[kepler-dev] Actor Configure Dialog

[Jing Tao]

Hi, devs:

Now I am playing to configure eml actor and have some puzzle about 
attributeChange method and configure dialog.

First, if I add a print out statement in attribute change, I found during 
opening a workflow which has one eml actor, the attributeChange method 
will be call 55 times even there are only 10 attributes in this actor. 
Why attributeChange be called some 
many times?

Second, if I updated a parameter value and click commit button. This will 
trigger calling attributeChange method. if I update a parameter value and 
click cancel button, this will trigger calling attributeChange metod too. 
How can I tell them which cause the calling of attributeChange method in 
the actor class?

Third one is: in eml configure panel, there are two parameters are related 
to each one. Ideally if I updated value in one parameter, the other should 
be updated too without clicking any button. Here is a example, eml actor 
has "EML File" (which is file parameter and "SelectedEntity" (which is a 
string choice parameter). If I choose different eml file in "EML File" parameter, and "SelectedEntity" 
should display the different entity name which is in the different eml 
file. I have Helloworld.xml which's entity name is "Hello world" and Goodmorning.xml 
which's enity name is "Good morning". First I chose Helloworld.xml in "EML 
File" and "Selected Entity" shows "Hello world". But if I update the 
value to Goodmorning.xml and "Selected Entity" will show "Good morning" 
and with another choice "Hello world"! Howerver, if you click commit and 
reopen configure window again, the "EML file" value will be Goodmorning.xml and "Selected Entity" only have the 
choice "Good morning". It seems my removeAllChoice code in 
attributeChange only works after clicking commit button. How can I achieve 
this kind real time update in configure panel before clicking commit 
button?

Thanks,

Jing

Jing Tao
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Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
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