Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:03:25 -0600, "Ivelin Ivanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > I dare to challange our sitemap gurus to make a comparative analisys of the
> > Jakarta Workflow engine and C2 sitemap.
> >
> > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/workflow/
>
> Workflow's approach appears to be based on a finite state machine
> model. Checkout the sample control file at:
>
>
>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/workflow/src/wizard-demo/WEB-INF/wizard.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
>
> The same approach can be modeled in Cocoon today using actions.
>
> However a much better approach is the one based on
> continuations. Check out the Schecoon calculator sample at:
>
>
>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/xml-cocoon2/src/scratchpad/schecoon/webapp/examples/calc/calc.js?rev=1.3&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
>
> and look at the additional resources used by it.
>
> It is my opinion that this model provides a much better way of
> describing the flow in Web applications and perhaps in Web services as
> well.
I cannot agree more!
Try programming using a simple script like this compared to write a
finite-state machine using XML instructions. And think in ten years from
now when this XML-crazyness has passed.
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche
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