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JmxBuilder is a Groovy-based domain specific language for the Java Management Extension (JMX) API. It uses the builder pattern (FactoryBuilder) to create an internal DSL that facilitates the exposure of POJO's and Groovy beans as management components via the MBean server. JmxBuilder hides the complexity of creating and exporting management beans via the JMX API and provides a set of natural Groovy constructs to interact with the JMX infrastructure.
Instantiating JmxBuilder
To start using JmxBuilder, simply make sure the jar file is on your class path. Then you can do the following in your code
That's it! You are now ready to use the JmxBuilder.
- You can pass in an instance of your own MBeanServer to the builder (JmxBuilder(MBeanServer))
- If no MBeanServer is specified, the builder instance will default to the underlying platform MBeanServer.
Once you have an instance of JmxBuilder, you are now ready to invoke any of its builder nodes.
JMX Connectors
Remote connectivity is a crucial part of the JMX architecture. JmxBuilder facilitates the creation of connector servers and connector clients with nimimal amount of coding.
Connector Server
JmxBuilder.connectoServer() supports the full Connector api syntax and will let you specify properties, override the URL, specify your own host, etc.
Note that the serverConnector node will accept four ServerConnector property aliases (authenticate, passwordFile,accessFile, and sslEnabled). You can use these aliases or provided any of the RMI-supported properties.
Example - Connector Server
The snippet above returns an RMI connector that will start listening on port 9000. By default, the builder will internally generate URL "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:9000/jmxrmi"
Connector Client
JmxBuilder.connectorClient() node lets you create JMX connector client object to connect to a JMX MBean Server.
Example - Client Connector
Creating a connector client can be done just as easily. With one line of code, you can create an instance of a JMX Connector Client as shown below.
You can then access the MBeanServerConnection associated with the connector using:
JmxBuilder MBean Export
You can export a Java object or a Groovy object with minimal coding. JmxBuilder will even find and export dynamic Groovy methods injected at runtime.
Implicit vs Explicit Descriptors
When using the builder, you can let JmxBuilder implicitly generate all of your MBean descriptor info. This is useful when you want to write minimal code to quickly export your beans. You can also explicitly declare all descriptor info for the bean. This gives you total control on how you want to describe every piece of information that you want to export for the underlying bean.
The JmxBuilder.export() Node
The JmxBuilder.export() node provides a container where all management entities to be exported to the MBeanServer are placed. You can place one or more bean() or timer() nodes as children of the export() node. JmxBuilder will automatically batch export the entities described by the nodes to the MBean server for management (see example below).
In the code snippet above, JmxBuilder.export() will export three management beans to the MBean server.
JmxBuilder.export() Syntax
JmxBuilder.export() node supports the registrationPolicy parameter to specify how JmxBuilder will behave to resolve bean name collision during MBean registration:
replace - JmxBuilder.export() will replance any bean already registered with the MBean during export.
ignore - The bean being being exported will be ignored if the same bean is already registered.
error - JmxBuilder.export() throws an error upon bean name collision during registration.
Integration with GroovyMBean Class
When you export an MBean to the MBeanServer, JmxBuilder will return an instance of GroovyMBean representing the management bean that have been exported by the builder. Nodes such as bean() and timer() will return an instances of GroovyMBean when they are invoked. The export() node returns an array of all of GroovyMBean[] representing all managed objects exported to the MBean server.
MBean Registration with JmxBuilder.bean()
This portion of this reference uses class RequestController to illustrate how to use JmxBuilder to export runtime management beans. The class is for illustration purpose and can be a POJO or a Groovy bean.
- RequestController *
Implicit Export
As mentioned earlier, you can use JmxBuilder's flexible syntax to export any POJO/POGO with no descriptor. The builder can automatically describe all aspects of the management beans using implicit defaults. These default values can easily be overridden as we'll see in this in the next section.
The simplest way to export a POJO or POGO is listed below.
What this does:
- First, the JmxBuilder.export() node will export an MBean to the MBeanServer representing the declared POJO instance.
- The builder will generate a default ObjectName for the MBean and all other MBean descriptor information.
- JmxBuilder will automatically export all declared attributes (MBean getter/setters), constructors, and operations on the instance.
- The exported attributes will have read-only visibility.
Remember, JmxBuilder.export() returns an array of GroovyMBean[] objects for all exported instances. So, once you call JmxBuilder.export(), you have immediate access to the underlying MBean proxy (via GroovyMBean).
JConsole view of Exported Bean
JmxBuilder.bean() Syntax
The JmxBuilder.bean() node supports an extensive set of descriptors to describe your bean for management. The JMX MBeanServer uses these descriptors to expose meta data about the bean exposed for management.
Instead of describing the entire node, the following section explore each attribute separately.
Bean() Node - Specifying MBean ObjectName
Using the bean() node descriptors, you can specify your own MBean ObjectName.
The ObjectName can be specified as a String or an instance of the ObjectName.
Bean() Node - Attribute Export
JMX attributes are the setters and getters on the underlying bean. The JmxBuilder.bean() node provides several ways to flexibly describe and export MBean attributes. You can combine them however you want to achieve any level of attribute visibility. Let's take a look.
Export All Attributes with Wildcard `"*"`
The following code snippet will describe and export all attributes on the bean as read-only. JmxBuilder will use default values to describe the attributes that exported for management.
Export Attribute List
JmxBuilder will let you specify a list of attributes to export.
In the snippet above, only the "Resource" and "RequestCount" attributes will be exported. Again, since no descriptors are provided, JmxBuilder will use sensible defaults to describe the exported attributes.
