Is there any way to enable extensions or features after an instance/device is created? - vulkan

I'm doing some wrapper job with Vulkan, to make the API more safe, and I wondered if I can create an instance or device first, and enable extensions or features later.
First, according to the spec:
VUID-VkDeviceCreateInfo-pProperties-04451
If the VK_KHR_portability_subset extension is included in pProperties of
vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties, ppEnabledExtensionNames must
include "VK_KHR_portability_subset"
This looks fine, but notice that to enable VK_KHR_portability_subset extension on a device, you must enable its dependency VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2, which is an instance extension. This makes the fact that an instance must enable VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 anyway in case the 04451 will check when a device is creating.
Secondly, it will be convenient to enable features later, for example if a user passed some parameter in, which requires some features, I can implicitly enable them for this user.

Features and extensions are specified at creation time. They're an innate part of the instance or device from that point forward. They cannot be modified later.
You can create new instances or devices. But you can't change existing ones.

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How can I build an Agroal connection at runtime with native support

I'm trying to build a dynamic database connection via Agroal inside a native image. It's not possible to use the default config params because I don't know the connection params at compile time. Is that even possible right now?
The connection is built like this at runtime:
AgroalDataSource.from(
AgroalDataSourceConfigurationSupplier()
...)
I'm currently seeing this error:
Class io.agroal.pool.ConnectionHandler[] is instantiated reflectively but was never registered.
Register the class by using org.graalvm.nativeimage.hosted.RuntimeReflection
The installed features include: [agroal, cdi, jdbc-h2, jdbc-mysql, jdbc-postgresql, kotlin, narayana-jta, resteasy, resteasy-jackson]
It runs fine on the JVM, but not using Graal. It feels like it should be possible and I'm probably missing something here. I was hoping adding agraol extension would be sufficient but obviously isn't picked up correctly.
The current situation is that we configure Agroal for native images only if you have a datasource defined using Quarkus configuration.
Thus for your use case, for now, you will have to do what we do automatically manually. What we do being registering some classes for reflection and including some resources in the native image.
See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/blob/master/extensions/agroal/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/agroal/deployment/AgroalProcessor.java#L91 and https://quarkus.io/guides/writing-native-applications-tips#using-a-configuration-file.
Obviously, that's not ideal. Could you open an issue on our GitHub so that we can discuss it internally and see if we should/can improve the situation?
In the end, you would still need some reflection registration for your JDBC driver though.

How to register a Property Handler on folders?

I built a virtual filesystem (not a namespace extension) for Windows which acts as a frontend of our document management server consisting of files and folders. In order to be able to display some metadata of the DMS objects in Windows Explorer as additional selectable columns, I successfully provided properties to the Windows Property System by implementing a COM Property Handler. Wheras normal property handlers focus on specific file types for which they feel responsible, my Property Handler adds properties to all files regardless of their type. Because Property Handlers can only be registered on the file type level, I registered my handler for about 30 types under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PropertySystem\PropertyHandlers\<.Extension>
However, I did not manage to register the Property Handler for folder objects. Since all objects in our file system are virtual I build the property store (IPropertyStore) by implementing IInitializeWithFile instead of IInitializeWithStream. The properties are requested from our DMS with the path of IInitializeWithFile acting as key and were not read from an objects content. This concept would work for folders as well.
For getting called on folders I tried to associate the handler by registering under different well known identifiers like Folder, Directory, AllFileSystemObjects and * instead of the file extension without success.
I also didn’t find anything in the MSDN documentation regarding this aspect.
Is there a way to register a Windows Property Handler on folders? Or is there some other way to add custom columns to folders in Windows Explorer?
I'm not sure if it is possible to do this.
Property handlers are clearly not the right approach, they are system wide and there can only be one per file extension. They should only be implemented by the software that "owns" the file extension and can parse the file to extract properties.
The old column handlers would have been your best bet (IMHO) but they are officially dead and you already said you can't use them.
Have you considered creating a namespace extension? Either as a root item somewhere (Desktop or My Computer) the way My Documents used to work in 2000/XP or maybe something more along the lines of how OneDrive works?
I'm not sure if desktop.ini files work in the root of a drive but it might be worth looking into. You would then find yourself in the poorly documented land of [.ShellClassInfo] and its CLSID, CLSID2 and UICLSID members. The general idea would be to act as a IShellFolder proxy on top of the "real" IShellFolder so you could create a multiplex property store. I think there are some (undocumented?) property keys you can override to change the folders default columns and tooltips as well.
There is also something called a delegated folder that allows you to play with nested PIDLs but the documentation is once again pretty useless so I'm not sure if this is something worth looking into.
A 3rd option is to pretend to be a cloud storage provider. I don't know if this gets you any closer to your goal and you would still have to implement some NSE bits to get to the point where you can layer yourself on top of the underlying IShellFolder. This feature is rather new and only documented to work on Windows 10.
The inner workings of how Explorer/IShellBrowser is connected to the IShellFolder/IShellView is one of the least documented parts of Windows. There are hundreds of undocumented interfaces. Explorer gives DefView special treatment leaving other 3rd-party implementations out in the cold.
My feeling is that there is no clean solution to implement this on top of a drive letter but you might get lucky, if Raymond Chen drops by he might have some tips for you...

How to determinate if agent/daemon has disabled or enabled state on OSX 10.6?

I need to determinate which agents and daemons are disabled on my OSX. Each process has plist file with parameters. I assume "Disabled" key is responsible for that. But not all agents/daemons has this value. So if property list doesn't contain this paramater it means it's disabled or enabled? I didn't find any info regarding default value for this item.
Please provide a reference to apple's documentation which proof it.
The "Disabled" keys in each LaunchDaemon file can be overridden by an entry in /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist, and there's a similar system for LaunchAgents in /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.userID/overrides.plist. I don't think Apple has documented this anywhere, which means that you are not expected to interact directly with these files, just use launchctl. It also means they're subject to change (i.e. it didn't always work this way and might change without notice in a later version of OS X). Also, the file for LaunchDaemons is only readable by root.

