WOSH Framework

WOSH (Wide Open Smart Home) is an open source and multi-platform framework (message oriented middleware)written in ANSI C++, designed to enable (smart) home automation.

WOSH is a Service Oriented Framework (SOA) providing a (Network) OS independent infrastructure for developing component based software (services, aka bundles), but it ships with many implemented services and some end-user applications (as woshsrv, WorkShop).

WOSH and some components are (partially) based on QT4.

This project is actually released for developers, the current stage is not yet ready for end-users.

Some reasons to use and join the WOSH project are:

* It's free, open source, alive!
* It's modular and growing
* It's easy to plug-in new features (C++ required)
* It has been though to be efficient and intuitive
* It contains state-of-the-art libraries (QT4, gloox, festival, gstreamer010, ..)
* It comes with many built-in services (networking, communication, entertainment, remote control, ..)

Features:

• built-in end-user applications: console and graphical both
• distributed computing, 'zero-configuration' networking
• multi-user, role based access
• remote control using Instant Messaging (using libgloox; compatible with GTalk), SMS (send/receive) and call monitoring (on Windows-Mobile, RNDIS connected smart phone)
• appliances and sensors (X10 devices) monitor/control (on POSIX, based on Heyu)
• entertainment, multi-zone media playback (using GStreamer on POSIX or QT Phonon on Windows, VLC). Media-Director service provides a high abstraction layer, the recovery/guess multimedia status, hardware/software shortcuts and more
• centralized communication system (selecting best communication channel), using also interpreters (such as Festival for Text2Speech)
• building abstract-representation of the home and its devices (rooms, lights, audio-box, ..)
• Cron and Automation services, providing support for basic every-day tasks
• many not listed and more to come..

What is new in this release:

• build and tested on Debian Sqeeze
• added String class, many Utitilites functions have been rewritten and moved there
• significant performance improvement
• fixed some memory leaks
• many defines are now declared as C++ constants
• doing some profiling/performance tests (Windows/VS2010)
• Containers rewritten and classes were moved
• added src/common.spec.pri (contains shared stuff from old common.pri)
• string DEFINES are now declared/defined as (typed) const char[]
• removed (meyer) singleton ObjectFactory, now can be used only after allocating WoshKernel
• removed (meyer) singleton ThreadManager, now can be used only after allocating WoshKernel
• removed plugin framework (integrated in core, see ObjectLibrary)
• Core:
• Settings renamed as WoshSettings, now supports also -=, |= operators
• added modified timestamp to Properties
• fixing constructors' initializers
• ISerializable is now extending new interfaces IStringifiable, IHashable
• added Description, last-modified fields to Property
• added Stream classes (beta stage)
• added Buffer classes (beta stage)
• fixed serious bug in ThreadPool::setWorkersCount
• rewritten Containers, removed DataAdapter
• added multi-hop dynamic routing (NetworkManager)
• support registration of remote multi-hop hosts (NetworkManager)
• fixed bug in wosh::getEnumSetAsString() (macro _ENUMSET_TOSTRING)
• added procedures related to CLI for win32 and posix
• fixed deserialization of Variant[DATETIME]
• URICollector is not accessible as meyer singleton anymore, now referenced in WoshKernel (::globalURIs)
• MethodCollector is not accessible as meyer singleton anymore, now referenced in WoshKernel (::globalMethods)
• removed (meyer) singleton FileSystem::getTemporaryFiles (now is a member var)
• added ObjectLibrary, ObjectLibraryLoader (manage shared libraries)
• NetworkUtilities class added (moved** from wosh::network::NetworkUtilities)
• implemented some operators (+, -, *, /, ..) of Variant class
• added BundleGenericWorker.cpp
• renamed LogHandlerStdOut to LogHandlerStdC
• rewritten Thread class
• fixed bug in ThreadPool (used by BusMT)
• Automations:
• removed required reference to xtended::WeatherInfo, now using interfaces::various::WeatherInfo
• Communication:
• removed SessionProtocol, now using SessionEncoder and SessionInterpreter
• added defaults implementations for SessionEncoder and SessionInterpreter
• fixed some bugs in Session, SessionShell
• * SessionShell is now hiding password while logging in
• fixed bug in commadn line parsing (ShellCommand)
• Networking:
• removed/updated NetworkingUtilities ( now refer to core class or NetworkManager::utlities() )
• added NetworkingUtilities implementation for QT, Winsock2
• added network library winsock2 (stuff moved from csocket)
• fixed delay while resolving hostname (TCP protocol connection)
• SocketUdp is not an interface class
• fixed debug output on DeSerialization error
• Bundles:
• updated PlayerMPD, now: examines outputs changes, memory leaks fixed
• fixed Heyu, now using custom popen and exit gracefully (no need of CTRL-C as before)
• Gui:
• fixed deallocation of SessionGui
• fixed stop of BusRingQt
• fixed bug in DialogLogin (when already logged it does SU)
• fixed PropertiesMapper and some signals on Variant gui
• minor fixes to guis
• Xtended:
• WeatherInfo inheriting from interfaces::various::WeatherInfo class

What is new in version 0.8.462:

• Minor and major bugs were fixed in both the core and bundles.
• Weather and Gardener bundles are being introduced.

