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My goals for today are the following:

• Get iDocument code working correctly
• Fix UML Class Diagrams
• Create Use Cases

I began tackling the first item on the list, but ran into a few troubles, which I am still trying to figure out (although the day is not yet gone ;) ).

Basically, what it amounts to is that I have been working to try and get the basic iDocument system figured out. It's actually very easy to understand, and pretty easy to implement, but I am getting a segfault which confounds me. Specifically, I have the following code to load a COLLADA file:

colladaFile = fileSystem->Open(TESTFILE, VFS_FILE_READ);
        if (!colladaFile.IsValid())	
	{
		cout << "Attempting to open: " << TESTDIR << TESTFILE << endl;
		return ReportError("Error: Unable to open COLLADA file on VFS.  Terminating.");
	}

	// This works
	csRef<iDataBuffer> buf = colladaFile->GetAllData();
	//cout << buf->GetData() << endl;
	
	// This does not work
	colladaDocument->Parse(colladaFile);
	//colladaDocument->Parse(buf);

One would think that the colladaDocument->Parse() calls would actually parse the file in question, which happens to be a COLLADA file exported with Blender. Since COLLADA files are XML files, the XMLRead plugin (or the XMLTiny plugin) should be able to at least PARSE the file. Instead, I get a segfault when I attempt to run the program. The lines previous to it (the ones commented with // this works) work fine - the file is clearly read into the data buffer and then output again, if I want it to be. It's the parsing that seems to be a pain.

The second item hasn't yet been accomplished, due to some problems with Java on my current workstation, and thus my inability to use my current UML tool: Visual Paradigm. I intend to get this problem fixed by tomorrow afternoon, but I haven't got the slightest clue why install4j doesn't work. (There were some problems with the system, so I decided to reinstall VP. When I tried to do so, the installer gives me a null pointer exception. Wierd).

I am currently working on the third item on the list, and should be finished by late this afternoon. I will publish an update when I am finished, along with downloadable versions of the Use Case Documents.