how do i decode, change, then re-encode a CORBA IOR file (Visibroker) in my Java client code? - corba

I am writing code to ingest the IOR file generated by the team responsible for the server and use it to bind my client to their object. Sounds easy, right?
For some reason a bit beyond my grasp (having to do with firewalls, DMZs, etc.), the value for the server inside the IOR file is not something we can use. We have to modify it. However, the IOR string is encoded.
What does Visibroker provide that will let me decode the IOR string, change one or more values, then re-encode it and continue on as normal?
I've already looked into IORInterceptors and URL Naming but I don't think either will do the trick.
Thanks in advance!

When you feel like you need to hack an IOR, resist the urge to do so by writing code and whatnot to mangle it to your liking. IORs are meant to be created and dictated by the server that contains the referenced objects, so the moment you start mucking around in there, you're kinda "voiding your warranty".
Instead, spend your time finding the right way to make the IOR usable in your environment by having the server use an alternative hostname when it generates them. Most ORBs offer such a feature. I don't know Visibroker's particular configuration options at all, but a quick Google search revealed this page that shows a promising value:
vbroker.se.iiop_ts.host
Specifies the host name used by this server engine.
The default value, null, means use the host name from the system.
Hope that helps.

Long time ago I wrote IorParser for GNU Classpath, the code is available. It is a normal parser written being aware about the format, should not "void a warranty" I think. IOR contains multiple tagged profiles that are encapsulated very much like XML so we could parse/modify profiles that we need and understand and leave the rest untouched.
The profile we need to parse is TAG_INTERNET_IOP. It contains version number, host, port and object key. Code that reads and writes this profile can be found in gnu.IOR class. I am sorry this is part of the system library and not a nice piece of code to copy paste here but it should not be very difficult to rip it out with a couple of dependent classes.
This question has been repeatedly asked as CORBA :: Get the client ORB address and port with use of IIOP

Use the FixIOR tool (binary) from jacORB to patch the address and port of an IOR. Download the binary (unzip it) and run:
fixior <new-address> <new-port> <ior-file>
The tool will override the content of the IOR file with the 'patched' IOR
You can use IOR Parser to check the resulting IOR and compare it to your original IOR

Use this function to change the IOR. pass stringified IOR as first argument.
void hackIOR(const char* str, char* newIOR )
{
size_t s = (str ? strlen(str) : 0);
char temp[1000];
strcpy(newIOR,"IOR:");
const char *p = str;
s = (s-4)/2; // how many octets are there in the string
p += 4;
int i;
for (i=0; i<(int)s; i++) {
int j = i*2;
char v=0;
if (p[j] >= '0' && p[j] <= '9') {
v = ((p[j] - '0') << 4);
}
else if (p[j] >= 'a' && p[j] <= 'f') {
v = ((p[j] - 'a' + 10) << 4);
}
else if (p[j] >= 'A' && p[j] <= 'F') {
v = ((p[j] - 'A' + 10) << 4);
}
else
cout <<"invalid octet"<<endl;
if (p[j+1] >= '0' && p[j+1] <= '9') {
v += (p[j+1] - '0');
}
else if (p[j+1] >= 'a' && p[j+1] <= 'f') {
v += (p[j+1] - 'a' + 10);
}
else if (p[j+1] >= 'A' && p[j+1] <= 'F') {
v += (p[j+1] - 'A' + 10);
}
else
cout <<"invalid octet"<<endl;
temp[i]=v;
}
temp[i] = 0;
// Now temp has decoded IOR string. print it.
// Replace the object ID in temp.
// Encoded it back, with following code.
int temp1,temp2;
int l,k;
for(k = 0, l = 4 ; k < s ; k++)
{
temp1=temp2=temp[k];
temp1 &= 0x0F;
temp2 = temp2 & 0xF0;
temp2 = temp2 >> 4;
if(temp2 >=0 && temp2 <=9)
{
newIOR[l++] = temp2+'0';
}
else if(temp2 >=10 && temp2 <=15)
{
newIOR[l++] = temp2+'A'-10;
}
if(temp1 >=0 && temp1 <=9)
{
newIOR[l++] = temp1+'0';
}
else if(temp1 >=10 && temp1 <=15)
{
newIOR[l++] = temp1+'A'-10;
}
}
newIOR[l] = 0;
//new IOR is present in new variable newIOR.
}
Hope this works for you.