What is new in version 0.8.161:

• Core:
• critical deserialization fix on NEW_List
• minor fix to containers (naming)
• fixed permission bug of method_list (didn't allow to list methods)
• common MPC method props_get now supports wildchar
• ThreadManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• BusManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• SystemMonitor released as 0.8.161
• DeviceManager: static methods removed
• DeviceManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• ObjectFactory released as 0.8.499(final)
• introducing SharedMemory (still under development)
• wosh-core low-level memory fixes (memcheck) [about 200kb were lost]
• URI tree de-allocation fixed, URICollector now is a singleton (instead of the tree itself)
• SystemProfiler de-allocation fixed (missing free() of properties and connectors)
• Documentation:
• global revision has been started
• some doc-pages have moved nearby the implementation
• added RoadMap file
• Gui:
• rewritten FormScreenShoter, to be used for new documentation
• rewritten FormBusMonitor, to be dockable, customizable
• FormThreadManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• FormBusManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• FormSystemMonitor released as 0.8.161
• FormDeviceManager released as 0.8.499(final)
• FormObjectFactory released as 0.8.499(final)
• added GuiMapping dialog (under Tools)

What is new in version 0.8.151:

• Core:
• minor fixes
• BundleManager updated, now using BundleAction(s)
• fixed some Response formatting error (cos of previous format)
• MessageProcessingCommon update, supporting containers
• Networking:
• fixed built issues and aligned (lisockets::TCP still delayed)
• minor updates, NetworkProtocol hosts methods
• Gui: (still work in progress)
• now using ObjectFactory, ObjectAllocator
• fixed log viewer using custom handler
• many fixes to work with updated core/components

What is new in version 0.8.101:

• Core:
• minor fixes
• BundleManager updated, now using BundleAction(s)
• fixed some Response formatting error (cos of previous format)
• MessageProcessingCommon update, supporting containers
• Networking:
• fixed built issues and aligned (lisockets:TCP still delayed)
• minor updates, NetworkProtocol hosts methods
• Gui: (still work in progress)
• now using ObjectFactory, ObjectAllocator
• fixed log viewer using custom handler
• many fixes to work with updated core/components

What is new in version 0.8.013:

• Core:
• Containers totally rewritten
• Data class reimplemented as Variant (using union)
• Object: reviewed some getters/setters (removing non-const 'getters')
• Permission: added overwrite mask and some helpers
• interfaces: totally revisited
• Bundles: intrinsically revisited
• BundleRequirements: added class, not effective yet
• PropertiesProvider: rewritten, but similar interface
• MethodProvider: rewritten, standard calls changed
• Functional: introducing STL-based functional
• added Tree structure (lame btw)
• Reflection: indrocuding a naive reflection support
• Logging: rewritten to be FAST, now using dynamic handlers, run-time options, stdout coloured on win/linux
• added woshMacros.h
• applyed DRY paradigm :)
• WoshKernel: state-machine and (module) booting reviewed
• SystemProfiler: introducing an embedded tool for profiling methods, properties and bus-connectors
• Shell protocol: updated command-line parsing, now considering quoted arguments and GNU style options (--)
• fixed a bug in thread initialization (when failed), timeout optimized
• intrinsically increased performance!! (probably 100x)
• Modules:
• ObjectFactory (added): components allocation was rewritten (centralized)
• SystemLogger (replaces LogCore) : logger is now a module, even if may work standalone
• PersistenceManager (replaces DataBaseManager)
• Persistence:
• IReflection : Added, provides getClassName(), common MACROS
• Serializable: REMOVED, renamed to ISerializable
• ISerializable: RTTI/not, common MACROS, I/O using serializers (IEncoder)
• IEncoderReader: interface for de-serialization [pop(TYPE)]
• IEncoderWriter: interface for serialization [push(TYPE)]
• encoders are loaded using ObjectFactory
• Networking:
• fixed some segfault errors in NetworkManager
• framework/network: source tree/project files changed
• supporting multiple newtorking libraries at runtime, socket new-component-allocation-style (ObjectFactory)
• libSockets: introducing alternative/concurrent support to Sockets library
• SocketUdp: now fully supported and compatible with: {Qt (old), libSocket} (TCP, HTTP, SSL will come further)
• network protocols are loaded using ObjectFactory
• added timeouts to all (un)bind/(dis)connect
• Bundles:
• ALL bundles, have been updated to new specs. broken backward compatibility
• built-in registration totally revised! now using inline macros, just include source in build
• bundles are loaded using ObjectFactory

What is new in version 0.6.320 Build 2010-02-21:

• network: many classes have been RENAMED: NetworkChannel-Udp,-Tcp (and its server)
• Discovery (udp) renamed as DiscoveryUdp
• DiscoveryUdp RELEASED. (code revisioned, documentation, man)
• Thread: initializingThread now returns BOOL (and it's evaluated)
• Man: basic implementation
• SystemError: now accept CONST source
• SocketUdp: minor revision and documentation update
• gui: added DiscoveryUdp interface, added some icons
• gatalkbot: removed (renamed as JabberGloox)
• JabberGloox: reviewed, now supports glooox 0.9, 1.0 [win32, unix]

Requirements:

• Qt