Hi Viraj Thank you for your reply.
Agree with you on a proper graphical representation for a global constant as it will increase usability. Best Regards Erandi On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Viraj Rajaguru <vi...@wso2.com> wrote: > Hi Chaturika, > > We got your point and we will consider this improvement for a next release > with a proper graphical representation. > > BTW, we are encouraging users to write self contained custom functions as > much as possible to reduce the complexity. So that its better to define > constants within the custom function scope. Without having a proper > graphical representation of the connectivity between a custom function and > a global constant, facilitating such a feature might lead to a confusion. > > We had to introduce global variables concept, since there was no other > option to achieve some use cases. > > Thanks, > Viraj. > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Chathurika De Silva <chathuri...@wso2.com > > wrote: > >> Hi ESB Team >> >> Currently the constant operator provides just a setting of value and >> mapping to an output. In the present mapping configuration the constant is >> not defined as a constant, rather the defined value is assigned directly to >> the relevant output. >> >> If there is a mechanism to define a global constant, this can be reused >> (e.g. in custom functions) and hence will upgrade the usage of the data >> mapper as well. I have created [1] for this and hope this will be >> considered as this will add a greater value. >> >> [1] https://wso2.org/jira/browse/DEVTOOLESB-640 >> >> Thank You >> Erandi >> >> -- >> *Chathurika Erandi* >> Senior Software Engineer, >> WSO2 Inc. >> >> *E-mail:* chathuri...@wso2.com >> *Mobile: *+94714 328 612 >> *Blog*: chathurikaerandi.blogspot.com >> > > > > -- > Viraj Rajaguru > Associate Technical Lead > WSO2 Inc. : http://wso2.com > > Mobile: +94 77 3683068 > > > > -- *Chathurika Erandi* Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. *E-mail:* chathuri...@wso2.com *Mobile: *+94714 328 612 *Blog*: chathurikaerandi.blogspot.com
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