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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:03:16 -0500
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Subject: Re: [SCXML] more Evaluator/Context questions
From: Rahul Akolkar <rahul.akolkar@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Linda Erlenhov
<linda.erlenhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This is my plan:
> My guards are boolean expressions and the boolean variables that the
> expression consists of are updated in "onEntry"/"onExit". I use a listner
> for _when_ the update should be done.
>
<snip/>

Its better to model the state machine in as much completeness as
possible using an SCXML document. Investigate whether you actually
need to use a listener. See the canonical microwave samples or any
datamodel test cases for examples of updates during <onentry> and
<onexit>, here are the JEXL variants:

  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/scxml/trunk/src/test/java/=
org/apache/commons/scxml/env/jexl/


> The trouble is that I=B4m not shure _where/how_ the updating is done. Sin=
ce
> this should be done during runtime a guess is that it is some kind of upd=
ate
> in the context, but I have clearly not understood properly how this
> (context) =A0works.
>
<snap/>

The Java API merely serves to support the mechanics of SCXML
execution. Whether you need to understand it really depends on the
nature of the usecase. Often, <assign> is sufficient for updating data
model variables etc.


> So if I create a simple example then maybe someone could use it to explai=
n
> this to me:
>
> The statemachine has three states. A, B and C. There are transitions betw=
een
> A & B both ways, and also transitions between B & C both ways. You can
> trigger events that are "go to A", "go to B" "go to C". You start in A. O=
n
> the transition from B to A there is a guard for "been in C" that is set w=
hen
> you visit C. So you have to visit C atleast once before you enter state A
> the second time.
>
> A<=3D>B<=3D>C
>
> How/where do I set the "been in C" state to true when i enter the state?
>
<snip/>

IIUC, use the 'beenInC' variable below in the guard condition for
entering A the second time:

  <scxml ...>

    <datamodel>
      <data name=3D"beenInC" expr=3D"false"/>
    </datamodel>

    <state id=3D"C">
      <onentry>
        <assign name=3D"beenInC" expr=3D"true"/>
      </onentry>
      ...
    </state>

    ...

  </scxml>

-Rahul


>
> Best Regards
>
> //Linda
>

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