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                    DIM version 14.07 Release Notes

Notes 1 and 2 for Unix Users only
NOTE 1: In order to "make" DIM two environment variables should be set:
        OS = one of {HP-UX, AIX, OSF1, Solaris, SunOS, LynxOS, Linux}
        DIMDIR = the path name of DIM's top level directory
        The user should then go to DIM's top level directory and do:
        > source .setup
        > gmake all
        Or, if there is no support for C++ on the machine:
        > gmake CPP=no all

NOTE 2: The Name Server (Dns), DID, servers and clients (if running in 
        background) should be started whith the output redirected to a 
        logfile ex:
                Dns </dev/null >& dns.log &

NOTE 3: The Version Number service provided by servers is now set to 1407
        (version 14.07).

07/04/2004
Changes for version 14.0:
      - Spring Cleanup
        Cleaned up inline methods out of include files.
        Fixed some virtual destructors
        Removed some unnecessary system include files
        Fixed ctime_r to work on all platforms (Solaris, LynxOS too)

21/04/2004
Changes for version 14.1:
      - Now if a server declares an exit handler (DimServer::addExitHandler
        or dis_add_exit_handler) the user is responsible for exiting.
        DIM will not exit by itself anymore.
      - The windows version now also distributes MSVCRTD.DLL.
      - Fixed a bug where servers could get confused if similar longish
        service names were used in different servers.   

18/05/2004
Changes for version 14.2:
      - Cleaned up some "C" warnings
      - Linux Did didn't display RPC formats properly - fixed.
      - RPC structures were not transfered correctly back to the client,
        the format of the structure was currupted - fixed.
      - Added a New constructor and updateService method for the Java class 
        DimService. These allow the creation and update of a DimService by
        passing another DimService. The data and format of the DimService
        will be copied to the new one. Usefull for structured data.

02/06/2004
Changes for version 14.2-1:
      - Fixed a bug in the java version that would make DIP crash when 
        extracting data items (file format.java)

12/06/2004
Changes for version 14.3:

      - DIM Server Exit_handler: A server can specify an exit handler
        by using:
                dis_add_exit_handler(exitHandler) or 
                DimServer::addExitHandler()/virtual void exitHandler()
        The exitHandler will be called in the following conditions:
                - DNS node undefined
                - Services already declared in DNS
                - DNS doesn't accept connections from this machine
                - An EXIT command from a client
        If the user doesn't declare an exit handler, the DIM server will
        exit, otherwise it is up to the user.

      - DIM Error_handler: A server or a client can specify an error_handler
        by using:
                dis_add_error_handler(errorHandler)
                dic_add_error_handler(errorHandler) 
                DimServer::addErrorHandler()/virtual void errorHandler(...)
                DimClient::addErrorHandler()/virtual void errorHandler(...) 
        The error_handler will be called whenever DIM wants to report an 
        error (in this case all stdout/stderr prints will be suppressed).
        The errorHandler is called with the following parameters:
                int severity:
                        0: info
                        1: warning
                        2: error
                        3: fatal
                int error_code
                        possible codes listed in dim_common.h
                char *msg
        If the user declared an error handler for a server and an error with
        severity = fatal is received the exit handler will also be called.
        For a client if an error with severity = fatal is received and there
        is no error handler declared the process will exit.

      - Java DIM: the same functionality is available in the form of a 
        DimErrorHandler class and a DimExitHandler class which can be used as 
        in the example:
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                DimErrorHandler erid = new DimErrorHandler()
                {
                        public void errorHandler(int severity, int code, String msg)
                        {
                                System.out.println("Error: "+msg+" sev: "+
                                        severity);
                        }
                };
                DimExitHandler exid = new DimExitHandler()
                {
                        public void exitHandler(int code)
                        {
                                System.out.println("Exit: "+code);
                        }
                };
                ...

      - Getting and Setting the DIM_DNS_NODE from a program:
        The calls:
                dim_set_dns_node
                dim_get_dns_node 
        and the corresponding C++ calls:
                DimServer::setDnsNode and DimServer::getDnsNode, 
                DimClient::setDnsNode and DimClient::getDnsNode
        already existed, 
        they have now been complemented with:
                dim_set_dns_port
                dim_get_dns_port
        and the static C++ calls: 
                DimServer::setDnsNode(node, port),DimServer::getDnsPort(), 
                DimClient::setDnsNode(node, port), DimClient::getDnsPort()

      - In Java the folowing methods have been added to the classes DimServer
        and DimClient:  
                public static void setDnsNode(String nodes);
                public static void setDnsNode(String nodes, int port);
                public static String getDnsNode();
                public static int getDnsPort();

      - the Java method DimService.getName() has been added.

