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The Pacific War and New Guinea
Prof TANAKA Hiromi
Today, a number of distinguished scholars from Australia, Japan and Papua New Guinea have gathered for the opening of this symposium. As one who proposed such an event, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr Peter Stanley and Dr Peter Londey of the Military History Section and staff of the Australia-Japan Research Project for their work in preparing for the symposium.
The reason for proposing a symposium on the war in New Guinea is that it is consistent with the AJRP's aim of encouraging collaborative research between Australia and Japan. Furthermore, I believe it is essential for this collaborative effort to be directed to a region which holds deep significance to both countries, and where fierce fighting raged for so long a time.
A large number of Japanese view the Second World War as a conflict between Japan and the US that began at Pearl Harbor. There is a tendency to downplay the significance of the actual role of Australia in the war. However, the battles fought in New Guinea and surrounding areas were conducted between Japanese forces and Australian–American allied forces. The role of Australian forces in these battles far exceeds the general Japanese understanding of the events.
It is a difficult truth that of the three campaigns that resulted in the greatest loss of Japanese life – namely in New Guinea, Burma and the Philippines – it is the New Guinea campaign that occupies the position of least interest in Japan. This apathy suggests that there has been no steady research into the reasons for the campaigns in New Guinea, why it was so miserable or how it related to the passage of the war in general. It is a fact that aside from Professor KONDO Shinji, present at this symposium, there has been no research in Japan into these issues. To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an academic conference held in Japan on the topic of the war in New Guinea. Consequently, the opening of this symposium with Japanese researchers and their esteemed Australian colleagues is perhaps a bold undertaking. It is my hope that it will stimulate in Japan more interest in the war in New Guinea.
At the beginning of the New Guinea campaign, Japan did not have in its possession any reliable maps or any information on local weather and geographical conditions. This fact indicates that the operations were outside of initial expectations and planning. To understand this, we must recount Japanese military planning and strategy up to that point.
Japan began the war, for all intents and purposes, against China in 1937 and pursued southward the Chinese army under the command of Chiang Kai-shek. Since the middle of the 19th century, the southern Chinese region surrounding Yanzi Jiang was the centre of interest of the foreign powers. There were concerns that conflict with the Western powers would arise if Japan approached this region. At that time, the US and Britain clearly indicated an intention to aid China and began to supply materiel to Chiang Kai-shek. In order to cut off these supply routes, the Japanese army gradually penetrated southward into the French colony of Vietnam. American opposition to these actions increased. Trade relations between the US and Japan, the lifeline of the Japanese economy, were severed, leaving both the supply of iron and oil, essential to Japanese war preparations, and the importation of other raw materials, in turmoil.
Japan, isolated and cornered, plunged headlong into a fresh conflict with the United States, Britain and Holland in December 1941. The direct motive at the outbreak of war was to procure essential raw materials. The Malay Peninsula and Indonesia were rich in crude oil, bauxite, nickel, iron ore, tin and rubber and for this reason were termed the "southern resource belt". The initial policy was to seek peace and plan a cessation of war after securing these regions as colonies.
The numerically inferior US Navy, according to Japanese naval strategic planning from about 1930, would retreat to Hawaii after initial engagements. There they would regroup before mounting an offensive in the direction of the Philippines. The scenario was that the Japanese Navy would mount repeated raids along the way, thus provoking the weakened US fleet into a decisive battle in the vicinity of the Philippines. It would be a triumph as decisive as the victory in the Japan Sea during the Russo-Japan War. Even after the emergence of this new plan to occupy the southern resource belt, there was little alteration to the existing strategic plan.
It is no exaggeration to say that the development of the war, apart from the main engagements in the Philippines, proceeded contrary to all expectations. We could reasonably expect that it was also contrary to US expectations. The main reason for this unexpected outcome was that General MacArthur escaped from the Philippines not to Hawaii, but to Brisbane in Australia, and used the region (including New Zealand) as a strategic base to wage his counter-offensive. Japan, expecting the American forces to return to Hawaii, had not considered facing a counter-offensive from an US-Australian allied force based in Australia.
The significance of this unexpected turn of events was that Japan lacked information on the geography, politics, economy and military strength of the region. Australia had been visited often since the first naval training voyages by the Japanese Navy in the 1880s. Further, the Japanese fleet provided escorts to allied convoys in Australian waters during the First World War. There was some knowledge of the coast, especially from the east coast south to Tasmania. This basic lack of vital information was illustrated in 1942. Vice-Admiral NAGUMO's task force attacked Darwin using nautical charts of the Arafura Sea without depth markings. It was a similar situation for New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, which lay across the top of Australia.
Even so, a comparison of the attitude of the Japanese Army and Navy reveals that the navy, which was based on Truk Island, held a deep interest in New Guinea and the Solomons. Surveys of water passages and the topography of New Guinea and the surrounding islands had been conducted by the Naval Hydrographic Office from 1933 to 1938 using foreign publications and charts. They published numerous volumes that outlined weather conditions, ocean currents, water depth and coastal terrain. These, however, did not comment on internal social or economic conditions. The army, on the other hand, had hastily conducted surveys just prior to the outbreak of war on the ability of the southern resource belt to provide resources for military materiel. I do not think, however, that these surveys included New Guinea. In any case, maps captured from the Dutch and Australian armies, and maps constructed from reconnaissance photographs provided some inkling to the local conditions.
An investigation of maps makes clear the necessity of occupying New Guinea and the Solomons in order to enforce a blockade of military supply routes from the US to Australia and to prevent the expected Allied counter-attack from the south. The navy especially tended to cast its gaze south from its important base on Truk and desired to occupy and control New Guinea and the surrounding islands. Even the occupation of Rabaul, which was used as a base for the invasion into New Guinea and the Solomons, was pushed through by the navy – against opposition from the army – for the purpose of preventing Allied air raids on Truk. The strategy to invade Port Moresby was also promoted by the navy to enhance the defense of Rabaul.
