferson" } ); personContext.SaveChanges(); } The CreateCeDatabaseIfNotExists class name is pretty self-explanatory - when our DbContext is accessed and the database isn't found, a new one will be created and populated with the data in the Seed method. There's one more step to make that work - we need to uncomment a line in the Start method at the top of of the AppStart_SQLCEEntityFramework class and set the context name, as shown here, public static class AppStart_SQLCEEntityFramework { public static void Start() { DbDatabase.DefaultConnectionFactory = new SqlCeConnectionFactory("System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"); // Sets the default database initialization code for working with Sql Server Compact databases // Uncomment this line and replace CONTEXT_NAME with the name of your DbContext if you are // using your DbContext to create and manage your database DbDatabase.SetInitializer(new CreateCeDatabaseIfNotExists<PersonContext>()); } } Now our database and entity framework are set up, so we can expose data via WCF Data Services. Note: This is a bare-bones implementation with no administration screens. If you'd like to see how those are added, check out The Full Stack screencast series. Creating the oData Service using WCF Data Services Add a new WCF Data Service to the project (right-click the project / Add New Item / Web / WCF Data Service). We’ll be exposing all the data as read/write. Remember to reconfigure to control and minimize access as appropriate for your own application. Open the code behind for your service. In our case, the service was called PersonTestDataService.svc so the code behind class file is PersonTestDataService.svc.cs. using System.Data.Services; using System.Data.Services.Common; using System.ServiceModel; using DeadSimpleServer.Models; namespace DeadSimpleServer { [ServiceBehavior( IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = true )] public class PersonTestDataService : DataService<PersonContext> { // This method is called only once to initialize service-wide policies. public static void InitializeService( DataServiceConfiguration config ) { config.SetEntitySetAccessRule( "*", EntitySetRights.All ); config.DataServiceBehavior.MaxProtocolVersion = DataServiceProtocolVersion.V2; config.UseVerboseErrors = true; } } } We're enabling a few additional settings to make it easier to debug if you run into trouble. The ServiceBehavior attribute is set to include exception details in faults, and we're using verbose errors. You can remove both of these when your service is working, as your public production service shouldn't be revealing exception information. You can view the output of the service by running the application and browsing to http://localhost:[portnumber]/PersonTestDataService.svc/: <service xml:base="http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2007/app"> <workspace> <atom:title>Default</atom:title> <collection href="People"> <atom:title>People</atom:title> </collection> </workspace> </service> This indicates that the service exposes one collection, which is accessible by browsing to http://localhost:[portnumber]/PersonTestDataService.svc/People <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?> <feed xml:base=http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/ xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <title type="text">People</title> <id>http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/People</id> <updated>2010-12-29T01:01:50Z</updated> <link rel="self" title="People" href="People" /> <entry> <id>http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/People(1)</id> <title type="text"></title> <updated>2010-12-29T01:01:50Z</updated> <author> <name /> </author> <link rel="edit" title="Person" href="People(1)" /> <category term="DeadSimpleServer.Models.Person" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" /> <content type="application/xml"> <m:properties> <d:ID m:type="Edm.Int32">1</d:ID> <d:Name>George Washington</d:Name> </m:properties> </content> </entry> <entry> ... </entry> </feed> Let's recap what we've done so far. But enough with services and XML - let's get this into our Windows Phone client application. Creating the DataServiceContext for the Client Use the latest DataSvcUtil.exe from http://odata.codeplex.com. As of today, that's in this download: http://odata.codeplex.com/releases/view/54698 You need to run it with a few options: /uri - This will point to the service URI. In this case, it's http://localhost:59342/PersonTestDataService.svc Pick up the port number from your running server (e.g., the server formerly known as Cassini). /out - This is the DataServiceContext class that will be generated. You can name it whatever you'd like. /Version - should be set to 2.0 /DataServiceCollection - Include this flag to generate collections derived from the DataServiceCollection base, which brings in all the ObservableCollection goodness that handles your INotifyPropertyChanged events for you. Here's the console session from when we ran it: <ListBox x:Name="MainListBox" Margin="0,0,-12,0" ItemsSource="{Binding}" SelectionChanged="MainListBox_SelectionChanged"> Next, to keep things simple, change the Binding on the two TextBlocks within the DataTemplate to Name and ID, <ListBox x:Name="MainListBox" Margin="0,0,-12,0" ItemsSource="{Binding}" SelectionChanged="MainListBox_SelectionChanged"> <ListBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <StackPanel Margin="0,0,0,17" Width="432"> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding ID}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="12,-6,12,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextSubtleStyle}" /> </StackPanel> </DataTemplate> </ListBox.ItemTemplate> </ListBox> Getting The Context In the code-behind you’ll first declare a member variable to hold the context from the Entity Framework. This is named using convention over configuration. The db type is Person and the context is of type PersonContext, You initialize it by providing the URI, in this case using the URL obtained from the Cassini web server, PersonContext context = new PersonContext( new Uri( "http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/" ) ); Create a second member variable of type DataServiceCollection<Person> but do not initialize it, DataServiceCollection<Person> people; In the constructor you’ll initialize the DataServiceCollection using the PersonContext, public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); people = new DataServiceCollection<Person>( context ); Finally, you’ll load the people collection using the LoadAsync method, passing in the fully specified URI for the People collection in the web service, people.LoadAsync( new Uri( "http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/People" ) ); Note that this method runs asynchronously and when it is finished the people collection is already populated. Thus, since we didn’t need or want to override any of the behavior we don’t implement the LoadCompleted. You can use the LoadCompleted event if you need to do any other UI updates, but you don't need to. The final code is as shown below: using System; using System.Data.Services.Client; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using DeadSimpleServer.Models; using Microsoft.Phone.Controls; namespace WindowsPhoneODataTest { public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage { PersonContext context = new PersonContext( new Uri( "http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/" ) ); DataServiceCollection<Person> people; // Constructor public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); // Set the data context of the listbox control to the sample data // DataContext = App.ViewModel; people = new DataServiceCollection<Person>( context ); people.LoadAsync( new Uri( "http://localhost:49786/PersonTestDataService.svc/People" ) ); DataContext = people; this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler( MainPage_Loaded ); } // Handle selection changed on ListBox private void MainListBox_SelectionChanged( object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e ) { // If selected index is -1 (no selection) do nothing if ( MainListBox.SelectedIndex == -1 ) return; // Navigate to the new page NavigationService.Navigate( new Uri( "/DetailsPage.xaml?selectedItem=" + MainListBox.SelectedIndex, UriKind.Relative ) ); // Reset selected index to -1 (no selection) MainListBox.SelectedIndex = -1; } // Load data for the ViewModel Items private void MainPage_Loaded( object sender, RoutedEventArgs e ) { if ( !App.ViewModel.IsDataLoaded ) { App.ViewModel.LoadData(); } } } } With people populated we can set it as the DataContext and run the application; you’ll find that the Name and ID are displayed in the list on the Mainpage. Here's how the pieces in the client fit together: Complete source code available here

