[kepler-dev] Duplicate function actors?

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Dan,

Ptolemy II uses the DirectoryListing actor as part of the run all
demos demo that runs in the display case.

This demo is ptolemy/demo/RunDemos.xml 
The actor is used in ptolemy/demo/RunDemosInNewProcess.xml
It is also used in ptolemy/actor/lib/io/demo/FilePortParamter.xml
and ptolemy/actor/lib/test/auto/ExecRunDemos.xml
and ptolemy/domains/sdf/test/auto/filePortParameter.xml

I'm not particularly wedded to the DirectoryListing actor, we could
modify it to better meet Kepler's needs and then either discard
FileArrayPrinter or have it call DirectoryListing but not be listed in
Kepler's ui.  I'd prefer to discard FileArrayPrinter and move on.

It looks like FileArrayPrinter is used in the following models:
/home/eecs/cxh/src/kepler/src/org/resurgence/moml/FileListSequencer.xml:     <entity name="File Array Printer" class="org.resurgence.actor.FileArrayPrinter">
/home/eecs/cxh/src/kepler/src/org/resurgence/moml/MoleculeSelector.xml:     <entity name="File Array Printer" class="org.resurgence.actor.FileArrayPrinter">

Perhaps the authors of these models could use DirectoryListing or
else tell me how DirectoryListing should change?

Seems like a bug should be filed for this one.  I'm tempted
to take it, but I'm slightly over committed.

_Christopher
 
Ilkay wrote:
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    Hi Dan,
    
    AFAIK, they are the same in functionality. There might be some  
    differences between  the datatypes/structures they output, and it needs  
    to be consolidated.
    
    -ilkay
    
    On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Dan Higgins wrote:
    
    > Hi All,
    >
    >     Does anyone out there know if there is a difference in the basic
    > functionality of the DirectoryListing actor (author  Christopher
    > Hylands, Edward A. Lee) and the FileArrayPrinter actor (author Wibke
    > Sudholt). Both seem to do the same thing (extract file lists from a
    > directory); the DirectoryListing actor seems more full featured (works
    > with URLs). Does the FileArrayPrinter do anything the Directory Listing
    > actors does not?
    >
    > Dan
    >
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