[MKSearch-dev] Week 29 round up

[Phil Shaw]

This week has been one long refactoring to introduce the new 
StoreManager interface, which is now complete barring coverage 
testing.

To start with, this new layer only does what previous code did but 
removes responsibility for the storage aspect from the plugins. It 
moves us towards a position where the plugins could be configured 
with any form of storage implementation. For now there is a residual 
coupling between plugin types and storage types, but its much looser.

Best regards,

Phil


Tuesday
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Created concrete implementations of SubjectManager types for N-Triple 
and HTML storage on the file system, and RDF storage in a local 
Sesame Repository. Copied the bulk of the storage-oriented code from 
the JSpider plugins and marked copy points for subsequent deletion. 
Completed the storage system to the point where it was functionally 
equivalent to the existing code base.

Wednesday
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Introduced additional constructors to the custom SAX parsers so they 
could be constructed with a SubjectManager interface, and refactored 
their methods so they could obtain their output from either source. 
Switched the plugin classes to use the SubjectManager interfaces 
rather than direct access to the file system or Sesame repository. 
Refactored the plugin hierarchy to remove abstract base classes and 
redundant intermediary layers. Removed remaining legacy methods from 
SAX and JSpider classes.

Friday
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Adapted all unit tests to the new scheme, commenting out tests for 
methods transferred to the store manager classes for re-use in their 
own unit tests. Made a few final amendments, corrections and 
refactorings to get all unit tests running. Created a new 
MockSubjectManager for testing the SAX parsers and deleted tests for 
deleted classes. Updated JSpider configuration files with new 
SubjectManager configuration and did a spider run on the test site.
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