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validating an XML schema with empty attributes

- by AdRock

I am having trouble validating my xml schema. I get these errors on the schema 113: 18 s4s-elt-invalid-content.1: The content of '#AnonType_user' is invalid. 164: 17 s4s-elt-invalid-content.1: The content of '#AnonType_festival' is invalid. Element 'sequence' is invalid, misplaced, or occurs too often. and becuase of those 2 errors, i am getting loads of the same error. This is becuase the attribute id of the festival tag may be empty becuase there is not data for that festival cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a valid value for 'integer'. cvc-attribute.3: The value '' of attribute 'id' on element 'festival' is not valid with respect to its type, 'integer'. The lines in the schema causing the problems are <xs:element name="user"> <xs:complexType> <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer"/> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="personal"/> <xs:element ref="account"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="festival"> <xs:complexType> <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" user="optional"/> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="event"/> <xs:element ref="contact"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> This is a snippet from my XML file. One user has a festival and the other doesn't <member> <user id="3"> <personal> <name>Skye Saunders</name> <sex>Female</sex> <address1>31 Anns Court</address1> <address2></address2> <city>Cirencester</city> <county>Gloucestershire</county> <postcode>GL7 1JG</postcode> <telephone>01958303514</telephone> <mobile>07260491667</mobile> <email>[email protected]</email> </personal> <account> <username>BigUndecided</username> <password>ea297847f80e046ca24a8621f4068594</password> <userlevel>2</userlevel> <signupdate>2010-03-26T09:23:50</signupdate> </account> </user> <festival id=""> <event> <eventname></eventname> <url></url> <datefrom></datefrom> <dateto></dateto> <location></location> <eventpostcode></eventpostcode> <coords> <lat></lat> <lng></lng> </coords> </event> <contact> <conname></conname> <conaddress1></conaddress1> <conaddress2></conaddress2> <concity></concity> <concounty></concounty> <conpostcode></conpostcode> <contelephone></contelephone> <conmobile></conmobile> <fax></fax> <conemail></conemail> </contact> </festival> </member> <member> <user id="4"> <personal> <name>Connor Lawson</name> <sex>Male</sex> <address1>12 Ash Way</address1> <address2></address2> <city>Swindon</city> <county>Wiltshire</county> <postcode>SN3 6GS</postcode> <telephone>01791928119</telephone> <mobile>07338695664</mobile> <email>[email protected]</email> </personal> <account> <username>iTuneStinker</username> <password>3a1f5fda21a07bfff20c41272bae7192</password> <userlevel>3</userlevel> <signupdate>2010-03-26T09:23:50</signupdate> </account> </user> <festival id="1"> <event> <eventname>Oxford Folk Festival</eventname> <url>http://www.oxfordfolkfestival.com/</url> <datefrom>2010-04-07</datefrom> <dateto>2010-04-09</dateto> <location>Oxford</location> <eventpostcode>OX19BE</eventpostcode> <coords> <lat>51.735640</lat> <lng>-1.276136</lng> </coords> </event> <contact> <conname>Stuart Vincent</conname> <conaddress1>P.O. Box 642</conaddress1> <conaddress2></conaddress2> <concity>Oxford</concity> <concounty>Bedfordshire</concounty> <conpostcode>OX13BY</conpostcode> <contelephone>01865 79073</contelephone> <conmobile></conmobile> <fax></fax> <conemail>[email protected]</conemail> </contact> </festival> </member> This is my schema <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <xs:simpleType name="postcode"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:minLength value="6"/> <xs:maxLength value="8"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:simpleType name="telephone"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:minLength value="10"/> <xs:maxLength value="13"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:simpleType name="mobile"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:minLength value="11"/> <xs:maxLength value="11"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:simpleType name="password"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:minLength value="32"/> <xs:maxLength value="32"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:simpleType name="userlevel"> <xs:restriction base="xs:integer"> <xs:enumeration value="1"/> <xs:enumeration value="2"/> <xs:enumeration value="3"/> <xs:enumeration value="4"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:simpleType name="county"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:enumeration value="Bedfordshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Berkshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Bristol"/> <xs:enumeration value="Buckinghamshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Cambridgeshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Cheshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Cleveland"/> <xs:enumeration value="Cornwall"/> <xs:enumeration value="Cumberland"/> <xs:enumeration value="Derbyshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Devon"/> <xs:enumeration value="Dorset"/> <xs:enumeration value="Durham"/> <xs:enumeration value="East Ridings Of Yorkshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Essex"/> <xs:enumeration