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DXL script producing syntax error with char c = str[i]

I'm currently trying to run Export to PDF script, however when I try running it in DOORS ver 9.6.1, I get a couple of errors.
Line 8: char c = str[i]; contains a syntax error
Any thoughts on how I can resolve this issue?
string makeCaption(Buffer& str)
{
setempty(tempBuf);
int i = 0;
{
for(i = 0; i < length(str); ++i)
char c = str[i];
if('\n' != c) && '\\' != c)
{
tempBuf += c;
}
}
escapeSpecialLaTeXCharacters(tempBuf);
return stringOf(tempBuf);
}
Seems to me like copy/paste problems. When you compare your code with the original you might notice that you moved line 6 with the sole { one line up. If you put it back where it belongs i.e. after the line "for(...)", the code works

nodemcu string.format odd results

I need a specific format for a float number: (sign)xx.dd
when trying to set a string.format for thiss format I get odd results.
h= 5.127 --(it should beconverted to +05.13)
print(string.format("%+05.2f",h))
--> 05.13
print(string.format("%+06.2f",h))
--> 005.13
h= -5.127 --(it should beconverted to -05.13)
print(string.format("%05.2f",h))
--> -5.13
print(string.format("%06.2f",h))
--> 0-5.13
Of course, I have an easy workaround, but I think that there is something wrong in this build.
build created on 2018-04-09 15:12
powered by Lua 5.1.4 on SDK 2.2.1(cfd48f3)
BR,
eHc
This is a bug (or undocumented deficiency) in NodeMCU.
Lua implements most of the handling of string.format format specifiers by handing them off to the C standard library's sprintf function. (There are a few things sprintf allows that Lua doesn't, but + ought to work fine.)
NodeMCU has modified Lua to replace most (or all) of the standard library calls with calls to replacement functions defined by NodeMCU (which is normally crazy, but maybe okay in the embedded systems domain). NodeMCU's sprintf implementation doesn't support +.
This is the relevant code from NodeMCU's source (c_stdio.c). Notice that unknown characters in the format specifier are silently ignored:
for (; *s; s++) {
if (strchr("bcdefgilopPrRsuxX%", *s))
break;
else if (*s == '-')
fmt = FMT_LJUST;
else if (*s == '0')
fmt = FMT_RJUST0;
else if (*s == '~')
fmt = FMT_CENTER;
else if (*s == '*') {
// [snip]
// ...
} else if (*s >= '1' && *s <= '9') {
// [snip]
// ...
} else if (*s == '.')
haddot = 1;
}
Similarly, the 0 formatting is not implemented currently for numbers -- as you have noticed, it just pads on the left regardless of sign.

Z3 - How to extract variables from a given formula?

I'm using Z3 C++ API (Version 4.3.1) and I want to extract variables of a formula (An object of type expr). I've found a similar question but it is in Z3py. I am wonder if there is a method in Z3 C/C++ API to extract variables from expr object. Thanks!
For example (some details omitted):
expr fs = implies(x + y == 0, z * x < 15);
std::vector<expr> varlist = get_vars(fs);
Then varlist should contain x,y,z.
The C++ example in the distribution (examples/c++/example.cpp) shows a sample visitor pattern.
It is very simplistic, but will give the idea.
I repeat it here below:
void visit(expr const & e) {
if (e.is_app()) {
unsigned num = e.num_args();
for (unsigned i = 0; i < num; i++) {
visit(e.arg(i));
}
// do something
// Example: print the visited expression
func_decl f = e.decl();
std::cout << "application of " << f.name() << ": " << e << "\n";
}
else if (e.is_quantifier()) {
visit(e.body());
// do something
}
else {
assert(e.is_var());
// do something
}
}
The visitor function can be improved by using
a cache of previously visited expressions because in general Z3 uses shared sub-expressions.
This is similar to the Python example.
Hope this helps

Any suggestions about how to implement a BASIC language parser/interpreter?

