Re: expected behaviour: global vars in flowscript

2005-08-03 Thread Leszek Gawron

Leszek Gawron wrote:

Berin Loritsch wrote:


Leszek Gawron wrote:

If you are trying to apply MVC here you're failing. You should not be 
calling pages/displayHome.xsp but some displayHome flowscript function.


The flowscript function prepares the bean and does cocoon.sendPage( 
"pages/displayHome" ) which is matched to:


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It means:

1. you invoke the controller
2. the controller performs business logic and prepares data for view
3. with cocoon.sendPage you call your view

In your case it is all pretty mixed up.





So how would you fix it, assuming we wanted to aggregate different 
pieces into one page?  Those peaces are used elsewhere in the 
program.  Your comments weren't particularly helpful to either point 
to the specifics of how to expect flowscript to work or how to correct 
the code as it is.


Seon's on my team, so I have a vested interest in getting this issue 
resolved.


let me see:

function login() {
setupMyFoo();
home();
}

function home() {
var foo = accessTheFoo();
cocoon.sendPage( "displayHome", { bean: foo } );
}

and now the sitemap:





















Sorry if I sounded rude at first.


If you need it you can make your flowscript call login only when needed:

function main() {
cocoon.response.setHeader( "Expires", "-1" );
cocoon.response.setHeader( "Cache-Control", "no-cache" );
cocoon.response.setHeader( "Pragma", "no-cache" );

var action = cocoon.parameters["action"];
if ( springContext == null )
setupSpringContext();
if ( cocoon.session.user == null ) {
loginInternal();
}
invoke( action );
}

function invoke( action ) {
var func = this[ action ];
if ( func != undefined )
func.apply( this );
else
cocoon.sendPage( action, {} );
}

the sitemap:











this way you can just call

http://localhost:/home.do

and the "main" function will be called which will detect if user is 
logged in. If not login screen is shown first and later the home() 
function is being run (with func.apply() ).


It's a poor's man intercepted flow.

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Re: expected behaviour: global vars in flowscript

2005-08-03 Thread Leszek Gawron

Berin Loritsch wrote:

Leszek Gawron wrote:

If you are trying to apply MVC here you're failing. You should not be 
calling pages/displayHome.xsp but some displayHome flowscript function.


The flowscript function prepares the bean and does cocoon.sendPage( 
"pages/displayHome" ) which is matched to:


> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
> 
> 

It means:

1. you invoke the controller
2. the controller performs business logic and prepares data for view
3. with cocoon.sendPage you call your view

In your case it is all pretty mixed up.




So how would you fix it, assuming we wanted to aggregate different 
pieces into one page?  Those peaces are used elsewhere in the program.  
Your comments weren't particularly helpful to either point to the 
specifics of how to expect flowscript to work or how to correct the code 
as it is.


Seon's on my team, so I have a vested interest in getting this issue 
resolved.

let me see:

function login() {
setupMyFoo();
home();
}

function home() {
var foo = accessTheFoo();
cocoon.sendPage( "displayHome", { bean: foo } );
}

and now the sitemap:





















Sorry if I sounded rude at first.

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Re: expected behaviour: global vars in flowscript

2005-08-03 Thread Berin Loritsch

Leszek Gawron wrote:

If you are trying to apply MVC here you're failing. You should not be 
calling pages/displayHome.xsp but some displayHome flowscript function.


The flowscript function prepares the bean and does cocoon.sendPage( 
"pages/displayHome" ) which is matched to:


> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
> 
> 

It means:

1. you invoke the controller
2. the controller performs business logic and prepares data for view
3. with cocoon.sendPage you call your view

In your case it is all pretty mixed up.



So how would you fix it, assuming we wanted to aggregate different 
pieces into one page?  Those peaces are used elsewhere in the program.  
Your comments weren't particularly helpful to either point to the 
specifics of how to expect flowscript to work or how to correct the code 
as it is.


Seon's on my team, so I have a vested interest in getting this issue 
resolved.


--
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks.
But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

  -- Steve Jobs



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Re: expected behaviour: global vars in flowscript

2005-08-03 Thread Leszek Gawron

Seon Lee wrote:

Hey gang,

I'd like your input on some anomalous behaviour I am experiencing in
my 2.1.7 flowscript.

I have a function defined in javascript that expects a global var to
be available at the point in time it is invoked. However, this is not
the case -- the function is unable to see the recently initialized
global variable. The main entry point in my example is the URI
"login". The area where the error occurs is in "accessFoo()".

Normal "login" processing occurs in my flowscript...

var _component = new AnAvalonComponent();
var _globalFoo;
var _initFlag;

function login()
{
  if (_globalFoo == undefined) initSession();
  else _globalFoo.reset();
  cocoon.sendPage("pages/displayHome.xsp");
}

function initSession()
{
  if (_globalFoo == undefined)
  {
_globalFoo= new FooObject();
var session = cocoon.session;
  }
}

function accessFoo()
{
  var bean = _component.getBean(_globalFoo);
  cocoon.sendPage("pages/displayBean.xsp", {"bean ":bean});
}

Here is my sitemap...



























The problem occurs when accessFoo() attempts to retrieve the recently
initialized _globalFoo object. The value of _globalFoo in that method
is "undefined", even though the initSession() was invoked prior in the
pipeline before reaching accessFoo() -- eg. pages/displayBean.xsp
complains that the "bean" is "undefined".

Can anyone shed some light into why this is happening? I have a
feeling I know what might be causing the problem but I'm looking for
input from more experienced cocoon developers.

Is there an alternative or "best-practice" recommendation as far as
initializing and accessing global vars in the flowscript (perhaps a
continuation object, or strictly passing objects in the pipeline, or
using the cocoon.session to pass the references)?
If you are trying to apply MVC here you're failing. You should not be 
calling pages/displayHome.xsp but some displayHome flowscript function.


The flowscript function prepares the bean and does cocoon.sendPage( 
"pages/displayHome" ) which is matched to:


> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
> 
> 

It means:

1. you invoke the controller
2. the controller performs business logic and prepares data for view
3. with cocoon.sendPage you call your view

In your case it is all pretty mixed up.


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