Export Attribute with Explicit Descriptors
One of the strengths of JmxBuilder is its flexibility in describing MBean. With the builder you can describe all aspects of the MBeans attribute that you want to export to the MBeanServer (see syntax above).
In the snippet above, attribute "Resource" is fully-described using all supported descriptors (i.e. desc, readable, writable, defaultValue) for a JMX attribute. However, we use the wildcard to describe attribute RequestCount and it will be exported and described using defaults.
Bean() Node - Constructor Export
JmxBuilder supports the explicit description and export of constructors defined in the underlying bean. There are several options available when exporting constructors. You can combine them however you want to achieve the desired level of manageability.
Export all Constructors with `"*"`
You can use the builder's special `""` notation to *export all constructors declared on the underlying bean. The builder will use default values to describe the MBean constructors.
Export Constructors using Parameter Descriptor
JmxBuilder lets you target specific constructor to export by describing the parameter signature. This is useful when you have several constructors with different parameter signature and you want to export specific constructors.
Here, JmxBuilder will export a constructor that takes one parameter of type "Object". Again, JmxBuilder will use default values to fill in the description of the constructor and the parameters.
== Export Constructor with Explicit Descriptors ==
JmxBuilder allows you to fully-describe the constructor that you want to target for export (see syntax above).
In the code above, JmxBuilder will target a constructor that takes one parameter for export to the MBeanServer. Notice how the constructor can be fully-described using all optional descriptor keys including parameter descriptors.
Bean() Node - Operation Export
Similar to constructors, JmxBuilder supports the description and export of MBean operations using a flexible notation (see above for syntax). You can combine these notations however you want to achieve the level of operation manageability desired.
Export All Operations with `"*"`
You can use the builder's special `""` notation to *export all operations defined on the bean to be exposed for management. The builder will use default descriptor values for the operations being exported.
In this snippet, JmxBuilder will export all bean operations and will use default values to describe them in the MBeanServer.
Export Operation List
JmxBuilder has a shorthand notation that lets you quickly target operations to be exported by providing a list of methods to export.
In the snippet above, the builder will only export methods start() and stop(). All other methods will be ignored. JmxBuilder will use default descriptor values to describe the operations being exported.
Export Operations by Signature
Using JmxBuilder, you can target methods to export for management using the methods's parameter signature. This is useful when you want to distinguish methods with the same name that you want to export (i.e. stop() instead of stop(boolean)).
In the snipet above, JmxBuilder would select method makeRequest(String) to be exported instead of the other version makeRequest() which takes no parameter. In this shorthand context, the signature is specified as a list of type (i.e. "String").
Export Operations with Explicit Descriptors
JmxBuilder supports detailed descriptors for bean operations. You can supply deep descriptor info about any operation on your bean including a name, description, method parameters, parameter type, and parameter description.
The snippet above shows all of the ways JmxBuilder allows you to describe an operation targeted for management:
- Operations start() and stop() are described by the "desc" key (this is enough since there are no params).
- In operation setResource() uses of a shorthand version of params: to describe the parameters for the method.
- makeRequest() uses the the extended descriptor syntax to describe all aspects of the operation.
Embedding Descriptor
JmxBuilder supports the ability to embed descriptors directly in your Groovy class. So, instead of wrapping your description around the declared object (as we've seen here), you can ebmed your JMX descriptors directly in your class.
- RequestControllerGroovy *
There are two things going on in the code above:
- Groovy class RequestControllerGroovy is defined and includes a static descriptor member. That member is used to declare a JmxBuilder descriptor to describe member of the class targeted for JMX export.
- The second part of the code shows how to use JmxBuilder to export that class for management.
Timer Export
JMX standards mandate that the implementation of the API makes available a timer service. Since JMX is a component-based architecture, timers provide an excellent signaling mechanism to communicate to registered listener components in the MBeanServer. JmxBuilder supports the creation and export of timers using the same easy syntax we've seen so far.
Timer Node Syntax
The timer() node supports several attributes:
- name: - [Required] The qualified JMX ObjectName instance (or String) for the timer.
- event: - The JMX event type string that will be broadcast with every timing signal (default "jmx.builder.event").
- message: - An optional string value that can be sent to listneners.
- data: - An optional object that can be sent to listeners of timing signal.
- startDate: - When to start timer. Set of valid values ["now", date object]. Default is "now"
- period: - A timer's period expressed as either a number of millisecond or time unit (day, hour, minute, second). See description below.
- occurences: - A number indicating the number of time to repeat timer. Default is forever.
Exporting a Timer
This snippet above describes, creates, and exports a standard JMX Timer component. Here, the timer() node returns a GroovyMBean that represents the registered timer MBean in the MBeanServer.
An alternative way of exporting timers is within the JmxBuilder.export() node.
Timer Period
The timer() node supports a flexible notation for specifying the timer period values. You can specify the time in second, minutes, hour, and day. The default is millisecond.
- timer(period: 100) = 100 millisecond
- timer(period: "1s") = 1 second
- timer(period: "1m") = 1 minute
- timer(period: "1h") = 1 hour
- timer(period: "1d") = 1 day
The node will automatically translate.
JmxBuilder and Events
An integral part of JMX is its event model. Registered management beans can communicate with each other by broadcasting events on the MBeanServer's event bus. JmxBuilder provides several ways to easily listen and react to events broadcasted on the MBeanServer's event bus. Developers can capture any event on the bus or throw their own to be consumed by other components registered on the MBeanServer.