The army had come to occupy a position of dominance in the war in China, so the advance south into the resource belt of the Pacific was approached like a campaign on a giant land mass. New Guinea and the Solomons seemed a distant, unknown quantity. Consequently, the army adopted a passive stance concerning operations promoted by the navy in that area.
The navy, with its base in Rabaul, began preparations during 1942 for two operations. The "MO" operation aimed to capture Port Moresby in eastern New Guinea, while the "FS" operation planned to occupy Samoa, Fiji and New Caledonia in order to enforce the blockade between the US and Australia. However, the disaster of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the defeat in the Battle of Midway resulted in a substantial weakening of the Japanese position in the region and led to the start of the Allied counter-attack with the landing at Guadalcanal. In addition to this, the Allied forces under the command of MacArthur were advancing north along the "MacArthur axis", which ran from Bougainville through the northern coastline of New Guinea, the Philippines, Okinawa and then on to mainland Japan. Meanwhile, the US Navy and naval units were approaching Japan by the "Nimitz axis" which ran from the Gilbert Islands through the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands.
Within the context of the entire war, what significance can be attributed to the southward advance of the Japanese forces and the counter-offensive of the Allies through Guadalcanal and on to mainland Japan? The southward advance into the Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the southern resource belt by Japan in order to supply natural resources for the war which had become bogged down in China represented the opening of a new phase of the conflict. The Japanese government used the phrase the "East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere" to describe an area that included mainland Japan and its colonies, including the Chinese mainland and the southern resource belt. This was officially termed the "Greater East Asian War" soon after operations to secure these areas began.
It is possible, therefore, to view the Allied operations along the MacArthur and Nimitz axes as being outside the confines of the Greater East Asian War. There are many people within Japan who believe that the Greater East Asian War was prosecuted in order to free Asia. Even though their purpose was different, however, it is thought that the battles of the two axes were the stage that would decide the overall victor. This conflict in Japan is called the "Western Pacific war". Japan considered winning and losing the war on the basis of the campaign in China and the campaign to secure areas rich in natural resources. On the other hand, the Allies adopted strategies to directly oppose the Japanese forces and bring a speedy conclusion without regard for either China or the southern resource belt.
Seen in this way, the Second World War in east Asia and the western Pacific consisted of three campaigns of differing motives and locations, namely the war in China, the war to procure primary resources in the south, and the war in the western Pacific (see diagram no. 1). The opponents in each of these theatres were also different: the Chinese in China; the British, Australian and Dutch primarily in the southern resource belt; and the Americans in the western Pacific.
Japan had become bogged down in the war in China at a time when national resources were weakening. It then began both the campaigns to secure natural resources in the south and the unexpected war of the western Pacific. Japan had to distribute its military capability and resources, which were inferior to the Allies, over three expansive theatres of operation. The Allied forces had no reason to become involved in China and had no need to secure resources and so concentrated its superior numbers and materiel in the western Pacific. Consequently, there was no significant difference in actual strength in the south.
The battles from Guadalcanal to New Guinea developed into a war of attrition that the Japanese had hoped to avoid due to its limited military strength and manufacturing capacity. In cannot be overstated that the relative merits of conducting a similar war of attrition in the western Pacific was not determined by manufacturing capacity but by the ability to transport supplies by sea over such long distances. The limits of the Japanese army's supply capabilities had been reached in the Guadalcanal campaign, though there were sufficient resources to evacuate surviving units. In 1943, however, it was determined that even if an Allied land campaign towards Rabaul was imminent, there was no possibility of a Japanese withdrawal; units in Rabaul would be abandoned. Although postwar Western commentators often say that the Japanese army glorified the destruction of its army, the fact is that withdrawal in such a situation, if a possible option, was the army's preferred course of action. The main reasons for the Japanese army's choice of annihilation over withdrawal during the war occurred where units were stranded on islands without transport or room to withdraw.
It is possible to divide the war in New Guinea into two stages. The first concerns the defensive and offensive operations centred on Port Moresby on the southern coastline, and the second concerns the repeated land operations and movements of Allied and Japanese troops from 1943–1944 on the northern coastline of New Guinea. The navy occupied Rabaul in order to protect its base on Truk, and then planned to invade Port Moresby in order to strengthen their position at Rabaul. The Japanese army wished to prevent Allied counter-offensives from Australia, and also felt the necessity of expelling any Allied military force from New Guinea in preparation for a possible advance to Australia. The failure of the overland and seaborne campaigns to capture Port Moresby signalled the end of these operations and the end of the first stage of the war.
Imperial HQ in January 1943 decided to change focus by retreating from Guadalcanal and undertaking offensive operations in eastern New Guinea, thus ushering in the second stage of the New Guinea war. This change was not determined by a Japanese reading of Allied strategy based on an attack of Rabaul from the direction of both Guadalcanal and eastern New Guinea. Rather, the decision was politically motivated to hide the defeat at Guadalcanal from the Japanese people.
The leaders of the war effort described to the people of Japan the retreat from Guadalcanal as a "change of direction" rather than a withdrawal. Consequently, New Guinea became the objective of the new operations. In short, the New Guinea operations did not result from a new policy based in the overall direction of the war. It emerged out of Japan's domestic political and social situation, and is considered to have been largely influenced by proposals from Hirohito, the Shôwa emperor.
The defeat at Guadalcanal stretched Japan's supply capacity beyond its limit. The distinguishing feature of the New Guinea war conducted immediately after this defeat was that the Japanese forces could not expect any direct supplies from Japan from the very beginning. The Japanese forces, which previously had advanced into the south for natural resources, decided to procure supplies locally due to limited supplies from Japan. It is assumed that the same policy was taken in New Guinea. However, some degree of local agricultural development as well as a social and economic system to distribute agricultural produce must precede the local procurement of food supplies. Also, the local agricultural sector must have the capacity to produce surplus food. Agricultural development in New Guinea at that time was more primitive than that of Malaya and Indonesia. It was still in the phase of hunting and gathering, so it was nearly impossible to obtain food supplies locally in New Guinea.
