Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 01:57 PM, Sylvain Wallez wrote:
>
>> Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
>
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>>> Actually I now realize that declaring flow scripts this way,
>>> interferes with Vadim's proposal on using <map:flow> to invoke a
>>> function or restart a continuation. Can we find a better name for
>>> <map:flow> in this context? I was thinking of <map:flow-resources>,
>>> but it's a bit too long for my taste. As an alternative how about
>>> <map:controller>?
>>
>>
>>
>> I like very much this <map:controller> as it's the name used
>> traditionnaly in the MVC pattern. Cocoon shouldn't invent a new word
>> (map:flow) to designate a well-known concept. MVC is much hyped and
>> is a "magic word" for many customers (see how many of them want
>> Struts because it's MVC).
>
>
> Good point, Sylvain! Sticking with known names is going to help us in
> user acceptance as well.
>
>> If we choose <map:controller>, then using <map:flow> to call this
>> controller doesn't sound well. Something like <map:call-controller>
>> sounds better, but you may find it a bit lengthy...
>>
>> Other thoughts ?
>
>
> How about calling it simply <map:call> instead of <map:flow>? This is
> how is called today as well, but we need to modify its semantics to
> support Vadim's proposal, and to get rid of today's <map:continue>.
<map:call> is already used to call resources. One may say that using the
same term for both resources and controller can be confusing, but I
personally think it fully makes sense : "call" means "jump somewhere
else", be it a resource or a controller-directed page.
So, to sum up things, we end up with :
<!-- declare the controller in a sitemap -->
<map:controller language="JavaScript">
<map:script src="blah.js"/>
</map:controller>
<!-- start a controller function -->
<map:call function="calc"/>
<!-- continue a controller function -->
<map:call continuation="{1}"/>
<!-- call a resource -->
<map:call resource="my-resource"/>
This now sounds good and natural. Do you like it ?
Sylvain
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