Step1: Environment Setup

Requires:
- JDK 6
- maven 2.0.5 (default is 2.0.5 but can configure to use 2.0.7)
- JBoss 4.0.4.GA
- AndroMDA plugin
- UML tool
- ArgoUML (UML1.4/XMI 1.2)
- MagicDraw 9.5 (UML1.4/XMI 1.2)
- MagicDraw 11.5 (UML 2/EMF)
- RSM 6 (Rational Software Modeler/Architect)(UML 2/EMF)
- database server which supports Hibernate
- MySQL
- MySQL database server
- MySQL GUI Tools Bundle
- MySQL Connector/J version 5.0.4 (can confgirue to use other version, but default is 5.0.4)
- Eclipse (optional)

Step2: Create the Starter Application

1) At cmd, type:

mvn.org.andromda.maven.plugins:andromdapp-maven-plugin:3.2:generate

    0Please choose the type of application to generate [richclient, j2ee]
    j2ee

    Please enter the location in which your new application will be created
    (i.e. f:/java/development):
    C:/

    Please enter your first and last name (i.e. Chad Brandon):
    Jessica Chiang

    Which kind of modeling tool will you use? [uml1.4, uml2, emf-uml2]:
    Use the list below to enter the correct choice:
    ArgoUML:        uml1.4
    MagicDraw 9.x:  uml1.4
    MagicDraw 11.5: uml2
    RSM 6:          emf-uml2
    uml1.4

    Please enter the name of your J2EE project (i.e. Animal Quiz):
    GMT Repo 

    Please enter an id for your J2EE project (i.e. animalquiz):
    gmtrepo

    Please enter a version for your project (i.e. 1.0-SNAPSHOT):
    1.0-SNAPSHOT

    Please enter the root package name for your J2EE project
    (i.e. org.andromda.samples.animalquiz):
    com.dsc.gmtrepo

    Would you like an EAR or standalone WAR? [ear, war]:
    ear

    Please enter the type of transactional/persistence cartridge to use
    [hibernate, ejb, ejb3, spring, none]:
    spring

    Please enter the database backend for the persistence layer
    [hypersonic, mysql, oracle, db2, informix, mssql, pointbase,
     postgres, sybase, sabdb, progress, derby]:
    mysql

    Will your project need workflow engine capabilities?
    (it uses jBPM and Hibernate3)? [yes, no]:
    no

    Please enter the hibernate version number
    (enter ‘2′ for 2.1.x or ‘3′ for 3.0.x) [2, 3]:
    3

    Will your project have a web user interface? [yes, no]:
    yes

    Would you like your web user interface to use JSF or Struts? [jsf, struts]:
    struts

    Would you like to be able to expose your services as web services? [yes, no]:
    no

    2)After the starter application has been created, there are several configuration changes to be made by hand:
        - Spring: 
            - turn Spring transaction handling off to use EJB
            -     Open C:gmtrepomdssrcmainconfigandromda.xml, and change “enableSrpingTransactionsWhenEjbsEnabled” 
                  property from true to false
        - bpm4struts
            - change default date format to MM/dd/yyyy to match the prototype
            - Open C:gmtrepomdssrcmainconfigandromda.xml, and add a property at the bpm4struts namespace

                <property name=”defaultDateFormat”>MM/dd/yyyy</property>

            - change to generate smaller resource bundles with duplicate elements names specified in a message
            - Open C:gmtrepomdssrcmainconfigandromda.xml, adn add a property at the bpm4struts namespace

                <property name="normalizeMessages">true</property>
 

        - MySQL
            - Change project configuration so MySQL connector jar is used instead of hsql jar
            - Open C:gmtdatapom.xml, and replace

                <jdbc.driver.jar>${jboss.home}/server/default/lib/hsqldb.jar</jdbc.driver.jar>
               
               with

                 <jdbc.driver.jar>${jboss.home}/server/default/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.4.jar</jdbc.driver.jar>