The Japanese forces advancing into New Guinea must have been prepared for the situation where they could not obtain supplies directly from Japan. However, they were probably unaware that it would be difficult to source food supplies locally. This operation was executed in haste, and the Japanese forces entering New Guinea with such ignorance began to suffer from starvation as the food they carried ran out. Fierce attacks by Allied forces further increased the number of deaths from starvation and illness.
The area of East New Guinea alone is as large as the Japanese archipelago without Kyushu Island, and that of east and west New Guinea together is more than twice as large as the whole of Japan. Some would argue that, considering the size of the island, it would have been impossible to prevent the enemy from freely choosing landing points and cornering the defending forces into a small area, a familiar tactic in island campaigns. In other words, it could be possible to shift the main battlefield and war front inland, and start a battle between land forces alone. However, large areas of inland New Guinea were covered with steep mountains and unexplored jungles. These circumstances made it impossible for groups of people to move about in inland areas. This means that warfare was conducted in the narrow coastal area and that the nature of the war inevitably became similar to that of a battle on a small island.
Having supremacy in the sea, the Allied forces could easily attack Japanese warships defending the coast and freely choose landing points to disrupt the operations of the Japanese. In addition, the Allied forces had control in the air and could attack the Japanese as they liked. Some may argue that it was a strategic error on the part of the Japanese to advance only three divisions into such a large area as Eastern New Guinea. However, three divisions would perhaps have been too many, considering that they could only freely move about in the coastal areas.
Since victory in island warfare is generally determined by which side has control of the sea, the forces defending the island are eventually left with two options, annihilation or surrender. Japanese forces only had the option of annihilation, since the narrow interpretation of "loyalty" to the nation and the Emperor considered surrender disloyal.
In the natural environment of New Guinea, this appears to have been the only choice available. However, the Japanese in New Guinea chose a third option of advancing into the inland areas. More than 10,000 Japanese soldiers repeatedly climbed over mountains as high as 4,000 meters. Napoleon himself, who led his forces over the Alps, would perhaps have been impressed by this feat. General MacArthur had said "the jungle will finish them for us", after being informed of the Japanese inland retreat. As this remark indicates, the jungle and steep terrain took a heavy toll on the Japanese forces and numerous soldiers perished on the way. Despite a substantial reduction in numbers, some soldiers survived after crossing several mountain ranges and large swamps along the Sepik River. Although they no longer had the ability to fight back, their tenacious survival perhaps delayed subsequent actions by the Allied forces.
The Japanese could not perceive the purpose of the unpredictable landing operations of the Allied forces as they advanced north-west along the north coast of New Guinea. It is not clear when the Japanese realised that the repeated campaigns of the Allies were not aimed at Rabaul, but were advance operations for an offensive to the Philippines. In September 1943, Japanese command changed its existing operations policies and instituted a "vital national line of defence", as indicated in diagram 1. This was intended to strengthen the domestic defence mechanism. Perhaps the purpose of the New Guinea campaigns up to that point was to buy time to strengthen the defences of the Philippines and to delay the Allied offensive to that end.
The vital national line of defence bisected east and west New Guinea along the border. Considering that an easily defended, rugged mountain range runs along the length of the island, it was perhaps best to draw a line of defence along this range. However, the actual battles were fought in a thin coastal strip, so it was felt that it was sufficient to place the division from north to south.
The purpose of establishing the line of defence was to keep in check the Allied advance and buy time to strengthen the defence of vital positions. Those Japanese troops outside the line were cast aside like chaff. Fate had decided that their mission was to die honorably. The mission of the Japanese troops outside the line in eastern New Guinea was to check the progress of the Allies and to try and prevent the establishment in western New Guinea of advance bases for an invasion of the Philippines. The Japanese army in eastern New Guinea continued to prosecute a hopeless campaign felt to be futile by the Allied forces because of this mission.
Finally, I would like to address where lies the significance of the New Guinea war. It was not uncommon within the context of the Pacific war for the front line to move hundreds of kilometres in one stroke. The Allied advance north began in earnest in 1944 after a year of relative slow movement of the front line. The vital national line of defence was also established after an interval of relative inactivity in the overall conditions of the war. Even during this time the front in New Guinea was central. It could be said that the gradual westwards advance of the Japanese and Allied forces bought valuable time for the Japanese army to reorganise.
However, no one from Japanese command was able to place any significance on New Guinea within the overall context of the war. Though the army was the main force in the second stage of the New Guinea campaign, which was intended to obscure the defeat at Guadalcanal, it was conservative in its prosecution from the beginning. The realisation was sudden that the Allied goal was the Philippines and not Rabaul. With no regard or understanding for the significance of New Guinea, the Japanese were slow to adapt to the changing situation.
The main reasons for this must be sought in the fact that the war in New Guinea was prosecuted from necessities that arose out of the course of the conflict. Japanese strategic planning lacked a clear policy of war leadership and military strategy, and was based on reactions to Allied movements. It is natural that an army that has no flexibility in its strategy or reserve strength in its prosecution of war will be defeated. However, Japanese command paid no heed to the changing conditions of the war and from the beginning lacked a strategy. It must also be said that they suffered greatly in their inability to read the tactics of the Allies during the battle once it had begun.
I have intended in this talk to provide only a broad outline of the conditions of the New Guinea campaigns within the overall context of the war. Although it has not been my intention to forcibly lay the foundation for new academic debate, it is my hope that enough interest arises to warrant a second symposium. I have presented my ideas in the full knowledge that I may invite critical comment from the assembled guests.
This paper was delivered at the Remebering the war in New Guinea project symposium held at the Australian National University from 19-21 October, 2000.
Translated by Steve Bullard and Akemi Inoue, Australia-Japan Research Project, Australian War Memorial.


