Re: [mylyn-dev] created mylyn connector for HP quality center

[Mik Kersten <mik@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Others can follow up with more detail, but as far as I know, the easiest
way to get to the list of special attributes is looking at the ITask API,
since most are listed there (eg, due dates).  Things that the Task List UI
shows come from ITask.  What you'll be missing is some of the "special"
attributes that are handled by the Task Editor, eg, in the header section.
But unlike the ITask attributes, those are not required to be provided by
all connectors, and some connectors, such as those to email systems, are
lacking the common attributes that you'll see in task repositories.

Regarding threading, Mylyn is very asynchronous and concurrent.  For
example, a background synchronization could be happening while the user
opens a task editor, which triggers a separate sync.  I'm guessing that
the easiest way for you to deal with this is to create a separate job
manager layer that queues access to QC within your connector.  If that
turns out generally useful we could consider it as a contribution to the
framework.

Fyi, Tasktop is releasing a QC connector:
http://tasktop.com/blog/tasktop/hp-quality-center-mylyn-connector so we
might also end up with drivers to make these kinds of contributions to the
framework.

Mik

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Dr. Mik Kersten
Tasktop CEO, Mylyn Lead, http://twitter.com/mik_kersten

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> Subject: [mylyn-dev] created mylyn connector for HP quality center
>
>
> hi..
>
> i've re-written a mylyn connector for HP quality center called qcmylyn,
the
> update version is in the head, and i have a few questions about this:
>
> first of all regarding task attributes.
>
> i know that certain amount of task attirbutes recieve special handkling
like
> DUE_DATE,PRIOARTY and so on..
> in DUE_DATE mylyn presentes a clock icon in the task list to show it's
due
> time, in task_kind mylyn shows an icon according the Connector code i
write,
> etc...
>
> but i had to discover this by looking at other code projects.
>
> is there an ordered list of such special attributes?
>
> second, i've been expriencing slight instablity with the connector, i
believe
> this due to threading issues. the connector uses jacob library to handle
the
> activex api, but i must declare whether the connector is operating in
> multithreaded mode or single threaded via a static method, (specying the
> wrong model may crash eclipse!) so i understand that there might be
times
> the mylyn will run in other threads other then the UI. my questions is
when?
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