Update release notes for 5.0.3 release

Allows a buffer overflow in PVUnionArray::serialize().
(cherry picked from commit 14b0e409f2)

.gitignore

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+lib/
+doc/
+include/
+db/
+dbd/
+documentation/html
+documentation/*.tag
+envPaths
+configure/*.local
+configure/RELEASE.*
+configure/CONFIG_SITE.*
+!configure/ExampleRELEASE.local
+**/O.*
+QtC-*

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-master = master
-develop = default
-feature = feature/
-release = release/
-hotfix = hotfix/
-support = support/
-

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-^doc/
-^include/
-^db/
-^dbd/
-^documentation/html
-envPaths
-configure/.*\.local
-/O\..*

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COPYRIGHT

@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
-/****************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved
-Copyright (c) 2008 Martin R. Kraimer
-Copyright (c) 2006 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
-     National Laboratory.
+This software is in part copyrighted by the various organizations and
+individuals listed below. Permission to use it is set out in the file
+LICENSE that accompanies the software.
+
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+
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+for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. This software is
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+support, updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
+Copyright (c) 2006 - 2015 All rights reserved
+
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-*************************************************** */
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+    National Laboratory.
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+
+

LICENSE

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 
-Copyright (c) 2008 Martin R. Kraimer
+Copyright (c) 2006-2015 Martin R. Kraimer
 Copyright (c) 2006 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
      National Laboratory.
-Copyright (c) 2006 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton,
+Copyright (c) 2006 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,
      Member of the Helmholtz Association, (DESY), HAMBURG, GERMANY.
-Copyright (c) 2007 Control System Laboratory,
+Copyright (c) 2007-2015 Control System Laboratory,
     (COSYLAB) Ljubljana Slovenia
-
+Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Brookhaven Science Associates, as Operator of Brookhaven
+    National Laboratory
+Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Diamond Light Source Limited,
+    (DLS) Didcot, United Kingdom
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -75,4 +78,37 @@ to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
 purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
 basis, and DESY has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
 updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+This software is in part copyrighted by the Brookhaven
+    National Laboratory (BNL).
+
+In no event shall BNL be liable to any party for direct, indirect,
+special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
+this software, its documentation, or any derivatives thereof, even if
+BNL has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+BNL specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited
+to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
+purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
+basis, and BNL has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
+updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
 ________________________________________________________________________
+
+This software is in part copyrighted by Diamond Light Source Limited (DLS)
+
+In no event shall DLS be liable to any party for direct, indirect,
+special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
+this software, its documentation, or any derivatives thereof, even if
+DLS has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+DLS specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited
+to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
+purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
+basis, and DLS has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
+updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+

README.html

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
-      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-<head>
-  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-  <title>EPICS pvData C++</title>
-</head>
-
-<body>
-<h1 style="text-align: center">EPICS pvData C++<br />
-Overview<br />
-2010.08.10</h1>
-CONTENTS 
-<hr />
-
-<h2 style="text-align: center">Introduction</h2>
-<hr />
-
-<p>This project has the begining of the C++ implementation of pvData. The
-following is done:</p>
-<dl>
-  <dt>introspection interfaces</dt>
-    <dd>The introspection interfaces for clients are described.</dd>
-  <dt>introspection implementation</dt>
-    <dd>The following have been implemented: Type, ScalarType, Field,
-    Scalar</dd>
-  <dt>test</dt>
-    <dd>A test of Scalar.</dd>
-  <dt>As mentioned below there are problems with the current
-  implementation.</dt>
-</dl>
-<hr />
-
-<h2 style="text-align: center">Building</h2>
-<hr />
-
-<p>The project is structured as an epics base client application. Edit
-configure/RELEASE so that it references your EPICS base and then just
-type:</p>
-<pre>   make</pre>
-
-<p>At the top. Then execute the test in the bin directory.</p>
-
-<p>pvDataApp has the following sub directories:</p>
-<dl>
-  <dt>pv</dt>
-    <dd>pvData.h has the interface descriptions for client code.</dd>
-  <dt>factory</dt>
-    <dd>FieldCreateFactory.cpp has the current implementation</dd>
-  <dt>test</dt>
-    <dd>Has a test for the current implementation.</dd>
-</dl>
-<hr />
-
-<h2 style="text-align: center">Questions about Classes</h2>
-<hr />
-
-<p>The pure virtual classes defined in pvData.h now work. But there are still
-some things that are not so nice. Amoung these are:</p>
-<ul>
-  <li>In FieldCreateFactory.cpp look for "WHY DO I". It asks why the derived
-    class must also define methods defined in the base class. If it does not
-    then a compilation error occurs. WHY??? </li>
-  <li>The toString methods have an argument of "std::string &amp;buf" instead
-    of "std::string *". Does this seem correct?</li>
-  <li>Can arguments and return descriptions be defined better?</li>
-  <li>Is const present everywhere it should be? Remember that introspection
-    classes are immutable.</li>
-  <li>The code is NOT thread safe. When we decide for sure what thread/lock
-    support to choose I will fix this.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. because I am still coming up to speed
-with c++</p>
-<hr />
-
-<h2 style="text-align: center">Garbage Collection</h2>
-<hr />
-<p>Not yet implemented. Lets get class structure correct first.</p>
-</body>
-</html>

README.md

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+pvaDataCPP
+==========
+
+pvDataCPP is a set of data types and utilities that form part of the EPICS V4 
+project.
+
+
+Further Info
+------------
+
+Consult the documents in the documentation directory, in particular
+
+* pvDataCPP.html
+* RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
+Also see the [EPICS Version 4 website](http://epics-pvdata.sourceforge.net)
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+The pvDataCPP  requires recent versions of the following software:
+
+1. EPICS Base (v3.14.12.3 or later)
+2. EPICS4 pvCommonCPP (4.1.0 or later)
+
+(pvCommonCPP may not be needed depending on host/compiler.)
+
+
+Building
+--------
+
+Building uses the make utility and the EPICS base build system.
+
+The build system needs the location of the prerequisites, e.g. by placing the
+lines of the form
+
+    PVCOMMON = /home/install/epicsV4/pvCommonCPP
+    EPICS_BASE = /home/install/epics/base
+
+pointing to the locations in a file called RELEASE.local
+in the configure directory or the parent directory of pvDataCPP.
+
+With this in place, to build type make
+
+    make
+
+To perform a clean build type
+
+    make clean uninstall
+
+To run the unit tests type
+
+    make runtests
+
+For more information on the EPICS build system consult the
+[Application Development guide](http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/base/R3-14/12-docs/AppDevGuide.pdf).
+
+

configure/CONFIG_SITE

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ CHECK_RELEASE = YES
 #   INSTALL_LOCATION here.
 #INSTALL_LOCATION=</path/name/to/install/top>
 
+-include $(TOP)/../CONFIG_SITE.local
 -include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local
--include $(TOP)/../CONFIG.local
 
 ifdef WITH_COVERAGE
 USR_CPPFLAGS += --coverage

configure/RELEASE

@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 #   PVCOMMON = /home/install/epicsV4/pvCommonCPP
 #   EPICS_BASE = /home/install/epics/base
 
--include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local
 -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE.local
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local

documentation/Doxyfile

@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           =
 # directories like "/usr/src/myproject". Separate the files or directories 
 # with spaces.
 
-INPUT                  = ../pvDataApp
+INPUT                  = ../include/pv
 
 # This tag can be used to specify the character encoding of the source files 
 # that doxygen parses. Internally doxygen uses the UTF-8 encoding, which is 

documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html

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+<h1>Release 5.0.3</h1>
+
+<p>The only change since release 5.0.2 is:</p>
+
+<h2>Fixed buffer overflow in PVUnion::serialize() (issue #20)</h2>
+
+<p>A PVUnion whose stored value was null was serialized without checking 
+whether the buffer had sufficient capacity. This has been fixed by calling
+ensureBuffer().</p>
+
+<h1>Release 5.0.2</h1>
+
+<p>The main changes since release 4.0.3 are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Deprecated getXXXField() methods have been removed from PVStructure</li>
+<li>Convert copy methods and equals operators (re)moved</li>
+<li>Convert::copyUnion now always copies between subfields.</li>
+<li>New method getSubFieldT, like getSubField except it throws an exception</li>
+<li>findSubField method removed from PVStructure</li>
+<li>New stream operators for Field and PVField are provided</li>
+<li>New template versions of Structure::getField</li>
+<li>Fixes for static initialisation order issues</li>
+<li>CreateRequest prevents a possible SEGFAULT</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Deprecated getXXXField methods have been removed from PVStructure</h2>
+
+<p>The following methods have been removed from PVStructure</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>getBooleanField</li>
+<li>getByteField, getShortField, getIntField, getLongField</li>
+<li>getUByteField, getUShortField, getUIntField, getULongField</li>
+<li>getStringField</li>
+<li>getStructureField, getUnionField</li>
+<li>getScalarArrayField, getStructureArrayField, getUnionArrayField</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Use template getSubField instead, e.g. use</p>
+
+<pre><code>getSubField&lt; PVInt &gt;(fieldName)
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>in place of</p>
+
+<pre><code>getIntField(fieldName)
+</code></pre>
+
+<h2>Convert copy methods and equals operators</h2>
+
+<p>Convert copy methods where moved and replaced with methods
+on PVField classes, i.e.</p>
+
+<pre><code>PVField::copy(const PVField&amp; from)
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>Methods</p>
+
+<pre><code>PVField::copyUnchecked(const PVField&amp; from)
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>were added to allow unchecked copies, to gain performance
+where checked are not needed (anymore).</p>
+
+<p>In addition:
+- isCompatibleXXX methods were removed in favour of Field::operator==.
+- equals methods were remove in favour of PVField::operator==.
+- operator== methods where moved to pvIntrospect.h and pvData.h</p>
+
+<h2>Convert::copyUnion</h2>
+
+<p>Before this method, depending on types for to and from,
+sometimes did a shallow copy, i.e. just made to shared_ptr for to 
+share the same data as from.
+Now it always copies between the subfield of to and from.</p>
+
+<h2>New method getSubFieldT, like getSubField except it throws an exception</h2>
+
+<p>PVStructure has a new template member</p>
+
+<pre><code>getSubFieldT(std::string const &amp;fieldName)
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>that is like <b>getSubField</b> except that it throws a runtime_error
+instead of returning null.</p>
+
+<h2>findSubField method removed from PVStructure</h2>
+
+<p>This was mainly used in the implementation of getSubField. With a change to
+the latter, findSubField was removed.</p>
+
+<h2>New stream operators</h2>
+
+<p>New steam operators are available for Field and PVField.
+Before to print a Field (or any extension) or a PVField (or any extension)
+it was necessary to have code like:</p>
+
+<pre><code> void print(StructureConstPtr struc, PVStructurePtr pv)
+ {
+     if(struc) {
+         cout &lt;&lt; *struc &lt;&lt; endl;
+     } else {
+         cout &lt;&lt; "nullptr\n"
+     }
+     if(pv) {
+         cout &lt;&lt; *.struc &lt;&lt; endl;
+     } else {
+         cout &lt;&lt; "nullptr\n"
+     }
+ }
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>Now it can be done as follows:</p>
+
+<pre><code> void print(StructureConstPtr struc, PVStructurePtr pv)
+ {
+     cout &lt;&lt; struc &lt;&lt; endl;
+     cout &lt;&lt; pv &lt;&lt; endl;
+ }
+</code></pre>
+
+<h2>New template version of Structure::getField</h2>
+
+<p>A new template getField method has been added to Structure</p>
+
+<p>template<typename FT >
+std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt; const FT > getField(std::string const &amp;fieldName) const </p>
+
+<p>Can be used, for example, as follows:</p>
+
+<pre><code>StructurePtr tsStruc = struc-&gt;getField&lt;Structure&gt;("timeStamp");
+</code></pre>
+
+<h2>Fixes for static initialisation order issues</h2>
+
+<p>Certain static builds (in particular Windows builds) of applications using
+pvData had issues due to PVStructure::DEFAULT_ID being used before being initialised. This has been fixed.</p>
+
+<h2>CreateRequest change</h2>
+
+<p>createRequest could cause a SEGFAULT if passed a bad argument.
+This has been changed so the it returns a null pvStructure
+and provides an error.</p>
+
+<h1>Release 4.0.3</h1>
+
+<p>The main changes since release 3.0.2 are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>array semantics now enforce Copy On Write.</li>
+<li>String no longer defined.</li>
+<li>timeStamp and valueAlarm name changes</li>
+<li>toString replaced by stream I/O </li>
+<li>union is new type.</li>
+<li>copy is new.</li>
+<li>monitorPlugin is new.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>New Semantics for Arrays</h2>
+
+<p>PVScalarArray, PVStructureArray, and PVUnionArray all enforce COW (Copy On Write) Semantics.
+In order to limit memory usage the storage for raw data is managed via a new shared<em>vector facility.
+This allows multiple instances of array data to use the shared raw data.
+COW is implemented via shared</em>vectors of const data, i. e. data that can not be modified.</p>
+
+<h2>String no longer defined</h2>
+
+<p>This is replaced by std::string.</p>
+
+<h2>timeStamp and valueAlarm name changes</h2>
+
+<p>In timeStamp nanoSeconds is changed to nanoseconds.</p>
+
+<p>In valueAlarm hysteresis is changed to hysteresis</p>
+
+<h2>toString replaced by stream I/O</h2>
+
+<p>pvData.h and pvIntrospect no longer defines toString
+Instead they have stream support.
+pvIntrospect uses method dump and pvData uses dumpValue.
+For example:</p>
+
+<pre><code>  PVDoublePtr pvValue;
+  String buffer;
+  pvValue-&gt;toString(&amp;buffer);
+  cout &lt;&lt; buffer &lt;&lt; endl;
+  buffer.clear();
+  pvValue-&gt;getField()-&gt;toString(&amp;buffer);
+  cout &lt;&lt; buffer &lt;&lt; evdl;
+</code></pre>
+
+<p>is replaced by</p>
+
+<pre><code>  PVDoublePtr pvValue;
+  cout &lt;&lt; *pvValue &lt;&lt; endl
+  cout &lt;&lt; *pvValue-&gt;getField() &lt;&lt; endl;
+</code></pre>
+
+<h2>union is a new basic type.</h2>
+
+<p>There are two new basic types: union_t and unionArray.</p>
+
+<p>A union is like a structure that has a single subfield.
+There are two flavors:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><b>variant union</b> The field can have any type.</li>
+<li><b>union</b> The field can any of specified set of types.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The field type can be dynamically changed.</p>
+
+<h2>copy </h2>
+
+<p>This consists of createRequest and pvCopy.
+createRequest was moved from pvAccess to here.
+pvCopy is moved from pvDatabaseCPP and now depends
+only on pvData, i.e. it no longer has any knowledge of PVRecord.</p>
+
+<h2>monitorPlugin</h2>
+
+<p>This is for is for use by code that implements pvAccess monitors.
+This is prototype and is subject to debate.</p>
+
+<h1>Release 3.0.2</h1>
+
+<p>This was the starting point for RELEASE_NOTES</p>

documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+Release 5.0.3
+=============
+
+The only change since release 5.0.2 is:
+
+Fixed buffer overflow in PVUnion::serialize() (issue #20)
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+A PVUnion whose stored value was null was serialized without checking 
+whether the buffer had sufficient capacity. This has been fixed by calling
+ensureBuffer().
+
+
+Release 5.0.2
+=============
+
+The main changes since release 4.0.3 are:
+
+* Deprecated getXXXField() methods have been removed from PVStructure
+* Convert copy methods and equals operators (re)moved
+* Convert::copyUnion now always copies between subfields.
+* New method getSubFieldT, like getSubField except it throws an exception
+* findSubField method removed from PVStructure
+* New stream operators for Field and PVField are provided
+* New template versions of Structure::getField
+* Fixes for static initialisation order issues
+* CreateRequest prevents a possible SEGFAULT
+
+
+Deprecated getXXXField methods have been removed from PVStructure
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The following methods have been removed from PVStructure
+
+* getBooleanField
+* getByteField, getShortField, getIntField, getLongField
+* getUByteField, getUShortField, getUIntField, getULongField
+* getStringField
+* getStructureField, getUnionField
+* getScalarArrayField, getStructureArrayField, getUnionArrayField
+
+Use template getSubField instead, e.g. use
+
+    getSubField< PVInt >(fieldName)
+
+in place of
+
+    getIntField(fieldName)
+
+
+Convert copy methods and equals operators
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Convert copy methods where moved and replaced with methods
+on PVField classes, i.e.
+
+    PVField::copy(const PVField& from)
+
+Methods
+
+    PVField::copyUnchecked(const PVField& from)
+
+were added to allow unchecked copies, to gain performance
+where checked are not needed (anymore).
+
+In addition:
+- isCompatibleXXX methods were removed in favour of Field::operator==.
+- equals methods were remove in favour of PVField::operator==.
+- operator== methods where moved to pvIntrospect.h and pvData.h
+
+
+Convert::copyUnion
+-----------------
+
+Before this method, depending on types for to and from,
+sometimes did a shallow copy, i.e. just made to shared_ptr for to 
+share the same data as from.
+Now it always copies between the subfield of to and from.
+
+
+New method getSubFieldT, like getSubField except it throws an exception
+--------------------
+
+PVStructure has a new template member
+
+    getSubFieldT(std::string const &fieldName)
+
+that is like <b>getSubField</b> except that it throws a runtime_error
+instead of returning null.
+
+
+findSubField method removed from PVStructure
+--------------------------------------------
+
+This was mainly used in the implementation of getSubField. With a change to
+the latter, findSubField was removed.
+
+
+New stream operators
+--------------------
+
+New steam operators are available for Field and PVField.
+Before to print a Field (or any extension) or a PVField (or any extension)
+it was necessary to have code like:
+
+     void print(StructureConstPtr struc, PVStructurePtr pv)
+     {
+         if(struc) {
+             cout << *struc << endl;
+         } else {
+             cout << "nullptr\n"
+         }
+         if(pv) {
+             cout << *.struc << endl;
+         } else {
+             cout << "nullptr\n"
+         }
+     }
+
+Now it can be done as follows:
+
+     void print(StructureConstPtr struc, PVStructurePtr pv)
+     {
+         cout << struc << endl;
+         cout << pv << endl;
+     }
+
+
+New template version of Structure::getField
+--------------------------------------------
+
+A new template getField method has been added to Structure
+
+template<typename FT >
+std::tr1::shared_ptr< const FT > getField(std::string const &fieldName) const 
+
+Can be used, for example, as follows:
+
+    StructurePtr tsStruc = struc->getField<Structure>("timeStamp");
+
+
+Fixes for static initialisation order issues
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Certain static builds (in particular Windows builds) of applications using
+pvData had issues due to PVStructure::DEFAULT_ID being used before being initialised. This has been fixed.
+
+
+CreateRequest change
+--------------------
+
+createRequest could cause a SEGFAULT if passed a bad argument.
+This has been changed so the it returns a null pvStructure
+and provides an error.
+
+
+Release 4.0.3
+=============
+
+The main changes since release 3.0.2 are:
+
+* array semantics now enforce Copy On Write.
+* String no longer defined.
+* timeStamp and valueAlarm name changes
+* toString replaced by stream I/O 
+* union is new type.
+* copy is new.
+* monitorPlugin is new.
+
+New Semantics for Arrays
+--------
+
+PVScalarArray, PVStructureArray, and PVUnionArray all enforce COW (Copy On Write) Semantics.
+In order to limit memory usage the storage for raw data is managed via a new shared_vector facility.
+This allows multiple instances of array data to use the shared raw data.
+COW is implemented via shared_vectors of const data, i. e. data that can not be modified.
+
+
+String no longer defined
+---------
+
+This is replaced by std::string.
+
+
+timeStamp and valueAlarm name changes
+--------------
+
+In timeStamp nanoSeconds is changed to nanoseconds.
+
+In valueAlarm hysteresis is changed to hysteresis
+
+
+toString replaced by stream I/O
+---------
+
+pvData.h and pvIntrospect no longer defines toString
+Instead they have stream support.
+pvIntrospect uses method dump and pvData uses dumpValue.
+For example:
+
+      PVDoublePtr pvValue;
+      String buffer;
+      pvValue->toString(&buffer);
+      cout << buffer << endl;
+      buffer.clear();
+      pvValue->getField()->toString(&buffer);
+      cout << buffer << evdl;
+
+is replaced by
+
+      PVDoublePtr pvValue;
+      cout << *pvValue << endl
+      cout << *pvValue->getField() << endl;
+
+
+union is a new basic type.
+------------
+
+There are two new basic types: union_t and unionArray.
+
+A union is like a structure that has a single subfield.
+There are two flavors:
+
+* <b>variant union</b> The field can have any type.
+* <b>union</b> The field can any of specified set of types.
+
+The field type can be dynamically changed.
+
+copy 
+----
+
+This consists of createRequest and pvCopy.
+createRequest was moved from pvAccess to here.
+pvCopy is moved from pvDatabaseCPP and now depends
+only on pvData, i.e. it no longer has any knowledge of PVRecord.
+
+monitorPlugin
+-------------
+
+This is for is for use by code that implements pvAccess monitors.
+This is prototype and is subject to debate.
+
+Release 3.0.2
+==========
+This was the starting point for RELEASE_NOTES

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+===========
+
+doxygen
+-------
+
+There is a lot of public code that does not have doxygen tags.
+
+valueAlarm
+---------
+
+normativeTypes.html describes valueAlarm only for a value field that has type
+double.
+The implementation also supports all the numeric scalar types.
+
+monitorPlugin
+-------------
+
+A debate is on-going about what semantics should be.
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+<h2>support for copy and monitor</h2>
+<p><b>copy</b> and <b>monitor</b> are not used in this project.
+They are intended for use by pvAccess and by pvAccess servers.
+They are provided with this project because the code depends only on
+pvData itself.
+</p>
+<p>This document describes C++ specific code.
+<a href="http://epics-pvdata.sourceforge.net/informative/pvRequest.html">
+pvRequest.html</a>
+provides a language independent overview of <b>copy</b> and <b>monitor</b>.
+</p>
+<p>
+<b>NOTE:pvRequest.html</b> must be updated since it is based on an earlier version of pvCopy that
+had knowledge of PVRecord. The C++ version was implemented in pvDatabaseCPP
+and the Java version on pvIOCJava.
+At present only the C++ version of the new API for pvCopy is implemented.
+</p>
+<p>Copy provides:
+<dl>
+   <dt>createRequest</dt>
+     <dd>
+      The Channel create methods in pvAccess all have an argument
+      <b>PVStructure pvRequest</b>.<br />
+      Given an ascii string createRequest creates a PVStructure that provides
+      a pvData representation of the information from the ascii string.
+      It is this structure that can be passed to the channel create methods.<br />
+      The information in a pvRequest selects an arbitrary subset of the
+      fields in a top level structure that resides in the server.
+      In addition options can be specified. Both global and field specific
+      options can be specified.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>pvCopy</dt>
+     <dd>This is a facility used by channel providers.
+     It provides client specific code that manages a copy of an arbitrary
+     subset of the fields in a top level structure that resides in the
+     provider. It also allows provider access to options specified
+     by the client.
+     </dd>
+</dl>
+Monitor provides:
+<dl>
+  <dt>monitor</dt>
+    <dd>This is support code for channel providers that implement channel
+    monitor. It, together with the queue facility, provides support for
+    monitor queues.
+    </dd>
+  <dt>monitorPlugin</dt>
+    <dd>This is support for implementing monitor plugins.
+     A monitor plugin can be developed that has no knowledge
+     of pvAccess but only pvData.
+    </dd>
+</dl>
+</p>
+
+<h2>support for copy</h2>
+<p><b>copy</b> provides the ability to create a structure that has 
+a copy of an arbitrary subset of the fields in an existing top level
+structure. In addition it allows global options and field specific options.
+It has two main components: <b>createRequest</b> and <b>pvCopy</b>.
+Given a string createRequest creates a pvRequest, which is a PVStructure
+that has the format expected by <b>pvCopy</b>.
+</p>
+
+<h3>createRequest</h3>
+<p>This is mainly used by pvAccess clients. Given a request string it creates
+a pvRequest structure that can be passed to the pvAccess create methods.
+In turn pvAccess passes the pvRequest to a local channel provider which 
+then passes it to pvCopy.
+</p>
+<p>The definition of the public members is:</p>
+<pre>
+class CreateRequest {
+...
+     static CreateRequestPtr create();
+     virtual PVStructurePtr createRequest(std::string const &amp;request);
+     std::string getMessage();
+};
+</pre>
+<p>An example of how it is used is:</p>
+<pre>
+CreateRequestPtr createRequest = CreateRequest::create();
+PVStructurePtr pvRequest = createRequest-&gt;createRequest(request);
+if(pvRequest==NULL) {
+    std::string error = createRequest-&gt;getMessage();
+    // take some action
+} else {
+    //success do something
+}
+</pre>
+<h3>pvCopy</h3>
+<p>The definition of the public members is:</p>
+<pre>
+class epicsShareClass PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback
+{
+...
+    virtual void nextMasterPVField(PVFieldPtr const &amp;pvField);
+};
+
+class class epicsShareClass PVCopy
+{
+...
+    static PVCopyPtr create(
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvMaster,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvRequest,
+        std::string const &amp; structureName);
+    PVStructurePtr getPVMaster();
+    void traverseMaster(PVCopyTraverseMasterCallbackPtr const &amp; callback);
+    StructureConstPtr getStructure();
+    PVStructurePtr createPVStructure();
+    size_t getCopyOffset(PVFieldPtr const  &amp;masterPVField);
+    size_t getCopyOffset(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &amp;masterPVStructure,
+        PVFieldPtr const  &amp;masterPVField);
+     PVFieldPtr getMasterPVField(std::size_t structureOffset);
+     void initCopy(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &amp;copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &amp;bitSet);
+     void updateCopySetBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &amp;copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &amp;bitSet);
+    void updateCopyFromBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &amp;copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &amp;bitSet);
+    void updateMaster(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &amp;copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &amp;bitSet);
+    PVStructurePtr getOptions(std::size_t fieldOffset);
+...
+};
+</pre>
+where
+<dl>
+   <dt>PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback::nextMasterPVField</dt>
+     <dd>
+       <b>PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback</b> is a callback which must
+       be implemented by the code that uses pvCopy, normally
+       the channel provider. It has the single method <b>nextMasterPVField</b>
+       <br />
+       <b>nextMasterPVField</b> is called for each field in the master
+       as a result of a call to <b>traverseMaster</b>.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>create</dt>
+      <dd>
+        This is the method for creating a PVCopy instance.<br/>
+        <dl>
+           <dt>pvMaster</dt>
+             <dd>the top level structure managed by the server.</dd>
+          <dt>pvRequest</dt>
+           <dd>selects the set of subfields desired
+         and options for each field.</dd>
+          <dt>structureName</dt>
+            <dd>the name for the top level of any PVStructure created.
+            </dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+   <dt>getPVMaster</dt>
+      <dd>
+       Gets the top level structure from pvMaster.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>traverseMaster</dt>
+      <dd>
+      Traverse all fields of the top level structure of pvMaster.
+      For each field the callback is called.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>getStructure</dt>
+      <dd>
+       Get the introspection interface for a PVStructure for e copy.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>createPVStructure</dt>
+      <dd>Create a copy instance.
+       Monitors keep a queue of monitor elements.
+     Since each element needs a PVStructure, multiple top level structures
+     will be created.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>getCopyOffset</dt>
+      <dd>Given a field in pvMaster.
+       return the offset in copy for the same field.
+      A value of std::string::npos means that the copy does not have this field.
+      Two overloaded methods are provided. The first is called if
+      the field of master is not a structure. The second is for
+      subfields of a structure.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>getMasterPVField</dt>
+      <dd>
+       Given a offset in the copy get the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>initCopy</dt>
+      <dd>
+       Initialize the fields in copyPVStructure
+       by giving each field the  value from the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+       bitSet will be set to show that all fields are changed.
+       This means that bit set will have the value <b>{0}</b>.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>updateCopySetBitSet</dt>
+      <dd>
+      Set all fields in copyPVStructure to the value of the corresponding field
+      in pvMaster. Each field that is changed has it's corresponding
+      bit set in bitSet.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>updateCopyFromBitSet</dt>
+      <dd>
+       For each set bit in bitSet set the field in copyPVStructure to the value
+      of the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+      </dd>
+   <dt>updateMaster</dt>
+      <dd>
+       For each set bit in bitSet set the field in pvMaster to the value
+      of the corresponding field in copyPVStructure.
+      
+      </dd>
+   <dt>getOptions</dt>
+      <dd>
+       Get the options for the field at the specified offset.
+      A NULL is returned if no options were specified for the field.
+      If options were specified,PVStructurePtr is 
+      a structure with a set of PVString subfields that specify name,value
+      pairs. name is the subField name and value is the subField value.
+      </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>support for monitor</h2>
+<p>This consists of two components:
+<dl>
+   <dt>monitor</dt>
+     <dd>Used by code that implements pvAccess monitors.</dd>
+   <dt>monitorPlugin</dt>
+      <dd>Code that provides special semantics for monitors.</dd>
+</dl>
+</p>
+<h3>monitor</h3>
+<pre>
+class MonitorElement {
+    MonitorElement(PVStructurePtr const &amp; pvStructurePtr);
+    PVStructurePtr pvStructurePtr;
+    BitSetPtr changedBitSet;
+    BitSetPtr overrunBitSet;
+};
+
+class Monitor {
+    virtual Status start() = 0;
+    virtual Status stop() = 0;
+    virtual MonitorElementPtr poll() = 0;
+    virtual void release(MonitorElementPtr const &amp; monitorElement) = 0;
+};
+
+class MonitorRequester : public virtual Requester {
+    virtual void monitorConnect(Status const &amp; status,
+        MonitorPtr const &amp; monitor, StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure) = 0;
+    virtual void monitorEvent(MonitorPtr const &amp; monitor) = 0;
+    virtual void unlisten(MonitorPtr const &amp; monitor) = 0;
+};
+</pre>
+<h4>monitorElement</h4>
+<p><b>MonitorElement</b> holds the data for one element of a monitor queue.
+It has the fields:
+<dl>
+  <dt>pvStructurePtr</dt>
+    <dd>A top level structure with data values at the time the monitors occurs.</dd>
+  <dt>changedBitSet</dt>
+     <dd>Shows which fields have changed since the previous monitor.</dd>
+  <dt>overrunBitSet</dt>
+     <dd>Shows which fields have changed more han once since the previous monitor.</dd>
+</dl>
+</p>
+<h4>monitorElement queue</h4>
+<p>
+A queue of monitor elements must be implemented by any channel provider that implements
+<b>Channel::createMonitor</b>.
+For an example implementation look at pvDatabaseCPP.
+It has the following:
+<pre>
+typedef Queue&lt;MonitorElement&gt; MonitorElementQueue;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;MonitorElementQueue&gt; MonitorElementQueuePtr;
+
+class MultipleElementQueue :
+    public ElementQueue
+{
+public:
+    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(MultipleElementQueue);
+    virtual ~MultipleElementQueue(){}
+    MultipleElementQueue(
+        MonitorLocalPtr const &amp;monitorLocal,
+        MonitorElementQueuePtr const &amp;queue,
+        size_t nfields);
+    virtual void destroy(){}
+    virtual Status start();
+    virtual Status stop();
+    virtual bool dataChanged();
+    virtual MonitorElementPtr poll();
+    virtual void release(MonitorElementPtr const &amp;monitorElement);
+...
+};
+</pre>
+<h4>Monitor</h4>
+<p><b>Monitor</b> must be implemented by any channel provider that implements
+<b>Channel::createMonitor</b>.
+Remote PVAccess also implements Monitor on the client side.
+Note that each client has it's own queue that is not shared with other client.
+</p>
+<p>Monitor has the following methods:</p>
+<dl>
+   <dt>start</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Start monitoring.
+      This will result in a an initial monitor that has the current value
+      of all fields.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>stop</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Stop monitoring.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>poll</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Called to get a monitor element.
+      If no new elements are available then a null pointer is returned.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>release</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Release the monitor element.
+      The caller owns the monitor element between the calls to poll and release.
+     </dd>
+<dl>
+</dl>
+<h4>MonitorRequester</h4>
+<p>This must be implemented by a pvAccess client.
+It has the methods:</p>
+<dl>
+  <dt>monitorConnect</dt>
+     <dd>
+      A monitor has either connected of disconnected.
+     </dd>
+  <dt>monitorEvent</dt>
+     <dd>
+      A new monitor element is available.
+     </dd>
+  <dt>unlisten</dt>
+     <dd>
+      The channel is going away. The client cam no longer access the monitor.
+     </dd>
+</dl>
+
+<h3>monitorPlugin</h3>
+<pre>
+class MonitorPlugin
+{
+    virtual std::string const &amp; getName() = 0;
+    virtual bool causeMonitor(
+        PVFieldPtr const &amp;pvField,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvTop,
+        MonitorElementPtr const &amp;monitorElement) = 0;
+    virtual void monitorDone(
+        MonitorElementPtr const &amp;monitorElement);
+    virtual void startMonitoring();
+    virtual void stopMonitoring();
+    virtual void beginGroupPut();
+    virtual void endGroupPut();
+};
+
+class MonitorPluginCreator
+{
+    virtual MonitorPluginPtr create(
+        FieldConstPtr const &amp;field,
+        StructureConstPtr const &amp;top,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvFieldOptions) = 0;
+     virtual std::string const &amp; getName() = 0;
+}
+
+class MonitorPluginManager
+{
+    static MonitorPluginManagerPtr get();
+    bool addPlugin(
+         std::string const &amp;pluginName,
+         MonitorPluginCreatorPtr const &amp;creator);
+    MonitorPluginCreatorPtr findPlugin(std::string const &amp;pluginName);
+    void showNames();
+};
+
+</pre>
+<h4>MonitorPlugin</h4>
+<p><b>MonitorPlugin</b> must be implemented by the plugin implementation.
+It has methods:</p>
+<dl>
+   <dt>getName</dt>
+     <dd>Get the name of the plugin.</dd>
+   <dt>causeMonitor</dt>
+     <dd>
+       Should the value of pvField cause a monitor to be raised.
+       pvField and pvTop are fields in the top level structure
+       being monitored. monitorElement has the top level structure
+       for the copy</b>.
+       The implementation should <b>not</b> modify the fields in the structure
+        being monitored.
+        Called with pvTop locked.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>monitorDone</dt>
+     <dd>
+       Called just before monitorElement will be given to client.
+       The plugin can change the data values and bitSets in monitorElement.
+        Called with pvTop unlocked.
+    </dd>
+   <dt>startMonitoring</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Monitoring is starting.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>stopMonitoring</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Monitoring is being stopped.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>beginGroupPut</dt>
+     <dd>
+      A set of puts is starting.
+        Called with pvTop locked.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>endGroupPut</dt>
+     <dd>
+      The set of puts is complete.
+        Called with pvTop locked.
+     </dd>
+</dl>
+<h4>MonitorPluginCreator</h4>
+<p><b>MonitorPluginCreator</b> must also be implemented by the plugin implementation.
+It is called for each field instance that has options of the from
+<b>[plugin=name...]</b> where <b>name</b> is the name of the plugin.
+Note that a plugin instance will belong to a single client.
+It has methods:</p>
+<dl>
+   <dt>getName</dt>
+     <dd>Get the name of the plugin.</dd>
+   <dt>create</dt>
+     <dd>
+     Create a new plugin instance.
+     If the arguments are not compatible with the plugin a NULL shared pointer is
+     returned.<br/>
+    pvFieldOptions is
+      a structure with a set of PVString subfields that specify <b>name,value</b>
+      pairs. name is the subField name and value is the subField value.<br/>
+     Note that a plugin will below to a single client.
+    </dd>
+<dl>
+<h4>MonitorPluginManager</h4>
+<p><b>MonitorPluginManager</b> has the methods:</p>
+<dl>
+   <dt>get</dt>
+     <dd>
+     MonitorPluginManager is a singleton.
+     The first call to get will create the single instance.
+     Further calls will return the single instance.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>addPlugin</dt>
+     <dd>
+     Add a new plugin.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>findPlugin</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Find a plugin. A NULL shared pointer is returned if it has not been added.
+     </dd>
+   <dt>showNames</dt>
+     <dd>
+      Show the names of all plugins that have been added.
+     </dd>
+</dl>
+<p><b>NOTE:</b>
+Should the method <b>causeMonitor</b> 
+have arguments <b>pvField</b> and <b>pvTop</b>
+be defined so that they can not be modified.
+This would be possible if the following was defined:
+<pre>
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;const PVField&gt; PVFieldConstPtr;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;const PVStructure&gt; PVStructureConstPtr;
+</pre>
+then the definition for causeMonitor could be:
+<pre>
+virtual bool causeMonitor(
+        PVFieldConstPtr const &amp;pvField,
+        PVStructureConstPtr const &amp;pvTop,
+        MonitorElementPtr const &amp;monitorElement) = 0;
+</pre>
+But just adding these definitions is not sufficient.
+In addition all methods defined in pvDataCPP must be checked.
+In particular many of the methods in <b>Convert</b> must have
+their arguments modified.
+Big job.
+</p>
+<h2>monitorPlugin example</h2>
+<h3>Example Plugin Overview</h3>
+<p>This section describes an example plugin that:</p>
+<ul>
+   <li>Only raises monitors when a field changes value.<br />
+     If no plugin is provided
+     the default is to raise a monitor when a put is issued to a field.</li>
+   <li>Optionally a change will not raise a monitor.<br />
+     The change will, however,
+     appear if a put to another field raise a monitor.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>As an example assume that a channel provided by pvAccess has a top level structure
+that represents a power supply.</p>
+<pre>
+structure powerSupply
+    structure alarm
+    structure timeStamp
+    structure power
+       double value
+       structure alarm
+       structure display
+    structure voltage
+       double value
+       structure alarm
+       structure display
+    structure current
+       double value
+       structure alarm
+       structure display
+</pre>
+<p>A pvAccess client wants to create a monitor on the powerSupply as follows:
+The client wants a top level structure that looks like:
+<pre>
+structure powerSupply
+    structure alarm
+    structure timeStamp
+    structure power
+       double value
+    structure voltage
+       double value
+    structure current
+       double value
+</pre>
+In addition the client wants monitors to occur only when one of the monitored
+fields changes value but not just because a put occured.
+Also if only the timeStamp changes value then that should not cause a monitor.
+</p>
+<p>The example monitor plugin implements the semantics the
+client wants. It can be attached to any field via the following options:
+<pre>
+[plugin=onChange,raiseMonitor=value]
+</pre>
+This plugin will trigger a monitor for the field only if the field changes
+value. In addition <b>value</b> equals <b>false</b> means do not raise a monitor
+for changes to this field.
+But if a change to another field does cause a monitor the change to this field
+will be passed to the client.
+</p>
+<p>
+Assume that the client has already connected to the channel.
+The client can then issue the commands:</p>
+<pre>
+std::string request("field(alarm[plugin=onChange]");
+request += ",timeStamp[plugin=onChange,raiseMonitor=false]";
+request += ",power.value[plugin=onChange";
+request += ",voltage.value[plugin=onChange";
+request += ",current.value[plugin=onChange";
+
+PVStructurePtr pvRequest = createRequest-&gt;createRequest(request);
+
+MonitorPtr monitor = channel-&gt;createMonitor(monitorRequester,pvRequest);
+</pre>
+<h3>Example Plugin Code</h3>
+<p>The header file to create the example has the definition:</p>
+<pre>
+class ExampleMonitorPlugin{
+public:
+    static void create();
+};
+</pre>
+<p>The implementation is:</p>
+<pre>
+class OnChangePlugin : public MonitorPlugin
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~OnChangePlugin(){}
+    OnChangePlugin() {}
+    bool init(
+        FieldConstPtr const &amp;field,
+        StructureConstPtr const &amp;top,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvFieldOptions)
+   {
+        pvField = getPVDataCreate()-&gt;createPVField(field);
+        raiseMonitor = true;
+        if(pvFieldOptions!=NULL) {
+            PVStringPtr pvString =
+                pvFieldOptions-&gt;getSubField&lt;PVString&gt;("raiseMonitor");
+                if(pvString!=NULL) {
+                    std::string value = pvString-&gt;get();
+                    if(value.compare("false")==0) raiseMonitor = false;
+                }
+        }
+        return true;
+   }
+   virtual std::string &amp;getName(){return pluginName;}
+   virtual bool causeMonitor(
+        PVFieldPtr const &amp;pvNew,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvTop,
+        MonitorElementPtr const &amp;monitorElement)
+   {
+       bool isSame = convert-&gt;equals(pvNew,pvField);
+       if(isSame) return false;
+       convert-&gt;copy(pvNew,pvField);
+       return raiseMonitor;
+   }
+private:
+   PVFieldPtr pvField;
+   bool raiseMonitor;
+};
+class OnChangePluginCreator : public MonitorPluginCreator
+{
+public:
+    virtual std::string &amp;getName(){return pluginName;}
+    virtual MonitorPluginPtr create(
+        FieldConstPtr const &amp;field,
+        StructureConstPtr const &amp;top,
+        PVStructurePtr const &amp;pvFieldOptions)
+   {
+       OnChangePluginPtr plugin(new OnChangePlugin());
+       bool result = plugin-&gt;init(field,top,pvFieldOptions);
+       if(!result) return MonitorPluginPtr();
+       return plugin;
+   }
+
+};
+
+void ExampleMonitorPlugin::create()
+{
+    static OnChangePluginCreatorPtr plugin;
+    static Mutex mutex;
+    Lock xx(mutex);
+    if(plugin==NULL) {
+        plugin = OnChangePluginCreatorPtr(new OnChangePluginCreator());
+        MonitorPluginManager::get()-&gt;addPlugin(pluginName,plugin);
+    }
+}
+</pre>
+
+
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>

documentation/pvDataCPPCookbook.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()->
     createStructure();
 
