GT 4.1.0 Release Notes: WS MDS UsefulRP

1. Component Overview

WS MDS includes a Java package subsystem called UsefulRP which is home to (among other things) the Resource Property Provider component, otherwise known as the RPProvider Framework. The RPProvider Framework is an extensible software component that can be used to dynamically generate XML values for one or more WSRF Resource Properties in any given GT4 Java WSRF-Core compatible service.

2. Feature Summary

Features in GT 4.1.0 WS MDS UsefulRP

  • Provides API and implementation for working with customized resource properties and information providers
  • Provides an implementation of a GLUE 1.1 schema compliant resource property
  • Provides sample resource property implementations for service developers to incorporate into their own services

3. Changes Summary

  • The Resource Property Information Provider package (rpprovider) has been added
  • The GLUE Resource Property implementation has been rewritten to use the new Resource Property Information Provider framework, making it open to parameterization and more easily customized
  • A small utility tool, mds-gluerp-configure, has been added to help simplify administrator configuration of the GLUE resource property

5. Known Problems

The following problems and limitations are known to exist for WS MDS UsefulRP at the time of the 4.1.0 release:

5.1. Limitations

No known limitations at this time

5.2. Known Bugs

6. Technology Dependencies

WS MDS UsefulRP depends on the following GT components:

  • Java WSRF Core

WS MDS UsefulRP depends on the following 3rd party software:

  • none

7. Tested Platforms

Linux, Windows (except GLUERP)

8. Backward Compatibility Summary

Protocol changes since GT 4.0.2

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API changes since GT 4.0.2

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Exception changes since GT 4.0.2

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Schema changes since GT 4.0.2

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9. For More Information

See GT 4.1.0 WS MDS UsefulRP for more information about this component.