I've been trying to implement a BASIC language interpreter (in C/C++) but I haven't found any book or (thorough) article which explains the process of parsing the language constructs. Some commands are rather complex and hard to parse, especially conditionals and loops, such as IF-THEN-ELSE and FOR-STEP-NEXT, because they can mix variables with constants and entire expressions and code and everything else, for example:
10 IF X = Y + Z THEN GOTO 20 ELSE GOSUB P
20 FOR A = 10 TO B STEP -C : PRINT C$ : PRINT WHATEVER
30 NEXT A
It seems like a nightmare to be able to parse something like that and make it work. And to make things worse, programs written in BASIC can easily be a tangled mess. That's why I need some advice, read some book or whatever to make my mind clear about this subject. What can you suggest?
You've picked a great project - writing interpreters can be lots of fun!
But first, what do we even mean by an interpreter? There are different types of interpreters.
There is the pure interpreter, where you simply interpret each language element as you find it. These are the easiest to write, and the slowest.
A step up, would be to convert each language element into some sort of internal form, and then interpret that. Still pretty easy to write.
The next step, would be to actually parse the language, and generate a syntax tree, and then interpret that. This is somewhat harder to write, but once you've done it a few times, it becomes pretty easy.
Once you have a syntax tree, you can fairly easily generate code for a custom stack virtual machine. A much harder project is to generate code for an existing virtual machine, such as the JVM or CLR.
In programming, like most engineering endeavors, careful planning greatly helps, especially with complicated projects.
So the first step is to decide which type of interpreter you wish to write. If you have not read any of a number of compiler books (e.g., I always recommend Niklaus Wirth's "Compiler Construction" as one of the best introductions to the subject, and is now freely available on the web in PDF form), I would recommend that you go with the pure interpreter.
But you still need to do some additional planning. You need to rigorously define what it is you are going to be interpreting. EBNF is great for this. For a gentile introduction EBNF, read the first three parts of a Simple Compiler at http://www.semware.com/html/compiler.html It is written at the high school level, and should be easy to digest. Yes, I tried it on my kids first :-)
Once you have defined what it is you want to be interpreting, you are ready to write your interpreter.
Abstractly, you're simple interpreter will be divided into a scanner (technically, a lexical analyzer), a parser, and an evaluator. In the simple pure interpolator case, the parser and evaluator will be combined.
Scanners are easy to write, and easy to test, so we won't spend any time on them. See the aforementioned link for info on crafting a simple scanner.
Lets (for example) define your goto statement:
gotostmt -> 'goto' integer
integer -> [0-9]+
This tells us that when we see the token 'goto' (as delivered by the scanner), the only thing that can follow is an integer. And an integer is simply a string a digits.
In pseudo code, we might handle this as so:
(token - is the current token, which is the current element just returned via the scanner)
loop
if token == "goto"
goto_stmt()
elseif token == "gosub"
gosub_stmt()
elseif token == .....
endloop
proc goto_stmt()
expect("goto") -- redundant, but used to skip over goto
if is_numeric(token)
--now, somehow set the instruction pointer at the requested line
else
error("expecting a line number, found '%s'\n", token)
end
end
proc expect(s)
if s == token
getsym()
return true
end
error("Expecting '%s', found: '%s'\n", curr_token, s)
end
See how simple it is? Really, the only hard thing to figure out in a simple interpreter is the handling of expressions. A good recipe for handling those is at: http://www.engr.mun.ca/~theo/Misc/exp_parsing.htm Combined with the aforementioned references, you should have enough to handle the sort of expressions you would encounter in BASIC.
Ok, time for a concrete example. This is from a larger 'pure interpreter', that handles a enhanced version of Tiny BASIC (but big enough to run Tiny Star Trek :-) )
/*------------------------------------------------------------------------
Simple example, pure interpreter, only supports 'goto'
------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include <ctype.h>
enum {False=0, True=1, Max_Lines=300, Max_Len=130};
char *text[Max_Lines+1]; /* array of program lines */
int textp; /* used by scanner - ptr in current line */
char tok[Max_Len+1]; /* the current token */
int cur_line; /* the current line number */
int ch; /* current character */
int num; /* populated if token is an integer */
jmp_buf restart;
