I am picking up on someone else's code (which works and is currently being used in hardware applications). The given code is implemented in Qt since we need to produce an application, and creates an application which allows the user to set certain parameters using a gui while the code handles transferring this command through a NI PXI to the FPGAs etc.
On my way of understanding this code, I found a function call to NiFpga_MergeStatus() shown in the code below. The parameter passed as the first argument has been hardcoded and set to NiFpga_Status_Success (which if you follow the path is a static const NiFpga_Status type set to the the value 0.
When looking at the NiFpga_MergeStatus() function implementation, I believe with this value being hardcoded, we will never get to the second if statement and our return value will be the Invalid Parameter value.
Why would somebody want to implement such code? Especially since the second parameter is sent it seems to have had some thought put into this. Am I wrong in analyzing that with harcoding the status parameter before it's passed as an argument we will always execute the first if statement? Let me know if I should provide more details. The header file is provided by Ni (NiFpga.h).
Thank you
NiFpga description of this function's purpose:
* Conditionally sets the status to a new value. The previous status is
* preserved unless the new status is more of an error, which means that
* warnings and errors overwrite successes, and errors overwrite warnings. New
* errors do not overwrite older errors, and new warnings do not overwrite
* older warnings.
*
* #param status status to conditionally set
* #param newStatus new status value that may be set
* #return the resulting status
static NiFpga_Inline NiFpga_Status NiFpga_MergeStatus(
NiFpga_Status* const status,
const NiFpga_Status newStatus)
{
if (!status) //
return NiFpga_Status_InvalidParameter;
if(NiFpga_IsNotError(*status)
&& (*status == NiFpga_Status_Success || NiFpga_IsError(newStatus)))
*status = newStatus;
return *status;
}
Status is a pointer parameter. In first if statement (if (!status)) it is only checking if the pointer is actually pointing to something in memory or not. So in your case it always evaluates to false and return NiFpga_Status_InvalidParameter; never gets called.
But second if statement is doing the job of comparing actual value (note the asterisk *) of status (*status) with NiFpga_Status_Success.
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I'm confused by the difference between V8 ObjectTemplate's Set and SetAccessor methods. My question has a simple context and 4 concrete sub-questions.
Context
Let's say I have code snippet that wants to provide a global object global to the targeting JS context. global has a property x, whose value takes int value. global also has a property log, which is a function. All the snippets are taken from V8's source, process.cc and Embedder's Guide to be precise.
HandleScope handle_scope(GetIsolate());
// Create a template for the global object where we set the
// built-in global functions.
Local<ObjectTemplate> global = ObjectTemplate::New(GetIsolate());
global->Set(String::NewFromUtf8(GetIsolate(), "log",
NewStringType::kNormal).ToLocalChecked(),
FunctionTemplate::New(GetIsolate(), LogCallback));
So this code snippet provides function log to the global. Then from the Embedder's Guide to accessors, it says
An accessor is a C++ callback that calculates and returns a value when an object property is accessed by a JavaScript script. Accessors are configured through an object template, using the SetAccessor method.
The code snippet follows:
void XGetter(Local<String> property,
const PropertyCallbackInfo<Value>& info) {
info.GetReturnValue().Set(x);
}
void XSetter(Local<String> property, Local<Value> value,
const PropertyCallbackInfo<Value>& info) {
x = value->Int32Value();
}
// YGetter/YSetter are so similar they are omitted for brevity
Local<ObjectTemplate> global_templ = ObjectTemplate::New(isolate);
global_templ->SetAccessor(String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "x"), XGetter, XSetter);
global_templ->SetAccessor(String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "y"), YGetter, YSetter);
Persistent<Context> context = Context::New(isolate, NULL, global_templ);
As I understand this code snippet, it's providing some integer value x to the global as the description goes.
Now,from the source of V8, I see ObjectTemplate doesn't have a Set method, instead, it's inherited from parent class Template. From Template's source code, it says:
/**
* Adds a property to each instance created by this template.
*
* The property must be defined either as a primitive value, or a template.
*/
void Set(Local<Name> name, Local<Data> value,
propertyAttribute attributes = None);
Questions
Template's Set method says it can set a primitive value to the instance of the template, then can I use Set to set x in the second code snippet instead of using SetAccessor?
If the answer to question 1 is true, then what's the difference for setting x between using SetMethod and Set? Is the difference being that any modification in JS to the property set by Set will not be reflected in C++?
If the answer to question 1 is false, then why can't I use Set on X?
From the description of accessors, it says it computes and return value. So does it mean we don't use SetAccessor to return functions? I'm confused because I mainly write JS and Haskell. Both languages spoils me to take functions as values.
