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EDT:EGL Language Part Types

Please see the parent of this page, EDT:EGL Language.

Part Types (Table 1)

Part Types Core JavaScript Java
DataItem1
2d
JS: DataItem2d
2d
Function2, 5
done

JS: Function overloading4d

done
Stand-alone function2, 5
done

JS:Stand-alone functions 1d

1d
Delegate2
done
done
done bug 353641
Record6

done
done done
Structured Record6

5d 
N/S N/S
ExternalType

done
done done
Handler
done bug 353769
done done bug 353642
Library

done
done
done
Service
done bug 353769
1d
done bug 353643
Interface3

done
1d done bug 353644
Enumeration

1d
done done bug 353645
Program4

done
N/S
done bug 353646
List (was "Array")

done
done done
Deployment Descriptor7

done
RUIhandlers

REST RPC

SOAP

DataTable

done
N/S N/S
Form

1d
N/S N/S
FormGroup

2d
N/S N/S

Notes on Table 1

  1. In RBD a DataItem can only be used for primitive types. In EDT it can be used for any type.
  2. See also Table 2: Function Parameters.
  3. Interfaces can be implemented by services and handlers (every kind of "logic part" which can be instantiated).
  4. There are no called programs in EDT. Use libraries for "local calls" and services for "remote calls".
  5. We intend to support function overloading in all implementations, even JavaScript.
  6. Records (including structured records) are value types, so record variables may be declared with a question mark following the name of the type to indicate that they're nullable. Nullability means that a variable may really be null. It's not an "I'm null" flag like in RBD. A NullValueException will be thrown if you try to access a field or function of a null variable, even a record. A NullValueException will be thrown if a null variable is an operand to a math operator, a list (array) access, a substring access, a comparison, or a bitwise operator. The string concatenation operators will work the same as in RBD with respect to nulls.  :: treats null as the empty string, and ?: results in null if either operand is null. A question mark won't be allowed on the second operand of the AS and ISA operators (the name of the type).
  7. The deployment descriptor will ONLY be used for deployment. Neither the Java or JavaScript generator will generate the deployment descriptor.

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