int error(const char *fmt, ...) {
va_list ap;
char buf[200];
va_start(ap, fmt);
vsprintf(buf, fmt, ap);
va_end(ap);
printf("%s\n", buf);
longjmp(restart, 1);
return 0;
}
int is_eol(void) {
return ch == '\0' || ch == '\n';
}
void get_ch(void) {
ch = text[cur_line][textp];
if (!is_eol())
textp++;
}
void getsym(void) {
char *cp = tok;
while (ch <= ' ') {
if (is_eol()) {
*cp = '\0';
return;
}
get_ch();
}
if (isalpha(ch)) {
for (; !is_eol() && isalpha(ch); get_ch()) {
*cp++ = (char)ch;
}
*cp = '\0';
} else if (isdigit(ch)) {
for (; !is_eol() && isdigit(ch); get_ch()) {
*cp++ = (char)ch;
}
*cp = '\0';
num = atoi(tok);
} else
error("What? '%c'", ch);
}
void init_getsym(const int n) {
cur_line = n;
textp = 0;
ch = ' ';
getsym();
}
void skip_to_eol(void) {
tok[0] = '\0';
while (!is_eol())
get_ch();
}
int accept(const char s[]) {
if (strcmp(tok, s) == 0) {
getsym();
return True;
}
return False;
}
int expect(const char s[]) {
return accept(s) ? True : error("Expecting '%s', found: %s", s, tok);
}
int valid_line_num(void) {
if (num > 0 && num <= Max_Lines)
return True;
return error("Line number must be between 1 and %d", Max_Lines);
}
void goto_line(void) {
if (valid_line_num())
init_getsym(num);
}
void goto_stmt(void) {
if (isdigit(tok[0]))
goto_line();
else
error("Expecting line number, found: '%s'", tok);
}
void do_cmd(void) {
for (;;) {
while (tok[0] == '\0') {
if (cur_line == 0 || cur_line >= Max_Lines)
return;
init_getsym(cur_line + 1);
}
if (accept("bye")) {
printf("That's all folks!\n");
exit(0);
} else if (accept("run")) {
init_getsym(1);
} else if (accept("goto")) {
goto_stmt();
} else {
error("Unknown token '%s' at line %d", tok, cur_line); return;
}
}
}
int main() {
int i;
for (i = 0; i <= Max_Lines; i++) {
text[i] = calloc(sizeof(char), (Max_Len + 1));
}
setjmp(restart);
for (;;) {
printf("> ");
while (fgets(text[0], Max_Len, stdin) == NULL)
;
if (text[0][0] != '\0') {
init_getsym(0);
if (isdigit(tok[0])) {
if (valid_line_num())
strcpy(text[num], &text[0][textp]);
} else
do_cmd();
}
}
}
Hopefully, that will be enough to get you started. Have fun!
I will certainly get beaten by telling this ...but...:
First, I am actually working on a standalone library ( as a hobby ) that is made of:
a tokenizer, building linear (flat list) of tokens from the source text and following the same sequence as the text ( lexems created from the text flow ).
A parser by hands (syntax analyse; pseudo-compiler )
There is no "pseudo-code" nor "virtual CPU/machine".
Instructions(such as 'return', 'if' 'for' 'while'... then arithemtic expressions ) are represented by a base c++-struct/class and is the object itself. The base object, I name it atom, have a virtual method called "eval", among other common members, that is the "execution/branch" also by itself. So no matter I have an 'if' statement with its possible branchings ( single statement or bloc of statements/instructions ) as true or false condition, it will be called from the base virtual atom::eval() ... and so on for everything that is an atom.
Even 'objects' such as variables are 'atom'. 'eval()' will simply return its value from a variant container held by the atom itself ( pointer, refering to the 'local' variant instance (the instance variant iself) held the 'atom' or to another variant held by an atom that is created in a given 'bloc/stack'. So 'atom' are 'inplace' instructions/objects.
As of now, as an example, chunk of not really meaningful 'code' as below just works:
r = 5!; // 5! : (factorial of 5 )
Response = 1 + 4 - 6 * --r * ((3+5)*(3-4) * 78);
if (Response != 1){ /* '<>' also is not equal op. */
return r^3;
}
else{
return 0;
}
Expressions ( arithemtics ) are built into binary tree expression:
A = b+c; =>
=
/ \
A +
/ \
b c
So the 'instruction'/statement for expression like above is the tree-entry atom that in the above case, is the '=' (binary) operator.
The tree is built with atom::r0,r1,r2 :
atom 'A' :
r0
|
A
/ \
r1 r2
Regarding 'full-duplex' mecanism between c++ runtime and the 'script' library, I've made class_adaptor and adaptor<> :
ex.:
template<typename R, typename ...Args> adaptor_t<T,R, Args...>& import_method(const lstring& mname, R (T::*prop)(Args...)) { ... }
template<typename R, typename ...Args> adaptor_t<T,R, Args...>& import_property(const lstring& mname, R (T::*prop)(Args...)) { ... }
Second: I know there are plenty of tools and libs out there such as lua, boost::bind<*>, QML, JSON, etc... But in my situation, I need to create my very own [edit] 'independant' [/edit] lib for "live scripting". I was scared that my 'interpreter' could take a huge amount of RAM, but I am surprised that it is not as big as using QML,jscript or even lua :-)
Thank you :-)
Don't bother with hacking a parser together by hand. Use a parser generator. lex + yacc is the classic lexer/parser generator combination, but a Google search will reveal plenty of others.

