1 mike  1.3 Urgent
  2           ======
  3           
  4               -	Fix case sensitivity problems in repository (just add an _Open method
  5           	that ignores the case of the file).

  6 mike  1.1 

  7 mike  1.5     -	Add newly implemented repository operations to protocol and to
  8           	dispatcher.
  9           
 10               -	Change INVALID_CLASS exceptions to NOT_FOUND (they're wrong in 
 11           	Repository).

 12 mike  1.4 

 13 mike  1.7     -	Add tracing of output HTTP messages.
 14           

 15 mike  1.8     -   Need CIMInstance::removeMethod() and CIMInstance::removeProperty().
 16           

 17 mike  1.1 Topical To-Do List
 18           ==================
 19           

 20 mike  1.9     -   Support unloading of dynamic libraries (presently only load() is
 21           	supported).
 22           

 23 mike  1.1 -   Instances:
 24           

 25 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::getProperty()

 26 mike  1.1 

 27 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::setProperty()

 28 mike  1.1 

 29 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::deleteInstance()

 30 mike  1.1 

 31 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::modifyInstance()

 32 mike  1.1 

 33 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstances()

 34 mike  1.1 

 35 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::enumerateInstanceNames()

 36 mike  1.1 

 37 mike  1.5     -	Handle inheritance in all instance operations.

 38 mike  1.1 
 39               -	Double check that all these operations work across protocol.
 40           

 41 mike  1.5     -	Check that they have keys during validation.

 42 mike  1.1 
 43           -   Associations:
 44           

 45 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::referencesOf()

 46 mike  1.1 

 47 mike  1.5     -	Implement CIMRepository::associatorsOf()

 48 mike  1.1 
 49               -	Implement protocol stubs for these operations.
 50           
 51           -   Exceptions:
 52           

 53 mike  1.5     -	Force __FILE__ and __LINE__ argument on every usage of CIMException.

 54 mike  1.2 

 55 mike  1.1     -	Clean up and consolidate exception classes.
 56           

 57 mike  1.5     -	Propagate underlying error messages across the CIM protocol.

 58 mike  1.1 
 59           -   References:
 60           
 61               -	Validate arguments to CIMReference compound constructor and modifiers.
 62           	(namespaces, hosts, classnames, and keybindings)
 63           

 64 mike  1.5     -	Be sure that escape sequences are handled inside of object names. For

 65 mike  1.1 	example:
 66           
 67           	    X.key1="Hello \"You\""
 68           
 69           -   Protocol:
 70           

 71 mike  1.5     -	Improve protocol tracing to show messages in both directions.

 72 mike  1.1 

 73 mike  1.5     -	The TCPChannel::writeN() method blocks when the client and server

 74 mike  1.1 	are in the same process. That is because the client cannot read
 75           	anything as long as writeN() is blocked on a synchronous write.
 76           

 77 mike  1.5     -	Figure out how to handle getProperty() return type.

 78 mike  1.1 

 79 mike  1.5     -	Provide ACE Channel implementation (for porting purposes)?

 80 mike  1.1 

 81 mike  1.5     -	Handle PARAMETER.REFARRAY in Procotol?

 82 mike  1.1 

 83 mike  1.5     -	Ignore extraneous XML elements (loosely valid).

 84 mike  1.1 
 85           -   Porting:
 86           
 87               -	Replace "std::something" with "STD(something)"
 88           

 89 mike  1.5     -	Replace "using namespace std" with "USING_NAMESPACE_PEGASUS"

 90 mike  1.1 
 91           -   Aesthetics/Consistency/Usability:
 92           

 93 mike  1.5     -	Change getLength() and getSize() to just size(): "Brevity is the soul

 94 mike  1.1 	of genius and of Lingerie". 
 95           

 96 mike  1.5     -	Add methods to get objects by their names, in addition to index. For

 97 mike  1.1 	example:
 98           
 99           	    CIMProperty CIMClass::getProperty(const String& name);
100           

101 mike  1.5     -	Perform walkthrough to expose consistency problems.

102 mike  1.1 

103 mike  1.5     -	Distinguish between private and public classes (otherwise, users may

104 mike  1.1 	come to depend on classes with unstable interfaces).
105           
106           -   Documentation:
107           

108 mike  1.5     -	Suggest newlines after methods.

