Re: Blocks, Flow and Dependencies [was RE: Splitting xconf files step 2: the sitemap]

[Reinhard Poetz]

Daniel Fagerstrom wrote:
Reinhard Poetz wrote:
Daniel Fagerstrom wrote:

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A somewhat unrelated thing that we have to think about is the web 
continuations created in the block, do we need to shield the web 
continuations created in the block or not?

shielded from what? The user should be able to resume a continuation 
created by a called block. (I have the sense that I haven't understood 
your last paragraph completly ...)

Say that you have a flow script function "a" that goes through a number 
of forms in your block "A". During the execution of "a" a number of web 
continuations will be created in your continuation tree. You have a rule 
for handling this continuations in the sitemap in "A". Now if you use 
"a" from another block "B", the question is if "B" should be able to 
access the web continuations that are created in "A". My opinion is that 
it shoudn't because:

1. There is no need for it as The sitemap rules for handling the use 
references to these web continuations allready is in "A".
2. It breakes isolation as "B" can call objects (i.e. A's web 
continuations) that not are part of the exported functionallity.

It is AFAIU not particullary hard to implement this isolation. Let the 
the called block function "a" put its web continuations in an own web 
continuation sub tree.

The user will be able to resume continuations created in "a" but only 
through sitemap rules that are part of "A", which leads to better 
isolation.

Clearer now?
yes, thank you :-)
thank you!
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Reinhard