Re: [Statemachine-development] Req - OBJECTIONS

[sridhar n. <n_s...@ya...>]

Hi all,

The items mentioned below seem to be tools/utilities that can help one
program using the Statemachine templates. I thought the main goal of
this project was to build a C++ template for building Statemachines.
This seems to be missing from the work list.

Item #2 is going to generate code. I believe that this code will be
using the C++ template that we develop for building a Statemachine.
A proprietary version of this is at
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dbiggar/FA.home.html (information provided by
vishaka in an earlier thread). We should be working on the building of
C++ template as well. I am most interested in this item, but don't have
enough knowledge to build templates. I have just used C++ templates.
vishaka and jsrodrigues seem to be good candidates to lead this effort.

-sridhar

--- Madhan Dennis <gma...@ya...> wrote:
> Hi guys !!
> 
> Sorry i've been out of touch with you all !! ok here's
> my idea
> 
> 1. We need someone to develop a UI in Java which will
> help in generating XML files for the state machine.
> The UI should also be able to read the generated XML
> files and load the state machine diagram specified by
> the XML file. The XML can be as follows:
> 
> <StateMachine ApplicationName="..." Author="..."
> Version="...">
>  <Object Description="..." Name="...."
> InitialStateID="...">
>   <State Name="..." Description="..." ID="...">
>     <EventID>
>       ....
>     </EventID>
>     <ActionID>
>       ...
>     </ActionID>
>     <NextStateID>
>       ...
>     </NextStateID>
>   </State>
>   <Action Name="..." Description="..." ActionID="...">
>     <FunctionPtr FunctionName="..." Parameters="...">
>     </FunctionPtr>
>   </Action>
>  </Object>
> </StateMachine>
> 
> 
> 2. We can develop the parser for the XML and code
> generation in C++. This code should read the XML file
> generated by the Java User Interface and generate
> first 
>    a. StateMachineManager.cpp/.h
>            This file basically handles
> registration/unregistration function and object
> retrieval queries from external sources. It manages
> the StateMachine objects which are registered with it.
> Whenever an event is raised it finds the interested
> state machine objects and forwards the events to it.
> This is obviously a singleton object
> 
>    b. StateMachine<ObjectName>.cpp/.h
>            This file contains the source code of the
> state machine object. It registers with the
> StateMachineManager and comes to life !!!
> 
>    c. TestProgram.cpp/.h
>            A test program which will help developers
> understand how to use the generated files !!
> 
> Ok from all of your skill sets I have choosen the
> following people for specific tasks.
> 
> 1. UI
>    John S. Rodrigues
>    Vincent K
>    T.Praveen Kumar
>    Vaibhav Natu
> 
> 2. CodeGen
>    Johannes Strömberg
>    Stathy G. Touloumis
>    Richard Skinner
>    Vishakha Vaidya
> 
> 3. Documentation/Help System
>    Sridhar natarajan
> 
> The code names for the individual modules are
> 
> 1. UI^SM 
>    User Interface to the power of State Machine !!
> 
> 2. CodeGen^SM
>    Code generator to the power of State Machine !!
> 
> So when will we able to start off on the project ? Can
> we start it by the next 3 days ??
> 
> Please reply soon k guys ?? Lets start making things
> work !!!
> 
> Thanks !!
> 
> Regards,
> Madhan
> 
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