How to generate unique (short) URL folder name on the fly...like Bit.ly

I'm creating an application which will create a large number of folders on a web server, with files inside of them.
I need the folder name to be unique. I can easily do this with a GUID, but I want something more user friendly. It doesn't need to be speakable by users, but should be short and standard characters (alphas is best).
In short: i'm looking to do something like Bit.ly does with their unique names:
www.mydomain.com/ABCDEF
Is there a good reference on how to do this? My platform will be .NET/C#, but ok with any help, references, links, etc on the general concept, or any overall advice to solve this task.
Start at 1. Increment to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, a, b...
A, B, C...
X, Y, Z, 10, 11, 12, ... 1a, 1b,
You get the idea.
You have a synchronized global int/long "next id" and represent it in base 62 (numbers, lowercase, caps) or base 36 or something.
I'm assuming that you know how to use your web server's redirect capabilities. If you need help, just comment :).
The way I would do it would be generating a random integer (between the integer values of 'a' and 'z'); converting it into a char; appending it to a string; and repeating until we reach the needed length. If it generates a value already in the database, repeat the process. If it was unique, store it in the database with the name of the actual location and the name of the alias.
This is a bit hack-like because it assumes that 'a' through 'z' are actually in sequence in their integer values.
Best I could think of :(.
In Perl, without modules so you can translate more easly.
sub convert_to_base {
my ($n, $b) = #_;
my #digits;
while ($n) {
my $digits = $n % $b;
unshift #digits, $digit;
$n = ($n - $digit) / $b;
}
unshift #digits, 0 if !#digits;
return #digits;
}
# Whatever characters you want to use.
my #digit_set = ( '0'..'9', 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z' );
# The id of the record in the database,
# or one more than the last id you generated.
my $id = 1;
my $converted =
join '',
map { $digit_set[$_] }
convert_to_base($id, 0+#digits_set);
I needed something similar to what you're trying to accomplish. I retooled my code to generate folders so try this. It's setup for a console app, but you can use it in a website also.
private static void genRandomFolders()
{
string basepath = "C:\\Users\\{username here}\\Desktop\\";
int count = 5;
int length = 8;
List<string> codes = new List<string>();
int total = 0;
int i = count;
Random rnd = new Random();
while (i-- > 0)
{
string code = RandomString(rnd, length);
if (!codes.Exists(delegate(string c) { return c.ToLower() == code.ToLower(); }))
{
//Create directory here
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(basepath + code);
}
total++;
if (total % 100 == 0)
Console.WriteLine("Generated " + total.ToString() + " random folders...");
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Generated " + total.ToString() + " total random folders.");
}
public static string RandomString(Random r, int len)
{
//string str = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"; //uppercase only
//string str = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"; //All
string str = "abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz123456789"; //Lowercase only
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
while ((len--) > 0)
sb.Append(str[(int)(r.NextDouble() * str.Length)]);
return sb.ToString();
}

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