Possible Rest API GUI Post Bug

[Mariama Barr-Dallas <mb...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I notice that when I use the REST api it allows me to post a processor to
the board when there is already a processor of the same name. In other
words, once this is done there are now two processors of the same name on
the board. When I do this via the GUI, however, it automatically appends
"Copy" to the processor name so that the names of all of the processors are
unique. I know this may not cause obvious issues right away since UUIDs are
used to identify the processors, but this could be a barrier depending on
how they are being used.

Re: Possible Rest API GUI Post Bug

[Mariama Barr-Dallas <mb...@gmail.com>]

Good to know, Thanks

Mariama Barr-Dallas
Meyerhoff Scholar/ NSA Scholar M23
Computer Science Major, History Major
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Class of 2015

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Matt Gilman <ma...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mariama,
>
> Only ports require a unique name. Other components do not have this
> restriction. By default when you create a Processor it will use the class
> name of the Processor type as the initial value for its name. So if you
> continually add the same type of Processor they will all have the same name.
>
> I believe the 'Copy of ' behavior you're describing is for ports and
> groups when using copy/paste or instantiating a template. We use 'Copy of '
> here because the components being created already have a meaningful name.
>
> Matt
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Mariama Barr-Dallas <
> mbarrdallas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I notice that when I use the REST api it allows me to post a processor to
>> the board when there is already a processor of the same name. In other
>> words, once this is done there are now two processors of the same name on
>> the board. When I do this via the GUI, however, it automatically appends
>> "Copy" to the processor name so that the names of all of the processors are
>> unique. I know this may not cause obvious issues right away since UUIDs are
>> used to identify the processors, but this could be a barrier depending on
>> how they are being used.
>>
>
>

Re: Possible Rest API GUI Post Bug

[Matt Gilman <ma...@gmail.com>]

Mariama,

Only ports require a unique name. Other components do not have this
restriction. By default when you create a Processor it will use the class
name of the Processor type as the initial value for its name. So if you
continually add the same type of Processor they will all have the same name.

I believe the 'Copy of ' behavior you're describing is for ports and groups
when using copy/paste or instantiating a template. We use 'Copy of ' here
because the components being created already have a meaningful name.

Matt

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Mariama Barr-Dallas <mb...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I notice that when I use the REST api it allows me to post a processor to
> the board when there is already a processor of the same name. In other
> words, once this is done there are now two processors of the same name on
> the board. When I do this via the GUI, however, it automatically appends
> "Copy" to the processor name so that the names of all of the processors are
> unique. I know this may not cause obvious issues right away since UUIDs are
> used to identify the processors, but this could be a barrier depending on
> how they are being used.
>