- Converted DltEventsCollector into a thread to enable auto-reconnection to gateway
- Corrected removal of slice endpoints while updating remote slices on local domain

- resolved database conflict while creating slice endpoints

- use same slice_uuid in remote domains for simplicity

- when updating remote slice locally, remove sub-service and sub-slice identifiers since they relate to internal data in remote domain.

- added timestamp to log format
- extended RequestSlice to support remote-domain slice requests originated by local DLT component
- added logic to map abstract endpoints to real counterparts

- assumed all services issued to backend are in admin context
- implemented logic to retrieve plain non-layered connection when layeted connection cannot be processed
- improved error reporting in EroPathToHops
- implemented logic to synthesize a dummy path for single-device service requests
- improved identification of interdomain pathcomp requests

- minor corrections in service handler for L2NM eMulated

- minor code formatting
- implemented logic to identify service type
- implemented logic to require at least 2 endpoints to process a slice request

- Added dependencies in dockerfile
- added timestamp to log format
- implemented RecordSlice method
- improved structure of DltEventDispatcher
- implemented dispatching of Slice events

- minor code formatting
- added conditions to show hyperlinks only for sub-services and sub-slices in same context

- improved retrieval of slices in SliceModel

minor correction after renaming of common methods

- Added method to update grpc custom constraints with scalar values
- Improved InterDomain context_queries

- added commands to keep runtime variables per domain
- added autogenerated scripts to gitignore

- added scripts to dump logs of DLT component

- Reduced log verbosity of Device, DLT and Service components

- implemented creation of contexts for remote domains while requesting remote sub-slices

- backed up old servicer
- updated to use new generic Context queries
- added pathcomp as dependency
- updated logic to validate inter-domain requests
- implemented inter-domain pathcomp request
- updated logic to create per-domain slices

- updated multi-domain slice detection logic
- minor code polishing
- added missing dependencies

- added delete-all script

- extended to support inter-domain path computation

- Updated DltEventDispatcher to use generic context queries

- added slice_owner fields to SliceModel and Servicer

- implemented generic Context queries
- added Slice to object_factory

- updated deploy_specs per domain to deploy service, slice, and pathcomp
- updated dump_logs script to dump logs for service, slice and pathcomp

- First functional version of TopologyAbstractor
- Updated default context/topology UUIDs

- updated per-domain topology descriptors
- added inter-domain slice descriptor
- updated deploy_specs per domain
- added deploy_logs script
- re-activated deployment of all domains

- updated cookie name to prevent cross-instance session data leakage. otherwise, selected topology in one instance, is used in other instances.
- added Slice component as a dependency of WebUI

- updated component manifests to reduce CPU and Memory requests and limits

- temporarily updated deploy.sh script to disable generation of DLT Gateway docker image

- updated deploy.sh script with a flag to select whether docker images should be rebuilt or reuse existing ones

- updated proto definition to include the domain that originates the record
- updated proto definition to include RecordLink and RecordAllLinks methods
- updated proto definition to provide the domain for which RecordAll* methods should be executed
- updated DltConnectorClient accordingly
- implemented RecordDevice and RecordLink in DltConnectorServicer
- removed unused OwnDomainFinder
- first functional version of DltEventDispatcher (only processes Devices and Links, by now)

- removed unneeded constant for AGGREGATED topology name
- removed unused tools
- code reorganizations and factorizations
- implemented own-domain-finder class
- implemented first partial version of topology abstractor
- implemented abstract device class

- updated manifest file with gateway container port
- corrected behaviour of GetFromDlt method in MockDltGateway
- minor formatting in MockDltGateway
- implemented first version of DltConnector's Event Dispatcher (to be tested)
- moved own-domain-uuid finder to separate class in DltConnector
- implemented method to identify empty/not-found records

- updated endpoint types to specify border/internal

- updated per-domain descriptors
- deactivated deploy script to deploy a single domain for testing purposes
- added script to reset components' status
- (partially) documented scenario and workflows
- added script to show deploy

- extneded context selection to context/topology
- enabled selection of context/topology to plot
- enabled listing of devices/links based on context/topology
- updated network icon

- removed unneeded code in Dockerfile
- created first partial version of TopologyAbstractor

- Extended DltGatewayClient to support configuration through env vars
- Added DltEventsCollector to DltConnector
- Implemented RecordDevice in DltConnectorServicer

- redesigned EventsCollector to enable auto-reconnections