beginning to reimplement policy code

modpol/orgs/orgs.lua

@@ -275,6 +275,42 @@ function modpol.orgs:list_member()
     return str
 end
 
+-- ====================================
+-- adds a new policy to the policy table
+-- must define the policy type, process associated with it, and whether the request must be made by an org member
+function modpol.orgs:set_policy(policy_type, process, must_be_member)
+    local new_policy = {
+        process = process,
+        must_be_member = must_be_member
+    }
+    self.policies[policy_type] = policy
+end
+
+
+-- ================================
+--
+function modpol.orgs:create_process(request_id)
+    local new_process = {
+        object = "I am a process",
+        request_id = request_id
+    }
+
+    -- linear search for empty process slots (lazy deletion)
+    for k, v in ipairs(self.processes) do
+        if v == 'deleted' then
+            local empty_index = k
+            break
+        do
+    end
+
+    -- attempts to fill empty spots in list, otherwise appends to end
+    if empty_index then
+        self.processes[index] = new_process
+    else
+        table.insert(self.processes, new_process)
+    end
+end
+
 -- ===========================
 -- compares to requests to see if they are identical
 function modpol.orgs.comp_req(req1, req2)
@@ -303,7 +339,8 @@ function modpol.orgs:make_request(request)
         modpol.ocutil.log("Error: request type is invalid")
         return false 
     end
-   
+    
+    -- num_params should equal zero at the end if request.params matches the num of params for that type
     for k, v in ipairs(request.params) do
         num_params = num_params - 1
     end 
@@ -321,6 +358,11 @@ function modpol.orgs:make_request(request)
         end
     end
 
+    local requested_policy = self.policies[request.type]
+    if requested_policy then
+        
+    end
+
     -- use lazy deletion here, not very clean
     -- table.insert(self.requests, request)
     self.request_count = self.request_count + 1