 // create a structure (cntd.)
-PVStructure::const_shared_pointer enum_t = 
+StructureConstPtr enum_t = 
     getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()->
         setId("enum_t")->
         add("index", pvInt)->
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ PVStructure::const_shared_pointer enum_t =
         createStructure();
 
 // create a structure (cntd.)
-PVStructure::const_shared_pointer ntEnum = 
+StructureConstPtr ntEnum = 
     getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()->
-        setId("uri:ev4:nt/2012/pwd/NTEnum")->
+        setId("epics:nt/NTEnum:1.0")->
         add("value", enum_t)->
         addNestedStructure("timeStamp")->
             setId("time_t")->
-            add("secsPastEpoch", pvLong)->
+            add("secondsPastEpoch", pvLong)->
             add("nanoseconds", pvInt)->
             add("userTag", pvInt)->
             endNested()->

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-    <dd>none</dd>
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-    <dd>None</dd>
-    <dt>Editors:</dt>
-    <dd>Marty Kraimer, BNL<dd />
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-  <p class="copyright">This product is made available subject to acceptance of the <a
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-<hr />
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-</div>
-<div id="contents" class="contents">
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-<h2>Introduction</h2>
-<p>As pvDataCPP progressed PVField and derived classes accumulated
-more and more member functions.
-These member functions have nothing to do with the primary primary
-purpose for pvData:
-<blockquote>pvData (Process Variable Data) defines and implements an efficent
-way to store, access, and communicate memory resident data structures.</blockquote>
-This statement appears as the first sentence of pvDataJava.html.
-A few sentances later the document makes it clear that communication
-includes efficent network communication.
-Thus pvData provides an interface for network accessible structured data.
-The problem of adding member functions that have nothing to do with the primary purpose
-started with the Java API.
-It already had extra methods that solved problems that should have had a different solution.
-This document removes the extra methods so that when new problems arise in the future
-the solution will not involve adding new member functions to the introspection and data API.
-</p>
-<p>The introspection and data API for pvData should only encapuslate methods that support the primary purpose
-stated above.
-The interfaces for C++ and Java should be similar so that
-someone who understands the interface in one of the languages
-and knows both languages will quickly understand the interface of the other language.</p>
-<p>There is another problem with the existing API. There are methods that allow the "structure"
-to change after an pvData object is created. An example is PVField::renameField(String newName).
-Such methods should not exist.</p>
-<p>There are methods regarding immutability: setImmutable, isImmutablei, setCapacityMutable, and isCapacityMutable.
-Should they exists? For now lets assume no.
-</p>
-<p>One last issue is the interface for array data. This document proposes a simplified
-version of what currently exists. It requires that the implementation always provides storage for
-the complete raw array. The existing APIs allow the implementation to provide the data in
-"chunks". Giving up this requirement simplifies the array interfaces.
-The existing C++ implementation of PVValueArray has serious problems.
-The shared_vector that is implemented in pvDataCP-md provides the solution to fixing
-the problems. This document describes an API that is very similar to the new Java API
-except that raw arrays are replaced by shared_vector.</p>
-<p>This document will first describe changes to the existing Java interfaces
-and then the corresponding C++ API.</p>
-<h2>Java API</h2>
-<p>The following shows which methods will be removed from the existing interfaces
-and what will be added.
-The methods to be removed are in <font color = "red">red</font>
-and methods to add are in <font color = "blue">blue</font>
-Also the removed methods are at the end with a comment above.
-The new methods also have a comment.
-</p>
-<h3>Introspection Interfaces</h3>
-
-<pre>interface Field extends Serializable {
-    String getId();
-    Type getType();
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">void toString(StringBuilder buf);</font>
-    <font color = "red">void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel);</font>
-    <font color = "red">String toString();</font>
-}
-
-<font color = "blue">
-// new interface
-interface FieldToString {
-    String toString(Field field);
-}</font>
-
-interface Scalar extends Field {
-    ScalarType getScalarType();
-}
-
-interface ScalarArray extends Field {
-    ScalarType getElementType();
-}
-
-interface Structure extends Field {
-    Field getField(String fieldName);
-    int getFieldIndex(String fieldName);
-    Field[] getFields();
-    Field getField(int fieldIndex);
-    String[] getFieldNames();
-    String getFieldName(int fieldIndex)
-}
-
-interface StructureArray extends Field {
-    Structure getStructure();
-}
-
-interface FieldCreate {
-    Scalar createScalar(ScalarType scalarType);
-    ScalarArray createScalarArray(ScalarType elementType);
-    StructureArray createStructureArray(Structure elementStructure);
-    Structure createStructure(String[] fieldNames, Field[] field);
-    Structure createStructure(String id,String[] fieldNames, Field[] field);
-    Structure createStructure(Structure structToClone);
-    Field deserialize(ByteBuffer buffer, DeserializableControl control);
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">Structure appendField(Structure structure,String fieldName, Field field);</font>
-    <font color = "red">Structure appendFields(Structure structure,String[] fieldNames, Field[] fields);</font>
-}
-</pre>
-<h3>Data Interfaces</h3>
-<pre>
-interface PVField extends Requester, Serializable {
-    String getFieldName();
-    void setRequester(Requester requester);
-    int getFieldOffset();
-    int getNextFieldOffset();
-    int getNumberFields();
-    Field getField();
-    PVStructure getParent();
-    void postPut();
-    void setPostHandler(PostHandler postHandler);
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">PVAuxInfo getPVAuxInfo();</font>
-    <font color = "red">boolean isImmutable();</font>
-    <font color = "red">void setImmutable();</font>
-    <font color = "red">void renameField(String newName);</font>
-    <font color = "red">void toString(StringBuilder buf);</font>
-    <font color = "red">void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel);</font>
-    <font color = "red">String toString();</font>
-}
-
-<font color = "blue">
-// The following is a new interface
-interface PVFieldToString {
-    String toString(PVField pvField);
-    void setMaxInitialArrayElements(int num);
-    void setMaxFinalArrayElements(int num);
-    int getMaxInitialArrayElements();
-    int getMaxFinalArrayElements();
-}</font>
-    
-interface PVScalar extends PVField{
-    Scalar getScalar();
-}
-
-interface PVDouble extends PVScalar{
-    double get();
-    void put(double value);
-}
-// also PVBoolean, PVByte, PVShort, PVInt, PVLong, PVFloat, and PVString
-
-interface PVArray extends PVField, SerializableArray {
-    int getLength();
-    void setLength(int length);
-    int getCapacity();
-    void setCapacity(int length);
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">boolean isCapacityMutable();</font>
-    <font color = "red">void setCapacityMutable(boolean isMutable);</font>
-}
-
-interface PVScalarArray extends PVArray {
-    ScalarArray getScalarArray();
-}
-
-<font color = "red">
-//following will be removed
-public class DoubleArrayData {
-    public double[] data;
-    public int offset;
-}</font>
-
-interface PVDoubleArray extends PVArray {
-    // following are new
-<font color = "blue">    double[] get();</font>
-<font color = "blue">    void swap(double[] value);</font>
-    //following will be removed
-<font color = "red">    int get(int offset, int len, DoubleArrayData data);</font>
-<font color = "red">    int put(int offset,int len, double[] from, int fromOffset)</font>;
-<font color = "red">    void shareData(double[] from);</font>
-}
-
-// also PVBooleanArray, ..., PVStringArray
-
-
-interface PVStructure extends PVField , BitSetSerializable{
-    Structure getStructure();
-    PVField[] getPVFields();
-    PVField getSubField(String fieldName);
-    PVField getSubField(int fieldOffset);
-    // The following are convenience methods
-    PVBoolean getBooleanField(String fieldName);
-    PVByte getByteField(String fieldName);
-    PVShort getShortField(String fieldName);
-    PVInt getIntField(String fieldName);
-    PVLong getLongField(String fieldName);
-    PVFloat getFloatField(String fieldName);
-    PVDouble getDoubleField(String fieldName);
-    PVString getStringField(String fieldName);
-    PVScalarArray getScalarArrayField(String fieldName);
-    PVStructureArray getStructureArrayField(String fieldName);
-    PVStructure getStructureField(String fieldName);
-    PVArray getArrayField(String fieldName,ScalarType elementType);
-    // following will be removed
-<font color = "red">    void appendPVField(String fieldName,PVField pvField);</font>
-<font color = "red">    void appendPVFields(String[] fieldNames,PVField[] pvFields);</font>
-<font color = "red">    void removePVField(String fieldName);</font>
-<font color = "red">    void replacePVField(PVField oldPVField,PVField newPVField);</font>
-<font color = "red">    String getExtendsStructureName();</font>
-<font color = "red">    boolean putExtendsStructureName(String extendsStructureName);</font>
-<font color = "red">    public boolean checkValid();</font>
-}
- 
-<font color = "red">
-//following will be removed
-public class StructureArrayData {
-    public PVStructure[] data;
-    public int offset;
-}
-</font>
-
-interface PVStructureArray extends PVArray{
-    StructureArray getStructureArray();
-    // following are new
-<font color = "blue">    PVStructure[] get();</font>
-<font color = "blue">    void swap(PVStructure[] value);</font>
-    // following will be removed
-<font color = "red">    int get(int offset, int length, StructureArrayData data);</font>
-<font color = "red">    int put(int offset,int length, PVStructure[] from, int fromOffset);</font>
-<font color = "red">    void shareData(PVStructure[] from);</font>
-}
-
-
-public interface PVDataCreate {
-    PVField createPVField(Field field);
-    PVField createPVField(PVField fieldToClone);
-    PVScalar createPVScalar(Scalar scalar);
-    PVScalar createPVScalar(ScalarType fieldType);
-    PVScalar createPVScalar(PVScalar scalarToClone);
-    PVScalarArray createPVScalarArray(ScalarArray array);
-    PVScalarArray createPVScalarArray(ScalarType elementType);
-    PVScalarArray createPVScalarArray(PVScalarArray arrayToClone;
-    PVStructureArray createPVStructureArray(StructureArray structureArray);
-    PVStructure createPVStructure(Structure structure);
-    PVStructure createPVStructure(String[] fieldNames,Field[] fields);
-    PVStructure createPVStructure(PVStructure structToClone);
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">PVField[] flattenPVStructure(PVStructure pvStructure);</font>
-}
-</pre>
-<h3>PVFieldToString</h3>
-<p>In addition to toString this has methods to limit the number of array element to display.
-The existing Java implementation of toString displayed all elements.
-For large arrays this is not desirable.
-The new methods provide a way for the client to limit the number of elements.
-The default might be set to something like display up to 10 elements with 5 fron the beginning and 5 from the end.</p>
-<p>For C++ this can be a replacement for dumpValue.</p>
-<h3>PVBooleanArray, ..., PVStructureArray</h3>
-<p>The old get and put are replaced by two new and simpler methods:
-<dl>
-   <dt>get</dt>
-     <dd>Returns the raw array. If the client code modifies the elements in the array then
-      the client must call postPut. The client also has to realize that if the raw array held by the PVXXXArray changes
-      then the client is no longer sharing data
-   <dt>swap</dt>
-      <dd>This exchanges the old raw data with the new raw data.</dd>
-</dl>
-</p>
-<p>
-The method <b>setCapacity</b> will always create a new raw array and copy old data from the old to the new array.
-This is not true now since the implementation does not create a new array if the old capacity is equal to the requested capacity.
-</p>
-<h2>C++ API</h2>
-<p>The C++ class definitions are similar to the Java definitions with two main exceptions:
-<dl>
-   <dt>toString</dt>
-     <dd>In c++ this is replaced by std::ostream.</dd>
-   <dt>raw array data</dt>
-      <dd>Java supports array data like <b>double[]</b>
-       The C++ replacement is shared_vector&lt;double&gt;, which  is implemented
-       in pvDataCPP-md.</dd
-</dl>
-<h3>Introspection Interfaces</h3>
-
-<pre>
-class Field :
-    virtual public Serializable,
-    public std::tr1::enable_shared_from_this&lt;Field&gt;
-{
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Field);
-    virtual ~Field();
-    Type getType() const{return m_type;}
-    virtual String getID() const = 0;
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf) const{toString(buf,0);}
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel) const;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-<font color = "blue">
-// new function
-std::ostream &amp;toString(Field::const_reference field, std::ostream&amp; o);
-</font>
-
-class Scalar : public Field{
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Scalar);
-    virtual ~Scalar();
-    typedef Scalar&amp; reference;
-    typedef const Scalar&amp; const_reference;
-
-    ScalarType getScalarType() const {return scalarType;}
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, SerializableControl *control) const;
-    virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableContol *control);
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf) const{toString(buf,0);}
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel) const;
-    virtual String getID() const;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-class ScalarArray : public Field{
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(ScalarArray);
-    typedef ScalarArray&amp; reference;
-    typedef const ScalarArray&amp; const_reference;
-
-    ScalarArray(ScalarType scalarType);
-    ScalarType  getElementType() const {return elementType;}
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, SerializableControl *control) const;
-    virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *control);
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf) const{toString(buf,0);}
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel) const;
-    virtual String getID() const;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-
-class Structure : public Field {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Structure);
-    typedef Structure&amp; reference;
-    typedef const Structure&amp; const_reference;
-
-   std::size_t getNumberFields() const {return numberFields;}
-   FieldConstPtr getField(String const &amp; fieldName) const;
-   FieldConstPtr getField(std::size_t index) const;
-   std::size_t getFieldIndex(String const &amp;fieldName) const;
-   FieldConstPtrArray const &amp; getFields() const {return fields;}
-   StringArray const &amp; getFieldNames() const;
-   String getFieldName(std::size_t fieldIndex);
-   virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, SerializableControl *control) const;
-   virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *control);
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-   void renameField(std::size_t fieldIndex,String const &amp;newName);
-   virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel) const;
-   virtual String getID() const;
-   </font>
- ...
-};
-
-class StructureArray : public Field{
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(StructureArray);
-    typedef StructureArray&amp; reference;
-    typedef const StructureArray&amp; const_reference;
-
-    StructureConstPtr  getStructure() const {return pstructure;}
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, SerializableControl *control) const;
-    virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *control);
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel=0) const;
-    virtual String getID() const;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-
-class FieldCreate  {
-public:
-    static FieldCreatePtr getFieldCreate();
-    ScalarConstPtr  createScalar(ScalarType scalarType) const
-    ScalarArrayConstPtr createScalarArray(ScalarType elementType) const;
-    StructureArrayConstPtr createStructureArray(StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure) const;
-    StructureConstPtr createStructure (
-        StringArray const &amp; fieldNames,
-        FieldConstPtrArray const &amp; fields) const;
-    StructureConstPtr createStructure (
-        String const &amp;id,
-        StringArray const &amp; fieldNames,
-        FieldConstPtrArray const &amp; fields) const;
-    FieldConstPtr deserialize(ByteBuffer* buffer, DeserializableControl* control) const;
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    StructureConstPtr appendField(
-        StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure,
-        String const &amp;fieldName, FieldConstPtr const &amp; field) const;
-    StructureConstPtr appendFields(
-        StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure,
-        StringArray const &amp; fieldNames,
-        FieldConstPtrArray const &amp; fields) const;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-
-extern FieldCreatePtr getFieldCreate();
- </pre>
-<h3>Data Interfaces</h3>
-<pre>
-class PVField
-: virtual public Serializable,
-  public std::tr1::enable_shared_from_this&lt;PVField&gt;
-{
-public:
-   POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVField);
-   virtual ~PVField();
-   inline const String &amp;getFieldName() const ;
-   virtual void setRequester(RequesterPtr const &amp;prequester);
-   std::size_t getFieldOffset() const;
-   std::size_t getNextFieldOffset() const;
-   std::size_t getNumberFields() const;
-   const FieldConstPtr &amp; getField() const ;
-   PVStructure * getParent() const
-   void postPut() ;
-   void setPostHandler(PostHandlerPtr const &amp;postHandler);
-    // following will be removed
-    <font color = "red">
-   virtual void message(String message,MessageType messageType);
-   void replacePVField(const PVFieldPtr&amp;  newPVField);
-   String getFullName() const;
-   virtual bool equals(PVField &amp;pv);
-   PVAuxInfoPtr &amp; getPVAuxInfo()
-   bool isImmutable() const;
-   virtual void setImmutable();
-   void replacePVField(const PVFieldPtr&amp;  newPVField);
-   void renameField(String const &amp;newName);
-   virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf) ;
-   virtual void toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel);
-   std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o) const;
-   </font>
- ...
-};
-
-<font color = "blue">
-// The following is a new class
-class PVFieldToString {
-    String toString(const PVFieldPtr &amp;pvField);
-    void setMaxInitialArrayElements(size_t num);
-    void setMaxFinalArrayElements(size_t num);
-    size_t getMaxInitialArrayElements();
-    size_t getMaxFinalArrayElements();
-...
-}</font>
-
-class PVScalar : public PVField {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVScalar);
-    virtual ~PVScalar();
-    typedef PVScalar &amp;reference;
-    typedef const PVScalar&amp; const_reference;
-
-    const ScalarConstPtr getScalar() const ;
- ...
-}
-
-
-template&lt;typename T&gt;
-class PVScalarValue : public PVScalar {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVScalarValue);
-    typedef T value_type;
-    typedef T* pointer;
-    typedef const T* const_pointer;
-
-    virtual ~PVScalarValue() {}
-    virtual T get() const = 0;
-    virtual void put(T value) = 0;
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o)
-    void operator&gt;&gt;=(T&amp; value) const;
-    void operator&lt;&lt;=(T value);
-    </font>
- ...
-}
-
-// PVString is special case, since it implements SerializableArray
-class PVString : public PVScalarValue&lt;String&gt;, SerializableArray {
-public:
-    virtual ~PVString() {}
- ...
-}
-class PVArray : public PVField, public SerializableArray {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVArray);
-    virtual ~PVArray();
-    std::size_t getLength() const;
-    virtual void setLength(std::size_t length);
-    std::size_t getCapacity() const;
-    virtual void setCapacity(std::size_t capacity) = 0;
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual void setImmutable();
-    bool isCapacityMutable() const;
-    void setCapacityMutable(bool isMutable);
-    virtual std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o, std::size_t index) const = 0;
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-
-class PVScalarArray : public PVArray {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVScalarArray);
-    virtual ~PVScalarArray();
-    typedef PVScalarArray &amp;reference;
-    typedef const PVScalarArray&amp; const_reference;
-
-    const ScalarArrayConstPtr getScalarArray() const ;
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following will be removed
-    virtual std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o, size_t index) const = 0;
-    </font>
- ...
-}
-
-<font color = "red">
-// following will be removed
-template&lt;typename T&gt;
-class PVArrayData {
-private:
-    std::vector&lt;T&gt; init;
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVArrayData);
-    typedef T  value_type;
-    typedef T* pointer;
-    typedef const T* const_pointer;
-    std::vector&lt;T&gt; &amp; data;
-    std::size_t offset;
-    PVArrayData()
-    : data(init)
-    {}
-};
-</font>
-
-template&lt;typename T&gt;
-class PVValueArray : public PVScalarArray {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVValueArray);
-    typedef T  value_type;
-    typedef T* pointer;
-    typedef const T* const_pointer;
-    // following are new typeDefs
-    <font color = "blue">typedef shared_vector&lt;T&gt; svector;</font>
-    <font color = "blue">typedef shared_vector&lt;const T&gt; const_svector; </font>
-
-    virtual ~PVValueArray() {}
-    // following are added
-    <font color = "blue">svector get();</font>
-    <font color = "blue">void swap(svector&amp; value);</font>
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following are removed
-    typedef PVValueArray &amp; reference;
-    typedef const PVValueArray &amp; const_reference;
-    typedef PVArrayData&lt;T&gt; ArrayDataType;
-    typedef std::vector&lt;T&gt; vector;
-    typedef const std::vector&lt;T&gt; const_vector;
-    typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;vector&gt; shared_vector;
-
-    virtual std::size_t get(
-         std::size_t offset, std::size_t length, ArrayDataType &amp;data) = 0;
-    virtual std::size_t put(std::size_t offset,
-        std::size_t length, const_pointer from, std::size_t fromOffset) = 0;
-    virtual std::size_t put(std::size_t offset,
-        std::size_t length, const_vector &amp;from, std::size_t fromOffset);
-    virtual void shareData(
-         shared_vector const &amp; value,
-         std::size_t capacity,
-         std::size_t length) = 0;
-    virtual pointer get() = 0;
-    virtual pointer get() const = 0;
-    virtual vector const &amp; getVector() = 0;
-    virtual shared_vector const &amp; getSharedVector() = 0;
-    std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o) const;
-    std::ostream&amp; dumpValue(std::ostream&amp; o, size_t index) const;
-    </font>
-...
-};
-
-typedef PVValueArray&lt;uint8&gt; PVBooleanArray;
-typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;PVBooleanArray&gt; PVBooleanArrayPtr;
-...
-typedef PVValueArray&lt;String&gt; PVStringArray;
-typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;PVStringArray&gt; PVStringArrayPtr;
-
-class PVStructure : public PVField,public BitSetSerializable {
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVStructure);
-    virtual ~PVStructure();
-    typedef PVStructure &amp; reference;
-    typedef const PVStructure &amp; const_reference;
-
-    StructureConstPtr getStructure() const;
-    const PVFieldPtrArray &amp; getPVFields() const;
-    PVFieldPtr getSubField(String const &amp;fieldName) const;
-    PVFieldPtr getSubField(std::size_t fieldOffset) const;
-    PVBooleanPtr getBooleanField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVBytePtr getByteField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVShortPtr getShortField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVIntPtr getIntField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVLongPtr getLongField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVUBytePtr getUByteField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVUShortPtr getUShortField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVUIntPtr getUIntField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVULongPtr getULongField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVFloatPtr getFloatField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVDoublePtr getDoubleField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVStringPtr getStringField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVStructurePtr getStructureField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    PVScalarArrayPtr getScalarArrayField(
-        String const &amp;fieldName,ScalarType elementType) ;
-    PVStructureArrayPtr getStructureArrayField(String const &amp;fieldName) ;
-    virtual void serialize(
-        ByteBuffer *pbuffer,SerializableControl *pflusher) const ;
-    virtual void deserialize(
-        ByteBuffer *pbuffer,DeserializableControl *pflusher);
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
-        SerializableControl *pflusher,BitSet *pbitSet) const;
-    virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
-        DeserializableControl*pflusher,BitSet *pbitSet);
-    PVStructure(StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure);
-    PVStructure(StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure,PVFieldPtrArray const &amp; pvFields);
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following are removed
-    void appendPVField(
-        String const &amp;fieldName,
-        PVFieldPtr const &amp; pvField);
-    void appendPVFields(
-        StringArray const &amp; fieldNames,
-        PVFieldPtrArray const &amp; pvFields);
-    void removePVField(String const &amp;fieldName);
-    virtual void setImmutable();
-    String getExtendsStructureName() const;
-    bool putExtendsStructureName(
-        String const &amp;extendsStructureName);
-    </font>
-};
-
-<font color = "red">
-// following will be removed
-typedef PVArrayData&lt;PVStructurePtr&gt; StructureArrayData;
-</font>
-
-class PVStructureArray : public PVArray
-{
-public:
-    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVStructureArray);
-    typedef PVStructurePtr  value_type;
-    typedef PVStructurePtr* pointer;
-    typedef const PVStructurePtr* const_pointer;
-    <font color = "blue">
-    // following are new typeDefs
-    typedef shared_vector&lt;PVStructurePtr&gt; svector;
-    typedef shared_vector&lt;const PVStructurePtr&gt; const_svector;
-    </font>
-
-    virtual ~PVStructureArray() {}
-    virtual void setCapacity(size_t capacity);
-    virtual void setLength(std::size_t length);
-    virtual StructureArrayConstPtr getStructureArray() const ;
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
-        SerializableControl *pflusher) const;
-    virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
-    virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
-        SerializableControl *pflusher, std::size_t offset, std::size_t count) const ;
-    // following are new
-<font color = "blue">    svector get();</font>
-<font color = "blue">    void swap(svector &amp; value);</font>
-    <font color = "red">
-    // following are removed
-    typedef PVArrayData&lt;PVStructurePtr&gt; ArrayDataType;
-    typedef std::vector&lt;PVStructurePtr&gt; vector;
-    typedef const std::vector&lt;PVStructurePtr&gt; const_vector;
-    typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr&lt;vector&gt; shared_vector;
-    typedef PVStructureArray &amp;reference;
-    typedef const PVStructureArray&amp; const_reference;
-    
-    virtual std::size_t append(std::size_t number);
-    virtual bool remove(std::size_t offset,std::size_t number);
-    virtual void compress();
-    virtual std::size_t get(std::size_t offset, std::size_t length,
-        StructureArrayData &amp;data);
-    virtual std::size_t put(std::size_t offset,std::size_t length,
-        const_vector const &amp; from, std::size_t fromOffset);
-    virtual void shareData(
-         shared_vector const &amp; value,
-         std::size_t capacity,
-         std::size_t length);
-    virtual pointer get() { return &amp;((*value.get())[0]); }
-    virtual pointer get() const { return &amp;((*value.get())[0]); }
-    virtual vector const &amp; getVector() {return *value;}
-    virtual shared_vector const &amp; getSharedVector() {return value;}
-    </font>
- ...
-};
-
-class PVDataCreate {
-public:
-    static PVDataCreatePtr getPVDataCreate();
-    PVFieldPtr createPVField(FieldConstPtr const &amp; field);
-    PVFieldPtr createPVField(PVFieldPtr const &amp; fieldToClone);
-    PVScalarPtr createPVScalar(ScalarConstPtr const &amp; scalar);
-    PVScalarPtr createPVScalar(ScalarType scalarType);
-    PVScalarPtr createPVScalar(PVScalarPtr const &amp; scalarToClone);
-    PVScalarArrayPtr createPVScalarArray(ScalarArrayConstPtr const &amp; scalarArray);
-    PVScalarArrayPtr createPVScalarArray(ScalarType elementType);
-    PVScalarArrayPtr createPVScalarArray(PVScalarArrayPtr const  &amp; scalarArrayToClone);
-    PVStructureArrayPtr createPVStructureArray(StructureArrayConstPtr const &amp; structureArray);
-    PVStructurePtr createPVStructure(StructureConstPtr const &amp; structure);
-    PVStructurePtr createPVStructure(
-        StringArray const &amp; fieldNames,PVFieldPtrArray const &amp; pvFields);
-   PVStructurePtr createPVStructure(PVStructurePtr const &amp; structToClone);
- ...
-};
-
-extern PVDataCreatePtr getPVDataCreate();
-</pre>
-
-
-</div>
-</body>
-</html>

jenkins/cloudbees_build

@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@
 # Jenkins invokes scripts with the "-ex" option. So the build is considered a failure
 # if any of the commands exits with a non-zero exit code.
 #
-# Author: Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@gmx.de>
+# Author: Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de>
 # Copyright (C) 2013 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015 ITER Organization.
 # All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
 
+###########################################
+# Determine EPICS Base version
+
+DEFAULT_BASE=3.14.12.5
+
+BASE=${1:-${DEFAULT_BASE}}
+USE_MB=${2:-"MB_NO"}
+
 ###########################################
 # Fetch and unpack dependencies
 
@@ -17,10 +26,8 @@ rm -fr ${STUFF}
 mkdir -p ${STUFF}
 cd ${STUFF}
 
-wget -nv https://openepics.ci.cloudbees.com/job/Base-3.14.12.3_Build/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/baseR3.14.12.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
-wget -nv https://openepics.ci.cloudbees.com/job/Doxygen-1.8.3_Build/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/doxygen-1.8.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
-tar -xzf baseR3.14.12.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
-tar -xzf doxygen-1.8.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
+wget -nv https://openepics.ci.cloudbees.com/job/Base-${BASE}_Build/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/base-${BASE}.CB-dist.tar.gz
+tar -xzf base-${BASE}.CB-dist.tar.gz
 
 ###########################################
 # Build
@@ -37,20 +44,13 @@ EPICS_BASE=${EPICS_BASE}
 EOF
 
 make distclean all
-doxygen
 
 ###########################################
 # Test
 
-# EPICS Test Harness tests
 make runtests
 
 ###########################################
 # Create distribution
 
 tar czf pvData.CB-dist.tar.gz lib include COPYRIGHT LICENSE
-
-###########################################
-# Publish documentation
-
-rsync -aP --delete -e ssh documentation epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/htdocs/docbuild/pvDataCPP/tip

jenkins/cloudbees_doc

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# pvData C++ implementation
+# Jenkins @ Cloudbees documentation generation and deployment
+#
+# Jenkins invokes scripts with the "-ex" option. So the build is considered a failure
+# if any of the commands exits with a non-zero exit code.
+#
+# Author: Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de>
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015 ITER Organization.
+# All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
+
+###########################################
+# Set EPICS Base version and upload target
+
+BASE=3.15.2
+PUBLISH=${1:-DONT}
+
+###########################################
+# Fetch and unpack dependencies
+
+export STUFF=/tmp/stuff
+
+rm -fr ${STUFF}
+mkdir -p ${STUFF}
+cd ${STUFF}
+
+wget -nv https://openepics.ci.cloudbees.com/job/Doxygen-1.8.3_Build/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/doxygen-1.8.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
+tar -xzf doxygen-1.8.3.CB-dist.tar.gz
+
+###########################################
+# Generate
+
+cd ${WORKSPACE}
+
+wget -nv https://openepics.ci.cloudbees.com/job/pvDataCPP_Build/BASE=${BASE},USE_MB=MB_NO/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/pvData.CB-dist.tar.gz
+tar -xzf pvData.CB-dist.tar.gz
+
+export PATH=${STUFF}/bin:${PATH}
+
+doxygen
+
+###########################################
+# Publish
+
+if [ "${PUBLISH}" != "DONT" ]; then
+    # Upload explicit dummy to ensure target directory exists
+    echo "Created by CloudBees Jenkins upload job. Should be deleted as part of the job." > DUMMY
+    rsync -q -e ssh DUMMY epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/htdocs/docbuild/pvDataCPP/${PUBLISH}/
+
+    rsync -aqP --delete -e ssh documentation epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/htdocs/docbuild/pvDataCPP/${PUBLISH}/
+fi

jenkins/cloudbees_hgweb

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# pvData C++ implementation
-# Jenkins @ Cloudbees hgweb sync script
-#
-# Jenkins invokes scripts with the "-ex" option. So the build is considered a failure
-# if any of the commands exits with a non-zero exit code.
-#
-# Author: Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@gmx.de>
-# Copyright (C) 2013 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
-# All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
-
-###########################################
-# Fetch complete repo
-
-rm -fr hgweb
-hg clone -U http://hg.code.sf.net/p/epics-pvdata/pvDataCPP hgweb
-
-###########################################
-# Sync into SF webspace
-
-rsync -aqP --delete --exclude=\.hg/hgrc -e ssh hgweb/.hg epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/repos/pvDataCPP

pvDataCPP.config

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// ADD PREDEFINED MACROS HERE!

