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Data::Storage - Interface for accessing various Storage implementations |
Data::Storage - Interface for accessing various Storage implementations for Perl in an independent way |
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for Perl in an independent way |
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AIMS |
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- should encapsulate Tangram, DBI, DBD::CSV and LWP:: to access them in an unordinary (more convenient) way ;) |
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- introduce a generic layered structure, refactor *SUBLAYER*-stuff, make (e.g.) this possible: |
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Perl Data::Storage[DBD::CSV] -> Perl LWP:: -> Internet HTTP/FTP/* -> Host Daemon -> csv-file |
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- provide generic synchronization mechanisms across arbitrary/multiple storages based on ident/checksum |
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maybe it's possible to have schema-, structural- and semantical modifications synchronized??? |
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SYNOPSIS |
SYNOPSIS |
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... the basic way: |
BASIC ACCESS |
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ADVANCED ACCESS |
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... via inheritance: |
... via inheritance: |
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$self->{storage}->insert($proxyObj); |
$self->{storage}->insert($proxyObj); |
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SYNCHRONIZATION |
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my $nodemapping = { |
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'LangText' => 'langtexts.csv', |
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'Currency' => 'currencies.csv', |
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'Country' => 'countries.csv', |
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}; |
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my $propmapping = { |
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'LangText' => [ |
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[ 'source:lcountrykey' => 'target:country' ], |
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[ 'source:lkey' => 'target:key' ], |
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[ 'source:lvalue' => 'target:text' ], |
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], |
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'Currency' => [ |
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[ 'source:ckey' => 'target:key' ], |
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[ 'source:cname' => 'target:text' ], |
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], |
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'Country' => [ |
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[ 'source:ckey' => 'target:key' ], |
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[ 'source:cname' => 'target:text' ], |
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], |
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}; |
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sub syncResource { |
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my $self = shift; |
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my $node_source = shift; |
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my $mode = shift; |
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my $opts = shift; |
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$mode ||= ''; |
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$opts->{erase} ||= 0; |
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$logger->info( __PACKAGE__ . "->syncResource( node_source $node_source mode $mode erase $opts->{erase} )"); |
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# resolve metadata for syncing requested resource |
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my $node_target = $nodemapping->{$node_source}; |
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my $mapping = $propmapping->{$node_source}; |
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if (!$node_target || !$mapping) { |
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# loggger.... "no target, sorry!" |
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print "error while resolving resource metadata", "\n"; |
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return; |
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} |
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if ($opts->{erase}) { |
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$self->_erase_all($node_source); |
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} |
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# create new sync object |
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my $sync = Data::Transfer::Sync->new( |
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storages => { |
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L => $self->{bizWorks}->{backend}, |
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R => $self->{bizWorks}->{resources}, |
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}, |
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id_authorities => [qw( L ) ], |
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checksum_authorities => [qw( L ) ], |
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write_protected => [qw( R ) ], |
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verbose => 1, |
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); |
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# sync |
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# todo: filter!? |
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$sync->syncNodes( { |
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direction => $mode, # | +PUSH | +PULL | -FULL | +IMPORT | -EXPORT |
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method => 'checksum', # | -timestamp | -manual |
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source => "L:$node_source", |
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source_ident => 'storage_method:id', |
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source_exclude => [qw( id cs )], |
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target => "R:$node_target", |
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target_ident => 'property:oid', |
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mapping => $mapping, |
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} ); |
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} |
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NOTE |
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This module heavily relies on DBI and Tangram, but adds a lot of |
This module heavily relies on DBI and Tangram, but adds a lot of additional bugs and quirks. |
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additional bugs and quirks. Please look at their documentation and this |
Please look at their documentation and/or this code for additional information. |
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code for additional information. |
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REQUIREMENTS |
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For full functionality: |
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DBI from CPAN |
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DBD::mysql from CPAN |
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Tangram 2.04 from CPAN (hmmm, 2.04 won't do in some cases) |
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Tangram 2.05 from http://... (2.05 seems okay but there are also additional patches from our side) |
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Class::Tangram from CPAN |
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DBD::CSV from CPAN |
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MySQL::Diff from http://adamspiers.org/computing/mysqldiff/ |
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... and all their dependencies |
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DESCRIPTION |
DESCRIPTION |
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Data::Storage is module for a accessing various "data structures" stored |
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inside various "data containers". It sits on top of DBI and/or Tangram. |
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AUTHORS / COPYRIGHT |
Data::Storage is a module for accessing various "data structures / kinds of structured data" stored inside |
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The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Motl. All rights |
various "data containers". |
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reserved. |
We tried to use the AdapterPattern (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AdapterPattern) to implement a wrapper-layer |
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around core CPAN modules (Tangram, DBI). |
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Why? |
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You will get a better code-structure (not bad for later maintenance) in growing Perl code projects, |
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especially when using multiple database connections at the same time. |
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You will be able to switch between different _kinds_ of implementations used for storing data. |
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Your code will use the very same API to access these storage layers. |
