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module Ruote::Exp

  #
  # Forgets all of its children.
  #
  # This expression is somehow deprecated in favour of the :forget attribute
  # that any expression understands.
  #
  #   sequence do
  #     participant 'alpha'
  #     forget do
  #       sequence do
  #         participant 'bravo'
  #         participant 'charly'
  #       end
  #     end
  #     participant 'delta'
  #   end
  #
  # In this example above, the flow goes from alpha to bravo and delta. The
  # bravo-charly segment is independent of the main process flow. Charly's
  # reply will be forgotten.
  #
  # Now the equivalent process definition, but using the :forget attribute :
  #
  #   sequence do
  #     participant 'alpha'
  #     sequence :forget => true do
  #       participant 'bravo'
  #       participant 'charly'
  #     end
  #     participant 'delta'
  #   end
  #
  # This expression can be useful for fire-and-forget parallelism in processes.
  #
  class ForgetExpression < FlowExpression

    names :forget

    def apply

      tree_children.each_with_index do |t, index|
        apply_child(index, Ruote.fulldup(h.applied_workitem), true)
      end

      reply_to_parent(h.applied_workitem)
    end

    def reply (workitem)

      # never gets called
    end
  end
end