pvDataCPP.creator

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[General]

pvDataCPP.files

@@ -1,211 +0,0 @@
-configure/CONFIG
-configure/CONFIG_SITE
-configure/RELEASE
-configure/RELEASE.local
-configure/RULES
-configure/RULES.ioc
-configure/RULES_DIRS
-configure/RULES_TOP
-documentation/pvDataCPP.html
-documentation/pvDataCPP_20120927.html
-documentation/pvDataCPP_20121001.html
-documentation/pvDataCPP_20121026.html
-documentation/pvDataCPP_20121212.html
-jenkins/cloudbees_build
-pvDataApp/factory/Compare.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/Convert.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/factory.h
-pvDataApp/factory/FieldCreateFactory.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVArray.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVAuxInfoImpl.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp.orig
-pvDataApp/factory/PVField.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVScalar.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVScalarArray.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVStructure.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/PVStructureArray.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/StandardField.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/StandardPVField.cpp
-pvDataApp/factory/TypeFunc.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/bitSet.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/bitSet.h
-pvDataApp/misc/byteBuffer.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/byteBuffer.h
-pvDataApp/misc/destroyable.h
-pvDataApp/misc/epicsException.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/epicsException.h
-pvDataApp/misc/event.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/event.h
-pvDataApp/misc/executor.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/executor.h
-pvDataApp/misc/localStaticLock.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/localStaticLock.h
-pvDataApp/misc/localStaticLock.h.orig
-pvDataApp/misc/lock.h
-pvDataApp/misc/messageQueue.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/messageQueue.h
-pvDataApp/misc/noDefaultMethods.h
-pvDataApp/misc/queue.h
-pvDataApp/misc/requester.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/requester.h
-pvDataApp/misc/requester.h.orig
-pvDataApp/misc/serialize.h
-pvDataApp/misc/serializeHelper.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/serializeHelper.h
-pvDataApp/misc/sharedPtr.h
-pvDataApp/misc/status.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/status.h
-pvDataApp/misc/thread.h
-pvDataApp/misc/timeFunction.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/timeFunction.h
-pvDataApp/misc/timer.cpp
-pvDataApp/misc/timer.h
-pvDataApp/monitor/monitor.h
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/alarm.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/bitSet.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/bitSetUtil.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/byteBuffer.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/Compare.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/Convert.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/epicsException.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/event.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/executor.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/FieldCreateFactory.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/libpvData.a
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/libpvData.so
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/localStaticLock.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/messageQueue.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/pvAlarm.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVArray.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVAuxInfoImpl.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/pvControl.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVDataCreateFactory.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/pvDisplay.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/pvEnumerated.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVField.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVScalar.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVScalarArray.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVStructure.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/PVStructureArray.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/pvTimeStamp.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/requester.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/serializeHelper.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/StandardField.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/StandardPVField.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/status.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/timeFunction.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/timer.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/timeStamp.d
-pvDataApp/O.linux-x86_64/TypeFunc.d
-pvDataApp/property/alarm.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/alarm.h
-pvDataApp/property/alarm.h.orig
-pvDataApp/property/control.h
-pvDataApp/property/display.h
-pvDataApp/property/pvAlarm.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/pvAlarm.h
-pvDataApp/property/pvControl.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/pvControl.h
-pvDataApp/property/pvDisplay.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/pvDisplay.h
-pvDataApp/property/pvEnumerated.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/pvEnumerated.h
-pvDataApp/property/pvTimeStamp.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/pvTimeStamp.h
-pvDataApp/property/timeStamp.cpp
-pvDataApp/property/timeStamp.h
-pvDataApp/property/timeStamp.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pv/convert.h
-pvDataApp/pv/convert.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pv/pvData.h
-pvDataApp/pv/pvData.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pv/pvIntrospect.h
-pvDataApp/pv/pvIntrospect.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pv/pvType.h
-pvDataApp/pv/standardField.h
-pvDataApp/pv/standardField.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pv/standardPVField.h
-pvDataApp/pv/standardPVField.h.orig
-pvDataApp/pvMisc/bitSetUtil.cpp
-pvDataApp/pvMisc/bitSetUtil.h
-testApp/capi/O.linux-x86_64/libtestc.a
-testApp/capi/O.linux-x86_64/libtestc.so
-testApp/capi/O.linux-x86_64/testc.d
-testApp/capi/testc.cpp
-testApp/capi/testc.py
-testApp/mb/O.linux-x86_64/mb_test
-testApp/mb/O.linux-x86_64/mb_test.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testBaseException
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testBaseException.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testBitSet
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testBitSet.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testByteBuffer
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testByteBuffer.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testByteOrder
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testByteOrder.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testMessageQueue
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testMessageQueue.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testQueue
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testQueue.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testSerialization
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testSerialization.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testThread
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testThread.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testTimer
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testTimer.d
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testTimeStamp
-testApp/misc/O.linux-x86_64/testTimeStamp.d
-testApp/misc/testBaseException.cpp
-testApp/misc/testBitSet.cpp
-testApp/misc/testByteBuffer.cpp
-testApp/misc/testByteOrder.cpp
-testApp/misc/testMessageQueue.cpp
-testApp/misc/testQueue.cpp
-testApp/misc/testSerialization.cpp
-testApp/misc/testThread.cpp
-testApp/misc/testTimer.cpp
-testApp/misc/testTimeStamp.cpp
-testApp/monitor/O.linux-x86_64/testMonitor
-testApp/monitor/O.linux-x86_64/testMonitor.d
-testApp/monitor/testMonitor.cpp
-testApp/property/O.linux-x86_64/testProperty
-testApp/property/O.linux-x86_64/testProperty.d
-testApp/property/testProperty.cpp
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testConvert
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testConvert.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testIntrospect
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testIntrospect.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testOperators
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testOperators.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVAppend
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVAppend.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVAuxInfo
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVAuxInfo.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVData
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVData.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVScalarArray
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVScalarArray.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVStructureArray
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVStructureArray.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVType
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testPVType.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testStandardField
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testStandardField.d
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testStandardPVField
-testApp/pv/O.linux-x86_64/testStandardPVField.d
-testApp/pv/testConvert.cpp
-testApp/pv/testIntrospect.cpp
-testApp/pv/testOperators.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVAppend.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVAuxInfo.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVData.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVScalarArray.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVStructureArray.cpp
-testApp/pv/testPVType.cpp
-testApp/pv/testStandardField.cpp
-testApp/pv/testStandardPVField.cpp
-COPYRIGHT
-Doxyfile
-LICENSE
-README.html

pvDataCPP.includes

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/factory
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/misc
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/monitor
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/property
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/pv
-/home/msekoranja/epicsV4/pvDataCPP/pvDataApp/pvMisc

src/Makefile

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ include $(PVDATA_SRC)/misc/Makefile
 include $(PVDATA_SRC)/pv/Makefile
 include $(PVDATA_SRC)/factory/Makefile
 include $(PVDATA_SRC)/property/Makefile
+include $(PVDATA_SRC)/copy/Makefile
 include $(PVDATA_SRC)/pvMisc/Makefile
 include $(PVDATA_SRC)/monitor/Makefile
 

src/copy/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This is a Makefile fragment, see ../Makefile
+
+SRC_DIRS += $(PVDATA_SRC)/copy
+
+INC += createRequest.h
+INC += pvCopy.h
+
+LIBSRCS += createRequest.cpp
+LIBSRCS += pvCopy.cpp

src/copy/createRequest.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * pvAccessCPP is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
+
+#include <pv/pvData.h>
+#include <pv/lock.h>
+#include <pv/createRequest.h>
+
+using namespace epics::pvData;
+using std::ostringstream;
+using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData {
+
+static PVDataCreatePtr pvDataCreate = getPVDataCreate();
+static FieldCreatePtr fieldCreate = getFieldCreate();
+
+class CreateRequestImpl : public CreateRequest {
+private:
+
+    struct Node 
+    {
+        string name;
+        vector<Node> nodes;
+        Node(string name)
+        : name(name)
+        {}
+    };
+
+    struct OptionPair
+    {
+         string name;
+         string value;
+         OptionPair(string name,string value)
+         : name(name),
+           value(value)
+         {}
+    };
+
+
+    vector<OptionPair> optionList;
+    string fullFieldName;
+
+
+public:
+    CreateRequestImpl()
+    {
+        fullFieldName = "";
+    }
+private:
+         
+
+    void removeBlanks(string& str)
+    {
+        while(true) {
+            string::size_type pos = str.find_first_of(' ');
+            if(pos==string::npos) return;
+            str.erase(pos,1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    size_t findMatchingBrace(string& request, size_t index, int numOpen) {
+        size_t openBrace = request.find('{', index+1);
+        size_t closeBrace = request.find('}', index+1);
+        if(openBrace == string::npos && closeBrace == string::npos){
+             message = request + " mismatched {}";
+             throw std::logic_error("message");
+        }
+        if (openBrace != string::npos && openBrace!=0) {
+            if(openBrace<closeBrace) return findMatchingBrace(request,openBrace,numOpen+1);
+            if(numOpen==1) return closeBrace;
+            return findMatchingBrace(request,closeBrace,numOpen-1);
+        }
+        if(numOpen==1) return closeBrace;
+        return findMatchingBrace(request,closeBrace,numOpen-1);
+    }
+
+    size_t findMatchingBracket(string& request, size_t index) {
+        for(size_t i=index+1; i< request.size(); ++i) {
+            if(request[i] == ']') {
+                if(i==index+1) {
+                     message = request + " mismatched []";
+                     throw std::logic_error("message");
+                }
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        message = request + " missing ]";
+        throw std::logic_error("message");
+    }
+
+    size_t findEndField(string& request) {
+        size_t ind = 0;
+        size_t maxind = request.size() -1;
+        while(true) {
+             if(request[ind]==',') return ind;
+             if(request[ind]=='[') {
+                 size_t closeBracket = findMatchingBracket(request,ind);
+                 if(closeBracket==string::npos) return closeBracket;
+                 ind = closeBracket;
+                 continue;
+             }
+             if(request[ind]=='{') {
+                 size_t closeBrace = findMatchingBrace(request,ind,1);
+                 if(closeBrace==string::npos) return closeBrace;
+                 if(ind>=request.size()) return request.size();
+                 ind = closeBrace;
+                 continue;
+             }
+             if(request[ind]=='.') {
+                 ++ind;
+                 continue;
+             }
+             if(ind>=maxind) break;
+             ++ind;
+        }
+        return request.size();
+    }
+
+    vector<string> split(string const & commaSeparatedList) {
+        string::size_type numValues = 1;
+        string::size_type index=0;
+        while(true) {
+            string::size_type pos = commaSeparatedList.find(',',index);
+            if(pos==string::npos) break;
+            numValues++;
+            index = pos +1;
+	}
+        vector<string> valueList(numValues,"");
+        index=0;
+        for(size_t i=0; i<numValues; i++) {
+            size_t pos = commaSeparatedList.find(',',index);
+            string value = commaSeparatedList.substr(index,pos-index);
+            valueList[i] = value;
+            index = pos +1;
+        }
+        return valueList;
+    }
+
+    Node createRequestOptions(
+        string const & request)
+    {
+        if(request.length()<=1) {
+            throw std::logic_error("logic error empty options");
+        }
+        vector<Node> top;
+        vector<string> items = split(request);
+
+        size_t nitems = items.size();
+        for(size_t j=0; j<nitems; j++) {
+            string item = items[j];
+            size_t equals = item.find('=');
+            if(equals==string::npos || equals==0) {
+                message = item + " illegal option " + request;
+                throw std::logic_error("message");
+            }
+            top.push_back(Node(item.substr(0,equals)));
+            string name = fullFieldName + "._options." + item.substr(0,equals);
+            string value = item.substr(equals+1);
+            optionList.push_back(OptionPair(name,value));
+        }
+        Node node("_options");
+        node.nodes = top;
+        return node;
+    }
+
+
+    void createSubNode(Node &node,string const & crequest)
+    {
+        string request = crequest;
+        size_t end = 0;
+        for(size_t i=0; i<request.size(); ++i) {
+            if(request[i]=='[') { end = i; break;}
+            if(request[i]=='.') { end = i; break;}
+            if(request[i]=='{') { end = i; break;}
+            if(request[i]==',') { end = i; break;}
+        }
+        char chr = request[end];
+        Node optionNode("");
+        if(chr=='[') {
+            string saveFullName = fullFieldName;
+            fullFieldName += "." + request.substr(0,end);
+            size_t endBracket = findMatchingBracket(request,end);
+            string options = request.substr(end+1,endBracket -end -1);
+            optionNode = createRequestOptions(options);
+            fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+            size_t next = endBracket+1;
+            if(next<request.size()) {
+                request = request.substr(0, end) + request.substr(endBracket+1);
+            } else {
+                request = request.substr(0, end);
+            }
+            end = 0;
+            for(size_t i=0; i<request.size(); ++i) {
+                if(request[i]=='.') { end = i; break;}
+                if(request[i]=='{') { end = i; break;}
+                if(request[i]==',') { end = i; break;}
+            }
+            chr = request[end];
+        }
+        if(end==0) end = request.size();
+        string name = request.substr(0,end);
+        if(name.size()<1) {
+            throw std::logic_error("null field name " + request);
+        }
+        string saveFullName = fullFieldName;
+        fullFieldName += "." + name;
+        if(end==request.size()) {
+            Node subNode(name);
+            if(optionNode.name.size()>0) subNode.nodes.push_back(optionNode);
+            node.nodes.push_back(subNode);
+            fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+            return;
+        }
+        if(chr==',') {
+            Node subNode(name);
+            if(optionNode.name.size()>0) subNode.nodes.push_back(optionNode);
+            node.nodes.push_back(subNode);
+            string rest = request.substr(end+1);
+            fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+            createSubNode(node,rest);
+            return;
+        }
+        if(chr=='.') {
+            request = request.substr(end+1);
+            if(request.size()==string::npos || request.size()<1) {
+                throw std::logic_error("null field name " + request);
+            }
+            Node subNode(name);
+            if(optionNode.name.size()>0) subNode.nodes.push_back(optionNode);
+            size_t endField = findEndField(request);
+            string subRequest = request.substr(0, endField);
+            createSubNode(subNode,subRequest);
+            node.nodes.push_back(subNode);
+            size_t next = endField+1;
+            if(next>=request.size()) {
+                fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+                return;
+            }
+            request = request.substr(next);
+            fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+            createSubNode(node,request);
+            return;
+        }
+        if(chr=='{') {
+            size_t endBrace = findEndField(request);
+            if((end+1)>=(endBrace-1)) {
+                throw std::logic_error("illegal syntax " + request);
+            }
+            string subRequest = request.substr(end+1,endBrace-1 -end -1);
+            if(subRequest.size()<1) {
+                throw std::logic_error("empty {} " + request);
+            }
+            Node subNode(name);
+            if(optionNode.name.size()>0) subNode.nodes.push_back(optionNode);
+            createSubNode(subNode,subRequest);
+            node.nodes.push_back(subNode);
+            size_t next = endBrace + 1;
+            if(next>=request.size()) {
+                fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+                return;
+            }
+            request = request.substr(next);
+            fullFieldName = saveFullName;
+            createSubNode(node,request);
+            return;
+        }
+        throw std::logic_error("logic error");
+    }
+
+    FieldConstPtr createSubStructure(vector<Node> & nodes)
+    {
+        size_t num = nodes.size();
+        StringArray names(num);
+        FieldConstPtrArray fields(num);
+        for(size_t i=0; i<num; ++i) {
+            Node node = nodes[i];
+            names[i] = node.name;
+            if(node.name.compare("_options")==0) {
+                fields[i] = createOptions(node.nodes);
+            } else {
+                vector<Node> subNode = node.nodes;
+                if(subNode.empty()) {
+                    fields[i] = fieldCreate->createStructure();
+                } else {
+                    fields[i] = createSubStructure(subNode);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        StructureConstPtr structure = fieldCreate->createStructure(
+            names, fields);
+        return structure;
+    }
+
+    StructureConstPtr createOptions(vector<Node> &nodes)
+    {
+        size_t num = nodes.size();
+        StringArray names(num);
+        FieldConstPtrArray fields(num);
+        for(size_t i=0; i<num; ++i) {
+            Node node = nodes[i];
+            names[i] = node.name;
+            fields[i] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvString);
+        }
+        StructureConstPtr structure = fieldCreate->createStructure(names, fields);
+        return structure;
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    virtual PVStructurePtr createRequest(
+        string const & crequest)
+    {
+        try {
+            string request = crequest;
+            if (!request.empty()) removeBlanks(request);
+            if (request.empty())
+            {
+                return pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(fieldCreate->createStructure());
+            }
+            size_t offsetRecord = request.find("record[");
+            size_t offsetField = request.find("field(");
+            size_t offsetPutField = request.find("putField(");
+            size_t offsetGetField = request.find("getField(");
+            if(offsetRecord==string::npos
+            && offsetField==string::npos
+            && offsetPutField==string::npos
+            && offsetGetField==string::npos)
+            {
+                 request = "field(" + request + ")";
+                 offsetField = request.find("field(");
+            }
+            int numParan = 0;
+            int numBrace = 0;
+            int numBracket = 0;
+            for(size_t i=0; i< request.length() ; ++i) {
+                char chr = request[i];
+                if(chr=='(') numParan++;
+                if(chr==')') numParan--;
+                if(chr=='{') numBrace++;
+                if(chr=='}') numBrace--;
+                if(chr=='[') numBracket++;
+                if(chr==']') numBracket--;
+            }
+            if(numParan!=0) {
+                ostringstream oss;
+                oss << "mismatched () " << numParan;
+                message = oss.str();
+                return PVStructurePtr();
+            }
+            if(numBrace!=0) {
+                ostringstream oss;
+                oss << "mismatched {} " << numBrace;
+                message = oss.str();
+                return PVStructurePtr();
+            }
+            if(numBracket!=0) {
+                ostringstream oss;
+                oss << "mismatched [] " << numBracket;
+                message = oss.str();
+                return PVStructurePtr();
+            }
+            vector<Node> top;
+            try {
+                if(offsetRecord!=string::npos) {
+                    fullFieldName = "record";
+                    size_t openBracket = request.find('[', offsetRecord);
+                    size_t closeBracket = request.find(']', openBracket);
+                    if(closeBracket==string::npos) {
+                        message = request.substr(offsetRecord) +
+                            "record[ does not have matching ]";
+                        return PVStructurePtr();
+                    }
+                    if(closeBracket-openBracket > 3) {
+                        Node node("record");
+                        Node optNode = createRequestOptions(
+                                request.substr(openBracket+1,closeBracket-openBracket-1));
+                        node.nodes.push_back(optNode);
+                        top.push_back(node);
+                    }
+                }
+                if(offsetField!=string::npos) {
+                    fullFieldName = "field";
+                    Node node("field");
+                    size_t openParan = request.find('(', offsetField);
+                    size_t closeParan = request.find(')', openParan);
+                    if(closeParan==string::npos) {
+                        message = request.substr(offsetField)
+                                + " field( does not have matching )";
+                        return PVStructurePtr();
+                    }
+                    if(closeParan>openParan+1) {
+                        createSubNode(node,request.substr(openParan+1,closeParan-openParan-1));
+                    }
+                    top.push_back(node);
+                }
+                if(offsetGetField!=string::npos) {
+                    fullFieldName = "getField";
+                    Node node("getField");
+                    size_t openParan = request.find('(', offsetGetField);
+                    size_t closeParan = request.find(')', openParan);
+                    if(closeParan==string::npos) {
+                        message = request.substr(offsetField)
+                                + " getField( does not have matching )";
+                        return PVStructurePtr();
+                    }
+                    if(closeParan>openParan+1) {
+                        createSubNode(node,request.substr(openParan+1,closeParan-openParan-1));
+                    }
+                    top.push_back(node);
+                }
+                if(offsetPutField!=string::npos) {
+                    fullFieldName = "putField";
+                    Node node("putField");
+                    size_t openParan = request.find('(', offsetPutField);
+                    size_t closeParan = request.find(')', openParan);
+                    if(closeParan==string::npos) {
+                        message = request.substr(offsetField)
+                                + " putField( does not have matching )";
+                        return PVStructurePtr();
+                    }
+                    if(closeParan>openParan+1) {
+                        createSubNode(node,request.substr(openParan+1,closeParan-openParan-1));
+                    }
+                    top.push_back(node);
+                }
+            } catch (std::exception &e) {
+                string xxx = e.what();
+                message = "while creating Structure exception " + xxx;
+                return PVStructurePtr();
+            }
+            size_t num = top.size();
+            StringArray names(num);
+            FieldConstPtrArray fields(num);
+            for(size_t i=0; i<num; ++i) {
+                Node node = top[i];
+                names[i] = node.name;
+                vector<Node> subNode = node.nodes;
+                if(subNode.empty()) {
+                    fields[i] = fieldCreate->createStructure();
+                } else {
+                    fields[i] = createSubStructure(subNode);
+                }
+            }
+            StructureConstPtr structure = fieldCreate->createStructure(names, fields);
+            if(!structure) throw std::invalid_argument("bad request " + crequest);
+            PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(structure);
+            for(size_t i=0; i<optionList.size(); ++i) {
+                OptionPair pair = optionList[i];
+                string name = pair.name;
+                string value = pair.value;
+                PVStringPtr pvField = pvStructure->getSubField<PVString>(name);
+                if(!pvField) throw std::invalid_argument("bad request " + crequest);
+                pvField->put(value);
+            }
+            optionList.clear();
+            return pvStructure;
+        } catch (std::exception &e) {
+             message = e.what();
+             return PVStructurePtr();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+};
+
+CreateRequest::shared_pointer CreateRequest::create()
+{
+    CreateRequest::shared_pointer createRequest(new CreateRequestImpl());
+    return createRequest;
+}
+
+}}
+

src/copy/createRequest.h

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*createRequest.h*/
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * pvDataCPP is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CREATEREQUEST_H
+#define CREATEREQUEST_H
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <pv/pvData.h>
+#include <pv/lock.h>
+
+#include <shareLib.h>
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create pvRequest structure for Channel methods.
+ *
+ * Many methods of the Channel class of pvAccess have an
+ * argument <b>PVStructurePtr const * pvRequest</b>.
+ * This class provides a method that creates a valid pvRequest.
+ *
+ */
+class epicsShareClass CreateRequest {
+    public:
+    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(CreateRequest);
+    /**
+     * Create s new instance of CreateRequest
+     * @returns A shared pointer to the new instance.
+     */
+    static CreateRequest::shared_pointer create();
+    virtual ~CreateRequest() {};
+    /**
+    * Create a request structure for the create calls in Channel.
+    * See the package overview documentation for details.
+    * @param request The field request. See the package overview documentation for details.
+    * @return The request PVStructure if a valid request was given.
+    * If a NULL PVStructure is returned then getMessage will return
+    * the reason.
+    */
+    virtual PVStructure::shared_pointer createRequest(std::string const & request) = 0;
+    /**
+     * Get the error message of createRequest returns NULL
+     * return the error message
+     */
+    std::string getMessage() {return message;}
+protected:
+    CreateRequest() {}
+    std::string message;
+};
+
+
+}}
+
+#endif /* CREATEREQUEST_H */
+

src/copy/pvCopy.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,658 @@
+/* pvCopy.cpp */
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * EPICS pvData is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Marty Kraimer
+ * @date 2013.04
+ */
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <memory>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
+
+#include <pv/thread.h>
+
+#include <pv/pvCopy.h>
+
+using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
+using std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast;
+using std::string;
+using std::size_t;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
+
+/**
+ * Convenience method for implementing dump.
+ * It generates a newline and inserts blanks at the beginning of the newline.
+ * @param builder The std::string * being constructed.
+ * @param indentLevel Indent level, Each level is four spaces.
+ */
+static void newLine(string *buffer, int indentLevel)
+{
+    *buffer += "\n";
+    *buffer += string(indentLevel*4, ' ');
+}
+
+static PVCopyPtr NULLPVCopy;
+static FieldConstPtr NULLField;
+static StructureConstPtr NULLStructure;
+static PVStructurePtr NULLPVStructure;
+static CopyNodePtr NULLCopyNode;
+static CopyMasterNodePtr NULLCopyMasterNode;
+
+struct CopyNode {
+    CopyNode()
+    : isStructure(false),
+      structureOffset(0),
+      nfields(0)
+    {}
+    bool isStructure;
+    size_t structureOffset; // In the copy
+    size_t nfields;
+    PVStructurePtr options;
+};
+    
+struct CopyMasterNode : public CopyNode{
+    PVFieldPtr masterPVField;
+};
+
+typedef std::vector<CopyNodePtr> CopyNodePtrArray;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<CopyNodePtrArray> CopyNodePtrArrayPtr;
+    
+struct CopyStructureNode : public  CopyNode {
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes;
+};
+
+PVCopyPtr PVCopy::create(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster, 
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvRequest, 
+    string const & structureName)
+{
+    PVStructurePtr pvStructure(pvRequest);
+    if(structureName.size()>0) {
+        if(pvRequest->getStructure()->getNumberFields()>0) {
+            pvStructure = pvRequest->getSubField<PVStructure>(structureName);
+            if(!pvStructure) return NULLPVCopy;
+        }
+    } else if(pvStructure->getSubField("field")) {
+        pvStructure = pvRequest->getSubField<PVStructure>("field");
+    }
+    PVCopyPtr pvCopy = PVCopyPtr(new PVCopy(pvMaster));
+    bool result = pvCopy->init(pvStructure);
+    if(!result) pvCopy.reset();
+    return pvCopy;
+}
+
+PVCopy::PVCopy(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster)
+: pvMaster(pvMaster)
+{
+}
+
+void PVCopy::destroy()
+{
+    headNode.reset();
+}
+
+PVStructurePtr PVCopy::getPVMaster()
+{
+    return pvMaster;
+}
+
+void PVCopy::traverseMaster(CopyNodePtr const &innode, PVCopyTraverseMasterCallbackPtr const & callback)
+{
+    CopyNodePtr node = innode;
+    if(!node->isStructure) {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+        callback->nextMasterPVField(masterNode->masterPVField);
+        return;
+    }
+    CopyStructureNodePtr structNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes = structNode->nodes;
+    for(size_t i=0; i< nodes->size(); i++) {
+        node = (*nodes)[i];
+        traverseMaster(node,callback);
+    }
+}
+
+StructureConstPtr PVCopy::getStructure()
+{
+    return structure;
+}
+
+PVStructurePtr PVCopy::createPVStructure()
+{
+    if(cacheInitStructure) {
+        PVStructurePtr save = cacheInitStructure;
+        cacheInitStructure.reset();
+        return save;
+    }
+    PVStructurePtr pvStructure = 
+        getPVDataCreate()->createPVStructure(structure);
+    return pvStructure;
+}
+
+PVStructurePtr PVCopy::getOptions(std::size_t fieldOffset)
+{
+    if(fieldOffset==0) return headNode->options;
+    CopyNodePtr node = headNode;
+    while(true) {
+        if(!node->isStructure) {
+            if(node->structureOffset==fieldOffset) return node->options;
+            return NULLPVStructure;
+        }
+        CopyStructureNodePtr structNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+        CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes = structNode->nodes;
+        boolean okToContinue = false;
+        for(size_t i=0; i< nodes->size(); i++) {
+            node = (*nodes)[i];
+            size_t soff = node->structureOffset;
+            if(fieldOffset>=soff && fieldOffset<soff+node->nfields) {
+                if(fieldOffset==soff) return node->options;
+                if(!node->isStructure) {
+                    return NULLPVStructure;
+                }
+                okToContinue = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if(okToContinue) continue;
+        throw std::invalid_argument("fieldOffset not valid");
+    }
+}
+
+size_t PVCopy::getCopyOffset(PVFieldPtr const &masterPVField)
+{
+    if(masterPVField->getFieldOffset()==0) return 0;
+    if(!headNode->isStructure) {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+        if((masterNode->masterPVField.get())==masterPVField.get()) {
+             return headNode->structureOffset;
+        }
+        PVStructure * parent = masterPVField->getParent();
+        size_t offsetParent = parent->getFieldOffset();
+        size_t off = masterPVField->getFieldOffset();
+        size_t offdiff = off -offsetParent;
+        if(offdiff<masterNode->nfields) return headNode->structureOffset + offdiff;
+        return string::npos;
+    }
+    CopyStructureNodePtr node = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+    CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = getCopyOffset(node,masterPVField);
+    if(masterNode) return masterNode->structureOffset;
+    return string::npos;
+}
+
+size_t PVCopy::getCopyOffset(
+    PVStructurePtr const  &masterPVStructure,
+    PVFieldPtr const  &masterPVField)
+{
+    CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode;
+    if(!headNode->isStructure) {
+        masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+        if(masterNode->masterPVField.get()!=masterPVStructure.get()) return string::npos;
+    } else {
+        CopyStructureNodePtr node = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+        masterNode = getCopyOffset(node,masterPVField);
+    }
+    if(!masterNode) return string::npos;
+    size_t diff = masterPVField->getFieldOffset()
+        - masterPVStructure->getFieldOffset();
+    return masterNode->structureOffset + diff;
+}
+
+PVFieldPtr PVCopy::getMasterPVField(size_t structureOffset)
+{
+    CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode;
+    if(!headNode->isStructure) {
+        masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+    } else {
+        CopyStructureNodePtr node = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+        masterNode = getMasterNode(node,structureOffset);
+    }
+    if(!masterNode) {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "PVCopy::getMasterPVField: setstructureOffset not valid");
+    }
+    size_t diff = structureOffset - masterNode->structureOffset;
+    PVFieldPtr pvMasterField = masterNode->masterPVField;
+    if(diff==0) return pvMasterField;
+    PVStructurePtr pvStructure
+        = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvMasterField);
+    return pvStructure->getSubField(
+        pvMasterField->getFieldOffset() + diff);
+}
+
+void PVCopy::initCopy(
+    PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+    BitSetPtr const  &bitSet)
+{
+    bitSet->clear();
+    bitSet->set(0);
+    updateCopyFromBitSet(copyPVStructure,bitSet);
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateCopySetBitSet(
+    PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+    BitSetPtr const  &bitSet)
+{
+    if(headNode->isStructure) {
+        CopyStructureNodePtr node = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+        updateStructureNodeSetBitSet(copyPVStructure,node,bitSet);
+    } else {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+        PVFieldPtr pvMasterField= masterNode->masterPVField;
+        PVFieldPtr copyPVField = copyPVStructure;
+        PVFieldPtr pvField = pvMasterField;
+        if(pvField->getField()->getType()==epics::pvData::structure) {
+            updateSubFieldSetBitSet(copyPVField,pvMasterField,bitSet);
+            return;
+        }
+        bool isEqual = (*copyPVField == *pvField);
+        if(!isEqual) {
+            copyPVField->copyUnchecked(*pvField);
+            bitSet->set(copyPVField->getFieldOffset());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateCopyFromBitSet(
+    PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+    BitSetPtr const  &bitSet)
+{
+    bool doAll = bitSet->get(0);
+    if(headNode->isStructure) {
+        CopyStructureNodePtr node = static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+        updateStructureNodeFromBitSet(copyPVStructure,node,bitSet,true,doAll);
+    } else {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+        updateSubFieldFromBitSet(copyPVStructure, masterNode->masterPVField,bitSet, true,doAll);
+    }
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateMaster(
+    PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+    BitSetPtr const  &bitSet)
+{
+    bool doAll = bitSet->get(0);
+    if(headNode->isStructure) {
+        CopyStructureNodePtr node =
+            static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(headNode);
+        updateStructureNodeFromBitSet(
+            copyPVStructure,node,bitSet,false,doAll);
+    } else {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+            static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(headNode);
+        updateSubFieldFromBitSet( copyPVStructure,masterNode->masterPVField,bitSet,false,doAll);
+    }
+}
+
+string PVCopy::dump()
+{
+    string builder;
+    dump(&builder,headNode,0);
+    return builder;
+}
+
+void PVCopy::dump(string *builder,CopyNodePtr const &node,int indentLevel)
+{
+    newLine(builder,indentLevel);
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << (node->isStructure ? "structureNode" : "masterNode");
+    ss << " structureOffset " << node->structureOffset;
+    ss << " nfields " << node->nfields;
+    *builder +=  ss.str();
+    PVStructurePtr options = node->options;
+    if(options) {
+        newLine(builder,indentLevel +1);
+        
+        // TODO !!! ugly
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        oss << *options;
+        *builder += oss.str();
+        
+        newLine(builder,indentLevel);
+    }
+    if(!node->isStructure) {
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode = static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+        string name = masterNode->masterPVField->getFullName();
+        *builder += " masterField " + name;
+        return;
+    }
+    CopyStructureNodePtr structureNode =
+        static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes = structureNode->nodes;
+    for(size_t i=0; i<nodes->size(); ++i) {
+        if((*nodes)[i].get()==NULL) {
+            newLine(builder,indentLevel +1);
+            ss.str("");
+            ss << "node[" << i << "] is null";
+            *builder += ss.str();
+            continue;
+        }
+        dump(builder,(*nodes)[i],indentLevel+1);
+    }
+}
+
+bool PVCopy::init(epics::pvData::PVStructurePtr const &pvRequest)
+{
+    PVStructurePtr pvMasterStructure = pvMaster;
+    size_t len = pvRequest->getPVFields().size();
+    bool entireMaster = false;
+    if(len==string::npos) entireMaster = true;
+    if(len==0) entireMaster = true;
+    PVStructurePtr pvOptions;
+    if(len==1 && pvRequest->getSubField("_options")) {
+        pvOptions = pvRequest->getSubField<PVStructure>("_options");
+    }
+    if(entireMaster) {
+        structure = pvMasterStructure->getStructure();
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode(new CopyMasterNode());
+        headNode = masterNode;
+        masterNode->options = pvOptions;
+        masterNode->isStructure = false;
+        masterNode->structureOffset = 0;
+        masterNode->masterPVField = pvMasterStructure;
+        masterNode->nfields = pvMasterStructure->getNumberFields();
+        return true;
+    }
+    structure = createStructure(pvMasterStructure,pvRequest);
+    if(!structure) return false;
+    cacheInitStructure = createPVStructure();
+    headNode = createStructureNodes(
+        pvMaster,
+        pvRequest,
+        cacheInitStructure);
+    return true;
+}
+
+string PVCopy::dump(
+    string const &value,
+    CopyNodePtr const &node,
+    int indentLevel)
+{
+    throw std::logic_error(string("Not Implemented"));
+}
+
+
+StructureConstPtr PVCopy::createStructure(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster,
+    PVStructurePtr const  &pvFromRequest)
+{
+    if(pvFromRequest->getStructure()->getNumberFields()==0) {
+        return pvMaster->getStructure();
+    }
+    PVFieldPtrArray const &pvFromRequestFields = pvFromRequest->getPVFields();
+    StringArray const &fromRequestFieldNames = pvFromRequest->getStructure()->getFieldNames();
+    size_t length = pvFromRequestFields.size();
+    if(length==0) return NULLStructure;
+    FieldConstPtrArray fields; fields.reserve(length);
+    StringArray fieldNames; fields.reserve(length);
+    for(size_t i=0; i<length; ++i) {
+        string const &fieldName = fromRequestFieldNames[i];
+        PVFieldPtr pvMasterField = pvMaster->getSubField(fieldName);
+        if(!pvMasterField) continue;
+        FieldConstPtr field = pvMasterField->getField();
+        if(field->getType()==epics::pvData::structure) {
+            PVStructurePtr pvRequestStructure = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(
+                pvFromRequestFields[i]);
+            if(pvRequestStructure->getNumberFields()>0) {
+                 StringArray const &names = pvRequestStructure->getStructure()->
+                     getFieldNames();
+                 size_t num = names.size();
+                 if(num>0 && names[0].compare("_options")==0) --num;
+                 if(num>0) {
+                     if(pvMasterField->getField()->getType()!=epics::pvData::structure) continue;
+                     fieldNames.push_back(fieldName);
+                     fields.push_back(createStructure(
+                         static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvMasterField),
+                         pvRequestStructure));
+                     continue;
+                 }
+            }
+        }
+        fieldNames.push_back(fieldName);
+        fields.push_back(field);
+    }
+    size_t numsubfields = fields.size();
+    if(numsubfields==0) return NULLStructure;
+    return getFieldCreate()->createStructure(fieldNames, fields);
+}
+
+CopyNodePtr PVCopy::createStructureNodes(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvMasterStructure,
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvFromRequest,
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvFromCopy)
+{
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & copyPVFields = pvFromCopy->getPVFields();
+    PVStructurePtr pvOptions;
+    PVFieldPtr pvField = pvFromRequest->getSubField("_options");
+    if(pvField) pvOptions = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
+    size_t number = copyPVFields.size();
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes(new CopyNodePtrArray());
+    nodes->reserve(number);
+    for(size_t i=0; i<number; i++) {
+        PVFieldPtr copyPVField = copyPVFields[i];
+        string fieldName = copyPVField->getFieldName();
+        
+        PVStructurePtr requestPVStructure = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(
+              pvFromRequest->getSubField(fieldName));
+        PVStructurePtr pvSubFieldOptions;
+        PVFieldPtr pvField = requestPVStructure->getSubField("_options");
+        if(pvField) pvSubFieldOptions = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
+        PVFieldPtr pvMasterField;
+        PVFieldPtrArray const & pvMasterFields = pvMasterStructure->getPVFields();
+        for(size_t j=0; i<pvMasterFields.size(); j++ ) {
+            if(pvMasterFields[j]->getFieldName().compare(fieldName)==0) {
+                pvMasterField = pvMasterFields[j];
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        size_t numberRequest = requestPVStructure->getPVFields().size();
+        if(pvSubFieldOptions) numberRequest--;
+        if(numberRequest>0) {
+            nodes->push_back(createStructureNodes(
+                static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvMasterField),
+                requestPVStructure,
+                static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(copyPVField)));
+            continue;
+        }
+        CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode(new CopyMasterNode());
+        masterNode->options = pvSubFieldOptions;
+        masterNode->isStructure = false;
+        masterNode->masterPVField = pvMasterField;
+        masterNode->nfields = copyPVField->getNumberFields();
+        masterNode->structureOffset = copyPVField->getFieldOffset();
+        nodes->push_back(masterNode);
+    }
+    CopyStructureNodePtr structureNode(new CopyStructureNode());
+    structureNode->isStructure = true;
+    structureNode->nodes = nodes;
+    structureNode->structureOffset = pvFromCopy->getFieldOffset();
+    structureNode->nfields = pvFromCopy->getNumberFields();
+    structureNode->options = pvOptions;
+    return structureNode;
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateStructureNodeSetBitSet(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvCopy,
+    CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+    epics::pvData::BitSetPtr const &bitSet)
+{
+    for(size_t i=0; i<structureNode->nodes->size(); i++) {
+        CopyNodePtr node = (*structureNode->nodes)[i];
+        PVFieldPtr pvField = pvCopy->getSubField(node->structureOffset);
+        if(node->isStructure) {
+            PVStructurePtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
+            CopyStructureNodePtr yyy =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+            updateStructureNodeSetBitSet(xxx,yyy,bitSet); 
+        } else {
+            CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+            updateSubFieldSetBitSet(pvField,masterNode->masterPVField,bitSet);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateSubFieldSetBitSet(
+    PVFieldPtr const &pvCopy,
+    PVFieldPtr const &pvMaster,
+    BitSetPtr const &bitSet)
+{
+    FieldConstPtr field = pvCopy->getField();
+    Type type = field->getType();
+    if(type!=epics::pvData::structure) {
+        bool isEqual = (*pvCopy == *pvMaster);
+    	if(isEqual) {
+    	    if(type==structureArray) {
+    	        // always act as though a change occurred.
+    	        // Note that array elements are shared.
+                bitSet->set(pvCopy->getFieldOffset());
+    	    }
+    	}
+        if(isEqual) return;
+        pvCopy->copyUnchecked(*pvMaster);
+        bitSet->set(pvCopy->getFieldOffset());
+        return;
+    }
+    PVStructurePtr pvCopyStructure = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvCopy);
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & pvCopyFields = pvCopyStructure->getPVFields();
+    PVStructurePtr pvMasterStructure =
+        static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvMaster);
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & pvMasterFields =
+        pvMasterStructure->getPVFields();
+    size_t length = pvCopyFields.size();
+    for(size_t i=0; i<length; i++) {
+        updateSubFieldSetBitSet(pvCopyFields[i],pvMasterFields[i],bitSet);
+    }
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateStructureNodeFromBitSet(
+    PVStructurePtr const &pvCopy,
+    CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+    BitSetPtr const &bitSet,
+    bool toCopy,
+    bool doAll)
+{
+    size_t offset = structureNode->structureOffset;
+    if(!doAll) {
+        size_t nextSet = bitSet->nextSetBit(offset);
+        if(nextSet==string::npos) return;
+    }
+    if(offset>=pvCopy->getNextFieldOffset()) return;
+    if(!doAll) doAll = bitSet->get(offset);
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr  nodes = structureNode->nodes;
+    for(size_t i=0; i<nodes->size(); i++) {
+        CopyNodePtr node = (*nodes)[i];
+        PVFieldPtr pvField = pvCopy->getSubField(node->structureOffset);
+        if(node->isStructure) {
+            PVStructurePtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
+            CopyStructureNodePtr subStructureNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+            updateStructureNodeFromBitSet(
+                 xxx,subStructureNode,bitSet,toCopy,doAll);
+        } else {
+            CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+            updateSubFieldFromBitSet(
+                pvField,masterNode->masterPVField,bitSet,toCopy,doAll);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void PVCopy::updateSubFieldFromBitSet(
+    PVFieldPtr const &pvCopy,
+    PVFieldPtr const &pvMasterField,
+    BitSetPtr const &bitSet,
+    bool toCopy,
+    bool doAll)
+{
+    if(!doAll) {
+        doAll = bitSet->get(pvCopy->getFieldOffset());
+    }
+    if(!doAll) {
+        size_t offset = pvCopy->getFieldOffset();
+        size_t nextSet = bitSet->nextSetBit(offset);
+        if(nextSet==string::npos) return;
+        if(nextSet>=pvCopy->getNextFieldOffset()) return;
+    }
+    if(pvCopy->getField()->getType()==epics::pvData::structure) {
+        PVStructurePtr pvCopyStructure =
+            static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvCopy);
+        PVFieldPtrArray const & pvCopyFields = pvCopyStructure->getPVFields();
+        if(pvMasterField->getField()->getType() !=epics::pvData::structure)
+        {
+            throw std::logic_error(string("Logic error"));
+        }
+        PVStructurePtr pvMasterStructure = 
+            static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvMasterField);
+        PVFieldPtrArray const & pvMasterFields =
+            pvMasterStructure->getPVFields();
+        for(size_t i=0; i<pvCopyFields.size(); i++) {
+            updateSubFieldFromBitSet(
+                pvCopyFields[i],
+                pvMasterFields[i],
+                bitSet,toCopy,doAll);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if(toCopy) {
+            pvCopy->copyUnchecked(*pvMasterField);
+        } else {
+            pvMasterField->copyUnchecked(*pvCopy);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+CopyMasterNodePtr PVCopy::getCopyOffset(
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        PVFieldPtr const &masterPVField)
+{
+    size_t offset = masterPVField->getFieldOffset();
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes = structureNode->nodes;
+    for(size_t i=0; i< nodes->size(); i++) {
+        CopyNodePtr node = (*nodes)[i];
+        if(!node->isStructure) {
+            CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+            size_t off = masterNode->masterPVField->getFieldOffset();
+            size_t nextOffset = masterNode->masterPVField->getNextFieldOffset(); 
+            if(offset>= off && offset<nextOffset) return masterNode;
+        } else {
+            CopyStructureNodePtr subNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+            CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+                getCopyOffset(subNode,masterPVField);
+            if(masterNode) return masterNode;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULLCopyMasterNode;
+}
+
+CopyMasterNodePtr PVCopy::getMasterNode(
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        std::size_t structureOffset)
+{
+    CopyNodePtrArrayPtr nodes = structureNode->nodes;
+    for(size_t i=0; i< nodes->size(); i++) {
+        CopyNodePtr node = (*nodes)[i];
+        if(structureOffset>=(node->structureOffset + node->nfields)) continue;
+        if(!node->isStructure) {
+            CopyMasterNodePtr masterNode =
+                static_pointer_cast<CopyMasterNode>(node);
+            return masterNode;
+        }
+        CopyStructureNodePtr subNode =
+            static_pointer_cast<CopyStructureNode>(node);
+        return  getMasterNode(subNode,structureOffset);
+    }
+    return NULLCopyMasterNode;
+}
+
+}}

