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  2           Topical To-Do List
  3           ==================
  4           
  5           -   Instances:
  6           
  7               -   Implement CIMRepository::getProperty()
  8           
  9               -   Implement CIMRepository::setProperty()
 10           
 11               -   Implement CIMRepository::deleteInstance()
 12           
 13               -   Implement CIMRepository::modifyInstance()
 14           
 15               -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstances()
 16           
 17               -   Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstanceNames()
 18           
 19               -   Handle inheritance in all instance operations.
 20           
 21               -	Double check that all these operations work across protocol.
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 23               -   Check that they have keys during validation.
 24           
 25           -   Associations:
 26           
 27               -   Implement CIMRepository::referencesOf()
 28           
 29               -   Implement CIMRepository::associatorsOf()
 30           
 31               -	Implement protocol stubs for these operations.
 32           
 33           -   Exceptions:
 34           

 35 mike  1.2     -   Force __FILE__ and __LINE__ argument on every usage of CIMException.
 36           

 37 mike  1.1     -	Clean up and consolidate exception classes.
 38           
 39               - 	Propagate underlying error messages across the CIM protocol.
 40           
 41           -   References:
 42           
 43               -	Validate arguments to CIMReference compound constructor and modifiers.
 44           	(namespaces, hosts, classnames, and keybindings)
 45           
 46               -   Be sure that escape sequences are handled inside of object names. For
 47           	example:
 48           
 49           	    X.key1="Hello \"You\""
 50           
 51           -   Protocol:
 52           
 53               -   Improve protocol tracing to show messages in both directions.
 54           
 55               - 	The TCPChannel::writeN() method blocks when the client and server
 56           	are in the same process. That is because the client cannot read
 57           	anything as long as writeN() is blocked on a synchronous write.
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 59               - 	Figure out how to handle getProperty() return type.
 60           
 61               -   Provide ACE Channel implementation (for porting purposes)?
 62           
 63               -   Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in Procotol?
 64           
 65               -   Ignore extraneous XML elements (loosely valid).
 66           
 67           -   Porting:
 68           
 69               -	Replace "std::something" with "STD(something)"
 70           
 71               -   Replace "using namespace std" with "USING_NAMESPACE_PEGASUS"
 72           
 73           -   Aesthetics/Consistency/Usability:
 74           
 75               -  	Change getLength() and getSize() to just size(): "Brevity is the soul
 76           	of genius and of Lingerie". 
 77           
 78               -  	Add methods to get objects by their names, in addition to index. For
 79 mike  1.1 	example:
 80           
 81           	    CIMProperty CIMClass::getProperty(const String& name);
 82           
 83               -   Perform walkthrough to expose consistency problems.
 84           
 85               -   Distinguish between private and public classes (otherwise, users may
 86           	come to depend on classes with unstable interfaces).
 87           
 88           -   Documentation:
 89           
 90               -   Suggest newlines after methods.
 91           
 92               -   Suggest use of "/** ... */" instead of "///"
 93           
 94               -	Refine header file documentation.
 95           
 96               -	Write Pegasus Architecture Paper.
 97           
 98               -   Integrate DOC++ with make system (put all docs in doc tree):
 99           
100 mike  1.1 -   Namespaces:
101           
102               -   Implement create and destroy namespace (according to the standard).
103           
104           -   Providers
105           
106               -   Add CIM-Server handles to provider interface.
107           
108               -   Implement MOF provider registration scheme (according to the standard).
109           
110           -   WBEM Query Language
111           
112               -	Find someone to work on standard.
113           
114               -   Implement leve-1 parser.
115           
116           -   MOF compiler:
117           
118               -   Work with Bob to identify work items.
119           
120           -   Threading
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122               -   Write thread queuing document (input and output thread queue per
123           	provider).
124           
125               -   Implement queuing.
126           
127               -   Make reference counted objects thread safe (Mutexing and atomic
128           	increments).
129           
130           -   Connectors
131           
132               -   Work out basic concepts (write paper).
133           
134               -	Package up pegasus in Install Shield application.
135           
136           
137           -   Install
138           
139               -   Need install mechanism for Unix and Windows.
140           
141           -   Interoperability
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143               -   Fix reported bugs.
144           
145           -   Internationalization
146           
147               - Handle UCS2 characters in XML (parsing and writing).
148           
149           -   Repository:
150           
151               - Export to MOF.
152           
153           -   Miscellaneous
154           
155               - Figure out how to handle CIM null values.
156           
157               - Generalize iteration.
158           
159               - Figure out how inheritance of keys works.
160           
161               - Investiage weak assocations.
162           
163 mike  1.1     - Provide conversions between DateTime and time_t.
164           
165           -   Constraint hanlding
166           
167               - Enforce constraint qualifiers.
168           
169               - Disallow resetting size of fixed length arrays.
170           
171           -   Optimization/Tuning
172           
173               -   Shrink object sizes.
174           
175               -   Use lighter I/O system (than C++ streams).
176           
177               -   Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).
178           
179               -   Optimize clear method on arrays (to not release memory).
180           
181           -   Porting
182           
183               -   Port to Solaris
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185               -   Port to HPUX
186           
187               -   Port to AIX
188           
189           -   Testing
190           
191               -   Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).
192           
193               -   Run CIM/XML test suite.
194           
195           -   Server
196           
197               -   Use Service class in cimserver
198           
199               -   Implement Service class on Unix (daemonization from Comer book).
200           
201           Short-term Items
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203           
204           -   Make HashTable take Equal template function argument.
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206           -   Make InheritanceTree case-insensitive.