Some unfinished, broken additions to processes

modpol/orgs/orgs.lua

@@ -189,15 +189,25 @@ end
 -- rename_org(old_name, new_name)
 -- Renames an org 
 
+-- ===================================================================
+-- POLICIES
+-- Each policy is a table with a string for a key. Contents:
+-- KEY - name of the policy (string)
+-- [member orgs]: external orgs allowed to call policy
+-- [function]: the function that initiates the policy
+-- ===================================================================
+
 -- ===================================================================
 -- modpol.add_policy
 -- Adds a policy to an org's [org].policies table
--- Params: org_name (string), target_function (string),
--- policy_function (string)
--- function names should be in the form [module?.][function]
--- and can be modpol.delegate(org_name)
+-- Params: org_name (string),
+-- policy_name (string),
+-- policy_table (table)
 -- Output: true if successful, nil if error
-modpol.add_policy = function(org_name, target_function, policy_function)
+
+-- TKTK NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN
+
+modpol.add_policy = function(org_name, policy_name, policy_table)
    -- first, basic checks
    local message = "Error: No such org"
    if (modpol.orgs[org_name] == nil) then

modpol/processes/processes.lua

@@ -3,28 +3,50 @@
 -- Process-related functions for Modular Politics
 -- Called by modpol.lua
 
--- TKTK may need to create high-level modpol.processes table to hold ongoing processes
--- TKTK in order to enable async processes. Rewrite all this as listeners
+-- ===================================================================
+-- modpol.processes, a high-level table of active processes
+-- Process table structure:
+-- [name]: unique name
+-- [org]: org
+-- [update_functions]: table of available update functions
+-- [state]: table of relevant data on the state of the function
+
+modpol.processes = {}
+
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Function: modpol.register_process
+-- Adds a process to modpol.processes
 
 -- ===================================================================
--- Function: modpol.switchboard
--- Params: org (string), routine (string)
--- Outputs: Checks the org for any policies related to a given function;
+-- Function: modpol.delegate_process
+-- Delegates a process from one org to another
+
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Function: modpol.begin_process
+-- Params: user (string), org (string), action (string)
+-- Outputs: Checks the org for any policies related to a given action;
 -- Calls the modpol.initiate.* function(org) based on policy
 -- Defaults to modpol.initiate.consent()
-modpol.switchboard = function(org, routine)
-    if modpol.orgs[org]["policies"] 
-        and modpol.orgs[org]["policies"][routine] then
-        -- TKTK if there exists a policy, initiate that function
-    else
-        modpol.initiate.consent(org)
-    end
+modpol.begin_process = function(user, org, action)
+   if modpol.orgs[org]["policies"] 
+      and modpol.orgs[org]["policies"][routine] then
+      -- check user org membership is satisfied
+      -- register process
+      -- start the appropriate process
+   else
+            -- register process (or does .initiate.* do that?)
+            modpol.initiate.consent(org)
+   end
 end
 
 -- ===================================================================
--- TKTK
--- Function: modpol.delegate
--- Delegates a process from one org to another
+-- Function: modpol.update_process
+
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Function: modpol.end_process
+
+
+
 
 
 -- ===================================================================
@@ -68,8 +90,6 @@ modpol.approved = function()
     return true
 end
 
-
-
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Experimental
 -- ===================================================================