Event Handling Closures
JmxBuilder leverages Groovy's use of closures to provide simple, yet elegant, mean of reacting to JMX events. JmxBuilder supports two closure signatures:
JmxBuilder executes the closure and passes no information about the event that was captured on the bus.
With Event Parameter
JmxBuilder will pass an "event" object to the closure using this format. The event object contains information about the event was intercepted so that it can be handled by the handler. The parameter will contain different set of info depending on the event that was captured.
Handling Attribute onChange Event
When describing attributes (see bean() node section above), you can provide a closure (or method pointer) for callback to be executed when the value of the attribute is updated on the exported MBean. This gives developers an opportunity to listen to and react to state changes on the MBean.
The sample snippet above shows how to specify an "onChange" callback closure when describing MBean attributes. In this sample code, whenever attribute "Resource" is updated via the exported MBean, the onChange event will be executed.
Attribute onChange Event Object
When handling the attribute onChange event, the handler closure will receive an event object with the following info:
- event.oldValue - the previous attribute value before the change event.
- event.newValue - the new value of the attribute after the change.
- event.attribute - the name of the attribute on which the event occured.
- event.attributeType - the data type of the attribute that causes the event.
- event.sequenceNumber - a numeric value representing the sequence number of event.
- event.timeStamp - a time stamp for the event occurence.
Handling Operation onCall Event
Similar to mbean attributes, JmxBuilder affords developers the ability to listen for operation invokation on an MBean registered in the MBeaServer. JmxBuilder accepts a callback closure that will be executed after the MBean method has invoked.
The snippet above shows how to declare an "onCall" closure to be used as listener when operation "start()" is invoked on the MBean. This sample uses the method pointer syntax to illustrate the versatility of JmxBuilder.
Operation onCall Event Object
When handling the operation onCall event, the callback closure will receive an event object with the following info:
- event.event - the event type string that was broadcasted.
- event.source - The object on which the method was invoked.
- event.data - the data type of the attribute that causes the event.
- event.sequenceNumber - a numeric value representing the sequence number of event.
- event.timeStamp - a time stamp for the event occurence.
Listener MBean
When you export an MBean with the bean() node, you can define events the MBean can listen and react to. The bean() node provides a "listeners:" attribute that lets you define event listeners that your bean can react to.
In the sample above, we see the syntax for adding listeners to an exported MBean.
- Fist, a timer is exported and started.
- Then an MBean is declared that will listen to the timer event and do something meaningful.
- The "heartbeat:" name is arbitrary and has no correlation to the timer declared above.
- The source of the event is specified using the "from:" attribute.
You can also specify an event type you are interested in receiving from a broadcaster (since a broadcaster can be emitting multiple events).
Listening to JMX Events
In some cases, you will want to create stand-alone event listensers (not attached to exported MBeans). JmxBuilder provides the Listener() node to let you create JMX listeners that can listen to MBeanServer events. This is useful when creating JMX client applications to monitor/manage JMX agents on remote JMX MBeanServers.
Listener Node Syntax
Here is the description of the lisetener() node attributes:
- event: An optional string that identifies the JMX event type to listen for.
- from: [Required] The JMX ObjectName of the component to listen to. This can be specified as a string or an instance of ObjectName
- call: The closure to execute when the event is captured. This can also be specified as a Groovy method pointer.
Here is an example of JmxBuilder's listener node:
This example shows how you can use a stand alone listener (outside of an MBean export). Here, we export a timer with a 1 second resolution. Then, we specify a listener to that timer that will print "beep" every second.
Emitting JMX Events
JmxBuilder provides the tools needed to broadcast your own events on the MBeanServer's event bus. There are no restrictions on the event type you can broadcast. You simply declare your emitter and the event type that you want to send, then broadcast your event at any time. Any registered component in the MBeanServer can register themselves to listen to your events.
Emitter Syntax
The attributes for the node Emitter() can be summarized as follows:
- name: an optional JMX ObjectName used to register your emitter in the MBeanServer. Default is jmx.builder:type=Emitter,name=Emitter@
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- event: an option string value that describes the JMX event type. Default is "jmx.builder.event.emitter".
Declare the Emitter
The snippet declares the emitter using implicit descriptor syntax. JmxBuilder will do the followings:
- Create and register an emitter MBean with a default ObjectName.
- Setup a default event type with value "jmx.builder.event.emitter".
- Return a GroovyMBean representing the emitter.
As with other nodes in the builder, you can override all keys in the emitter() node. You can specify the ObjectName and the event type.
Broadcast Event
Once you have declared your emitter, you can broadcast your event.
The sample above shows the emitter sending an event, once it has been declared. Any JMX component registered in the MBeanServer can register to receive message from this emitter.
Sending Event Objects
You can optionally pass data to the receiver when you send the message.
If you use an event listener closure (see above) that accpets a parameter, you can access that value.


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The bill to consolidate the West Point and Clay County school districts has not yet passed the Senate, but if it is signed into law the consolidation would take effect July 1, 2015. If passed, the merger would come following a November 2014 special election in which a totally new school board of trustees will be elected – not appointed. The new school district superintendent of the consolidated school district would be appointed by the new school board of trustees.
"I just feel like this was handled so badly," Brewer said Wednesday. "Angela (Turner-Lairy) is new to the Senate. We have no experienced representation in Jackson, and that's one reason (Tollison) is trying to do this. If he wanted to start somewhere why didn't he start in his own county? For me, as the leader of the school district, to hear it on TV when everybody else did was unfair. I think someone from the state department should have given me a heads up. My telephone started ringing and ringing, and it was like I had hid something from my people and I didn't."
