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RobM

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 16:08   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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jGromit wrote:
No clue. I'll tinker.

Edit: No, I'm just getting increasingly bizarre errors. Perhaps David will check in and shed some light on this one.

For the moment, it's back to my brute force method, which does work.

Try
AlbumSynchronizer AlSy = new AlbumSynchronizer(engine);
			AlSy.delete(obj);

It works for PDF but still gets an error about registering variables on template pages. I will have a another look.
RobM

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 16:20   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
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This works for both PDF and template pages
private void exUnsupp(AlbumObject ao, String path) {
	for(AlbumObject obj : ao.getChildren()) {
		cat = ao.getCategory();
		if(obj.isIncluded() && obj.isFolder()) exUnsupp(obj, path + "/" + obj.getVars().get("fileName"));
		else if(obj.isIncluded() && cat != Category.image && cat != Category.video) {
			obj.setIncluded(false);
			AlbumSynchronizer AlSy = new AlbumSynchronizer(engine);
			AlSy.delete(obj);
		}
		ao.setChildren(ao.getChildren());
	}
}
JeffTucker

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 16:37   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
 
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At first, that excluded absolutely everything. Took me a minute to spot why:
cat = ao.getCategory();
Um no, you want:
cat = obj.getCategory();
It's also no longer necessary to include the path information - the jAlbum method keeps track of that on its own. So, we end up with:
private void exUnsupp(AlbumObject ao) {
	for(AlbumObject obj : ao.getChildren()) {
		cat = obj.getCategory();
		if(obj.isIncluded() && obj.isFolder()) exUnsupp(obj);
		else if(obj.isIncluded() && cat != Category.image && cat != Category.video) {
			obj.setIncluded(false);
			AlbumSynchronizer AlSy = new AlbumSynchronizer(engine);
			AlSy.delete(obj);
		}
		ao.setChildren(ao.getChildren());
	}
}
I'll play with it some more, just to make sure it's not a phantom solution. ;)
davidekholm

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 17:12   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
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Just two small comments on your code:
  • Move the new AlbumSynchronizer call outside the iterator for performance (i.e before it)
  • Move the ao.setChildren(ao.getChildren()); call outside the iterator too (i.e. after it) for performance reasons, otherwise you will write to disk for each album object instead of doing one write per folder.
JeffTucker

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 17:22   in response to: davidekholm in response to: davidekholm
 
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So, now you show up, eh, after RobM and I have struggled through to a solution!

Edit: Yes, it appears to be happy with this:
private void exUnsupp(AlbumObject ao) {
	AlbumSynchronizer AlSy = new AlbumSynchronizer(engine);
	for(AlbumObject obj : ao.getChildren()) {
		cat = obj.getCategory();
		if(obj.isIncluded() && obj.isFolder()) exUnsupp(obj);
		else if(obj.isIncluded() && cat != Category.image && cat != Category.video) {
			obj.setIncluded(false);
			AlSy.delete(obj);
		}
	}
	ao.setChildren(ao.getChildren());
}
RobM

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 17:53   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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Sorry about the ao.getCategory, just too used to using ao.

At least we have learnt something, that is having to make a new instance of the AlbumSynchronizer, but for us hacks having that in the API would make it that much easier to use.
JeffTucker

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Re: Deleting output under program control
Posted: 22 Apr 17, 17:55   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
 
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Most API's are like a dictionary that shows you how to spell each word, and provides an exhaustive guide to its pronunciation, but doesn't actually tell you what the word means. ;)
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