My major complaint against flowscript isn't the concept--its the feeling that I am flying without a net. I don't have a convenient way of testing the javascript. I can't use an IDE to make things even easier. There is something to be said for using the autocomplete function of your favorite IDE as apposed to trying to remember how everything is mapped to the FOM.Well, then use javaflow :)I still feel that flow is not the right tool for the simple mapping of action to view.
So it *is* the concept ;)
What you could do with javaflow:
class ApplicatioController extends AbstractContinuable {
protected String layout = "mysite";
protected boolean shouldSayHello()
{
return Random.nextBoolean();
}
}
class hello_controller extends ApplicationController {
public void run() {
while(true) {
if (shouldSayHello()) {
hello();
} else {
index();
}
sendPageAndWait("page");
}
}
public void index() {
}
public void hello() {
getRequest().setAttribute("hello", "world");
}
}
I am not so sure whether I got the redirecting part right.
...and there is also the question if the history is really
required for such a simple application flow, but...
We have done a few simple but powerful things here:* We have one location to update the layout of all the controllers-- although an individual controller can override it if they want
yepp
* The method does any setup necessary, and then the system just "falls through" to the corresponding source file.
yepp
* All we need to do to add a new action is implement a method.
if you don't need the state - yepp. otherwise you need it to the actual flow logic
* We still have the "redirect" ability if we want to send a specific page (i.e. the sendPage()) method inherited from the base class.
not sure if IIUC
* We also have a way to add methods available to all the application's controllers in the ApplicationController base class using the protected methods.
yepp
All of these take advantage of the world we already know without having to learn something new.
Maybe I did not get your example ...but otherwise I don't really see what are the strong points
cheers -- Torsten
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