Ada Util is a collection of utility packages for Ada 2005. Several packages are inspired from Java packages and libraries (Java properties, log4j, ...)

• Measures performs performance measurement of Ada code
• ConcurrentCounter provides an efficient concurrent counter data type
• Log implements a simple logging facility close to Log4j
• Properties allows to manage name/value properties such as Java property and Java bundle files
• StringTransforms defines various string transformations functions and procedures
• Streams implements a Java-like stream composing framework (raw, files, buffered, pipes)
• Pipes and process launch are supported on Unix and Windows platforms.
• Serialization provides a framework to serialize a CSV, JSON or an XML content directly into some Ada records.
• Encoders defines a generic framework to encode and decode streams in various encoding formats (BASE16, BASE64, SHA1, HMAC-SHA1).
• Ada Beans framework provides a set of mechanisms inspired from the Java Beans.

Ada Util also provides a small unit test utility library that helps in writing Ada AUnit tests.

Ada Util is used by:

• Ada EL
• Ada ASF
• Ada Database Objects

Build

Build with the following commands:

   ./configure
   make

The samples can be built using:

   gnatmake -Psamples

The unit tests are built using (you will need Aunit):

   gnatmake -Ptests

And unit tests are executed with:

   bin/util_harness

Installation

The installation on Ubuntu or Debian-based system is possible by using the install target:

   sudo make install

Notes

• On NetBSD 5.1, you have to use gmake to build the package.
• The process creation has been tested on Linux, NetBSD and Windows. Porting to Mac OS/X has not yet been tested but it should be quite simple.
• If AUnit is not available, you can configure Ada Util to use the integrated Ahven package. For this, use the following configure command:

   ./configure --enable-ahven