From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu  Thu Dec 13 01:19:01 2001
From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (Martin Frank)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:19:01 -0800
Subject: [Marbles-isi] new Meta-Ja version checked in - make fresh
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20011212155205.03b441e8@tnt.isi.edu>

I checked in a new Meta-Ja version. Here are the changes:


//1.5 fixes the copy-checked-for-xml-rather-than-copy bug fix

This is the reason for the new version, a real bug that David found - was 
sometimes not generating a copy function when it should have.


//1.5 enumerations - renames create...() to obtain...() for enumerations

Calling it "create" made it look like it would allocate memory every time 
you called it, causing project members to cache it again or not use it at all.


//1.5 enumerations - adds getValuesAsStrings() function for enumerations

On Jinbo's request. Non-disruptive.


//1.5 enumerations - carries underscores through for values

On David's request. Non-disruptive.


//1.5 uses the setReadOnly() flag on the generated files

Keeps you from accidentally editing the generated Java file - possible 
because you can now set file permissions from within Java - you couldn't 
when I first created Meta-Ja...


//1.5 catches subclassing non-abstract objects

Meta-Ja was never intended to support sub-classing non-abstract objects but 
was used that way by people anyway. It will now detect that and print a 
warning and how to address the situation. Here is where this still is in 
SNAP (I changed req, reqrs, reqcd  but then I ran out of steam):
zti
razti
auxiliary/printedschedulegeneration
model/mission
runtime/scheduleannotations
messages/requests
agents/pilots
agents/mission2
agents/mission
gui/missiongui
gui/ztigui
I'd encourage changing that code over when you're working in that directory 
anyway, and not writing any new code that subclasses from Meta-Ja-defined 
concrete classes. Not worth for any one person to change it all over at 
once, would tkae a day or two, andcould also easily introduce bugs.


A definite "make fresh" for every project. I know any Meta-Ja change is 
disruptive, that's why it only happens 3-4 times a year...

Thanks, cheers, yours, Martin

















From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu  Thu Dec 13 17:56:19 2001
From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (David Benjamin)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:56:19 -0800
Subject: [Marbles-isi] Re: new Meta-Ja version checked in - make fresh
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:19:01 PST."
 <5.1.0.14.2.20011212155205.03b441e8@tnt.isi.edu>
Message-ID: <28310.1008266179@ISI.EDU>

I'll take care of these directories soon (because
I am working in them anyway) (any show-stoppers I will
fix this morning):

zti
razti
guiexecution/ztigui

	David


//1.5 catches subclassing non-abstract objects

Meta-Ja was never intended to support sub-classing non-abstract objects but 
was used that way by people anyway. It will now detect that and print a 
warning and how to address the situation. Here is where this still is in 
SNAP (I changed req, reqrs, reqcd  but then I ran out of steam):
zti
razti
auxiliary/printedschedulegeneration
model/mission
runtime/scheduleannotations
messages/requests
agents/pilots
agents/mission2
agents/mission
gui/missiongui
gui/ztigui


From marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu  Tue Dec 18 23:46:19 2001
From: marbles-isi@mailman.isi.edu (Martin Frank)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:46:19 -0800
Subject: [Marbles-isi] mj1.5b - please say "make fresh" now
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20011218153503.00ac9cb8@tnt.isi.edu>

This Meta-Ja release makes subclassing non-abstract objects an error rather 
than a warning. I went though all of the code by hand to remove the 
existing warnings.

If you say "make fresh" now mj1.5b will prevent you from introducing these 
warning, so please do.

Thanks, yours, Martin