Implement problem instance service for the QAP

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Problem instances should be available from a central update location. The current QAP problem instance selector should be populated from the service and the actual instance data removed from the DLL.

First iteration: The database is preloaded with all instances from the QAPLIB. In the user interface the box should be populated through clicking a button. Only the instance names are then fetched and upon pressing load the instance is loaded.

Second iteration: New solutions can be uploaded to an instance. If the solutions are however not better than the best, the user is asked to confirm the upload.

Third iteration: New instances can be uploaded. A special role is created for this task and only privileged users may perform it.

Fourth iteration: Instances can also be removed. This does not really remove the instance, but sets a removed flag for the instance.

Fifth iteration: Downloaded instances should be cached. All instances should be fetched in the background after the selector box has been populated and added to the cache.

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r6659

• experimented with a first locally working version

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r6660

• implemented solutions fetching

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r6733

• Updated the model slightly
• Deployed the service
• Updated the GUI to perform asynchronous calls to the service

[abeham]

r6778

• Added simple Hello service for test and demonstration reasons

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r6779 (minor changes)

• fixed initial sql script
• removed unused class
• changed config
• updated entity model

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r6780

• restructured files

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r6781

• renamed publish settings file

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r6794

• Updated Hello (test) service, tested db publishing

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r6853

• renamed script

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r6875

• Moved QAPLIB files from the problem plugin to the test plugin
• Updated unit test
• Moved service reference to the problem plugin (from the views plugin)
• Created a simple test list for our most common tests

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r6891

• reintegrated changes from branch

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r6895

• Fixed config file

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r6936

• Added a new service method and a helper class for calling the service and configuring a QAP instance
• Made parameter properties of the RTS public (so that it can be configured programmatically)

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r6952

• reverted changes to trunk
• readded instances as embedded resources

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r6959

• fixed dependencies for unit test