Now I know it should be easy to verify all my assumptions by actually building the samples, but I have difficulties compiling the V8 source, hence I'm asking for any help.
Thank you in advanced for any effort!
1. Yes.
2. Set is the C++ equivalent (modulo property attributes) of:
Object.defineProperty(global, "x", {value: 3})
SetAccessor is the C++ equivalent of:
Object.defineProperty(global, "x", {get: function XGetter() { return ...; },
set: function XSetter(val) { ... }});
As you suggest, a consequence is that in case of Set, the C++ side has no way of knowing whether the value was changed from the JavaScript side.
3. n/a
4. The getter can return any value you want; in particular the value can be a function.
So here is my issue. I'm trying to create function, which goes on straight away, but also have second exec output, which goes after let's say completing loop.
I tried to make this work with this: thread i googled.
However my issue is when i tried doing it with accepted answer provided i got this error:
E0434 a reference of type "TEnumAsByte<EMyEnum> &" (not const-qualified) cannot be initialized with a value of type "EMyEnum"
Going furthere below there is second answer, which work but it always goes off form last possible pin.In case I show below it always fire "FinishOutput". Is there any way i can force code to output from both pins i provide? Here is how it looks in my code:
.h file
UENUM(BlueprintType)
enum class EMyEnum : uint8
{
Output,
FinishOutput
};
UFUNCTION(BLueprintCallable, Category = "Test", Meta = (ExpandEnumAsExecs = "Branches"))
static void OutputTest(TEnumAsByte<EMyEnum>& Branches);
.cpp file
void UAudioController::OutputTest(TEnumAsByte<EMyEnum>& Branches)
{
Branches = EMyEnum::Output;
//some code to execute before second output
Branches = EMyEnum::FinishOutput;
}
I would make a Macro since it can have multiple Exec outputs. This is in blueprint, not code.
I am using this module hierarchy :
Node: {udpApp[0]<->udp<->networkLayer->wlan[0]} and wlan[0]: {CNPCBeacon<->mac<->radio}
I have given some initial parameter in the ini file for udpApp as :
**.host*.numUdpApps = 2
**.host*.udpApp[0].typename = "UDPBasicApp"
**.host*.udpApp[0].chooseDestAddrMode = "perBurst"
**.host*.udpApp[0].destAddresses = "gw1"
**.host*.udpApp[0].startTime = 1.32s
**.host*.udpApp[0].stopTime = 1.48s
But at run time I want to change the startTime and stopTime for udpAPP[0] through CNPCBeacon module. Hence I changed CNPCBeacon.cc as:-
cModule* parentmod = getParentModule();
cModule* grantParentmod = parentmod->getParentModule();
cModule* udpmod;
for (cSubModIterator iter(*grantParentmod); !iter.end(); iter++)
{
//EV<<"get the modulde "<< iter()->getFullName()<<endl;
if (strcmp(iter()->getFullName(), "udpApp[0]") == 0)
{
udpmod = iter();
break;
}
}
cPar& startTime = udpmod->par("startTime");
cPar& stopTime = udpmod->par("stopTime");
And I am successfully able to receive the values of startTime and stopTime. However I want to change these value in current module, which is resulting in an error by following code:
udpmod->par("startTime").setDoubleValue(4.2);
Can anybody please suggest me a way to change it at run time.
Declaring your parameter as volatile should solve your problem. But for future reference I'll provide further explanation below
Volatile vs. non-volatile:
Here it depends how you want to use this parameter. Mainly via the .ini file you have two types of parameters: volatile and non-volatile.
volatile parameters are read every time during your run. That woule be helpful if you want this parameter to be generated by a built-in function, for example, uniform(0,10) each time this volatile parameter will get a different value.
On the other hand non-volatile parameters are read just one, as they don't change from run to run.
Using the volatile type parameter does not give you full flexibility, in the sense that your parameter value will always fall with in a range predefined in the .ini
Dynamic Variable (parameter) Reassignment:
Instead what you could do is use a more robust approach, and re-define the variable which stores the value from that module parameter each time you have to do so.
For example in your case you could do the following:
varHoldingStartTime = par("startTime").doubleValue();
varHoldingStartTime = 4.2;
This way the actual value will change internally without reflecting to your run.
Parameter Studies:
Alternatively if you want this change of the parameter to be applied to multiple runs you could use the advanced built-in approach provided by OMNeT++ which allows you to perform Parameter Studies.
I have explained here how Parameter Studies work: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30572095/4786271 and also here how it can be achieved with constraints etc: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29622426/4786271
If none of the approaches suggested by me fit your case, answers to this question altogether might solve your problem: How to change configuration of network during simulation in OMNeT++?
EDIT: extending the answer to roughly explain handleParameterChange()
I have not used handleParameterChange() before as well, but from what can I see this function provides a watchdog functionality to the module which utilizes it.