            - Set database user name and password

                <jdbc.username>myuser</jdbc.username>
                <jdbc.password>mypwd</jdbc.password>

        - maven repository

            - Add a declaration for Java.net repository
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>andromda</id>
                    <name>AndroMDA Repository</name>
                    <url>http://team.andromda.org/maven2</url>
                    </repository>
                <repository>
                    <id>maven-repository.dev.java.net</id>  
                    <name>Java.net Repository for Maven 2</name>
                    <url>https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/nonav/repository</url>
                    <layout>default</layout>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
    
            NOTE: the AndroMDA tutorial calls for https://maven2-repository.dev.java.net/nonav/repository 
            but https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/nonav/repository should be used instead.

        - Hibernate 
            - Turn verbose logging off
            - Open C:gmtrepomdapom.xml and change hibernate.db.showSql to false

        - Comment out andromda-script-wrappers artifact dependency
            - Open C:gmtrepopom.xml and C:gmtdatacorepom.xml , C:gmtdatawebpom.xml, and comment out
                <!–
                 <dependency>
                <groupId>org.andromda</groupId>
                <artifactId>andromda-script-wrappers</artifactId>
                </dependency>
                –>

Step3: Change model

    3.1 Use UML tool to add a DAQConfig class and a DAQData class; both are of Value Object AndroMDA stereotypes

    3.2 Use UML tool to add a DAQService to get all DAQConfig and all DAQData
    
    3.2 Configure the project to use TestNG for testing, instead of JUnit

        3.2.1 Open C:gmtrepopom.xml, change to use TestNG as followed:
        

            <!–
            <dependency>
                <groupId>junit</groupId>
                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                <version>3.8.1</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
            –>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
                <version>4.7</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
                <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                <version>1.2.12</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
                <version>5.0.4</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
    
        3.2.2 Also in C:gmtrepopom.xml, add maven compiler and surefire plugin
        
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                ….
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.2</version>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <configuration>
                        <source>1.5</source>
                        <target>1.5</target>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                   <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                   <version>2.2</version>
                   <configuration>
                     <suiteXmlFiles>
                       <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                     </suiteXmlFiles>
                   </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>   
        </pluginManagement> 
    
    3.3 Add TestNG test code to test the DAQService 
        In C:gmtrepocoresrc, add a folder named “test”,

+test
+java
+com
+dsc
+repogmt
+service
-TubeCfgServiceTest.java
+resources
-log4j.xml
-testRefFactory.xml
-testing.xml

 Last stop: Search Criteria Panel 

Problem:

prob1: groovy

prob2: jta.jar

prob3: add TestNG capability (need to add a source package at the project root then add a package at that new source package, then import the

test file to that new package ) (add more documentation here)

prob4: errors importing the project to eclipse

    - need to add M2_REPO environment

    - sometimes need to add the org.testing jar

    - need to create source package and package to put the service test classes

prob5: errors at the "UserService Definition" because the tedious configuration process

prob6: "Access denied while attempting to create the schema"

Did you create an user and a schema? Then assign all priviledges of that schema to the new user?

prob7: Could not get testNG to work
1) tried sync my m2repo with the successful project
2) tried change jdbc connector from 5.0.7 to 5.0.4
3) tried change maven surefire version 
4) tried commented out body of the test function

prob8: Need to manually add a comparator for each VO
From eclipse, right click your project root and add a Source Folder, name it comon/src/main/java.
Right click on this new source folder, and create comparator for each value object type. Say there is
a TubeCfgVO, then you would create TubeCfgVOComparator class. 

