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1 =pod
2
3
4 =head1 NEWS
5
6
7 =head4 2003-02-09 - backward compatibility with custom application
8
9 - Tangram <-> .csv
10 - Tangram <-> mysql
11 - Tangram <-> perl-code
12
13
14 =head4 2003-01-18 - start integration with Torus
15
16 - MAPI <-> LDAP
17 - please visit http://www.netfrag.org/horde/chora/cvs.php/perl/scripts/outlook2ldap/
18
19
20 =head4 2002-10-10 - initial commit
21
22 - Tangram <-> mysql
23
24
25
26 =head1 DESCRIPTION
27
28 Data::Transfer::Sync is a module providing a generic synchronization process
29 across arbitrary/multiple storages based on a ident/checksum mechanism.
30 It sits on top of Data::Storage.
31
32
33
34 =head1 REQUIREMENTS
35
36 =head3 dependencies
37
38 from CPAN or (for win32) a ppm-repository:
39 App::Config (CPAN only)
40 Tie::IxHash
41 Log::Dispatch
42 Log::Dispatch::Config
43 mixin
44 Hash::Merge
45 Tie::SecureHash
46 Date::Manip
47 Digest::MD5
48 ... and maybe some more.
49
50 from nfo/perl/libs:
51 Data::Compare
52 Data::Storage
53 Data::Transform
54 DesignPattern:: (to be renamed into Class::)
55 ... and all their dependencies. (like Data::UUID & Co.)
56
57
58 =head3 additional modules required for 'outlook2ldap'
59
60 Win32::OLE
61 Net::LDAP
62
63 =head3 additional modules required for 'db2db'
64
65 DBI
66 DBD::mysql
67 DBD::CSV
68 Tangram
69
70
71
72 =head1 AUTHORS / COPYRIGHT / LICENSE
73
74 The Data::Transfer::Sync module is Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Andreas Motl.
75 All Rights Reserved.
76
77 Code contributions, suggestions, support and ideas by
78 Sebastian Utz <su@tunemedia.de> and Jan Hoffmann <janosch@ultrajan.de>.
79
80 You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public
81 License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
82
83
84 =head1 COPYRIGHT NOTE
85
86 * CAESAR - Collaborative And Easy System ARchitecture
87 *
88 * Data Synchronization Module
89 *
90 * Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
91 * documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
92 * notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
93 * software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
94 * thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
95 *
96 * NETFRAG.ORG AND THE AUTHOR ALLOW FREE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE
97 * IN ITS "AS IS" CONDITION. WE DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND
98 * FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
99
100
101
102 =head1 SUPPORT / WARRANTY
103
104 Data::Transfer::Sync is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
105
106 Please feel free to contact me at <andreas.motl@ilo.de>.
107
108 Any improvements and contributions are greatly appreciated.
109
110 We have set up a newsgroup. (currently not much traffic)
111 Be welcome to visit news://news.netfrag.org/nfo.caesar or - if your system
112 lacks a newsreader - try http://news.netfrag.org/nfo.caesar.
113
114
115
116
117 =head1 TODO
118
119 =head4 overall
120
121 o try to get this stuff together with SyncML (http://syncml.org/) somehow ...?
122
123
124 =head4 this code
125
126 o sub _resolveIdentProvider
127 x wrap _doModifySource and _doTransferTarget around a core function which can change virtually any type of node
128 x split this module up into Sync.pm, Sync/Core.pm, Sync/Compare.pm and Sync/Compare/Checksum.pm
129 o introduce _compareNodes as a core method and wrap it around methods in Sync/Compare/Checksum.pm
130 x introduce Sync/Compare/MyComparisonImplementation.pm
131 o some generic deferring method - e.g. "$self->defer(action)" - to be able to accumulate a bunch of actions for later processing
132 - this implies everything done is _really_ split up into generic actions - how else would we defer them???
133 - example uses:
134 - fetch whole checksum list from node
135 - remember source ident retransmits
136 - remember: this is convenient - and maybe / of course faster - but we'll loose "per-node-atomic" operations
137 o feature: mechanism to implicit inject checksum property to nodes (alter table / modify schema)
138 o expand statistics / keep track of:
139 - touched/untouched nodes
140 o full sync
141 - just do a push and a pull for now but use stats for touched nodes in between to speed up things
142 o introduce some new metadata flags for a descent
143 - isNewNodePropagator
144 x isWriteProtected
145
146
147
148 =head1 EXAMPLE OUTPUT CHUNKS
149
150 =head2 Synchronizing orm objects against entries in a .csv file - 17 items modified
151
152 notice: PULL INTO backend NODE * TYPE Country SELECT NODE * TYPE [n/a] FROM base USING MODULE MyApp::ResourceMapping;
153 notice: OEF::Script::AbstractFeeder:
154 - Loading data of type [n/a] and
155 filtered by * from the storage named base
156 to the storage named backend - filtered by *.
