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Posted to users@felix.apache.org by Gaëtan Pruvost <ga...@limsi.fr> on 2012/04/05 11:24:01 UTC
Re: UPnP
Hi Francesco,
We haven't formally compared Youpi vs Cling.
The reason for that is that if Cling had been out a few months earlier,
we would not have wasted time creating a new implementation...
Unfortunately, I think 2 or 3 projects simultaneously worked on UPnP
without being aware of it. But in the end, I'm glad that we achieved
similar features (like the annotation mechanism), it shows there was a
real need for that.
From what I've seen (I had taken a look at it a few months ago), here
are some differences I noted:
* The Cling project is a bit more modular, it relies on message
passing between modules that implement the different features:
registry, discovery, subscription... Though we decoupled many things
compared to Cyberlink, our implementation is more monolithic. It
means less message passing (possibly better performance but I can't
really say as there was no real comparison made until now) but maybe
it is less easy to understand.
* Defining UPnP actions through annotations:
- In Cling, you use basic data types to define action arguments
(boolean, int...)
- In Youpi, you use a wrapper type (e.g. Var<String>, Var<Boolean>)
The Cling way is less verbose, but what happens with the output
arguments? It's ok when there is only one (it is the return type of
the method) but the UPnP specs allow for multiple out args... For
that reason, I used a wrapper that allows to actually change the
value of arguments in the body of the method.
Moreover, this solution allows to enforce range and value
restrictions as defined in the UPnP specs. I'm not sure how Cling
handles those two important points of the spec.
* The licensing is different. Cling uses LGPL whereas Youpi is CeCILL
(i.e. BSD).
* The last point (but not the least, imho) is that Cling is a weighty
library of 3MB (I wonder why...) whereas Youpi is very lightweight
(600KB).
* Finally, concerning the graphical tools, Youpi and Cling seems to be
on the same level. Cling provides specific handling of Gateway
devices (which Youpi don't) and Youpi provides automatic java code
generation (which I don't think Cling proposes).
Now, concerning the base driver re-factory, I don't think there is any
need for an abstraction layer. The OSGi specs for UPnP already is such
an abstraction layer. So ok, if you want to implement a wrapper for a
new UPnP library, you have to rewrite it... But there is not magic, if
you have a new abstraction layer, you will have the same amount of work
wrapping your new library (be it Cling or Youpi) within this layer... So
I wonder what's the point, but again, I'm not sure I've perfectly
understood what you propose.
On the other side, if you want to make evolve the OSGi specs for UPnP
(which are very basic), then I understand that you could do it so that
it is not too hard to wrap Youpi and Cling with it ;-) I would suggest
to add some concepts: the control point and device server appear nowhere
in the actual specs, so we cannot change their config in OSGi, which is
a pity. Apart from that, I don't know how to improve the specs, I guess
there is some work here to analyse the APIs of Youpi and Cling more in
depth.
I've been a bit long, but I hope this was helpful.
Best regards,
***********************************
Gaëtan PRUVOST
LIMSI-CNRS BP 133
91403 Orsay Cedex France
Tel:+33 1 69858110
http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pruvost/
***********************************
Le 31/03/2012 10:08, Francesco Furfari a écrit :
> Hi Gaëtan,
>
> nice to hear from you again,
> I have a question.
> Did you never compare your implementation with Cling?
> Well not just in terms of performance but in terms APIs and architecture.
> One possible Base driver re-factory could be the inclusion of an
> abstraction layer to be independent from both Yuopi and Cling.
>
> Francesco
>
>
>
> On 30/03/2012 9.57, Gaëtan Pruvost wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Yes indeed. I'm sorry but I've been a bit overwhelmed with the phd
>> writing and my baby son... I would really like to participate to the
>> felix apache project but unfortunately, I really don't have time
>> right now.
>>
>> The Youpi library is already fully functional. It provides a stable
>> kernel wrapped in a Cyberlink-like API.
>> *It also features POJO definition of your UPnP devices using
>> annotations*.
>> Another important feature is the set of graphical tools it includes,
>> especially the Network explorer that *can generate skeletons for your
>> XML or Annotated Java code*.
>>
>> Compared to Cyberlink, we achieved better service discorvery (80+
>> devices in the atraco testbed) and a clean subscription mechanism. I
>> also tried to limit the consumption of threads by using messages
>> queues and thread pools. Finally, data passed to actions are typed
>> checked and value constraints defined in the XML are automatically
>> applied.
>>
>> Further details on the project webpage:
>> http://perso.limsi.fr/pruvost/software-youpi--en
>> A short documentation is already available. I will take some time off
>> my sleep to make it more detailed.
>>
>> *If people inside felix-dev are eager to use Youpi with OSGi, Yiannis
>> Liverezas wrote a bundle but as far as I know, it needed some
>> cleanup. I can't write the new bundle myself but I will definitely be
>> there to provide support (via mail or skype) and I can grant you
>> access to the SVN.
