Re: [Perl-workflow-devel] Changes commited for developer release 1.33_6

[Jonas B. N. <jo...@gm...>]

Hi Alejandro,

I will make a release 1.33_6 tomorrow, so we can get the patch out in  
the open, thanks for contributing.

jonasbn

On 26/09/2009, at 20.10, Alejandro Imass wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have committed my proposed changes to the branch "field_types",
> corresponding to the next correlative developer release 1.33_6
> (committed to svn revision 491)
>
> These changes allow users to formally override new() in Actions and
> InputFields to better adapt Workflow.p;m to their specific
> implementations. My first thought at this was to extend and complete
> the InputField "type" which was a work in progress according to the
> pod, but later realized that this be better left implementation
> dependent, and it was way more generic to formalize an extension
> mechanism for actions and fields.
>
> Here are the detailed changes:
>
>
> aimass@ctlt10:~/projects/perl-workflow/branches/field_types$ svn log  
> -v -r491
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r491 | aimass | 2009-09-26 14:05:54 -0400 (Sat, 26 Sep 2009) | 1 line
> Changed paths:
>   M /branches/field_types/workflow/Changes
>   M /branches/field_types/workflow/lib/Workflow/Action/InputField.pm
>   M /branches/field_types/workflow/lib/Workflow/Action.pm
>
> formalization of action and input field extentions by making new()
> formally public and safely overrideable; modified pod accordingly with
> detailed examples
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> aimass@ctlt10:~/projects/perl-workflow/branches/field_types$ cat
> workflow/Changes
>
> # $Id: Changes 491 2009-09-26 18:05:54Z aimass $
>
> 1.33_6
>
> Patches from Alejandrop Imass
>
> - Changed @FIELDS to @PROPS in Action.pm and InputField.pm for
>  mk_accesors as FIELDS was very confusing with regard to action input
>  fields.
>
> - Formalized Workflow::Acction::new() as a public method with
>  corresponding pod example.
>
> - Optional class property for Workflow::Action::InputField.
>  Previously, public method new() made little sense if InputField
>  always instantiates from Workflow::Action::InputField. Now fields
>  can derive from custom class.
>
> - Updated pod to reflect the new formal abillity to add extra
>  properties for actions and input fields.
>
> - With the ability to derive custom properties for classes and fields
>  there is little need IMHO to define InputField "type" any further
>  but leave it implementation dependent. The rationale is that
>  validators intrinsically define this. Updating pod accordingly.
>
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