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Developing web apps using ASP.NET MVC 3, Razor and EF Code First - Part 1

- by shiju

In this post, I will demonstrate web application development using ASP. NET MVC 3, Razor and EF code First. This post will also cover Dependency Injection using Unity 2.0 and generic Repository and Unit of Work for EF Code First. The following frameworks will be used for this step by step tutorial. ASP.NET MVC 3 EF Code First CTP 5 Unity 2.0 Define Domain Model Let’s create domain model for our simple web application Category class public class Category { public int CategoryId { get; set; } [Required(ErrorMessage = "Name Required")] [StringLength(25, ErrorMessage = "Must be less than 25 characters")] public string Name { get; set;} public string Description { get; set; } public virtual ICollection<Expense> Expenses { get; set; } } Expense class public class Expense { public int ExpenseId { get; set; } public string Transaction { get; set; } public DateTime Date { get; set; } public double Amount { get; set; } public int CategoryId { get; set; } public virtual Category Category { get; set; } } We have two domain entities - Category and Expense. A single category contains a list of expense transactions and every expense transaction should have a Category. In this post, we will be focusing on CRUD operations for the entity Category and will be working on the Expense entity with a View Model object in the later post. And the source code for this application will be refactored over time. The above entities are very simple POCO (Plain Old CLR Object) classes and the entity Category is decorated with validation attributes in the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace. Now we want to use these entities for defining model objects for the Entity Framework 4. Using the Code First approach of Entity Framework, we can first define the entities by simply writing POCO classes without any coupling with any API or database library. This approach lets you focus on domain model which will enable Domain-Driven Development for applications. EF code first support is currently enabled with a separate API that is runs on top of the Entity Framework 4. EF Code First is reached CTP 5 when I am writing this article. Creating Context Class for Entity Framework We have created our domain model and let’s create a class in order to working with Entity Framework Code First. For this, you have to download EF Code First CTP 5 and add reference to the assembly EntitFramework.dll. You can also use NuGet to download add reference to EEF Code First. public class MyFinanceContext : DbContext { public MyFinanceContext() : base("MyFinance") { } public DbSet<Category> Categories { get; set; } public DbSet<Expense> Expenses { get; set; } } The above class MyFinanceContext is derived from DbContext that can connect your model classes to a database. The MyFinanceContext class is mapping our Category and Expense class into database tables Categories and Expenses using DbSet<TEntity> where TEntity is any POCO class. When we are running the application at first time, it will automatically create the database. EF code-first look for a connection string in web.config or app.config that has the same name as the dbcontext class. If it is not find any connection string with the convention, it will automatically create database in local SQL Express database by default and the name of the database will be same name as the dbcontext class. You can also define the name of database in constructor of the the dbcontext class. Unlike NHibernate, we don’t have to use any XML based mapping files or Fluent interface for mapping between our model and database. The model classes of Code First are working on the basis of conventions and we can also use a fluent API to refine our model. The convention for primary key is ‘Id’ or ‘<class name>Id’. If primary key properties are detected with type ‘int’, ‘long’ or ‘short’, they will automatically registered as identity columns in the database by default. Primary key detection is not case sensitive. We can define our model classes with validation attributes in the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace and it automatically enforces validation rules when a model object is updated or saved. Generic Repository for EF Code First We have created model classes and dbcontext class. Now we have to create generic repository pattern for data persistence with EF code first. If you don’t know about the repository pattern, checkout Martin Fowler’s article on Repository Let’s create a generic repository to working with DbContext and DbSet generics. public interface IRepository<T> where T : class { void Add(T entity); void Delete(T entity); T GetById(long Id); IEnumerable<T> All(); } RepositoryBasse – Generic Repository class public abstract class RepositoryBase<T> where T : class { private MyFinanceContext database; private readonly IDbSet<T> dbset; protected RepositoryBase(IDatabaseFactory databaseFactory) { DatabaseFactory = databaseFactory; dbset = Database.Set<T>(); } protected IDatabaseFactory DatabaseFactory { get; private set; } protected MyFinanceContext Database { get { return database ?? (database = DatabaseFactory.Get()); } } public virtual void Add(T entity) { dbset.Add(entity); } public virtual void Delete(T entity) { dbset.Remove(entity); } public virtual T GetById(long id) { return dbset.Find(id); } public virtual IEnumerable<T> All() { return dbset.ToList(); } } DatabaseFactory class public class DatabaseFactory : Disposable, IDatabaseFactory { private MyFinanceContext database; public MyFinanceContext Get() { return database ?? (database = new MyFinanceContext()); } protected override void DisposeCore() { if (database != null) database.Dispose(); } } Unit of Work If you are new to Unit of Work pattern, checkout Fowler’s article on Unit of Work . According to Martin Fowler, the Unit of Work pattern "maintains a list of objects affected by a business transaction and coordinates the writing out of changes and the resolution of concurrency problems." Let’s create a class for handling Unit of Work public interface IUnitOfWork { void Commit(); } UniOfWork class public class UnitOfWork : IUnitOfWork { private readonly IDatabaseFactory databaseFactory; private MyFinanceContext dataContext; public UnitOfWork(IDatabaseFactory databaseFactory) { this.databaseFactory = databaseFactory; } protected MyFinanceContext DataContext { get { return dataContext ?? (dataContext = databaseFactory.Get()); } } public void Commit() { DataContext.Commit(); } } The Commit method of the UnitOfWork will call the commit method of MyFinanceContext class and it will execute the SaveChanges method of DbContext class. Repository class for Category In this post, we will be focusing on the persistence against Category entity and will working on other entities in later post. Let’s create a repository for handling CRUD operations for Category using derive from a generic Repository RepositoryBase<T>. public class CategoryRepository: RepositoryBase<Category>, ICategoryRepository { public CategoryRepository(IDatabaseFactory databaseFactory) : base(databaseFactory) { } } public interface ICategoryRepository : IRepository<Category> { } If we need additional methods than generic repository for the Category, we can define in the CategoryRepository. Dependency Injection using Unity 2.0 If you are new to Inversion of Control/ Dependency Injection or Unity, please have a look on my articles at http://weblogs.asp.net/shijuvarghese/archive/tags/IoC/default.aspx. I want to create a custom lifetime manager for Unity to store container in the current HttpContext. public class