>> *
>> Best Regards
>> ***********************************
>> Gaëtan PRUVOST
>>
>> LIMSI-CNRS BP 133
>> 91403 Orsay Cedex France
>> Tel:+33 1 69858110
>>
>> http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pruvost/
>> ***********************************
>>
>> Le 30/03/2012 07:11, Francesco Furfari a écrit :
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> cybergarage seems again active, different e-mails exechanged recently.
>>> By the way, I know about a new implementation derived from
>>> cybergareage called YOUPI that is available at
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/youpi/.
>>> It is developed by Gaetan Pruvost and relesed with CeCILL-B license,
>>> and should fix several issues there are with cybergarage.
>>>
>>> In the framework of the ATRACO project, Yiannis Liveresaz starting
>>> from the Felix UPnP Basedriver wrapped the Youpi library to provide
>>> a more stable version of the UPnP Base driver.
>>>
>>> We discussed a bit different months ago, but I have not heard for
>>> some time.
>>>
>>> Francesco
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30/03/2012 1.58, Loic Petit wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> In OSGi, there is the concept of basedriver (which is
>>>> standardized). Basically, all remote and local devices are
>>>> registered on the service registry as
>>>> org.osgi.service.upnp.UPnPDevice services.
>>>> Then, it is just a matter of filtering on service properties to get
>>>> the device you want and call actions on its service. A simple
>>>> documentation is available here:
>>>> http://dz.prosyst.com/pdoc/mbserver_5.2/um/upnp/developer/osgi_upnp/osgi_upnp.html
>>>> Cling does have a basedriver wrapping (cling-osgi) which is working
>>>> fine from the trunk (not released yet I think). Felix also have an
>>>> implementation based on cybergarage which was less stable last time
>>>> I tested it, though I dunno if cyberlink is still maintaining this
>>>> stack.
>>>>
>>>> LP
>>>>
>>>> Le 30 mars 2012 à 01:48, Ken Gilmer a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Maria,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have used the Cling UPnP library, however not within an OSGi
>>>>> context (Android). The API is very clean and I did not have much
>>>>> trouble in using it. I'm not aware of any issues with OSGi or Felix
>>>>> in particular and the library is actively maintained.
>>>>> http://4thline.org/projects/cling/
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>>> -ken
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Maria
>>>>> Luiza<ei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone used Felix to interact with UPnP devices? If yes, how
>>>>>> do I?
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maria
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>
Re: UPnP
Posted by Ken Gilmer <kg...@gmail.com>.
It was certainly helpful to me Gaėtan. Thank you for your time.
-ken
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Gaëtan Pruvost <ga...@limsi.fr> wrote:
> Hi Francesco,
>
> We haven't formally compared Youpi vs Cling.
>
> The reason for that is that if Cling had been out a few months earlier, we
> would not have wasted time creating a new implementation... Unfortunately, I
> think 2 or 3 projects simultaneously worked on UPnP without being aware of
> it. But in the end, I'm glad that we achieved similar features (like the
> annotation mechanism), it shows there was a real need for that.
>
>
> From what I've seen (I had taken a look at it a few months ago), here are
> some differences I noted:
>
> * The Cling project is a bit more modular, it relies on message
> passing between modules that implement the different features:
> registry, discovery, subscription... Though we decoupled many things
> compared to Cyberlink, our implementation is more monolithic. It
> means less message passing (possibly better performance but I can't
> really say as there was no real comparison made until now) but maybe
> it is less easy to understand.
>
> * Defining UPnP actions through annotations:
> - In Cling, you use basic data types to define action arguments
> (boolean, int...)
> - In Youpi, you use a wrapper type (e.g. Var<String>, Var<Boolean>)
> The Cling way is less verbose, but what happens with the output
> arguments? It's ok when there is only one (it is the return type of
> the method) but the UPnP specs allow for multiple out args... For
> that reason, I used a wrapper that allows to actually change the
> value of arguments in the body of the method.
> Moreover, this solution allows to enforce range and value
> restrictions as defined in the UPnP specs. I'm not sure how Cling
> handles those two important points of the spec.
>
> * The licensing is different. Cling uses LGPL whereas Youpi is CeCILL
> (i.e. BSD).
>
> * The last point (but not the least, imho) is that Cling is a weighty
> library of 3MB (I wonder why...) whereas Youpi is very lightweight
> (600KB).
>
> * Finally, concerning the graphical tools, Youpi and Cling seems to be
> on the same level. Cling provides specific handling of Gateway
> devices (which Youpi don't) and Youpi provides automatic java code
> generation (which I don't think Cling proposes).
>
> Now, concerning the base driver re-factory, I don't think there is any need
> for an abstraction layer. The OSGi specs for UPnP already is such an
> abstraction layer. So ok, if you want to implement a wrapper for a new UPnP
> library, you have to rewrite it... But there is not magic, if you have a new
> abstraction layer, you will have the same amount of work wrapping your new
> library (be it Cling or Youpi) within this layer... So I wonder what's the
> point, but again, I'm not sure I've perfectly understood what you propose.