She said it was not only unfair to her but to Burnell McDonald, Superintendent of the West Point School District.
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If the two school districts are consolidated and the new school board decides to close the West Clay Elementary facility then some children living in the western part of Clay County will have to travel nearly 20 miles to go to school in the city limits. But Tollison's bill, Senate Bill 2637, states that the county school does not have to close unless it is unneeded, so students living out west may still have the option of going to school at the same West Clay Elementary building – it would just be under the leadership of the West Point Consolidated School District.
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Perry, Joshua E. (2015), "The People's NIH? Ethical and Legal Concerns in Crowdfunded Biomedical Research," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, (forthcoming 2015) (invited contribution to Symposium issue)
Perry, Joshua E., Dena Cox, & Anthony D. Cox (2014), "Trust and Transparency: Patient Perceptions of Physicians' Financial Relationships with Pharmaceutical Companies," 42 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 475-491
Bishop, Jeffrey, Joshua E. Perry, and Amanda Hine (2014), "Efficient, Compassionate, and Fractured: Contemporary Care in the ICU," 44 The Hastings Center Report, 35-43.
Perry, Joshua E., (2013), "Before the Mandate: Cultivating an Organizational Culture of Trust and Integrity," American Journal of Bioethics, September, 42-44.
Perry, Joshua E., Anthony D. Cox, and Dena Cox (2013), "Direct-to Consumer Drug Advertisements and the Informed Patient: A Legal, Ethical, and Content Analysis, American Business Law Journal, 50(4): 729-778.
Perry, Joshua E. (2012), "Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Health Care Reform at the Intersection of Law and Ethics," American Business Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, June, pp. 369-417.
Perry, Joshua E. and Jamie D. Prenkert (2012), "Charting a Course to Effective Business Education: Lessons from Academically Adrift and Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education," Journal of Legal Studies Education, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter/Spring, pp. 127–143.
Perry, Joshua E. (2011), "Managing Moral Distress: A Strategy for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas," Business Horizons, Vol. 54, pp. 393-397.
Perry, Joshua E. and Robert Stone (2011), "In the Business of Dying: Questioning the Commercialization of Hospice," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 39, pp. 224-234.
Perry, Joshua E., Jeffrey Bishop, Kyle Brothers, and Ayesha Ahmad (2010), "Revisiting CPR/DNR: Have the Policies Outlived Their Utility?," 10 American Journal of Bioethics 61-67.
- Perry, Joshua E., and Jeffrey Bishop (2010), "Life, Death (Panels), and the Body Politic, 61 Syracuse Law Review 25-48.
Perry, Joshua E. (2010), "The Ethical Costs of Commercializing the Professions: First-Person Narratives From the Legal and Medical Trenches," University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change, Vol. 13, pp. 169-201.
Perry, Joshua E. (2010), "A Missed Opportunity: Health Care Reform, Rhetoric, Ethics, and Economics at the End of Life," Mississippi College Law Review, Vol. 29, pp. 409-426.
Perry, Joshua E. (2010), "An Obituary for Physician-Owned, Specialty Hospitals," The Health Lawyer, Vol. 23, pp. 24-34.
- Perry, Joshua E., Ilene Moore, Bruce Barry, Ellen Wright Clayton, and Amanda Carrico (2009), "The Ethical Health Lawyer: An Empirical Assessment of Moral Decision Making," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 37, pp. 461-475.
- Perry, Joshua E. and Kyle L. Galbraith (2009), "Saturday Morning in the Clinic," The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 39, September-October, pp. 24-26.
Perry, Joshua E. (2008), "Thinking Like a Professional," Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 58, pp. 159-165.
Perry, Joshua E. (2007), "Biopolitics at the Bedside: Proxy Wars and Feeding Tubes," Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 28, June, pp. 171-192.
Perry, Joshua E. (2006), "Biblical BioPolitics: Judicial Process, Religious Rhetoric, Terri Schiavo and Beyond," Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 553-630.
Perry, Joshua E., Larry Churchill, and Howard Kirshner (2005), "The Terri Schiavo Case: Legal, Ethical and Medical Perspectives," Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 143, pp. 744-748. Reprinted in Nancy S. Jecker, Albert R. Jonsen, and Robert A. Pearlman (eds.) (2007), Bioethics: Introduction to History, Methods, and Practice (2nd Edition).


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Posted in reply to Reiner Pope
Reiner Pope wrote:
> As far as I can see, this re-enables the benefits of transitive const
> for functional and multi-threaded programming, as the compiler is free
> to ignore any changes to the variable, just as it is for transitive const.
It doesn't re-enable any benefits, as all the usual synchronization,
race conditions, etc., are there in full force. You're back to relying
on programmer discipline to make it work right, and experience shows
that that doesn't work for multithreading.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Janice Caron wrote:
> It's a solution which doesn't scale.
> And there goes encapsulation...
At least for this example, the same issue exists when attempting to do
"const-correctness" in C++. You cannot paste const on at the top level,
it has to be put in at every level underneath it.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Janice Caron wrote:
> Even something as simple as this needs logical const
> class MyMathClass
> {
> invariant int multiply(int x, int y) /* logically const */
> {
> debug logfile.writeLine("multiply.called");
> return x * y;
> }
> debug private Stream logfile;
> }
> You can't tell me that's not a real world need.
You can:
1. make logfile a static member.
2. not use invariant on the multiply. After all, if it isn't actually
invariant, the invariant declaration wouldn't have any more meaning than
the comment you put on it.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks (pure)
Janice Caron Wrote:
> > You obviously missed the discussion of the "pure" keyword, borrowed from Fortran-90 from the conference. This is a clear way of declaring that a function must not have any side-effects.