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+/* pvCopy.h */
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * EPICS pvData is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Marty Kraimer
+ * @date 2013.04
+ */
+#ifndef PVCOPY_H
+#define PVCOPY_H
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <shareLib.h>
+
+#include <pv/pvData.h>
+#include <pv/bitSet.h>
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData{ 
+
+class PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback> PVCopyTraverseMasterCallbackPtr;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Callback for traversing master structure
+ *
+ * Must be implemented by code that creates pvCopy.
+ */
+class epicsShareClass PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback
+{
+public:
+    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback);
+    virtual ~PVCopyTraverseMasterCallback() {}
+    /**
+     * Called once for each field in master.
+     * @param pvField The field in master.
+     */
+    virtual void nextMasterPVField(epics::pvData::PVFieldPtr const &pvField) = 0;
+};
+
+
+class PVCopy;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<PVCopy> PVCopyPtr;
+
+struct CopyNode;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<CopyNode> CopyNodePtr;
+struct CopyMasterNode;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<CopyMasterNode> CopyMasterNodePtr;
+struct CopyStructureNode;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<CopyStructureNode> CopyStructureNodePtr;
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Support for subset of fields in a pvStructure.
+ *
+ * Class that manages one or more PVStructures that holds an arbitrary subset of the fields
+ * in another PVStructure called master.
+ */
+class epicsShareClass PVCopy : 
+    public std::tr1::enable_shared_from_this<PVCopy>
+{
+public:
+    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(PVCopy);
+    /**
+     * Create a new pvCopy
+     * @param pvMaster The top-level structure for which a copy of
+     * an arbitrary subset of the fields in master will be created and managed.
+     * @param pvRequest Selects the set of subfields desired and options for each field.
+     * @param structureName The name for the top level of any PVStructure created.
+     */
+    static PVCopyPtr create(
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvRequest,
+        std::string const & structureName);
+    virtual ~PVCopy(){}
+    virtual void destroy();
+    /**
+     * Get the top-level structure of master
+     * @returns The master top-level structure.
+     * This should not be modified.
+     */
+    PVStructurePtr getPVMaster();
+    /**
+     * Traverse all the fields in master.
+     * @param callback This is called for each field on master.
+     */
+    void traverseMaster(PVCopyTraverseMasterCallbackPtr const & callback)
+    {
+        traverseMaster(headNode,callback);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Get the introspection interface for a PVStructure for e copy.
+     */
+    StructureConstPtr getStructure();
+    /**
+     * Create a copy instance. Monitors keep a queue of monitor elements.
+     * Since each element needs a PVStructure, multiple top-level structures will be created.
+     */
+    PVStructurePtr createPVStructure();
+    /**
+     * Given a field in pvMaster. return the offset in copy for the same field.
+     * A value of std::string::npos means that the copy does not have this field.
+     * @param masterPVField The field in master.
+     */
+    std::size_t getCopyOffset(PVFieldPtr const  &masterPVField);
+    /**
+     * Given a field in pvMaster. return the offset in copy for the same field.
+     * A value of std::string::npos means that the copy does not have this field.
+     * @param masterPVStructure A structure in master that has masterPVField.
+     * @param masterPVField The field in master.
+     */
+    std::size_t getCopyOffset(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &masterPVStructure,
+        PVFieldPtr const  &masterPVField);
+    /**
+     * Given an offset in the copy get the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+     * @param structureOffset The offset in the copy.
+     */
+    PVFieldPtr getMasterPVField(std::size_t structureOffset);
+    /**
+     * Initialize the fields in copyPVStructure by giving each field
+     * the value from the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+     * bitSet will be set to show that all fields are changed.
+     * @param copyPVStructure A copy top-level structure.
+     * @param bitSet A bitSet for copyPVStructure.
+     */
+    void initCopy(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &bitSet);
+    /**
+     * Set all fields in copyPVStructure to the value of the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+     * Each field that is changed has it's corresponding bit set in bitSet.
+     * @param copyPVStructure A copy top-level structure.
+     * @param bitSet A bitSet for copyPVStructure.
+     */
+    void updateCopySetBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &bitSet);
+    /**
+     * For each set bit in bitSet
+     * set the field in copyPVStructure to the value of the corresponding field in pvMaster.
+     * @param copyPVStructure A copy top-level structure.
+     * @param bitSet A bitSet for copyPVStructure.
+     */
+    void updateCopyFromBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &bitSet);
+    /**
+     * For each set bit in bitSet
+     * set the field in pvMaster to the value of the corresponding field in copyPVStructure
+     * @param copyPVStructure A copy top-level structure.
+     * @param bitSet A bitSet for copyPVStructure.
+     */
+    void updateMaster(
+        PVStructurePtr const  &copyPVStructure,
+        BitSetPtr const  &bitSet);
+    /**
+     * Get the options for the field at the specified offset.
+     * @param fieldOffset the offset in copy.
+     * @returns A NULL is returned if no options were specified for the field.
+     * If options were specified,PVStructurePtr is a structures
+     *  with a set of PVString subfields that specify name,value pairs.s
+     *  name is the subField name and value is the subField value.
+     */
+    PVStructurePtr getOptions(std::size_t fieldOffset);
+    /**
+     * For debugging.
+     */
+    std::string dump();
+private:
+    void dump(
+        std::string *builder,
+        CopyNodePtr const &node,
+        int indentLevel);
+    PVCopyPtr getPtrSelf()
+    {
+        return shared_from_this();
+    }
+    void traverseMaster(CopyNodePtr const &node, PVCopyTraverseMasterCallbackPtr const & callback);
+
+    PVStructurePtr pvMaster;
+    StructureConstPtr structure;
+    CopyNodePtr headNode;
+    PVStructurePtr cacheInitStructure;
+    PVCopy(PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster);
+    friend class PVCopyMonitor;
+    bool init(PVStructurePtr const &pvRequest);
+    std::string dump(
+        std::string const &value,
+        CopyNodePtr const &node,
+        int indentLevel);
+    StructureConstPtr createStructure(
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvMaster,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvFromRequest);
+    CopyNodePtr createStructureNodes(
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvMasterStructure,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvFromRequest,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvFromField);
+    void updateStructureNodeSetBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvCopy,
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        BitSetPtr const &bitSet);
+    void updateSubFieldSetBitSet(
+        PVFieldPtr const &pvCopy,
+        PVFieldPtr const &pvMaster,
+        BitSetPtr const &bitSet);
+    void updateStructureNodeFromBitSet(
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvCopy,
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        BitSetPtr const &bitSet,
+        bool toCopy,
+        bool doAll);
+    void updateSubFieldFromBitSet(
+        PVFieldPtr const &pvCopy,
+        PVFieldPtr const &pvMasterField,
+        BitSetPtr const &bitSet,
+        bool toCopy,
+        bool doAll);
+    CopyMasterNodePtr getCopyOffset(
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        PVFieldPtr const &masterPVField);
+    CopyMasterNodePtr getMasterNode(
+        CopyStructureNodePtr const &structureNode,
+        std::size_t structureOffset);
+    
+};
+
+}}
+
+#endif  /* PVCOPY_H */

src/factory/Compare.cpp

@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@
  * @author mes
  */
 
-#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
-#include <pv/convert.h>
-
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
+#include <pv/pvData.h>
+
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
-// Introspection object comparision
+// Introspection object comparison
 
 /** Field equality conditions:
  * 1) same instance
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ bool operator==(const Field& a, const Field& b)
             return A==B;
         }
     default:
-        throw std::logic_error("Invalid Field type in comparision");
+        throw std::logic_error("Invalid Field type in comparison");
     }
 }
 
@@ -89,14 +91,14 @@ bool operator==(const Structure& a, const Structure& b)
         return false;
 
     // std::equals does not work, since FieldConstPtrArray is an array of shared_pointers
-    FieldConstPtrArray af = a.getFields();
-    FieldConstPtrArray bf = b.getFields();
+    FieldConstPtrArray const & af = a.getFields();
+    FieldConstPtrArray const & bf = b.getFields();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < nflds; i++)
         if (*(af[i].get()) != *(bf[i].get()))
             return false;
 
-    StringArray an = a.getFieldNames();
-    StringArray bn = b.getFieldNames();
+    StringArray const & an = a.getFieldNames();
+    StringArray const & bn = b.getFieldNames();
     return std::equal( an.begin(), an.end(), bn.begin() );
 }
 
@@ -116,14 +118,14 @@ bool operator==(const Union& a, const Union& b)
         return false;
 
     // std::equals does not work, since FieldConstPtrArray is an array of shared_pointers
-    FieldConstPtrArray af = a.getFields();
-    FieldConstPtrArray bf = b.getFields();
+    FieldConstPtrArray const & af = a.getFields();
+    FieldConstPtrArray const & bf = b.getFields();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < nflds; i++)
         if (*(af[i].get()) != *(bf[i].get()))
             return false;
 
-    StringArray an = a.getFieldNames();
-    StringArray bn = b.getFieldNames();
+    StringArray const & an = a.getFieldNames();
+    StringArray const & bn = b.getFieldNames();
     return std::equal( an.begin(), an.end(), bn.begin() );
 }
 
@@ -132,6 +134,13 @@ bool operator==(const UnionArray& a, const UnionArray& b)
     return *(a.getUnion().get())==*(b.getUnion().get());
 }
 
+bool operator==(const BoundedString& a, const BoundedString& b)
+{
+    if(&a==&b)
+        return true;
+    return a.getMaximumLength()==b.getMaximumLength();
+}
+
 // PVXXX object comparison
 
 namespace {
@@ -202,7 +211,7 @@ bool compareField(const PVScalarArray* left, const PVScalarArray* right)
     OP(pvLong, int64);
     OP(pvFloat, float);
     OP(pvDouble, double);
-    OP(pvString, String);
+    OP(pvString, string);
 #undef OP
     }
     throw std::logic_error("PVScalarArray with invalid element type!");
@@ -242,7 +251,13 @@ bool compareField(const PVStructureArray* left, const PVStructureArray* right)
         lit!=lend;
         ++lit, ++rit)
     {
-        if(**lit != **rit)
+        // element can be null
+        if (!(*lit) || !(*rit))
+        {
+            if (*lit || *rit)
+                return false;
+        }
+        else if (**lit != **rit)
             return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -295,7 +310,13 @@ bool compareField(const PVUnionArray* left, const PVUnionArray* right)
         lit!=lend;
         ++lit, ++rit)
     {
-        if(**lit != **rit)
+        // element can be null
+        if (!(*lit) || !(*rit))
+        {
+            if (*lit || *rit)
+                return false;
+        }
+        else if (**lit != **rit)
             return false;
     }
     return true;

src/factory/Convert.cpp

@@ -18,41 +18,40 @@
 #include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/convert.h>
-#include <pv/printer.h>
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
 using std::size_t;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 
-static std::vector<String> split(String commaSeparatedList) {
-    String::size_type numValues = 1;
-    String::size_type index=0;
+static std::vector<string> split(string commaSeparatedList) {
+    string::size_type numValues = 1;
+    string::size_type index=0;
     while(true) {
-        String::size_type pos = commaSeparatedList.find(',',index);
-        if(pos==String::npos) break;
+        string::size_type pos = commaSeparatedList.find(',',index);
+        if(pos==string::npos) break;
         numValues++;
         index = pos +1;
     }
-    std::vector<String> valueList(numValues,"");
+    std::vector<string> valueList(numValues,"");
     index=0;
     for(size_t i=0; i<numValues; i++) {
         size_t pos = commaSeparatedList.find(',',index);
-        String value = commaSeparatedList.substr(index,pos);
+        string value = commaSeparatedList.substr(index,pos);
         valueList[i] = value;
         index = pos +1;
     }
     return valueList;
 }
 
-void Convert::getString(StringBuilder buf,PVField const *pvField,int /*indentLevel*/)
+void Convert::getString(string *buf,PVField const *pvField,int /*indentLevel*/)
 {
     // TODO indextLevel ignored
     std::ostringstream strm;
-    PrinterPlain p;
-    p.setStream(strm);
-    p.print(*pvField);
+    pvField->dumpValue(strm);
+    strm << std::endl;
     strm.str().swap(*buf);
 }
 
@@ -87,9 +86,9 @@ size_t Convert::fromString(PVStructurePtr const &pvStructure, StringArray const
             }
             else {
                 // union, structureArray, unionArray not supported
-                String message("Convert::fromString unsupported fieldType ");
-                TypeFunc::toString(&message,type);
-                throw std::logic_error(message);
+                std::ostringstream oss;
+                oss << "Convert::fromString unsupported fieldType " << type;
+                throw std::logic_error(oss.str());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -97,13 +96,13 @@ size_t Convert::fromString(PVStructurePtr const &pvStructure, StringArray const
     return processed;
 }
 
-size_t Convert::fromString(PVScalarArrayPtr const &pv, String from)
+size_t Convert::fromString(PVScalarArrayPtr const &pv, string from)
 {
    if(from[0]=='[' && from[from.length()]==']') {
         size_t offset = from.rfind(']');
         from = from.substr(1, offset);
     }
-    std::vector<String> valueList(split(from));
+    std::vector<string> valueList(split(from));
     size_t length = valueList.size();
     size_t num = fromStringArray(pv,0,length,valueList,0);
     if(num<length) length = num;
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ size_t Convert::fromStringArray(PVScalarArrayPtr const &pv,
                   data.begin());
 
         PVStringArray::const_svector temp(freeze(data));
-        pv->putFrom<String>(temp);
+        pv->putFrom<string>(temp);
         return length;
 
     } else {
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ size_t Convert::toStringArray(PVScalarArrayPtr const & pv,
                               StringArray  &to, size_t toOffset)
 {
     PVStringArray::const_svector data;
-    pv->getAs<String>(data);
+    pv->getAs<string>(data);
     data.slice(offset, length);
     if(toOffset+data.size() > to.size())
         to.resize(toOffset+data.size());
@@ -150,374 +149,6 @@ size_t Convert::toStringArray(PVScalarArrayPtr const & pv,
     return data.size();
 }
 
-bool Convert::isCopyCompatible(FieldConstPtr const &from, FieldConstPtr const &to)
-{
-    if(from->getType()!=to->getType()) return false;
-    switch(from->getType()) {
-    case scalar:
-        {
-             ScalarConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Scalar>(from);
-             ScalarConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Scalar>(to);
-             return isCopyScalarCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    case scalarArray:
-        {
-             ScalarArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const ScalarArray>(from);
-             ScalarArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const ScalarArray>(to);
-             return isCopyScalarArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    case structure:
-        {
-             StructureConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(from);
-             StructureConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(to);
-             return isCopyStructureCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    case structureArray:
-        {
-             StructureArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const StructureArray>(from);
-             StructureArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const StructureArray>(to);
-             return isCopyStructureArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    case union_:
-        {
-             UnionConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Union>(from);
-             UnionConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Union>(to);
-             return isCopyUnionCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    case unionArray:
-        {
-             UnionArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const UnionArray>(from);
-             UnionArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const UnionArray>(to);
-             return isCopyUnionArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-        }
-    }
-    String message("Convert::isCopyCompatible should never get here");
-    throw std::logic_error(message);
-}
-
-void Convert::copy(PVFieldPtr const & from, PVFieldPtr const & to)
-{
-    switch(from->getField()->getType()) {
-    case scalar: 
-        {
-             PVScalarPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(from);
-             PVScalarPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(to);
-             copyScalar(xxx,yyy);
-             return;
-        }
-    case scalarArray:
-        {
-             PVScalarArrayPtr fromArray = static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(from);
-             PVScalarArrayPtr toArray = static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(to);
-             toArray->assign(*fromArray.get());
-             return;
-        }
-    case structure:
-        {
-             PVStructurePtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(from);
-             PVStructurePtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(to);
-             copyStructure(xxx,yyy);
-             return;
-        }
-    case structureArray: {
-            PVStructureArrayPtr fromArray = static_pointer_cast<PVStructureArray>(from);
-            PVStructureArrayPtr toArray = static_pointer_cast<PVStructureArray>(to);
-            copyStructureArray(fromArray,toArray);
-            return;
-        }
-    case union_:
-        {
-             PVUnionPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVUnion>(from);
-             PVUnionPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVUnion>(to);
-             copyUnion(xxx,yyy);
-             return;
-        }
-    case unionArray: {
-            PVUnionArrayPtr fromArray = static_pointer_cast<PVUnionArray>(from);
-            PVUnionArrayPtr toArray = static_pointer_cast<PVUnionArray>(to);
-            copyUnionArray(fromArray,toArray);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyScalarCompatible(
-     ScalarConstPtr const & fromField, ScalarConstPtr const & toField)
-{
-    ScalarType fromScalarType = fromField->getScalarType();
-    ScalarType toScalarType = toField->getScalarType();
-    if(fromScalarType==toScalarType) return true;
-    if(ScalarTypeFunc::isNumeric(fromScalarType)
-    && ScalarTypeFunc::isNumeric(toScalarType)) return true;
-    if(fromScalarType==pvString) return true;
-    if(toScalarType==pvString) return true;
-    return false;
-}
-
-void Convert::copyScalar(PVScalarPtr const & from, PVScalarPtr const & to)
-{
-    if(to->isImmutable()) {
-        if(from==to) return;
-        String message("Convert.copyScalar destination is immutable");
-        throw std::invalid_argument(message);
-    }
-    to->assign(*from.get());
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyScalarArrayCompatible(ScalarArrayConstPtr const &fromArray,
-    ScalarArrayConstPtr const &toArray)
-{
-    ScalarType fromType = fromArray->getElementType();
-    ScalarType toType = toArray->getElementType();
-    if(fromType==toType) return true;
-    if(ScalarTypeFunc::isNumeric(fromType)
-    && ScalarTypeFunc::isNumeric(toType)) return true;
-    if(toType==pvString) return true;
-    if(fromType==pvString) return true;
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyStructureCompatible(
-    StructureConstPtr const &fromStruct, StructureConstPtr const &toStruct)
-{
-    FieldConstPtrArray fromFields = fromStruct->getFields();
-    FieldConstPtrArray toFields = toStruct->getFields();
-    size_t length = fromStruct->getNumberFields();
-    if(length!=toStruct->getNumberFields()) return false;
-    for(size_t i=0; i<length; i++) {
-        FieldConstPtr from = fromFields[i];
-        FieldConstPtr to = toFields[i];
-        Type fromType = from->getType();
-        Type toType = to->getType();
-        if(fromType!=toType) return false;
-        switch(fromType) {
-        case scalar:
-            {
-		ScalarConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Scalar>(from);
-                ScalarConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Scalar>(to);
-                if(!isCopyScalarCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-            break;
-        case scalarArray:
-            {
-		ScalarArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const ScalarArray>(from);
-                ScalarArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const ScalarArray>(to);
-                if(!isCopyScalarArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-            break;
-        case structure:
-            {
-		StructureConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(from);
-                StructureConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(to);
-                if(!isCopyStructureCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-            break;
-        case structureArray:
-            {
-		StructureArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const StructureArray>(from);
-                StructureArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const StructureArray>(to);
-                if(!isCopyStructureArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-        case union_:
-            {
-		UnionConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const Union>(from);
-                UnionConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const Union>(to);
-                if(!isCopyUnionCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-            break;
-        case unionArray:
-            {
-		UnionArrayConstPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<const UnionArray>(from);
-                UnionArrayConstPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<const UnionArray>(to);
-                if(!isCopyUnionArrayCompatible(xxx,yyy)) return false;
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-void Convert::copyStructure(PVStructurePtr const & from, PVStructurePtr const & to)
-{
-    if(to->isImmutable()) {
-        if(from==to) return;
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Convert.copyStructure destination is immutable");
-    }
-    if(from==to) return;
-    PVFieldPtrArray const & fromDatas = from->getPVFields();
-    PVFieldPtrArray const & toDatas = to->getPVFields();
-    if(from->getStructure()->getNumberFields() 
-    != to->getStructure()->getNumberFields()) {
-        String message("Convert.copyStructure Illegal copyStructure");
-        throw std::invalid_argument(message);
-    }
-    size_t numberFields = from->getStructure()->getNumberFields();
-    if(numberFields>=2) {
-        String name0 = fromDatas[0]->getFieldName();
-        String name1 = fromDatas[1]->getFieldName();
-        // look for enumerated structure and copy choices first
-        if(name0.compare("index")==0 && name1.compare("choices")==0) {
-            FieldConstPtr fieldIndex = fromDatas[0]->getField();
-            FieldConstPtr fieldChoices = fromDatas[1]->getField();
-            if(fieldIndex->getType()==scalar
-            && fieldChoices->getType()==scalarArray) {
-                PVScalarPtr pvScalar = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(fromDatas[0]);
-                PVScalarArrayPtr pvArray =
-                    static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(fromDatas[1]);
-                if((pvScalar->getScalar()->getScalarType()==pvInt)
-                && (pvArray->getScalarArray()->getElementType()==pvString)) {
-                   PVScalarArrayPtr toArray = 
-                       static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(toDatas[1]);
-                   toArray->assign(*pvArray.get());
-                   PVScalarPtr toScalar = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(toDatas[0]);
-                   copyScalar(pvScalar,toScalar);
-                   return;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    for(size_t i=0; i < numberFields; i++) {
-        PVFieldPtr fromData = fromDatas[i];
-        PVFieldPtr toData = toDatas[i];
-        Type fromType = fromData->getField()->getType();
-        Type toType = toData->getField()->getType();
-        if(fromType!=toType) {
-            String message("Convert.copyStructure Illegal copyStructure");
-            throw std::invalid_argument(message);
-        }
-        if(toData->isImmutable()) {
-            if(fromData==toData) return;
-            throw std::invalid_argument("Convert.copyStructure destination is immutable");
-        }
-        switch(fromType) {
-        case scalar:
-            {
-                PVScalarPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(fromData);
-                PVScalarPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVScalar>(toData);
-                copyScalar(xxx,yyy);
-                break;
-            }
-        case scalarArray:
-            {
-                PVScalarArrayPtr fromArray = static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(fromData);
-                PVScalarArrayPtr toArray = static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(toData);
-                toArray->assign(*fromArray.get());
-                break;
-            }
-        case structure:
-            {
-                PVStructurePtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(fromData);
-                PVStructurePtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(toData);
-                copyStructure(xxx,yyy);
-                break;
-            }
-        case structureArray:
-            {
-                PVStructureArrayPtr fromArray = 
-                    static_pointer_cast<PVStructureArray>(fromData);
-                PVStructureArrayPtr toArray = 
-                    static_pointer_cast<PVStructureArray>(toData);
-                copyStructureArray(fromArray,toArray);
-                break;
-            }
-        case union_:
-            {
-                PVUnionPtr xxx = static_pointer_cast<PVUnion>(fromData);
-                PVUnionPtr yyy = static_pointer_cast<PVUnion>(toData);
-                copyUnion(xxx,yyy);
-                break;
-            }
-        case unionArray:
-            {
-                PVUnionArrayPtr fromArray = 
-                    static_pointer_cast<PVUnionArray>(fromData);
-                PVUnionArrayPtr toArray = 
-                    static_pointer_cast<PVUnionArray>(toData);
-                copyUnionArray(fromArray,toArray);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyUnionCompatible(
-    UnionConstPtr const &from, UnionConstPtr const &to)
-{
-    return *(from.get()) == *(to.get());
-}
-
-void Convert::copyUnion(PVUnionPtr const & from, PVUnionPtr const & to)
-{
-    if(to->isImmutable()) {
-        if(from==to) return;
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Convert.copyUnion destination is immutable");
-    }
-    if(from==to) return;
-    if(!isCopyUnionCompatible(from->getUnion(), to->getUnion())) {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Illegal copyUnion");
-    }
-            
-    PVFieldPtr fromValue = from->get();
-    if (from->getUnion()->isVariant())
-    {
-        if (fromValue.get() == 0)
-            to->set(PVFieldPtr());
-        else
-            to->set(getPVDataCreate()->createPVField(fromValue));	// clone value // TODO cache getPVDataCreate()
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (fromValue.get() == 0)
-            to->select(PVUnion::UNDEFINED_INDEX);
-        else
-            copy(fromValue, to->select(from->getSelectedIndex()));
-    }
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyStructureArrayCompatible(
-    StructureArrayConstPtr const &from, StructureArrayConstPtr const &to)
-{
-    StructureConstPtr xxx = from->getStructure();
-    StructureConstPtr yyy = to->getStructure();
-    return isCopyStructureCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-}
-
-void Convert::copyStructureArray(
-    PVStructureArrayPtr const & from, PVStructureArrayPtr const & to)
-{
-    if(from==to) {
-        return;
-    } else if(to->isImmutable()) {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Convert.copyStructureArray destination is immutable");
-    }
-    to->replace(from->view());
-}
-
-bool Convert::isCopyUnionArrayCompatible(
-    UnionArrayConstPtr const &from, UnionArrayConstPtr const &to)
-{
-    UnionConstPtr xxx = from->getUnion();
-    UnionConstPtr yyy = to->getUnion();
-    return isCopyUnionCompatible(xxx,yyy);
-}
-
-void Convert::copyUnionArray(
-    PVUnionArrayPtr const & from, PVUnionArrayPtr const & to)
-{
-    if(from==to) {
-        return;
-    } else if(to->isImmutable()) {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Convert.copyUnionArray destination is immutable");
-    }
-    to->replace(from->view());
-}
-
-void Convert::newLine(StringBuilder buffer, int indentLevel)
-{
-    *buffer += "\n";
-    *buffer += String(indentLevel*4, ' ');
-}
-
 ConvertPtr Convert::getConvert()
 {
     static ConvertPtr convert;

src/factory/Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SRC_DIRS += $(PVDATA_SRC)/factory
 INC += factory.h
 LIBSRCS += TypeFunc.cpp
 LIBSRCS += FieldCreateFactory.cpp
-LIBSRCS += PVAuxInfoImpl.cpp
 LIBSRCS += PVField.cpp
 LIBSRCS += PVScalar.cpp
 LIBSRCS += PVArray.cpp

src/factory/PVAuxInfoImpl.cpp

@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*PVAuxInfo.cpp*/
-/**
- * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
- * EPICS pvData is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
- * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
- */
-/**
- *  @author mrk
- */
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <string>
-#include <cstdio>
-
-#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
-#include <pv/noDefaultMethods.h>
-#include <pv/pvData.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
-#include <pv/factory.h>
-#include <pv/lock.h>
-
-namespace epics { namespace pvData {
-
-
-PVAuxInfo::PVAuxInfo(PVField * pvField)
-  :  pvField(pvField),
-     pvInfos(std::map<String,std::tr1::shared_ptr<PVScalar> > ())
-{
-} 
-
-PVAuxInfo::~PVAuxInfo()
-{
-}
-
-
-PVField * PVAuxInfo::getPVField() {
-    return pvField;
-}
-
-
-PVScalarPtr PVAuxInfo::createInfo(String const & key,ScalarType scalarType)
-{
-    PVInfoIter iter = pvInfos.find(key);
-    if(iter!=pvInfos.end()) {
-        String message = key.c_str();
-        message += " already exists  ";
-        pvField->message(message,errorMessage);
-        return nullPVScalar;
-    }
-    PVScalarPtr pvScalar = getPVDataCreate()->createPVScalar(scalarType);
-    pvInfos.insert(PVInfoPair(key,pvScalar));
-    return pvScalar;
-}
-
-PVScalarPtr  PVAuxInfo::getInfo(String const & key)
-{
-    PVInfoIter iter;
-    iter = pvInfos.find(key);
-    if(iter==pvInfos.end()) return nullPVScalar;
-    return iter->second;
-}
-
-PVAuxInfo::PVInfoMap & PVAuxInfo::getInfoMap()
-{
-    return pvInfos;
-}
-
-
-void PVAuxInfo::toString(StringBuilder buf)
-{
-    PVAuxInfo::toString(buf,0);
-}
-
-void PVAuxInfo::toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel)
-{
-    if(pvInfos.size()<=0) return;
-    ConvertPtr convert = getConvert();
-    convert->newLine(buf,indentLevel);
-    *buf += "auxInfo";
-    for(PVInfoIter iter = pvInfos.begin(); iter!= pvInfos.end(); ++iter) {
-         convert->newLine(buf,indentLevel+1);
-         PVFieldPtr value = iter->second;
-         value->toString(buf,indentLevel + 1);
-    }
-}
-}}

src/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 #include <pv/lock.h>
 #include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
 #include <pv/serializeHelper.h>
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
 using std::size_t;
+using std::string;
 using std::min;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ template<> const ScalarType PVUInt::typeCode = pvUInt;
 template<> const ScalarType PVULong::typeCode = pvULong;
 template<> const ScalarType PVFloat::typeCode = pvFloat;
 template<> const ScalarType PVDouble::typeCode = pvDouble;
-template<> const ScalarType PVScalarValue<String>::typeCode = pvString;
+template<> const ScalarType PVScalarValue<string>::typeCode = pvString;
 
 template<> const ScalarType PVBooleanArray::typeCode = pvBoolean;
 template<> const ScalarType PVByteArray::typeCode = pvByte;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ template<typename T>
 BasePVScalar<T>::BasePVScalar(ScalarConstPtr const & scalar)
     : PVScalarValue<T>(scalar),value(0)
 {}
-//Note: '0' is a suitable default for all POD types (not String)
+//Note: '0' is a suitable default for all POD types (not string)
 
 template<typename T>
 BasePVScalar<T>::~BasePVScalar() {}
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ typedef BasePVScalar<double> BasePVDouble;
 // BasePVString is special case, since it implements SerializableArray
 class BasePVString : public PVString {
 public:
-    typedef String value_type;
-    typedef String* pointer;
-    typedef const String* const_pointer;
+    typedef string value_type;
+    typedef string* pointer;
+    typedef const string* const_pointer;
 
     BasePVString(ScalarConstPtr const & scalar);
     virtual ~BasePVString();
-    virtual String get() const ;
-    virtual void put(String val);
+    virtual string get() const ;
+    virtual void put(string val);
     virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         SerializableControl *pflusher) const;
     virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
@@ -143,19 +143,29 @@ public:
     virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         SerializableControl *pflusher, size_t offset, size_t count) const;
 private:
-    String value;
+    string value;
+    std::size_t maxLength;
 };
 
 BasePVString::BasePVString(ScalarConstPtr const & scalar)
     : PVString(scalar),value()
-{}
+{
+    BoundedStringConstPtr boundedString = std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast<const BoundedString>(scalar);
+    if (boundedString.get())
+        maxLength = boundedString->getMaximumLength();
+    else
+        maxLength = 0;
+}
 
 BasePVString::~BasePVString() {}
 
-String BasePVString::get() const  { return value;}
+string BasePVString::get() const  { return value;}
 
-void BasePVString::put(String val)
+void BasePVString::put(string val)
 {
+    if (maxLength > 0 && val.length() > maxLength)
+        throw std::overflow_error("string too long");
+
     value = val;
     postPut();
 }
@@ -189,6 +199,19 @@ void BasePVString::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
 	SerializeHelper::serializeSubstring(value, offset, count, pbuffer, pflusher);
 }
 
+void PVArray::checkLength(size_t len)
+{
+    Array::ArraySizeType type = getArray()->getArraySizeType();
+    if (type != Array::variable)
+    {
+        size_t size = getArray()->getMaximumCapacity();
+        if (type == Array::fixed && len != size)
+            throw std::invalid_argument("invalid length for a fixed size array");
+        else if (type == Array::bounded && len > size)
+            throw std::invalid_argument("new array capacity too large for a bounded size array");
+    }
+}
+
 /** Default storage for arrays
  */
 template<typename T>
@@ -230,7 +253,14 @@ DefaultPVArray<T>::DefaultPVArray(ScalarArrayConstPtr const & scalarArray)
 : PVValueArray<T>(scalarArray),
     value()
   
-{ }
+{
+    ArrayConstPtr array = this->getArray();
+    if (array->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed)
+    {
+        // this->setLength(array->getMaximumCapacity());
+        this->setCapacityMutable(false);
+    }
+}
 
 template<typename T>
 DefaultPVArray<T>::~DefaultPVArray()
@@ -239,18 +269,25 @@ template<typename T>
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::setCapacity(size_t capacity)
 {
     if(this->isCapacityMutable()) {
+        this->checkLength(capacity);
         value.reserve(capacity);
     }
+    else
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "capacity immutable");
 }
 
 template<typename T>
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::setLength(size_t length)
 {
     if(this->isImmutable())
-        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
-    if(length == value.size())
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "immutable");
+
+    if (length == value.size())
         return;
-    else if(length < value.size())
+
+    this->checkLength(length);
+
+    if (length < value.size())
         value.slice(0, length);
     else
         value.resize(length);
@@ -259,6 +296,8 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::setLength(size_t length)
 template<typename T>
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::replace(const const_svector& next)
 {
+    this->checkLength(next.size());
+
     value = next;
     this->postPut();
 }
@@ -266,8 +305,10 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::replace(const const_svector& next)
 template<typename T>
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::swap(const_svector &other)
 {
-    if(this->isImmutable())
-        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
+    if (this->isImmutable())
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "immutable");
+
+    // no checkLength call here
 
     value.swap(other);
 }
@@ -282,7 +323,10 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
 template<typename T>
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         DeserializableControl *pcontrol) {
-    size_t size = SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+
+    size_t size = this->getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed ?
+                this->getArray()->getMaximumCapacity() :
+                SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
 
     svector nextvalue(thaw(value));
     nextvalue.resize(size); // TODO: avoid copy of stuff we will then overwrite
@@ -320,6 +364,7 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         remaining -= n2read;
     }
     value = freeze(nextvalue);
+    // TODO !!!
     // inform about the change?
     PVField::postPut();
 }
@@ -333,7 +378,11 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
     temp.slice(offset, count);
     count = temp.size();
 
-    SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    ArrayConstPtr array = this->getArray();
+    if (array->getArraySizeType() != Array::fixed)
+        SerializeHelper::writeSize(count, pbuffer, pflusher);
+    else if (count != array->getMaximumCapacity())
+        throw std::length_error("fixed array cannot be partially serialized");
 
     const T* cur = temp.data();
 
@@ -362,12 +411,15 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
     }
 }
 
-// specializations for String
+// specializations for string
 
 template<>
-void DefaultPVArray<String>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
+void DefaultPVArray<string>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         DeserializableControl *pcontrol) {
-    size_t size = SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+
+    size_t size = this->getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed ?
+                this->getArray()->getMaximumCapacity() :
+                SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
 
     svector nextvalue(thaw(value));
 
@@ -378,7 +430,7 @@ void DefaultPVArray<String>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         nextvalue.slice(0, size);
 
 
-    String * pvalue = nextvalue.data();
+    string * pvalue = nextvalue.data();
     for(size_t i = 0; i<size; i++) {
         pvalue[i] = SerializeHelper::deserializeString(pbuffer,
                                                        pcontrol);
@@ -389,15 +441,17 @@ void DefaultPVArray<String>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
 }
 
 template<>
-void DefaultPVArray<String>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
+void DefaultPVArray<string>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         SerializableControl *pflusher, size_t offset, size_t count) const {
 
     const_svector temp(value);
     temp.slice(offset, count);
 
-    SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    // TODO if fixed count == getArray()->getMaximumCapacity()
+    if (this->getArray()->getArraySizeType() != Array::fixed)
+        SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
 
-    const String * pvalue = temp.data();
+    const string * pvalue = temp.data();
     for(size_t i = 0; i<temp.size(); i++) {
         SerializeHelper::serializeString(pvalue[i], pbuffer, pflusher);
     }
@@ -414,7 +468,7 @@ typedef DefaultPVArray<uint32> BasePVUIntArray;
 typedef DefaultPVArray<uint64> BasePVULongArray;
 typedef DefaultPVArray<float> BasePVFloatArray;
 typedef DefaultPVArray<double> BasePVDoubleArray;
-typedef DefaultPVArray<String> BasePVStringArray;
+typedef DefaultPVArray<string> BasePVStringArray;
 
 // Factory
 
@@ -472,7 +526,7 @@ PVFieldPtr PVDataCreate::createPVField(PVFieldPtr const & fieldToClone)
              PVStructurePtr pvStructure
                    = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(fieldToClone);
              StringArray const & fieldNames = pvStructure->getStructure()->getFieldNames();
-             PVFieldPtrArray pvFieldPtrArray = pvStructure->getPVFields();
+             PVFieldPtrArray const & pvFieldPtrArray = pvStructure->getPVFields();
              return createPVStructure(fieldNames,pvFieldPtrArray);
          }
      case structureArray:
@@ -482,7 +536,7 @@ PVFieldPtr PVDataCreate::createPVField(PVFieldPtr const & fieldToClone)
              StructureArrayConstPtr structureArray = from->getStructureArray();
              PVStructureArrayPtr to = createPVStructureArray(
                  structureArray);
-             getConvert()->copyStructureArray(from, to);
+             to->copyUnchecked(*from);
              return to;
          }
      case union_:
@@ -497,7 +551,7 @@ PVFieldPtr PVDataCreate::createPVField(PVFieldPtr const & fieldToClone)
                  = static_pointer_cast<PVUnionArray>(fieldToClone);
              UnionArrayConstPtr unionArray = from->getUnionArray();
              PVUnionArrayPtr to = createPVUnionArray(unionArray);
-             getConvert()->copyUnionArray(from, to);
+             to->copyUnchecked(*from);
              return to;
          }
      }
@@ -547,17 +601,7 @@ PVScalarPtr PVDataCreate::createPVScalar(PVScalarPtr const & scalarToClone)
 {
      ScalarType scalarType = scalarToClone->getScalar()->getScalarType();
      PVScalarPtr pvScalar = createPVScalar(scalarType);
-     getConvert()->copyScalar(scalarToClone, pvScalar);
-     PVAuxInfoPtr from = scalarToClone->getPVAuxInfo();
-     PVAuxInfoPtr to = pvScalar->getPVAuxInfo();
-     PVAuxInfo::PVInfoMap & map = from->getInfoMap();
-     for(PVAuxInfo::PVInfoIter iter = map.begin(); iter!= map.end(); ++iter) {
-         String key = iter->first;
-         PVScalarPtr pvFrom = iter->second;
-         ScalarConstPtr scalar = pvFrom->getScalar();
-         PVScalarPtr pvTo = to->createInfo(key,scalar->getScalarType());
-         getConvert()->copyScalar(pvFrom,pvTo);
-     }
+     pvScalar->copyUnchecked(*scalarToClone);
      return pvScalar;
 }
 
@@ -607,16 +651,6 @@ PVScalarArrayPtr PVDataCreate::createPVScalarArray(
      PVScalarArrayPtr pvArray = createPVScalarArray(
           arrayToClone->getScalarArray()->getElementType());
      pvArray->assign(*arrayToClone.get());
-     PVAuxInfoPtr from = arrayToClone->getPVAuxInfo();
-     PVAuxInfoPtr to = pvArray->getPVAuxInfo();
-     PVAuxInfo::PVInfoMap & map = from->getInfoMap();
-     for(PVAuxInfo::PVInfoIter iter = map.begin(); iter!= map.end(); ++iter) {
-         String key = iter->first;
-         PVScalarPtr pvFrom = iter->second;
-         ScalarConstPtr scalar = pvFrom->getScalar();
-         PVScalarPtr pvTo = to->createInfo(key,scalar->getScalarType());
-         getConvert()->copyScalar(pvFrom,pvTo);
-     }
     return pvArray;
 }
 
