Can I use recursion with the flow controller?
For instance (incorrect syntax):
function getSearchCriteria(a, b, c) {
var URI = "showthreedropdowns_uri"
Array result = {a, b, c}
if (c == "") {
sendPage(URI, a, b, c);
result = getSearchCriteria(from_response_a,
from_response_b,from_response_c)
}
return result;
}
getSearchCriteria("*", "", "");
The idea is that the parameters are used in a pipeline which display a form
with the dropdowns A, B, C.
The option values are gathered from a database query with the parameters a,
b, c.
B depends on A, C depends on B.
The initial values means that only A will be populated.
When a selection is made in A a javascript posts the values back, B will be
populated and C will remain empty.
When a seletion is made in B, C will be populated and the innermost
getSearchCriteria will return and then the second and then the first,
hopefully containing three values for the criteria.
Is this possible?
/Regards Mats
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ovidiu Predescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jason Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: continuation fear (was Re: [status & RT] design challenges)
> Jason,
>
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:08:00 -0400, Jason Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> > Since I'm curious...
> >
> > > In this flow, how do you implement a jump from page1 to 2 or 3
depending
> > > on
> > > the user selection.
> > > To reuse Konstantin's example, say on the first page the user checks a
box
> > > whether s/he has a car or not.
> > > Then page 2 collects information about the car, but its optional
depending
> > > on the selection in 1.
> >
> > function transaction()
> > {
> > sendPage("start");
> >
> > beginTransaction();
> >
> > var carInfoDOM = null;
> > var personInfoDOM = sendPage("GatherPersonInfo");
> > var hasCar = personInfoDOM.XPathQuery("//parameters/has-car");
> >
> > if ( hasCar )
> > {
> > carInfoDOM = sendPage("page2");
> > }
> >
> > var otherInfoDOM = sendPage("page3");
> >
> > WriteInfoToDatabase( personInfo, otherInfo, carInfo );
> >
> > commitTransaction();
> > ...
> > sendPage("finish");
> > }
>
> The sendPage() function actually returns a continuation. You can
> certainly write your own wrapper function around it, to have it return
> the arguments as an XML document, but this is not how it works today.
>
> But you captured very good how a flow script works!
>
> For Ivelin: WriteInfoToDatabase could be a JavaScript function which
> invokes the Java code to do the actual writing to the database.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Ovidiu Predescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/7464/ (GNU, Emacs, other
stuff)
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