On Tuesday 12 June 2007 06:46:40 pm Jonathon -- Improov wrote: > I use Minilang mostly to deal with incoming parameters from http requests. > I would think that any issues with reading those parameters would've been > centrally and conveniently handled at the "Webapp" engine. If not, they > should. > > Even reading uploaded temporary files can be pre-checked by the underlying > OFBiz engine. > > Sanitizing of incoming parameters is a common design pattern meant to > simplify codes further downstream. It's like "Quality Control" (QC), making > it easier for me to plug a harddisk into my computer without first checking > for exceptional circuitry in the harddisk that might feedback harmful > currents into my computer. > > Also like how you can easily "assert" (assume) that I can read English, and > not have to consider the exceptional case that I might come from Mars. :) > (Do they speak English?).
If the point of Minilang is to provide an orchestration and sequencing definition that does not touch on programming intrinsics then we should consider BPEL. The diagramming approach really opens the process to non-technical stakeholders who have deep domain knowledge. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com