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Ein Chorverband ist eine Vereinigung von Chören, welche sich regional, national oder global organisieren und für die Erhaltung und Entwicklung der weltweiten Chormusik einstehen.

Bekannte Chorverbände im deutschen Sprachraum sind:

Deutschland
 Deutscher Chorverband (DCV; entstanden aus dem Zusammenschluss von Deutscher Sängerbund und Deutscher Allgemeiner Sängerbund)
 Verband Deutscher Konzertchöre (VDKC)
 Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend (AMJ)
 Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik (IAM)
 Chorverband in der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (CEK)
 Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland (ACV)

Österreich
 Chorverband Österreich
 und 8 Chorverbände der Bundesländer.

Schweiz
In der IG "CHorama" sind folgende nationale, kantonale und regionale Chorverbände zusammengeschlossen:
 Schweizerische Chorvereinigung
 Schweizerische Föderation Europa Cantat
 Schweizerischer Berufsdirigentenverband
 Verband Chorleitung Nordwestschweiz
 Schweizerischer Kirchengesangsbund
 Schweizerischer Katholischer Kirchenmusikverband
 Reformierter Kirchenmusikverband Schweiz
 Association de Soutien aux Chœurs d'Enfants et de Jeunes
 Schweizer Kinder- und Jugendchorförderung
 Europäisches Jugendchorfestival
 À Cœur Joie Suisse
 Association Vaudoise des Directeurs de Chœurs
 Eidgenössischer Jodlerverband
 Schweizerische Trachtenvereinigung

Darüber hinaus gibt es in jedem Kanton weitere Chor- und Sängerverbände.

Südtirol
 Verband der Kirchenchöre Südtirols

Internationale
 Europa Cantat
 À Cœur Joie
 Gemeinschaft Alpenländischer Chorverbände (AGACH)

Dachverband der Chorverbände in Deutschland
 Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Chorverbände

Literatur

Liste (Musik)

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The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has published its Consumer ICT survey for 2013, which surveyed 1500 people nationwide.
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TV ownership stands at 95 per cent, laptop ownership is at 75 per cent and 54 per cent of those surveyed owned a smartphone.
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The survey reveals that Irish consumers are clearly looking for value for money when choosing a telecommunications service. Household Broadband access is now relatively high at 78 per cent and it is evident that a majority of people regard broadband as a key part of their working, social or educational lives. The survey shows that speed of service is ranked highly by consumers when choosing a service.
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Q: JSON Files old data overwritten when opening a new connection c# I have a c# WPF Solution. The solution needs to add an object to a JSON file. Which works. The problem i have is when opening a new connection to the file the old data is overwritten. What am i missing? why does it overwrite the old data. am pretty sure it's something simple. but i just can't see it.
if (clickCount == 1)
{
    //changes create button text
    createBtn.Content = "Create";
    //creates new message obj
    Message message = new Message();

     //depending on the form type creates a json object
     if (valid.MessageType == "E")
     {
         //checks e-mail
         valid.CheckEmail(senderTxtBox.Text);
         //creates varibles for adding to JSON file
         message.MessageId = messageTypeComboBox.Text + messageTypeTxtBox.Text;
         message.SenderTxt = senderTxtBox.Text;
         message.Subject = subjectTxtBox.Text;
         message.MessageTxt = messageTxtBox.Text;
      }

      messageList.Add(message);

      String json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(messageList, Formatting.Indented);
      System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"JsonMessage.Json", json);

      clickCount = 0;

      messageTxtBox.Clear();
      senderTxtBox.Clear();
      subjectTxtBox.Clear();
      messageTxtBox.Clear();
      messageTypeTxtBox.Clear();
      messageTypeComboBox.SelectedIndex = -1;
}

A: You are using WriteAllText, which will rewrite the file every time you want to transmit a new Json object to your json file.
File.AppendText seems like a better solution, since you would not need to actually rewrite all the file, whenever a new message is added to your MessageList, but would also solve your existing problem when you open a new connection to the file not having all the previously inserted json data deleted.
PS. If you use AppendText, you  will have to pass to the file all your collection, but only the message that you just received, otherwise you would have your file constantly being written with duplicated data and the situation would only get worse with the increase in size of your message list object.

