Added new integer parameter Formaline::metadata_lifetime to specify a lifetime

for announced metadata. Default is 100 hours.


git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/arrangements/CactusUtils/Formaline/trunk@143 83718e91-0e4f-0410-abf4-91180603181f

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/param.ccl b/param.ccl
index e505332..8746ea2 100644
--- a/param.ccl
+++ b/param.ccl
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ INT timeout "Timeout for sending meta information to a server (in seconds)" STEE
   1:* :: "a positive value"
 } 10
 
+INT metadata_lifetime "Lifetime of meta information sent to a server (in hours)" STEERABLE=always
+{
+  0   :: "zero to store the metadata forever"
+  1:* :: "a positive value to limit the lifetime to so many hours"
+} 100
+
 
 
 # Parameters for collecting metadata
diff --git a/src/rdf.cc b/src/rdf.cc
index 012358a..49d2ab3 100644
--- a/src/rdf.cc
+++ b/src/rdf.cc
@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ namespace Formaline
         databuf
 << (get_state() == initial ? "PUT" : "POST")
 << " /context/CactusSimulations/" << jobID;
-//        if (get_state() != initial) databuf << "?action=update";
+        // set a metadata lifetime if requested by the user
+        // (Formaline::time_to_live is hours but the RDF service wants seconds)
+        if (metadata_lifetime) databuf << "?ttl=" << (metadata_lifetime * 3600);
         databuf << " HTTP/1.0\r\n"
 << "Host: " << rdf_hostname[i] << "\r\n"
 << "Content-Type: application/rdf+xml\r\n"