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Proposal: Support Class-Based Syntax for Python Entities
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Descrizione
Currently, Entities in Python (and JavaScript) only support function-based syntax, where operations are delineated by a cascade of if-statements. In C#, a class-based syntax is supported, which allows individual operations to be split into methods belonging to a larger class that represents the Entity itself.
Implementing this alternative syntax should not be too difficult, it's mostly just a layer of indirection. Making matters simpler, we already have a community-driven example of how to do this for TypeScript here: https://scale-tone.github.io/2021/03/15/durable-mvc .
As an example for the syntax, consider the following entity function using the current implementation syntax
```Python
def entity_function(context: df.DurableEntityContext):
current_value = context.get_state(lambda: 0)
operation = context.operation_name
if operation == "add":
amount = context.get_input()
current_value += amount
elif operation == "reset":
current_value = 0
elif operation == "get":
pass
context.set_state(current_value)
context.set_result(current_value)
```
It's class-based syntax alternative would look as follows:
```Python
class Counter:
def __init__(self): # this corresponds to state initializer, or the `lambda: 0` in the function-based syntax
self.entity_state= 0
def add(self, amount):
self.entity_state+= amount
return self.entity_state
def get(self):
return self.entity_state
def reset(self):
return self.entity_state= 0
```
Finally, it makes sense to me that the `return` statement would set the value for `context.set_result`. A more difficult question is to know what value to save for `set_state`. One easy solution is to require the state to be under the name `self.entity_state` but perhaps that's too restrictive. What do others think?
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Direzione di ricerca
La issue non indica alcun file o test. Inizia esaminando la gestione delle entity basata su funzioni esistente intorno a DurableEntityContext e l’esempio TypeScript collegato, quindi determina come i metodi di classe, l’inizializzazione, i risultati restituiti e lo stato persistito dovrebbero corrispondere all’attuale modello delle entity. Il lavoro richiede che, prima dell’implementazione, sia definito un design condiviso per la sintassi e la gestione dello stato.
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Valutazione
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- python
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- backend
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- Funzionalità
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- 5/5
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- Più di una settimana
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- Ferma
- Chiarezza
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- Idoneità per principianti
- 25/100