[closed] Re: Compound steps with unconnected output ports

"Toman_Vojtech@emc.com" <Toman_Vojtech@emc.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Suppose I have this p:pipeline:
>
> <p:pipeline>
>   <p:output port="foo" primary="false"/>
>   <p:identity/>
> </p:pipeline>
>
> The "foo" output port is not connected to anything. Also, because it is
> not primary, it will not get connected to the primary output port of
> p:identity.
>
> Is this allowed? I can't find anything in the spec that makes this an
> error, or that says what happens when I actually refer to "foo" when I
> call the pipeline.
>
> Also, would there be any difference if I declared "foo" as
> sequence="true"?
>
> The only thing I found is in section 2.2:
>
> "Within a compound step, the declared outputs of the step *can* be
> connected to: ..."
> (Notice that the sentence uses "can", not "must".)

Fixed. An unconnected port returns an empty sequence.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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