@@ -668,7 +702,7 @@ PVStructurePtr PVDataCreate::createPVStructure(
 PVStructurePtr PVDataCreate::createPVStructure(PVStructurePtr const & structToClone)
 {
     FieldConstPtrArray field;
-    if(structToClone==0) {
+    if(!structToClone) {
         // is this correct?!
         FieldConstPtrArray fields(0);
         StringArray fieldNames(0);
@@ -677,7 +711,7 @@ PVStructurePtr PVDataCreate::createPVStructure(PVStructurePtr const & structToCl
     }
     StructureConstPtr structure = structToClone->getStructure();
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure(new PVStructure(structure));
-    getConvert()->copyStructure(structToClone,pvStructure);
+    pvStructure->copyUnchecked(*structToClone);
     return pvStructure;
 }
 
@@ -706,3 +740,12 @@ PVDataCreatePtr getPVDataCreate() {
 }
 
 }}
+
+namespace std{
+    std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const epics::pvData::PVField *ptr)
+    {
+        if(ptr) return o << *ptr;
+        return o << "nullptr";
+    }
+}
+

src/factory/PVField.cpp

@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 #include <pv/lock.h>
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 
 using std::tr1::const_pointer_cast;
 using std::size_t;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
-
 PVField::PVField(FieldConstPtr field)
 : notImplemented("not implemented"),
   parent(NULL),field(field),
@@ -35,49 +34,6 @@ PVField::PVField(FieldConstPtr field)
 PVField::~PVField()
 { }
 
-void PVField::message(
-    String message,
-    MessageType messageType,
-    String fullFieldName)  
-{
-    if(parent!=NULL) {
-        if(fullFieldName.length()>0) {
-            fullFieldName = fieldName + '.' + fullFieldName;
-        } else {
-            fullFieldName = fieldName;
-        }
-        parent->message(message,messageType,fullFieldName);
-        return;
-    }
-    message = fullFieldName + " " + message;
-    if(requester) {
-        requester->message(message,messageType);
-    } else {
-        printf("%s %s %s\n",
-            getMessageTypeName(messageType).c_str(),
-            fieldName.c_str(),
-            message.c_str());
-    }
-}
-
-void PVField::message(String message,MessageType messageType)  
-{
-    PVField::message(message,messageType,"");
-}
-
-void PVField::setRequester(RequesterPtr const &req)
-{
-    if(parent!=NULL) {
-        throw std::logic_error(
-            "PVField::setRequester only legal for top level structure");
-    }
-    if(requester.get()!=NULL) {
-        if(requester.get()==req.get()) return;
-        throw std::logic_error(
-            "PVField::setRequester requester is already present");
-    }
-    requester = req;
-}
 
 size_t PVField::getFieldOffset() const
 {
@@ -97,12 +53,6 @@ size_t PVField::getNumberFields() const
     return (nextFieldOffset - fieldOffset);
 }
 
-PVAuxInfoPtr & PVField::getPVAuxInfo(){
-    if(pvAuxInfo.get()==NULL) {
-        pvAuxInfo = PVAuxInfoPtr(new PVAuxInfo(this));
-    }
-    return pvAuxInfo;
-}
 
 bool PVField::isImmutable() const {return immutable;}
 
@@ -112,46 +62,6 @@ const FieldConstPtr & PVField::getField() const {return field;}
 
 PVStructure *PVField::getParent() const {return parent;}
 
-void PVField::replacePVField(const PVFieldPtr & newPVField)
-{
-    if(parent==NULL) {
-        throw std::logic_error("no parent");
-    }
-    PVFieldPtrArray  pvFields = parent->getPVFields();
-    StructureConstPtr structure = parent->getStructure();
-    StringArray fieldNames = structure->getFieldNames();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<fieldNames.size(); i++) {
-        if(newPVField->getFieldName().compare(fieldNames[i]) == 0) {
-            pvFields[i] = newPVField;
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    throw std::logic_error("Did not find field in parent");
-}
-
-void PVField::replaceField(FieldConstPtr &xxx)
-{
-    field = xxx;
-}
-
-void PVField::renameField(String const & newName)
-{
-    if(parent==NULL) {
-        throw std::logic_error("no parent");
-    }
-    std::tr1::shared_ptr<Structure> parentStructure = const_pointer_cast<Structure>(
-         parent->getStructure());
-    PVFieldPtrArray  pvFields = parent->getPVFields();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<pvFields.size(); i++) {
-         if(pvFields[i].get()==this) {
-             parentStructure->renameField(i,newName);
-             fieldName = newName;
-             return;
-         }
-    }
-    throw std::logic_error("Did not find field in parent");
-}
-
 void PVField::postPut() 
 {
    if(postHandler.get()!=NULL) postHandler->postPut();
@@ -168,7 +78,7 @@ void PVField::setPostHandler(PostHandlerPtr const &handler)
     postHandler = handler;
 }
 
-void PVField::setParentAndName(PVStructure * xxx,String const & name)
+void PVField::setParentAndName(PVStructure * xxx,string const & name)
 {
     parent = xxx;
     fieldName = name;
@@ -179,68 +89,19 @@ bool PVField::equals(PVField &pv)
     return pv==*this;
 }
 
-void PVField::toString(StringBuilder buf)
-{
-    toString(buf,0);
-}
-
-void PVField::toString(StringBuilder buf,int indentLevel) 
-{
-   Convert().getString(buf,this,indentLevel);
-   if(pvAuxInfo.get()!=NULL) pvAuxInfo->toString(buf,indentLevel);
-}
-
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const PVField& f)
 {
-	std::ostream& ro = f.dumpValue(o);
-	// TODO I do not want to call getPVAuxInfo() since it lazily creates a new instance of it
-	//if (f.pvAuxInfo.get()!=NULL) ro << *(f.pvAuxInfo.get());
-	return ro;
+	return f.dumpValue(o);
 };
 
-namespace format
+string PVField::getFullName() const
 {
-	std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, indent_level const& indent)
-	{
-		indent_value(os) = indent.level;
-		return os;
-	}
-
-	std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, indent const&)
-	{
-		long il = indent_value(os);
-		std::size_t spaces = static_cast<std::size_t>(il) * 4;
-		return os << std::string(spaces, ' ');
-	}
-
-	array_at_internal operator<<(std::ostream& str, array_at const& manip)
-	{
-		return array_at_internal(manip.index, str);
-	}
-};
-
-String PVField::getFullName() const
-{
-    size_t size=fieldName.size();
-
+    string ret(fieldName);
     for(PVField *fld=getParent(); fld; fld=fld->getParent())
     {
-        size+=fld->fieldName.size()+1;
+        if(fld->getFieldName().size()==0) break;
+        ret = fld->getFieldName() + '.' + ret;
     }
-
-    String ret(size, '.');
-    size_t pos=size - fieldName.size();
-
-    ret.replace(pos, String::npos, fieldName);
-
-    for(PVField *fld=getParent(); fld; fld=fld->getParent())
-    {
-        const String& nref = fld->fieldName;
-        assert(pos >= nref.size()+1);
-        pos -= nref.size()+1;
-        ret.replace(pos, String::npos, nref);
-    }
-    assert(pos==0);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -259,7 +120,7 @@ void PVField::computeOffset(const PVField   *  pvField) {
     }
     size_t offset = 0;
     size_t nextOffset = 1;
-    PVFieldPtrArray  pvFields = pvTop->getPVFields();
+    const PVFieldPtrArray & pvFields = pvTop->getPVFields();
     for(size_t i=0; i < pvTop->getStructure()->getNumberFields(); i++) {
         offset = nextOffset;
         PVField *pvField = pvFields[i].get();
@@ -291,7 +152,7 @@ void PVField::computeOffset(const PVField   *  pvField,size_t offset) {
     size_t beginOffset = offset;
     size_t nextOffset = offset + 1;
     const PVStructure *pvStructure = static_cast<const PVStructure *>(pvField);
-    const PVFieldPtrArray  pvFields = pvStructure->getPVFields();
+    const PVFieldPtrArray & pvFields = pvStructure->getPVFields();
     for(size_t i=0; i < pvStructure->getStructure()->getNumberFields(); i++) {
         offset = nextOffset;
         PVField *pvSubField = pvFields[i].get();
@@ -318,4 +179,117 @@ void PVField::computeOffset(const PVField   *  pvField,size_t offset) {
     xxx->nextFieldOffset = nextOffset;
 }
 
+void PVField::copy(const PVField& from)
+{
+    if(isImmutable())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("destination is immutable");
+
+    if (getField()->getType() != from.getField()->getType())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("field types do not match");
+
+    switch(getField()->getType())
+    {
+    case scalar:
+        {
+             const PVScalar* fromS = static_cast<const PVScalar*>(&from);
+             PVScalar* toS = static_cast<PVScalar*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case scalarArray:
+        {
+             const PVScalarArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVScalarArray*>(&from);
+             PVScalarArray* toS = static_cast<PVScalarArray*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case structure:
+        {
+             const PVStructure* fromS = static_cast<const PVStructure*>(&from);
+             PVStructure* toS = static_cast<PVStructure*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case structureArray:
+        {
+             const PVStructureArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVStructureArray*>(&from);
+             PVStructureArray* toS = static_cast<PVStructureArray*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case union_:
+        {
+             const PVUnion* fromS = static_cast<const PVUnion*>(&from);
+             PVUnion* toS = static_cast<PVUnion*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case unionArray:
+        {
+             const PVUnionArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVUnionArray*>(&from);
+             PVUnionArray* toS = static_cast<PVUnionArray*>(this);
+             toS->copy(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    default:
+        {
+            throw std::logic_error("PVField::copy unknown type");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void PVField::copyUnchecked(const PVField& from)
+{
+    switch(getField()->getType())
+    {
+    case scalar:
+        {
+             const PVScalar* fromS = static_cast<const PVScalar*>(&from);
+             PVScalar* toS = static_cast<PVScalar*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case scalarArray:
+        {
+             const PVScalarArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVScalarArray*>(&from);
+             PVScalarArray* toS = static_cast<PVScalarArray*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case structure:
+        {
+             const PVStructure* fromS = static_cast<const PVStructure*>(&from);
+             PVStructure* toS = static_cast<PVStructure*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case structureArray:
+        {
+             const PVStructureArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVStructureArray*>(&from);
+             PVStructureArray* toS = static_cast<PVStructureArray*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case union_:
+        {
+             const PVUnion* fromS = static_cast<const PVUnion*>(&from);
+             PVUnion* toS = static_cast<PVUnion*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    case unionArray:
+        {
+             const PVUnionArray* fromS = static_cast<const PVUnionArray*>(&from);
+             PVUnionArray* toS = static_cast<PVUnionArray*>(this);
+             toS->copyUnchecked(*fromS);
+             break;
+        }
+    default:
+        {
+            throw std::logic_error("PVField::copy unknown type");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 }}

src/factory/PVScalar.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
     template<>
     std::ostream& PVScalarValue<int8>::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
     {
-    	return o << static_cast<int>(get());
+        return o << static_cast<int>(get());
     }
 
     template<>
@@ -41,4 +41,10 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
     {
     	return o << static_cast<unsigned int>(get());
     }
+
+    template<>
+    std::ostream& PVScalarValue<boolean>::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
+    {
+        return o << std::boolalpha << static_cast<bool>(get());
+    }
 }}

src/factory/PVStructure.cpp

@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
 #include <pv/bitSet.h>
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
 using std::size_t;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
@@ -44,23 +44,19 @@ PVUnionPtr PVStructure::nullPVUnion;
 PVUnionArrayPtr PVStructure::nullPVUnionArray;
 PVScalarArrayPtr PVStructure::nullPVScalarArray;
 
-static PVFieldPtr findSubField(
-    String const &fieldName,
-    const PVStructure *pvStructure);
-
 PVStructure::PVStructure(StructureConstPtr const & structurePtr)
 : PVField(structurePtr),
   structurePtr(structurePtr),
   extendsStructureName("")
 {
     size_t numberFields = structurePtr->getNumberFields();
-    FieldConstPtrArray fields = structurePtr->getFields();
-    StringArray fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
+    FieldConstPtrArray const & fields = structurePtr->getFields();
+    StringArray const & fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
 //    PVFieldPtrArray * xxx = const_cast<PVFieldPtrArray *>(&pvFields);
     pvFields.reserve(numberFields);
     PVDataCreatePtr pvDataCreate = getPVDataCreate();
     for(size_t i=0; i<numberFields; i++) {
-    	pvFields.push_back(pvDataCreate->createPVField(fields[i]));
+        pvFields.push_back(pvDataCreate->createPVField(fields[i]));
     }
     for(size_t i=0; i<numberFields; i++) {
     	pvFields[i]->setParentAndName(this,fieldNames[i]);
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ PVStructure::PVStructure(StructureConstPtr const & structurePtr,
   extendsStructureName("")
 {
     size_t numberFields = structurePtr->getNumberFields();
-    StringArray fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
+    StringArray const & fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
     pvFields.reserve(numberFields);
     for(size_t i=0; i<numberFields; i++) {
         pvFields.push_back(pvs[i]);
@@ -109,9 +105,13 @@ const PVFieldPtrArray & PVStructure::getPVFields() const
     return pvFields;
 }
 
-PVFieldPtr  PVStructure::getSubField(String const &fieldName) const
+PVFieldPtr  PVStructure::getSubField(string const &fieldName) const
 {
-    return findSubField(fieldName,this);
+    PVField * field = getSubFieldImpl(fieldName.c_str(), false);
+    if (field)
+       return field->shared_from_this();
+    else
+       return PVFieldPtr();
 }
 
 
@@ -134,225 +134,113 @@ PVFieldPtr  PVStructure::getSubField(size_t fieldOffset) const
     throw std::logic_error("PVStructure.getSubField: Logic error");
 }
 
-void PVStructure::fixParentStructure()
+PVFieldPtr PVStructure::getSubFieldT(std::size_t fieldOffset) const
 {
-    PVStructure *parent = getParent();
-    if(parent==NULL) return;
-    StructureConstPtr parentStructure = parent->structurePtr;
-    String fieldName = getFieldName();
-    size_t index = parentStructure->getFieldIndex(fieldName);
-    StringArray const &fieldNames = parentStructure->getFieldNames();
-    size_t num = fieldNames.size();
-    FieldConstPtrArray fields(num);
-    FieldConstPtrArray const & oldFields = parentStructure->getFields();
-    for(size_t i=0; i< num; i++) {
-        if(i==index) {
-            fields[i] = structurePtr;
+    PVFieldPtr pvField = getSubField(fieldOffset);
+    if (pvField.get())
+        return pvField;
+    else
+    {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "Failed to get field with offset "
+           << fieldOffset << "(Invalid offset)" ;
+        throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+    }
+}
+
+PVField* PVStructure::getSubFieldImpl(const char *name, bool throws) const
+{
+    const PVStructure *parent = this;
+    if(!name)
+    {
+        if (throws)
+            throw std::invalid_argument("Failed to get field: (Field name is NULL string)");
+        else
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    const char *fullName = name;
+    while(true) {
+        const char *sep=name;
+        while(*sep!='\0' && *sep!='.' && *sep!=' ') sep++;
+        if(*sep==' ')
+        {
+            if (throws)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << "Failed to get field: " << fullName
+                   << " (No spaces allowed in field name)";
+                throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+            }
+            else
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        size_t N = sep-name;
+        if(N==0)
+        {
+            if (throws)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << "Failed to get field: " << fullName
+                   << " (Zero-length field name encountered)";
+                throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+            }
+            else
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        const PVFieldPtrArray& pvFields = parent->getPVFields();
+
+        PVField *child = NULL;
+
+        for(size_t i=0, n=pvFields.size(); i!=n; i++) {
+            const PVFieldPtr& fld = pvFields[i];
+            const std::string& fname = fld->getFieldName();
+
+            if(fname.size()==N && memcmp(name, fname.c_str(), N)==0) {
+                child = fld.get();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(!child)
+        {
+            if (throws)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << "Failed to get field: " << fullName << " ("
+                   << std::string(fullName, sep) << " not found)";
+                throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());   
+            }
+            else
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if(*sep) {
+            // this is not the requested leaf
+            parent = dynamic_cast<PVStructure*>(child);
+            if(!parent)
+            {
+                if (throws)
+                {
+                    std::stringstream ss;
+                    ss << "Failed to get field: " << fullName
+                       << " (" << std::string(fullName, sep)
+                       <<  " is not a structure)"; 
+                    throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+                }
+                else
+                    return NULL;
+            }
+            child = NULL;
+            name = sep+1; // skip past '.'
+            // loop around to new parent
+
         } else {
-            fields[i] = oldFields[i];
+            return child;
         }
     }
-    FieldConstPtr field = getFieldCreate()->createStructure(
-        parentStructure->getID(),fieldNames,fields);
-    parent->replaceField(field);
-    parent->fixParentStructure();
 }
 
-void PVStructure::appendPVField(
-    String const &fieldName,
-    PVFieldPtr const & pvField)
-{
-    size_t origLength = pvFields.size();
-    size_t newLength = origLength+1;
-    PVFieldPtrArray * xxx = const_cast<PVFieldPtrArray *>(&pvFields);
-    xxx->push_back(pvField);
-    FieldConstPtr field = getFieldCreate()->appendField(
-        structurePtr,fieldName,pvField->getField());
-    replaceField(field);
-    structurePtr = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(field);
-    StringArray fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<newLength; i++) {
-        pvFields[i]->setParentAndName(this,fieldNames[i]);
-    }
-    fixParentStructure();
-}
-
-void PVStructure::appendPVFields(
-    StringArray const & fieldNames,
-    PVFieldPtrArray const & pvFields)
-{
-    size_t origLength = this->pvFields.size();
-    size_t extra = fieldNames.size();
-    if(extra==0) return;
-    size_t newLength = origLength + extra;
-    PVFieldPtrArray * xxx = const_cast<PVFieldPtrArray *>(&this->pvFields);
-    xxx->reserve(newLength);
-    for(size_t i=0; i<extra; i++) {
-        xxx->push_back(pvFields[i]);
-    }
-    FieldConstPtrArray fields;
-    fields.reserve(extra);
-    for(size_t i=0; i<extra; i++) fields.push_back(pvFields[i]->getField());
-    FieldConstPtr field = getFieldCreate()->appendFields(
-        structurePtr,fieldNames,fields);
-    replaceField(field);
-    structurePtr = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(field);
-    StringArray names = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<newLength; i++) {
-        (*xxx)[i]->setParentAndName(this,names[i]);
-    }
-    fixParentStructure();
-}
-
-void PVStructure::removePVField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    PVFieldPtr pvField = getSubField(fieldName);
-    if(pvField.get()==NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-    size_t origLength = pvFields.size();
-    size_t newLength = origLength - 1;
-    PVFieldPtrArray const & origPVFields = pvFields;
-    FieldConstPtrArray origFields = structurePtr->getFields();
-    PVFieldPtrArray newPVFields;
-    newPVFields.reserve(newLength);
-    StringArray newFieldNames;
-    newFieldNames.reserve(newLength);
-    FieldConstPtrArray fields;
-    fields.reserve(newLength);
-    for(size_t i=0; i<origLength; i++) {
-        if(origPVFields[i]!=pvField) {
-            newFieldNames.push_back(origPVFields[i]->getFieldName());
-            newPVFields.push_back(origPVFields[i]);
-            fields.push_back(origFields[i]);
-        }
-    }
-    PVFieldPtrArray * xxx = const_cast<PVFieldPtrArray *>(&pvFields);
-    xxx->swap(newPVFields);
-    FieldConstPtr field = getFieldCreate()->createStructure(
-        structurePtr->getID(),newFieldNames,fields);
-    replaceField(field);
-    structurePtr = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(field);
-    StringArray fieldNames = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<newLength; i++) {
-        pvFields[i]->setParentAndName(this,fieldNames[i]);
-    }
-}
-
-PVBooleanPtr PVStructure::getBooleanField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVBoolean>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVBytePtr PVStructure::getByteField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVByte>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVShortPtr PVStructure::getShortField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVShort>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVIntPtr PVStructure::getIntField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVInt>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVLongPtr PVStructure::getLongField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVLong>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVUBytePtr PVStructure::getUByteField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVUByte>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVUShortPtr PVStructure::getUShortField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVUShort>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVUIntPtr PVStructure::getUIntField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVUInt>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVULongPtr PVStructure::getULongField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVULong>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVFloatPtr PVStructure::getFloatField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVFloat>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVDoublePtr PVStructure::getDoubleField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVDouble>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVStringPtr PVStructure::getStringField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVString>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVStructurePtr PVStructure::getStructureField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVStructure>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVUnionPtr PVStructure::getUnionField(String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVUnion>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVScalarArrayPtr PVStructure::getScalarArrayField(
-    String const &fieldName,ScalarType elementType)
-{
-    PVFieldPtr pvField  = findSubField(fieldName,this);
-    if(pvField.get()==NULL) {
-        return nullPVScalarArray;
-    }
-    FieldConstPtr field = pvField->getField();
-    Type type = field->getType();
-    if(type!=scalarArray) {
-        return nullPVScalarArray;
-    }
-    ScalarArrayConstPtr pscalarArray
-        = static_pointer_cast<const ScalarArray>(pvField->getField());
-    if(pscalarArray->getElementType()!=elementType) {
-        return nullPVScalarArray;
-    }
-    return std::tr1::static_pointer_cast<PVScalarArray>(pvField);
-}
-
-PVStructureArrayPtr PVStructure::getStructureArrayField(
-    String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVStructureArray>(fieldName);
-}
-
-PVUnionArrayPtr PVStructure::getUnionArrayField(
-    String const &fieldName)
-{
-    return getSubField<PVUnionArray>(fieldName);
-}
-
-String PVStructure::getExtendsStructureName() const
-{
-    return extendsStructureName;
-}
-
-bool PVStructure::putExtendsStructureName(
-    String const &xxx)
-{
-    if(extendsStructureName.length()!=0) return false;
-    extendsStructureName = xxx;
-    return true;
-}
 
 void PVStructure::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         SerializableControl *pflusher) const {
@@ -443,44 +331,9 @@ void PVStructure::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
     }
 }
 
-static PVFieldPtr findSubField(
-    String const & fieldName,
-    PVStructure const *pvStructure)
-{
-    if( fieldName.length()<1) return PVFieldPtr();
-    String::size_type index = fieldName.find('.');
-    String name = fieldName;
-    String restOfName = String();
-    if(index>0) {
-        name = fieldName.substr(0, index);
-        if(fieldName.length()>index) {
-            restOfName = fieldName.substr(index+1);
-        }
-    }
-    PVFieldPtrArray  pvFields = pvStructure->getPVFields();
-    PVFieldPtr pvField;
-    size_t numFields = pvStructure->getStructure()->getNumberFields();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<numFields; i++) {
-        pvField = pvFields[i];
-        size_t result = pvField->getFieldName().compare(name);
-        if(result==0) {
-            if(restOfName.length()==0) return pvFields[i];
-            if(pvField->getField()->getType()!=structure) return PVFieldPtr();
-            PVStructurePtr pvStructure =
-                std::tr1::static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
-            return findSubField(restOfName,pvStructure.get());
-        }
-    }
-    return PVFieldPtr();
-}
-
 std::ostream& PVStructure::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
 {
     o << format::indent() << getStructure()->getID() << ' ' << getFieldName();
-    String extendsName = getExtendsStructureName();
-    if(extendsName.length()>0) {
-        o << " extends " << extendsName;
-    }
     o << std::endl;
     {
     	format::indent_scope s(o);
@@ -501,4 +354,79 @@ std::ostream& PVStructure::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
  	return o;
 }
 
+
+void PVStructure::copy(const PVStructure& from)
+{
+    if(isImmutable())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("destination is immutable");
+
+    if(*getStructure() != *from.getStructure())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("structure definitions do not match");
+
+    copyUnchecked(from);
+}
+
+void PVStructure::copyUnchecked(const PVStructure& from)
+{
+    if (this == &from)
+        return;
+
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & fromPVFields = from.getPVFields();
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & toPVFields = getPVFields();
+
+    size_t fieldsSize = fromPVFields.size();
+    for(size_t i = 0; i<fieldsSize; i++) {
+        toPVFields[i]->copyUnchecked(*fromPVFields[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+void PVStructure::copyUnchecked(const PVStructure& from, const BitSet& maskBitSet, bool inverse)
+{
+    if (this == &from)
+        return;
+
+    size_t numberFields = from.getNumberFields();
+    size_t offset = from.getFieldOffset();
+    int32 next = inverse ?
+                maskBitSet.nextClearBit(static_cast<uint32>(offset)) :
+                maskBitSet.nextSetBit(static_cast<uint32>(offset));
+
+    // no more changes or no changes in this structure
+    if(next<0||next>=static_cast<int32>(offset+numberFields)) return;
+
+    // entire structure
+    if(static_cast<int32>(offset)==next) {
+        copyUnchecked(from);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & fromPVFields = from.getPVFields();
+    PVFieldPtrArray const & toPVFields = getPVFields();
+
+    size_t fieldsSize = fromPVFields.size();
+    for(size_t i = 0; i<fieldsSize; i++) {
+        PVFieldPtr pvField = fromPVFields[i];
+        offset = pvField->getFieldOffset();
+        int32 inumberFields = static_cast<int32>(pvField->getNumberFields());
+        next = inverse ?
+                    maskBitSet.nextClearBit(static_cast<uint32>(offset)) :
+                    maskBitSet.nextSetBit(static_cast<uint32>(offset));
+
+        // no more changes
+        if(next<0) return;
+        //  no change in this pvField
+        if(next>=static_cast<int32>(offset+inumberFields)) continue;
+
+        // serialize field or fields
+        if(inumberFields==1) {
+            toPVFields[i]->copyUnchecked(*pvField);
+        } else {
+            PVStructure::shared_pointer fromPVStructure = std::tr1::static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
+            PVStructure::shared_pointer toPVStructure = std::tr1::static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(toPVFields[i]);
+            toPVStructure->copyUnchecked(*fromPVStructure, maskBitSet, inverse);
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+
 }}

src/factory/PVStructureArray.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
 #include <pv/serializeHelper.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 size_t PVStructureArray::append(size_t number)
 {
+    checkLength(value.size()+number);
+
     svector data(reuse());
     data.resize(data.size()+number);
 
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ size_t PVStructureArray::append(size_t number)
 
 bool PVStructureArray::remove(size_t offset,size_t number)
 {
-    if(number==0)
+    if (number==0)
         return true;
-    else if(offset+number>getLength())
+    else if (offset+number>getLength())
+        return false;
+    else if (getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed)
         return false;
 
     svector vec(reuse());
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ bool PVStructureArray::remove(size_t offset,size_t number)
 }
 
 void PVStructureArray::compress() {
+    if (getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed)
+            return;
+
     svector vec(reuse()); // TODO: check for first NULL before realloc
 
     size_t length = vec.size();
@@ -99,7 +105,8 @@ void PVStructureArray::compress() {
 
 void PVStructureArray::setCapacity(size_t capacity)
 {
-    if(this->isCapacityMutable()) {
+    if (this->isCapacityMutable()) {
+        checkLength(capacity);
         const_svector value;
         swap(value);
         if(value.capacity()<capacity) {
@@ -109,17 +116,23 @@ void PVStructureArray::setCapacity(size_t capacity)
         }
         swap(value);
     }
+    else
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "capacity immutable");
 }
 
 void PVStructureArray::setLength(size_t length)
 {
     if(this->isImmutable())
-        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "immutable");
     const_svector value;
     swap(value);
-    if(length == value.size()) {
-        // nothing
-    } else if(length < value.size()) {
+
+    if (length == value.size())
+        return;
+
+    checkLength(length);
+
+    if (length < value.size()) {
         value.slice(0, length);
     } else {
         svector mvalue(thaw(value));
@@ -131,8 +144,10 @@ void PVStructureArray::setLength(size_t length)
 
 void PVStructureArray::swap(const_svector &other)
 {
-    if(this->isImmutable())
-        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
+    if (this->isImmutable())
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "immutable");
+
+    // no checkLength call here
 
     value.swap(other);
 }
@@ -146,7 +161,10 @@ void PVStructureArray::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         DeserializableControl *pcontrol) {
     svector data(reuse());
 
-    size_t size = SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+    size_t size = this->getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed ?
+                this->getArray()->getMaximumCapacity() :
+                SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+
     data.resize(size);
 
     StructureConstPtr structure = structureArray->getStructure();
@@ -160,7 +178,7 @@ void PVStructureArray::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
             data[i].reset();
         }
         else {
-            if(data[i].get()==NULL) {
+            if(data[i].get()==NULL || !data[i].unique()) {
                 data[i] = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(structure);
             }
             data[i]->deserialize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
@@ -175,7 +193,11 @@ void PVStructureArray::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
     const_svector temp(view());
     temp.slice(offset, count);
 
-    SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    ArrayConstPtr array = this->getArray();
+    if (array->getArraySizeType() != Array::fixed)
+        SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    else if (count != array->getMaximumCapacity())
+        throw std::length_error("fixed array cannot be partially serialized");
 
     for(size_t i = 0; i<count; i++) {
         if(pbuffer->getRemaining()<1)
@@ -209,9 +231,33 @@ std::ostream& PVStructureArray::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
 std::ostream& PVStructureArray::dumpValue(std::ostream& o, std::size_t index) const
 {
     const_svector temp(view());
-    if(index<temp.size())
-        o << *temp[index];
+    if (index<temp.size())
+    {
+        if (temp[index])
+            o << *temp[index];
+        else
+            o << format::indent() << "(none)" << std::endl;
+    }
     return o;
 }
 
+void PVStructureArray::copy(const PVStructureArray& from)
+{
+    if(isImmutable())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("destination is immutable");
+
+    if(*getStructureArray() != *from.getStructureArray())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("structureArray definitions do not match");
+
+    copyUnchecked(from);
+}
+
+void PVStructureArray::copyUnchecked(const PVStructureArray& from)
+{
+    if (this == &from)
+        return;
+
+    replace(from.view());
+}
+
 }}

src/factory/PVUnion.cpp

@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
 #include <pv/serializeHelper.h>
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
 using std::size_t;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 	
 #define PVUNION_UNDEFINED_INDEX -1
 int32 PVUnion::UNDEFINED_INDEX = PVUNION_UNDEFINED_INDEX;
 
+PVDataCreatePtr PVUnion::pvDataCreate(getPVDataCreate());
+
 PVUnion::PVUnion(UnionConstPtr const & unionPtr)
 : PVField(unionPtr),
   unionPtr(unionPtr),
@@ -58,11 +60,11 @@ int32 PVUnion::getSelectedIndex() const
     return selector;
 }
 
-String PVUnion::getSelectedFieldName() const
+string PVUnion::getSelectedFieldName() const
 {
     // no name for undefined and for variant unions
     if (selector == UNDEFINED_INDEX)
-        return String();
+        return string();
     else
         return unionPtr->getFieldName(selector);
 }
@@ -86,12 +88,12 @@ PVFieldPtr PVUnion::select(int32 index)
 
     FieldConstPtr field = unionPtr->getField(index);
     selector = index;
-    value = getPVDataCreate()->createPVField(field);
+    value = pvDataCreate->createPVField(field);
 
     return value;
 }
 	
-PVFieldPtr PVUnion::select(String const & fieldName)
+PVFieldPtr PVUnion::select(string const & fieldName)
 {
     int32 index = variant ? -1 : static_cast<int32>(unionPtr->getFieldIndex(fieldName));
 	if (index == -1)
@@ -126,9 +128,10 @@ void PVUnion::set(int32 index, PVFieldPtr const & value)
 
     selector = index;
     this->value = value;
+    postPut();
 }
 
-void PVUnion::set(String const & fieldName, PVFieldPtr const & value)
+void PVUnion::set(string const & fieldName, PVFieldPtr const & value)
 {
     int32 index = variant ? -1 : static_cast<int32>(unionPtr->getFieldIndex(fieldName));
     if (index == -1)
@@ -142,10 +145,10 @@ void PVUnion::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, SerializableControl *pflusher) cons
     if (variant)
     {
         // write introspection data
-        if (value.get() == 0)
+        if (value.get() == 0) {
+            pflusher->ensureBuffer(1);
             pbuffer->put((int8)-1);
-        else
-        {
+        }else {
             pflusher->cachedSerialize(value->getField(), pbuffer);
             value->serialize(pbuffer, pflusher);
         }
@@ -167,7 +170,9 @@ void PVUnion::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, DeserializableControl *pcontrol)
         FieldConstPtr field = pcontrol->cachedDeserialize(pbuffer);
         if (field.get())
         {
-            value = getPVDataCreate()->createPVField(field);
+            // try to reuse existing field instance
+            if (!value.get() || *value->getField() != *field)
+                value = pvDataCreate->createPVField(field);
             value->deserialize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
         }
         else
@@ -175,11 +180,17 @@ void PVUnion::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, DeserializableControl *pcontrol)
     }
     else
     {
+        int32 previousSelector = selector;
         selector = static_cast<int32>(SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol));
         if (selector != UNDEFINED_INDEX)
         {
-            FieldConstPtr field = unionPtr->getField(selector);
-            value = getPVDataCreate()->createPVField(field);
+            if (selector != previousSelector)
+            {
+                FieldConstPtr field = unionPtr->getField(selector);
+                // try to reuse existing field instance
+                if (!value.get() || *value->getField() != *field)
+                    value = pvDataCreate->createPVField(field);
+            }
             value->deserialize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
         }
         else
@@ -207,4 +218,57 @@ std::ostream& PVUnion::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
  	return o;
 }
 
+void PVUnion::copy(const PVUnion& from)
+{
+    if(isImmutable())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("destination is immutable");
+
+    if(*getUnion() != *from.getUnion())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("union definitions do not match");
+
+    copyUnchecked(from);
+}
+
+void PVUnion::copyUnchecked(const PVUnion& from)
+{
+
+    PVFieldPtr fromValue = from.get();
+    if (from.getUnion()->isVariant())
+    {
+        if (fromValue.get() == 0)
+        {
+            set(PVField::shared_pointer());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            PVFieldPtr toValue = get();
+            if (toValue.get() == 0 || *toValue->getField() != *fromValue->getField())
+            {
+                toValue = pvDataCreate->createPVField(fromValue->getField());
+                toValue->copyUnchecked(*fromValue);
+                set(toValue);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                toValue->copyUnchecked(*fromValue);
+                postPut();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (fromValue.get() == 0)
+        {
+            select(PVUnion::UNDEFINED_INDEX);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            select(from.getSelectedIndex())->copyUnchecked(*fromValue);
+        }
+        postPut();
+    }
+
+}
+
+
 }}

src/factory/PVUnionArray.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/factory.h>
 #include <pv/serializeHelper.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 size_t PVUnionArray::append(size_t number)
 {
+    checkLength(value.size()+number);
+
     svector data(reuse());
     data.resize(data.size()+number);
 
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ size_t PVUnionArray::append(size_t number)
 
 bool PVUnionArray::remove(size_t offset,size_t number)
 {
-    if(number==0)
+    if (number==0)
         return true;
-    else if(offset+number>getLength())
+    else if (offset+number>getLength())
+        return false;
+    else if (getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed)
         return false;
 
     svector vec(reuse());
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ bool PVUnionArray::remove(size_t offset,size_t number)
 }
 
 void PVUnionArray::compress() {
+    if (getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed)
+            return;
+
     svector vec(reuse()); // TODO: check for first NULL before realloc
 
     size_t length = vec.size();
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ void PVUnionArray::compress() {
 void PVUnionArray::setCapacity(size_t capacity)
 {
     if(this->isCapacityMutable()) {
+        checkLength(capacity);
         const_svector value;
         swap(value);
         if(value.capacity()<capacity) {
@@ -109,17 +116,22 @@ void PVUnionArray::setCapacity(size_t capacity)
         }
         swap(value);
     }
+    else
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "capacity immutable");
 }
 
 void PVUnionArray::setLength(size_t length)
 {
     if(this->isImmutable())
-        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
+        THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error, "immutable");
     const_svector value;
     swap(value);
-    if(length == value.size()) {
-        // nothing
-    } else if(length < value.size()) {
+    if (length == value.size())
+        return;
+
+    checkLength(length);
+
+    if (length < value.size()) {
         value.slice(0, length);
     } else {
         svector mvalue(thaw(value));
@@ -134,6 +146,8 @@ void PVUnionArray::swap(const_svector &other)
     if(this->isImmutable())
         THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::logic_error,"Immutable");
 
+    // no checkLength call here
+
     value.swap(other);
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +160,10 @@ void PVUnionArray::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
         DeserializableControl *pcontrol) {
     svector data(reuse());
 
-    size_t size = SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+    size_t size = this->getArray()->getArraySizeType() == Array::fixed ?
+                this->getArray()->getMaximumCapacity() :
+                SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
+
     data.resize(size);
 
     UnionConstPtr punion = unionArray->getUnion();
@@ -160,7 +177,7 @@ void PVUnionArray::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
             data[i].reset();
         }
         else {
-            if(data[i].get()==NULL) {
+            if(data[i].get()==NULL || !data[i].unique()) {
                 data[i] = pvDataCreate->createPVUnion(punion);
             }
             data[i]->deserialize(pbuffer, pcontrol);
@@ -175,7 +192,11 @@ void PVUnionArray::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer,
     const_svector temp(view());
     temp.slice(offset, count);
 
-    SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    ArrayConstPtr array = this->getArray();
+    if (array->getArraySizeType() != Array::fixed)
+        SerializeHelper::writeSize(temp.size(), pbuffer, pflusher);
+    else if (count != array->getMaximumCapacity())
+        throw std::length_error("fixed array cannot be partially serialized");
 
     for(size_t i = 0; i<count; i++) {
         if(pbuffer->getRemaining()<1)
@@ -209,9 +230,34 @@ std::ostream& PVUnionArray::dumpValue(std::ostream& o) const
 std::ostream& PVUnionArray::dumpValue(std::ostream& o, std::size_t index) const
 {
     const_svector temp(view());
-    if(index<temp.size())
-        o << *temp[index];
+    if (index<temp.size())
+    {
+        if (temp[index])
+            o << *temp[index];
+        else
+            o << format::indent() << "(none)" << std::endl;
+    }
     return o;
 }
 
+void PVUnionArray::copy(const PVUnionArray& from)
+{
+    if(isImmutable())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("destination is immutable");
+
+    if(*getUnionArray() != *from.getUnionArray())
+        throw std::invalid_argument("unionArray definitions do not match");
+
+    copyUnchecked(from);
+}
+
+void PVUnionArray::copyUnchecked(const PVUnionArray& from)
+{
+    if (this == &from)
+        return;
+
+    replace(from.view());
+}
+
+
 }}

src/factory/StandardField.cpp

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <pv/standardField.h>
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ void StandardField::init()
 
