[MOBY-dev] Dead services and how to figure them out

[Edward Kawas]

Hi Andreas,

The service seems to be up and running:
http://moby.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/ServicePingerValidator (choose the service
provider from the drop down). I think that is why it isn't listed on the
dead services page.

I am not sure how to figure out if the service is dead in jMoby. Maybe the
easiest thing to do would be to add code into MobyService that actually
pings the service. But that should be better thought out. I know that the
RDF for services contains this information, but don't trust it. Ever since
we started caching, that information is no longer useful. Again, this value
should be removed or we should figure out how to ensure that this
information is valid.

Eddie




-----Original Message-----
From: moby-dev-bounces at lists.open-bio.org
[mailto:moby-dev-bounces at lists.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Groscurth
Sent: June-13-08 6:58 AM
To: Core developer announcements
Subject: [MOBY-dev] Dead services and how to figure them out

Hi,

just a short question about dead services.
I call some services with my aggregator, which are registered at the 
production central. Some of them always return and error and therefore 
arent useable at all.

E.g. getAREXGFPImageCollection from arexdb.org

if i ping it in dashboard it tells me "getAREXGFPImageCollection is 
dead" - but on the "dead service" page it is not listed (and its dead 
for a longer time)

Also in the Java code in MobyService there are flags for the status of a 
service - but how to i find them out - after a findService call all 
service i retrieve have status 0 (unchecked).

So my questions/comment:

1. The dead service page does not show up all dead services.
2. How do I find out with JMoby if a service is dead ?

THX
Andreas
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