value="Gloucestershire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Hampshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Herefordshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Hertfordshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Huntingdonshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Isle Of Man"/> <xs:enumeration value="Kent"/> <xs:enumeration value="Lancashire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Leicestershire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Lincolnshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="London"/> <xs:enumeration value="Middlesex"/> <xs:enumeration value="Norfolk"/> <xs:enumeration value="North Yorkshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Northamptonshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Northumberland"/> <xs:enumeration value="Nottinghamshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Oxfordshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Rutland"/> <xs:enumeration value="Shropshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Somerset"/> <xs:enumeration value="South Yorkshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Staffordshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Suffolk"/> <xs:enumeration value="Surrey"/> <xs:enumeration value="Sussex"/> <xs:enumeration value="Tyne and Wear"/> <xs:enumeration value="Warwickshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="West Yorkshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Westmorland"/> <xs:enumeration value="Wiltshire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Wirral"/> <xs:enumeration value="Worcestershire"/> <xs:enumeration value="Yorkshire"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> <xs:element name="folktask"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="member"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="member"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="user" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <xs:element ref="festival" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="user"> <xs:complexType> <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer"/> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="personal"/> <xs:element ref="account"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="personal"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="name"/> <xs:element ref="sex"/> <xs:element ref="address1"/> <xs:element ref="address2"/> <xs:element ref="city"/> <xs:element ref="county"/> <xs:element ref="postcode"/> <xs:element ref="telephone"/> <xs:element ref="mobile"/> <xs:element ref="email"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="sex" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="address1" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="address2" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="county" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="postcode" type="postcode"/> <xs:element name="telephone" type="telephone"/> <xs:element name="mobile" type="mobile"/> <xs:element name="email" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="account"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="username"/> <xs:element ref="password"/> <xs:element ref="userlevel"/> <xs:element ref="signupdate"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="username" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="password" type="password"/> <xs:element name="userlevel" type="userlevel"/> <xs:element name="signupdate" type="xs:dateTime"/> <xs:element name="festival"> <xs:complexType> <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" user="optional"/> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="event"/> <xs:element ref="contact"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="event"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="eventname"/> <xs:element ref="url"/> <xs:element ref="datefrom"/> <xs:element ref="dateto"/> <xs:element ref="location"/> <xs:element ref="eventpostcode"/> <xs:element ref="coords"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="eventname" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="url" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="datefrom" type="xs:date"/> <xs:element name="dateto" type="xs:date"/> <xs:element name="location" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="eventpostcode" type="postcode"/> <xs:element name="coords"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="lat"/> <xs:element ref="lng"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="lat" type="xs:decimal"/> <xs:element name="lng" type="xs:decimal"/> <xs:element name="contact"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="conname"/> <xs:element ref="conaddress1"/> <xs:element ref="conaddress2"/> <xs:element ref="concity"/> <xs:element ref="concounty"/> <xs:element ref="conpostcode"/> <xs:element ref="contelephone"/> <xs:element ref="conmobile"/> <xs:element ref="fax"/> <xs:element ref="conemail"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="conname" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="conaddress1" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="conaddress2" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="concity" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="concounty" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="conpostcode" type="postcode"/> <xs:element name="contelephone" type="telephone"/> <xs:element name="conmobile" type="mobile"/> <xs:element name="fax" type="telephone"/> <xs:element name="conemail" type="xs:string"/> </xs:schema>

