Merge origin/master

assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2019JulySeptember/homework4/Boron/BoronPdusave.dislog

+!Begin!Beginning of DIS capture file, Pdusave1.dislog.
+AAAAAAAAAAA=,BwABAQAAAAAAAAAACTwAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP029GT0ORpA+skXmQBXw+8TlchFAIoD9mp0sCEAiePPdoztqP2ds/D5gSzQ+u+pmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAABjhFLkM=,BwABAQAAAAAAAAAAFegAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPO+GAD9l1KA+CSoEQB+LsFxy9mI/5R0h/2XI40AZm58PmyVfPzhRVT9apB4/G+hCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAACdElIW8=,BwABAQAAAAAAAAAAHLoAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPtT6zD57N7Q/dIZXP+NUHTLCB8FAFCAzjscCIkASvFW0+p0qP2Aa1jwC1EA/TSOpAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+!End!End of DIS capture file, Pdusave1.dislog.

examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSender.java

@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ public class AllPduSender
                             {
                                 VariableDatum newVariableDatum = new VariableDatum();
                                 newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumValue (comment.getBytes());        // conversion
-                                newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumLength(comment.getBytes().length); // housekeeping
+                                newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumLength(comment.getBytes().length  * 8); // bits, not bytes, see spec and javadoc
+                                // alternatively, you do not need to set this and the marshaller will figure it out from the byte array
+                                // (see javadoc for VariableDatum.setVariableDatumLength())
                                 payloadList.add(newVariableDatum);
                                 System.out.println("   \"" + comment + "\"");
                             }
@@ -427,19 +429,25 @@ public class AllPduSender
                 byte[] buffer;
 
                 Pdu aPdu = generatedPdusList.get(idx);
-                aPdu.marshal(dos);
-
-                buffer = baos.toByteArray();
-                DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length, localMulticastAddress, DEFAULT_MULTICAST_PORT);
-                socket.send(packet);
-                try {
-                    Thread.sleep(100L);
-                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                try 
+                {
+                    aPdu.marshal(dos);
+
+                    buffer = baos.toByteArray();
+                    DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length, localMulticastAddress, DEFAULT_MULTICAST_PORT);
+                    socket.send(packet);
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(100L);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                    }
+                    String currentPduTypeValuePadded = String.format("%2s", aPdu.getPduType().getValue());
+                    String currentPduTypePadded = String.format("%-34s", aPdu.getPduType()); // - indicates right padding of whitespace
+                    System.out.print  ("Sent DIS PDU " + currentPduTypeValuePadded + " " + currentPduTypePadded );
+                    System.out.println(" of type " + aPdu.getClass().getName());
+                } 
+                catch (Exception ex) {
+                    System.out.println("Marshaling error" + ex);
                 }
-                String currentPduTypeValuePadded = String.format("%2s", aPdu.getPduType().getValue());
-                String currentPduTypePadded = String.format("%-34s", aPdu.getPduType()); // - indicates right padding of whitespace
-                System.out.print  ("Sent DIS PDU " + currentPduTypeValuePadded + " " + currentPduTypePadded );
-                System.out.println(" of type " + aPdu.getClass().getName());
             }
             // write the PDUs out to an XML file.
             //PduContainer container = new PduContainer();

specifications/README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers and is used worldwide,
 especially by military organizations but also by other agencies such as those involved in
 space exploration and medicine.*
-* Wikipedia: [Distributed Interactive Simulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Interactive_Simulation)
+* Wikipedia: [Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Interactive_Simulation) IEEE Standard
+* [Simulation Interoperabilty Standards Organization (SISO)](https://www.sisostds.org): "Simulation Interoperability and Reuse through Standards"
+* SISO Product Support Group (PSG): [DIS / RPR FOM PSG - Distributed Interactive Simulation / Real-time Platform Reference Federation Object Model](https://www.sisostds.org/StandardsActivities/SupportGroups/DISRPRFOMPSG.aspx)
 
 Manual download links follow.  IEEE standards must be downloaded manually while within NPS campus or firewall.