butler-mainframe 0.3.0 → 0.4.0

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data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.4.0 [☰](https://github.com/marcomd/butler-mainframe/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) October 22th, 2015
+------------------------------
+* Improved x3270 sub class stability. Added a delay after session starting
+* Several little improvements
+
 0.3.0 [☰](https://github.com/marcomd/butler-mainframe/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) October 22th, 2015
 ------------------------------
 * Improved the host base class code to make it simpler

data/Gemfile

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-#gem "docile"
-# gem "i18n"
 gem "butler-mainframe", path: "."

data/README.md

@@ -242,6 +242,18 @@ Each iteration uses different latency times, we start from high and therefore si
 It is not so easy make more complex sequence to share because mainframe screens are strongly diversified but everyone can add their own and iterate as many times as deemed appropriate.
 
 
+## Production environment
+
+Which emulator choose? Well, it depends on the platform on which the application will run.
+
+I'll try to comment supported emulators based on my experience of about 11 years in the production environment:
+
+1. **Passport Web to Host**: on Windows 2008 R2 is stable but it can run only if scheduler user is logged in, for a production environment is a big constraint. The newer version on windows 2012 (old 2008 version cannot be installed on windows 2012 server) is even worse because there are problems of stability causing crash after long use. We are divesting.
+
+2. **IBM Personal communication**: it happened that the session got stuck even if it was extremely rare event and i could not never attribute the blame to it. I must also mention the fact that two different processes creates only troubles. High price but at the moment seems to be the best choice.
+
+3. **x3270**: support is improving, it's free and open source. In future may become the best choice.
+
 ## More informations about supported emulators
 
 I hope this can help to support my work or yours if you need something different
@@ -384,8 +396,7 @@ Custom files are yours and not under license.
 
 ## Found a bug?
 
-If you are having a problem please submit an issue at
-* m.mastrodonato@gmail.com
+If you are having a problem please open an issue. You can also send an email to m.mastrodonato@gmail.com
 
 
 

data/lib/config/config.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ButlerMainframe.configure do |config|
   config.host_gateway   = :x3270
   config.session_path   = '"C:/Program Files (x86)/wc3270/ws3270.exe" YOUR_HOST_IP -model 2 --'
-  config.timeout        = 6 # In seconds
+  config.timeout        = 5 # In seconds
 end
 

data/lib/mainframe/emulators/x3270.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module ButlerMainframe
       puts "#{Time.now.strftime "%H:%M:%S"} Creating object #{str_obj}..." if @debug == :full
       @action = {}
       @action[:in], @action[:out], @action[:thr] = Open3.popen2e(str_obj)
+      sleep WAIT_AFTER_START_SESSION
       @pid    = @action[:thr].pid
     end
 

data/lib/mainframe/host_base.rb

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ module ButlerMainframe
     attr_reader :action, :wait
     attr_accessor :debug
 
-    MAX_TERMINAL_COLUMNS = 80
-    MAX_TERMINAL_ROWS    = 24
+    MAX_TERMINAL_COLUMNS      = 80
+    MAX_TERMINAL_ROWS         = 24
+    WAIT_AFTER_START_SESSION  = 3 #SECONDS
 
     def initialize options={}
       options = {
@@ -169,8 +170,6 @@ module ButlerMainframe
         start_terminal_session options
 
         # New connection attempts after starting session...
-        puts "Starting session with process id #{@pid}, wait please..." if @debug
-        sleep 2
         connection_attempts.times do
           puts "Detecting session #{@session_tag}, wait please..." if @debug
           sub_create_object
@@ -224,6 +223,9 @@ module ButlerMainframe
         #It works only on ruby 1.9+
         @pid = Process.spawn *[executable, args].compact
       end
+
+      sleep WAIT_AFTER_START_SESSION
+      puts "Started session with process id #{@pid}, wait please..." if @debug
     end
 
     #It reads one line on the screen

data/test/test.rake

@@ -6,22 +6,17 @@ namespace :butler do
     desc "Test butler mainframe gem"
     task(:test) do  |task_name, args|
 
-      host = nil
       begin
         require 'butler-mainframe'
-        wait_between_iterations = 3
 
         # SLOW
         simple_iteration  :wait => 0.6
-        sleep(wait_between_iterations)
 
         # MEDIUM
         simple_iteration  :wait => 0.08
-        sleep(wait_between_iterations)
 
         # FAST (default 0.01 atm)
         simple_iteration
-        sleep(wait_between_iterations)
 
         puts "*** RAKE TESTS COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY ***"
       rescue

metadata

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 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: butler-mainframe
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.3.0
+  version: 0.4.0
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Marco Mastrodonato
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ cert_chain: []
 date: 2015-10-22 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies: []
 description: This gem provides a virtual butler which can perform your custom tasks
-  on a 3270 emulator. You just have to choose your emulator (atm only one choice)
-  and configure your task.
+  on a 3270 emulator. Choose your emulator, configure your task and discover a new
+  world!
 email:
 - m.mastrodonato@gmail.com
 executables: []