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actionscript3: reflect-class applied on rotationY

- by algro

Hi, I'm using a class which applies a visual reflection-effect to defined movieclips. I use a reflection-class from here: link to source. It works like a charm except when I apply a rotation to the movieclip. In my case the reflection is still visible but only a part of it. What am I doing wrong? How could I pass/include the rotation to the Reflection-Class ? Thanks in advance! This is how you apply the Reflection Class to your movieclip: var ref_mc:MovieClip = new MoviClip(); addChild(ref_mc); var r1:Reflect = new Reflect({mc:ref_mc, alpha:50, ratio:50,distance:0, updateTime:0,reflectionDropoff:1}); Now I apply a rotation to my movieclip: ref_mc.rotationY = 30; And Here the Reflect-Class: package com.pixelfumes.reflect{ import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.geom.Matrix; import flash.display.GradientType; import flash.display.SpreadMethod; import flash.utils.setInterval; import flash.utils.clearInterval; public class Reflect extends MovieClip{ //Created By Ben Pritchard of Pixelfumes 2007 //Thanks to Mim, Jasper, Jason Merrill and all the others who //have contributed to the improvement of this class //static var for the version of this class private static var VERSION:String = "4.0"; //reference to the movie clip we are reflecting private var mc:MovieClip; //the BitmapData object that will hold a visual copy of the mc private var mcBMP:BitmapData; //the BitmapData object that will hold the reflected image private var reflectionBMP:Bitmap; //the clip that will act as out gradient mask private var gradientMask_mc:MovieClip; //how often the reflection should update (if it is video or animated) private var updateInt:Number; //the size the reflection is allowed to reflect within private var bounds:Object; //the distance the reflection is vertically from the mc private var distance:Number = 0; function Reflect(args:Object){ /*the args object passes in the following variables /we set the values of our internal vars to math the args*/ //the clip being reflected mc = args.mc; //the alpha level of the reflection clip var alpha:Number = args.alpha/100; //the ratio opaque color used in the gradient mask var ratio:Number = args.ratio; //update time interval var updateTime:Number = args.updateTime; //the distance at which the reflection visually drops off at var reflectionDropoff:Number = args.reflectionDropoff; //the distance the reflection starts from the bottom of the mc var distance:Number = args.distance; //store width and height of the clip var mcHeight = mc.height; var mcWidth = mc.width; //store the bounds of the reflection bounds = new Object(); bounds.width = mcWidth; bounds.height = mcHeight; //create the BitmapData that will hold a snapshot of the movie clip mcBMP = new BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height, true, 0xFFFFFF); mcBMP.draw(mc); //create the BitmapData the will hold the reflection reflectionBMP = new Bitmap(mcBMP); //flip the reflection upside down reflectionBMP.scaleY = -1; //move the reflection to the bottom of the movie clip reflectionBMP.y = (bounds.height*2) + distance; //add the reflection to the movie clip's Display Stack var reflectionBMPRef:DisplayObject = mc.addChild(reflectionBMP); reflectionBMPRef.name = "reflectionBMP"; //add a blank movie clip to hold our gradient mask var gradientMaskRef:DisplayObject = mc.addChild(new MovieClip()); gradientMaskRef.name = "gradientMask_mc"; //get a reference to the movie clip - cast the DisplayObject that is returned as a MovieClip gradientMask_mc = mc.getChildByName("gradientMask_mc") as MovieClip; //set the values for the gradient fill var fillType:String = GradientType.LINEAR; var colors:Array = [0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF]; var alphas:Array = [alpha, 0]; var ratios:Array = [0, ratio]; var spreadMethod:String = SpreadMethod.PAD; //create the Matrix and create the gradient box var matr:Matrix = new Matrix(); //set the height of the Matrix used for the gradient mask var matrixHeight:Number; if (reflectionDropoff<=0) { matrixHeight = bounds.height; } else { matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff; } matr.createGradientBox(bounds.width, matrixHeight, (90/180)*Math.PI, 0, 0); //create the gradient fill gradientMask_mc.graphics.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios, matr, spreadMethod); gradientMask_mc.graphics.drawRect(0,0,bounds.width,bounds.height); //position the mask over the reflection clip gradientMask_mc.y = mc.getChildByName("reflectionBMP").y - mc.getChildByName("reflectionBMP").height; //cache clip as a bitmap so that the gradient mask will function gradientMask_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true; mc.getChildByName("reflectionBMP").cacheAsBitmap = true; //set the mask for the reflection as the gradient mask mc.getChildByName("reflectionBMP").mask = gradientMask_mc; //if we are updating the reflection for a video or animation do so here if(updateTime > -1){ updateInt = setInterval(update, updateTime, mc); } } public function setBounds(w:Number,h:Number):void{ //allows the user to set the area that the reflection is allowed //this is useful for clips that move within themselves bounds.width = w; bounds.height = h; gradientMask_mc.width = bounds.width; redrawBMP(mc); } public function redrawBMP(mc:MovieClip):void { // redraws the bitmap reflection - Mim Gamiet [2006] mcBMP.dispose(); mcBMP = new BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height, true, 0xFFFFFF); mcBMP.draw(mc); } private function update(mc):void { //updates the reflection to visually match the movie clip mcBMP = new BitmapData(bounds.width, bounds.height, true, 0xFFFFFF); mcBMP.draw(mc); reflectionBMP.bitmapData = mcBMP; } public function destroy():void{ //provides a method to remove the reflection mc.removeChild(mc.getChildByName("reflectionBMP")); reflectionBMP = null; mcBMP.dispose(); clearInterval(updateInt); mc.removeChild(mc.getChildByName("gradientMask_mc")); } } }

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Set postion in customized list field in blackberry

