Changes between Version 67 and Version 68 of Documentation/FAQ

Timestamp:

Oct 9, 2006, 4:23:59 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

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Documentation/FAQ

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 your home dir on gateway (thus your home on console). If you're on a linux box: type 
 'scp your_new_script.rb username@gateway.orbit-lab.org:folder/you/want/it/to/go/into'
+
+I dont understand the prototype definition and application definition?
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+The main idea is that for every new application, you create a Ruby
+class (called application definition) examples are otg.rb, otf.rb etc.
+These classes define all the properties of this application such as 1) What are the inputs it expects? 2) What are the measurements that it reports
+
+The prototype is a particular subclass (if you will)  that is bound to
+the particular application E.g sender.rb is the prototype that uses the underlying application
+defined in otg.rb..
+
+Sender.rb may have different additional measurement options such as
+time-based or sample based filtering..(whereas the generic application
+definition otg.rb only specifies what it can report)
+
+The experiment script (tutorial.rb) uses the prototype (instance of
+the prototype)
 
 Do I  need to compile the code (or prepare it in any way) before uploading it on the console?