HttpContextLifetimeManager<T> : LifetimeManager, IDisposable { public override object GetValue() { return HttpContext.Current.Items[typeof(T).AssemblyQualifiedName]; } public override void RemoveValue() { HttpContext.Current.Items.Remove(typeof(T).AssemblyQualifiedName); } public override void SetValue(object newValue) { HttpContext.Current.Items[typeof(T).AssemblyQualifiedName] = newValue; } public void Dispose() { RemoveValue(); } } Let’s create controller factory for Unity in the ASP.NET MVC 3 application. public class UnityControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory { IUnityContainer container; public UnityControllerFactory(IUnityContainer container) { this.container = container; } protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext reqContext, Type controllerType) { IController controller; if (controllerType == null) throw new HttpException( 404, String.Format( "The controller for path '{0}' could not be found" + "or it does not implement IController.", reqContext.HttpContext.Request.Path)); if (!typeof(IController).IsAssignableFrom(controllerType)) throw new ArgumentException( string.Format( "Type requested is not a controller: {0}", controllerType.Name), "controllerType"); try { controller= container.Resolve(controllerType) as IController; } catch (Exception ex) { throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format( "Error resolving controller {0}", controllerType.Name), ex); } return controller; } } Configure contract and concrete types in Unity Let’s configure our contract and concrete types in Unity for resolving our dependencies. private void ConfigureUnity() { //Create UnityContainer IUnityContainer container = new UnityContainer() .RegisterType<IDatabaseFactory, DatabaseFactory>(new HttpContextLifetimeManager<IDatabaseFactory>()) .RegisterType<IUnitOfWork, UnitOfWork>(new HttpContextLifetimeManager<IUnitOfWork>()) .RegisterType<ICategoryRepository, CategoryRepository>(new HttpContextLifetimeManager<ICategoryRepository>()); //Set container for Controller Factory ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory( new UnityControllerFactory(container)); } In the above ConfigureUnity method, we are registering our types onto Unity container with custom lifetime manager HttpContextLifetimeManager. Let’s call ConfigureUnity method in the Global.asax.cs for set controller factory for Unity and configuring the types with Unity. protected void Application_Start() { AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas(); RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters); RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); ConfigureUnity(); } Developing web application using ASP.NET MVC 3 We have created our domain model for our web application and also have created repositories and configured dependencies with Unity container. Now we have to create controller classes and views for doing CRUD operations against the Category entity. Let’s create controller class for Category Category Controller public class CategoryController : Controller { private readonly ICategoryRepository categoryRepository; private readonly IUnitOfWork unitOfWork; public CategoryController(ICategoryRepository categoryRepository, IUnitOfWork unitOfWork) { this.categoryRepository = categoryRepository; this.unitOfWork = unitOfWork; } public ActionResult Index() { var categories = categoryRepository.All(); return View(categories); } [HttpGet] public ActionResult Edit(int id) { var category = categoryRepository.GetById(id); return View(category); } [HttpPost] public ActionResult Edit(int id, FormCollection collection) { var category = categoryRepository.GetById(id); if (TryUpdateModel(category)) { unitOfWork.Commit(); return RedirectToAction("Index"); } else return View(category); } [HttpGet] public ActionResult Create() { var category = new Category(); return View(category); } [HttpPost] public ActionResult Create(Category category) { if (!ModelState.IsValid) { return View("Create", category); } categoryRepository.Add(category); unitOfWork.Commit(); return RedirectToAction("Index"); } [HttpPost] public ActionResult Delete(int id) { var category = categoryRepository.GetById(id); categoryRepository.Delete(category); unitOfWork.Commit(); var categories = categoryRepository.All(); return PartialView("CategoryList", categories); } } Creating Views in Razor Now we are going to create views in Razor for our ASP.NET MVC 3 application. Let’s create a partial view CategoryList.cshtml for listing category information and providing link for Edit and Delete operations. CategoryList.cshtml @using MyFinance.Helpers; @using MyFinance.Domain; @model IEnumerable<Category> <table> <tr> <th>Actions</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> @foreach (var item in Model) { <tr> <td> @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit",new { id = item.CategoryId }) @Ajax.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.CategoryId }, new AjaxOptions { Confirm = "Delete Expense?", HttpMethod = "Post", UpdateTargetId = "divCategoryList" }) </td> <td> @item.Name </td> <td> @item.Description </td> </tr> } </table> <p> @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create") </p> The delete link is providing Ajax functionality using the Ajax.ActionLink. This will call an Ajax request for Delete action method in the CategoryCotroller class. In the Delete action method, it will return Partial View CategoryList after deleting the record. We are using CategoryList view for the Ajax functionality and also for Index view using for displaying list of category information. Let’s create Index view using partial view CategoryList Index.chtml @model IEnumerable<MyFinance.Domain.Category> @{ ViewBag.Title = "Index"; } <h2>Category List</h2> <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script> <div id="divCategoryList"> @Html.Partial("CategoryList", Model) </div> We can call the partial views using Html.Partial helper method. Now we are going to create View pages for insert and update functionality for the Category. Both view pages are sharing common user interface for entering the category information. So I want to create an EditorTemplate for the Category information. We have to create the EditorTemplate with the same name of entity object so that we can refer it on view pages using @Html.EditorFor(model => model) . So let’s create template with name Category. Let’s create view page for insert Category information @model MyFinance.Domain.Category @{ ViewBag.Title = "Save"; } <h2>Create</h2> <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script> @using (Html.BeginForm()) { @Html.ValidationSummary(true) <fieldset> <legend>Category</legend> @Html.EditorFor(model => model) <p> <input type="submit" value="Create" /> </p> </fieldset> } <div> @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") </div> ViewStart file In Razor views, we can add a file named _viewstart.cshtml in the views directory and this will be shared among the all views with in the Views directory. The below code in the _viewstart.cshtml, sets the Layout page for every Views in the Views folder. @{ Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; } Source Code You can download the source code from http://efmvc.codeplex.com/ . The source will be refactored on over time. Summary In this post, we have created a simple web application using ASP.NET MVC 3 and EF Code First. We have discussed on technologies and practices such as ASP.NET MVC 3, Razor, EF Code First, Unity 2, generic Repository and Unit of Work. In my later posts, I will modify the application and will be discussed on more things. Stay tuned to my blog for more posts on step by step application building.

