Free active objects software for linux

Active Objects is an implementation of the Active Object concept based on the boost::thread, boost::bind, and boost::function libraries.
The point of the library is to make taking advantage of multiprocessor machines as easy as possible. The library provides two types of functionality. The first is the ability to execute a function in a separate thread and automatically synchronize with the thread when the return value is needed.
The second is the ability to easily create a message cue for any existing class, and have that class process its messages asynchronously.
Enhancements:
- Minor code cleanup and code documentation updates.

C++ Machine Objects class library supports a subset of the UML statechart notation for implementing hierarchical state machines in straight C++, similar in spirit to the GoF "State" design pattern.
The currently supported features are hierarchical states, entry and exit actions, state histories, and state variables.
Installation:
The class library as such does not need to be installed. Just include the header file Macho.hpp to make use of it. Prerequisite however is a C++ compiler with sane support for templates.
Included are the example state machines HelloWorld, Example, Microwave and Test. To make the examples run just compile them in the directory they are in, for example:
# GCC
g++ -o microwave Microwave.cpp
# MSVC7
cl /EHsc Microwave.cpp
I like the GoF "State" design pattern. It enables implementing the important concept of state machines with common programming language features. By utilising only basic language mechanisms it is easy to apply in real-life software development.
Another important property that stems from this simplicity is orthogonality, meaning that the pattern can be combined with other design elements, patterns and idioms in arbitrary ways.
In contrast stand the tool supported approaches to state machine creation (of which there is no shortage). Based on code generators and graphical editors, they tend to generate incomprehensible code and forfeit orthogonality by necessarily being outside the domain of the programming language.
Unfortunately the "State" pattern is limited in scope because it does not allow for hierarchical state machines. This is regrettable because flat state machines tend to become unwieldy when getting bigger, for the sheer number of states they produce.
Hierarchical state machines as defined by the statechart notation alleviate this problem by giving an additional structural element through grouping states into hierarchies.
The "State" pattern in its original form is not capable of modeling state hierarchies. The Macho class library extends the concept with this possibility, while keeping the properties of simplicity (there possible) and tool independence from its inspiration.
Enhancements:
- This release adds the feature of backtracking to previous states by using "Snapshots".

HTML Objects is a Perl module library for turning HTML tags into Perl objects. HTML Objects allows Web pages to be manipulated as a data structure rather than text.

Once manipulation is done, the entire page is generated via depth-first recursion.

Games::Object is a Perl module to provide a base class for game objects.

SYNOPSIS

package MyGameObject;
use Games::Object;
use vars qw(@ISA);
@ISA = qw(Games::Object);

sub new {
# Create object
my $proto = shift;
my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
bless $self, $class;

# Add attributes
$self->new_attr(-name => "hit_points",
-type => int,
-value => 20,
-tend_to_rate => 1);
$self->new_attr(-name => "strength",
-type => int,
-value => 12,
-minimum => 3,
-maximum => 18);
...

return $self;
}

package MyObjectManager;
use Games::Object::Manager;
use vars qw(@ISA);
@ISA = qw(Games::Object::Manager);

sub new {
my $proto = shift;
my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new( , @_);
bless $self, $class;
...
return $self;
}


my $world = new MyObjectManager;
my $object = new MyGameObject;
$world->add($object);

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this module is to allow a programmer to write a game in Perl easily by providing a basic framework in the form of a module that can be either subclassed to a module of your own or used directly as its own object class. The most important items in this framework are:

Attributes

You can define arbitrary attributes on objects with rules on how they may be updated, as well as set up automatic update of attributes whenever the objects process() method is invoked. For example, you could set an attribute on an object such that:

It ranges from 0 to 100.

Internally it tracks fractional changes to the value but accessing the attribute will always round the result to an integer.

It will automatically tend towards the maximum by 1 every time process() is called on the object.

A method in your subclass will be invoked automatically if the value falls to 0.
This is just one example of what you can do with attributes.