 StandardField::~StandardField(){}
 
-StructureConstPtr StandardField::createProperties(String id,FieldConstPtr field,String properties)
+StructureConstPtr StandardField::createProperties(string id,FieldConstPtr field,string properties)
 {
     bool gotAlarm = false;
     bool gotTimeStamp = false;
@@ -57,11 +58,11 @@ StructureConstPtr StandardField::createProperties(String id,FieldConstPtr field,
     bool gotControl = false;
     bool gotValueAlarm = false;
     int numProp = 0;
-    if(properties.find("alarm")!=String::npos) { gotAlarm = true; numProp++; }
-    if(properties.find("timeStamp")!=String::npos) { gotTimeStamp = true; numProp++; }
-    if(properties.find("display")!=String::npos) { gotDisplay = true; numProp++; }
-    if(properties.find("control")!=String::npos) { gotControl = true; numProp++; }
-    if(properties.find("valueAlarm")!=String::npos) { gotValueAlarm = true; numProp++; }
+    if(properties.find("alarm")!=string::npos) { gotAlarm = true; numProp++; }
+    if(properties.find("timeStamp")!=string::npos) { gotTimeStamp = true; numProp++; }
+    if(properties.find("display")!=string::npos) { gotDisplay = true; numProp++; }
+    if(properties.find("control")!=string::npos) { gotControl = true; numProp++; }
+    if(properties.find("valueAlarm")!=string::npos) { gotValueAlarm = true; numProp++; }
     StructureConstPtr valueAlarm;
     Type type= field->getType();
     while(gotValueAlarm) {
@@ -82,19 +83,19 @@ StructureConstPtr StandardField::createProperties(String id,FieldConstPtr field,
                case pvFloat: valueAlarm = floatAlarmField; break;
                case pvDouble: valueAlarm = doubleAlarmField; break;
                case pvString:
-                throw std::logic_error(String("valueAlarm property not supported for pvString"));
+                throw std::logic_error(string("valueAlarm property not supported for pvString"));
            }
            break;
         }
         if(type==structure) {
             StructureConstPtr structurePtr = static_pointer_cast<const Structure>(field);
-            StringArray names = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
+            StringArray const & names = structurePtr->getFieldNames();
             if(names.size()==2) {
-                FieldConstPtrArray fields = structurePtr->getFields();
+                FieldConstPtrArray const & fields = structurePtr->getFields();
                 FieldConstPtr first = fields[0];
                 FieldConstPtr second = fields[1];
-                String nameFirst = names[0];
-                String nameSecond = names[1];
+                string nameFirst = names[0];
+                string nameSecond = names[1];
                 int compareFirst = nameFirst.compare("index");
                 int compareSecond = nameSecond.compare("choices");
                 if(compareFirst==0 && compareSecond==0) {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ StructureConstPtr StandardField::createProperties(String id,FieldConstPtr field,
                 }
             }
         }
-        throw std::logic_error(String("valueAlarm property for illegal type"));
+        throw std::logic_error(string("valueAlarm property for illegal type"));
     }
     size_t numFields = numProp+1;
     FieldConstPtrArray fields(numFields);
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ void StandardField::createTimeStamp() {
     FieldConstPtrArray fields(num);
     StringArray names(num);
     names[0] = "secondsPastEpoch";
-    names[1] = "nanoSeconds";
+    names[1] = "nanoseconds";
     names[2] = "userTag";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvLong);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvInt);
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ void StandardField::createByteAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvByte);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvByte);
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ void StandardField::createShortAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvShort);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvShort);
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ void StandardField::createIntAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvInt);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvInt);
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ void StandardField::createLongAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvLong);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvLong);
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ void StandardField::createUByteAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUByte);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUByte);
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ void StandardField::createUShortAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUShort);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUShort);
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ void StandardField::createUIntAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUInt);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvUInt);
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ void StandardField::createULongAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvULong);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvULong);
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ void StandardField::createFloatAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvFloat);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvFloat);
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ void StandardField::createDoubleAlarm() {
     names[6] = "lowWarningSeverity";
     names[7] = "highWarningSeverity";
     names[8] = "highAlarmSeverity";
-    names[9] =  "hystersis";
+    names[9] =  "hysteresis";
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvBoolean);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvDouble);
     fields[2] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvDouble);
@@ -499,26 +500,48 @@ void StandardField::createEnumeratedAlarm() {
 
 
 StructureConstPtr StandardField::scalar(
-    ScalarType type,String  const &properties)
+    ScalarType type,string  const &properties)
 {
     ScalarConstPtr field = fieldCreate->createScalar(type); // scalar_t
-    return createProperties("uri:ev4:nt/2012/pwd:NTScalar",field,properties);
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTScalar:1.0",field,properties);
+}
+
+StructureConstPtr StandardField::regUnion(
+    UnionConstPtr const &field,
+        string const & properties)
+{
+   return createProperties("epics:nt/NTUnion:1.0",field,properties);
+}
+
+StructureConstPtr StandardField::variantUnion(
+    string const & properties)
+{
+    UnionConstPtr field =  fieldCreate->createVariantUnion();
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTUnion:1.0",field,properties);
 }
 
 StructureConstPtr StandardField::scalarArray(
-    ScalarType elementType, String  const &properties)
+    ScalarType elementType, string  const &properties)
 {
     ScalarArrayConstPtr field = fieldCreate->createScalarArray(elementType); // scalar_t[]
-    return createProperties("uri:ev4:nt/2012/pwd:NTScalarArray",field,properties);
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTScalarArray:1.0",field,properties);
 }
 
 
 StructureConstPtr StandardField::structureArray(
-    StructureConstPtr const & structure,String  const &properties)
+    StructureConstPtr const & structure,string  const &properties)
 {
     StructureArrayConstPtr field = fieldCreate->createStructureArray(
         structure);
-    return createProperties("uri:ev4:nt/2012/pwd:NTAny",field,properties);
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTStructureArray:1.0",field,properties);
+}
+
+StructureConstPtr StandardField::unionArray(
+    UnionConstPtr const & punion,string  const &properties)
+{
+    UnionArrayConstPtr field = fieldCreate->createUnionArray(
+        punion);
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTUnionArray:1.0",field,properties);
 }
 
 StructureConstPtr StandardField::enumerated()
@@ -531,13 +554,13 @@ StructureConstPtr StandardField::enumerated()
     fields[0] = fieldCreate->createScalar(pvInt);
     fields[1] = fieldCreate->createScalarArray(pvString);
     return fieldCreate->createStructure("enum_t",names,fields);
-    // NOTE: if this method is used to get NTEnum wihtout properties the ID will be wrong!
+    // NOTE: if this method is used to get NTEnum without properties the ID will be wrong!
 }
 
-StructureConstPtr StandardField::enumerated(String  const &properties)
+StructureConstPtr StandardField::enumerated(string  const &properties)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = enumerated(); // enum_t
-    return createProperties("uri:ev4:nt/2012/pwd:NTEnum",field,properties);
+    return createProperties("epics:nt/NTEnum:1.0",field,properties);
 }
 
 StructureConstPtr StandardField::alarm()

src/factory/StandardPVField.cpp

@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 #include <pv/lock.h>
 #include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/standardField.h>
 #include <pv/standardPVField.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 StandardPVField::StandardPVField()
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ StandardPVField::StandardPVField()
 StandardPVField::~StandardPVField(){}
 
 PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::scalar(
-    ScalarType type,String const & properties)
+    ScalarType type,string const & properties)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = standardField->scalar(type,properties);
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::scalar(
 }
 
 PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::scalarArray(
-    ScalarType elementType, String const & properties)
+    ScalarType elementType, string const & properties)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = standardField->scalarArray(elementType,properties);
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
@@ -46,35 +47,39 @@ PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::scalarArray(
 }
 
 PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::structureArray(
-    StructureConstPtr const & structure,String const & properties)
+    StructureConstPtr const & structure,string const & properties)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = standardField->structureArray(structure,properties);
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
     return pvStructure;
 }
 
+PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::unionArray(
+    UnionConstPtr const & punion,string const & properties)
+{
+    StructureConstPtr field = standardField->unionArray(punion,properties);
+    PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
+    return pvStructure;
+}
+
 PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::enumerated(StringArray const &choices)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = standardField->enumerated();
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
-    PVScalarArrayPtr pvScalarArray = pvStructure->getScalarArrayField(
-        "choices",pvString);
     PVStringArray::svector cdata(choices.size());
     std::copy(choices.begin(), choices.end(), cdata.begin());
-    static_cast<PVStringArray&>(*pvScalarArray).replace(freeze(cdata));
+    pvStructure->getSubField<PVStringArray>("choices")->replace(freeze(cdata));
     return pvStructure;
 }
 
 PVStructurePtr StandardPVField::enumerated(
-    StringArray const &choices,String const & properties)
+    StringArray const &choices,string const & properties)
 {
     StructureConstPtr field = standardField->enumerated(properties);
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure =  pvDataCreate->createPVStructure(field);
-    PVScalarArrayPtr pvScalarArray = pvStructure->getScalarArrayField(
-        "value.choices",pvString);
     PVStringArray::svector cdata(choices.size());
     std::copy(choices.begin(), choices.end(), cdata.begin());
-    static_cast<PVStringArray&>(*pvScalarArray).replace(freeze(cdata));
+    pvStructure->getSubField<PVStringArray>("value.choices")->replace(freeze(cdata));
     return pvStructure;
 }
 

src/factory/TypeFunc.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "dbDefs.h" // for NELEMENTS
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 namespace TypeFunc {
@@ -30,11 +32,13 @@ namespace TypeFunc {
             THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::invalid_argument, "logic error unknown Type");
         return names[t];
     }
-    void toString(StringBuilder buf,const Type type) {
-        *buf += name(type);
-    }
 } // namespace TypeFunc
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Type& type)
+{
+    return o << TypeFunc::name(type);
+}
+
 
 namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
     bool isInteger(ScalarType type) {
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
         "ubyte", "ushort", "uint", "ulong",
         "float", "double", "string",
     };
-    ScalarType getScalarType(const String& pvalue) {
+    ScalarType getScalarType(const string& pvalue) {
         for(size_t i=0; i<NELEMENTS(names); i++)
             if(pvalue==names[i])
                 return ScalarType(i);
@@ -76,10 +80,6 @@ namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
         return names[t];
     }
 
-    void toString(StringBuilder buf,const ScalarType scalarType) {
-        *buf += name(scalarType);
-    }
-
     size_t elementSize(ScalarType id)
     {
         switch(id) {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
             OP(pvLong, int64);
             OP(pvFloat, float);
             OP(pvDouble, double);
-            OP(pvString, String);
+            OP(pvString, string);
 #undef OP
         default:
             THROW_EXCEPTION2(std::invalid_argument, "error unknown ScalarType");
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
         OP(pvLong, int64);
         OP(pvFloat, float);
         OP(pvDouble, double);
-        OP(pvString, String);
+        OP(pvString, string);
 #undef OP
         default:
             throw std::bad_alloc();
@@ -126,4 +126,9 @@ namespace ScalarTypeFunc {
 
 } // namespace ScalarTypeFunc
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ScalarType& scalarType)
+{
+    return o << ScalarTypeFunc::name(scalarType);
+}
+
 }}

src/factory/printer.cpp

@@ -8,263 +8,38 @@
 #include <deque>
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
-#include <pv/printer.h>
+#include <pv/pvIntrospect.h>
 
-namespace {
-
-void indentN(std::ostream& strm, size_t N)
-{
-    while(N--)
-        strm.put(' ');
-}
-
-}
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
-PrinterBase::PrinterBase()
-    :strm(NULL)
-{}
-
-PrinterBase::~PrinterBase() {}
-
-void PrinterBase::setStream(std::ostream& s)
+namespace format
 {
-    strm = &s;
-}
+    static int indent_index = std::ios_base::xalloc();
 
-void PrinterBase::clearStream()
-{
-    strm = NULL;
-}
-
-void PrinterBase::print(const PVField& pv)
-{
-    if(!strm)
-        throw std::runtime_error("No stream set for PV Printer");
-    impl_print(pv);
-}
-
-void PrinterBase::beginStructure(const PVStructure&) {}
-void PrinterBase::endStructure(const PVStructure&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::beginStructureArray(const PVStructureArray&) {}
-void PrinterBase::endStructureArray(const PVStructureArray&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::beginUnion(const PVUnion&) {}
-void PrinterBase::endUnion(const PVUnion&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::beginUnionArray(const PVUnionArray&) {}
-void PrinterBase::endUnionArray(const PVUnionArray&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::encodeScalar(const PVScalar&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::encodeArray(const PVScalarArray&) {}
-
-void PrinterBase::encodeNull() {}
-
-void PrinterBase::impl_print(const PVField& pv)
-{
-    static const PVField* marker = (const PVField*)&marker;
-
-    /* Depth first recursive iteration.
-     * Each PV to be printed is appended to the todo queue.
-     * The last child of a structure is followed by a NULL.
-     * As the tree is walked structures and structarrays
-     * are appended to the inprog queue.
-     */
-    std::deque<const PVField*> todo, inprog;
-
-    todo.push_back(&pv);
-
-    while(!todo.empty()) {
-        const PVField *next = todo.front();
-        todo.pop_front();
-
-        if(next==marker) {
-            // finished with a structure or structarray,
-            // now we fall back to its parent.
-            assert(!inprog.empty());
-            switch(inprog.back()->getField()->getType()) {
-            case structure:
-                endStructure(*static_cast<const PVStructure *>(inprog.back()));
-                break;
-
-            case structureArray:
-                endStructureArray(*static_cast<const PVStructureArray *>(inprog.back()));
-                break;
-
-            case union_:
-                endUnion(*static_cast<const PVUnion *>(inprog.back()));
-                break;
-
-            case unionArray:
-                endUnionArray(*static_cast<const PVUnionArray *>(inprog.back()));
-                break;
-
-            default:
-                assert(false); // oops!
-                return;
-            }
-            inprog.pop_back();
-
-        } else {
-            // real field
-
-            if(!next) {
-                // NULL entry in a structure array
-                encodeNull();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            switch(next->getField()->getType()) {
-            case scalar:
-                encodeScalar(*static_cast<const PVScalar*>(next));
-                break;
-            case scalarArray:
-                encodeArray(*static_cast<const PVScalarArray*>(next));
-                break;
-            case structure: {
-                    const PVStructure &fld = *static_cast<const PVStructure*>(next);
-                    const PVFieldPtrArray& vals = fld.getPVFields();
-
-                    inprog.push_back(next);
-
-                    beginStructure(fld);
-                    for(size_t i=0, nfld=fld.getStructure()->getNumberFields(); i<nfld; i++)
-                        todo.push_back(vals[i].get());
-
-                    todo.push_back(marker);
-                    break;
-                }
-            case structureArray: {
-                    const PVStructureArray &fld = *static_cast<const PVStructureArray*>(next);
-                    PVStructureArray::const_svector vals(fld.view());
-
-                    inprog.push_back(next);
-
-                    beginStructureArray(fld);
-                    for(PVStructureArray::const_svector::const_iterator it=vals.begin();
-                        it!=vals.end(); ++it)
-                    {
-                        todo.push_back(it->get());
-                    }
-
-                    todo.push_back(marker);
-                    break;
-                }
-            case union_: {
-                    const PVUnion &fld = *static_cast<const PVUnion*>(next);
-
-                    inprog.push_back(next);
-
-                    beginUnion(fld);
-                    PVFieldPtr val = fld.get();
-                    if (val.get())          // TODO print "(none)" ?
-                        todo.push_back(val.get());
-
-                    todo.push_back(marker);
-                    break;
-                }
-            case unionArray: {
-                    const PVUnionArray &fld = *static_cast<const PVUnionArray*>(next);
-                    PVUnionArray::const_svector vals(fld.view());
-
-                    inprog.push_back(next);
-
-                    beginUnionArray(fld);
-                    for(PVUnionArray::const_svector::const_iterator it=vals.begin();
-                        it!=vals.end(); ++it)
-                    {
-                        todo.push_back(it->get());
-                    }
-
-                    todo.push_back(marker);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+    long& indent_value(std::ios_base& ios)
+    {
+      return ios.iword(indent_index);
     }
-}
 
+    std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, indent_level const& indent)
+	{
+		indent_value(os) = indent.level;
+		return os;
+	}
 
-PrinterPlain::PrinterPlain()
-    :PrinterBase()
-    ,ilvl(0)
-{}
+	std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, indent const&)
+	{
+		long il = indent_value(os);
+		std::size_t spaces = static_cast<std::size_t>(il) * 4;
+		return os << string(spaces, ' ');
+	}
 
-PrinterPlain::~PrinterPlain() {}
-
-void PrinterPlain::beginStructure(const PVStructure& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << pv.getStructure()->getID() << " " << pv.getFieldName();
-    String ename(pv.getExtendsStructureName());
-    if(!ename.empty())
-        S() << " extends " << ename;
-    S() << std::endl;
-    ilvl++;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::endStructure(const PVStructure&) {ilvl--;}
-
-void PrinterPlain::beginStructureArray(const PVStructureArray& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << pv.getStructureArray()->getID() << " "
-        << pv.getFieldName() << "[] ";
-    ilvl++;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::endStructureArray(const PVStructureArray&) {ilvl--;}
-
-void PrinterPlain::beginUnion(const PVUnion& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << pv.getUnion()->getID() << " " << pv.getFieldName() << std::endl;
-    ilvl++;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::endUnion(const PVUnion&) {ilvl--;}
-
-void PrinterPlain::beginUnionArray(const PVUnionArray& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << pv.getUnionArray()->getID() << " "
-        << pv.getFieldName() << "[] ";
-    ilvl++;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::endUnionArray(const PVUnionArray&) {ilvl--;}
-
-void PrinterPlain::encodeScalar(const PVScalar& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << pv.getScalar()->getID() << " "
-        << pv.getFieldName() << " "
-        << pv.getAs<String>() << std::endl;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::encodeArray(const PVScalarArray& pv)
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    shared_vector<const String> temp;
-    pv.getAs<String>(temp);
-
-    S() << pv.getScalarArray()->getID() << " "
-        << pv.getFieldName() << " [";
-    for(size_t i=0, len=pv.getLength(); i<len; i++) {
-        S() << temp[i];
-        if(i!=len-1)
-            S().put(',');
-    }
-    S() << "]" << std::endl;
-}
-
-void PrinterPlain::encodeNull()
-{
-    indentN(S(), ilvl);
-    S() << "NULL" << std::endl;
-}
+	array_at_internal operator<<(std::ostream& str, array_at const& manip)
+	{
+		return array_at_internal(manip.index, str);
+	}
+};
 
 }}

src/factory/pvSubArrayCopy.cpp

@@ -14,31 +14,36 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/pvSubArrayCopy.h>
 
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 template<typename T>
 void copy(
     PVValueArray<T> & pvFrom,
     size_t fromOffset,
+    size_t fromStride,
     PVValueArray<T> & pvTo,
     size_t toOffset,
-    size_t len)
+    size_t toStride,
+    size_t count)
 {
-    if(pvTo.isImmutable()) {
-        throw std::logic_error("pvSubArrayCopy  to is immutable");
-    }
+    if(pvTo.isImmutable()) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy: pvTo is immutable");
+    if(fromStride<1 || toStride<1) throw std::invalid_argument("stride must be >=1");
     size_t fromLength = pvFrom.getLength();
-    if(fromOffset+len>fromLength) {
-        throw std::length_error("pvSubArrayCopy from length error");
-    }
+    size_t maxcount = (fromLength -fromOffset + fromStride -1)/fromStride;
+    if(count>maxcount) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy pvFrom length error");
+    size_t newLength = toOffset + count*toStride;
     size_t capacity = pvTo.getCapacity();
-    if(toOffset+len>capacity) capacity = toOffset + len;
+    if(newLength>capacity) capacity = newLength;
     shared_vector<T> temp(capacity);
     typename PVValueArray<T>::const_svector vecFrom = pvFrom.view();
     typename PVValueArray<T>::const_svector vecTo = pvTo.view();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<toOffset; ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
-    for(size_t i=0; i<len; ++i) temp[i + toOffset] = vecFrom[i + fromOffset];
-    for(size_t i=len + toOffset; i<capacity; ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
+    for(size_t i=0; i<pvTo.getLength(); ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
+    for(size_t i=pvTo.getLength(); i< capacity; ++i) temp[i] = T();
+    for(size_t i=0; i<count; ++i) temp[i*toStride + toOffset] = vecFrom[i*fromStride+fromOffset];
     shared_vector<const T> temp2(freeze(temp));
     pvTo.replace(temp2);
 }
@@ -46,9 +51,11 @@ void copy(
 void copy(
     PVScalarArray & from,
     size_t fromOffset,
+    size_t fromStride,
     PVScalarArray & to,
     size_t toOffset,
-    size_t len)
+    size_t toStride,
+    size_t count)
 {
     ScalarType scalarType = from.getScalarArray()->getElementType();
     ScalarType otherType = to.getScalarArray()->getElementType();
@@ -59,145 +66,210 @@ void copy(
     {
     case pvBoolean:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<boolean> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<boolean> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<boolean>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvByte:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int8> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int8> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int8>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvShort:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int16> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int16> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int16>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvInt:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int32> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int32> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int32>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvLong:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int64> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int64> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<int64>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvUByte:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint8> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint8> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint8>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvUShort:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint16> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint16> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint16>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvUInt:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint32> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint32> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint32>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvULong:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint64> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint64> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<uint64>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvFloat:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<float> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<float> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<float>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvDouble:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<double> &>(from),fromOffset,
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<double> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
            dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<double>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     case pvString:
        {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<String> &>(from),fromOffset,
-           dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<String>& >(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<string> &>(from),fromOffset,fromStride,
+           dynamic_cast<PVValueArray<string>& >(to),
+           toOffset,toStride,count);
        }
        break;
     }
 }
 
 void copy(
-    PVStructureArray & from,
-    size_t fromOffset,
-    PVStructureArray & to,
+    PVStructureArray & pvFrom,
+    size_t pvFromOffset,
+    size_t pvFromStride,
+    PVStructureArray & pvTo,
     size_t toOffset,
-    size_t len)
+    size_t toStride,
+    size_t count)
 {
-    if(to.isImmutable()) {
-        throw std::logic_error("pvSubArrayCopy  to is immutable");
+    if(pvTo.isImmutable()) {
+        throw std::logic_error("pvSubArrayCopy  pvTo is immutable");
     }
-    StructureArrayConstPtr fromStructure = from.getStructureArray();
-    StructureArrayConstPtr toStructure = to.getStructureArray();
-    if(fromStructure!=toStructure) {
+    if(pvFromStride<1 || toStride<1) throw std::invalid_argument("stride must be >=1");
+    StructureArrayConstPtr pvFromStructure = pvFrom.getStructureArray();
+    StructureArrayConstPtr toStructure = pvTo.getStructureArray();
+    if(pvFromStructure->getStructure()!=toStructure->getStructure()) {
         throw std::invalid_argument(
-            "pvSubArrayCopy structureArray to and from have different structures");
+            "pvSubArrayCopy structureArray pvTo and pvFrom have different structures");
     }
-    size_t fromLength = from.getLength();
-    if(fromOffset+len>fromLength) {
-        throw std::length_error("pvSubArrayCopy from length error");
-    }
-    size_t capacity = to.getCapacity();
-    if(toOffset+len>capacity) capacity = toOffset+len;
+    size_t pvFromLength = pvFrom.getLength();
+    size_t maxcount = (pvFromLength -pvFromOffset + pvFromStride -1)/pvFromStride;
+    if(count>maxcount) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy pvFrom length error");
+    size_t newLength = toOffset + count*toStride;
+    size_t capacity = pvTo.getCapacity();
+    if(newLength>capacity) capacity = newLength;
     shared_vector<PVStructurePtr> temp(capacity);
-    PVValueArray<PVStructurePtr>::const_svector vecFrom = from.view();
-    PVValueArray<PVStructurePtr>::const_svector vecTo = to.view();
-    for(size_t i=0; i<toOffset; ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
-    for(size_t i=0; i<len; ++i) temp[i + toOffset] = vecFrom[i + fromOffset];
-    for(size_t i=len + toOffset; i<capacity; ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
+    PVValueArray<PVStructurePtr>::const_svector vecFrom = pvFrom.view();
+    PVValueArray<PVStructurePtr>::const_svector vecTo = pvTo.view();
+    for(size_t i=0; i<pvTo.getLength(); ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
+    for(size_t i=pvTo.getLength(); i< capacity; ++i)
+        temp[i] = getPVDataCreate()->createPVStructure(toStructure->getStructure());
+    for(size_t i=0; i<count; ++i) temp[i*toStride + toOffset] = vecFrom[i*pvFromStride+pvFromOffset];
     shared_vector<const PVStructurePtr> temp2(freeze(temp));
-    to.replace(temp2);
+    pvTo.replace(temp2);
 }
 
 void copy(
-    PVArray & from,
-    size_t fromOffset,
-    PVArray & to,
+    PVUnionArray & pvFrom,
+    size_t pvFromOffset,
+    size_t pvFromStride,
+    PVUnionArray & pvTo,
     size_t toOffset,
-    size_t len)
+    size_t toStride,
+    size_t count)
 {
-    Type type = from.getField()->getType();
-    Type otherType = to.getField()->getType();
-    if(type!=otherType) {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy types do not match");
+    if(pvTo.isImmutable()) {
+        throw std::logic_error("pvSubArrayCopy  pvTo is immutable");
     }
-    if(type==scalarArray) {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVScalarArray &>(from) ,fromOffset,
-           dynamic_cast<PVScalarArray&>(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+    if(pvFromStride<1 || toStride<1) throw std::invalid_argument("stride must be >=1");
+    UnionArrayConstPtr pvFromUnion = pvFrom.getUnionArray();
+    UnionArrayConstPtr toUnion = pvTo.getUnionArray();
+    if(pvFromUnion->getUnion()!=toUnion->getUnion()) {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "pvSubArrayCopy unionArray pvTo and pvFrom have different unions");
     }
-    if(type==structureArray) {
-           copy(dynamic_cast<PVStructureArray &>(from) ,fromOffset,
-           dynamic_cast<PVStructureArray&>(to),
-           toOffset,len);
+    size_t pvFromLength = pvFrom.getLength();
+    size_t maxcount = (pvFromLength -pvFromOffset + pvFromStride -1)/pvFromStride;
+    if(count>maxcount) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy pvFrom length error");
+    size_t newLength = toOffset + count*toStride;
+    size_t capacity = pvTo.getCapacity();
+    if(newLength>capacity) capacity = newLength;
+    shared_vector<PVUnionPtr> temp(capacity);
+    PVValueArray<PVUnionPtr>::const_svector vecFrom = pvFrom.view();
+    PVValueArray<PVUnionPtr>::const_svector vecTo = pvTo.view();
+    for(size_t i=0; i<pvTo.getLength(); ++i) temp[i] = vecTo[i];
+    for(size_t i=pvTo.getLength(); i< capacity; ++i)
+        temp[i] = getPVDataCreate()->createPVUnion(toUnion->getUnion());
+    for(size_t i=0; i<count; ++i) temp[i*toStride + toOffset] = vecFrom[i*pvFromStride+pvFromOffset];
+    shared_vector<const PVUnionPtr> temp2(freeze(temp));
+    pvTo.replace(temp2);
+}
+
+void copy(
+    PVArray & pvFrom,
+    size_t pvFromOffset,
+    size_t pvFromStride,
+    PVArray & pvTo,
+    size_t pvToOffset,
+    size_t pvToStride,
+    size_t count)
+{
+    Type pvFromType = pvFrom.getField()->getType();
+    Type pvToType = pvTo.getField()->getType();
+    if(pvFromType!=pvToType) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy: pvFrom and pvTo different types");
+    if(pvFromType==scalarArray) {
+        ScalarType pvFromScalarType= static_cast<ScalarType>(pvFromType);
+        ScalarType pvToScalarType = static_cast<ScalarType>(pvToType);
+        if(pvFromScalarType!=pvToScalarType){
+              throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy: pvFrom and pvTo different types");
+        }
     }
+    if(pvTo.isImmutable()) throw std::invalid_argument("pvSubArrayCopy: pvTo is immutable");
+    if(pvFromType==scalarArray) {
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVScalarArray &>(pvFrom) ,pvFromOffset,pvFromStride,
+           dynamic_cast<PVScalarArray&>(pvTo),
+           pvToOffset,pvToStride,count);
+    }
+    if(pvFromType==structureArray) {
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVStructureArray &>(pvFrom) ,pvFromOffset,pvFromStride,
+           dynamic_cast<PVStructureArray&>(pvTo),
+           pvToOffset,pvToStride,count);
+    }
+    if(pvFromType==unionArray) {
+           copy(dynamic_cast<PVUnionArray &>(pvFrom) ,pvFromOffset,pvFromStride,
+           dynamic_cast<PVUnionArray&>(pvTo),
+           pvToOffset,pvToStride,count);
+    }
+}
+
+void copy(
+    PVArray::shared_pointer const & pvFrom,
+    size_t pvFromOffset,
+    size_t pvFromStride,
+    PVArray::shared_pointer & pvTo,
+    size_t pvToOffset,
+    size_t pvToStride,
+    size_t count)
+{
+    copy(*pvFrom,pvFromOffset,pvFromStride,*pvTo,pvToOffset,pvToStride,count);
 }
 
 }}

src/misc/Makefile

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ INC += status.h
 INC += sharedPtr.h
 INC += localStaticLock.h
 INC += typeCast.h
-INC += printer.h
 INC += sharedVector.h
 INC += templateMeta.h
 INC += current_function.h

src/misc/bitSet.cpp

@@ -309,21 +309,6 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         return !(*this == set);
     }
 
-    void BitSet::toString(StringBuilder buffer, int /*indentLevel*/) const
-    {
-        *buffer += '{';
-        int32 i = nextSetBit(0);
-        char tmp[30];
-        if (i != -1) {
-            sprintf(tmp,"%d",(int)i); *buffer += tmp;
-            for (i = nextSetBit(i+1); i >= 0; i = nextSetBit(i+1)) {
-                int32 endOfRun = nextClearBit(i);
-                do { *buffer += ", "; sprintf(tmp,"%d",(int)i); *buffer += tmp; } while (++i < endOfRun);
-            }
-        }
-        *buffer += '}';
-    }
-
     void BitSet::serialize(ByteBuffer* buffer, SerializableControl* flusher) const {
     
         uint32 n = wordsInUse;
@@ -374,5 +359,20 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
             words[i] |= (buffer->getByte() & 0xffL) << (8 * j);
     
     }
+    
+    epicsShareExtern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const BitSet& b)
+    {
+        o << '{';
+        int32 i = b.nextSetBit(0);
+        if (i != -1) {
+            o << i;
+            for (i = b.nextSetBit(i+1); i >= 0; i = b.nextSetBit(i+1)) {
+                int32 endOfRun = b.nextClearBit(i);
+                do { o << ", " << i; } while (++i < endOfRun);
+            }
+        }
+        o << '}';
+        return o;
+    }
 
 }};

src/misc/bitSet.h

@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
     typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<BitSet> BitSetPtr;
 
     /**
+     * @brief A vector of bits.
+     *
      * This class implements a vector of bits that grows as needed. Each
-     * component of the bit set has a {@code bool} value. The
-     * bits of a {@code BitSet} are indexed by nonnegative integers.
-     * Individual indexed bits can be examined, set, or cleared. One
-     * {@code BitSet} may be used to modify the contents of another
-     * {@code BitSet} through logical AND, logical inclusive OR, and
-     * logical exclusive OR operations.
+     * component of the bit set has a @c bool value. The bits of a
+     * @c BitSet are indexed by nonnegative integers. Individual
+     * indexed bits can be examined, set, or cleared. One @c BitSet may
+     * be used to modify the contents of another @c BitSet through
+     * logical AND, logical inclusive OR, and logical exclusive OR
+     * operations.
      *
      * <p>By default, all bits in the set initially have the value
-     * {@code false}.
+     * @c false.
      *
      * <p>Every bit set has a current size, which is the number of bits
      * of space currently in use by the bit set. Note that the size is
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
      * implementation. The length of a bit set relates to logical length
      * of a bit set and is defined independently of implementation.
      *
-     * <p>A {@code BitSet} is not safe for multithreaded use without
-     * external synchronization.
+     * <p>A @c BitSet is not safe for multithreaded use without external
+     * synchronization.
      *
      * Based on Java implementation.
      */
@@ -51,14 +53,14 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         POINTER_DEFINITIONS(BitSet);
         static BitSetPtr create(uint32 nbits);
         /**
-         * Creates a new bit set. All bits are initially {@code false}.
+         * Creates a new bit set. All bits are initially @c false.
          */
         BitSet();
 
         /**
          * Creates a bit set whose initial size is large enough to explicitly
-         * represent bits with indices in the range {@code 0} through
-         * {@code nbits-1}. All bits are initially {@code false}.
+         * represent bits with indices in the range @c 0 through
+         * @c nbits-1. All bits are initially @c false.
          *
          * @param  nbits the initial size of the bit set
          */
@@ -78,14 +80,14 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         void flip(uint32 bitIndex);
 
         /**
-         * Sets the bit at the specified index to {@code true}.
+         * Sets the bit at the specified index to @c true.
          *
          * @param  bitIndex a bit index
          */
         void set(uint32 bitIndex);
 
         /**
-         * Sets the bit specified by the index to {@code false}.
+         * Sets the bit specified by the index to @c false.
          *
          * @param  bitIndex the index of the bit to be cleared
          */
@@ -101,9 +103,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
         /**
          * Returns the value of the bit with the specified index. The value
-         * is {@code true} if the bit with the index {@code bitIndex}
-         * is currently set in this {@code BitSet}; otherwise, the result
-         * is {@code false}.
+         * is @c true if the bit with the index @c bitIndex is currently
+         * set in this @c BitSet; otherwise, the result is @c false.
          *
          * @param  bitIndex   the bit index
          * @return the value of the bit with the specified index
@@ -111,16 +112,16 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         bool get(uint32 bitIndex) const;
 
         /**
-         * Sets all of the bits in this BitSet to {@code false}.
+         * Sets all of the bits in this BitSet to @c false.
          */
         void clear();
 
         /**
-         * Returns the index of the first bit that is set to {@code true}
-         * that occurs on or after the specified starting index. If no such
-         * bit exists then {@code -1} is returned.
+         * Returns the index of the first bit that is set to @c true that
+         * occurs on or after the specified starting index. If no such bit
+         * exists then @c -1 is returned.
          *
-         * <p>To iterate over the {@code true} bits in a {@code BitSet},
+         * <p>To iterate over the @c true bits in a @c BitSet,
          * use the following loop:
          *
          *  <pre> {@code
@@ -129,13 +130,13 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
          * }}</pre>
          *
          * @param  fromIndex the index to start checking from (inclusive)
-         * @return the index of the next set bit, or {@code -1} if there
+         * @return the index of the next set bit, or @c -1 if there
          *         is no such bit
          */
         int32 nextSetBit(uint32 fromIndex) const;
 
         /**
-         * Returns the index of the first bit that is set to {@code false}
+         * Returns the index of the first bit that is set to @c false
          * that occurs on or after the specified starting index.
          *
          * @param  fromIndex the index to start checking from (inclusive)
@@ -144,23 +145,23 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         int32 nextClearBit(uint32 fromIndex) const;
 
         /**
-         * Returns true if this {@code BitSet} contains no bits that are set
-         * to {@code true}.
+         * Returns true if this @c BitSet contains no bits that are set
+         * to @c true.
          *
-         * @return indicating whether this {@code BitSet} is empty
+         * @return indicating whether this @c BitSet is empty
          */
         bool isEmpty() const;
 
         /**
-         * Returns the number of bits set to {@code true} in this {@code BitSet}.
+         * Returns the number of bits set to @c true in this @c BitSet.
          *
-         * @return the number of bits set to {@code true} in this {@code BitSet}
+         * @return the number of bits set to @c true in this @c BitSet
          */
         uint32 cardinality() const;
 
         /**
          * Returns the number of bits of space actually in use by this
-         * {@code BitSet} to represent bit values.
+         * @c BitSet to represent bit values.
          * The maximum element in the set is the size - 1st element.
          *
          * @return the number of bits currently in this bit set
@@ -170,9 +171,9 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         /**
          * Performs a logical <b>AND</b> of this target bit set with the
          * argument bit set. This bit set is modified so that each bit in it
-         * has the value {@code true} if and only if it both initially
-         * had the value {@code true} and the corresponding bit in the
-         * bit set argument also had the value {@code true}.
+         * has the value @c true if and only if it both initially
+         * had the value @c true and the corresponding bit in the
+         * bit set argument also had the value @c true.
          *
          * @param set a bit set
          */
@@ -181,9 +182,9 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         /**
          * Performs a logical <b>OR</b> of this bit set with the bit set
          * argument. This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the
-         * value {@code true} if and only if it either already had the
-         * value {@code true} or the corresponding bit in the bit set
-         * argument has the value {@code true}.
+         * value @c true if and only if it either already had the
+         * value @c true or the corresponding bit in the bit set
+         * argument has the value @c true.
          *
          * @param set a bit set
          */
@@ -192,13 +193,13 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         /**
          * Performs a logical <b>XOR</b> of this bit set with the bit set
          * argument. This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the
-         * value {@code true} if and only if one of the following
+         * value @c true if and only if one of the following
          * statements holds:
          * <ul>
-         * <li>The bit initially has the value {@code true}, and the
-         *     corresponding bit in the argument has the value {@code false}.
-         * <li>The bit initially has the value {@code false}, and the
-         *     corresponding bit in the argument has the value {@code true}.
+         * <li>The bit initially has the value @c true, and the
+         *     corresponding bit in the argument has the value @c false.
+         * <li>The bit initially has the value @c false, and the
+         *     corresponding bit in the argument has the value @c true.
          * </ul>
          *
          * @param  set a bit set
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         BitSet& operator^=(const BitSet& set);
 
         /**
-          * Assigment operator.
+          * Assignment operator.
           */
         BitSet& operator=(const BitSet &set);
 
@@ -225,8 +226,6 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
         bool operator!=(const BitSet &set) const;
 
-        void toString(StringBuilder buffer, int indentLevel = 0) const;
-
         virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
             SerializableControl *flusher) const;
         virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
@@ -317,6 +316,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
          static uint32 bitCount(uint64 i);
 
     };
+    
+    epicsShareExtern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const BitSet& b);
 
 }}
 #endif  /* BITSET_H */

src/misc/byteBuffer.h

@@ -144,6 +144,24 @@ inline int64 swap(int64 val)
     return swap64(val);
 }
 
+template<>
+inline uint16 swap(uint16 val)
+{
+    return swap16(val);
+}
+
+template<>
+inline uint32 swap(uint32 val)
+{
+    return swap32(val);
+}
+
+template<>
+inline uint64 swap(uint64 val)
+{
+    return swap64(val);
+}
+
 template<>
 inline float swap(float val)
 {
@@ -188,8 +206,9 @@ inline double swap(double val)
 #endif
 
