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     -   Fix problem with cimserver not running properly when run without      -   Revisit use of namespace v.s. objectName in all CIM operations.
         options.  
  
     -   Put cimserver back in the makefile.      -   What do we do when getInstance() is called and the nameSpace is
           provided both as an argument and as part of the instance name?
  
     -   Resolve whether the backslash should be permitted int namespaces.      -   ReferenceNames should return classes not just instances?
  
     -   Work on developer's guidlines document.      -   Remove final const from const methods in non-const CIM element classes.
  
             No STL (or other third party software).      -   Null vs. empty CIM/HTTP parameters.
             Indent by three.  
             Braces on the next line.  
             Always run regression tests before committing and do cvs -q update.  
  
     -   Add CIMOM handle to provider interface.      -   Resolve constness problems. (get rid or Const classes?)
  
     -   Fix case sensitivity problems in repository (just add an _Open method      -   Change CIMReference to CIMObjectPath?
         that ignores the case of the file).  
  
     -   Add newly implemented repository operations to protocol and to      -   Finish associations.
         dispatcher.  
  
     -   Change INVALID_CLASS exceptions to NOT_FOUND (they're wrong in      -   Provide CIMOM Context.
         Repository).  
  
     -   Add tracing of output HTTP messages.      -   Complete conventions document.
  
     -   Need CIMInstance::removeMethod() and CIMInstance::removeProperty().      -   The CIMServer.exe program should probably create the logs directory
     -   Add a exists namespace operation under the repository stuff.  Maybe we          under PEGASUS_HOME.
     need more than this.  
  
 Topical To-Do List      -   Clean up exceptions.
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     -   Sun uses string message-ids. Pegasus uses integer.      -   Resolve redundancy in which the namespace is passed to certain methods
         Sun uses 2000.5.12.... format. Changed Pegasus to          (getClass) and the CIMReference itself may contain a namespace arguent.
         use string message-ids. DONE.  
  
     -   Some clients send '\n\n' to terminate HTTP headers.      -   Implement consistency and constraint checking on classes and instances.
         We were only accepted '\r\n\r\n'. DONE.  
  
     -   Provide way of printing out command line options help from cimserver.      -   Implement filtering (using includeQualifiers, localOnly, etc.)
  
     -   GetInstances() and GetClasses() need to use iterators on      -   Consider eliminating const CIM element classes.
         provider and repository end. Otherwise, all classes or instance  
         to be enumerated, must be sucked into memory.  
  
     -   Template bloat reduction.      -   Support for NULL property lists (in interface and protocol).
  
     -   Use YACC on Linux.      -   Rename tests (prepend "Test" to each test).
  
     -   Need a tool to say which features are supported by a compiler.      -   Fix bug with cimserver.exe causing it to fail to start without te
           "-l" option.
  
     -   Support unloading of dynamic libraries (presently only load() is      -   Resolve whether the backslash should be permitted in namespaces.
         supported).  
  
 -   Instances:      -   Create CIMOMContext (interface to CIMOM used b the provider).
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::getProperty()      -   Define Encoding module interface.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::setProperty()      -   Develop XMLEncodings module.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::deleteInstance()      -   Develop BinaryEncodings module.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::modifyInstance()      -   Develop MOFEncodings module.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstances()      -   Employ BinaryEncodings module in repository (reduce disk usage).
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstanceNames()      -   Combine repository instances, classes, and qualifiers  into their
           respective files (to reduce the number of files).
  
     -   Handle inheritance in all instance operations.      -   Employ an efficient indexing scheme in repository (B-trees or hashing).
  
     -   Double check that all these operations work across protocol.      -   Develop module manager: interface, lookup scheme, and loading scheme.
  
     -   Check that they have keys during validation.      -   Package Encodings classes as a module.
  
 -   Associations:      -   Finalize repository assocations.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::referencesOf()      -   Add association CIM/HTTP operations.
  
     -   Implement CIMRepository::associatorsOf()      -   Design association provider infrastructure.
  
     -   Implement protocol stubs for these operations.      -   Implement missing CIM protocol operations.
  
 -   Exceptions:      -   Implement good observer module interface which allows different levels:
  
     -   Force __FILE__ and __LINE__ argument on every usage of CIMException.          -   Observation of client/CIMMOM connections/disconnection.
  
     -   Clean up and consolidate exception classes.          -   Observation of client/CIMOM communication.
  
     -   Propagate underlying error messages across the CIM protocol.          -   Observation of CIMOM/repository communication.
  
 -   References:          -   Observation of CIMOM/provider communication.
  
     -   Validate arguments to CIMReference compound constructor and modifiers.          -   Observation of CIMOM state transitions.
         (namespaces, hosts, classnames, and keybindings)  
  
     -   Be sure that escape sequences are handled inside of object names. For      -   Pegasus providers for Sun WBEM Services.
         example:  
  
             X.key1="Hello \"You\""      -   Pegasus providers for WMI.
  