A: I see that you've used the WriteAllText method to write the json to the file.
You should use AppendText method instead.
Something like this
using (StreamWriter sw = System.IO.File.AppendText(@"JsonMessage.Json"))
{
    sw.WriteLine(json);
 }

Here's a link for more information on File.AppendText
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.appendtext(v=vs.110).aspx

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ESET Ireland finds more elaborate Irish Tax and Customs faked emails targeting Irish mailboxes with "tax refund" phishing.
ESET Ireland has seen a steady increase of Revenue-related phishing scams in Irish mailboxes over time. The latest one has been around since last weekend and is cleverly constructed. It appears to come from an email addressrefund@revenue.ie, which appears legitimate although it is faked and lures potential victims with the following:
'Dear Applicant,
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive tax refund.
To access your tax refund, please download and fill the Tax Refund Form attached to this email - open it in a browser (recommended mozilla firefox or google chrome)
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-5 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. As example, for submitting invalid records or applying over the deadline.
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TAX REFUND ID: IE461708-REVENUE'
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Below that it offers a form to be filled with ALL personal and banking details saying"Please enter your Personal Information and a valid Credit / Debit Card where you want the refund to be made."
Needless to say, things will happen to victims accounts if they do this, but "receiving a refund" will NOT be one of those things.
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20 MLB Contracts That Teams Need To Buy Out
by Michael DeRosa
– on Sep 04, 2018
in MLB
There is absolutely no question that the free agency period is one of the most important times in all of baseball because it is when teams truly look to shape their entire rosters. In many cases, teams sign the perfect free agent for their roster and as a result of this, find an abundance of success with them there. However, sometimes teams display too much desperation for certain players and end up overpaying them immensely. When this occurs, this sadly can lead to a lot of major financial problems for them and the player often does not reach expectations. This seems to always happen with older players as well.
With all that has been stated thus far, we will be looking at twenty MLB players that need to be bought out. There is no question that these players simply are not worth the insanely expensive contracts they hold and some even are hurting their team's chances of winning. This definitely is not ideal and as a result of this, we likely will end up seeing many buyouts in the near future. The league is full of massive changes, so there is no question that we are going to be in for quite an exciting off-season. As these players get bought out, there will be new contracts that will have the same fate as well.
Nonetheless, let's look at the 20 MLB players who need to be bought out!
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Jacoby Ellsbury switched sides of the biggest rivalry in all of sports when he signed a seven year deal with the New York Yankees. This was seen as a smart move by the team because Ellsbury had just come off a fantastic year and appeared to be a five-tool player as well.
However, ever since signing this deal, Ellsbury has not been good whatsoever and now is on the bench entirely. One has to assume that the Yankees will opt to buy him out soon because of the fact that they could use the extra money to bring in way better players for their World Series hopes.
19 Rusney Castillo
The Boston Red Sox signed Rusney Castillo in hopes that he would develop into a star for them.
He was expected to have a plethora of potential and due to this fact, the Red Sox gave him a massive seven-year, $72.5 million deal during the 2014 offseason.
It is absolutely clear that this signing is one of the worst ones in the history of the MLB. Castillo was never able to develop into the player he was expected to be and has been in the minors since 2016. A buyout has to be coming in the near future because at this point, they are essentially paying him for nothing.
18 Russell Martin
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Russell Martin was once a top notch player, so it makes a lot of sense that the Blue Jays gave him a deal that paid him $20 million per season. He was a huge reason behind the success of the team just a few years ago, but over the last few seasons, everything has changed.
Martin simply is not a good baseball player anymore and has seen his statistics drop off immensely each year since 2016. There is no question that at this point in time, it would be wise for the team to buy him out and use the money to help restart their rebuilding period.
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Miguel Cabrera was once one of the best players in all of baseball and will definitely be a future hall of famer. However, even with this being the case, it is quite apparent that he is on the downswing of his career because of all of the injuries that he has gone through over the years.
The Tigers have an extremely challenging decision with him moving forward because he will be under contract until at least 2023, with the chance of being until 2025 as well. At the end of the day, he simply appears to have the worst contract in all of baseball, so they could look to use a buyout.
16 Yasmany Tomas
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The Arizona Diamondbacks thought that they had found a long-term player for their outfield when they signed Yasmany Tomas to a six-year, $68.5 million deal. He definitely showed his value in 2016 when he managed to hit 31 home runs and he seemed like a long-term fix.
However, last season was a complete disaster for him and the team decided to send him down to the minors to work on his game. Since then, he has yet to make the club again and now can be deemed as one of their worst signings ever. A buyout needs to occur as soon as possible.
15 Homer Bailey
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Homer Bailey was once seen as the ace of the Cincinnati Reds and the player that they would ride on to become contenders. However, the last few seasons have been truly awful. When seeing how he has a massive salary as well, one has to assume a move will have to happen.
Bailey has not been a good pitcher for a number of years now and it is definitely time for the team to move on from him at this time.
There is no question that he simply is not good anymore and they could use prospects within the system to replace him and get far better from it.
14 Albert Pujols
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Albert Pujols is a future Hall of Famer and there is no question he is one of the greatest players to ever be in the league. However, once he left the Cardinals to join the Angels, his play slowly started to drop off. Now under an extremely huge contract, he is injury prone and a shell of his former self.
At the end of the day, the Angels must buy Pujols out of this contract because it is going to slow them down from being contenders anytime soon. They would save a lot of money and be able to bring in new pieces to help catch up with their division. Although a true legend, Pujols has become expendable.
13 Chris Davis
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Chris Davis has easily the worst contract in all of baseball and the Orioles are seriously going to need to use a buyout with him. When seeing how he is set to make roughly $22 million each season until 2022. When seeing how his power is gone and he is on the bench, this is far from ideal.
Davis is having one of the worst seasons in MLB history and it is apparent that this can be deemed as the worst contract ever.
Davis simply is not a star like he once was and now the Orioles have to suffer the consequences. A buyout would at least stop the bleeding and criticism a bit.
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Jason Heyward was once one of the top prospects in all of baseball and he did develop into a top notch player as well. When he hit the open market in 2015, he was paid for his skill by the Chicago Cubs with one of the biggest contracts in all of baseball. It was seen as a smart move at the time.
However, Heyward has truly lost all of his skill since coming to the Cubs and now has one of the worst contracts in all of baseball. One has to assume that the team must be looking at the potential of a buyout because at the end of the day, he is extremely overpaid and has done nothing.
11 Jordan Zimmerman
Just a few short seasons ago, Jordan Zimmerman was one of the top pitchers in the MLB. Due to this fact, the Detroit Tigers ended up giving him a monster five-year, $110 million deal before the start of the 2016 season. This definitely has backfired immensely however.
