> On 28 Jun 2020, at 18:22, Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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!
Chrysal is used to simplify the hell of pillar configuration. Now I just used it in this context. I thought about it from a point of view of a non pharoer. So I have basic types (boolean, string, numbers) + files and sequence and composite. > > Thanks, > Russ > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 6:25 AM Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr > <mailto: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 <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 >> <mailto: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 <mailto:whaley.r...@gmail.com> > -------------------------------------------- > Stéphane Ducasse > http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr <http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/> / > http://www.pharo.org <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 <mailto: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