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Five Bucks says you’ll Bookmark this Site: jsFiddle.net

- by SGWellens

In my never-ending wandering of technical web sites, I've been encountering links to jsFiddle.net more and more. Why? Because it is an incredibly useful site: It is a great 'sandbox' to play in. You can test, modify and retest HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. It is a great way to communicate technical issues and share code samples. There are four screen areas: Three inputs* and one output: The three inputs are: HTML CSS JavaScript The output is: The rendered result Here's a cropped screen shot: What am I thinking? Here's the actual page: Demo *There are other inputs. You can select the level of HTML you want to run against (HTM5, HTML4.01 Strict, etc). You can add various versions of JavaScript libraries (jQuery, MooTools, YUI, etc.). Many other options are available. If I wanted to share this code with someone manually, they would have to copy and paste three separate code chunks into their development environment. And maybe load some external libraries. Not many people are willing to make such an effort. Instead, with jsFiddler, they can just go to the link and click Run. Awesome. I hope someone finds this useful (and I was kidding about the five bucks). Steve Wellens CodeProject

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Trabajando el redireccionamiento de usuarios/Working with user redirect methods

- by Jason Ulloa

La protección de las aplicaciones es un elemento que no se puede dejar por fuera cuando se elabora un sistema. Cada parte o elemento de código que protege nuetra aplicación debe ser cuidadosamente seleccionado y elaborado. Una de las cosas comunes con las que nos topamos en asp.net cuando deseamos trabajar con usuarios, es con la necesidad de poder redireccionarlos a los distintos elementos o páginas dependiendo del rol. Pues precisamente eso es lo que haremos, vamos a trabajar con el Web.config de nuestra aplicación y le añadiremos unas pequeñas líneas de código para lograr dar un poco mas de seguridad al sistema y sobre todo lograr el redireccionamiento. Así que veamos como logramos lo deseado: Como bien sabemos el web.config nos permite manejar muchos elementos dentro de asp.net, muchos de ellos relacionados con la seguridad, asi como tambien nos brinda la posibilidad de poder personalizar los elementos para poder adaptarlo a nuestras necesidades. Así que, basandonos en el principio de que podemos personalizar el web.config, entonces crearemos una sección personalizada, que será la que utilicemos para manejar el redireccionamiento: Nuestro primer paso será ir a nuestro web.config y buscamos las siguientes líneas: <configuration> <configSections> </sectionGroup> </sectionGroup> </sectionGroup> Y luego de ellas definiremos una nueva sección <section name="loginRedirectByRole" type="crabit.LoginRedirectByRoleSection" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" /> El section name corresponde al nombre de nuestra nueva sección Type corresponde al nombre de la clase (que pronto realizaremos) y que será la encargada del Redirect Como estamos trabajando dentro de la seccion de configuración una vez definidad nuestra sección personalizada debemos cerrar esta sección </configSections> Por lo que nuestro web.config debería lucir de la siguiente forma <configuration> <configSections> </sectionGroup> </sectionGroup> </sectionGroup> <section name="loginRedirectByRole" type="crabit.LoginRedirectByRoleSection" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" /> </configSections> Anteriormente definimos nuestra sección, pero esta sería totalmente inútil sin el Metodo que le da vida. En nuestro caso el metodo loginRedirectByRole, este metodo lo definiremos luego del </configSections> último que cerramos: <loginRedirectByRole> <roleRedirects> <add role="Administrador" url="~/Admin/Default.aspx" /> <add role="User" url="~/User/Default.aspx" /> </roleRedirects> </loginRedirectByRole> Como vemos, dentro de nuestro metodo LoginRedirectByRole tenemos el elemento add role. Este elemento será el que posteriormente le indicará a la aplicación hacia donde irá el usuario cuando realice un login correcto. Así que, veamos un poco esta configuración: add role="Administrador" corresponde al nombre del Role que tenemos definidio, pueden existir tantos elementos add role como tengamos definidos en nuestra aplicación. El elemento URL indica la ruta o página a la que será dirigido un usuario una vez logueado y dentro de la aplicación. Como vemos estamos utilizando el ~ para indicar que es una ruta relativa. Con esto hemos terminado la configuración de nuestro web.config, ahora veamos a fondo el código que se encargará de leer estos elementos y de utilziarlos: Para nuestro ejemplo, crearemos una nueva clase denominada LoginRedirectByRoleSection, recordemos que esta clase es la que llamamos en el elemento TYPE definido en la sección de nuestro web.config. Una vez creada la clase, definiremos algunas propiedades, pero antes de ello le indicaremos a nuestra clase que debe heredar de configurationSection, esto para poder obtener los elementos del web.config. Inherits ConfigurationSection Ahora nuestra primer propiedad <ConfigurationProperty("roleRedirects")> _ Public Property RoleRedirects() As RoleRedirectCollection Get Return DirectCast(Me("roleRedirects"), RoleRedirectCollection) End Get Set(ByVal value As RoleRedirectCollection) Me("roleRedirects") = value End Set End Property End Class Esta propiedad será la encargada de obtener todos los roles que definimos en la metodo personalizado de nuestro web.config Nuestro segundo paso será crear una segunda clase (en la misma clase LoginRedirectByRoleSection) a esta clase la llamaremos RoleRedirectCollection y la heredaremos de ConfigurationElementCollection y definiremos lo siguiente Public Class RoleRedirectCollection Inherits ConfigurationElementCollection Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal index As Integer) As RoleRedirect Get Return DirectCast(BaseGet(index), RoleRedirect) End Get End Property Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal key As Object) As RoleRedirect Get Return DirectCast(BaseGet(key), RoleRedirect) End Get End Property Protected Overrides Function CreateNewElement() As ConfigurationElement Return New RoleRedirect() End Function Protected Overrides Function GetElementKey(ByVal element As ConfigurationElement) As Object Return DirectCast(element, RoleRedirect).Role End Function End Class Nuevamente crearemos otra clase esta vez llamada RoleRedirect y en este caso la heredaremos de ConfigurationElement. Nuestra nueva clase debería lucir así: Public Class RoleRedirect Inherits ConfigurationElement <ConfigurationProperty("role", IsRequired:=True)> _ Public Property Role() As String Get Return DirectCast(Me("role"), String) End Get Set(ByVal value As String) Me("role") = value End Set End Property <ConfigurationProperty("url", IsRequired:=True)> _ Public Property Url() As String Get Return DirectCast(Me("url"), String) End Get Set(ByVal value As String) Me("url") = value End Set End Property End Class Una vez que nuestra clase madre esta lista, lo unico que nos queda es un poc de codigo en la pagina de login de nuestro sistema (por supuesto, asumo que estan utilizando los controles de login que por defecto tiene asp.net). Acá definiremos nuestros dos últimos metodos Protected Sub ctllogin_LoggedIn(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ctllogin.LoggedIn RedirectLogin(ctllogin.UserName) End Sub El procedimiento loggeding es parte del control login de asp.net y se desencadena en el momento en que el usuario hace loguin correctametne en nuestra aplicación Este evento desencadenará el siguiente procedimiento para redireccionar. Private Sub RedirectLogin(ByVal username As String) Dim roleRedirectSection As crabit.LoginRedirectByRoleSection = DirectCast(ConfigurationManager.GetSection("loginRedirectByRole"), crabit.LoginRedirectByRoleSection) For Each roleRedirect As crabit.RoleRedirect In roleRedirectSection.RoleRedirects If Roles.IsUserInRole(username, roleRedirect.Role) Then Response.Redirect(roleRedirect.Url) End If Next End Sub Con esto, nuestra aplicación debería ser capaz de redireccionar sin problemas y manejar los roles. Además, tambien recordar que nuestro ejemplo se basa en la utilización del esquema de bases de datos que por defecto nos proporcionada asp.net.

