What are all of the dots that display when the SITH starts?
The SITH and OSC are FOM agnostic – that is, they can work with virtually any FOM. When the SITH/OSC uses a new FOM, it creates a set of java files based on the contents of the FOM. Each dot represents the creation of a single java file, an another dot represents the compilation of that file. A java file is created for each object class, interaction class, complex data type, and enumerated data type. The file generation stage takes almost no time, even for a large FOM. However, the compilation phase can take a while, especially on a large FOM. Future versions of the SITH are scheduled to remove this dependancy, without any loss of functionality.
