Re: [wsrp-dev] What is interaction state?

[Rich Thompson <richt2@us.ibm.com>]

Suppose a particular interaction needs a parameter which is known when the 
markup is being generated (i.e. not one supplied by the user). If the 
interaction is sourced off a form, such items are often placed in hidden 
fields such that they get sent when the action is activated. In many ways, 
interactionState provides the equivalent functionality for any of the 
other ways in which the action could be activated (button, hyperlink, etc) 
by encoding the information into this field.

Rich Thompson
OASIS WSRP TC Chair
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center / Hawthorne, NY



From:
"Alexey Zavizionov" <alexey.zavizionov@gmail.com>
To:
Rich Thompson/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
Cc:
"Roman Pedchenko" <roman.pedchenko@exoplatform.com.ua>, 
wsrp-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Date:
12/05/2007 06:49 AM
Subject:
Re: [wsrp-dev] What is interaction state?



Hi,

I was able to read the definition in the specifications.
Specification looks very silent about this.
óan you give me an example?

Alexey.

On Dec 5, 2007 3:18 AM, Rich Thompson <richt2@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The specification defines interactionState as:
>
> "interactionState: Opaque representation of transient information for 
use in
> processing this invocation of performBlockingInteraction. The value for 
this
> field is supplied through the portlet URL parameter 
wsrp-interactionState
> (see [Section 9.2.1.4]). "
>
>
> The point is that the URL causing the performBlockingInteraction 
operation
> to be called can supply any state it wishes to the processing of the
> interaction request. How that state gets serialized into and 
deserialized
> out of this opaque representation is the responsibility of the Portlet,
> though the Producer will often provide that functionality.
>
>
>  Rich Thompson
>  OASIS WSRP TC Chair
>  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center / Hawthorne, NY
>
>
>
>  From: "Alexey Zavizionov" <alexey.zavizionov@gmail.com>
>  To: wsrp-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
>  Cc: "Roman Pedchenko" <roman.pedchenko@exoplatform.com.ua>
>  Date: 11/21/2007 12:37 PM
>  Subject: [wsrp-dev] What is interaction state?
>  ________________________________
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>  I have searched in oasis wsrp archive and googled, but haven't exactly
>  definition of  interaction state.
>  What is it?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Alexey
>
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