Zimmerman has just fallen off immensely over the last few seasons and never was able to live up to the expectations he was supposed to reach. It is unlikely that the team will be able to find a trade partner for him, so it is very likely that they could opt to use a buyout with him.
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Troy Tulowitzki was once the player that helped the Blue Jays get over the hump and appear to be real contenders in the MLB. However, the last few seasons have been extremely tough for him because he is seriously injured and there is no way to tell that he will ever come back.
When seeing how Tulowitzki has many more years left on his deal, it definitely is the time for the team to give up on him.
There is no question that he has been a good player in the past, but injuries have ruined his career entirely and they could use the extra money for their rebuild.
9 Ian Desmond
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When the Colorado Rockies signed Ian Desmond, they had hopes that he could become their Ben Zobrist. They envisioned moving Desmond to play first base because he had been an excellent fielder in the middle part of the infield, so they thought this would be wise.
However, Desmond has been awful in the field since the move and even worse when it comes to his offensive numbers.
When seeing how his contract is set to last until 2022, this is definitely a move that will be hurting them for a long time. A buyout would be wise by them to help remedy the situation.
8 Dexter Fowler
There is absolutely no question that Dexter Fowler was an extremely important piece of the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series title. This resulted in Fowler getting a massive five-year, $82.5 million deal the off-season following it with the St. Louis Cardinals. Now, this is one of the worst deals in the league.
Fowler has lost his starting job with the team and it makes a plethora of sense when seeing how awfully he has been hitting with his .180 average. This signing has just been extremely lackluster and it definitely appears to be time for the team to administer a buyout with him,
7 Felix Hernandez
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Felix Hernandez can definitely go down as the best pitcher to ever play for the Mariners and this is evidenced by his immense success during his prime years. However, it is very important to note that this season has shown that age has definitely caught up with him and he no longer is a star.
This is totally a normal occurrence in baseball because pitchers lose velocity as they get older. However, even with this being the case, it is extremely bad for Seattle because he is set to make $27 million next season. A buyout would make sense because there is no need to give a now bullpen guy that much money to be awful.
6 David Wright
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David Wright will forever be one of the most influential players to ever wear a Mets' jersey and it is very sad to see how everything has changed for him. There is no question that Wright definitely could have remained a star at this time, but injuries have kept him out of play since 2016.
At the end of the day, no matter how many comeback attempts he tries to make, there is no chance that he will end up back in the MLB.
Injuries have simply derailed his career and now he has an expensive contract until 2020. With all of this being said, a buyout would be a good move.
5 James Shields
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James Shields has just played so poorly since being traded to the Chicago White Sox back in 2016. He has put up some of the worst numbers in modern era pitching and it is surprising to see that he still has a job at this present time. With that being stated, a change definitely is needed.
Shields has one more year left on his deal and it would be wise for the White Sox to opt to use a buyout instead. This is a pitcher who has shown that he truly has nothing left to show as a starter. Perhaps he can have a new chance in a bullpen role, but that would be a longshot.
4 Wei-Yin Chen
After having a very strong tenure with the Baltimore Orioles, Wei-Yin Chen was rewarded for his success with a big contract from the Miami Marlins. At the time of the signing, this made a lot of sense because the Marlins were looking to become contenders and needed pitching.
However, since arriving to the team, Chen has not pitched well at all and has gotten injured on numerous occasions. It is scary to think that he will be under contract until 2021, so with that being said, the Marlins should look to buyout his contract because he truly is a waste.
3 Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon is one of the most important players in the history of the Kansas City Royals because he led them to their 2015 World Series title.
Due to his contributions, he was rewarded big time by the club when they gave him a four-year, $72 million deal to avoid free agency.
However, since signing this deal, Gordon has dropped off dramatically and is a shadow of his former self on the field. He no longer is the contact hitter who would come in at clutch times. Now he is one of the worst hitters in all of baseball and a buyout could very well be looming.
2 Brandon McCarthy
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Brandon McCarthy has had a pretty decent MLB career over the years, but when seeing how many injuries he has been getting, one can tell that it is coming to a close. However, it is important to note that does have one more year on his contract to try to stay with them.
When seeing how his statistics have fallen off pretty dramatically over the years, it is very likely that this will mean that he will end up being a buyout candidate this off-season. The Braves are on the rise and need to save money for their next big player. McCarthy just appears to be expendable.
1 Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy signed a pretty big five-year, $70 million deal with the Kansas City Royals before the start of the 2016 season and many thought he would be a great addition to the club. However, Kennedy would only have one decent season with the team and the rest have been awful.
Kennedy is now one of the worst pitchers in the entire league and one has to assume that a buyout should very well could occur. This is a pitcher who has truly fallen off over the last few seasons and has had an ERA above 5.00 each season. This should mark the end of his tenure.
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New Star Wars Trilogy Announced By Rian Johnson !
Rahul Majumdar
Star Wars is a series which has been through its ups and downs for decades. The original trilogy, envisioned by George Lucas was revolutionary when it first came out, startling audiences and changing the cinematic landscape with A New Hope.The subsequent sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi received critical acclaim and went on to be known as one of the greatest trilogies ever. However, the brand saw its first major disappointment with the next Prequel trilogy, garnering tons of negative reviews.
The next step by Disney (now in possession of Lucasfilm) was to continue the story with a new set of characters, & that is exactly what we got. The Force Awakens announced itself to be the first of a new 'sequel' trilogy, headed not by Lucas but by the company executives. While the first film was a success, it has to be said that J J Abrams played it safe by basically rehashing the story from A New Hope. The upcoming sequel, The Last Jedi seems to be treading a different path, with Rian Johnson at the helm, and from the looks of it, it seems to be taking a different (and fresh) approach. While Disney has announced the next chapter with Star Wars Episode IX, the mouse house gave the surprising announcement of the development of a new trilogy of films which reportedly won't feature the Skywalkers.
"We all loved working with Rian on The Last Jedi. He's a creative force, and watching him craft The Last Jedi from start to finish was one of the great joys of my career. Rian will do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy." said Kathleen Kennedy (President, Lucasfilm)
"We had the time of our lives collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney on The Last Jedi," Johnson and Bergman said in a joint statement.
"Star Wars is the greatest modern mythology and we feel very lucky to have contributed to it. We can't wait to continue with this new series of films."
With excitement running rampant about how this new trilogy will work, we can only speculate along with the fan community on whether it's going to be as good as it sounds, or if it's Disney just milking the franchise as much as it can.
As of now, The Last Jedi is slated to come to theaters this December while Solo: A Star Wars Story will be releasing on May 25.


