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                                 TO-DO List  
                                 ==========  
  
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------  Topical To-Do List
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     (A) Change make system to rename dll's before link so that they  -   Instances:
         can be used by the server.  
  
     (A) Hide setPropagated() and setClassOrigin() methods (only the resolve      -   Implement CIMRepository::getProperty()
         method should touch these).  
  
     (A) Notice that there is a bug where you select Scope::REFERENCE and      -   Implement CIMRepository::setProperty()
         and the validation routines still say the scope is wrong for  
         qualifiers applied actual references (they are checking for  
         property instead).  
  
     (A) There is an odering problem when applying the qualifiers with      -   Implement CIMRepository::deleteInstance()
         association scope to classes. If the association qualifier does not  
         come first, then application of prior qualifiers fail.  
         Checking this should be moved to class resolution.  
  
     (A) Implement instances.      -   Implement CIMRepository::modifyInstance()
  
     (A) Providers.      -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstances()
  
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------      -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstanceNames()
  
     (B) Finish other CIM/HTTP protocol operations.      -   Handle inheritance in all instance operations.
  
     (B) Use the description that comes back with an error code in the XML      -   Double check that all these operations work across protocol.
         protocol. Perhaps it should become an extra message field of  
         XmlException.  
  
     (B) Source documentation.      -   Check that they have keys during validation.
  
     (B) Put README in each directory.  -   Associations:
  
     (B) Handle UCS2 characters in XML (parsing and writing).      -   Implement CIMRepository::referencesOf()
  
     (B) Check for overflow on the number of attributes in XML.      -   Implement CIMRepository::associatorsOf()
  
     (B) Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in XML.      -   Implement protocol stubs for these operations.
  
     (B) Add validNamespace() method and use it.  -   Exceptions:
  
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------      -   Clean up and consolidate exception classes.
  
     (C) Suppress error message printed by ACE caused by constructing an      -   Propagate underlying error messages across the CIM protocol.
         address from a non existent host.  
  
     (C) Ignore extraneous XML elements (loosely valid).  -   References:
  
     (C) Get rid of fullyQualified flag.      -   Validate arguments to CIMReference compound constructor and modifiers.
           (namespaces, hosts, classnames, and keybindings)
  
     (C) Handling of hexadecimal integer values.      -   Be sure that escape sequences are handled inside of object names. For
           example:
  
     (C) VALUE.REFERENCE within INSTANCENAME and KEYBINDING.              X.key1="Hello \"You\""
  
     (C) Resolve whether MOF is a requirement.  -   Protocol:
  
     (C) Handle case sensitivity of CIM identifiers.      -   Improve protocol tracing to show messages in both directions.
  
     (C) Figure out how to handle CIM null values.      -   The TCPChannel::writeN() method blocks when the client and server
           are in the same process. That is because the client cannot read
           anything as long as writeN() is blocked on a synchronous write.
  
     (C) Make iteration scheme more general.      -   Figure out how to handle getProperty() return type.
  
     (C) Develop XML repository importation mechanism.      -   Provide ACE Channel implementation (for porting purposes)?
  
     (C) Move internal headers to ./internal directory      -   Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in Procotol?
  
     (C) Split up XxxRep objects from Xxx objects.      -   Ignore extraneous XML elements (loosely valid).
  
     (C) Handle case insentive requirement on repository file names.  -   Porting:
  
     (C) Devise a way to detect whether a class has instances.      -   Replace "std::something" with "STD(something)"
  
     (C) Cleanup of execeptions.      -   Replace "using namespace std" with "USING_NAMESPACE_PEGASUS"
  
     (C) Verify that fixed length arrays are properly handled.  -   Aesthetics/Consistency/Usability:
  
     (C) Check for null string pointers in String class.      -   Change getLength() and getSize() to just size(): "Brevity is the soul
           of genius and of Lingerie".
  
     (C) Verify that instances are property keyed (during validation).      -   Add methods to get objects by their names, in addition to index. For
           example:
  
     (C) Thread safety.              CIMProperty CIMClass::getProperty(const String& name);
  
     (C) Use UTF8 for strings.      -   Perform walkthrough to expose consistency problems.
  
     (C) Shrink object sizes.      -   Distinguish between private and public classes (otherwise, users may
           come to depend on classes with unstable interfaces).
  
     (C) Use lighter I/O system (get rid of C++ streams).  -   Documentation:
  
     (C) Provide conversion between DateTime and time_t.      -   Suggest newlines after methods.
  
     (C) Purify source.      -   Suggest use of "/** ... */" instead of "///"
  
     (C) Improve the representation of fixed arrays (is that pesky fixed-array      -   Refine header file documentation.
         flag really necessary?)  
       -   Write Pegasus Architecture Paper.
   
       -   Integrate DOC++ with make system (put all docs in doc tree):
   
   -   Namespaces:
   
       -   Implement create and destroy namespace (according to the standard).
   
   -   Providers
   
       -   Add CIM-Server handles to provider interface.
   
       -   Implement MOF provider registration scheme (according to the standard).
   
   -   WBEM Query Language
   
       -   Find someone to work on standard.
   
       -   Implement leve-1 parser.
   
   -   MOF compiler:
   
       -   Work with Bob to identify work items.
   
   -   Threading
   
       -   Write thread queuing document (input and output thread queue per
           provider).
   
       -   Implement queuing.
   
       -   Make reference counted objects thread safe (Mutexing and atomic
           increments).
   
   -   Connectors
   
       -   Work out basic concepts (write paper).
   
       -   Package up pegasus in Install Shield application.
   
   
   -   Install
   
       -   Need install mechanism for Unix and Windows.
   
   -   Interoperability
   
       -   Fix reported bugs.
   
   -   Internationalization
   
       - Handle UCS2 characters in XML (parsing and writing).
   
   -   Repository:
   
       - Export to MOF.
   
   -   Miscellaneous
   
       - Figure out how to handle CIM null values.
   
       - Generalize iteration.
   
       - Figure out how inheritance of keys works.
   
       - Investiage weak assocations.
   
       - Provide conversions between DateTime and time_t.
   
   -   Constraint hanlding
   
       - Enforce constraint qualifiers.
   
       - Disallow resetting size of fixed length arrays.
   
   -   Optimization/Tuning
   
       -   Shrink object sizes.
   
       -   Use lighter I/O system (than C++ streams).
   
       -   Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).
   
       -   Optimize clear method on arrays (to not release memory).
   
   -   Porting
   
       -   Port to Solaris
   
       -   Port to HPUX
   
       -   Port to AIX
   
   -   Testing
   
       -   Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).
   
       -   Run CIM/XML test suite.
   
   -   Server
   
       -   Use Service class in cimserver
   
       -   Implement Service class on Unix (daemonization from Comer book).

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