[cosmos-dev] Please review: modifications to EclipseCon2007Demo script,

["Craig Thomas" <cthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To all interested parties:

I made some modifications to the wiki page at http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/COSMOSEclipseCon2007Demo

The modifications were based on design discussions held during the Data Reporting Sub Project meeting today, 18-Jan-2007. During this meeting, Marius, Mark, and I drilled down on both the reporting and the data access APIs.

The outcome of our conversation included:

• We'll use BIRT reports for all of the web based user interface for the Eclipse Con 2007 demo.
• We identified 3 key data access APIs, though more APIs may emerge:
  
• getTopologies(), which returns a collection of POJOs for the topologies.
• getNodes(topology_id) and getNodes(node_id) which return a collection of top-level children of a topology and a node, respectively.
• getProperties(topology_id) and getProperties(node_id), which return a collection of properties for a topology and a node, respectively.
• We worked on the specifics of the demo script steps, trying to call out a simple but effective set of BIRT-able reports for each kind of information.
• Based on this joint effort, I whacked together some cheesey report mockups that are an attempt to capture the essential data. There are links to these reports in the demo script.
  

Your review and comments are highly valued!

Thanks,
--Craig.