Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of ValidationSimple

Timestamp:

Apr 23, 2007, 12:58:04 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ValidationSimple

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+= Simple validator framework =
+
+To create a validator using the simple framework, you must supply four functions:
+{{{
+extern int init_result(RESULT& result, void*& data);
+}}}
+This takes a result, reads its output file(s), parses them into a memory structure, and returns (via the 'data' argument) a pointer to this structure. It returns:
+
+    * Zero on success,
+    * ERR_OPENDIR if there was a transient error, e.g. the output file is on a network volume that is not available. The validator will try this result again later.
+    * Any other return value indicates a permanent error. Example: an output file is missing, or has a syntax error. The result will be marked as invalid. 
+{{{
+extern int compare_results(
+    RESULT& r1, void* data1, RESULT& r2, void* data2, bool& match
+);
+}}}
+This takes two results and their associated memory structures. It returns (via the 'match' argument) true if the two results are equivalent (within the tolerances of the application).
+{{{
+extern int cleanup_result(RESULT& r, void* data);
+}}}
+This frees the structure pointed to by data, if it's non-NULL.
+{{{
+extern double compute_granted_credit(WORKUNIT&, vector<RESULT>& results);
+}}}
+Given a set of results (at least one of which is valid) compute the credit to be granted to all of them. Normally this function simply returns median_mean_credit(results). If [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/tools_work.php credit is specified in the workunit], call get_credit_from_wu().
+
+You must link these functions with the files validator.C, validate_util.C, and validate_util2.C. The result is your custom validator.
+Example
+Here's an example in which the output file contains an integer and a double. Two results are considered equivalent if the integer is equal and the doubles differ by no more than 0.01.
+
+This example uses [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/backend_util.php utility functions] get_output_file_path() and try_fopen().
+{{{
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <math.h>
+#include "error_numbers.h"
+#include "boinc_db.h"
+#include "sched_util.h"
+#include "validate_util.h"
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
+
+struct DATA {
+    int i;
+    double x;
+};
+
+int init_result(RESULT const & result, void*& data) {
+    FILE* f;
+    string path;
+    int i, n, retval;
+    double x;
+
+    retval = get_output_file_path(result, path);
+    if (retval) return retval;
+    retval = try_fopen(path.c_str(), f, "r");
+    if (retval) return retval;
+    n = fscanf(f, "%d %f", &i, &x);
+    if (n != 2) return ERR_XML_PARSE;
+    DATA* dp = new DATA;
+    dp->i = i;
+    dp->x = x;
+    data = (void*) dp;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int compare_results(
+    RESULT& r1, void* _data1, RESULT const& r2, void* _data2, bool& match
+) {
+    DATA* data1 = (DATA*)_data1;
+    DATA* data2 = (DATA*)_data2;
+    match = true;
+    if (data1->i != data2->i) match = false;
+    if (fabs(data1->x - data2->x) > 0.01) match = false;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int cleanup_result(RESULT const& r, void* data) {
+    if (data) delete (DATA*) data;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+double compute_granted_credit(WORKUNIT& wu, vector<RESULT>& results) {
+    return median_mean_credit(wu, results);
+}
+
+}}}