This tutorial covers how to write a component providing a simple service.
The simple component will merely provide a single service, computing the sum of two floating point values. Since this is a trivial computation, not requiring complex state machine and with a tiny execution time, the service fits the 'function' model. The component does not need specific execution context, so it has no task. Finally, the component has no particular state variables, so no 'ids' is required.
Here is the simple.gen file that describes the component:
simple.gencomponent simple {
lang "c";
function add(in double x = 0. : "First number",
in double y = 0. : "Second number",
out double r =: "Result")
{
codel simple_add(in x, in y, out r);
};
};
This file defines a component that is named 'simple', using 'C' codels. It has one function named 'add'. The 'add' function has two input parameters ('x' and 'y') that both default to 0.0 and are documented as the 'first number' and the 'second number'. It has an output parameter 'r' which has no default value and is documented as the 'result'. The 'add' function has one C codel, 'simple_add', that accepts the same parameters as the function itself.
Once the simple.gen file is written, the skeleton of the component can be
generated. In order to implement the 'simple_add' codel, the sample
'codels/simple_codels.c' file needs to be edited as follow:
simple_codels.c#include "acsimple.h"
#include "simple_c_types.h"
/* --- Function add ----------------------------------------------------- */
/** Codel simple_add of function add.
*
* Returns genom_ok.
*/
genom_event
simple_add(double x, double y, double *r, genom_context self)
{
*r = x + y;
return genom_ok;
}The 'simple_add' codel definition simply computes the result of the addition of
'x' and 'y' and stores the result in the output variable 'r'. The codel returns
genom_ok indicating there was no error.