[kepler-users] IterateOverArray - Type conversion problem
Ali, Muhannad
muhannad.ali at student.kit.edu
Thu Jan 12 11:29:25 PST 2012
yeaaaaaaah!!! It works now! :) Thaaaanks you very much!!
On Jan 12, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Christopher Brooks wrote:
Hi Muhannad,
I *am* confused then, but no worries on this, we will get to the bottom of this.
I see no connection between the HelloWorld.java file and the model that you sent.
In other words, the IterateOverArray.xml file does not mention the HelloWorld class.
You say the HelloWorld.java file implements the contents of the "Composite Actor" of the model in
IterateOverArray.xml file. If this message does not answer your question then could you send me that model?
Also, if you send the model, if you can give me step by step instructions on how to replicate the error, then I can take a look. I would need really detailed instructions.
However, I *may* have answered your question.
I've attached a model that may replicate the problem. To create the model, I opened IterateOverArray.xml
in Ptolemy and did Graph -> Instantiate Entity. For the classname, I typed in org.helloworld.HelloWorld
and hit ok. This created a HelloWorld composite. I then dragged the connections from the original CompositeActor to the HelloWorld, saved the model as IterateOverArrayHelloWorld.xml and ran the model and got a stack trace similar to yours.
I took a look at your HelloWorld.java and the CGISimple.java file that I sent and noticed that your HelloWorld.java file instantiates MirrorPorts, whereas CGISimple.java instantiates IterateOverArray.IteratePorts. I changed HelloWorld.java
to use IterateoOverArray.IteratePort:
//mpInput = new MirrorPort(iter, "input"); mpInput.setInput(true);
mpInput = new IterateOverArray.IteratePort(iter, "input");
//mpOutput = new MirrorPort(iter, "output"); mpOutput.setOutput(true);
mpOutput = new IterateOverArray.IteratePort(iter, "output");
...
//private MirrorPort mpInput;
//private MirrorPort mpOutput;
private IterateOverArray.IteratePort mpInput;
private IterateOverArray.IteratePort mpOutput;
After recompiling HelloWorld.java, the model runs.
Does this answer your question, or did answer and entirely different question? :-)
_Christopher
On 1/12/12 10:44 AM, Ali, Muhannad wrote:
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for your reply .. I'm afraid I am not that familiar with what you described about Ptolemy. I guess the problem is much simpler.
Actually the Java Code replicates only the "Composite Actor" in the model shown in IterateOverArray.xml. The other actors and director are to be added from Kepler after running it using the new developed "HelloWorld" module, got it?
The question is, although I "replicated" the composite actor (programmatically), it did not work properly as when I designed it using Kepler GUI?
Best regards,
Muhannad
On Jan 12, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Christopher Brooks wrote:
Hi Muhannad,
I'm slightly confused, but attached is some overly complex code that implements the model along with the steps I used to create that code.
You included a model called IterateOverArray.xml and you are trying to write Java code (HelloWorld.java) that replicates the functionality of that model, right?
However, you did not include the model that runs your java code.
The stack trace below is from a test run of a model that uses your HelloWorld.java,
I would need to see your test driver to get much further, but attached is some code that could help you.
Ptolemy II does have a code generator that generates Java code that constructs a TypedComposite.
This code generator is called "copernicus". See the Ptolemy II faq for details about the code generators.
http://ptolemy.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIfaq.htm#CodeGen
To follow the steps below, you would need to work from a Ptolemy II tree.
However, you don't have to run copernicus, you could just look at the .java file that is attached and
not actually *do* the steps below.
Under Mac OS X, to create the $PTII/bin/copernicus shell script, these steps might work:
cd kepler/ptII/src
export PTII=`pwd`
./configure
ant
cd bin; make
I was able to generate Java code that calls the Ptolemy methods for your model, though it was not easy.
1) To simplify the output, I stripped out the graphical xml attributes of the model. I did this by running:
java -classpath $PTII ptolemy.moml.filter.RemoveGraphicalClasses IterateOverArray.xml > ISimple.xml
2) I then edited the model and removed a bunch of Kepler specific attributes.
There is a significant bug in Kepler where the documentation is replicated for each actor, see
http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4168
3) Eventually, I ended up with ISimple.xml, which is attached.
4) I ran the copernicus code generator with
$PTII/bin/copernicus -shallow ISimple.xml
This created $PTII/ptolemy/copernicus/shallow/cg/ISimple, which contains a .class file for the model.
5) I changed to that directory and ran:
make jodeDecompile
6) That created a CGISimple.java file, which I then edited.
The issue is that the copernicus code generator seems to change Display actors to Discard actors.