- by arunabha

I want three list field items to be displayed, from bottom to top. I am able to display three list field items, but they display from top to bottom. I have tried setting the position, but it isn't working. import java.util.Vector; import net.rim.device.api.system.Bitmap; import net.rim.device.api.system.Display; import net.rim.device.api.ui.ContextMenu; import net.rim.device.api.ui.DrawStyle; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Field; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Font; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Graphics; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Manager; import net.rim.device.api.ui.MenuItem; import net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.BitmapField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.Dialog; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.LabelField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ListField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ListFieldCallback; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.NullField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.FullScreen; import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.MainScreen; import net.rim.device.api.util.Arrays; import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ListField; /** * @author Jason Emerick */ public class TaskListField extends UiApplication { //statics ------------------------------------------------------------------ public static void main(String[] args) { TaskListField theApp = new TaskListField(); theApp.enterEventDispatcher(); } public TaskListField() { pushScreen(new TaskList()); } } /*class List extends FullScreen { TaskList tl; List(){ super(); TaskList tl=new TaskList(); } }*/ class TaskList extends MainScreen implements ListFieldCallback { private Vector rows; private Bitmap p1; private Bitmap p2; private Bitmap p3; String Task; ListField listnew=new ListField(); public TaskList() { super(); listnew.setRowHeight(50); //setEmptyString("Hooray, no tasks here!", DrawStyle.HCENTER); listnew.setCallback(this); p1 = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("1.png"); p2 = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("2.png"); p3 = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("3.png"); rows = new Vector(); for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++) { TableRowManager row = new TableRowManager(); if (x== 0) { Task="On Air Now"; } if (x== 1) { Task="Music Channel"; } if (x==2) { Task="News Channel"; } // SET THE PRIORITY BITMAP FIELD // if high priority, display p1 bitmap if (x % 2 == 0) { row.add(new BitmapField(p1)); } // if priority is 2, set p2 bitmap else if (x % 3 == 0) { row.add(new BitmapField(p2)); } // if priority is 3, set p3 bitmap else { row.add(new BitmapField(p3)); } // SET THE TASK NAME LABELFIELD // if overdue, bold/underline LabelField task = new LabelField(Task, DrawStyle.ELLIPSIS); // if due today, bold if (x % 2 == 0) { task.setFont(Font.getDefault().derive( Font.BOLD)); } else { task.setFont(Font.getDefault().derive(Font.BOLD)); } row.add(task); LabelField task1 = new LabelField("Now Playing" + String.valueOf(x), DrawStyle.ELLIPSIS); // if due today, bold /* if (x % 2 == 0) { task.setFont(Font.getDefault().derive( Font.BOLD)); } else { task.setFont(Font.getDefault().derive(Font.BOLD)); }*/ Font myFont = Font.getDefault().derive(Font.PLAIN, 12); task1.setFont(myFont); row.add(task1); // SET THE DUE DATE/TIME row.add(new LabelField("", DrawStyle.ELLIPSIS | LabelField.USE_ALL_WIDTH | DrawStyle.RIGHT) { protected void paint(Graphics graphics) { graphics.setColor(0x00878787); super.paint(graphics); } }); rows.addElement(row); } listnew.setSize(rows.size()); this.add(listnew); } // ListFieldCallback Implementation public void drawListRow(ListField listField, Graphics g, int index, int y, int width) { //TaskList list =(TaskListField) listnew; TableRowManager rowManager = (TableRowManager)rows .elementAt(index); rowManager.drawRow(g, 0, y, width, listnew.getRowHeight()); } private class TableRowManager extends Manager { public TableRowManager() { super(0); } // Causes the fields within this row manager to be layed out then // painted. public void drawRow(Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) { // Arrange the cell fields within this row manager. layout(0, 1); // Place this row manager within its enclosing list. setPosition(x,y); // Apply a translating/clipping transformation to the graphics // context so that this row paints in the right area. g.pushRegion(getExtent()); // Paint this manager's controlled fields. subpaint(g); g.setColor(0x00CACACA); g.drawLine(0, 0, getPreferredWidth(), 0); // Restore the graphics context. g.popContext(); } // Arrages this manager's controlled fields from left to right within // the enclosing table's columns. protected void sublayout(int width, int height) { // set the size and position of each field. int fontHeight = Font.getDefault().getHeight(); int preferredWidth = getPreferredWidth(); // start with the Bitmap Field of the priority icon /* Field field = getField(0); layoutChild(field, 0, 0); setPositionChild(field, 150, 300);*/ // set the task name label field /* field = getField(1); layoutChild(field, preferredWidth - 16, fontHeight + 1); setPositionChild(field, 34, 3); // set the list name label field field = getField(2); layoutChild(field, 150, fontHeight + 1); setPositionChild(field, 34, fontHeight + 6);*/ // set the due time name label field /* field = getField(3); layoutChild(field, 150, fontHeight + 1); setPositionChild(field,4,340);*/ /* layoutChild(listnew, preferredWidth, fontHeight); setPositionChild(listnew, 3, 396);*/ setExtent(360, 480); } // The preferred width of a row is defined by the list renderer. public int getPreferredWidth() { return getWidth(); } // The preferred height of a row is the "row height" as defined in the // enclosing list. public int getPreferredHeight() { return listnew.getRowHeight(); } } public Object get(ListField listField, int index) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } public int getPreferredWidth(ListField listField) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return 0; } public int indexOfList(ListField listField, String prefix, int start) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return 0; } }