To activate this functionality first the void handleParameterChange(const char *parameterName); has to be re-defined.
In essence what it seems to do is the following:
Assume we have two modules moduleA and moduleB and moduleB has parameter parB. moduleA changes the parB and when that happens, moduleB reacts to this change based on the behaviour defined in:
moduleB::handleParameterChange(parB);
The behaviour could be re-reading the original value for parB from the .ini etc.
I'm using ADO to communicate with my Sybase server..
This is how I'm executing a simple command:
_ConnectionPtr m_ConnPtr;
//... Instantiate connection
_CommandPtr m_CommPtr;
m_CommPtr->CreateInstance(__uuidof(Command))
m_CommPtr->ActiveConnection = m_ConnPtr;
Variant m_variant;
m_variant.SetString("My Param Value");
_ParameterPtr ParamPtr;
ParamPtr = m_CommPtr->CreateParameter("#StrParam", (DataTypeEnum) m_variant.vt, adParamInput, NULL, m_variant);
m_CommPtr->Parameters->Append(PrmPtr);
m_CommPtr->CommandText = "EXECUTE my_stored_procedure #StrParam";
m_CommPtr->Execute(NULL, NULL, adOptionUnspecified);
#StrParam is supposed to be a VarChar type..
Running this gives me an error:
Attempt to insert NULL value into column 'StrParam'. table 'MYTABLE';
column does not allow nulls. Update fails.
I'm not sure why I'm getting this error, since I am specifiying its value ("My Param Value")..
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
(I didn't include the Stored procedure,, because I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the procedure itself.. Other application using the same procedure works fine. So there must be something wrong with how I'm using the parametized command)
I have no clue what your Variant class even is. But the traditional variant type (vt) and the ADO data type are not synonymous. Second, you're not setting up the call nor parameters correctly for a typical stored-proc invoke.
Below is how you would do this using a standard stored proc call and variant_t from the comutil library:
_CommandPtr m_CommPtr(__uuidof(Command));
m_CommPtr->ActiveConnection = m_ConnPtr;
m_CommPtr->CommandType = adoCmdStoredProc;
m_CommPtr->CommandText = L"my_stored_procedure";
// setup parameter
variant_t vParam = L"My Param Value";
_ParameterPtr ParamPtr = m_CommPtr->CreateParameter(L"#StrParam", adBSTR, adParamInput, 0, vParam);
m_CommPtr->Parameters->Append(ParamPtr);
m_CommPtr->Execute(NULL, NULL, adOptionUnspecified);
Note that the ParamPtr is generally optional and you can straight-away append the parameter to the command's Parameters collection if you don't need it for anything else, like this:
m_CommPtr->Parameters->Append(m_CommPtr->CreateParameter(
L"#StrParam", adBSTR, adParamInput, 0, vParam));
The method you're using is common for parameters that are both input and output, as you retain the parameter object reference to extract the output side of the parameter. I see no evidence of that in your call, which is the only reason I mention it here.
Also note that unless the command returns rows for a result set you should also invoke with adExecuteNoRecords for the execution third option (which is typical for many fire-and-forget stored procedure executions)
Finally, the names of the parameters are not important unless you use the NamedParameters property of the command object. This is commonly done when you have additional parameters with default values that you would like to retain, setting only specific parameters as part of your append list.
Best of luck.
I am trying to use the user_version feature of an SQLite database. I am unable to actually set the user_version and I am not sure why. I have tried various ways of executing a query to update the user_version, and have searched extensively online and am now at a total loss.
Here is my query string.
const std::string kSetUserVersion = "PRAGMA user_version = 1;";
And here is where I am trying to set the user_version, however my result is still 0.
// Set the user version and check it is correct.
sqlite3_exec(dbConnection->db_handle, kSetUserVersion.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, &db_err); // <-- this is not working!
long currentVersion = sqlite3_exec(dbConnection->db_handle, kGetUserVersion.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, &db_err);
// If the PRAGMA statement fails, no error returns and it fails silently, so having to add check to see if it has worked.
if (currentVersion != 1) // Setting the user_version has failed.
{
throw DatabaseAccessException(sqlite3_errmsg(dbConnection->db_handle));
}
Any help is much appreciated.
sqlite3_exec() return value is a status/error code and not the value from your query.
To get the query result value, there are two primary options:
Use sqlite3_prepare_v2(), sqlite_step() for SQLITE_ROW and access the data with e.g. sqlite3_column_int(), finalizing the prepared query with sqlite3_finalize().
Supply a callback function as the third argument to your sqlite3_exec() to capture the value. See e.g. here for example: Proper use of callback function of sqlite3 in C++