 /**
- * This class implements {@code Bytebuffer} that is like the {@code java.nio.ByteBuffer}.
- * <p>A {@code BitSet} is not safe for multithreaded use without
+ * @brief This class implements a Bytebuffer that is like the java.nio.ByteBuffer.
+ * 
+ * <p>A @c BitSet is not safe for multithreaded use without
  * external synchronization.
  *
  * Based on Java implementation.
@@ -354,7 +373,7 @@ public:
     template<typename T>
     inline void put(std::size_t index, T value);
     /**
-     * Get the new object from  the byte buffer. The item MUST have type {@code T}.
+     * Get the new object from  the byte buffer. The item MUST have type @c T.
      * The position is adjusted based on the type.
      *
      * @return The object.
@@ -368,7 +387,7 @@ public:
 #endif
     /**
      * Get the new object from  the byte buffer at the specified index.
-     * The item MUST have type {@code T}.
+     * The item MUST have type @c T.
      * The position is adjusted based on the type.
      *
      * @param index The location in the byte buffer.
@@ -380,9 +399,9 @@ public:
      * Put a sub-array of bytes into the byte buffer.
      * The position is increased by the count.
      *
-     * @param  src    The source array.
-     * @param  offset The starting position within src.
-     * @param  count  The number of bytes to put into the byte buffer,
+     * @param  src        The source array.
+     * @param  src_offset The starting position within src.
+     * @param  count      The number of bytes to put into the byte buffer,
      */
     inline void put(const char* src, std::size_t src_offset, std::size_t count) {
         //if(count>getRemaining()) THROW_BASE_EXCEPTION("buffer overflow");
@@ -393,9 +412,9 @@ public:
      * Get a sub-array of bytes from the byte buffer.
      * The position is increased by the count.
      *
-     * @param  dest    The destination array.
-     * @param  offset The starting position within src.
-     * @param  count  The number of bytes to put into the byte buffer,
+     * @param  dest        The destination array.
+     * @param  dest_offset The starting position within src.
+     * @param  count       The number of bytes to put into the byte buffer.
      */
     inline void get(char* dest, std::size_t dest_offset, std::size_t count) {
         //if(count>getRemaining()) THROW_BASE_EXCEPTION("buffer overflow");
@@ -403,7 +422,7 @@ public:
         _position += count;
     }
     /**
-     * Put an array of type {@code T} into the byte buffer.
+     * Put an array of type @c T into the byte buffer.
      * The position is adjusted.
      *
      * @param  values The input array.
@@ -412,7 +431,7 @@ public:
     template<typename T>
     inline void putArray(const T* values, std::size_t count);
     /**
-     * Get an array of type {@code T} from the byte buffer.
+     * Get an array of type @c T from the byte buffer.
      * The position is adjusted.
      *
      * @param  values The destination array.
@@ -618,7 +637,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Get a boolean value from the byte buffer at the specified index.
      *
-     * @param  double The offset in the byte buffer.
+     * @param  index The offset in the byte buffer.
      * @return The value.
      */
     inline double getDouble (std::size_t  index) { return get<double>(index); }
@@ -695,7 +714,7 @@ private:
         }
         else
         {
-            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always payoff
+            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always pay off
             if (ADAPTIVE_ACCESS && is_aligned(_position, sizeof(T)))
             {
                 *((T*)_position) = value;
@@ -738,12 +757,12 @@ private:
 
         if (UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
         {
-            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access preety good (e.g. x86)
+            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access pretty good (e.g. x86)
             *((T*)(_buffer + index)) = value;
         }
         else
         {
-            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always payoff
+            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always pay off
             if (ADAPTIVE_ACCESS && is_aligned(_position, sizeof(T)))
             {
                 *((T*)(_buffer + index)) = value;
@@ -786,13 +805,13 @@ private:
 
         if (UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
         {
-            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access preety good (e.g. x86)
+            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access pretty good (e.g. x86)
             value = *((T*)_position);
             _position += sizeof(T);
         }
         else
         {
-            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always payoff
+            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always pay off
             if (ADAPTIVE_ACCESS && is_aligned(_position, sizeof(T)))
             {
                 value = *((T*)_position);
@@ -838,12 +857,12 @@ private:
 
         if (UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
         {
-            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access preety good (e.g. x86)
+            // NOTE: some CPU handle unaligned access pretty good (e.g. x86)
             value = *((T*)(_buffer + index));
         }
         else
         {
-            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always payoff
+            // NOTE: this check and branching does not always pay off
             if (ADAPTIVE_ACCESS && is_aligned(_position, sizeof(T)))
             {
                 value = *((T*)(_buffer + index));
@@ -890,7 +909,7 @@ private:
         memcpy(_position, values, n);
         _position += n;
 
-        // ... so that we can be fast changing endianess
+        // ... so that we can be fast changing endianness
         if (ENDIANESS_SUPPORT && reverse<T>())
         {
             for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
@@ -918,7 +937,7 @@ private:
         memcpy(values, _position, n);
         _position += n;
 
-        // ... so that we can be fast changing endianess
+        // ... so that we can be fast changing endianness
         if (ENDIANESS_SUPPORT && reverse<T>())
         {
             for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)

src/misc/destroyable.h

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 
         /**
-         * Instance declaring destroy method.
+         * @brief Instance declaring destroy method.
+         * 
          * @author mse
          */
         class epicsShareClass Destroyable {

src/misc/epicsException.cpp

@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <string>
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/epicsException.h>
 
+using std::string;
 
 namespace epics{ namespace pvData {
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ ExceptionMixin::print(FILE *fp) const
 #endif
 }
 
-std::string
+string
 ExceptionMixin::show() const
 {
     std::ostringstream out;
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ BaseException::what() const throw()
     try{
         if (base_msg.size()==0) {
             const char *base=std::logic_error::what();
-            std::string out, stack;
+            string out, stack;
 
             const ExceptionMixin *info=dynamic_cast<const ExceptionMixin*>(this);
             if(info) {

src/misc/epicsException.h

@@ -202,13 +202,26 @@ do { \
 #define THROW_EXCEPTION2(E,A) do{throw (E)(A);}while(0)
 
 #endif // THROW_EXCEPTION_COMPAT
-
+/**
+ * @brief Base for pvData exceptions.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass BaseException : public std::logic_error {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
     explicit BaseException(const std::string msg) : std::logic_error(msg) {}
 
+    /**
+     * Destructor.
+     */
     virtual ~BaseException() throw(){};
 
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Reason for excepton.
+     */
     virtual const char* what() const throw();
 
 private:

src/misc/event.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <pv/lock.h>
 #include <pv/event.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 
@@ -36,34 +38,33 @@ Event::~Event() {
 
 
 Event::Event(bool full)
-: id(epicsEventCreate(full?epicsEventFull : epicsEventEmpty)),
-  alreadyOn("already on list")
+: id(epicsEventCreate(full?epicsEventFull : epicsEventEmpty))
 {
 }
 
 void Event::signal()
 {
-    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(String("event was deleted"));
+    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(string("event was deleted"));
     epicsEventSignal(id);
 }
 
 bool Event::wait ()
 {
-    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(String("event was deleted"));
+    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(string("event was deleted"));
     epicsEventWaitStatus status = epicsEventWait(id);
     return status==epicsEventWaitOK ? true : false;
 }
 
 bool Event::wait ( double timeOut )
 {
-    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(String("event was deleted"));
+    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(string("event was deleted"));
     epicsEventWaitStatus status = epicsEventWaitWithTimeout(id,timeOut);
     return status==epicsEventWaitOK ? true : false;
 }
 
 bool Event::tryWait ()
 {
-    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(String("event was deleted"));
+    if(id==0) throw std::logic_error(string("event was deleted"));
     epicsEventWaitStatus status = epicsEventTryWait(id);
     return status==epicsEventWaitOK ? true : false;
 }

src/misc/event.h

@@ -35,18 +35,44 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 class Event;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<Event> EventPtr;
 
+/**
+ * @brief C++ wrapper for epicsEvent from EPICS base.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Event {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Event);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
     explicit Event(bool = false);
+    /**
+     * Destructor.
+     */
     ~Event();
+    /**
+     * Signal the event i.e. ensures that the next or current call to wait completes. 
+     */
     void signal();
+    /**
+     * wait 
+     * @return (false,true) if (some error, event signaled).
+     * The next wait or tryWait will clear signal.
+     */
     bool wait (); /* blocks until full */
+    /**
+     * wait for up to timeOut seconds.
+     * @param timeOut max number of seconds to wait
+     * @return (false, true) if (timeout or error, event signaled).
+     */
     bool wait ( double timeOut ); /* false if empty at time out */
+    /**
+     * See if a signal has been called.
+     * @return (false, true) if (timeout or error, event signaled).
+     */
     bool tryWait (); /* false if empty */
 private:
     epicsEventId id;
-    String alreadyOn;
 };
 
 }}

src/misc/executor.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/executor.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 // special instance to stop the executor thread
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ static
 std::tr1::shared_ptr<Command> shutdown(new ExecutorShutdown());
 
 
-Executor::Executor(String threadName,ThreadPriority priority)
+Executor::Executor(string const & threadName,ThreadPriority priority)
 :  thread(threadName,priority,this)
 {
 } 
@@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ void Executor::run()
 {
     Lock xx(mutex);
     while(true) {
-        while(head.get()==NULL) {
+        while(!head.get()) {
             xx.unlock();
             moreWork.wait();
             xx.lock();
         }
         CommandPtr command = head;
         head = command->next;
-        if(command.get()==NULL) continue;
+        if(!command.get()) continue;
         if(command.get()==shutdown.get()) break;
         xx.unlock();
         try {
@@ -80,13 +82,13 @@ void Executor::execute(CommandPtr const & command)
 {
     Lock xx(mutex);
     command->next.reset();
-    if(head.get()==NULL) {
+    if(!head.get()) {
         head = command;
         moreWork.signal();
         return;
     }
     CommandPtr tail = head;
-    while(tail->next!=NULL) tail = tail->next;
+    while(tail->next) tail = tail->next;
     tail->next = command;   
 }
 

src/misc/executor.h

@@ -27,22 +27,56 @@ class Executor;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<Command> CommandPtr;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<Executor> ExecutorPtr;
 
+/**
+ * @brief A command to be called by Executor
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Command {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Command);
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~Command(){}
+    /**
+     * 
+     * The command that is executed.
+     */
     virtual void command() = 0;
 private:
     CommandPtr next;
     friend class Executor;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief A class that executes commands.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Executor : public Runnable{
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Executor);
-    Executor(String threadName,ThreadPriority priority);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param threadName name for the executor thread.
+     * @param priority The thread priority.
+     */
+    Executor(std::string const & threadName,ThreadPriority priority);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     ~Executor();
-    void execute(CommandPtr const &node);
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Request to execute a command.
+     * @param command A shared pointer to the command instance.
+     */
+    void execute(CommandPtr const &command);
+    /**
+     * 
+     * The thread run method.
+     */
     virtual void run();
 private:
     CommandPtr head;

src/misc/lock.h

@@ -38,12 +38,30 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 typedef epicsMutex Mutex;
 
+/**
+ * @brief A lock for multithreading
+ *
+ * This is based on item 14 of 
+ *  * Effective C++, Third Edition, Scott Meyers
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Lock : private NoDefaultMethods {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param m The mutex for the facility being locked.
+     */
     explicit Lock(Mutex &m)
     : mutexPtr(m), locked(true)
     { mutexPtr.lock();}
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     * Note that destructor does an automatic unlock.
+     */
     ~Lock(){unlock();}
+    /**
+     * Take the lock
+     * Recursive locks are supported but each lock must be matched with an unlock.
+     */
     void lock()
     {
         if(!locked) 
@@ -52,6 +70,9 @@ public:
             locked = true;
         }
     }
+    /** 
+     * release the lock.
+     */
     void unlock()
     {
         if(locked)
@@ -60,6 +81,10 @@ public:
             locked=false;
         }
     }
+    /** 
+     * If lock is not held take the lock.
+     * @return (false,true) if caller (does not have, has) the lock.
+     */
     bool tryLock()
     {
          if(locked) return true;
@@ -69,6 +94,10 @@ public:
          }
          return false;
     }
+    /** 
+     * See if caller has the lock,
+     * @return (false,true) if caller (does not have, has) the lock.
+     */
     bool ownsLock() const{return locked;}
 private:
     Mutex &mutexPtr;

src/misc/messageQueue.cpp

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include <pv/messageQueue.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 MessageNode::MessageNode()
 : messageType(infoMessage)
 {}
 
-String MessageNode::getMessage() const
+string MessageNode::getMessage() const
 {
     return message;
 }
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ void MessageQueue::release() {
     releaseUsed(lastGet);
     lastGet.reset();
 }
-bool MessageQueue::put(String message,MessageType messageType,bool replaceLast)
+bool MessageQueue::put(string message,MessageType messageType,bool replaceLast)
 {
     MessageNodePtr node = getFree();
     if(node.get()!= NULL) {

src/misc/messageQueue.h

@@ -28,30 +28,92 @@ typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<MessageNode> MessageNodePtr;
 typedef std::vector<MessageNodePtr> MessageNodePtrArray;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<MessageQueue> MessageQueuePtr;
 
+/**
+ * @brief A node that can be put on a MessageQueue.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass MessageNode {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
     MessageNode();
-    String getMessage() const;
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Get the message value.
+     * @return The message value.
+     */
+    std::string getMessage() const;
+    /** 
+     * Get the message type.
+     * @return The message type which is defined in Requester.
+     */
     MessageType getMessageType() const;
 private:
-    String message;
+    std::string message;
     MessageType messageType;
     friend class MessageQueue;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief A bounded queue for messages.
+ *
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass MessageQueue : public Queue<MessageNode> {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(MessageQueue);
+    /**
+     * Factory method to create a MessageQueue.
+     * @param size The number of MessageNodes in the queue.
+     * @return shared_ptr to MessageQueue.
+     */
     static MessageQueuePtr create(int size);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param nodeArray an array of shared_ptr to MessageNodes,
+     */
     MessageQueue(MessageNodePtrArray &nodeArray);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~MessageQueue();
+    /**
+     * get the next MessageNode of the queue.
+     * @return A shared_ptr to the MessageNode.
+     * This will be a null pointer if queue is empty.
+     * If get is successful then release for this MessageNode
+     * must be called before another get can be issued.
+     */
     MessageNodePtr &get();
-    // must call release before next get
+    /**
+     * Release the MessageNode that was returned by the previous call to get.
+     */
     void release();
-    // return (false,true) if message (was not, was) put into queue
-    bool put(String message,MessageType messageType,bool replaceLast);
+    /**
+     * 
+     * put a message into the message queue
+     * @param message The message string.
+     * @param messageType The message type as defined in Requester,
+     * @param replaceLast If true and queue is full then replace.
+     * @return (false,true) if a message (was not, was) put in queiue.
+     */
+    bool put(std::string message,MessageType messageType,bool replaceLast);
+    /**
+     * Is queue empty?
+     * @return (false,true) if (is not, is) empty.
+     */
     bool isEmpty() ;
+    /**
+     * Is queue full?
+     * @return (false,true) if (is not, is) full.
+     */
     bool isFull() ;
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Clear number of times queue was overrun and return the number
+     * of times the queue was overrun.
+     */
     int getClearOverrun();
 private:
     MessageNodePtr nullNode;

src/misc/noDefaultMethods.h

@@ -17,17 +17,26 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
  * Effective C++, Third Edition, Scott Meyers
  */
 
-
-    class epicsShareClass NoDefaultMethods {
-    protected:
-    // allow by derived objects
+/**
+ * @brief Base class for not allowing default methods.
+ *
+ * Note that copy constructor a copy methods are declared private.
+ */
+class epicsShareClass NoDefaultMethods {
+protected:
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
     NoDefaultMethods(){};
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     ~NoDefaultMethods(){}
     private:
-    // do not implment
+    // do not implement
     NoDefaultMethods(const NoDefaultMethods&);
     NoDefaultMethods & operator=(const NoDefaultMethods &);
-    };
+};
 
 }}
 #endif  /* NO_DEFAULT_METHODS_H */

src/misc/parseToPOD.cpp

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include "typeCast.h"
 
+using std::string;
+
 // need to use "long long" when sizeof(int)==sizeof(long)
-#if (ULONG_MAX == 0xfffffffful) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__rtems__)
+#if (ULONG_MAX == 0xfffffffful) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__rtems__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 #define NEED_LONGLONG
 #endif
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if EPICS_VERSION_INT < VERSION_INT(3,15,0,1)
-/* integer conversion primatives added to epicsStdlib.c in 3.15.0.1 */
+/* integer conversion primitives added to epicsStdlib.c in 3.15.0.1 */
 
 #define S_stdlib_noConversion 1 /* No digits to convert */
 #define S_stdlib_extraneous   2 /* Extraneous characters */
@@ -247,7 +249,18 @@ epicsParseFloat(const char *str, float *to, char **units)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(NEED_LONGLONG) && (defined(__vxworks) || defined (_WIN32))
+// MS Visual Studio 2013 defines strtoll, etc.
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#  if (_MSC_VER >= 1800)
+#    define WIN_NEEDS_OLL_FUNC 0
+#  else
+#    define WIN_NEEDS_OLL_FUNC 1
+#  endif
+#else
+#  define WIN_NEEDS_OLL_FUNC 0
+#endif
+
+#if defined(NEED_LONGLONG) && (defined(__vxworks) || WIN_NEEDS_OLL_FUNC)
 static
 long long strtoll(const char *ptr, char ** endp, int base)
 {
@@ -295,6 +308,71 @@ noconvert:
     return 0;
 }
 
+#if defined(__vxworks)
+/* vxworks version of std::istringstream >>uint64_t is buggy, we use out own implementation */
+static
+unsigned long long strtoull(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base)
+{
+  const char *s = nptr;
+  unsigned long long acc;
+  int c;
+  unsigned long long cutoff;
+  int neg = 0, any, cutlim;
+
+  do
+    c = *s++;
+  while (isspace(c));
+  if (c == '-')
+    {
+      neg = 1;
+      c = *s++;
+    }
+  else if (c == '+')
+    c = *s++;
+  if ((base == 0 || base == 16) &&
+      c == '0' && (*s == 'x' || *s == 'X'))
+    {
+      c = s[1];
+      s += 2;
+      base = 16;
+    }
+  if (base == 0)
+    base = c == '0' ? 8 : 10;
+
+  cutoff = (unsigned long long) UINT64_MAX / (unsigned long long) base;
+  cutlim = (unsigned long long) UINT64_MAX % (unsigned long long) base;
+
+  for (acc = 0, any = 0;; c = *s++)
+    {
+      if (isdigit(c))
+        c -= '0';
+      else if (isalpha(c))
+        c -= isupper(c) ? 'A' - 10 : 'a' - 10;
+      else
+        break;
+      if (c >= base)
+        break;
+      if (any < 0 || acc > cutoff || (acc == cutoff && c > cutlim))
+        any = -1;
+      else
+        {
+          any = 1;
+          acc *= base;
+          acc += c;
+        }
+    }
+  if (any < 0)
+    {
+      acc = UINT64_MAX;
+      errno = ERANGE;
+    }
+  else if (neg)
+    acc = -acc;
+  if (endptr != 0)
+    *endptr = any ? (char *) s - 1 : (char *) nptr;
+  return (acc);
+}
+#else
 static
 unsigned long long strtoull(const char *ptr, char ** endp, int base)
 {
@@ -337,7 +415,7 @@ noconvert:
     *endp = (char*)ptr;
     return 0;
 }
-
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* do we need long long? */
@@ -422,18 +500,18 @@ void handleParseError(int err)
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { namespace detail {
 
-void parseToPOD(const std::string & in, boolean *out)
+void parseToPOD(const string & in, boolean *out)
 {
     if(epicsStrCaseCmp(in.c_str(),"true")==0)
         *out = 1;
     else if(epicsStrCaseCmp(in.c_str(),"false")==0)
         *out = 0;
     else
-        throw std::runtime_error("parseToPOD: String no match true/false");
+        throw std::runtime_error("parseToPOD: string no match true/false");
 }
 
 #define INTFN(T, S) \
-void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, T *out) { \
+void parseToPOD(const string& in, T *out) { \
     epics ## S temp; \
     int err = epicsParse ## S (in.c_str(), &temp, 0, NULL); \
     if(err)   handleParseError(err); \
@@ -447,7 +525,7 @@ INTFN(uint16_t, UInt16);
 INTFN(int32_t, Int32);
 INTFN(uint32_t, UInt32);
 
-void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, int64_t *out) {
+void parseToPOD(const string& in, int64_t *out) {
 #ifdef NEED_LONGLONG
     int err = epicsParseLongLong(in.c_str(), out, 0, NULL);
 #else
@@ -456,7 +534,7 @@ void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, int64_t *out) {
     if(err)   handleParseError(err);
 }
 
-void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, uint64_t *out) {
+void parseToPOD(const string& in, uint64_t *out) {
 #ifdef NEED_LONGLONG
     int err = epicsParseULongLong(in.c_str(), out, 0, NULL);
 #else
@@ -465,14 +543,34 @@ void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, uint64_t *out) {
     if(err)   handleParseError(err);
 }
 
-void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, float *out) {
+void parseToPOD(const string& in, float *out) {
     int err = epicsParseFloat(in.c_str(), out, NULL);
     if(err)   handleParseError(err);
 }
 
-void parseToPOD(const std::string& in, double *out) {
+void parseToPOD(const string& in, double *out) {
     int err = epicsParseDouble(in.c_str(), out, NULL);
     if(err)   handleParseError(err);
+#if defined(__vxworks)
+    /* vxWorks strtod returns [-]epicsINF when it should return ERANGE error
+     * if [-]epicsINF is returned and first char is a digit then translate this into ERANGE error
+     */
+    else if (*out == epicsINF || *out == -epicsINF) {
+        const char* s = in.c_str();
+        int c;
+
+        /* skip spaces and the sign */
+        do {
+            c = *s++;
+        } while (isspace(c));
+
+        if (c == '-' || c == '+')
+            c = *s++;
+
+        if (isdigit(c))
+            handleParseError(S_stdlib_overflow);
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 }}}

src/misc/queue.h

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
+/**
+ * @brief Template class for a bounded queue.
+ *
+ * An instance can make a queueElement be any class desired
+ * but must create a std::vector of shared_ptr to queueElements.
+ */
 template <typename T>
 class Queue
 {
@@ -25,15 +31,58 @@ public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Queue);
     typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<T> queueElementPtr;
     typedef std::vector<queueElementPtr> queueElementPtrArray;
-    Queue(queueElementPtrArray &);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param elementArray The vector of shared_ptr to queue elements.
+     */
+    Queue(queueElementPtrArray & elementArray);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~Queue();
+    /**
+     * Clear the queue.
+     */
     void clear();
+    /** 
+     * get the capacity of the queue, i. e. number of queue elements,
+     * @return The capacity.
+     */
     int capacity();
+    /**
+     * Get the number of free elements in the queue.
+     * @return The number.
+     */
     int getNumberFree();
+    /**
+     * Get the number of used elements in the queue.
+     * This is the number that have been setUsed but not released.
+     * @return The number.
+     */
     int getNumberUsed();
+    /**
+     * Get the next free element.
+     * @return a shared_ptr to the queue element.
+     * This is null if queue was full.
+     */
     queueElementPtr & getFree();
+    /**
+     * Set the element returned by getFree as used.
+     * Until this is called getUsed will not return it.
+     * @param element The element. It must be the element returned
+     * by the most recent call to getUsed.
+     */
     void setUsed(queueElementPtr const &element);
+    /**
+     * Get the oldest used element;
+     * @return a shared_ptr to the queue element.
+     * This is null if no used element is available.`
+     */
     queueElementPtr & getUsed();
+    /**
+     * Release the element obtained by the most recent call to getUsed.
+     * @param element The element.
+     */
     void releaseUsed(queueElementPtr const &element);
 private:
     queueElementPtr nullElement;

src/misc/requester.cpp

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 #include <pv/lock.h>
 #include <pv/requester.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 static StringArray messageTypeName(MESSAGE_TYPE_COUNT);
 
-String getMessageTypeName(MessageType messageType)
+string getMessageTypeName(MessageType messageType)
 {
     // TODO not thread-safe
     static Mutex mutex;

src/misc/requester.h

@@ -26,14 +26,46 @@ enum MessageType {
 };
 #define MESSAGE_TYPE_COUNT 4
 
-epicsShareExtern String getMessageTypeName(MessageType messageType);
+epicsShareExtern std::string getMessageTypeName(MessageType messageType);
+
+/**
+ *  @brief Callback class for passing messages to a requester.
+ *
+ *  This is used by many other classes and also extended by other classes.
+ *  The request is passed a message and a messageType.
+ *  A message is just a string and a messageType is:
+@code
+enum MessageType {
+   infoMessage,warningMessage,errorMessage,fatalErrorMessage
+};
+@endcode
+ *
+ */
 
 class epicsShareClass Requester {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Requester);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~Requester(){}
-    virtual String getRequesterName() = 0;
-    virtual void message(String const & message,MessageType messageType) = 0;
+    /**
+     * The requester must have a name.
+     * @return The requester's name.
+     */
+    virtual std::string getRequesterName() = 0;
+    /**
+     * 
+     * A message for the requester.
+     * @param message The message.
+     * @param messageType The type of message:
+     @code
+     enum MessageType {
+        infoMessage,warningMessage,errorMessage,fatalErrorMessage
+     };
+     @endcode
+     */
+    virtual void message(std::string const & message,MessageType messageType) = 0;
 };
 
 }}

src/misc/serialize.h

@@ -25,51 +25,184 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
     class BitSet;
     class Field;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Callback class for serialization.
+     *
+     * This must be provided by code that calls serialize.
+     */
     class epicsShareClass SerializableControl {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
         virtual ~SerializableControl(){}
+        /**
+         * Done with this buffer. Flush it.
+         */
         virtual void flushSerializeBuffer() =0;
+        /**
+         * Make sure buffer has at least size bytes remaining.
+         * If not flush existing buffer and provide a new one.
+         * @param size The number of bytes.
+         */
         virtual void ensureBuffer(std::size_t size) =0;
+        /**
+         * Add pad bytes to buffer.
+         * @param alignment alignment required.
+         */
         virtual void alignBuffer(std::size_t alignment) =0;
-        virtual bool directSerialize(ByteBuffer *existingBuffer, const char* toSerialize,
-                                     std::size_t elementCount, std::size_t elementSize) = 0;
-        virtual void cachedSerialize(std::tr1::shared_ptr<const Field> const & field, ByteBuffer* buffer) = 0;
+        /**
+         * method for serializing array data.
+         * This should only be used for arrays of primitive types.
+         * i. e. boolean,byte,...,double.
+         * It can not be called for string, structure, or union arrays.
+         * @param existingBuffer the existing buffer from the caller.
+         * @param toSerialize location of data to be put into buffer.
+         * @param elementCount number of elements.
+         * @param elementSize element size.
+         */
+        virtual bool directSerialize(
+            ByteBuffer *existingBuffer,
+            const char* toSerialize,
+            std::size_t elementCount,
+            std::size_t elementSize) = 0;
+        /**
+         * serialize via cache
+         * @param field instance to be serialized
+         * @param buffer buffer to be serialized to
+         */
+        virtual void cachedSerialize(
+            std::tr1::shared_ptr<const Field> const & field,
+            ByteBuffer* buffer) = 0;
     };
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Callback class for deserialization.
+     *
+     * This must be provided by code that calls deserialize.
+     */
     class epicsShareClass DeserializableControl {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
         virtual ~DeserializableControl(){}
+        /**
+         * Helper method.
+         * Ensures specified size of bytes, provides it if necessary.
+         * @param size The number of bytes.
+         */
         virtual void ensureData(std::size_t size) =0;
+        /**
+         * Align buffer.
+         * Note that this takes care only current buffer alignment.
+         * If streaming protocol is used,
+         * care must be taken that entire stream is aligned.
+         * @param alignment size in bytes, must be power of two.
+         */
         virtual void alignData(std::size_t alignment) =0;
-        virtual bool directDeserialize(ByteBuffer *existingBuffer, char* deserializeTo,
-                                       std::size_t elementCount, std::size_t elementSize) = 0;
-        virtual std::tr1::shared_ptr<const Field> cachedDeserialize(ByteBuffer* buffer) = 0;
+        /**
+         * method for deserializing array data.
+         * This should only be used for arrays of primitive types.
+         * i. e. boolean,byte,...,double.
+         * It can not be called for string, structure, or union arrays.
+         * @param existingBuffer the existing buffer from the caller.
+         * @param deserializeTo location of data.
+         * @param elementCount number of elements.
+         * @param elementSize element size.
+         */
+        virtual bool directDeserialize(
+            ByteBuffer *existingBuffer,
+            char* deserializeTo,
+            std::size_t elementCount,
+            std::size_t elementSize) = 0;
+        /**
+         * deserialize via cache
+         * @param buffer buffer to be deserialized from
+         */
+        virtual std::tr1::shared_ptr<const Field> cachedDeserialize(
+            ByteBuffer* buffer) = 0;
     };
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Base class for serialization.
+     *
+     */
     class epicsShareClass Serializable {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
         virtual ~Serializable(){}
+        /**
+         * Serialize field into given buffer.
+         * @param buffer serialization buffer.
+         * @param flusher flush interface.
+         */
         virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
             SerializableControl *flusher) const = 0;
+	/**
+         * Deserialize buffer.
+         * @param buffer serialization buffer.
+         * @param flusher deserialization control.
+         */
         virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
             DeserializableControl *flusher) = 0;
     };
 
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Class for serializing bitSets.
+     *
+     */
     class epicsShareClass BitSetSerializable {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
         virtual ~BitSetSerializable(){}
+        /**
+         * Serialize field into given buffer.
+         * @param buffer serialization buffer.
+         * @param flusher flush interface.
+         * @param bitSet The bitSet to serialize.
+         */
         virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
             SerializableControl *flusher,BitSet *bitSet) const = 0;
+	/**
+         * Deserialize buffer.
+         * @param buffer serialization buffer.
+         * @param flusher deserialization control.
+         * @param bitSet The bitSet to deserialize.
+         */
         virtual void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
             DeserializableControl *flusher,BitSet *bitSet) = 0;
     };
 
 
-    class epicsShareClass SerializableArray : virtual public Serializable {
+    /**
+     * @brief Class for serializing arrays.
+     *
+     */
+    class epicsShareClass SerializableArray : public virtual Serializable {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
         virtual ~SerializableArray(){}
-        virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer,
-            SerializableControl *flusher, std::size_t offset, std::size_t count) const = 0;
+        using Serializable::serialize;
+        /**
+         * Serialize field into given buffer.
+         * @param buffer serialization buffer.
+         * @param flusher flush interface.
+         * @param offset offset in elements.
+         * @param count number of elements
+         */
+        virtual void serialize(
+            ByteBuffer *buffer,
+            SerializableControl *flusher,
+            std::size_t offset,
+            std::size_t count) const = 0;
     };
 
 }}

src/misc/serializeHelper.cpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * serializeHelper.cpp
  *
  *  Created on: Oct 22, 2010
- *      Author: Miha vitorovic
+ *      Author: Miha Vitorovic
  */
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace epics {
                 return (std::size_t)(b<0 ? b+256 : b);
         }
 
-        void SerializeHelper::serializeString(const String& value,
+        void SerializeHelper::serializeString(const string& value,
                 ByteBuffer* buffer, SerializableControl* flusher) {
             std::size_t len = value.length();
             SerializeHelper::writeSize(len, buffer, flusher);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace epics {
             }
         }
 
-        void SerializeHelper::serializeSubstring(const String& value,
+        void SerializeHelper::serializeSubstring(const string& value,
                 std::size_t offset, std::size_t count, ByteBuffer* buffer,
                 SerializableControl* flusher) {
             /*if(offset<0)
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ namespace epics {
             }
         }
         
-        static String emptyString;
+        static string emptyStringtring;
 
-        String SerializeHelper::deserializeString(ByteBuffer* buffer,
+        string SerializeHelper::deserializeString(ByteBuffer* buffer,
                 DeserializableControl* control) {
 
             std::size_t size = SerializeHelper::readSize(buffer, control);
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ namespace epics {
                 {
                     // entire string is in buffer, simply create a string out of it (copy)
                     std::size_t pos = buffer->getPosition();
-                    String str(buffer->getArray()+pos, size);
+                    string str(buffer->getArray()+pos, size);
                     buffer->setPosition(pos+size);
                     return str;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    String str;
+                    string str;
                     str.reserve(size);
                     try {
                         std::size_t i = 0;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace epics {
                 }
             }
             else
-                return emptyString;
+                return emptyStringtring;
         }
 
     }

src/misc/serializeHelper.h

@@ -23,53 +23,63 @@
 namespace epics {
     namespace pvData {
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Serialization helper.
+         *
+         */
         class epicsShareClass SerializeHelper : public NoDefaultMethods {
         public:
 
             /**
-             * Serialize array size.
+             * Serialize the specified array size into the specified
+             * buffer, flushing when necessary.
+             * The specified SerializableControl manages any flushing
+             * required.
              *
              * @param[in] s size to encode
              * @param[in] buffer serialization buffer
-             * @param[in] flusher flusher
+             * @param[in] flusher SerializableControl to manage the flushing
              */
             static void writeSize(std::size_t s, ByteBuffer* buffer,
                     SerializableControl* flusher);
 
             /**
              * Deserialize array size.
+             * The specified DeserializableControl ensures
+             * sufficient bytes are available.
              *
              * @param[in] buffer deserialization buffer.
+             * @param[in] control the DeserializableControl.
              * @returns array size.
              */
             static std::size_t readSize(ByteBuffer* buffer,
                     DeserializableControl* control);
 
             /**
-             * String serialization helper method.
+             * std::string serialization helper method.
              *
-             * @param[in] value String to serialize
+             * @param[in] value std::string to serialize
              * @param[in] buffer serialization buffer
              * @param[in] flusher flusher
              */
-            static void serializeString(const String& value, ByteBuffer* buffer,
+            static void serializeString(const std::string& value, ByteBuffer* buffer,
                     SerializableControl* flusher);
 
             /**
-             * String serialization helper method.
+             * std::string serialization helper method.
              *
-             * @param[in] value String to serialize
-             * @param[in] offset start of the substring in {@code value}
+             * @param[in] value std::string to serialize
+             * @param[in] offset start of the substring in value
              * @param[in] count the number of characters to write
              * @param[in] buffer serialization buffer
              * @param[in] flusher flusher
              */
-            static void serializeSubstring(const String& value, std::size_t offset,
+            static void serializeSubstring(const std::string& value, std::size_t offset,
                     std::size_t count, ByteBuffer* buffer,
                     SerializableControl* flusher);
 
             /**
-             * String deserialization helper method.
+             * std::string deserialization helper method.
              * TODO This method cannot return "null", but Java implementation
              * could have serialized "null" value as well. We need to decide
              * how to deserialize "null".
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ namespace epics {
              * could have serialized "null" value as well. We need to decide
              * how to deserialize "null".
              */
-            static String deserializeString(ByteBuffer* buffer,
+            static std::string deserializeString(ByteBuffer* buffer,
                     DeserializableControl* control);
 
         private:

src/misc/sharedPtr.h

@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@
 #  undef SHARED_FROM_TR1
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#  undef SHARED_FROM_BOOST
+#  undef SHARED_FROM_TR1
+
+#include <memory>
+
+// import std classes into std::tr1
+namespace std { 
+    namespace tr1 {
+        using std::shared_ptr;
+        using std::weak_ptr;
+        using std::static_pointer_cast;
+        using std::dynamic_pointer_cast;
+        using std::const_pointer_cast;
+        using std::enable_shared_from_this;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 // go and get it
 
 #if defined(SHARED_FROM_TR1)

src/misc/sharedVector.h

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ namespace detail {
     };
 }
 
-/** @brief A holder for a contigious piece of memory.
+/** @brief A holder for a contiguous piece of memory.
  *
  * Data is shared, but offset and length are not.
  * This allows one vector to have access to only a
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ public:
      *  owner of the data array.
      *
      * If a copy is needed, memory is allocated with new[].  If this is
-     * not desireable then do something like the following.
+     * not desirable then do something like the following.
      @code
        shared_vector<E> original(...);
 
@@ -527,9 +527,12 @@ public:
 
 };
 
-//! Specialization for storing untyped pointers
-//! Does not allow access or iteration of contents
-//! other than as void* or const void*
+/**
+ * @brief Specialization for storing untyped pointers.
+ *
+ * Does not allow access or iteration of contents
+ * other than as void* or const void*
+ */
 template<typename E>
 class shared_vector<E, typename meta::is_void<E>::type >
     : public detail::shared_vector_base<E>
@@ -861,7 +864,7 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& strm, const epics::pvData::shared_vector<
  * The copy constructor and assignment operator allow implicit
  * casting from type 'shared_vector<T>' to 'shared_vector<const T>'.
  *
- * To faciliate safe modification the methods unique() and
+ * To facilitate safe modification the methods unique() and
  * make_unique() are provided.
  *
  * The slice() method selects a sub-set of the shared_vector.

src/misc/status.cpp

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 #include <pv/serializeHelper.h>
 #include <pv/status.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
 const char* Status::StatusTypeName[] = { "OK", "WARNING", "ERROR", "FATAL" };
-epics::pvData::String Status::m_emptyString;
+string Status::m_emptyStringtring;
 
 Status Status::Ok;
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ Status::Status() :
 {
 }
 
-Status::Status(StatusType type, String const & message) :
+Status::Status(StatusType type, string const & message) :
     m_statusType(type), m_message(message)
 {
     if (type == STATUSTYPE_OK)
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ Status::Status(StatusType type, String const & message) :
     //PVDATA_REFCOUNT_MONITOR_CONSTRUCT(status);
 }
 
-Status::Status(StatusType type, String const & message, String const & stackDump) :
+Status::Status(StatusType type, string const & message, string const & stackDump) :
     m_statusType(type), m_message(message), m_stackDump(stackDump)
 {
     if (type == STATUSTYPE_OK)
@@ -54,12 +56,12 @@ Status::StatusType Status::getType() const
 }
     
 
-epics::pvData::String Status::getMessage() const
+string Status::getMessage() const
 {
     return m_message;
 }
     
-epics::pvData::String Status::getStackDump() const
+string Status::getStackDump() const
 {
     return m_stackDump;
 }
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ void Status::deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *flusher)
 	   if (m_statusType != STATUSTYPE_OK)
 	   {
 	       m_statusType = STATUSTYPE_OK;
-	       m_message = m_stackDump = m_emptyString;
+	       m_message = m_stackDump = m_emptyStringtring;
 	   }
 	}
 	else
@@ -111,29 +113,26 @@ void Status::deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *flusher)
 	}
 }
 
-String Status::toString() const
+void Status::dump(std::ostream& o) const
 {
-    String str;
-    toString(&str, 0);
-    return str;
+    o << "Status [type=" << Status::StatusTypeName[m_statusType];
+    if (!m_message.empty())
+        o << ", message=" << m_message;
+    if (!m_stackDump.empty())
+        o << ", stackDump=" << std::endl << m_stackDump;
+    o << ']';
+}    
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Status& status)
+{
+    status.dump(o);
+    return o;
 }
 
-void Status::toString(StringBuilder buffer, int /*indentLevel*/) const
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Status::StatusType& statusType)
 {
-    *buffer += "Status [type=";
-    *buffer += StatusTypeName[m_statusType];
-    if (!m_message.empty())
-    {
-        *buffer += ", message=";
-        *buffer += m_message;
-    }
-    if (!m_stackDump.empty())
-    {
-        *buffer += ", stackDump=";
-        *buffer += '\n';
-        *buffer += m_stackDump;
-    }
-    *buffer += ']';
+    o << Status::StatusTypeName[statusType];
+    return o;
 }
 
 }}

src/misc/status.h

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #ifndef STATUS_H
 #define STATUS_H
 