> Cool!
> But then, I don't understand Walter's objections to "logical constness".
> Seems pretty simple to me. If a function is logically const but not
> truly const, then don't declare it pure.
> Conversely, if it's not declared pure, then it can have logical constness.
> Isn't that problem solved?
Getting constness and purity mixed up is liable to open a whole new can of worms. I humbly suggest you don't go there.
I not sure whetherpure functions can modify class variables. The presentation states that they can't modify anything reachable through their arguments. If we interpret "this" as a argument then pure methods must also be const in the C++ sense.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Posted in reply to Carsten Sørensen
Carsten Sørensen Wrote:
> Alex Burton wrote:
> > While const is being reexamined....
> >
> > I create an interface :
> >
> > interface Server
> > {
> > Data getData() const;
> > };
> Hello, world! I'm fairly new to the world of D, but a minor detail like
> that has never stopped me from butting in so far ;) I'm sorry if any of
> my points have been made before, but I don't really feel like trawling
> through all 50.000 posts (although I have made an effort to dig into the
> more recent ones)
> First of all, I think specifying an interface method to be const is bad
> practice. The interface is assuming things about a possible
> implementation that is really not its business. As you describe, this
> will hinder your implementation.
> I understand you're not able to specify your particular getData()
> implementation as const due to const's transitivity, but as far as I'm
> concerned them's the breaks. I'm a bit of a const purist, sorry.
> What I would like to see regarding const and interfaces, is that the
> _implementation_ should be able to guarantee const-correctness even if
> the interface doesn't, much like covariant return types. The
> implementation should be free to guarantee more than its interface. That
> doesn't help you though...
> Best regards,
> Carsten Sørensen
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought D doesn't / wasn't going to support overloading methods on whether they are const or not. So this part of the discussion is almost moot.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Posted in reply to Bruce Adams
Bruce Adams wrote:
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought D doesn't / wasn't going to support overloading methods on whether they are const or not. So this part of the discussion is almost moot.
Sorry if I wasn't totally clear. I'm not talking about overloading, but
overriding/implementing and introducing const.
Best regards,
Carsten Sørensen
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Janice Caron Wrote:
> > I suspect he meant "copy on write", but forget to tell us. :-)
> Here's an example of copy-on-write:
> MyString s = "cat";
> MyString t = s; /* Only a reference is copied. Now s and t both
> reference the same data */
> writefln(t); /* prints "cat" */
> /*drum roll*/
> t[0] = 'b'; /* Only now is a copy made. Now t is unique, with s=="cat"
> and t="bat" */
> writefln(s); /* prints "cat" */
> writefln(t); /* prints "bat" */
> Of course, to implement this - to actually create a class that did
> this, you'd need MyString to have some internal state (and therefore,
> either non-transitive const, or logical const).
If you are living in the wonderful world of unix. Copy on write automagically happens for you if you change a value, following a process fork, courtesy of the OS. That's not to say it not a useful technique outside of forking unix processes but the point is that it can happen without any kind of const thrown into the mix.
I suspect the restrict keyword interacts with this in interesting ways.
Fortunately I've never had to try it myself.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Posted in reply to Walter Bright
"Walter Bright" wrote > Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > Although const is necessary for f.p., it is not sufficient for f.p., as > your example illustrates. > > The thought is to declare a function as 'pure'. OK, but why not allow BOTH logical const and transitive const? What if const exists as it does, except the mutable keyword overrides it? As long as pure functions can only call other pure functions and use const basic types, then isn't f.p. still possible? You could even use const types that have mutable parts as long as you are only calling pure functions on those types (as those wouldn't be able to access the mutable piece). > > >>> 3) Be able to treat invariant references as value types. This, for >>> example, makes manipulating strings as easy as manipulating ints. >> >> I don't understand this, perhaps someone can explain it further. An >> example of how this helps would be good. > > Strings in, say, Perl or Basic "just work". Just like integers "just work" > in C. Nobody ever gives a thought to them inadvertently changing value. > > But strings in C, everybody worries about them changing value, and such is > a major source of bugs. I understand why it is good to have strings immutable, as I've used Java quite a bit. But how does transitive const guarantee that a string's value won't change? Don't you just need immutable strings? What I was looking for is: example = ??? without transitive const: life sucks in this example because you can't do ... with transitive const: life is better because now I can do ... > >>> 4) Makes COW programming checkable and enforceable. (COW programming is >>> an important part of many styles of programming.) Without transitive >>> const, COW is overly reliant on programmer discipline. >> >> All I can find on the net about COW programming is the COW programming >> language. I'm sure this isn't what you meant :) can you please explain >> this further? > > copy-on-write ok, so you are saying that with transitive const, this is enforceable, by the compiler I'm assuming. Give me an example of how having transitive const makes COW enforceable by the compiler and doesn't rely on the programmer. I understand much better with examples rather than abstract arguments if you notice :) -Steve
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Posted in reply to Walter Bright
I was trying to simplifly. Sigh. The gist of this particular example is that have what /starts off/ as perfectly good, non-member-modifying code, and all is well. But then you later put in some diagnostics to make it write stuff to a file (coz you're debugging) and suddenly it no longer compiles and you have keep taking const out of your code all over the place until it does. What about all those other cases? There's a long list of applications there.
September 12, 2007Re: Transitive const sucks
Posted in reply to Carsten Sørensen
Carsten Sørensen Wrote:
> Bruce Adams wrote:
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought D doesn't / wasn't going to support overloading methods on whether they are const or not. So this part of the discussion is almost moot.