Notes on Setting up AndroMDA build environment on Windows

This tutorial show you how to set up AndroMDA build environment on Windows

Set up JDK and JAVA_HOME

Windows 2000/XP

1. Unzip the distribution archive, i.e. apache-maven-2.0.9-bin.zip to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.0.9. These instructions assume you chose “C:Program FilesApache Software Foundation” . The subdirectory apache-maven-2.0.9 will be created from the archive.
2. Add the M2_HOME environment variable by opening up the system properties (WinKey + Pause), selecting the “Advanced” tab, and the “Environment Variables” button, then adding the M2_HOME variable in the user variables with the value “C:Program FilesApache Software Foundationapache-maven-2.0.9″ . Note : for Maven < 2.0.9, be sure that the M2_HOME doesn’t have a ” as last character.
3. In the same dialog, add the M2 environment variable in the user variables with the value “%M2_HOME%bin” .
4. Optional : in the same dialog, add the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable in the user variables to specify JVM properties, e.g. the value “-Xms256m -Xmx512m” . This environment variable can be used to supply extra options to Maven.
5. In the same dialog, update/create the Path environment variable in the user variables with the value “%M2%;%Path%” to add maven available in the command line.
6. In the same dialog, make sure that JAVA_HOME exists in your user variables or in the system variables and it is set to the location of your JDK, e.g. “C:Program FilesJavajdk1.5.0_02″ and that “%JAVA_HOME%bin” is in your Path environment variable.
7. Open a new command prompt (Winkey + R then type “cmd” ) and run “mvn –version” to verify that it is correctly installed.

Set up Geant4, CLHEP, and ROOT On Ubuntu 8.0.4

0.1) Install Ubuntu 8.0.4

Install Ubuntu 8.0.4 and complete basic setup such as networking.

0.2) Install Necessary Package

Installed the following packages using “apt-get install” command.

1) Set up Root

Obtain the latest Root from http://root.cern.ch. I used Root version 5.18.

Unzip the Root package to the location of choice, say ~/mt-sys. After unzipping, there will be a “root” directory in ~/mt-sys. We will come back in the later step to set up root configuration.

To build Root from source, download the source ball, unzip it, then change to the source directory

Notes on tar options used above

• -z : unzip the file first

• -x : extract the files from the tarball

• -v : “verbose” (i.e tar tells you what files it’s extracting)

• -p : preserves dates, permissions of the original files

• -f : use the file in question (if you don’t specify this, tar just sort of sits around doing nothing)

Add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file

2) Set up CLHEP

To build CLHEP, you need gcc-3.2.3 or higher.

Obtain CLHEP source package from http://proj-clhep.web.cern.ch/proj-clhep/DISTRIBUTION/clhep.html.

I used version 2.0.3.1 (

http://proj-clhep.web.cern.ch/projclhep/DISTRIBUTION/distributions/clhep-2.0.3.1.tgz)

Save the tar ball in a directory of choice, say ~/install. Then unzip and then do configure, make, and make install in the unzipped directory. Note that by default, the CLHEP is installed in /usr/local. I set the installation path to /home/jessica/mt-sys/CLHEP by doing “./configure –-prefix=/home/jessica/mt-sys/CLHEP”.

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Helpful links:
1. mx:Tree AS Doc

2. cflex tree node renderer code

3. Flex Quick Start on Tree Control

4. Using Tree Control from Flex Development Guide

5. XML

I. Self-Assessment

To be a successful entrepreneur, one must have the following traits:

For $1 invested, $.05 return is average, $.10 return is good and $.15 return is exceptional.II. Interesting Business Ideas:

Idea1: Special Occasion Sign Rental

$55 for 3-day and $65 for 5-day rental

Idea2: Used Book Store (ex: www.bookloverscafe.com)

Idea3: E-books (www.7dayebook.com)

Idea4: Tech Training (www.networksinc.co.uk/)

Idea5: Cookbook (www.chitterlings.com/)