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My Upcoming Talk at South Florida’s ITPalooza 2012 - NuGet for Open Source and Enterprise Environments

- by Sam Abraham

I am very excited to be speaking at IT Palooza next week. As this event’s audience will span professionals working in different facets of Information Technology, I chose to speak on NuGet, an essential tool for any Microsoft Stack developer, as the topic can be of value to managers, architects, IT personnel, as well as developers. For more information on ITPalooza, please visit: http://itpalooza.e2mktg.com/ To register please visit: http://www.fladotnet.com/Reg.aspx?EventID=627 Below are the abstract and speaker bio: Leveraging NuGet for Open Source and Enterprise Environments NuGet is an open source package management system for .NET and Visual Studio that makes it easy to add, update, or remove external libraries in a .Net Project. In this session, we will be covering how NuGet makes open source libraries easily discoverable and usable. We will then move to demonstrate "NuGet for the Enterprise" as we setup a local library repository and configure NuGet to ensure external library versioning is consistent among project developers. Speakers: Sam Abraham is a Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS ASP.Net 3.5, 4.0 and Silverlight 4) and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) striving to leverage proven technology solutions to produce cost-effective, quality software that meets customer needs, timelines and budgets. He is currently a member of the Software Engineering Team at SISCO, the leader in maritime security solutions with customers including Princess, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as well as the US Coast Guard. A strong believer in learning through sharing and the value of community fellowship, Sam has been actively involved in the local community as leader of the West Palm Beach Developers' Group, volunteer board member at the International Association for All IT Architects South Florida Chapter (IASA), and former volunteer at the South Florida Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Bit by bit comparison of using Java or Python for unit testing frameworks and Selenium

- by Anirudh

Currently we are in the process of finalizing which language out of Java, Python should be used for Automation using selenium webdriver and a suitable unit testing frameworks. I have made use of Junit, TestNG and webdriver while using with Java and have designed frameworks without much fuss before. I am new to python though I came across pyhton's unit testing frameworks like unittest, pyunit, nose e.t.c but I have doubts if they would be as successful as testNG or Java. I would like to analyze point by point when used with selenium webdriver as below: 1)I have read that as Python is an interpreted language hence it's execution is slower, so say if I have to run 1000 test cases which take about 6 hours to run in Java, would python take considerably longer time for the same test cases like 8 hours? 2)Can the Python unit testing framework be as flexible as a Java unit testing framework like testNG in terms or Grouping the tests, parallel execution, skipping test. e.t.c 3)Also one point that I think of is that Python with selenium webdriver doeasn't have as big or learned community as we have for Java with webdriver, say if I run into trouble with something I am more likely to find an answer for Java as compared to python? 4)Somewhat related to point 3, is it safe to rely on tools, plugins or even webderiver's python's binding as a continuously well maintained? 5)One major drawback as I see while using python's unit testing framework is lack of boilerplate code or libraries for nicely illustrative HTML reports preferably historical reports with Pie charts, bar graphs and timelines as we have in case of Java like Allure, TestNG's default reports, reportNG or Junit reports with the help of ANT as shown below Allure Reports Junit Historical reports Also I would like to emphasize on the fact if there is a way for one to write the framework in java and make libraries or utilities according to out application in webdriver which can easily be called or integrated in with python code or modules? That would actually solve the problem for us as the client would be able to use the code we write in Java and make use of the same or call it from their python modules?

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scheme vs common lisp: war stories

- by SuperElectric

There are no shortage of vague "Scheme vs Common Lisp" questions on StackOverflow, so I want to make this one more focused. The question is for people who have coded in both languages: While coding in Scheme, what specific elements of your Common Lisp coding experience did you miss most? Or, inversely, while coding in Common Lisp, what did you miss from coding in Scheme? I don't necessarily mean just language features. The following are all valid things to miss, as far as the question is concerned: Specific libraries. Specific features of development environments like SLIME, DrRacket, etc. Features of particular implementations, like Gambit's ability to write blocks of C code directly into your Scheme source. And of course, language features. Examples of the sort of answers I'm hoping for: "I was trying to implement X in Common Lisp, and if I had Scheme's first-class continuations, I totally would've just done Y, but instead I had to do Z, which was more of a pain." "Scripting the build process in Scheme project, got increasingly painful as my source tree grew and I linked in more and more C libraries. For my next project, I moved back to Common Lisp." "I have a large existing C++ codebase, and for me, being able to embed C++ calls directly in my Gambit Scheme code was totally worth any shortcomings that Scheme may have vs Common Lisp, even including lack of SWIG support." So, I'm hoping for war stories, rather than general sentiments like "Scheme is a simpler language" etc.