Probably the RemoveGraphicalClassesFilter is running.
My solution was to edit CGISimple.java and change
import ptolemy.actor.lib.Discard;
to
import ptolemy.actor.lib.gui.Display;
and
Discard discard = new Discard(this, "Display2");
to
Display discard = new Display(this, "Display2");
See the attached CGISimple.java file for the code.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to see the forest for the trees because I believe that the .xml file had many of the properties for the actors set, and/or the copernicus code generator just blindly creates code to instantiate everything.
Anyway, it is difficult to see what to do, but it should give you an idea.
7) I then recompiled the code. Unfortunately, the makefile has a bug
javac -classpath $PTII:. ISimple/CGISimple.java
8) I then ran the code:
java -classpath .:${PTvII} ptolemy.actor.gui.CompositeActorApplication -class ISimple.CGISimple
_Christopher
On 1/12/12 9:14 AM, Ali, Muhannad wrote:
Hello,
I need to develop a composite actor (programmatically) using eclipse. Before I code it, I designed it on Kepler canvas (see file IterateOverArray.xml attached) in order to test the functionality and then encapsulate it in my own composite actor. When I designed it, it worked perfectly but when I coded it and tried to run the program .. I always get the following error:
"
ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException: Conversion is not supported from ptolemy.data.ArrayToken '{"1 - 1"}' to the type string because the type of the token is higher or incomparable with the given type.
at ptolemy.data.StringToken.convert(StringToken.java:172)
at ptolemy.data.type.BaseType$StringType.convert(BaseType.java:615)
at ptolemy.data.ArrayToken.<init>(ArrayToken.java:151)
at ptolemy.actor.lib.hoc.IterateOverArray$IterateDirector.transferOutputs(IterateOverArray.java:706)
at ptolemy.actor.CompositeActor.fire(CompositeActor.java:469)
at ptolemy.actor.CompositeActor.iterate(CompositeActor.java:1069)
at ptolemy.actor.sched.StaticSchedulingDirector.fire(StaticSchedulingDirector.java:188)
at ptolemy.actor.CompositeActor.fire(CompositeActor.java:458)
at ptolemy.actor.Manager.iterate(Manager.java:742)
at ptolemy.actor.Manager.execute(Manager.java:351)
at ptolemy.actor.Manager.run(Manager.java:1111)
at ptolemy.actor.Manager$PtolemyRunThread.run(Manager.java:1641
"
My code is:
"
package org.helloworld;
import ptolemy.actor.TypedCompositeActor;
import ptolemy.actor.TypedIOPort;
import ptolemy.actor.TypedIORelation;
import ptolemy.actor.lib.ElementsToArray;
import ptolemy.actor.lib.Expression;
import ptolemy.actor.lib.hoc.IterateOverArray;
import ptolemy.actor.lib.hoc.MirrorPort;
import ptolemy.kernel.CompositeEntity;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.NameDuplicationException;
public class HelloWorld extends TypedCompositeActor {
public HelloWorld(CompositeEntity container, String name)
throws NameDuplicationException, IllegalActionException {
super(container, name);
params = new TypedIOPort(this, "params", true, false);
params.setMultiport(true);
output = new TypedIOPort(this, "output", false, true);
elems2Arr = new ElementsToArray(this, "elems2Arr");
relation1 = new TypedIORelation(this, "realtion1");
params.link(relation1);
elems2Arr.input.link(relation1);
iter = new IterateOverArray(this, "iter");
mpInput = new MirrorPort(iter, "input"); mpInput.setInput(true);
mpOutput = new MirrorPort(iter, "output"); mpOutput.setOutput(true);
exp = new Expression(iter, "exp");
exp.expression.setExpression("input + ' - ' + iterationCount");
relation2 = new TypedIORelation(this, "realtion2");
elems2Arr.output.link(relation2);
iter.getPort("input").link(relation2);
relation3 = new TypedIORelation(this, "realtion3");
iter.getPort("output").link(relation3);
output.link(relation3);
}
public TypedIOPort params;
public TypedIOPort output;
private MirrorPort mpInput;
private MirrorPort mpOutput;
private ElementsToArray elems2Arr;
private IterateOverArray iter;
private Expression exp;
private TypedIORelation relation1;
private TypedIORelation relation2;
private TypedIORelation relation3;
@Override
public void fire() throws IllegalActionException {
super.fire();
}
}
"
I guess the problem is related to the director inside IterateOverArray actor .. any help please?
Thank you!
Muhannad Ali
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<IterateOverArrayHelloWorld.xml><HelloWorld.java>
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