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A first look at ConfORM - Part 1

- by thangchung

All source codes for this post can be found at here.Have you ever heard of ConfORM is not? I have read it three months ago when I wrote an post about NHibernate and Autofac. At that time, this project really has just started and still in beta version, so I still do not really care much. But recently when reading a book by Jason Dentler NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook, I started to pay attention to it. Author have mentioned quite a lot of OSS in his book. And now again I have reviewed ConfORM once again. I have been involved in ConfORM development group on google and read some articles about it. Fabio Maulo spent a lot of work for the OSS, and I hope it will adapt a great way for NHibernate (because he contributed to NHibernate that). So what is ConfORM? It is stand for Configuration ORM, and it was trying to use a lot of heuristic model for identifying entities from C# code. Today, it's mostly Model First Driven development, so the first thing is to build the entity model. This is really important and we can see it is the heart of business software. Then we have to tell DB about the entity of this model. We often will use Inversion Engineering here, Database Schema is will create based on recently Entity Model. From now we will absolutely not interested in the DB again, only focus on the Entity Model.Fluent NHibenate really good, I liked this OSS. Sharp Architecture and has done so well in Fluent NHibernate integration with applications. A Multiple Database technical in Sharp Architecture is truly awesome. It can receive configuration, a connection string and a dll containing entity model, which would then create a SessionFactory, finally caching inside the computer memory. As the number of SessionFactory can be very large and will full of the memory, it has also devised a way of caching SessionFactory in the file. This post I hope this will not completely explain about and building a model of multiple databases. I just tried to mount a number of posts from the community and apply some of my knowledge to build a management model Session for ConfORM.As well as Fluent NHibernate, ConfORM also supported on the interface mapping, see this to understand it. So the first thing we will build the Entity Model for it, and here is what I will use the model for this article. A simple model for managing news and polls, it will be too easy for a number of people, but I hope not to bring complexity to this post.I will then have some code to build super type for the Entity Model. public interface IEntity<TId> { TId Id { get; set; } } public abstract class EntityBase<TId> : IEntity<TId> { public virtual TId Id { get; set; } public override bool Equals(object obj) { return Equals(obj as EntityBase<TId>); } private static bool IsTransient(EntityBase<TId> obj) { return obj != null && Equals(obj.Id, default(TId)); } private Type GetUnproxiedType() { return GetType(); } public virtual bool Equals(EntityBase<TId> other) { if (other == null) return false; if (ReferenceEquals(this, other)) return true; if (!IsTransient(this) && !IsTransient(other) && Equals(Id, other.Id)) { var otherType = other.GetUnproxiedType(); var thisType = GetUnproxiedType(); return thisType.IsAssignableFrom(otherType) || otherType.IsAssignableFrom(thisType); } return false; } public override int GetHashCode() { if (Equals(Id, default(TId))) return base.GetHashCode(); return Id.GetHashCode(); } } Database schema will be created as:The next step is to build the ConORM builder to create a NHibernate Configuration. Patrick have a excellent article about it at here. Contract of it below: public interface IConfigBuilder { Configuration BuildConfiguration(string connectionString, string sessionFactoryName); } The idea here is that I will pass in a connection string and a set of the DLL containing the Entity Model and it makes me a NHibernate Configuration (shame that I stole this ideas of Sharp Architecture). And here is its code: public abstract class ConfORMConfigBuilder : RootObject, IConfigBuilder { private static IConfigurator _configurator; protected IEnumerable<Type> DomainTypes; private readonly IEnumerable<string> _assemblies; protected ConfORMConfigBuilder(IEnumerable<string> assemblies) : this(new Configurator(), assemblies) { _assemblies = assemblies; } protected ConfORMConfigBuilder(IConfigurator configurator, IEnumerable<string> assemblies) { _configurator = configurator; _assemblies = assemblies; } public abstract void GetDatabaseIntegration(IDbIntegrationConfigurationProperties dBIntegration, string connectionString); protected abstract HbmMapping GetMapping(); public Configuration BuildConfiguration(string connectionString, string sessionFactoryName) { Contract.Requires(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString), "ConnectionString is null or empty"); Contract.Requires(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sessionFactoryName), "SessionFactory name is null or empty"); Contract.Requires(_configurator != null, "Configurator is null"); return CatchExceptionHelper.TryCatchFunction( () => { DomainTypes = GetTypeOfEntities(_assemblies); if (DomainTypes == null) throw new Exception("Type of domains is null"); var configure = new Configuration(); configure.SessionFactoryName(sessionFactoryName); configure.Proxy(p => p.ProxyFactoryFactory<ProxyFactoryFactory>()); configure.DataBaseIntegration(db => GetDatabaseIntegration(db, connectionString)); if (_configurator.GetAppSettingString("IsCreateNewDatabase").ConvertToBoolean()) { configure.SetProperty("hbm2ddl.auto", "create-drop"); } configure.Properties.Add("default_schema", _configurator.GetAppSettingString("DefaultSchema")); configure.AddDeserializedMapping(GetMapping(), _configurator.GetAppSettingString("DocumentFileName")); SchemaMetadataUpdater.QuoteTableAndColumns(configure); return