RE: [SCXML] Reusing code through functions/templates

Nestor,
 We don't believe that <invoke> will change much in future drafts.
There is an example of how to use it in appendix F.3 of the current
draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-scxml-20060124/#invokeex 

- Jim

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From: www-voice-request@w3.org [mailto:www-voice-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Nestor Urquiza
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:11 AM
To: www-voice@w3.org
Subject: RE: [SCXML] Reusing code through functions/templates


Sounds great,
Do you think the proposed <invoke> mechanism could
change in future drafts? I am asking because 
current
implementations like commons-scxml could potentially
implement the full invoke mechanism including
<finalize>.

In regards to the returning data from <invoke> seems
like the only way to get the result would be through
<finalize> right? 
I am wondering how a sample use case like the below
should look when using <invoke>:

Build an external to invoke SCXML piece that returns
the name of the pet knowing that:
if animal type="dog" then name="Fido"
if animal type="cat" then name="Kitty"
if animal type="bird" then name="Tweety"

How the above SCXML piece of code should look like
if
it must done using SCXML?

>From the main SCXML we should be able to <invoke>
several time within even different states the above
bits passing param animal-type and getting back
animal-name.

How the <invoke> node should look like to pass the
param when invoking?

How the finalize node should look like to get the
name
back in the context variable animalName?
<var name="animalName" expr="''"/>
<finalize>
<!-- what comes here? -->
<assign name="animalName" expr="what.comes.here.?"/>
</finalize>

Many thanks,

-Nestor
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Barnett, James" <James.Barnett@aspect.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Nestor,
> >   We have two reuse mechanisms in mind.  First
> off,
> > <invoke> is
> > definitely intended to be used so that one SCXML
> > script can invoke
> > another.  Note that in this case, the two scripts
> do
> > not share any
> > context (but parameters can be passed in and out).
> 
> > Secondly, there is
> > an include mechanism that will be expanded in the
> > next draft that allows
> > one state to include part or all of another script
> > as if by copy, so
> > that the copied material does share context with
> the
> > copying context.  
> > 
> > We hope that these two mechanisms will cover most
> of
> > the common reuse
> > cases.
> > 
> > - Jim
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: www-voice-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:www-voice-request@w3.org] On
> > Behalf Of Nestor Urquiza
> > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:05 PM
> > To: www-voice@w3.org
> > Subject: [SCXML] Reusing code through
> > functions/templates
> > 
> > 
> > Hello guys,
> > 
> > I have been discussing about possibilities to
> reuse
> > code within SCXML and I wanted to know about the
> > plans
> > to offer those possibilities within the SCXML
> > Specification [1].
> > 
> > Basically wherever executable content exists there
> > is
> > a clear need to reuse code and to apply DRY some
> way
> > of grouping code in functions/routines/templates
> is
> > needed.
> > 
> > Currently I see the following possibilities and I
> > would like to know about any others and of course
> if
> > there is already a preference among them.
> > 
> > 1. <invoke>
> > 2. <script>
> > 3. Just as a proposal, I think an XSLT templating
> > alike mechanism (just in terms of the syntax)
> could
> > be
> > used to be able to call passing parameters a given
> > template that in turns could return some result.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -Nestor
> > 
> > [1]
> >
>
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=116241382900003&r=1&w=2
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