+#include <ostream>
+
 #include <pv/serialize.h>
 #include <pv/byteBuffer.h>
 #include <pv/sharedPtr.h>
@@ -19,7 +21,9 @@
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
         /**
-         * Status.
+         * @brief Status.
+         *
+         * This is a class for returning status to clients.
          * @author mse
          */
         class epicsShareClass Status : public epics::pvData::Serializable {
@@ -51,12 +55,12 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
         	/**
         	 * Create non-OK status.
         	 */
-            Status(StatusType type, epics::pvData::String const & message);
+            Status(StatusType type, std::string const & message);
         
             /**
              * Create non-OK status.
              */
-            Status(StatusType type, epics::pvData::String const & message, epics::pvData::String const & stackDump);
+            Status(StatusType type, std::string const & message, std::string const & stackDump);
         
             ~Status();
             
@@ -70,13 +74,13 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
              * Get error message describing an error. Required if error status.
              * @return error message.
              */
-            epics::pvData::String getMessage() const;
+            std::string getMessage() const;
 
             /**
              * Get stack dump where error (exception) happened. Optional.
              * @return stack dump.
              */
-            epics::pvData::String getStackDump() const;
+            std::string getStackDump() const;
 
             /**
              * Convenient OK test. Same as <code>(getType() == StatusType.OK)</code>.
@@ -93,20 +97,23 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvData {
              */
             bool isSuccess() const;
 
-            String toString() const;
-            void toString(StringBuilder buffer, int indentLevel = 0) const;
-            
             void serialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, SerializableControl *flusher) const;
             void deserialize(ByteBuffer *buffer, DeserializableControl *flusher);
     
+            void dump(std::ostream& o) const;
+
             private:
             
-            static epics::pvData::String m_emptyString;
+            static std::string m_emptyStringtring;
             
             StatusType m_statusType;
-            String m_message;
-            String m_stackDump;
+            std::string m_message;
+            std::string m_stackDump;
+
         };
 
+        epicsShareExtern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Status& status);
+        epicsShareExtern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Status::StatusType& statusType);
+
 }}
 #endif  /* STATUS_H */

src/misc/thread.h

@@ -47,10 +47,29 @@ typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<epicsThread> EpicsThreadPtr;
 
 typedef epicsThreadRunable Runnable;
 
+/**
+ * @brief C++ wrapper for epicsThread from EPICS base.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Thread : public epicsThread, private NoDefaultMethods {
 public:
 
-    Thread(String name,
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Constructor
+     * @param name thread name.
+     * @param priority priority is one of:
+     @code
+     enum ThreadPriority {
+        lowestPriority, lowerPriority, lowPriority,
+        middlePriority,
+        highPriority, higherPriority, highestPriority
+     };
+     @endcode
+     * @param runnable this is a c function
+     * @param stkcls stack size as specified by epicsThreadStackSizeClass
+     */
+    Thread(std::string name,
            ThreadPriority priority,
            Runnable *runnable,
            epicsThreadStackSizeClass stkcls=epicsThreadStackSmall)
@@ -62,8 +81,23 @@ public:
         this->start();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Constructor
+     * @param runnable this is a c function
+     * @name thread name.
+     * @param stkcls stack size as specified by epicsThreadStackSizeClass
+     * @param priority priority is one of:
+     @code
+     enum ThreadPriority {
+        lowestPriority, lowerPriority, lowPriority,
+        middlePriority,
+        highPriority, higherPriority, highestPriority
+     };
+     @endcode
+     */
     Thread(Runnable &runnable,
-           String name,
+           std::string name,
            unsigned int stksize,
            unsigned int priority=lowestPriority)
         :epicsThread(runnable,
@@ -74,6 +108,9 @@ public:
         this->start();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     ~Thread()
     {
         this->exitWait();

src/misc/timeFunction.h

@@ -21,19 +21,46 @@ class TimeFunction;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<TimeFunctionRequester> TimeFunctionRequesterPtr;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<TimeFunction> TimeFunctionPtr;
 
+/** 
+ * @brief Class that must be implemented by timeFunction requester.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass TimeFunctionRequester {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(TimeFunctionRequester);
+    /** 
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~TimeFunctionRequester(){}
+    /**
+     *  function to be timed.
+     *  It will get called multiple times.
+     */
     virtual void function() = 0;
 };
 
 
+/** 
+ * @brief Class for measuring time it takes to execute a function.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass TimeFunction {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(TimeFunction);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param requester The class that has a function method.
+     */
     TimeFunction(TimeFunctionRequesterPtr const & requester);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     ~TimeFunction();
+    /**
+     * Time the function.
+     * @return the time in seconds to execute the function.
+     * Note that the function may be called many times.
+     */
     double timeCall();
 private:
     TimeFunctionRequesterPtr requester;

src/misc/timer.cpp

@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
-#include <pv/convert.h>
 #include <pv/timer.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 TimerCallback::TimerCallback()
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ TimerCallback::TimerCallback()
 {
 }
 
-Timer::Timer(String threadName,ThreadPriority priority)
+Timer::Timer(string threadName,ThreadPriority priority)
 : waitForWork(false),
   waitForDone(false),
   alive(true),
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ void Timer::cancel(TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback)
         prevNode = nextNode;
         nextNode = nextNode->next;
     }
-    throw std::logic_error(String(""));
+    throw std::logic_error(string(""));
 }
 
 bool Timer::isScheduled(TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback)
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ void Timer::schedulePeriodic(
     double period)
 {
     if(isScheduled(timerCallback)) {
-        throw std::logic_error(String("already queued"));
+        throw std::logic_error(string("already queued"));
     }
     {
         Lock xx(mutex);
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ void Timer::schedulePeriodic(
     if(isFirst) waitForWork.signal();
 }
 
-void Timer::toString(StringBuilder builder)
+void Timer::dump(std::ostream& o)
 {
     Lock xx(mutex);
     if(!alive) return;
@@ -205,11 +208,15 @@ void Timer::toString(StringBuilder builder)
          TimeStamp timeToRun = nodeToCall->timeToRun;
          double period = nodeToCall->period;
          double diff = TimeStamp::diff(timeToRun,currentTime);
-         char buffer[50];
-         sprintf(buffer,"timeToRun %f period %f\n",diff,period);
-         *builder += buffer;
+         o << "timeToRun " << diff << " period " << period << std::endl;
          nodeToCall = nodeToCall->next;
      }
 }
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, Timer& timer)
+{
+    timer.dump(o);
+    return o;
+}
+
 }}

src/misc/timer.h

@@ -32,12 +32,28 @@ class Timer;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<TimerCallback> TimerCallbackPtr;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<Timer> TimerPtr;
 
+/**
+ * @brief Class that must be implemented by code that makes Timer requests.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass TimerCallback {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(TimerCallback);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
     TimerCallback();
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~TimerCallback(){}
+    /**
+     * The method that is called when a timer expires.
+     */
     virtual void callback() = 0;
+    /**
+     * The timer has stopped.
+     */
     virtual void timerStopped() = 0;
 private:
     TimerCallbackPtr next;
@@ -47,22 +63,62 @@ private:
     friend class Timer;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief Support for delayed or periodic callback execution.
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Timer : public Runnable {
 public:
     POINTER_DEFINITIONS(Timer);
-    Timer(String threadName, ThreadPriority priority);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param threadName name for the timer thread.
+     * @param priority thread priority
+     */
+    Timer(std::string threadName, ThreadPriority priority);
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
     virtual ~Timer();
+    /**
+     * The thread run method. This is called automatically.
+     */
     virtual void run();
+    /**
+     * schedule a callback after a delay.
+     * @param timerCallback the timerCallback instance.
+     * @param delay number of seconds before calling callback.
+     */
     void scheduleAfterDelay(
         TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback,
         double delay);
+    /**
+     * schedule a periodic callback.`
+     * @param timerCallback the timerCallback instance.
+     * @param delay number of seconds before first callback.
+     * @param period time in seconds between each callback.
+     */
     void schedulePeriodic(
         TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback,
         double delay,
         double period);
+    /**
+     * cancel a callback.
+     * @param timerCallback the timerCallback to cancel.
+     */
     void cancel(TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback);
+    /**
+     * Is the callback scheduled to be called?
+     * @param timerCallback the timerCallback.
+     * @return (false,true) if (not, is) scheduled.
+     */
     bool isScheduled(TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback);
-    void toString(StringBuilder builder);
+    /**
+     * show the elements in the timer queue.
+     * @param o The output stream for the output
+     */
+    void dump(std::ostream& o);
+
 private:
     void addElement(TimerCallbackPtr const &timerCallback);
     TimerCallbackPtr head;
@@ -73,5 +129,7 @@ private:
     Thread thread;
 };
 
+epicsShareExtern std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, Timer& timer);
+
 }}
 #endif  /* TIMER_H */

src/misc/typeCast.cpp

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include "typeCast.h"
 
 using epics::pvData::castUnsafe;
-using epics::pvData::String;
 using epics::pvData::ScalarType;
 using epics::pvData::pvString;
+using std::string;
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
       &noconvert,
       &noconvert,
       &noconvert,
-      &castVTyped<epics::pvData::boolean, String>,
+      &castVTyped<epics::pvData::boolean, string>,
     },
     // to pvByte
     {&noconvert,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<int8_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<int8_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<int8_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<int8_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<int8_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvShort
     {&noconvert,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<int16_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<int16_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<int16_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<int16_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<int16_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvInt
     {&noconvert,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<int32_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<int32_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<int32_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<int32_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<int32_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvLong
     {&noconvert,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<int64_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<int64_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<int64_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<int64_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<int64_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvUByte
     {&noconvert,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<uint8_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<uint8_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<uint8_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<uint8_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<uint8_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvUShort
     {&noconvert,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<uint16_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<uint16_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<uint16_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<uint16_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<uint16_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvUInt
     {&noconvert,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<uint32_t, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<uint32_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<uint32_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<uint32_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<uint32_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvULong
     {&noconvert,
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &copyV<uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<uint64_t, float>,
      &castVTyped<uint64_t, double>,
-     &castVTyped<uint64_t, String>,
+     &castVTyped<uint64_t, string>,
     },
     // to pvFloat
     {&noconvert,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<float, uint64_t>,
      &copyV<float>,
      &castVTyped<float, double>,
-     &castVTyped<float, String>,
+     &castVTyped<float, string>,
     },
     // to pvDouble
     {&noconvert,
@@ -217,21 +217,21 @@ static convertfn converters[pvString+1][pvString+1] =
      &castVTyped<double, uint64_t>,
      &castVTyped<double, float>,
      &copyV<double>,
-     &castVTyped<double, String>,
+     &castVTyped<double, string>,
     },
     // to pvString
-    {&castVTyped<String, epics::pvData::boolean>,
-     &castVTyped<String, int8_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, int16_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, int32_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, uint64_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, uint8_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, uint16_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, uint32_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, uint64_t>,
-     &castVTyped<String, float>,
-     &castVTyped<String, double>,
-     &copyV<String>,
+    {&castVTyped<string, epics::pvData::boolean>,
+     &castVTyped<string, int8_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, int16_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, int32_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, uint64_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, uint8_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, uint16_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, uint32_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, uint64_t>,
+     &castVTyped<string, float>,
+     &castVTyped<string, double>,
+     &copyV<string>,
     },
 };
 

src/misc/typeCast.h

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
-typedef std::string String;
-
 namespace detail {
     // parseToPOD wraps the epicsParse*() functions in one name
     // and throws exceptions
@@ -48,12 +46,12 @@ namespace detail {
     epicsShareExtern void parseToPOD(const std::string&, double *out);
 
     /* want to pass POD types by value,
-     * and String by const reference
+     * and std::string by const reference
      */
     template<typename ARG>
     struct cast_arg { typedef ARG arg; };
     template<>
-    struct cast_arg<String> { typedef const String& arg; };
+    struct cast_arg<std::string> { typedef const std::string& arg; };
 
     // Handle mangling of type/value when printing
     template<typename T>
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ namespace detail {
         typedef T return_t;
         static FORCE_INLINE return_t op(const T& i) { return i; }
     };
-    // trick std::ostream into treating char's as numbers
+    // trick std::ostream into treating chars as numbers
     // by promoting char to int
     template<>
     struct print_convolute<int8> {
@@ -98,10 +96,10 @@ namespace detail {
     };
 
     // print POD to string
-    // when String!=FROM
+    // when std::string!=FROM
     template<typename FROM>
-    struct cast_helper<String, FROM, typename meta::not_same_type<String,FROM>::type> {
-        static String op(FROM from) {
+    struct cast_helper<std::string, FROM, typename meta::not_same_type<std::string,FROM>::type> {
+        static std::string op(FROM from) {
             std::ostringstream strm;
             strm << print_convolute<FROM>::op(from);
             if(strm.fail())
@@ -111,10 +109,10 @@ namespace detail {
     };
 
     // parse POD from string
-    // TO!=String
+    // TO!=std::string
     template<typename TO>
-    struct cast_helper<TO, String, typename meta::not_same_type<TO,String>::type> {
-        static FORCE_INLINE TO op(const String& from) {
+    struct cast_helper<TO, std::string, typename meta::not_same_type<TO,std::string>::type> {
+        static FORCE_INLINE TO op(const std::string& from) {
             TO ret;
             parseToPOD(from, &ret);
             return ret;
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ namespace detail {
  *
  * Supported types: uint8_t, int8_t, uint16_t, int16_t,
  *                  uint32_t, int32_t, uint64_t, int64_t,
- *                  float, double, String
+ *                  float, double, std::string
  *
  * As defined in pvType.h
  *
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ namespace detail {
  * - float -> double
  *
  * Conversions where out of range inputs always produce
- * a defined result, but may not be reversable.
+ * a defined result, but may not be reversible.
  *
  * - double -> float.  When abs(value) is outside the range
  *    [FLT_MIN, FLT_MAX] the value is clipped to FLT_MIN or FLT_MAX
@@ -153,9 +151,9 @@ namespace detail {
  * Conversions where invalid or out of range inputs result
  * in an exception.
  *
- * - non-String -> String
- * - String -> non-String
- * - String -> String (throws only std::bad_alloc)
+ * - non-std::string -> std::string
+ * - std::string -> non-std::string
+ * - std::string -> std::string (throws only std::bad_alloc)
  *
  * Conversions where out of range inputs produce undefined
  * results.
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ namespace detail {
  *    too large to be represented by the integer type
  *    is not defined.
  *
- @section stringf String formats
+ @section stringf std::string formats
  *
  * - Numbers beginning with 1-9 are parsed as base-10.
  * - Numbers beginning with '0x' are parsed as base-16

src/monitor/Makefile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 SRC_DIRS += $(PVDATA_SRC)/monitor
 
 INC += monitor.h
+INC += monitorPlugin.h
 
 LIBSRCS += monitor.cpp
-
+LIBSRCS += monitorPlugin.cpp

src/monitor/monitor.h

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/sharedPtr.h>
 #include <pv/bitSet.h>
+#include <pv/requester.h>
 
 #include <shareLib.h>
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<Monitor> MonitorPtr;
 
 
 /**
+ * @brief An element for a monitorQueue.
+ *
  * Class instance representing monitor element.
  * @author mrk
  */
@@ -47,7 +50,9 @@ class epicsShareClass MonitorElement {
 };
 
 /**
- * Interface for Monitor.
+ * @brief Monitor changes to fields of a pvStructure.
+ *
+ * This is used by pvAccess to implement monitors.
  * @author mrk
  */
 class epicsShareClass Monitor : public Destroyable{
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ class epicsShareClass Monitor : public Destroyable{
     virtual MonitorElementPtr poll() = 0;
     /**
      * Release a MonitorElement that was returned by poll.
+     * A poll() must be called after the release() to check the presence of any modified data.
      * @param monitorElement
      */
     virtual void release(MonitorElementPtr const & monitorElement) = 0;
@@ -79,6 +85,8 @@ class epicsShareClass Monitor : public Destroyable{
 
 
 /**
+ * @brief Callback implemented by monitor clients.
+ *
  * Requester for ChannelMonitor.
  * @author mrk
  */

src/monitor/monitorPlugin.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* monitorPlugin.cpp */
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * EPICS pvData is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+/**
+ *  @author mrk
+ */
+
+#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
+
+#include <pv/monitorPlugin.h>
+
+using std::string;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
+
+MonitorPluginManagerPtr MonitorPluginManager::get()
+{
+    static MonitorPluginManagerPtr pluginManager;
+    static Mutex mutex;
+    Lock xx(mutex);
+    if(!pluginManager) {
+        pluginManager = MonitorPluginManagerPtr(new MonitorPluginManager());
+    }
+    return pluginManager;
+}
+
+bool MonitorPluginManager::addPlugin(
+    string const &pluginName,
+    MonitorPluginCreatorPtr const &creator)
+{
+    mutex.lock();
+    std::list<MonitorPluginCreatorPtr>::iterator iter;
+    for (iter = monitorPluginList.begin();iter!=monitorPluginList.end();iter++)
+    {
+        if(*iter==creator)
+        {
+            mutex.unlock();
+            return false;
+        }
+        if(((*iter)->getName().compare(pluginName))==0) 
+        {
+            mutex.unlock();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    monitorPluginList.push_back(creator);
+    mutex.unlock();
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+MonitorPluginCreatorPtr MonitorPluginManager::findPlugin(
+    string const &pluginName)
+{
+    mutex.lock();
+    std::list<MonitorPluginCreatorPtr>::iterator iter;
+    for (iter = monitorPluginList.begin();iter!=monitorPluginList.end();++iter)
+    {
+        if(((*iter)->getName().compare(pluginName))==0) 
+        {
+            mutex.unlock();
+            return *iter;
+        }
+    }
+    mutex.unlock();
+    return MonitorPluginCreatorPtr();
+}
+
+void MonitorPluginManager::showNames()
+{
+    mutex.lock();
+    std::list<MonitorPluginCreatorPtr>::iterator iter;
+    for (iter = monitorPluginList.begin();iter!=monitorPluginList.end();++iter)
+    {
+        std::cout << (*iter)->getName() << std::endl;
+    }
+    mutex.unlock();
+}
+
+
+}}

src/monitor/monitorPlugin.h

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/* monitorPlugin.h */
+/**
+ * Copyright - See the COPYRIGHT that is included with this distribution.
+ * EPICS pvData is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+ * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+ */
+/**
+ *  @author mrk
+ */
+#ifndef MONITORPLUGIN_H
+#define MONITORPLUGIN_H
+
+#include <list>
+#include <pv/pvData.h>
+#include <pv/sharedPtr.h>
+#include <pv/bitSet.h>
+#include <pv/monitor.h>
+
+#include <shareLib.h>
+
+namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
+
+class MonitorPlugin;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<MonitorPlugin> MonitorPluginPtr;
+
+
+class MonitorPluginCreator;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<MonitorPluginCreator> MonitorPluginCreatorPtr;
+
+
+class MonitorPluginManager;
+typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<MonitorPluginManager> MonitorPluginManagerPtr;
+        
+
+/**
+ * @brief A plugin for raising monitors;
+ *
+ * This is for use by pvAccess servers that support monitors.
+ * Since the interface has only a dependence on pvData it
+ * can be used for other purposes.
+ * A monitor is assumed to be associated with a field of a top-level
+ * structure.
+ */
+class epicsShareClass MonitorPlugin
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~MonitorPlugin(){}
+    /**
+     * getName
+     * @returns The name of the plugin
+     */
+    virtual std::string const & getName() = 0;
+    /**
+     * Should a monitor be raised?
+     * @param pvField The field being monitored.
+     * @param pvTop The top-level structure in which the field resides.
+     * @param monitorElement The client data and bitsets.
+     * @returns true or false.
+     * True is returned if the change to this field should cause a monitor.
+     * False is returned in a change only to this field should not cause a
+     * monitor.
+     */
+    virtual bool causeMonitor(
+        PVFieldPtr const &pvField,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvTop,
+        MonitorElementPtr const &monitorElement) = 0;
+    /**
+     * A monitor will be sent to the client.
+     * @param monitorElement The data for the client.
+     * The plugin is allowed to change the data values.
+     */
+    virtual void monitorDone(
+        MonitorElementPtr const &monitorElement)
+        {}
+    /**
+     * Begin monitoring
+     */
+    virtual void startMonitoring(){}
+    /**
+     * Stop monitoring
+     */
+    virtual void stopMonitoring(){}
+    /**
+     * Begin a set of puts.
+     */
+    virtual void beginGroupPut() {};
+    /**
+     * End a set of puts.
+     */
+    virtual void endGroupPut() {};
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief  A class that creates a plugin.
+ *
+ * Normlly a plugin is created for a single client.
+ */
+class epicsShareClass MonitorPluginCreator
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~MonitorPluginCreator() {}
+    /**
+     * Create a monitor plugin.
+     * @param field The introspection interface for the field monitored.
+     * @param top The introspection interface for the client structure.
+     * @param pvFieldOptions The options the client requested.
+     * The structure has a set of PVString subfields.
+     * The options are a set of name,value pairs.
+     * The subfield name is the name and the subfield value is the value.
+     * @returns shared pointer to a MonitorPluginCreator.
+     */
+    virtual MonitorPluginPtr create(
+        FieldConstPtr const &field,
+        StructureConstPtr const &top,
+        PVStructurePtr const &pvFieldOptions) = 0;
+    /**
+     * getName
+     * @returns The name of the plugin
+     */
+    virtual std::string const & getName() = 0;
+};
+    
+
+/**
+ * @brief Manager for plugins.
+ *
+ * This manages a set of monitor plugins.
+ * @author mrk
+ */
+class epicsShareClass MonitorPluginManager
+{
+public:
+    POINTER_DEFINITIONS(MonitorPluginManager);
+    /**
+     * Factory to get the  manager.
+     * @return shared pointer to manager.
+     */
+    static MonitorPluginManagerPtr get();
+    /** destructor
+     */
+    ~MonitorPluginManager(){}
+    /* add plugin
+     * @param pluginName The name of the plugin.
+     * @param creator The creator.
+     * @returns true or false
+     * false is returned if a plugin with that name is already present
+     */
+     bool addPlugin(
+         std::string const &pluginName,
+         MonitorPluginCreatorPtr const &creator);
+    /* find plugin
+     * 
+     * @param plugin name
+     * @returns share pointer to plugin creator.
+     * If a plugin with that name is not found NULL is returned.
+     */
+     MonitorPluginCreatorPtr findPlugin(std::string const &pluginName);
+    /* showNames
+     * 
+     */
+    void showNames();
+private:
+     MonitorPluginManager(){}
+     std::list<MonitorPluginCreatorPtr> monitorPluginList;
+     epics::pvData::Mutex mutex;
+};
+
+
+
+}}
+#endif  /* MONITORPLUGIN_H */

src/property/alarm.cpp

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/alarm.h>
 
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 AlarmSeverity AlarmSeverityFunc::getSeverity(int value)
 {
     if(value<0 || value>4) {
-         throw std::logic_error(String("getSeverity value is illegal"));
+         throw std::logic_error(string("getSeverity value is illegal"));
     }
     switch (value) {
     case 0: return noAlarm;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ AlarmSeverity AlarmSeverityFunc::getSeverity(int value)
     case 3: return invalidAlarm;
     case 4: return undefinedAlarm;
     }
-    throw std::logic_error(String("should never get here"));
+    throw std::logic_error(string("should never get here"));
 }
 
 StringArrayPtr AlarmSeverityFunc::getSeverityNames()
@@ -61,13 +63,13 @@ AlarmSeverity Alarm::getSeverity() const
     case 3: return invalidAlarm;
     case 4: return undefinedAlarm;
     }
-    throw std::logic_error(String("should never get here"));
+    throw std::logic_error(string("should never get here"));
 }
 
 AlarmStatus AlarmStatusFunc::getStatus(int value)
 {
     if(value<0 || value>7) {
-         throw std::logic_error(String("getStatus value is illegal"));
+         throw std::logic_error(string("getStatus value is illegal"));
     }
     switch (value) {
     case 0: return noStatus;
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ AlarmStatus AlarmStatusFunc::getStatus(int value)
     case 6: return undefinedStatus;
     case 7: return clientStatus;
     }
-    throw std::logic_error(String("should never get here"));
+    throw std::logic_error(string("should never get here"));
 }
 
 StringArrayPtr AlarmStatusFunc::getStatusNames()
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ AlarmStatus Alarm::getStatus() const
     case 6: return undefinedStatus;
     case 7: return clientStatus;
     }
-    throw std::logic_error(String("should never get here"));
+    throw std::logic_error(string("should never get here"));
 }
 
 }}

src/property/alarm.h

@@ -18,42 +18,134 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
+/** @brief enum definition of AlarmSeverity
+ * 
+ * AlarmSeverity is:
+ @code
+enum AlarmSeverity {
+ noAlarm,minorAlarm,majorAlarm,invalidAlarm,undefinedAlarm
+};
+ @endcode
+ * 
+ */
 enum AlarmSeverity {
  noAlarm,minorAlarm,majorAlarm,invalidAlarm,undefinedAlarm
 };
 
+/** @brief enum definition of AlarmStatus
+ * 
+ * AlarmStatus is:
+ @code
+enum AlarmStatus {
+    noStatus,deviceStatus,driverStatus,recordStatus,
+    dbStatus,confStatus,undefinedStatus,clientStatus
+};
+ @endcode
+ * 
+ */
 enum AlarmStatus {
     noStatus,deviceStatus,driverStatus,recordStatus,
     dbStatus,confStatus,undefinedStatus,clientStatus
 };
 
 
+/** @brief methods for AlarmSeverity
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass AlarmSeverityFunc {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Get the severity.
+     * @param value Get the alarm severity corresponding to the integer value.
+     * @return The severity.
+     * @throw if severity value is out of range.
+     */
     static AlarmSeverity getSeverity(int value);
+    /**
+     * Get the array of severity names.
+     * @return The array of severity names.
+     */
     static StringArrayPtr getSeverityNames();
 };
 
+/** @brief methods for AlarmStatus
+ *
+ */
 class epicsShareClass AlarmStatusFunc {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Get the status.
+     * @param value Get the alarm status corresponding to the integer value.
+     * @return The status.
+     * @throw if status value is out of range.
+     */
     static AlarmStatus getStatus(int value);
+    /**
+     * Get the array of status names.
+     * @return The array of status names.
+     */
     static StringArrayPtr getStatusNames();
 };
 
+/** @brief Methods for manipulating alarm.
+ * 
+ * An alarm structure has the following fields:
+ @code
+structure
+    int severity
+    int status
+    string message
+ @endcode
+ * This is a class that holds values corresponding to the fields in
+ * an alarm structure.
+ * It is meant to be used together with pvAlarm
+ * which allows values to be copied between an alarm structure
+ * and this class.
+ * This class should not be extended.
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Alarm {
 public:
-    Alarm() : severity(0),status(0), message(String("")) {}
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    Alarm() : severity(0),status(0), message(std::string("")) {}
     //default constructors and destructor are OK
-    String getMessage() const {return message;}
-    void setMessage(String const &value) {message = value;}
+    /**
+     * get the current message.
+     * @return  The message.
+     */
+    std::string getMessage() const {return message;}
+    /**
+     * set the current message.
+     * @param  value The new message value.
+     */
+    void setMessage(std::string const &value) {message = value;}
+    /**
+     * get the current severity.
+     * @return The severity.
+     */
     AlarmSeverity getSeverity() const;
+    /**
+     * set the current severity.
+     * @param value The new severity.
+     * @throw if severity value is out of range.
+     */
     void setSeverity(AlarmSeverity value) {severity = value;}
+    /**
+     * get the current status.
+     * @return The status.
+     */
     AlarmStatus getStatus() const;
+    /**
+     * set the current status.
+     * @param value The new status.
+     * @throw if status value is out of range.
+     */
     void setStatus(AlarmStatus value) { status = value;}
 private:
     int32 severity;
     int32 status;
-    String message;
+    std::string message;
 };
     
 }}

src/property/control.h

@@ -14,15 +14,58 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
+/** @brief Methods for a control structure.
+ * 
+ * An control structure has the following fields:
+ @code
+structure
+    double limitLow
+    double limitHigh
+    double minStep
+ @endcode
+ * This is a class that holds values corresponding to the fields in
+ * a control structure.
+ * It is meant to be used together with pvControl
+ * which allows values to be copied between an control structure
+ * and this class.
+ * This class should not be extended.
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Control {
 public:
-    Control() : low(0.0), high(0.0) {}
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    Control() : low(0.0), high(0.0), minStep(0.0) {}
     //default constructors and destructor are OK
+    /**
+     * get limitLow
+     * @return the current value.
+     */
     double getLow() const {return low;}
+    /**
+     * get limitHigh
+     * @return the current value.
+     */
     double getHigh() const {return high;}
+    /**
+     *  get minStep
+     * @return the current value.
+     */
     double getMinStep() const {return minStep;}
+    /**
+     *  set limitLow
+     *  @param value The new value.
+     */
     void setLow(double value) {low = value;}
+    /**
+     * set limitHigh
+     *  @param value The new value.
+     */
     void setHigh(double value) {high = value;}
+    /**
+     * set minStep
+     *  @param value The new value.
+     */
     void setMinStep(double value) {minStep = value;}
 private:
     double low;

src/property/display.h

@@ -19,26 +19,88 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
+/** @brief Methods for a display structure.
+ * 
+ * An display structure has the following fields:
+ @code
+structure
+    double limitLow
+    double limitHigh
+    string description
+    string format
+    string units
+ @endcode
+ * This is a class that holds values corresponding to the fields in
+ * a display structure.
+ * It is meant to be used together with pvDisplay
+ * which allows values to be copied between an display structure
+ * and this class.
+ * This class should not be extended.
+ */
 class epicsShareClass Display {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
     Display()
-    : description(String("")),format(String("")),units(String("")),
+    : description(std::string("")),format(std::string("")),units(std::string("")),
         low(0.0),high(0.0) {}
     //default constructors and destructor are OK
+    /**
+     * Get the current value of limitLow.
+     * @return The current value.
+     */
     double getLow() const {return low;}
+    /**
+     * Get the current value of limitHigh.
+     * @return The current value.
+     */
     double getHigh() const{ return high;}
+    /**
+     * Set limitLow to a new value.
+     * @param value The value.
+     */
     void setLow(double value){low = value;}
+    /**
+     * Set limitHigh to a new value.
+     * @param value The value.
+     */
     void setHigh(double value){high = value;}
-    String getDescription() const {return description;}
-    void setDescription(String const & value) {description = value;}
-    String getFormat() const {return format;}
-    void setFormat(String const & value) {format = value;}
-    String getUnits() const {return units;}
-    void setUnits(String const & value) {units = value;}
+    /**
+     * Get the current value of description.
+     * @return The current value.
+     */
+    std::string getDescription() const {return description;}
+    /**
+     * Set description to a new value.
+     * @param value The value.
+     */
+    void setDescription(std::string const & value) {description = value;}
+    /**
+     * Get the current value of format.
+     * @return The current value.
+     */
+    std::string getFormat() const {return format;}
+    /**
+     * Set format to a new value.
+     * @param value The value.
+     * The rules for a valid syntax has not been specified.
+     */
+    void setFormat(std::string const & value) {format = value;}
+    /**
+     * Get the current value of units.
+     * @return The current value.
+     */
+    std::string getUnits() const {return units;}
+    /**
+     * Set units to a new value.
+     * @param value The value.
+     */
+    void setUnits(std::string const & value) {units = value;}
 private:
-    String description;
-    String format;
-    String units;
+    std::string description;
+    std::string format;
+    std::string units;
     double low;
     double high;
 };

src/property/pvAlarm.cpp

@@ -16,34 +16,27 @@
 #include <pv/pvData.h>
 #include <pv/pvAlarm.h>
 
+using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
+using std::string;
+
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
-using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
-
-String PVAlarm::noAlarmFound("No alarm structure found");
-String PVAlarm::notAttached("Not attached to an alarm structure");
+string PVAlarm::noAlarmFound("No alarm structure found");
+string PVAlarm::notAttached("Not attached to an alarm structure");
 
 bool PVAlarm::attach(PVFieldPtr const & pvField)
 {
-    if(pvField->getField()->getType()!=structure) {
-        pvField->message(noAlarmFound,errorMessage);
-        return false;
-    }
+    if(pvField->getField()->getType()!=structure) return false;
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
-    pvSeverity = pvStructure->getIntField("severity");
-    if(pvSeverity.get()==NULL) {
-        pvField->message(noAlarmFound,errorMessage);
-        return false;
-    }
-    pvStatus = pvStructure->getIntField("status");
+    pvSeverity = pvStructure->getSubField<PVInt>("severity");
+    if(pvSeverity.get()==NULL) return false;
+    pvStatus = pvStructure->getSubField<PVInt>("status");
     if(pvStatus.get()==NULL) {
-        pvField->message(noAlarmFound,errorMessage);
         pvSeverity.reset();
         return false;
     }
-    pvMessage = pvStructure->getStringField("message");
+    pvMessage = pvStructure->getSubField<PVString>("message");
     if(pvMessage.get()==NULL) {
-        pvField->message(noAlarmFound,errorMessage);
         pvSeverity.reset();
         pvStatus.reset();
         return false;

src/property/pvAlarm.h

@@ -20,25 +20,72 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData {
 
+/** @brief Methods for accessing an alarm structure.
+ * 
+ * An alarm structure has the following fields:
+ @code
+structure
+    int severity
+    int status
+    string message
+ @endcode
+ * This class can be attached to an alarm structure field of any
+ * PVData object.
+ * The methods provide access to the fields in the attached structure,
+ * via an instance of class Alarm.
+ * This class should not be extended.
+ */
 class epicsShareClass PVAlarm {
 public:
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Constructor
+     */
     PVAlarm() {}
     //default constructors and destructor are OK
-    //returns (false,true) if pvField(isNot, is valid enumerated structure
+    //returns (false,true) if pvField(is not, is) a valid alarm structure
     //An automatic detach is issued if already attached.
+    /*
+     * Attach to a field of a PVData object.
+     * @param pvField The pvField.
+     * @return (false,true) if the pvField (is not, is) an alarm structure.
+     */
+    /*
+     * Attach to a field of a PVData object.
+     * @param pvField The pvField.
+     * @return (false,true) if the pvField (is not, is) an alarm structure.
+     */
     bool attach(PVFieldPtr const & pvField);
+    /**
+     * Detach for pvField.
+     */
     void detach();
+    /**
+     * Is the PVAlarm attached to a pvField?
+     * @return (false,true) (is not,is) attached to a pvField.
+     */
     bool isAttached();
     // each of the following throws logic_error is not attached to PVField
     // set returns false if field is immutable
+    /**
+     * copy the alarm structure  values to Alarm
+     * @param alarm An instance of class Alarm
+     * @throw If not attached to a pvField.
+     */
     void get(Alarm & alarm) const;
+    /**
+     * copy the values from Alarm to the alarm structure.
+     * @param alarm An instance of class Alarm
+     * @return (false,true) if pvField (immutable, mutable)
+     * @throw If not attached to a pvField.
+     */
     bool set(Alarm const & alarm);
 private:
     PVIntPtr pvSeverity;
     PVIntPtr pvStatus;
     PVStringPtr pvMessage;
-    static String noAlarmFound;
-    static String notAttached;
+    static std::string noAlarmFound;
+    static std::string notAttached;
 };
     
 }}

src/property/pvControl.cpp

@@ -19,26 +19,26 @@
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
 using std::tr1::static_pointer_cast;
+using std::string;
 
-String PVControl::noControlFound("No control structure found");
-String PVControl::notAttached("Not attached to an control structure");
+string PVControl::noControlFound("No control structure found");
+string PVControl::notAttached("Not attached to an control structure");
 
 bool PVControl::attach(PVFieldPtr const & pvField)
 {
-    if(pvField->getField()->getType()!=structure) {
-            pvField->message(noControlFound,errorMessage);
-            return false;
-    }
+    if(pvField->getField()->getType()!=structure) return false;
     PVStructurePtr pvStructure = static_pointer_cast<PVStructure>(pvField);
-    pvLow = pvStructure->getDoubleField("limitLow");
-    if(pvLow.get()==NULL) {
-        pvField->message(noControlFound,errorMessage);
-        return false;
-    }
-    pvHigh = pvStructure->getDoubleField(String("limitHigh"));
+    pvLow = pvStructure->getSubField<PVDouble>("limitLow");
+    if(pvLow.get()==NULL) return false;
+    pvHigh = pvStructure->getSubField<PVDouble>("limitHigh");
     if(pvHigh.get()==NULL) {
         pvLow.reset();
-        pvField->message(noControlFound,errorMessage);
+        return false;
+    }
+    pvMinStep = pvStructure->getSubField<PVDouble>("minStep");
+    if(pvMinStep.get()==NULL) {
+        pvLow.reset();
+        pvHigh.reset();
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void PVControl::get(Control &control) const
     }
     control.setLow(pvLow->get());
     control.setHigh(pvHigh->get());
+    control.setMinStep(pvMinStep->get());
 }
 
 bool PVControl::set(Control const & control)
@@ -69,9 +70,10 @@ bool PVControl::set(Control const & control)
     if(pvLow.get()==NULL) {
         throw std::logic_error(notAttached);
     }
-    if(pvLow->isImmutable() || pvHigh->isImmutable()) return false;
+    if(pvLow->isImmutable() || pvHigh->isImmutable() || pvMinStep->isImmutable()) return false;
     pvLow->put(control.getLow());
     pvHigh->put(control.getHigh());
+    pvMinStep->put(control.getMinStep());
     return true;
 }
 

src/property/pvControl.h

@@ -17,24 +17,67 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
+/** @brief Methods for accessing an control structure.
+ * 
+ * An control structure has the following fields:
+ @code
+structure
+    double limitLow
+    double limitHigh
+    double minStep
+ @endcode
+ * This class can be attached to an control structure field of any
+ * PVData object.
+ * The methods provide access to the fields in the attached structure,
+ * via an instance of class Control.
+ * This class should not be extended.
+ */
 class epicsShareClass PVControl {
 public:
+    /**
+     * 
+     * Constructor
+     */
     PVControl(){}
     //default constructors and destructor are OK
-    //returns (false,true) if pvField(isNot, is valid enumerated structure
+    //returns (false,true) if pvField(is not, is) a valid control structure
     //An automatic detach is issued if already attached.
+    /*
+     * Attach to a field of a PVData object.
+     * @param pvField The pvField.
+     * @return (false,true) if the pvField (is not, is) an control structure.
+     */
     bool attach(PVFieldPtr const & pvField);
+    /**
+     * Detach for pvField.
+     */
     void detach();
+    /**
+     * Is the PVControl attached to a pvField?
+     * @return (false,true) (is not,is) attached to a pvField.
+     */
     bool isAttached();
-    // each of the following throws logic_error is not attached to PVField
+    // each of the following throws logic_error if not attached to PVField
     // set returns false if field is immutable
-    void get(Control &) const;
+    /**
+     * copy the control structure  values to Control
+     * @param control An instance of class Control
+     * @throw If not attached to a pvField.
+     */
+    void get(Control & control) const;
+    /**
+     * copy the values from Control to the control structure.
+     * @param control An instance of class Control
+     * @return (false,true) if pvField (immutable, mutable)
+     * @throw If not attached to a pvField.
+     */
     bool set(Control const & control);
 private:
     PVDoublePtr pvLow;
     PVDoublePtr pvHigh;
-    static String noControlFound;
-    static String notAttached;
+    PVDoublePtr pvMinStep;
+    static std::string noControlFound;
+    static std::string notAttached;
 };
     
 }}