configure; }, Logger); } protected IEnumerable<Type> GetTypeOfEntities(IEnumerable<string> assemblies) { var type = typeof(EntityBase<Guid>); var domainTypes = new List<Type>(); foreach (var assembly in assemblies) { var realAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(assembly); if (realAssembly == null) throw new NullReferenceException(); domainTypes.AddRange(realAssembly.GetTypes().Where( t => { if (t.BaseType != null) return string.Compare(t.BaseType.FullName, type.FullName) == 0; return false; })); } return domainTypes; } } I do not want to dependency on any RDBMS, so I made a builder as an abstract class, and so I will create a concrete instance for SQL Server 2008 as follows: public class SqlServerConfORMConfigBuilder : ConfORMConfigBuilder { public SqlServerConfORMConfigBuilder(IEnumerable<string> assemblies) : base(assemblies) { } public override void GetDatabaseIntegration(IDbIntegrationConfigurationProperties dBIntegration, string connectionString) { dBIntegration.Dialect<MsSql2008Dialect>(); dBIntegration.Driver<SqlClientDriver>(); dBIntegration.KeywordsAutoImport = Hbm2DDLKeyWords.AutoQuote; dBIntegration.IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted; dBIntegration.ConnectionString = connectionString; dBIntegration.LogSqlInConsole = true; dBIntegration.Timeout = 10; dBIntegration.LogFormatedSql = true; dBIntegration.HqlToSqlSubstitutions = "true 1, false 0, yes 'Y', no 'N'"; } protected override HbmMapping GetMapping() { var orm = new ObjectRelationalMapper(); orm.Patterns.PoidStrategies.Add(new GuidPoidPattern()); var patternsAppliers = new CoolPatternsAppliersHolder(orm); //patternsAppliers.Merge(new DatePropertyByNameApplier()).Merge(new MsSQL2008DateTimeApplier()); patternsAppliers.Merge(new ManyToOneColumnNamingApplier()); patternsAppliers.Merge(new OneToManyKeyColumnNamingApplier(orm)); var mapper = new Mapper(orm, patternsAppliers); var entities = new List<Type>(); DomainDefinition(orm); Customize(mapper); entities.AddRange(DomainTypes); return mapper.CompileMappingFor(entities); } private void DomainDefinition(IObjectRelationalMapper orm) { orm.TablePerClassHierarchy(new[] { typeof(EntityBase<Guid>) }); orm.TablePerClass(DomainTypes); orm.OneToOne<News, Poll>(); orm.ManyToOne<Category, News>(); orm.Cascade<Category, News>(Cascade.All); orm.Cascade<News, Poll>(Cascade.All); orm.Cascade<User, Poll>(Cascade.All); } private static void Customize(Mapper mapper) { CustomizeRelations(mapper); CustomizeTables(mapper); CustomizeColumns(mapper); } private static void CustomizeRelations(Mapper mapper) { } private static void CustomizeTables(Mapper mapper) { } private static void CustomizeColumns(Mapper mapper) { mapper.Class<Category>( cm => { cm.Property(x => x.Name, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.CreatedDate, m => m.NotNullable(true)); }); mapper.Class<News>( cm => { cm.Property(x => x.Title, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.ShortDescription, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.Content, m => m.NotNullable(true)); }); mapper.Class<Poll>( cm => { cm.Property(x => x.Value, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.VoteDate, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.WhoVote, m => m.NotNullable(true)); }); mapper.Class<User>( cm => { cm.Property(x => x.UserName, m => m.NotNullable(true)); cm.Property(x => x.Password, m => m.NotNullable(true)); }); } } As you can see that we can do so many things in this class, such as custom entity relationships, custom binding on the columns, custom table name, ... Here I only made two so-Appliers for OneToMany and ManyToOne relationships, you can refer to it here public class ManyToOneColumnNamingApplier : IPatternApplier<PropertyPath, IManyToOneMapper> { #region IPatternApplier<PropertyPath,IManyToOneMapper> Members public void Apply(PropertyPath subject, IManyToOneMapper applyTo) { applyTo.Column(subject.ToColumnName() + "Id"); } #endregion #region IPattern<PropertyPath> Members public bool Match(PropertyPath subject) { return subject != null; } #endregion } public class OneToManyKeyColumnNamingApplier : OneToManyPattern, IPatternApplier<PropertyPath, ICollectionPropertiesMapper> { public OneToManyKeyColumnNamingApplier(IDomainInspector domainInspector) : base(domainInspector) { } #region Implementation of IPattern<PropertyPath> public bool Match(PropertyPath subject) { return Match(subject.LocalMember); } #endregion Implementation of IPattern<PropertyPath> #region Implementation of IPatternApplier<PropertyPath,ICollectionPropertiesMapper> public void Apply(PropertyPath subject, ICollectionPropertiesMapper applyTo) { applyTo.Key(km => km.Column(GetKeyColumnName(subject))); } #endregion Implementation of IPatternApplier<PropertyPath,ICollectionPropertiesMapper> protected virtual string GetKeyColumnName(PropertyPath subject) { Type propertyType = subject.LocalMember.GetPropertyOrFieldType(); Type childType = propertyType.DetermineCollectionElementType(); var entity = subject.GetContainerEntity(DomainInspector); var parentPropertyInChild = childType.GetFirstPropertyOfType(entity); var baseName = parentPropertyInChild == null ? subject.PreviousPath == null ? entity.Name : entity.Name + subject.PreviousPath : parentPropertyInChild.Name; return GetKeyColumnName(baseName); } protected virtual string GetKeyColumnName(string baseName) { return string.Format("{0}Id", baseName); } } Everyone also can download the ConfORM source at google code and see example inside it. Next part I will write about multiple database factory. Hope you enjoy about it. happy coding and see you next part.