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package org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.extraction.demux.processor.mapper;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.ChukwaArchiveKey;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.Chunk;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.ChunkImpl;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.extraction.engine.ChukwaRecord;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.extraction.engine.ChukwaRecordKey;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.extraction.engine.Record;
import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class TestJsonProcessors extends TestCase {

	/**
	 * Process the chunk with the passed Processor and compare with the input
	 * JSONObject
	 *
	 * @param p
	 * @param inData
	 * @param chunk
	 * @return
	 */
	private String testProcessor(AbstractProcessor p, JSONObject inData,
			Chunk chunk) {
		ChukwaTestOutputCollector<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> output = new ChukwaTestOutputCollector<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord>();
		p.process(new ChukwaArchiveKey(), chunk, output, null);
		HashMap<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> outData = output.data;

		// First get all ChukwaRecords and then get all field-data pairs within
		// each record
		Iterator<Entry<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord>> recordIter = outData
				.entrySet().iterator();
		while (recordIter.hasNext()) {
			Entry<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> recordEntry = recordIter
					.next();
			ChukwaRecord value = recordEntry.getValue();
			String[] fields = value.getFields();
			for (String field : fields) {
				//ignore ctags, capps, csource
				if (field.equals(Record.tagsField)
						|| field.equals(Record.applicationField)
						|| field.equals(Record.sourceField)) {
					continue;
				}
				String data = value.getValue(field);
				String expected = String.valueOf(inData.get(field));
				/*System.out.println("Metric, expected data, received data- " +
				 field + ", " + expected + ", " +data);
				*/
				if (!expected.equals(data)) {
					StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(
							"Failed to verify metric - ");
					sb.append("field:").append(field);
					sb.append(", expected:").append(expected);
					sb.append(", but received:").append(data);
					return sb.toString();
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	private JSONObject getJSONObject(){
		String csource = "localhost";
		try {
			csource = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
			csource = "localhost";
		}
		JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
		json.put("capp", "Test");
		json.put("csource", csource);
		return json;
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testJobTrackerProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("memHeapUsedM", "286");
		json.put("maps_killed", "3");
		json.put("waiting_maps", "1");
		json.put("RpcProcessingTime_avg_time", "0.003");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		JobTrackerProcessor p = new JobTrackerProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);

		// test gauge metric
		json.put("maps_killed", "5");
		data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data, null);
		json.put("maps_killed", "2");
		failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testNamenodeProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("BlocksTotal", "1234");
		json.put("FilesCreated", "33");
		json.put("RpcQueueTime_avg_time", "0.001");
		json.put("gcCount", "112");
		json.put("Transactions_num_ops", "3816");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		NamenodeProcessor p = new NamenodeProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);

		// test gauge metric
		json.put("FilesCreated", "55");
		json.put("gcCount", "115");
		data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data, null);
		json.put("FilesCreated", "22");
		json.put("gcCount", "3");
		failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testDatanodeProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("heartBeats_num_ops", "10875");
		json.put("FilesCreated", "33");
		json.put("RpcQueueTime_avg_time", "0.001");
		json.put("gcCount", "112");
		json.put("Capacity", "22926269645");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		DatanodeProcessor p = new DatanodeProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);

		// test gauge metric
		json.put("heartBeats_num_ops", "10980");
		json.put("gcCount", "115");
		data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data, null);
		json.put("heartBeats_num_ops", "105");
		json.put("gcCount", "3");
		failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testHBaseMasterProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("splitSizeNumOps", "108");
		json.put("AverageLoad", "3.33");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		HBaseMasterProcessor p = new HBaseMasterProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);

		// test gauge metric
		json.put("splitSizeNumOps", "109");
		data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data, null);
		json.put("splitSizeNumOps", "1");
		failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testHBaseRegionServerProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("blockCacheSize", "2681872");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		HBaseMasterProcessor p = new HBaseMasterProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
		// no gauge metrics yet
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testZookeeperProcessor() {
		// test metric for each record type
		JSONObject json = getJSONObject();
		json.put("packetsSent", "2049");
		json.put("NodeCount", "40");
		byte[] data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ZookeeperProcessor p = new ZookeeperProcessor();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		String failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);

