RE: Does XProc support event-driven processing?

 
> Can you elaborate on what you mean by "changes" ?

Suppose this XML document is flowing through an XProc pipeline:

<purchases date="2009-05">
    <merchandise>
        <name>Sony HT-IS100 BRAVIA Home Theater Micro System</name>
        <cost currency="USD">299.00</cost>
        <quantity>1</quantity>
    </merchandise>
    <merchandise>
        <name>ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Computer</name>
        <cost currency="USD">379.00</cost>
        <quantity>1</quantity>
    </merchandise>
    <merchandise>
        <name>Sony ICD-PX720 Digital Voice Recorder</name>
        <cost currency="USD">49.00</cost>
        <quantity>1</quantity>
    </merchandise>
    <total-cost currency="USD">727.00</total-cost>
</purchases>

I think it would be powerful to be able to attach this rule to the pipeline:

   If any of the steps change the value of  
   a <quantity> element, fire a step 
   to update <total_cost>.

Is there a way to express this?

/Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mozer [mailto:xmlizer@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:26 PM
> To: Costello, Roger L.
> Cc: xproc-dev@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Does XProc support event-driven processing?
> 
> Can you elaborate on what you mean by "changes" ? Where ? In a
> Database ? In a file ? Which one ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Xmlizer
> 
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Costello, Roger 
> L.<costello@mitre.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Does XProc support event-driven processing?
> >
> > Here's an example to illustrate what I mean:
> >
> >   Hey, any time during the pipeline processing,
> >   if the value of <Purchase_Quantity> changes,
> >   fire a step to update <Total_Cost>.
> >
> > Can you think of a way to express this in XProc?
> >
> > /Roger
> >
>

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