Re: Fcp sizes and time

Jerome Flesch schrieb:
>>
>> To make these values adjustable by users I have to parse them.
>> So there should be a spec somewhere. It would be enough to give
>> me a pointer where to find it in freenets sources (still a bit lost
>> in there) and I'd happily add a page regarding Fcp types to the wiki.
>>
>>     
> http://freenet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/freenet/src/freenet/config/
> http://freenet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/freenet/src/freenet/config/LongOption.java
>
> For the sizes: 
> http://freenet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/freenet/src/freenet/support/Fields.java 
> (Fields.parseLong() ; I think it's the i18n standard (so 1000 and not 1024))
>
> For the periods: 
> http://freenet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/freenet/src/freenet/support/FileLoggerHook.java
> (FileLoggerHook.setInterval() ; ok, this one is not really standard ...)
>   

Thanks for the pointers Jerome. I'll have a look.

> But I agree, it would probably be better if FCP would be able to specify the 
> type of input expected (boolean, long, string, period, etc).
>   
In the wiki or in the sources? For the sources a (parsable) header file 
containing
all message / field / type decls would put a smile on my face.

> Anyway, if it's an user input issue, you can do like I did in Thaw (the dev 
> version only atm) or like it's done in FProxy : let the user enters whatever 
> [s]he wants, and if the node complains / doesn't accept the value, then tell 
> him (atm, in thaw, it doesn't tell him, it just put displays again the 
> previous value).
I don't trust users. You never know what they might be throwing at your 
input
boxes ;-)


Juergen