157 - Will attempt to convert the data to Country.
158 info: Data::Transfer::Sync::API->syncNodes: source=backend/* [Country] <- target=base/* []
159 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
160 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:ctr:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
161 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:ctr:c:c:ctr:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
162 info: Data::Transfer::Sync::Core->_startsync: statistics: in_sync: 180 / total: 197 / attempt_modify: 17 / ok: 17
163
164 =head2 Synchronizing orm objects against entries in a .csv file - in-sync
165
166 notice: PULL INTO backend NODE * TYPE Country SELECT NODE * TYPE [n/a] FROM base USING MODULE MyApp::ResourceMapping;
167 notice: OEF::Script::AbstractFeeder:
168 - Loading data of type [n/a] and
169 filtered by * from the storage named base
170 to the storage named backend - filtered by *.
171 - Will attempt to convert the data to Country.
172 info: Data::Transfer::Sync::API->syncNodes: source=backend/* [Country] <- target=base/* []
173 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
174 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
175 :c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c:c
176 info: Data::Transfer::Sync::Core->_startsync: statistics: in_sync: 197 / total: 197
177
178
179
180 =head1 BUGS
181
182 When in "import" mode for windows file - DBD::AutoCSV may hang.
183 Hint: Maybe the source node contains an ident-, but no checksum-column?
184
185
186 =head1 USER LEVEL ERRORS
187
188 =head4 Mapping
189
190 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
191 info: MyApp::Process::Setup->syncResource( source_node Currency mode PULL erase 0 import 0 )critical: MyApp::Process::Setup->startSync: Can't access mapping for node "Currency" - please check MyApp::ResourceMapping.
192 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
193 You have to create a sub for each node used in synchronization inside named Perl module. The name of this sub _must_ match
194 the name of the node you want to sync. This sub holds mapping metadata to give the engine hints about how
195 to access the otherwise generic nodes.
196 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
197
198
199 =head4 DBD::AutoCSV's rulebase
200
201 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
202 info: MyApp::Process::Setup->syncResource( source_node Currency mode PULL erase 0 import 0 )
203 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
204
205 Execution ERROR: Error while scanning: Missing first row or scanrule not applied. at C:/home/amo/develop/netfrag.org/nfo/perl/libs/DBD/CSV.p
206 m line 165, <GEN9> line 1.
207 called from C:/home/amo/develop/netfrag.org/nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Handler/DBI.pm at 123.
208
209 DBI-Error: DBD::AutoCSV::st fetchrow_hashref failed: Attempt to fetch row from a Non-SELECT statement
210 notice: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: No nodes to synchronize.
211 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
212 DBD::AutoCSV contains a rulebase which is spooled down while attempting to guess the style of the csv file regarding
213 parameters like newline (eol), column-seperation-character (sep_char), quoting character (quote_char).
214 If this spool runs out of entries and no style could be resolved, DBD::CSV dies causing this "Execution ERROR" which
215 results in a "DBI-Error" afterwards.
216 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
217
218
219 =head4 Check structure of source node
220
221 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
222 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
223 critical: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: Can not synchronize: No ident found in source node, maybe try to "import" this node first.
224 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
225 If lowlevel detection succeeds, but no other required informations are found, this message is issued.
226 "Other informations" might be:
227 - column-header-row completely missing
228 - ident column is empty
229 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
230
231
232 =head4 Modify structure of source node
233
234 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
235 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
236 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_MetaProperties( descent source )
237 warning: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_MetaProperties: node is lacking meta properties - will try to alter...
238 SQL ERROR: Command 'ALTER' not recognized or not supported!
239
240 SQL ERROR: Command 'ALTER' not recognized or not supported!
241 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
242 The Engine found a node which structure does not match the required. It tries to alter this automatically - only when doing "import" -
243 but the DBD driver (in this case DBD::CSV) gets in the way croaking not to be able to do this.
244 This could also appear if your database connection has insufficient rights to modify the database structure.
245 DBD::CSV croaks because it doesn't implement the ALTER command, so please edit your columns manually.
246 Hint: Add columns with the names of your "ident" and "checksum" property specifications.
247 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
248
249
250 =head4 Load source node by ident
251
252 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
253 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_DummyIdent( descent source )
254 pcritical: Data::Transfer::Sync->_modifyNode failed: "source" node is empty.
255 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
256 The source node could not be loaded. Maybe the ident is missing. Please check manually.
257 Hint: Like above, the ident and/or checksum columns may be missing....
258 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
259
260
261
262
263 =cut

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