participants.rb in openwferu-0.9.14

- old
+ new

@@ -176,9 +176,38 @@
             # else it's a cancel item
         end
     end
 
     #
+    # Simply aliasing a participant.
+    #
+    #     engine.register_participant "toto" do |workitem|
+    #         workitem.toto_message = "toto was here"
+    #     end
+    #     engine.register_participant "user_.*", AliasParticipant.new("toto")
+    #
+    # Workitems for participant whose name starts with 'user_' will be handled
+    # by participant 'toto'.
+    # Note that you can't use use a regex as the aliased name ("toto" in the 
+    # example).
+    #
+    class AliasParticipant
+        include LocalParticipant
+
+        attr_reader :aliased_name
+
+        def initialize (aliased_name)
+
+            @aliased_name = aliased_name
+        end
+
+        def consume (workitem)
+
+            get_participant_map.dispatch(nil, @aliased_name, workitem)
+        end
+    end
+
+    #
     # The NullParticipant never replies, it simply discards the workitems
     # it receives.
     #
     class NullParticipant
         include LocalParticipant