III. Networking:

Meet Women Entrepreneurs in Your Neighborhood for Lunch

http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet.html

www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ca/sf/index.html

www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus

www.dot.ca.gov/ha/bep

North San Diego Country Small Business Development Center

www.sandiegosmallbiz.com

IV. Money Matthers

Sorrento Growth Partners LP

Robert Jaffe Manager

4370 La Jolla Village Dr. Suite 1040

San Diego CA 92122

8584523100

cbarberio@sorrentoventures.com

Department of Education SBIR

Small Business Investment Company

1. Hamiton Apex Technology Ventrues

Richard Crosby

12526 High Bluff drive Suite 260

San Diego CA 92130

858 314 2350

rcrosby@hamiltonventures.com

Huntington Capital LP

Morgan Miller and Barny Wilson

11988 El Camino Real Suite 160

San Diego CA 92130

Shepherd Ventures LP

George C. Kennedy

12250 El Camino Real Suite 116

San Diego CA 92130

olga@shepherdventures.com

It took me about quite some effort to get Tackle setup, partly because I am not familiar with SQL Server 2005 Express and IIS. It’s been quite a learning experience to set Tackle up on my XP laptop. I documented the process in this Tackle Installation Guide.

You can also download the pdf version here.

Access to Class Members: (Sun Tutorial), Reflection Java Array (Java2s page), HashMap (Example), enum: (Sun tutorial), Naming convention, Split Text, SNMP4J open source library ( JavaDoc ), Type Conversion CharSequence Class, Regex remove duplicate white space, snmpwalk code using SNMP4j, also found Steven R Brandt’s Regex tutorial .

Characteristics of Scrum

* A product backlog of prioritized work to be done;
* Completion of a fixed set of backlog items in a series of short iterations or sprints;
* A brief daily meeting or scrum, at which progress is explained, upcoming work is described and impediments are raised.
* A brief sprint planning session in which the backlog items for the sprint will be defined.
* A brief sprint retrospective, at which all team members reflect about the past sprint.

Scrum is facilitated by a ScrumMaster, whose primary job is to remove impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal. The ScrumMaster is not the leader of the team (as they are self-organising) but acts as a buffer between the team and any distracting influences.

Tackle is a SCRUM tracking site, based on ASP.NET and SQL Server. I’ve installed SCRUM on my windows XP and created a step-by-step installation guide.

Scrum enables the creation of self-organizing teams by encouraging co-location of all team members, and verbal communication across all team members and disciplines that are involved in the project.

Solo Scrum

Scrum is based on small teams. It enhances communication between team members. Nevertheless, there is a huge amount of software that is being developed by solo programmers. A software system being built by a single programmer can still benefit from some of the Scrum principles such as: a product backlog, a sprint backlog, a sprint and a sprint retrospective. Solo Scrum is an adapted version of Scrum for use by solo programmers.

Scrum terminology

Scrum Master: The person or persons in charge of the tracking and the daily updates for the scrum (Equivalent to a Project Manager) also referred as the Scrum Lord.
Pigs: Those who are committed to the tasks (Developers, B.A.s, DBAs, and testers).
Chickens: Those who are involved but do not have tasks (Project Owners, Scrum Lords, etc…).
Back log: The task to be completed.
Sprint: A 4 to 6 week period in which a set of tasks are committed to and which are finished.
Burn Down: Daily progress for a sprint over the sprint’s length.
Scrum Toon: A cartoon used to explain scrum and its intricacies on teams where scrum is first implemented.

I was trying to get Tackle to work. Looked into SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Management Studio, and Microsoft Visual Web Developer. All of which are now free, amazing. I was having a touch time creating SQL Server user and found this sqlcmd page. The sqlcmd utility is a commandline tool to interact with SQL Server 2005 Express. Played a bit with SQL Server Configuration Manager and Internet Information Service Manager. It’s been a while since I last played with ASP.NET, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the free MVWD IDE. Can’t wait to play some more

It turned out that all my problems with SQL Server connection, after following Tackle installation instruction, stem from not having a mixed authentication mode. The SQL Server 2005 Express on my laptop was installed with default authentication mode: Windows Authentication. To set the SQL Server mode to mixed-mode (Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication), I followed this MSDN page.

While porting QoS perl script to Java, I tried these following Java tips:

Access to Class Members: (Sun Tutorial), Reflection Java Array (Java2s page), HashMap (Example), enum: (Sun tutorial), Naming convention, Split Text, SNMP4J open source library ( JavaDoc ), Type Conversion CharSequence Class, Regex remove duplicate white space, snmpwalk code using SNMP4j, also found Steven R Brandt’s Regex tutorial .