>
> On the other side, if you want to make evolve the OSGi specs for UPnP (which
> are very basic), then I understand that you could do it so that it is not
> too hard to wrap Youpi and Cling with it ;-) I would suggest to add some
> concepts: the control point and device server appear nowhere in the actual
> specs, so we cannot change their config in OSGi, which is a pity. Apart from
> that, I don't know how to improve the specs, I guess there is some work here
> to analyse the APIs of Youpi and Cling more in depth.
>
> I've been a bit long, but I hope this was helpful.
> Best regards,
>
>
> ***********************************
> Gaėtan PRUVOST
>
>
> LIMSI-CNRS BP 133
> 91403 Orsay Cedex France
> Tel:+33 1 69858110
>
> http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pruvost/
> ***********************************
>
>
> Le 31/03/2012 10:08, Francesco Furfari a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Gaėtan,
>>
>>
>> nice to hear from you again,
>> I have a question.
>> Did you never compare your implementation with Cling?
>> Well not just in terms of performance but in terms APIs and architecture.
>> One possible Base driver re-factory could be the inclusion of an
>> abstraction layer to be independent from both Yuopi and Cling.
>>
>> Francesco
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30/03/2012 9.57, Gaėtan Pruvost wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Yes indeed. I'm sorry but I've been a bit overwhelmed with the phd
>>> writing and my baby son... I would really like to participate to the felix
>>> apache project but unfortunately, I really don't have time right now.
>>>
>>> The Youpi library is already fully functional. It provides a stable
>>> kernel wrapped in a Cyberlink-like API.
>>> *It also features POJO definition of your UPnP devices using
>>> annotations*.
>>> Another important feature is the set of graphical tools it includes,
>>> especially the Network explorer that *can generate skeletons for your XML or
>>> Annotated Java code*.
>>>
>>> Compared to Cyberlink, we achieved better service discorvery (80+ devices
>>> in the atraco testbed) and a clean subscription mechanism. I also tried to
>>> limit the consumption of threads by using messages queues and thread pools.
>>> Finally, data passed to actions are typed checked and value constraints
>>> defined in the XML are automatically applied.
>>>
>>> Further details on the project webpage:
>>> http://perso.limsi.fr/pruvost/software-youpi--en
>>> A short documentation is already available. I will take some time off my
>>> sleep to make it more detailed.
>>>
>>> *If people inside felix-dev are eager to use Youpi with OSGi, Yiannis
>>> Liverezas wrote a bundle but as far as I know, it needed some cleanup. I
>>> can't write the new bundle myself but I will definitely be there to provide
>>> support (via mail or skype) and I can grant you access to the SVN.
>>> *
>>> Best Regards
>>> ***********************************
>>> Gaėtan PRUVOST
>>>
>>>
>>> LIMSI-CNRS BP 133
>>> 91403 Orsay Cedex France
>>> Tel:+33 1 69858110
>>>
>>> http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pruvost/
>>> ***********************************
>>>
>>> Le 30/03/2012 07:11, Francesco Furfari a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> cybergarage seems again active, different e-mails exechanged recently.
>>>> By the way, I know about a new implementation derived from cybergareage
>>>> called YOUPI that is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/youpi/.
>>>> It is developed by Gaetan Pruvost and relesed with CeCILL-B license, and
>>>> should fix several issues there are with cybergarage.
>>>>
>>>> In the framework of the ATRACO project, Yiannis Liveresaz starting from
>>>> the Felix UPnP Basedriver wrapped the Youpi library to provide a more stable
>>>> version of the UPnP Base driver.
>>>>
>>>> We discussed a bit different months ago, but I have not heard for some
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> Francesco
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30/03/2012 1.58, Loic Petit wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> In OSGi, there is the concept of basedriver (which is standardized).
>>>>> Basically, all remote and local devices are registered on the service
>>>>> registry as org.osgi.service.upnp.UPnPDevice services.
>>>>> Then, it is just a matter of filtering on service properties to get the
>>>>> device you want and call actions on its service. A simple documentation is
>>>>> available here:
>>>>> http://dz.prosyst.com/pdoc/mbserver_5.2/um/upnp/developer/osgi_upnp/osgi_upnp.html
>>>>> Cling does have a basedriver wrapping (cling-osgi) which is working
>>>>> fine from the trunk (not released yet I think). Felix also have an
>>>>> implementation based on cybergarage which was less stable last time I tested
>>>>> it, though I dunno if cyberlink is still maintaining this stack.
>>>>>
>>>>> LP
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 30 mars 2012 ą 01:48, Ken Gilmer a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Maria,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have used the Cling UPnP library, however not within an OSGi
>>>>>> context (Android). The API is very clean and I did not have much
>>>>>> trouble in using it. I'm not aware of any issues with OSGi or Felix
>>>>>> in particular and the library is actively maintained.
>>>>>> http://4thline.org/projects/cling/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>>>> -ken
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Maria Luiza<ei...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone used Felix to interact with UPnP devices? If yes, how do
>>>>>>> I?
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maria
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@felix.apache.org
>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@felix.apache.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>
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