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Scheme vs Common Lisp: war stories

- by SuperElectric

There are no shortage of vague "Scheme vs Common Lisp" questions on both StackOverflow and on this site, so I want to make this one more focused. The question is for people who have coded in both languages: While coding in Scheme, what specific elements of your Common Lisp coding experience did you miss most? Or, inversely, while coding in Common Lisp, what did you miss from coding in Scheme? I don't necessarily mean just language features. The following are all valid things to miss, as far as the question is concerned: Specific libraries. Specific features of development environments like SLIME, DrRacket, etc. Features of particular implementations, like Gambit's ability to write blocks of C code directly into your Scheme source. And of course, language features. Examples of the sort of answers I'm hoping for: "I was trying to implement X in Common Lisp, and if I had Scheme's first-class continuations, I totally would've just done Y, but instead I had to do Z, which was more of a pain." "Scripting the build process in my Scheme project got increasingly painful as my source tree grew and I linked in more and more C libraries. For my next project, I moved back to Common Lisp." "I have a large existing C++ codebase, and for me, being able to embed C++ calls directly in my Gambit Scheme code was totally worth any shortcomings that Scheme may have vs Common Lisp, even including lack of SWIG support." So, I'm hoping for war stories, rather than general sentiments like "Scheme is a simpler language" etc.

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Metro: Understanding the default.js File

- by Stephen.Walther

The goal of this blog entry is to describe — in painful detail — the contents of the default.js file in a Metro style application written with JavaScript. When you use Visual Studio to create a new Metro application then you get a default.js file automatically. The file is located in a folder named \js\default.js. The default.js file kicks off all of your custom JavaScript code. It is the main entry point to a Metro application. The default contents of the default.js file are included below: // For an introduction to the Blank template, see the following documentation: // http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=232509 (function () { "use strict"; var app = WinJS.Application; app.onactivated = function (eventObject) { if (eventObject.detail.kind === Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind.launch) { if (eventObject.detail.previousExecutionState !== Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ApplicationExecutionState.terminated) { // TODO: This application has been newly launched. Initialize // your application here. } else { // TODO: This application has been reactivated from suspension. // Restore application state here. } WinJS.UI.processAll(); } }; app.oncheckpoint = function (eventObject) { // TODO: This application is about to be suspended. Save any state // that needs to persist across suspensions here. You might use the // WinJS.Application.sessionState object, which is automatically // saved and restored across suspension. If you need to complete an // asynchronous operation before your application is suspended, call // eventObject.setPromise(). }; app.start(); })(); There are several mysterious things happening in this file. The purpose of this blog entry is to dispel this mystery. Understanding the Module Pattern The first thing that you should notice about the default.js file is that the entire contents of this file are enclosed within a self-executing JavaScript function: (function () { ... })(); Metro applications written with JavaScript use something called the module pattern. The module pattern is a common pattern used in JavaScript applications to create private variables, objects, and methods. Anything that you create within the module is encapsulated within the module. Enclosing all of your custom code within a module prevents you from stomping on code from other libraries accidently. Your application might reference several JavaScript libraries and the JavaScript libraries might have variables, objects, or methods with the same names. By encapsulating your code in a module, you avoid overwriting variables, objects, or methods in the other libraries accidently. Enabling Strict Mode with “use strict” The first statement within the default.js module enables JavaScript strict mode: 'use strict'; Strict mode is a new feature of ECMAScript 5 (the latest standard for JavaScript) which enables you to make JavaScript more strict. For example, when strict mode is enabled, you cannot declare variables without using the var keyword. The following statement would result in an exception: hello = "world!"; When strict mode is enabled, this statement throws a ReferenceError. When strict mode is not enabled, a global variable is created which, most likely, is not what you want to happen. I’d rather get the exception instead of the unwanted global variable. The full specification for strict mode is contained in the ECMAScript 5 specification (look at Annex C): http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-262.pdf Aliasing the WinJS.Application Object The next line of code in the default.js file is used to alias the WinJS.Application object: var app = WinJS.Application; This line of code enables you to use a short-hand syntax when referring to the WinJS.Application object: for example, app.onactivated instead of WinJS.Application.onactivated. The WinJS.Application object represents your running Metro application. Handling Application Events The default.js file contains an event handler for the WinJS.Application activated event: app.onactivated = function (eventObject) { if (eventObject.detail.kind === Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind.launch) { if (eventObject.detail.previousExecutionState !== Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ApplicationExecutionState.terminated) { // TODO: This application has been newly launched. Initialize // your application here. } else { // TODO: This application has been reactivated from suspension. // Restore application state here. } WinJS.UI.processAll(); } }; This WinJS.Application class supports the following events: · loaded – Happens after browser DOMContentLoaded event. After this event, the DOM is ready and you can access elements in a page. This event is raised before external images have been loaded. · activated – Triggered by the Windows.UI.WebUI.WebUIApplication activated event. After this event, the WinRT is ready. · ready – Happens after both loaded and activated events. · unloaded – Happens before application is unloaded. The following default.js file has been modified to capture each of these events and write a message to the Visual Studio JavaScript Console window: (function () { "use strict"; var app = WinJS.Application; WinJS.Application.onloaded = function (e) { console.log("Loaded"); }; WinJS.Application.onactivated = function (e) { console.log("Activated"); }; WinJS.Application.onready = function (e) { console.log("Ready"); } WinJS.Application.onunload = function (e) { console.log("Unload"); } app.start(); })(); When you execute the code above, a message is written to the Visual Studio JavaScript Console window when each event occurs with the exception of the Unload event (presumably because the console is not attached when that event is raised). Handling Different Activation Contexts The code for the activated handler in the default.js file looks like this: app.onactivated = function (eventObject) { if (eventObject.detail.kind === Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind.launch) { if (eventObject.detail.previousExecutionState !== Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ApplicationExecutionState.terminated) { // TODO: This application has been newly launched. Initialize // your application here. } else { // TODO: This application has been reactivated from suspension. // Restore application state here. } WinJS.UI.processAll(); } }; Notice that the code contains a conditional which checks the Kind of the event (the value of e.detail.kind). The startup code is executed only when the activated event is triggered by a Launch event, The ActivationKind enumeration has the following values: · launch · search · shareTarget · file · protocol · fileOpenPicker · fileSavePicker · cacheFileUpdater · contactPicker · device · printTaskSettings · cameraSettings Metro style applications can be activated in different contexts. For example, a camera application can be activated when modifying camera settings. In that case, the ActivationKind would be CameraSettings. Because we want to execute our JavaScript code when our application first launches, we verify that the kind of the activation event is an ActivationKind.Launch event. There is a second conditional within the activated event handler which checks whether an application is being newly launched or whether the application is being resumed from a suspended state. When running a Metro application with Visual Studio, you can use Visual Studio to simulate different application execution states by taking advantage of the Debug toolbar and the new Debug Location toolbar. Handling the checkpoint Event The default.js file also includes an event handler for the WinJS.Application checkpoint event: app.oncheckpoint = function (eventObject) { // TODO: This application is about to be suspended. Save any state // that needs to persist across suspensions here. You might use the // WinJS.Application.sessionState object, which is automatically // saved and restored across suspension. If you need to complete an // asynchronous operation before your application is suspended, call // eventObject.setPromise(). }; The checkpoint event is raised when your Metro application goes into a suspended state. The idea is that you can save your application data when your application is suspended and reload your application data when your application resumes. Starting the Application The final statement in the default.js file is the statement that gets everything going: app.start(); Events are queued up in a JavaScript array named eventQueue . Until you call the start() method, the events in the queue are not processed. If you don’t call the start() method then the Loaded, Activated, Ready, and Unloaded events are never raised. Summary The goal of this blog entry was to describe the contents of the default.js file which is the JavaScript file which you use to kick off your custom code in a Windows Metro style application written with JavaScript. In this blog entry, I discussed the module pattern, JavaScript strict mode, handling first chance exceptions, WinJS Application events, and activation contexts.