Worklight Direct update

Does anybody know what if direct update updates everything that lives in the common directory structure. I used the same code base for multiple apps, the only change being certain settings within a js file that tells the application how to act. Is there a directory i can put that js file that would be safe from the direct update feature?
I cant seen to find any specific information on IBM's website.
I think you guys need to be careful which terms you are using in order to not confuse people who may be looking for similar help.
Environments are specific to the OS you are using. iOS, Blackberry, Android, and etc. environments.
Skins are based on the environment, and aren't generic to all platform. When you create a skin you must choose which environment you are running in.
So to correct some, direct updates will update all skin resources in targeted environments.
For example: You have an app with Android and iOS versions
When you create skins, you are creating essentially a responsive type of design to your parameters. For instance, if you have a 2.3 vs 4.2 Android OS, you can set a look and feel for both. However, these utilize a single web resource base. The APK would be the same for both versions of the app (by default) and have 2 available skins. On runtime utilizing IBM Worklight's 'Runtime Skinning' (hence the name) it goes through the parameter check for the OS and loads that skins overriding web code.
You could technically override all of the web code to be completely different for both skins, but that would be bulky and inefficient.
When you direct update you are updating all the resources of that particular environment (to include both skins), not the common folder/environment.
So an updated Android (both skins) would have updated web resources (if you deployed the android wlapp) and an iOS version would stay the same.
If you look at the Android project after build (native -> assets -> www -> default or skin) you can find the shared web resources generated by the common environment. However that is only put there every time you do a new build.
In the picture, I have an older version of the Android built for both skins on the left. On the right is a preview of the newer common resources after deploying only the common.wlapp. So you can see that they are separate.
Sorry if it was long winded, but I thought I would be thorough.
To answer the original question, have you thought of having all the parameters of the store loaded from user input or a setup? If you are trying to connect to 3 different store, create some form for settings control that will access different back ends or specific adapters. You could also create 3 different config.js that load depending on the parameters that you set so that you set. The other option is to set different versions of your apps specific to the store.
Example. Version 1.11, 1.12,1.13 can be 3 versions of the same app for store 1, 2, & 3. They can be modified and change and have 3 sets of web resources. When you need to update, jump up to version 1.21, 1.22,1.23. It seems a bit of a work around, but it may be your best bet at getting 3 versions of the same app to fall within the single application category. (keep 3 config.js types for modifying for the 3 stores).
To the best of my knowledge Direct Update will update every web resource of the skin you're using (html, css, js). However, I'm no expert with it.
If you're supporting only Android and iOS applications and need a way to store settings I recommend JSONStore. Otherwise look into Cordova Storage, Local Storage or IndexedDB.
Using a JSONStore collection called settings will allow you to store data on disk inside the app's directory. It will persist until you call one of the removal methods like destroy or until the application is uninstalled. There are also ways of linking collections to Worklight Adapters to pull/push data from/to a server. The links below will provide further details.
the only change being certain settings within a js
Create a collection for your settings:
var options = {};
options.onSuccess = function () {
//... what to do after init finished
};
options.onFailure = function () {
//... what to do if init fails
}
var settings = WL.JSONStore.initCollection('settings',
{background: 'string', itemsPerPage: 'number'}, options);
You can add new settings after initCollection onSuccess has been called:
settings.add({background: 'red', itemsPerPage: 20}, options);
You can find settings stored after initCollection onSuccess has been called:
settings.findAll({onSuccess: function (results) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
}});
You can read more about JSONStore in the Getting Started Modules. See Modules: 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12. There is further information inside the API Documentation in IBM InfoCenter. The methods described above are: initCollection, add and findAll.
Since version 5.0.3 I think, direct update will not update all the webresources, only those of the skin you are using.
say you have skin def and skin skin2
you are on def
make change to def on the server -> you will get a direct update for
def only
make change to skin2 on server-> no direct update for you.
you are on skin2:
make change to skin2 on server -> direct update for skin2 only
make change to def javascript which also resides on skin2 ( and therefor end result is def+skin2 concatination), update only skin2
make change to def,just to a picture(also checking pic extension from application-descriptor: ") -> no direct update
Thats how direct update works.
Please also share some more details about what is the problem, I see you use a js file, where do you change it? what do you mean excatly, give a better (simplified) real life example, because it is unclear what you are trying.

Adding custom configuration in config.yml in Symfony 2.1

I want to do custom configuration parameters in config.yml
Example:
In config.yml file
security_enhancement:
authentication:true
authorization:true
In same format like swiftmailer configuration etc.I'm not getting idea how to define.
I'm getting error like:
1/2 ParseException: Unable to parse in "\/var\/www\/demo\/app\/config\/config.yml" at line 217 (near "authentication:true").
Am I missing something here? Is it necessary to add in depending injection extension file? .Actually I want to enable disable authentication,authorization execution during dev mode which is implemented in listener which can be done using config_dev.yml . I don't want to add under Parameters. Any suggestions?
As you've rightly theorised, you do indeed need to add in DI extension files, assuming your configuration relates to particular bundles (which it almost certain will).
Whilst parameters can simply be defined at will, configuration features hierarchical structure and validation.
Usually, configuration is used to in turn, define parameters, but it allows for the values to be parsed and validated prior to their instantiation, so that bundle writers can provide better guidance as to how their services can be used (with meaningful errors), and trust the values that are being passed into them.
A decent read on how to get started with config component can be found in the Symfony2 docs: defining and processing configuration files with the config component.