Some unfinished, broken additions to processes

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Nathan Schneider 2021-02-20 22:48:17 -07:00
parent bf309aa63d
commit 4f53e801c4
2 changed files with 52 additions and 22 deletions

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@ -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

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@ -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.switchboard
-- Params: org (string), routine (string)
-- Outputs: Checks the org for any policies related to a given function;
-- Function: modpol.register_process
-- Adds a process to modpol.processes
-- ===================================================================
-- 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
-- ===================================================================