> Sorry if I wasn't totally clear. I'm not talking about overloading, but
> overriding/implementing and introducing const.
> Best regards,
> Carsten Sørensen
You were totally clear but using a C++ concept of const methods which I believe (and may be wrong) has no analogue in D. I believe the intention was to keep it out of the language as it is an ambomination. That said, I'm not clear how you can get the proper semantics for e.g. overloads of [] in D without it.


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Quade Cooper, the outstanding Reds flyhalf, is just one example of how a country with limited rugby union resources had to stick with what they had identified. Cooper played Super Rugby as a 19-year-old and played like a kid just out of school. His game lacked natural authority, there was no maturity and one act of brilliance was counter-balanced with three acts of schoolboy jitters.
The Australians didn't panic because they couldn't afford to. They kept on playing him and three years later he's the sensation of the tournament, and he's only 22 years old.
In the early- to mid-noughties our coaches were inspired by the way Australian Stephen Larkham played flyhalf, so they tried to find South Africa's Stephen Larkham. There were many players of similar skill but lacking in experience. They weren't given the time to develop and because they didn't play like the veteran Stephen Larkham they were dismissed as pretenders. It was wrong and that kind of thinking will always be wrong.
Identification is critical to any strategy and in the next 10 years the greatest opponent South African rugby will face is itself. New Zealand will always be competitive and, in the right cycle, seemingly unbeatable. But the Kiwis have suffered like never before because of the overseas player exodus. It has not necessarily weakened the national team, but it has shredded the fabric of the country's Super Rugby superiority.
It used to be a Super Rugby experience to win in New Zealand. Now with some teams it is considered a failure not to win at least half of their matches there. The quality of players leaving New Zealand is also of finer pedigree than the South African ones who have sought northern hemisphere salaries and the comfort of less intense domestic leagues.
South Africa's game can maintain those seeking a European experience. New Zealand's can't, and that's the biggest advantage South African rugby currently has over New Zealand. The lesser advantage is that our schools rugby structure is the best in the world and the production line of talent is endless.
Having the best recipe still doesn't guarantee the best meal, and that's why the dismantling of coaching and administrative egos has to be as ongoing as transformation. It can't be an event; it has to be part of everyone's contribution to a calmer, better and more honest South African game.
Springbok coach Pieter de Villiers, under pressure from politicians to include more black faces in the national squad, succumbed to the pressure and picked players not good enough to play in the midweek Bok squad last November.
The selections were blatant window-dressing and particularly sad because South African rugby has progressed in substance when it comes to a national game that includes anyone good enough to play it or have the passion to contribute to its health.
The selections and shocking subsequent results indicated that South African rugby lacked depth. The truth is more pleasing because between the Bulls, Stormers and Sharks, South Africa has three of the most powerful provinces in world rugby, and all three teams are well represented by the next generation, who have succeeded at junior level and are excelling in Super Rugby.
Add the handful of genuine national contenders playing in Europe and South Africa should be able to select two national run-on XVs of near equal strength. Previously, only New Zealand could do that and if they continue to exclude their offshore players they will never be in a position to do so again.
South African rugby has been spoilt by the player investment made in 2004 by then Springbok coach Jake White and his selectors. The Bok coach trusted youth and allowed this youth to grow up on the international field and not in domestic rugby. These players went on to win the World Cup and because of their youth many are still around to defend the title. Those new to the environment have walked into a culture of winning and excellence. It's easier to prosper when you live in a house built with cement and not dressed up with colourful wallpaper.
The talent, though, is what makes South Africa the envy of everyone. No other country has as much international depth among wings, scrumhalves, loose forwards, locks and hookers.
Every country, bar Italy and Argentina, suffers for quality tightheads, but while they have these front-row Frankensteins, they have little else to trouble the more established teams.
South Africa's talent has to be celebrated, and where there's a feeling of anxiety, the perceived second-rate talent has to be coached and the decision to invest in a player who's not the complete case study has to be supported with a desire to get the maximum out of his talent.
Bulls and Bok flyhalf Morné Steyn, playing a secondary role to Derick Hougaard at the Bulls, was never considered the all-round international package. He got a chance last year, kicked the most incredible pressure penalty in the series-winning Test against the British & Irish Lions and forced the selectors to play him. In a new environment, with different demands and philosophies he had not been exposed to, his game strengthened and he finished the season as one of the top three international flyhalves and definitely the most consistent wearing a No 10 jersey.
An early call has to be made on who's good enough to play Test rugby, not just with an emphasis in 2011 but also 2015.
It's possible to prepare for both World Cups in the next six months and doing so would also address the issue of player burnout and of getting the right players to be at their peak at the 2011 World Cup.
It won't be a crime to lose a Test in the next six months if the planning is obvious and the identification is as definite. If De Villiers plays what is a team for the future in certain Tests, it has to include the type of players who have forced their way into Super Rugby at a young age or have the skills to replace a Test incumbent who won't be around in England in 2015.
This season allows for selection identification with a difference; two squads for two World Cups and this also gives De Villiers an advantage should he want to continue post 2011. Having worked with the next tier of Test player for two years has to be a magnet to continued employment.
And I don't think De Villiers should be judged simply on winning the World Cup. It's too much of a lottery. His greater judgement should be from the players he picks, the quality of the rugby played, the improvement of the individual and results that bring more champagne than flat beer.
There's enough in the current playing pool to alternate Test sides, but this can only be sold to the rugby public if there's conviction that when Victor Matfield, John Smit and Bryan Habana, for example, don't play, the three who replace them will be there in 2015.