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How to deal with static utility classes when designing for testability

- by Benedikt

We are trying to design our system to be testable and in most parts developed using TDD. Currently we are trying to solve the following problem: In various places it is necessary for us to use static helper methods like ImageIO and URLEncoder (both standard Java API) and various other libraries that consist mostly of static methods (like the Apache Commons libraries). But it is extremely difficult to test those methods that use such static helper classes. I have several ideas for solving this problem: Use a mock framework that can mock static classes (like PowerMock). This may be the simplest solution but somehow feels like giving up. Create instantiable wrapper classes around all those static utilities so they can be injected into the classes that use them. This sounds like a relatively clean solution but I fear we'll end up creating an awful lot of those wrapper classes. Extract every call to these static helper classes into a function that can be overridden and test a subclass of the class I actually want to test. But I keep thinking that this just has to be a problem that many people have to face when doing TDD - so there must already be solutions for this problem. What is the best strategy to keep classes that use these static helpers testable?

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Is it reasonable to expect knowing the whole stack bottom up?

- by Vaibhav Garg

I am an Sr. developer/architect/Product Manager for embedded systems. The systems that I have had experience with have typically been small to medium size codebases - typically close to 25-30K LOC in C, using 8-16 and 32 bit low end microcontrollers. The systems have been entirely bootstrapped by our team - meaning right from the start-up code to the end application code has either been written by the team, or at the very least, is thoroughly understood and maintained by us. Now, if we were to start developing more complex systems with complex peripherals, such as USB OTG et al. (think, low end cell phones), there are libraries and stacks available commercially and from chip vendors that reduce the task to just calling the right APIs and being able to use those peripherals. Now, from a habit point of view, this does not give me and the team a comfortable feeling, not being able to comprehend the entire code tree, with virtual black boxes at the lower layers. Is it reasonable to devote, and reserve, time getting into the details of how the APIs are implemented, assuming that the same would also entail getting into details of relevant standards (again, for USB as an example)? Or, alternatively, should a thorough understanding of the top level usage of the APIs be sufficient? This of course assumes that the source codes to all libraries are available, which they are, in almost all cases. Edit: In partial response to @Abhi Beckert, the documentation is refreshingly very comprehensive and meticulously maintained, AFAIK and been able to judge. I have not had a long experience with the same.

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Workflow: Operate Zones

- by Owen Allen

The Operate Zones workflow is another of the workflow documents that we introduced recently. It follows naturally after the Deploy Oracle Solaris 11 Zones workflow that I talked about last week, so I thought I'd talk about it next. This workflow is less linear than the zone deployment workflow. It's built around this image: The left side shows you the prerequisites for zone operation: you have to deploy libraries and deploy either Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 zones - whichever type you want to manage using this workflow. Once you have the zones deployed, you can begin to operate them. If you want to associate resources with the global zone, the workflow directs you to the Exploring Your Server Pools how-to, which talks about adding global zones to server pools and associating libraries and network resources with them. Otherwise, it directs you to a set of how-tos about zone management: Managing the Configuration of a Zone, which explains how to add storage, edit zone attributes, and connect zones to networks; Lifecycle Management of Zones, which explains how to halt, shut down, boot, reboot, or delete a zone; and Migrating Zones, which explains how to move a zone to a new global zone in the same server pool. Finally, it directs you to the Update Oracle Solaris workflow when you want to update your zones, and to the Monitor and Manage Incidents workflow to learn more about monitoring your assets.

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