Enhance the mapping tool's robustness, usability, and user guidance to improve overall quality and reliability of the mapping process by addressing several identified issues related to error handling and parameter validation.
Identified Issues and Proposed Enhancements
Invalid CDF and Mapping File Handling
Current Behavior: Fails with runtime exceptions when encountering invalid XML content in converterToMapping.xml or sourcemeter_mapping_example_2_0.xml.
Enhancement: Implement schema validation against XSD for both CDF and mapping files before processing, with clear error messages detailing validation failures.
Parameter Validation and Usage Guidance
Current Behavior: Inadequate handling of empty or incorrect parameters, such as missing output file paths or empty scale parameters, and incomplete usage help message.
Enhancement:
Improve upfront parameter validation, ensuring clarity in error messages for user guidance.
Update the help message (-h) to include comprehensive details of all parameters (-h, -i, -o, -m, -s, -v).
Special Parameter Cases
Current Behavior: Issues with specific parameter cases like incorrect scale parameter formats and misuse of the validate parameter.
Enhancement:
Refine validation logic for special parameters like scale (-s) and validate (-v), ensuring inputs are correctly formatted.
Validate output file paths for feasibility before file creation attempts, with clear notifications for invalid paths.
Action Items
[ ] XML Validation: Implement and document upfront XML validation for CDF and mapping files with detailed error messaging.
[ ] Parameter Validation: Enhance validation for all command-line parameters, ensuring errors are clearly communicated.
[ ] Usage Help Message: Revise and expand the help message to accurately reflect all command options and their usage.
[ ] Special Parameters Handling: Address handling issues for special parameters, including scale and validate options, with precise validation.
[ ] Documentation: Update official documentation to reflect these improvements, offering usage examples and highlighting common errors to avoid.
Goal
These enhancements aim to make the mapping tool more intuitive and reliable, reducing user frustration and improving the mapping process's accuracy and user experience.
Objective
Enhance the mapping tool's robustness, usability, and user guidance to improve overall quality and reliability of the mapping process by addressing several identified issues related to error handling and parameter validation.
Identified Issues and Proposed Enhancements
Invalid CDF and Mapping File Handling
converterToMapping.xmlorsourcemeter_mapping_example_2_0.xml.Parameter Validation and Usage Guidance
-h) to include comprehensive details of all parameters (-h,-i,-o,-m,-s,-v).Special Parameter Cases
-s) and validate (-v), ensuring inputs are correctly formatted.Action Items
Goal
These enhancements aim to make the mapping tool more intuitive and reliable, reducing user frustration and improving the mapping process's accuracy and user experience.