Playing rugby in South Africa and coaching South Africa has never been as exciting. The demands and expectation will never allow for mediocrity and failure at the expense of building, but in this country we don't need to build or transform and expect to fail.
White proved it when he selected nine black players in his match 22 that beat a full-strength Wallabies side 33-20 at Ellis Park in 2005. The Bok line-up, laughed off as a political gesture to former president Nelson Mandela, led 33-8 and with a bit more experience could have put 50 past the Wallabies.
The failure of that victory was how few of those nine black players made it to the World Cup two years later. De Villiers has a test case he can refer to and learn from.
Black players in this country win South Africa more Tests than they have ever lost and when the right young white and black players have been identified, played and trusted, they have not failed.
There's so much to be bullish about this international season, but it's what can be assembled as a national squad for 2015 that is even more powerful than the very good squad De Villiers will take to defend the title in New Zealand in 2011. No other country can say that.
– This article first appeared in the June issue of SA Rugby magazine


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Saru is forming an expert panel to address South African's flagging scrum standards.
The state of the Springbok scrum and the poor performances of South African teams, such as the Sharks and Lions, is a major concern and this has prompted Saru to take action.
Last Thursday, the union organised a meeting with several former players and scrum experts to discuss the formation of a committee to help improve and maintain standards of scrumming from junior level right through to the Springboks.
World Cup-winning prop Balie Swart, who was one of the experts invited to this meeting, is positive this plan will be put into action. Robbie Kempson, Eddie Andrews, Os du Randt, Dougie Heymans were present, as were Saru manager of referees André Watson and official Tappe Henning.
'The idea is for us to come together and help rebuild the South African scrum,' Swart told keo.co.za. We will also advise the Bok selectors on who we think are the best scrummagers in the country. The selectors will still have the final say.
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'Nothing is concrete yet, we are still busy negotiating, but the word is that Saru has never had a more passionate, engaging meeting like the one we just had. There will be a follow-up soon, I predict some time next month, so I am positive things will fall into place.'
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'We used to be a powerful scrumming nation and we want to get back to that level. It's not only one player who is the problem, it's all eight men in the pack who hold the responsibility.
'They are all supposed to be doing the same thing on impact. A lot of people are pointing fingers, but the truth is no individual can be blamed. The scrum techniques of some players are wrong or poor and we need to rectify this.
'The referees are also not to blame, most of the times they get the calls right. The law is set, and the players need to follow these laws. That's why André and Tappe were present, to gain a common understanding between players and refs as well.'
Saru manager of coaching Hilton Adonis has confirmed the meeting was successful from the union's point of view.
'The meeting was basically a blueprint to see what the chances are of former players or scrum experts being interested in joining the committee to review the scrum matters in the country,' Adonis told this site. 'We have identified certain individuals to join the advisory committee or scrum factory and we will meet again soon to take these plans further.'
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Just like it is wishful thinking to think Lillard will get any better than he is now. Maybe he came so NBA ready and is maxed out. So at best he is a really good PG, but not a All-Star or Superstar.
This coming from someone who though Lillard was a HOF type talent pre draft.
Just like it is wishful thinking to think Lillard will get any better than he is now. Maybe he came so NBA ready and is maxed out. So at best he is a really good PG, but not a All-Star or Superstar.
That last sentence, is this a testament to not knowing what you are talking about?
But seriously, I agree. Davis should be the better player. As it is now, Lillard is the better player. I don't think Lillard has hit his roof yet. Seeing as how well he is playing in his rookie year, I can't imagine his progress stopping now. I mean, did Granger, Martin, or West's games plateau after their rookie seasons?
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
Lillard will win rookie of the year, and Davis will be like Dwight, not winning ROY but having a much better career then okafor.
frankly, i am starting to get fed up with the lack of energy that davis is displaying
and before ppl mentiong lillard's lack of defense right now...anthony davis is not playing any defense either...he keeps getting abusing in the paint and keeps leaving his feet on the perimeter
Lillard. is. 22. years. old. His body is much more mature. As a result, he is able to play well in the NBA from day 1. Nobody is saying he isn't a good player. He is, however, an inefficient chucker who plays no defense and isn't a great passer. That isn't to say he won't be a solid player, but he isn't anywhere near what some are making him out to be. That's why we can't compare Lillard and Rivers right now. Rivers has the body of a teenage boy, and that's because he is supposed to be a sophomore in college right now. I don't get what is so hard to understand about that. Rivers was a project when we drafted him. He is going to take time to develop, but the good news is that he is already making major strides - improved his defense, shooting form, and his floater.
Lillard should be measured on production because he is old. Rivers should be measured on growth this season (same as Davis), because they were both freshmen kids when we drafted them. All rookies are not equal, and that is the mistake that so many on this board are making. I've said my peace.
I mean. Getting overpowered by people bigger than him seems to be a confusing prospect. Like no one ever considered that he wouldn't be invincible immediately. And because he's the #1 pick every single play he gets honed in and scrutinized. I'm not above that one, I'll admit. I'm watching no one else on the floor but him most of the possessions unless Austin Rivers has the rock. But watch anyone that intently and you see all kinds of minor flaws and it all gets exemplified and without levity you might even start to think Davis is overhyped.
I really would have loved him with AD on here
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1)If he continues to average 18.8 points, 6.3 assists and 2.3 3s per game, he's going to be the first player to do that as a rookie ever. If you want to get rid of the 3s because they've only been around since Chris Ford knocked down the inaugural long bomb in 1979-80, then there are only three other guys who have ever averaged 18.8 and 6.3 as rookies, and they are Oscar Robertson, Allen Iverson and Damon Stoudemire.