Flags

You can define any number of arbitrarily-named flags on an object. A flag is a little like a boolean attribute, in that it can have a value of either true or false. Like attributes, flags can be created independently on different objects. No "global" flag list is imposed.

Load/Save functionality

Basic functionality is provided for saving data from an object to a file, and for loading data back into an object. This handles the bulk of load game / save game processing, freeing the programmer to worry about the mechanics of the game itself.

The load functionality can also be used to create objects from object templates. An object template would be a save file that contains a single object.

Object Managers

New to version 0.10 of this module is object managers. An object manager is a Perl object that allows you to manage groups of related game objects. The object manager allows you to relate objects together (for example, you could define a relationship that allows certain objects to act as containers for other objects). In effect, the object manager acts as your world or universe.
Like the game object class, the manager class can be subclassed, allowing you augment its functionality. An object manager can be loaded and saved, which in turn performs a load or save of the objects being managed by it.

Basset::Object is a Perl module used to create objects.

This is my ultimate object creation toolset to date. It has roots in Mail::Bulkmail, Text::Flowchart, and the unreleased abstract object constructors that Ive tooled around with in the past.

If you want an object to be compatible with anything else Ive written, then subclass it off of here.

Of course, you dont have to use this to create subclasses, but youll run the risk of making something with an inconsistent interface vs. the rest of the system. Thatll confuse people and make them unhappy. So I recommend subclassing off of here to be consistent. Of course, you may not like these objects, but they do work well and are consistent. Consistency is very important in interface design, IMHO.

Active Calendar is PHP Class, that generates calendars (month or year view) as a HTML Table (XHTML-Valid). Active Calendars source code is free.
You can modify or pass it on under the conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License, published by the Free Software Foundation.
The calendars created by this class:
can be static (without any links)
can optionally have navigation controls
can optionally have a date picker control
can optionally have linkable days (url or javascript)
can optionally have event days with event links and own layout
can optionally have event content with links and own layout
support different GMT zones for the current date calculation
support month and day names, depending on your language
can be configured using CSS
do not require Javascript to be displayed or navigated (server side generation)
can be generated with just 2-3 lines of code
Active Calendar is based on the PHP native date functions (default) and supports optionally the ADOdb Date Library. Supported dates (on systems using a 32-bit signed integer Unix time_t):
Using PHP native date functions: 1902 - 2037 (UNIX) and 1971 - 2037 (Windows)
Using ADOdb Date Library: 100 - 3000 and later [ limited by the computation time of adodb_mktime() ] on both UNIX and Windows. To use the ADOdb Date Library just include it in your scripts. The Active Calendar class will use the library functions automatically.
Enhancements:
- An activeCalendarWeek subclass was added.
- The class can generate week calendars (one or multiple rows) according to the date or the week number of the year passed to the class using two public methods, showWeeks() and showWeeksByID().
- The structure of the download package was updated and an example was added for demonstrating how the Active Calendar can be used as a popup date selector in a form.

Active PHP Bookmarks (APB) is a web-based program that allows you to store your bookmarks and display them in many useful ways.

It will sort your bookmarks with usability in mind, keeping often- used bookmarks at your fingertips.

It has a bookmark search, private/public bookmarks, nested groups, usage rankings, popularity sorting, and a quick add feature.

mockpp is a platform independent generic unit testing framework for C++. Mock Objects for C++ goal is to facilitate developing unit tests in the spirit of Mock Objects for Java, EasyMock and jMock.
Mock objects allow you to set up predictible behaviour to help you test your production code by emulating some functionality your code depends on. This might for example be a huge database which is too difficult and time consuming to maintain just for testing purposes.
Originally I started with a port of MockObjects to C++ and wanted to keep the same interfaces. But in the meanwhile I found out more about Java and its differencens to C++ (its funny reflection api for example ) and so I had to change a bunch of details.
Additionally I included the working method of EasyMock. From my limited understanding of Java there seems to be something similar in MockObjects but I guess EasyMock is easier to use and certainly was easier to port to C++.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes a compilation issue on Mac OS platforms and a parsing problem with mockpp2xml.