Re: Call continuations from flow instead of sitemap

[Christopher Oliver]

Leszek Gawron wrote:

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 03:55:54PM -0800, Christopher Oliver wrote:
 

Sylvain Wallez wrote:

   

Christopher Oliver wrote:

     

These ContinuationsManager API should _not_ be used in a flowscript. 
Use the sitemap to invoke your continuation, please.
       

Although I found this hacky, is there any technical reasons that 
prevents this to work?

Sylvain

     

Yes, the FOM_Cocoon object requires special setup before invoking a 
continuation or entry point function.
   

if so , why does this code work (under condition that you do not use page
local variables):
contManager = null;
try {
 contManager = cocoon.getComponent
( "org.apache.cocoon.components.flow.ContinuationsManager" );
var wk = contManager.lookupWebContinuation( continuationId );
} finally {
 if ( contManager != null ) 
   cocoon.releaseComponent( contManager );    
}

cocoon.handleContinuation( wk.getContinuation() );
	lg
 

Uh, it doesn't actually work properly in general, as you noticed (with 
page locals). Also Cocoon.handleContinuation() is an internal function 
that shouldn't be called except by Cocoon itself. You're also not 
passing correct arguments to it.

If you really think it should be possible to lookup a web continuation 
and invoke it from a flowscript then make a proposal and see what people 
think. If it turns out to be a good idea then a proper implementation 
can be provided. However, currently it is _not_ a supported feature.

Regards,

Chris