2)The only active point guard to play more than 35 minutes per game with a PER above 17 as a rookie is Paul (Tyreke Evans and Brandon Roy did it, too, but I'm going to go ahead and suggest that they weren't true point guards). Basically, Lillard's success as a rookie guard is in many ways unprecedented
Just to clarify in no way, shape, or form am I saying he should of been taken over Davis, but anyone hating on this guy is insane.
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I don't get why people on here are arguing against Lillard. Most of us would of died happy if he fell to the 10th pick even without his rookie performance. I know that was draft night dream. lol
1) He is scoring 18.8 points per game? Well, his True Shooting% and Effective FG% are both average. Over the last 10 games, he's shooting 37% from the field (horrific). How does he score so many points then? Because he is a CHUCKER. Chuckers inflate their raw stats, and that's why you cling to them.
2) 6.3 assists per game? Firstly, assists are totally overrated, and it's an incomplete stat. Never mind that, though. Lillard's Assist%, the stat that really matters, is God-awful. An Assist% of 35% is considered bad, and Lillard's Assist% is 29%. That is dreadful.
3) PER only measures offensive output, so that is a statistic designed for Lillard, and a PER of 17 is above average, but it's by no means something to boast about.
4) To top it all off, Lillard's defensive rating is 111. That is really bad.
When Chris Paul was a rookie, his PER was 22.1, his Assist% was 9 full points higher than Lillard's, his TO% was lower, his Usage% was lower, his Offensive Rating was higher, his Defensive Rating was lower (that's a good thing), and his Win Shares were way better (Paul had a win share of 0.178 while Lillard has a win share of 0.107).
Again, this isn't and indictment on Lillard. I'm not "hating" on the kid. I'm just providing some prospective.
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It's extremely rare for a rookie to come in the league and shoot efficiently... Especially one that plays on the perimeter. What Lillard has been able to do has been nothing short of remarkable.
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too bad he did so great in pre draft workouts, wouldve definitely been our pick if he was still there over rivers.
wait a minute i know this isnt a debate between Lillard and Rivers. Lillard and its not even close.
I don't know much about Lillard, but I will say this. He's 22. He's already the player he's going to be for the next 10-15 years. All he really has to do is improve his mental capability, because he has his body filled out. I think the Emeka/Dwight comparison is good because I don't see Lillard improving much more. He will probably become slightly more efficient and that's going to add another assist to his total, and maybe an extra point or two to his average. He's going to be a top 10 pg for the next 10 years, but I doubt we ever list him as elite.
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RYAN VREDE, in London, analyses the key match-ups and picks the winner of the Test at Twickenham.
It shouldn't be this way, but I sense the result of this Test will determine, in the minds of most, whether the Springboks' season has been a success or failure. If, based on Heyneke Meyer's standard, the Springboks want to be the best in the world, consistent victories over their benchmark, the All Blacks, represent the standard they must strive towards. And, having lost twice to the world champions this season, the outcome of this match is of relative irrelevance in the broader picture.
What a win will achieve is the stated goal of a tour sweep and indeed a significant step forward for this young and inexperienced team. The injury crisis they are enduring has been played down, but it would be grossly unfair to measure them against a standard they can be expected to achieve with a fully fit squad (as some have done). That said, I believe even the current group are superior to their embattled opponents across most key areas.
The Springboks have shown nothing on this tour to suggest they will replicate the comprehensive win they achieved here under Peter de Villiers a couple of years ago. Their kick-chase method has been lamented but statistics show it to have largely been successful in gaining the territory they seek. The sterility of their attack in the red zone is the real point of concern, with a high error rate further undermining their cause.
Of course the potential exists for something to click and for them to find a level of precision in their attack they've only exhibited at Loftus against Australia. However, the greater likelihood is for the Springboks to accumulate points gradually through the boot of Pat Lambie. For this to happen it is imperative that they are dominant at the gainline, forcing penalties in kickable positions. The responsibility will be on their primary strike runners to sustain their efforts through 80 minutes in this regard. They were excellent in patches over the last fortnight and when they've buzzed the Springboks have looked a force of note. Furthermore, if they can set up the rolling maul in good positions, England will have no response to the Springboks' main attacking weapon.
England have shown themselves capable of contesting this facet of play well, stifling their opponents' momentum. They've spoken all week about the level of physicality that will be required to blunt the Springboks, and how the visitors fare in the early exchanges will set the tone for the rest of the match.
They certainly have fronted defensively, conceding two tries on tour despite defending for touching 80 minutes (two halves when the opposition has been completely dominant). England will play a similar pattern to the Springboks, kicking deep and hoping to 'play' further up the pitch. The scrum will be an area they target, especially after the Springboks' struggles in this facet of play against Scotland. If they gain dominance here, it will aid their cause to break down the tourists' granitic defence. Similarly if they elevate their gainline play from their showing last week to boss the Boks, and create the time and space for Manu Tuilagi that Meyer so fears.
It would be a show of immense mettle if the Springboks produce a telling rebuttal to that examination. Many of the players are at the last hurdle of the longest season of their careers and a clutch of them have been carefully nursed through this week. It is critical that Meyer uses his bench intelligently, being sharp in his decisions in when to hook those who are struggling. I've watched from the stands as some of his charges have laboured on well after they've been spent, but England has the quality of player to exploit defensive vulnerabilities in a manner none of their previous tour opponents could.
I don't believe it'll be comprehensive, but I do think the Springboks will rouse themselves for the win.
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