Stephane, Thanks for the info on chrysal. I'm going to like going through the code to see how you solved some things. I created my own Configuration class that operates with a dictionary of keys the applications expect to use, and configuration values (paths, numerics, dates, strings...) but not blocks!... and save to and read from a STON file when a 'configs' instvar is referenced in the application. So far the only limitation I've come into is saving blocks, but admittedly I'm building it out as I need it.
Looking forward to reviewing chrysal! Thanks, Russ On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 6:25 AM Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote: > Hi russ, > > I do not if you know but based on Ston I built chrysal > to manage applications configuration: > > https://github.com/ducasse/chrysal > > The basic idea is that you describe the possible fields of your > configuration (i.e. how user can edit JSON files) and > it generates a converter from STON to your pharo objects. > You ship just the converter and its textual description so that you > understand what you did. > > But this is probably not what you need but more a textual serializer. > > S. > > > On 27 Jun 2020, at 16:07, Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good morning all from stormy Ohio/USA. Hope everyone is well and > sheltering effectively from COVID, etc. > > I have a STON question. FIrst off, I LOVE STON. It has been the answer > to my (minimal) persistence needs. I'm writing two different applications, > both of which I hope to distribute someday, and I struggled with what would > work to save configurations, templates, status, etc. STON was the answer > for me - it's very easy to install and simple to use. > > But as I add the next feature/function in my code - sort blocks - as soon > as I tried to save them (a collection of them in an instvar)... I get an > error on the writeToSTON, and the target file is now corrupt - at the point > where it tried to write the blocks. I have looked in the documentation and > it plainly states the version I'm using does not yet address blocks - but I > was hoping someone out there has developed a workaround, or perhaps has > STON been updated to handle blocks? > > I could make the jump to a more sophisticated storage mechanism (i.e. > Fuel?), but I'd rather spend my time working on features and figuring out > the Spec2 GUI. :) > > Any advice is welcome and appreciated. > > Thanks! > Russ > > -- > Russ Whaley > whaley.r...@gmail.com > > > -------------------------------------------- > Stéphane Ducasse > http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org > 03 59 35 87 52 > Assistant: Aurore Dalle > FAX 03 59 57 78 50 > TEL 03 59 35 86 16 > S. Ducasse - Inria > 40, avenue Halley, > Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza > Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 > France > > -- Russ Whaley whaley.r...@gmail.com
