PS.FarNet.Stateless.dll-Help.xml
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<helpItems xmlns="http://msh" schema="maml"> <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10"> <command:details> <command:name>Invoke-Stateless</command:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Starts or resumes the Stateless script or checkpoint.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:verb>Invoke</command:verb> <command:noun>Stateless</command:noun> </command:details> <maml:description> <maml:para>This command shows the prompt loop for choosing permitted triggers and stepping through the machine states. After each step the state checkpoint is saved to a file. The loop may be interrupted and resumed later from the checkpoint in the same or new session. Choosing "Exit" terminates the loop and deletes the checkpoint. The stateless script is specified by the parameter File. It is a PowerShell script with the following conventions: (1) It creates and returns the Stateless state machine. (2) It has the parameter State and uses it as the initial state of the machine. Choose and specify the appropriate default value as the initial state for the very first run. (3) It may have other parameters suitable for clixml serialization. They are automatically saved in the checkpoint file and restored and used on resuming. (4) Script functions Export-StatelessData and Import-StatelessData may be used for persisting extra data in addition to automatically persisted parameters. Export-StatelessData usually outputs one or more script scope variables designed and suitable for clixml serialization. Import-StatelessData accepts one parameter, one or more values to be restored as the same script scope variables. (5) Script functions Get-StatelessCaption and Get-StatelessMessage may be used for the custom prompt caption and message respectively. CHECKPOINTS Checkpoints are stored as $Home/FarNet.Stateless/<guid>.stateless.clixml The <guid> for a particular run is the MD5 hash created from the script path and the specified script parameters. PARAMETERS The Stateless script parameters, the required State and optional others, are exposed as the dynamic parameters of Invoke-Stateless and specified as if they are parameters of Invoke-Stateless: Invoke-Stateless My.stateless.ps1 -State Foo -MyParam Bar On the first run the parameters are used for the hash and for invoking the script. On next runs, if the checkpoint exists, the values are taken from the checkpoint, different if the script changes them on state transitions.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:syntax> <command:syntaxItem> <maml:name>Invoke-Stateless</maml:name> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>File</maml:name> <command:parameterValue required="true">String</command:parameterValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Show</maml:name> </command:parameter> </command:syntaxItem> </command:syntax> <command:parameters> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>File</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Specifies the Stateless script or checkpoint file.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Show</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Tells to add "Show" to the prompt. It generates an HTML page with the state machine graph and opens it by the associated program.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> </command:parameters> </command:command> <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10"> <command:details> <command:name>Invoke-StateMachine</command:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Invokes the state machine interactive loop.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:verb>Invoke</command:verb> <command:noun>StateMachine</command:noun> </command:details> <maml:description> <maml:para>This command shows the prompt loop for choosing permitted triggers and stepping through the machine states. Choosing "Exit" terminates the loop.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:syntax> <command:syntaxItem> <maml:name>Invoke-StateMachine</maml:name> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>Machine</maml:name> <command:parameterValue required="true">Object</command:parameterValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Caption</maml:name> <command:parameterValue required="true">Object</command:parameterValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Message</maml:name> <command:parameterValue required="true">Object</command:parameterValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Show</maml:name> </command:parameter> </command:syntaxItem> </command:syntax> <command:parameters> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>Machine</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Specifies the state machine instance.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Caption</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Specifies the prompt caption as script block or value. Default: current state.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Message</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Specifies the prompt message as script block or value. Default: empty string.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" position="named" > <maml:name>Show</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Tells to add "Show" to the prompt. It generates an HTML page with the state machine graph and opens it by the associated program.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> </command:parameters> </command:command> <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10"> <command:details> <command:name>Show-StateMachine</command:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Shows the state machine graph in a generated HTML page.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:verb>Show</command:verb> <command:noun>StateMachine</command:noun> </command:details> <maml:description> <maml:para>This command generates an HTML page with the state machine graph and opens it by the associated program. The page uses "viz-standalone.js" for converting DOT to SVG, see https://github.com/mdaines/viz.js If "viz-standalone.js" is found in the path then it is used by the page. Otherwise, the online version of this script is used.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:syntax> <command:syntaxItem> <maml:name>Show-StateMachine</maml:name> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>Machine</maml:name> <command:parameterValue required="true">Object</command:parameterValue> </command:parameter> </command:syntaxItem> </command:syntax> <command:parameters> <command:parameter required="true" position="0" > <maml:name>Machine</maml:name> <maml:description> <maml:para>Specifies the state machine instance.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:parameter> </command:parameters> </command:command> </helpItems> |