Steps to Port Perl-based QosExplorer to Java

1.Create a Enum type to represent Cisco mapping from an integer to a object type

my %hash_QosType = (
'1' => "policymap",
'2' => "classmap",
'3' => "matchStatement",
'4' => "queueing",
'5' => "randomDetect",
'6' => "trafficShaping",
'7' => "police",
'8' => "set"
);

Helpful links: Eclipse Enum Wizard, Sun’s Enums page, and final keyword,

2. Create an empty project using Eclipse.

3. Create a ssc.snmp.qos.Node class
4. Create a ssc.snmp.qos.Interface class

5. Create a ssc.snmp.qos.policyMap class

6. Create a ssc.snmp.qos.ClassMap class

7. Create a ssc.snmp.qos.MIBParser class (main class to parse CiscoClassBasedQoSMIB.

Need to create Java equivalent for the following previously global variables:

my %hash_ifDescr;
my %hash_obPolicyMap;
my %hash_obClassMap;
my %hash_obInterface;
my %hash_cbQosPolicyIndex;
my %hash_cbQosPolicyMapName;
my %hash_cbQosCMName;
my %hash_cbQosParentObjectsIndex;
my %hash_cbQosConfigIndex;
my $hash_RED_CM_mapping;
my %hash_CM_PM_mapping;
my %hash_QUE_CM_mapping;


java.util.HashMap(doc, sample) is the choice.

For functions

sub print_hash {}
sub print_hash_interface{}
sub print_ClassMap {}
sub print_PolicyMap {}
sub print_hash_PolicyMap{}


I should be able to just use HashMap::toString function.

I will refer to this Java Almanac page to implement the following functions to obtain a portion of an OID and the value:


sub get_index{}
sub get_val{}


For functions which require SNMP utilities, I have two options: calling an external SNMP agent(Net-SNMP to be exact) or using SNMP4j library.


sub getREDTransmitBytes {}
sub getCurrentQueueDepth {}
sub getREDRandomDropBytes {}
sub parseMIB {}
sub SNMP_get {}
sub SNMP_request {}
sub SNMP_request_arr {}


Since this is a proof-of-concept (and short) task, I would call Net-SNMP utilities as external programs first, then in the future replace with SNMP4J ( official site, official doc, sample1, sameple2, CableModemSNMPAgent.java, CableModemSNMPAgentImpl.java ).

I first tried calling snmpget.exe from Java, but the program hanged at the line calling snmpget.exe just would not return. I decided to give SNMP4J a quick try. I downloaded snmp4j-1.8.2 from snmp4j site and then include snmp4j-1.8.2\snmp4j\dist\lib\SNMP4j.jar to my QoSExplorer project’s library. Quite happily, I created a snippet of code to use SNMP4j and it worked!!


package ssc.snmp.qos;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.snmp4j.*;
import org.snmp4j.event.*;
import org.snmp4j.mp.*;
import org.snmp4j.smi.*;
import org.snmp4j.transport.*;

public class QoSExplorer {

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

TransportMapping transport = new DefaultUdpTransportMapping();
Snmp snmp = new Snmp(transport);

// setting up target
CommunityTarget target = new CommunityTarget();

target.setCommunity(new OctetString(”cndl”));
Address targetAddress = GenericAddress.parse(”udp:192.168.15.1/161″);
target.setAddress(targetAddress);
target.setRetries(2);
target.setTimeout(1500);
target.setVersion(SnmpConstants.version1);
transport.listen();

// creating PDU
PDU pdu = new PDU();
pdu.add(new VariableBinding(new OID(new int[] {1,3,6,1,2,1,1,1})));
pdu.setType(PDU.GETNEXT);
ResponseEvent event = snmp.send(pdu,target, transport); // use synchronous event

System.out.println(”Received response PDU is: “+event.getResponse());

}

}