Fellow Axis users,
I've made a mod to "tcpmon" (the standalone TCP monitor application included with Axis that lets you debug your SOAP traffic). What you get now is a new tab (right after "Admin") called "RPC Synth". In this tab (see attached screenshot), you can map RPC Calls to MIDI notes. This lets you *audibly* debug your SOAP traffic and get a sense for what's going on without staring at a log file, and even while doing other work. I've found this very useful myself so far. I'm writing this note to see what kind of interest people have in this. Particularly if people feel that this is worth merging into the mainline (or if there is any opposition to that). I've written it such that TCPMon is still standalone, still backward compatible, and all RPC Synth mods are *off* by default (unless you specify "--synth" on command line). All mappings can be specified on the command line as well, and when you change mappings in the UI, it logs what the uequivalent command line would be. This mod takes advantage of the Java Sound MIDI API (javax.sound.midi.*), which is standard in JDK 1.3 and above (and available as JMF with earlier JDKs). AFAIK most platforms (definitely win32) support a default MIDI setup and have 16 instruments mapped, including #10 which has dozens of cool percussion noises. Comments are appreciated! Let me know what you think, if you'd like to try it out, etc. -- Dan Kamins [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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