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... implementation has to be changed for now |
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Maybe you will be able to switch "on-the-fly" without changing any bits in code in the future.... |
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... but that's not the focus |
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What else? |
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You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public |
Having this, we were able to do implement a generic data synchronization module more easy, |
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License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file. |
please look at Data::Transfer. |
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AUTHORS / COPYRIGHT |
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The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Motl. |
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All rights reserved. |
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You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public |
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License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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Larry Wall and the "perl5-porters" for Perl, Tim Bunce for DBI, |
Larry Wall for Perl, Tim Bunce for DBI, Jean-Louis Leroy for Tangram and Set::Object, |
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Jean-Louis Leroy for Tangram and Set::Object, Sam Vilain for |
Sam Vilain for Class::Tangram, Jochen Wiedmann and Jeff Zucker for DBD::CSV & Co., |
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Class::Tangram. |
Adam Spiers for MySQL::Diff and all contributors. |
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SUPPORT / WARRANTY |
SUPPORT / WARRANTY |
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Data::Storage is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. |
Data::Storage is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. |
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TODO |
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Handle the following errors/cases: |
BUGS |
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"DBI-Error [Tangram]: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 't1.requestdump' in 'field list'" |
"DBI-Error [Tangram]: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column |
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't1.requestdump' in 'field list'" |
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... occours when operating on object-attributes not introduced yet: |
... occours when operating on object-attributes not introduced yet: |
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this should be detected and appended/replaced through: |
this should be detected and appended/replaced through: |
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"Schema-Error detected, maybe (just) an inconsistency. |
"Schema-Error detected, maybe (just) an inconsistency. |
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Please check if your declaration in schema-module "a" matches structure in database "b" or try to run" |
Please check if your declaration in schema-module "a" matches structure in database "b" or try to run" |
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db_setup.pl --dbkey=import --action=deploy |
db_setup.pl --dbkey=import --action=deploy |
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Compare schema (structure diff) with database ... |
Compare schema (structure diff) with database ... |
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... when issuing "db_setup.pl --dbkey=import --action=deploy" |
... when issuing "db_setup.pl --dbkey=import --action=deploy" |
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on a database with an already deployed schema, use an additional "--update" then |
on a database with an already deployed schema, use an additional "--update" then |
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As we can see, creations of Classes and new Class variables is handled |
As we can see, creations of Classes and new Class variables is handled |
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automatically and this is believed to be the most common case under normal circumstances. |
automatically and this is believed to be the most common case under normal circumstances. |
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Introduce some features: |
FEATURES |
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- Get this stuff together with UML (Unified Modeling Language) and/or standards from ODMG. |
- Get this stuff together with UML (Unified Modeling Language) and/or standards from ODMG. |
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- Make it possible to load/save schemas in XMI (XML Metadata Interchange), |
- Make it possible to load/save schemas in XMI (XML Metadata Interchange), |
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Integrate/bundle this with a web-/html-based UML modeling tool or |
Integrate/bundle this with a web-/html-based UML modeling tool or |
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some other interesting stuff like the "Co-operative UML Editor" from Uni Darmstadt. (web-/java-based) |
some other interesting stuff like the "Co-operative UML Editor" from Uni Darmstadt. (web-/java-based) |
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- Enable Round Trip Engineering. Keep code and diagrams in sync. Don't annoy/bother the programmers. |
- Enable Round Trip Engineering. Keep code and diagrams in sync. Don't annoy/bother the programmers. |
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- Add some more handlers: |
- Add support for some more handlers/locators to be able to |
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- look at DBD::CSV, Text::CSV, XML::CSV, XML::Excel |
access the following standards/protocols/interfaces/programs/apis transparently: |
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- Add some more locations/locators: |
+ DBD::CSV (via Data::Storage::Handler::DBI) |
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- PerlDAV: http://www.webdav.org/perldav/ |
(-) Text::CSV, XML::CSV, XML::Excel |
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- Move to t3, use InCASE |
- MAPI |
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- LDAP |
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- DAV (look at PerlDAV: http://www.webdav.org/perldav/) |
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- Mbox (use formail for seperating/splitting entries/nodes) |
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- Cyrus (cyrdeliver - what about cyrretrieve (export)???) |
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- use File::DiffTree, use File::Compare |
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- Hibernate |
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- "Win32::UserAccountDb" |
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- "*nix::UserAccountDb" |
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- .wab - files (Windows Address Book) |
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- .pst - files (Outlook Post Storage?) |
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- XML (e.g. via XML::Simple?) |
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- Move to t3, look at InCASE |
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- some kind of security layer for methods/objects |
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- acls (stored via tangram/ldap?) for functions, methods and objects (entity- & data!?) |
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- where are the hooks needed then? |
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- is Data::Storage & Co. okay, or do we have to touch the innards of DBI and/or Tangram? |
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- an attempt to start could be: |
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- 'sub getACLByObjectId($id, $context)' |
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- 'sub getACLByMethodname($id, $context)' |
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- 'sub getACLByName($id, $context)' |
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( would require a kinda registry to look up these very names pointing to arbitrary locations (code, data, ...) ) |
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Links: |
LINKS / REFERENCES |
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Specs: |
Specs: |
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UML 1.3 Spec: http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ad/99-06-08.pdf |
UML 1.3 Spec: http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ad/99-06-08.pdf |
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(Dia (free): http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/) |
(Dia (free): http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/) |
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UMLet (free, university): http://www.swt.tuwien.ac.at/umlet/index.html |
UMLet (free, university): http://www.swt.tuwien.ac.at/umlet/index.html |
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Voodoo (free): http://voodoo.sourceforge.net/ |
Voodoo (free): http://voodoo.sourceforge.net/ |
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Umbrello UML Modeller: http://uml.sourceforge.net/ |
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UML Tools: |
UML Tools: |
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http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/umltools_byPrice.html |
http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/umltools_byPrice.html |