[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-7351) General issues with Variable Initialization, Assign, and Copy

[Robert (Bob) Brodt (JIRA)]

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Robert (Bob) Brodt commented on JBIDE-7351:
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Sounds like a plan.
Actually, the automatic "variable needs initialization" detection code is broken too :(
I'm thinking of taking that variable initialization prompt dialog out altogether and using the "Fixed Value" selection in the "From" combobox to generate an appropriate initializer. The resulting "Fixed Value" XML can then be edited as required; if the user selects a different "To" variable, a new initializer will be generated.

> General issues with Variable Initialization, Assign, and Copy
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-7351
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7351
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: bpel
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.0.M2
>            Reporter: Jeff DeLong
>            Assignee: Robert (Bob) Brodt
>             Fix For: 3.2.0.Beta2
>
>   Original Estimate: 0 minutes
>  Remaining Estimate: 0 minutes
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> I see several issues with the variable initialization in Assign. Some are ease-of-use related, others seem like bugs. I have written a JIRA for Riftsaw, https://jira.jboss.org/browse/RIFTSAW-301 that requests automatic initialization of variables inside the engine. This is one approach to addressing variable initialization problems (moves the responsibility to the engine). In that JIRA I have also noted examples where the BPEL Editor said a copy operation was in error that executed fine on the server, as well as not flagging errors in a copy operation that threw an Assignment Fault at runtime. In general the relationship between the initialization (which is done through a copy operation) and well as the actual assign copy operations, is too confusing for the average BPEL Editor user. The user (we are not talking a business analyst type here, but a process architect / developer) should not have to worry about the syntax of these various copy statement and knowing whether they are correct. They should just be able to say which parts of a message get copied to which parts of another message. Either the tooling or the engine should take care of the rest.

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