Re: [Poll] We need to align on one point (was Re: [Vision] Knowing When We are Done)

[Ralph Goers]

Berin Loritsch wrote:

Ralph Goers wrote:
None of these.  I have a vision where the business services are 
implemented in Java, the web application is defined in a stateful 
flow controller (xml config) and the views are generated using 
pipelines with standard components.  So my answer is - No programming 
language on the server, just configuration.



Shudder.

That could be a nice add on to Cocoon.  Perhaps a BPL (Business 
Process Language, an XML standard for what you are talking about) 
application.

I would argue that what you are talking about is a domain specific 
language in the guise of configuration (just like your hibernate 
descriptors and ant scripts).

I'm just talking about using Spring Webflow being called from a JavaFlow 
class.  For my employer I have already written a generic (Cocoon) action 
that can call any business service that is configured, as long as the 
business service follows some simple rules about its input and output. 
Converting that to a Webflow action shouldn't be too much trouble.

Ralph