 -   Protocol:      -   Sun WBEM Services providers for Pegasus.
  
     -   Improve protocol tracing to show messages in both directions.      -   CIM/HTTP Proxy for WMI.
  
     -   The TCPChannel::writeN() method blocks when the client and server      -   Web Server/Pegasus Integration (use HTTP protocol capabilities of
         are in the same process. That is because the client cannot read          web server rather than Pegasus).
         anything as long as writeN() is blocked on a synchronous write.  
  
     -   Figure out how to handle getProperty() return type.      -   Add CIMRepository::namespaceExists() method.
  
     -   Provide ACE Channel implementation (for porting purposes)?      -   Change HTTP message id's to this format: "YYYY.MM.DD.HH.MM.SS.NNNNN".
  
     -   Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in Procotol?      -   GetInstances() and GetClasses() need to use iterators on
           provider and repository end. Otherwise, all classes or instance
           to be enumerated, must be sucked into memory.
   
       -   Template bloat reduction.
  
     -   Ignore extraneous XML elements (loosely valid).      -   Need a tool to say which features are supported by a compiler.
   
       -   Support unloading of dynamic libraries (presently only load() is
           supported).
  
 -   Porting:      -   Clean up and consolidate exception classes.
  
     -   Replace "std::something" with "STD(something)"      -   Asynchronous socket writes in the CIMOM (need write enabled flags).
  
     -   Replace "using namespace std" with "USING_NAMESPACE_PEGASUS"      -   Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in Procotol?
  
 -   Aesthetics/Consistency/Usability:      -   Implemented stream oriented XML parsing.
  
     -   Change getLength() and getSize() to just size(): "Brevity is the soul      -   Ignore extraneous XML elements (implement "loose validation" concept).
         of genius and of Lingerie".  
  
     -   Add methods to get objects by their names, in addition to index. For     -   Add methods to get objects by their names, in addition to index. For
         example:         example:
  
             CIMProperty CIMClass::getProperty(const String& name);             CIMProperty CIMClass::getProperty(const String& name);
  
     -   Perform walkthrough to expose consistency problems.  
   
     -   Distinguish between private and public classes (otherwise, users may     -   Distinguish between private and public classes (otherwise, users may
         come to depend on classes with unstable interfaces).         come to depend on classes with unstable interfaces).
  
 -   Documentation:      -   Walk through all code to expose consistency/aesthetic issues.
   
     -   Suggest newlines after methods.  
  
     -   Suggest use of "/** ... */" instead of "///"      -   Provide ACE Channel implementation (for porting purposes)?
  
     -   Refine header file documentation.      -   Expand datatime (setCurrentTime() and comparison and increment
           functions).
  
     -   Write Pegasus Architecture Paper.     -   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     -   Implement MOF provider registration scheme (according to the
     standard).     standard).
  
 -   WBEM Query Language      -   WBEM Query Language and integration.
   
     -   Find someone to work on standard.  
   
     -   Implement leve-1 parser.  
   
 -   MOF compiler:  
   
     -   Work with Bob to identify work items.  
  
 -   Threading -   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.     -   Package up pegasus in Install Shield application.
  
       -   Internationalization: Handle UCS2 characters in XML
           (parsing and writing).
  
 -   Install      -   Export of repository to MOF.
   
     -   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  
  
     -   Change CompareNoCase() to String::compareNoCase().     -   Change CompareNoCase() to String::compareNoCase().
  
     -   Place configuration startup parameters in Repository (e.g., port).      -   Figure out how to handle CIM NULL values.
   
     -   Integrate logging  
   
     -   Figure out how to handle CIM null values.  
   
     -   Generalize iteration.  
  
     -   Figure out how inheritance of keys works.     -   Figure out how inheritance of keys works.
  
     -   Investiage weak assocations.     -   Investiage weak assocations.
  
     -   Provide conversions between DateTime and time_t.  
   
 -   Constraint hanlding  
   
     -   Enforce constraint qualifiers.     -   Enforce constraint qualifiers.
  
     -   Disallow resetting size of fixed length arrays.     -   Disallow resetting size of fixed length arrays.
  
 -   Optimization/Tuning  
   
     -   Shrink object sizes.     -   Shrink object sizes.
  
     -   Use lighter I/O system (than C++ streams).     -   Use lighter I/O system (than C++ streams).
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     -   Optimize clear method on arrays (to not release memory).     -   Optimize clear method on arrays (to not release memory).
  
 -   Porting      -   Provide conversions between DateTime and time_t.
  
     -   Port to Solaris     -   Port to Solaris
  
     -   Port to HPUX      -   Support multiple providers of the extact same class.
           DiskController example and LanController.
     -   Port to AIX  
   
 -   Testing  
   
     -   Test case insensitivity of class names and qualifier names.  
   
     -   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).  
  
       -   SLP
               - Eliminate lib directory.

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