Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of HarvestingHistory

Timestamp:

Mar 28, 2011, 12:03:29 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

simonp

Comment:

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HarvestingHistory

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-The info field is an XML string of the results of the harvest. The params field is the parameters of the harvester. The params field is present so that a harvester that has been deleted can be restored.
+The info field is an XML string of the results of the harvest. The params field is the parameters of the harvester. The params field is present so that a harvester that has been deleted can be restored. XML strings are used for the results (info field) because the different harvesters do not share many result fields in common. The info field could also be an XML document describing a stack trace if a particular harvest failed.
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+Here is what the Harvester Manager interface looks like with the new History mechanisms:
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+As you can see, this table holds the history of all harvesters: this includes those that are currently defined in the Harvester Manager and those that have been deleted.
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 === Backwards Compatibility Issues ===
 
+Creation of the HarvestHistory table will need to be added to database migration scripts.
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 === New libraries added ===
-Explain which and why new libraries are required for that proposal ...
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+None required.
 
 == Risks ==
 
 == Participants ==
- * List of participants and role (if necessary) in current GIP 
+ * Simon Pigot, Jose Garcia