109 mike  1.1 

110 mike  1.5     -	Suggest use of "/** ... */" instead of "///"

111 mike  1.1 
112               -	Refine header file documentation.
113           
114               -	Write Pegasus Architecture Paper.
115           

116 mike  1.5     -	Integrate DOC++ with make system (put all docs in doc tree):

117 mike  1.1 
118           -   Namespaces:
119           

120 mike  1.5     -	Implement create and destroy namespace (according to the standard).

121 mike  1.1 
122           -   Providers
123           

124 mike  1.5     -	Add CIM-Server handles to provider interface.

125 mike  1.1 

126 mike  1.5     -	Implement MOF provider registration scheme (according to the standard).

127 mike  1.1 
128           -   WBEM Query Language
129           
130               -	Find someone to work on standard.
131           

132 mike  1.5     -	Implement leve-1 parser.

133 mike  1.1 
134           -   MOF compiler:
135           

136 mike  1.5     -	Work with Bob to identify work items.

137 mike  1.1 
138           -   Threading
139           

140 mike  1.5     -	Write thread queuing document (input and output thread queue per

141 mike  1.1 	provider).
142           

143 mike  1.5     -	Implement queuing.

144 mike  1.1 

145 mike  1.5     -	Make reference counted objects thread safe (Mutexing and atomic

146 mike  1.1 	increments).
147           
148           -   Connectors
149           

150 mike  1.5     -	Work out basic concepts (write paper).

151 mike  1.1 
152               -	Package up pegasus in Install Shield application.
153           
154           
155           -   Install
156           

157 mike  1.5     -	Need install mechanism for Unix and Windows.

158 mike  1.1 
159           -   Interoperability
160           

161 mike  1.5     -	Fix reported bugs.

162 mike  1.1 
163           -   Internationalization
164           

165 mike  1.5     -	Handle UCS2 characters in XML (parsing and writing).

166 mike  1.1 
167           -   Repository:
168           

169 mike  1.5     -	Export to MOF.

170 mike  1.1 
171           -   Miscellaneous
172           

173 mike  1.6     -   Change CompareNoCase() to String::compareNoCase().
174           

175 mike  1.5     -	Place configuration startup parameters in Repository (e.g., port).
176           
177               -	Integrate logging 

178 mike  1.1 

179 mike  1.5     -	Figure out how to handle CIM null values.

180 mike  1.1 

181 mike  1.5     -	Generalize iteration.

182 mike  1.1 

183 mike  1.5     -	Figure out how inheritance of keys works.

184 mike  1.1 

185 mike  1.5     -	Investiage weak assocations.

186 mike  1.1 

187 mike  1.5     -	Provide conversions between DateTime and time_t.
188                   

189 mike  1.1 -   Constraint hanlding
190           

191 mike  1.5     -	Enforce constraint qualifiers.

192 mike  1.1 

193 mike  1.5     -	Disallow resetting size of fixed length arrays.

194 mike  1.1 
195           -   Optimization/Tuning
196           

197 mike  1.5     -	Shrink object sizes.

198 mike  1.1 

199 mike  1.5     -	Use lighter I/O system (than C++ streams).

200 mike  1.1 

201 mike  1.5     -	Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).

202 mike  1.1 

203 mike  1.5     -	Optimize clear method on arrays (to not release memory).

204 mike  1.1 
205           -   Porting
206           

207 mike  1.5     -	Port to Solaris

208 mike  1.1 

209 mike  1.5     -	Port to HPUX

210 mike  1.1 

211 mike  1.5     -	Port to AIX

212 mike  1.1 
213           -   Testing
214           

215 mike  1.5     -	Test case insensitivity of class names and qualifier names.
216           
217               -	Run Purify on all sources (port to Sun first).

218 mike  1.1 

219 mike  1.5     -	Run CIM/XML test suite.

220 mike  1.1 
221           -   Server
222           

223 mike  1.5     -	Use Service class in cimserver

224 mike  1.1 

225 mike  1.5     -	Implement Service class on Unix (daemonization from Comer book).