RFC_1/RFC1_Implementation_Plan

Implementation Plan for RFC #1

Stuff that is now done:

• Finalize CyAttributes API, based on public review [Done: 10/13/2005]

• Agree on way to access global attributes and implement [Done: 10/17/2005]

• Deprecate all attribute access methods in Cytoscape.java and CyNetwork.java [Ethan, Done: 10/17/2005]

• Revert Cytoscape.java and CyNetwork.java to return GraphObjAttribute for backward compability [Ethan, Done: 10/17/2005]

• Remove CytoscapeData and CytoscapeDataImpl from core [Ethan, Done: 10/21/2005]

• Implement CyAttributesImpl [Nerius, Done: 10/15/2005]

  • Write Unit Test [Ethan, Done: 10/15/2005]

Stuff that is still in the works:

• Implement GraphObjAttributes [Nerius, Almost done]

  • Write Unit Test [Ethan, Done: 10/21/2005]

• Write CyAttributesReader [Nerius, In Progress]

  • Write Unit Test [Ethan, Partially complete]

• Write CyAttributesWriter [Nerius, Not Started]

  • Write Unit Test [Ethan, Not Started]

• Replace all calls to GraphObjAttributes with calls to CyAttributes [Iliana, Nerius, Not started]

• Verify that all references to GraphObjAttributes have been removed [Ethan]

• Celebrate