This is a collection of common utility functions and classes that is included as a submodule by other CASICS modules. Included here are things such as common database access functions, credentials/authentication code, and more.

Authors: Michael Hucka
Repository: https://github.com/casics/common
License: Unless otherwise noted, this content is licensed under the GPLv3 license.

The CASICS code base is modularized into several repositories placed under a single common organization in GitHub. Most of the code needs some common utility functions. To avoid unacceptable copy-pasting of the common routines, we maintain them in this common submodule.

The structure of this module is slightly unusual: it does not have a subdirectory, there is no setup.py, and all of the module files are at the top level. THis makes it possible to incorporate this module in other CASICS modules using git submodule add.

If you find an issue, please submit it in the GitHub issue tracker for this repository.

A lot remains to be done on CASICS in many areas. We would be happy to receive your help and participation if you are interested. Please feel free to contact the developers either via GitHub or the mailing list [email protected].

Everyone is asked to read and respect the code of conduct when participating in this project.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1533792 (Principal Investigator: Michael Hucka). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

This incorporates some small functions found in online discussion forums, notably Stack Overflow. Attributions and links to the original sources are given in the source code here. According to the posting Clarity on Using Code on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange, code contributions on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites is considered to be covered by the MIT License as of February, 2016.