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Subject: PV Mapping Using Java Annotations
From: Mitch McCuiston <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:12:53 -0600
I've been thinking about implementing an annotation based mapping of Java objects to PVs. I thought I would ask the community if something like this already exists before I take it on. If it doesn't exist, would anyone find value in this. The idea is loosely based on how Hibernate maps Java objects to a relational database, although the read/write semantics are a little different. Here is an example.

######################################################
public class EpicsMotor{

    //This will peform a synchronous GET of PV "DLLM" upon invocation
    @PV(name="DLLM", accessType=PVAccessType.READ)
    public double getLowerLimit(){
    ...

    //This will establish a PV monitor for "DRBV" that will call the method
    //below upon any change in "DRBV"
    @PV(name="DRBV", accessType=PVAccessType.MONITOR)
    public void setDialPosition(double position){
    ...

    //Any call to this method will result in a synchronous PUT
    //to the PV named "S".
    @PV(name="S", accessType=PVAccessType.WRITE)
    public void setSpeed(double position){
    ...

//This will create a monitor for PV named "RBV" that will call this method //upon any change in "RBV". In addition, any invocations of this method will
    //be intercepted and a synchronous PUT to PV "RBV" will occur.
    @PV(name="RBV", accessType=PVAccessType.MONITOR_WRITE)
    public void setPosition(double position){
    ...

}
#######################################################

This would allow someone to instrument an instance of the class above at runtime and "connect" it to a set of PVs (given a prefix i.e. "xxx:motor1."). I feel that this would have the following advantages over writing raw JCA/CAJ.

1. This could increase read performance because the POJO essentially becomes a PV cache. 2. This cuts down dramatically on the amount of channel managment code that needs writing. 3. The little bit of channel management code that is written is centralized and can be better tested. 4. This provides a nice way of abstracting a collection of PVs for easier application development.


Thanks in advance for your help!

Mitch McCuiston
[email protected]

Replies:
Re: PV Mapping Using Java Annotations J. Lewis Muir
RE: PV Mapping Using Java Annotations Carcassi, Gabriele

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