		// test gauge metric
		json.put("packetsSent", "2122");
		data = json.toString().getBytes();
		ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data, null);
		json.put("packetsSent", "73");
		failMsg = testProcessor(p, json, ch);
		assertNull(failMsg, failMsg);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void testSysteMetricsProcessor() {
		JSONObject system = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject memory = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject cpu1 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject cpu2 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject cpu3 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject cpu4 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject disk1 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject disk2 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject network1 = new JSONObject();
		JSONObject network2 = new JSONObject();

		JSONArray cpu = new JSONArray();
		JSONArray loadAvg = new JSONArray();
		JSONArray disk = new JSONArray();
		JSONArray network = new JSONArray();

		memory.put("Total", "130980773888");
		memory.put("UsedPercent", "4.493927773730516");
		memory.put("FreePercent", "95.50607222626948");
		memory.put("ActualFree", "125094592512");
		memory.put("ActualUsed", "5886181376");
		memory.put("Free", "34487599104");
		memory.put("Used", "96493174784");
		memory.put("Ram", "124920");
		system.put("memory", memory);

		system.put("timestamp", 1353981082318L);
		system.put("uptime", "495307.98");

		cpu1.put("combined", 0.607);
		cpu1.put("user", 0.49);
		cpu1.put("idle", 0.35);
		cpu1.put("sys", 0.116);
		cpu2.put("combined", 0.898);
		cpu2.put("user", 0.69);
		cpu2.put("idle", 0.06);
		cpu2.put("sys", 0.202);
		// include chunks which have null values, to simulate sigar issue on
		// pLinux
		cpu3.put("combined", null);
		cpu3.put("user", null);
		cpu3.put("idle", null);
		cpu3.put("sys", null);
		cpu4.put("combined", "null");
		cpu4.put("user", "null");
		cpu4.put("idle", "null");
		cpu4.put("sys", "null");
		cpu.add(cpu1);
		cpu.add(cpu2);
		cpu.add(cpu3);
		system.put("cpu", cpu);

		loadAvg.add("0.16");
		loadAvg.add("0.09");
		loadAvg.add("0.06");
		system.put("loadavg", loadAvg);

		disk1.put("ReadBytes", 220000000000L);
		disk1.put("Reads", 12994476L);
		disk2.put("ReadBytes", 678910987L);
		disk2.put("Reads", 276L);
		disk.add(disk1);
		disk.add(disk2);
		system.put("disk", disk);

		network1.put("RxBytes", 7234832487L);
		network2.put("RxBytes", 8123023483L);
		network.add(network1);
		network.add(network2);
		system.put("network", network);

		byte[] data = system.toString().getBytes();
		// parse with
		// org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.extraction.demux.processor.mapper.SystemMetrics
		// and verify cpu usage aggregates
		SystemMetrics p = new SystemMetrics();
		ChunkImpl ch = new ChunkImpl("TestType", "Test", data.length, data,
				null);
		ChukwaTestOutputCollector<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> output = new ChukwaTestOutputCollector<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord>();
		p.process(new ChukwaArchiveKey(), ch, output, null);
		HashMap<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> outData = output.data;
		Iterator<Entry<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord>> recordIter = outData
				.entrySet().iterator();
		while (recordIter.hasNext()) {
			Entry<ChukwaRecordKey, ChukwaRecord> recordEntry = recordIter
					.next();
			ChukwaRecordKey key = recordEntry.getKey();
			ChukwaRecord value = recordEntry.getValue();
			if (value.getValue("combined") != null) {
				assertEquals(Double.parseDouble(value.getValue("combined")),
						0.7525);
				assertEquals(Double.parseDouble(value.getValue("user")), 0.59);
				assertEquals(Double.parseDouble(value.getValue("sys")), 0.159);
				assertEquals(Double.parseDouble(value.getValue("idle")), 0.205);
				System.out.println("CPU metrics verified");
			}
		}

	}
}

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Iconic outdoor ice rink opens daily Nov. 16, 2018 - Jan. 27, 2019
Featured community attraction during holidays, College Football Championship and NHL All-Star Game
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Q: Silverlight TreeViewItem, Binding to IsSelected, how to? In reading a post about TreeView and binding to a view model (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/TreeViewWithViewModel.aspx), it seems that binding a TreeViewItem IsSelected property is possible.  However, I have the following code which always fails on Initialize() because it's trying to set a read-only property?
       <sdk:TreeView Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Style="{StaticResource TreeViewStyle}"
                  ItemsSource="{Binding tvData}" >
            <sdk:TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
                <Style TargetType="sdk:TreeViewItem">
                    <Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="True" />
                    <Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="True" />
                    <Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" />
                </Style>
            </sdk:TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
            <sdk:TreeView.ItemTemplate>
                <sdk:HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding Children}">
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding ItemName}" FontWeight="{Binding ItemFontWeight}"/>
                    </StackPanel>
                </sdk:HierarchicalDataTemplate>
            </sdk:TreeView.ItemTemplate>

A: You can't assign a binding via a Setter in a Style.  Effectively what you are doing there is attempting to set a binding on the Setter.Value property.  Xaml doesn't infer that you mean to set a binding on the target property.  In turn the Setter just assumes you are trying to set a value directly to IsSelected which it knows is read only hence the error.

A: I can recommend this technique for getting around the problem:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2009/05/07/one-more-platform-difference-more-or-less-tamed-settervaluebindinghelper-makes-silverlight-setters-better.aspx
EDIT:
I should mention that I have not tried the technique for this exact scenario (binding the IsSelected property of a TreeViewItem), but I have used it on numerous other occasions, and so far it has worked flawlessly.


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