Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 232 - Proposal to vote

[Yuzo Fujishima <fujishima@bc.jp.nec.com>]

Alex,

Would you mind repeating the rationale behind your support
for doWhile (option-2)?

In my opinion, doWhile is too similar to while and many
BPEL authors will be confused.

I would prefer modifying the description of repeatUntil (option-1).

Yuzo Fujishima
NEC Corporation

Alex Yiu wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, all,
> 
> Here is the formal proposal to vote for Issue 232 (this proposal has 
> been seconded by Venky on Nov 16, 2005).
> 
> Change the activity name to <doWhile>:
> -----------------------------
> <doWhile /standard-attributes/>
>     /standard-elements/
>     activity
>     <condition expressionLanguage="URI"?>boolean-expr</condition>
> </doWhile>
> -----------------------------
> 
> Description: (copied from Danny's email)
> -----------------------------
> The <doWhile> construct allows you to indicate the repeated performance 
> of a specified iterative activity. The iterative activity will continue 
> to be performed as long as the given Boolean <doWhile> condition stays 
> true /and the condition is tested after the body of the loop executes. 
> The <doWhile> activity is used when ones wants the loop to execute at 
> least once./
> -----------------------------
> 
> [Note for editor: this change would affect more than one sections in the 
> spec text, since the activity name and activity description are 
> referenced more than once]
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Alex Yiu
>