      - In C++ the creation of a new DimService could fail, for example, if
        the service already existed in this server, this was not reported, since
        a constructor can't return a value.
        With the new error handling mechanisms, a user can declare an error_handler,
        check if the error code is DIMSVCDUPLC and generate an exception which
        will be thrown withing the DimService creation.
      - Dim used to pass timestamps between servers and clients as an integer
        for seconds since January 1970 and a short for milliseconds.
        Now it will be one integer also for the milliseconds. By default DIM
        still uses milliseconds, but if a server passes nanoseconds to 
        dis_set_timestamp the client will receive nanoseconds when doing 
        dic_get_timestamp.

08/07/2004
Changes for version 14.4:

      - Java DIM: In order to allow a different error handler to be called for the
        server and the client (if both in the same process) The calls:
                DimServer.addErrorHandler(DimErrorHandler handler) and 
                DimClient.addErrorHandler(DimErrorHandler handler)
        Should be called respectively by the server or the client in order to install
        the Error Handler. For compatibitlity, the call:
                DimServer.addExitHandler(DimErrorHandler handler)
        was also added. 
 
        They can now be used as in the example (for a server):
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                DimErrorHandler erid = new DimErrorHandler()
                {
                        public void errorHandler(int severity, int code, String msg)
                        {
                                System.out.println("Error: "+msg+" sev: "+
                                        severity);
                        }
                };
                DimServer.addErrorHandler(erid);
                DimExitHandler exid = new DimExitHandler()
                {
                        public void exitHandler(int code)
                        {
                                System.out.println("Exit: "+code);
                        }
                };
                DimServer.addExitHandler(exit);
                ...

      - In a server it was already possible to find out inside a callback (for example
        when a command was received):
            - from which client id the message came:
                int dis_get_conn_id()
            - The name of this client in the form <pid>@<node_name>
                int dis_get_client(char *name)
        The equivalent C++ calls:
                int DimServer::getClientId();
                char *DimServer::getClientName();
        And Java calls:
                int DimServer.getClientId();
                String DimServer.getClientName();
        Where also available.

        These calls were now complemented in 3 ways:
        1 - They can be done also by clients to find out which server is providing a service
            inside a callback (for example when a service is received).
            For this purpose the following "C" calls where added:
            - from which server id the message came:
                int dic_get_conn_id()
            - The name of this server in the form <server_name>@<node_name>
                int dic_get_server(char *name)
              And The equivalent C++ calls:
                int DimClient::getServerId();
                char *DimClient::getServerName();
              And Java calls:
                int DimClient.getServerId();
                String DimClient.getServerName();
        2 - These calls are also available inside the errorHandler callbacks.
            Can be used to find out if the error originated from a specific connection, 
            in which case conn_id (or clientID or ServerId) != 0. 
            Or if it is a generic error, afecting all connections in which case conn_id = 0.
        3 - A new type of calls has been added which allows to find out:
            For a server - which services are being used by the current client (i.e. the
                           client that triggered the execution of this callback)
            For a client - Which services are being provided by the current server (i.e
                           the server that triggered the execution of this callback)

            This calls are the following in "C":
                - char *dis_get_client_services(conn_id)
                - char *dic_get_server_services(conn_id)
                They return a list of services separated by '\n'
            In C++:
                - char **DimServer::getClientServices();
                - char **DimClient::getServerServices();
                They return an array of pointers to service names. The array is terminated by
                a null pointer.
            In Java:
                - String[] DimServer.getClientServices();
                - String[] DimClient.getServerServices();

        An example in C++ of the usage of the new calls in an ErrorHandler:

        class ErrorHandler : public DimErrorHandler
        {
                void errorHandler(int severity, int code, char *msg)
                {
                        int index = 0;
                        char **services;
                        cout << severity << " " << msg << endl;
                        services = DimClient::getServerServices();
                        cout<< "from "<< DimClient::getServerName() << " services:" << endl;
                        while(services[index])
                        {
                                cout << services[index] << endl;
                                index++;
                        }
                }
        public:
                ErrorHandler() {DimClient::addErrorHandler(this);}
        };

        And in Java:

        ...
        DimErrorHandler eid = new DimErrorHandler()
        {
                public void errorHandler(int severity, int code, String msg)
                {
                        System.out.println("Error: "+msg+" sev: "+severity);
                        String[] list = DimClient.getServerServices();
                        System.out.println("Services: ");
                        for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
                                System.out.println(list[i]);
                }
        };
        DimClient.addErrorHandler(eid);

02/08/2004
Changes for version 14.5:
    - Fixed a bug in dic.c - related to commands terminating after a connection was closed,
      affected in particular DimBrowser "RPC" calls. 

02/08/2004
Changes for version 14.6:
    - Noticed that since the changes of version v14r4 the Dns was not printing any error
      messages anymore - Fixed.
    - In Windows SO_REUSEADDR doesn't work properly, so two DNSs could be running at the 
      same time using the same port number on the same PC - Fixed, now like in Linux, the
      second one exits (printing an error message).

10/08/2004
Changes for version 14.7:
    - The TCPIP error "Host Unknown" was not treated or reported properly. A client could
      report DNS found when the DNS node was set to be an unexisting machine - fixed.

Please check the Manual for more information at:
    http://www.cern.ch/dim