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Remove/squash entries in a vertical hash

- by Forkrul Assail

I have a grid that represents an X, Y matrix, stored as a hash here. Some points on the X Y matrix may have values (as type string), and some may not. A typical grid could look like this: {[9, 5]=>"Alaina", [10, 3]=>"Courtney", [11, 1]=>"Gladys", [8, 7]=>"Alford", [14, 11]=>"Lesley", [17, 2]=>"Lawson", [0, 5]=>"Katrine", [2, 1]=>"Tyra", [3, 3]=>"Fredy", [1, 7]=>"Magnus", [6, 9]=>"Nels", [7, 11]=>"Kylie", [11, 0]=>"Kellen", [10, 2]=>"Johan", [14, 10]=>"Justice", [0, 4]=>"Barton", [2, 0]=>"Charley", [3, 2]=>"Magnolia", [1, 6]=>"Maximo", [7, 10]=>"Olga", [19, 5]=>"Isadore", [16, 3]=>"Delfina", [17, 1]=>"Noe", [20, 11]=>"Francis", [10, 5]=>"Creola", [9, 3]=>"Bulah", [8, 1]=>"Lempi", [11, 7]=>"Raquel", [13, 11]=>"Jace", [1, 5]=>"Garth", [3, 1]=>"Ernest", [2, 3]=>"Malcolm", [0, 7]=>"Alejandrin", [7, 9]=>"Marina", [6, 11]=>"Otilia", [16, 2]=>"Hailey", [20, 10]=>"Brandt", [8, 0]=>"Madeline", [9, 2]=>"Leanne", [13, 10]=>"Jenifer", [1, 4]=>"Humberto", [3, 0]=>"Nicholaus", [2, 2]=>"Nadia", [0, 6]=>"Abigail", [6, 10]=>"Zola", [20, 5]=>"Clementina", [23, 3]=>"Alvah", [19, 11]=>"Wallace", [11, 5]=>"Tracey", [8, 3]=>"Hulda", [9, 1]=>"Jedidiah", [10, 7]=>"Annetta", [12, 11]=>"Nicole", [2, 5]=>"Alison", [0, 1]=>"Wilma", [1, 3]=>"Shana", [3, 7]=>"Judd", [4, 9]=>"Lucio", [5, 11]=>"Hardy", [19, 10]=>"Immanuel", [9, 0]=>"Uriel", [8, 2]=>"Milton", [12, 10]=>"Elody", [5, 10]=>"Alexanne", [1, 2]=>"Lauretta", [0, 0]=>"Louvenia", [2, 4]=>"Adelia", [21, 5]=>"Erling", [18, 11]=>"Corene", [22, 3]=>"Haskell", [11, 11]=>"Leta", [10, 9]=>"Terrence", [14, 1]=>"Giuseppe", [15, 3]=>"Silas", [12, 5]=>"Johnnie", [4, 11]=>"Aurelie", [5, 9]=>"Meggie", [2, 7]=>"Phoebe", [0, 3]=>"Sister", [1, 1]=>"Violet", [3, 5]=>"Lilian", [18, 10]=>"Eusebio", [11, 10]=>"Emma", [15, 2]=>"Theodore", [14, 0]=>"Cassidy", [4, 10]=>"Edmund", [2, 6]=>"Claire", [0, 2]=>"Madisen", [1, 0]=>"Kasey", [3, 4]=>"Elijah", [17, 11]=>"Susana", [20, 1]=>"Nicklaus", [21, 3]=>"Kelsie", [10, 11]=>"Garnett", [11, 9]=>"Emanuel", [15, 1]=>"Louvenia", [14, 3]=>"Otho", [13, 5]=>"Vincenza", [3, 