Re: [boost] State machine framework with dynamic configurability

From: John Fuller (jfuller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-24 11:31:46

You might want to check out my work at
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/easyasap/
(ex: easyasap_s5.3.8.3.tar.gz)

- The fsm code tree is the general C++ code

- The EVM code tree uses this
to implement statesystems from a database (ex: postgres, sqlserver),
supporting actions like dynamic-loading, soap invocation, etc.

David Abrahams wrote:

>Cross-posted from c.l.c++.m:
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> State machine framework with dynamic configurability
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>Hi all,
>I'm working on a project to improving a legacy software on Unix which
>has a flat state machine with hundreds of states in it. I'm looking for
>a state machine framework that supports nested states, guards, entry,
>exit and preferrably other state machine features such as concurrent
>state transitions, orthorgonal states, shallow/deep histories. Another
>requirement is that the state machine framework should be dynamically
>configurable, say in my main program I have 3 states, and i can build a
>shared object which defines a state machine as a sub-state machine for
>one of the states in the main program. All these should be achieved
>without recompiling the main program.
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>I looked into the boost statechart library and dug up the thread that
>Andreas Huber started when the idea to create boost statechart was
>first hatched. The only problem is that the library wasn't designed
>with dynamic configurability in mind, so it doesn't suit my needs.
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>I also looked into the quantum platform, etc framework, but I have
>trouble finding documentation (perhaps I need to buy the book?)
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>I've also tried a statechart modelling tool called SmartState and used
>it to generate a state machine but the state machine features supported
>are limited and I have some reservations about the design of the state
>machine framework that the tool generates
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>So.. my question is: is there any other state machine framework that is
>dynamically configurable and support the most of the state machine
>features mentioned above?
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>any help is welcome, thanks in advance
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>newbie
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