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why do people prefer sequence to all? 1 33 (12/22/2010 12:12:03 PM) comp.text.xml I have used XML for a few years now but this is the first time I have had to create a schema. I already have written the C++ code, using libxml2, that serialises and deserialises the messages. I just need to de... Andrew

WANTED: a C++ library for pattern matching filenames (wildcarding) 5 346 (12/7/2010 6:41:00 AM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I am writing some code that traverses a directory, looking for matching filenames. At the moment the match is done using regular expressions, using boost::regex. But I am not completely happy with this. I ... Andrew

Advice rqd: cout and cerr for an app that will not be a filter 5 134 (11/10/2010 8:10:56 PM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I have a question about programs using cout and/or cerr. I come from a UNIX background, where one is encouraged to write output to stdout (cout) and errors to stderr (cerr). This is so that when/if the c... Andrew

WANTED: C++ library to handle zip files 7 420 (10/26/2010 3:29:35 PM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I am trying to track down any open source C++ library for handling zip files. So far all I have found (via the Libraries FAQ list) is zipios+ + which is very old and has an iostreams interface. It gave compi... Andrew

WANTED: C++ class generator for XML input, uses libxml2 1 38 (9/23/2010 9:31:13 AM) comp.text.xml Hello, I am trying to track down an open source code generator that will create C++ classes when given an XML schema (XSD). I would like the generated code to use libxml2 to do the XML parsing. I wonder if any... Andrew

scheduled tasks, cron and ical (RFC-5545) 0 34 (9/13/2010 9:31:28 AM) comp.unix.questions I have a question about scheduling tasks. I am not sure what the correct newsgroup is for this question. I have posted it to a UNIX newsgroup because I am mentioning cron a lot. I have to implement a program t... Andrew

what has happened to the moderated group, clcppm? 2 192 (9/9/2010 7:52:37 AM) comp.lang.c++ Nothing has been posted there since 31st August. At least not according to google groups. Unfortunately I am forced to use google groups because my ISP has not heard of USENET. I am in the UK where ISPs that... Andrew

a question of style when catching exceptions 8 123 (8/5/2010 12:54:36 PM) comp.lang.c++.moderated I am working on enhancements and changes to a C++ system that uses exceptions. A very common way the code catches exceptions is by the base class, std::exception. I used to think there was nothing wrong with... Andrew

ANN: new release of fructose unit test framework 0 166 (8/2/2010 11:48:32 AM) comp.lang.c++.moderated This is to announce a new release of FRUCTOSE, a C++ unit test framework. It is very cutdown compared to CppUnit and is designed for simple command line-driven test harnesses. It is implemented entirely in h... Andrew

on a quest for C++ hamcrest matchers library 0 219 (7/28/2010 5:19:03 PM) comp.lang.c++.moderated Hello, Can some kind person please point me in the direction of the hamcrest matcher library ported to C++? The main hamcrest web pages say that there is a port but do not provide any links. My googling has be... Andrew

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dysfunctional Builder pattern? 12 54 (6/9/2009 4:49:20 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I have a question about a convention I have seen in a project I am working on. The convention is that when a class has a constructor with a lengthy argument list, a second class called a 'builder', is used to c... marlow.andrew (156)

advice needed on checking for null object references 23 20 (6/10/2009 4:28:20 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I am mainly a C++ programmer currently moving more and more into java. So when I look at java code I tend to do so with a C++ hat on.So please bear that in mind as you consider this question: Is it normal for (... marlow.andrew (156)

advice needed on maintaining large collections of unique ids 21 23 (6/23/2009 9:57:12 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello, I am working on a system that stores items in a CMS. Each item is indexed by a unique id. The uid can be quite large (255 bytes). We will be having several million items in the CMS. Items occasionally g... marlow.andrew (156)

Where to start with a webapp that is not really a webapp 7 22 (6/26/2009 9:35:45 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer I have an app that is currently a Junit test but I want to convert it to a program that will run 24x7, i.e. a server. The dev env that I am in means the app uses many, many 3rd party jars. Loads of them. We als... marlow.andrew (156)

how does one talk to a web service? What makes something a web service? 18 24 (6/28/2009 8:52:10 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I thought I knew what a web service was but now I am not so sure. I am still learning java and come from a C++ background. The way people on my project talk about web services reminds me of the C++ CORBA servan... marlow.andrew (156)

LaTeX and ebooks 15 46 (7/6/2009 12:18:20 AM) comp.text.tex If I were planning to write a book using LaTeX, and wanted to publish it as an ebook, what would my options be? Are there tools that will output ebook formats, starting with a LaTeX source? (Note, I'm not l... jdege (64)

What do people use to parse datetimes? 20 27 (7/23/2009 6:50:50 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello, I have just discovered that joda does not parse datetimes that contain timezones. Hence I am forced to use the date parsing routines in java.util. But they do not seem to handle bad dates. For example, ... marlow.andrew (156)

Class inheritance diagrams using PSTricks? 2 44 (7/28/2009 3:17:38 PM) comp.text.tex I'm trying to generate inheritance diagrams with PSTricks. I use a 'find > grep' command: find -iname "*.cs" -exec grep -H "class .*:" \{} ";" > myclasses.txt to get all the class declarations from the .cs s... pfdavis (57)

how do I expand a unicode string to its visual UTF8 representation? 35 29 (8/6/2009 3:03:59 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello, I have an example program below that contains weird Icelandic characters, and a copyright symbol, just for good measure. The code expresses these as UTF8. They print exactly as you would want/expect the... marlow.andrew (156)

how to organize my files/projects properly? 10 135 (9/6/2010 7:30:57 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, I wrote a utility class, say Util, which will be used by several projects. It's like the following senario: Util.h, Util.cpp --> will be used by project A, project B. option1: I can m... thomas