11]=>"Tate", [2, 9]=>"Beau", [5, 7]=>"Jason", [6, 1]=>"Jayde", [7, 3]=>"Lamont", [4, 5]=>"Curt", [17, 10]=>"Mack", [21, 2]=>"Lilyan", [10, 10]=>"Ruthe", [14, 2]=>"Georgianna", [4, 4]=>"Nyasia", [6, 0]=>"Sadie", [16, 11]=>"Emil", [21, 1]=>"Melba", [20, 3]=>"Delia", [3, 10]=>"Rosalee", [2, 8]=>"Myrtle", [7, 2]=>"Rigoberto", [14, 5]=>"Jedidiah", [13, 3]=>"Flavie", [12, 1]=>"Evie", [8, 9]=>"Olaf", [9, 11]=>"Stan", [20, 2]=>"Judge", [5, 5]=>"Cassie", [7, 1]=>"Gracie", [6, 3]=>"Armando", [4, 7]=>"Delia", [3, 9]=>"Marley", [16, 10]=>"Robyn", [2, 11]=>"Richie", [12, 0]=>"Gilberto", [13, 2]=>"Dedrick", [9, 10]=>"Liam", [5, 4]=>"Jabari", [7, 0]=>"Enola", [6, 2]=>"Lela", [3, 8]=>"Jade", [2, 10]=>"Johnson", [15, 5]=>"Willow", [12, 3]=>"Fredrick", [13, 1]=>"Beau", [9, 9]=>"Carlie", [8, 11]=>"Daisha", [6, 5]=>"Declan", [4, 1]=>"Carolina", [5, 3]=>"Cruz", [7, 7]=>"Jaime", [0, 9]=>"Anthony", [1, 11]=>"Esta", [13, 0]=>"Shaina", [12, 2]=>"Alec", [8, 10]=>"Lora", [6, 4]=>"Emely", [4, 0]=>"Rodger", [5, 2]=>"Cedrick", [0, 8]=>"Collin", [1, 10]=>"Armani", [16, 5]=>"Brooks", [19, 3]=>"Eleanora", [18, 1]=>"Alva", [7, 5]=>"Melissa", [5, 1]=>"Tabitha", [4, 3]=>"Aniya", [6, 7]=>"Marc", [1, 9]=>"Marjorie", [0, 11]=>"Arvilla", [19, 2]=>"Adela", [7, 4]=>"Zakary", [5, 0]=>"Emely", [4, 2]=>"Alison", [1, 8]=>"Lorenz", [0, 10]=>"Lisandro", [17, 5]=>"Aylin", [18, 3]=>"Giles", [19, 1]=>"Kyleigh", [8, 5]=>"Mary", [11, 3]=>"Claire", [10, 1]=>"Avis", [9, 7]=>"Manuela", [15, 11]=>"Chesley", [18, 2]=>"Kristopher", [24, 3]=>"Zola", [8, 4]=>"Pietro", [10, 0]=>"Delores", [11, 2]=>"Timmy", [15, 10]=>"Khalil", [18, 5]=>"Trudie", [17, 3]=>"Rafael", [16, 1]=>"Anthony"} What I need to do though, is basically remove all the empty entries. Let's say [17,3] = Raphael does not have an element in front of if (let's say - no [16,3] exists) then [17,3] should become [16,3] etc. So basically all empty items will be popped off the vertical (row) structure of the hash. Are there functions I should have a look at or is there an easy squash-like method that would just remove blanks and adjust and move other items? Thanks in advance for your help.

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