Frameworkia

We thought long and hard about possible titles for this new PL/SQL development standard proposed on OTN, but we couldn't improve on the one it came with.

I want share a new IDEA to create a new standard PL/SQL developing:

Function ( Standard Buffer) return number
    variable Number;
    variable1 Varchar2;
begin
    variable := get from Standard Buffer;
    variable1 := get from Standard Buffer;

    { make your business }

    put in standard buffer your results
end;

Give me feedback if you are interested at the new STANDARD called "FRAMEWORKIA".

A lot possibilities are ready.

Do you see the genius of it?

Er, no.

Sensing that there were people who still needed convincing, user601181 posted some sample code developed using the new Frameworkia:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION iacore
    ( eobufferia IN OUT typeeodata )
    RETURN NUMBER
IS
    CURSOR cur_getroutingcondition
        ( idc_workflow IN VARCHAR2
        , idc_operation_node IN VARCHAR2 ) IS
        SELECT *
        FROM   wf_condition
        WHERE  id_workflow = idc_workflow
        AND    id_operation_node = idc_operation_node;

    rec_getroutingcondition cur_getroutingcondition%ROWTYPE;

    CURSOR cur_dobufferiaassign
        ( idc_workflow IN VARCHAR2
        , idc_operation_node IN VARCHAR2 ) IS
        SELECT *
        FROM   wf_assignement
        WHERE  id_workflow = idc_workflow
        AND    id_operation_node = idc_operation_node;

    rec_dobufferiaassign cur_dobufferiaassign%ROWTYPE;

    next_node         NUMBER;
    next_node_ck      NUMBER;
    stop_node         NUMBER;
    operation         VARCHAR2(256);
    operation_call    VARCHAR2(256);
    type_node         VARCHAR2(32);
    workflow          VARCHAR2(32);
    line              VARCHAR2(256);
    status_wf_v       VARCHAR2(3);
    pid_chain_node    NUMBER;
    ia_tid            VARCHAR2(64);
    ia_tid_micro      VARCHAR2(64);
    ret_code_default  NUMBER;
    ret_code          NUMBER;
    retval1           NUMBER;
    statementexc      VARCHAR2(256);
    schema_function   VARCHAR2(32);
    package_function  VARCHAR2(32);
    dblink_function   VARCHAR2(32);
    first_node_flag   VARCHAR2(2) := 'NO';
    id_debug_source   NUMBER;
    mapin_keyp        VARCHAR2(1024);

    headerbufferia typebufferia;
    assignbufferia typebufferia;
    checkbufferia  typebufferia;

    rec_wfnode               wf_node%ROWTYPE;
    rec_wffunctionsourcecode wf_function_source_code%ROWTYPE;
    rec_wflogger             wf_logger%ROWTYPE;
    rec_wfbusiness           wf_business%ROWTYPE;
    rec_wffieldmapping       wf_fieldmapping%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
    headerbufferia := eobufferia(1);

    workflow := frameworkia.getvalue(headerbufferia,'ID_WORKFLOW');

    ---- DETERMINO QUALE NODO INVOCARE
    pid_chain_node := frameworkia.getvalue(headerbufferia,'WF_NODE_ID');

    ----- SE IL NODO E' NULL ALLORA E' IL PRIMO NODO
    IF pid_chain_node IS NULL
    THEN
        -------DETERMINO HANDLER E FILENAME PER IL LOGGER
        SELECT *
        INTO   rec_wflogger
        FROM   wf_logger
        WHERE  id_workflow = workflow;
        -- rec_WfLogger.ID_WORKFLOW
        -- rec_WfLogger.ID_DEBUG_LEVEL
        -- rec_WfLogger.ID_DIRHANDLER
        -- rec_WfLogger.ID_FILENAME

        --------INSERISCO NELL'HEADER
        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'ID_DEBUG_WF'
        , rec_wflogger.id_debug_level );

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'ID_DIRHANDLER'
        , rec_wflogger.id_dirhandler );

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'ID_FILENAME'
        , rec_wflogger.id_filename );

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'CHARACTER_EVIDENCE'
        , '§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§' );

        -------DETERMINO L'ID NODE
        SELECT wf_node_id
        INTO   pid_chain_node
        FROM   wf_node
        WHERE  id_workflow = workflow
        AND    wf_first_node = 'YES';

        SELECT *
        INTO   rec_wfnode
        FROM   wf_node
        WHERE  id_workflow = workflow
        AND    wf_first_node = 'YES';

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'WF_NODE_ID'
        , rec_wfnode.wf_node_id );

        SELECT b.status
        INTO   status_wf_v
        FROM   wf_node a
             , wf_name b
        WHERE  a.id_workflow = workflow
        AND    a.wf_node_id = rec_wfnode.wf_node_id
        AND    a.id_workflow = b.id_workflow;

        IF status_wf_v = 'OFF'
        THEN
            RETURN -1;
        END IF;

        ia_tid := frameworkia.getvalue(headerbufferia,'IA_TID');
        ret_code_default := 0;
        ret_code         := 0;

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'RET_CODE_DEFAULT'
        , ret_code_default );

        frameworkia.setvalue
        ( headerbufferia
        , 'RET_CODE'
        , ret_code);

        IF ia_tid IS NULL
        THEN
            ia_tid := 'TIA' || dbms_random.STRING('U',1 * 1 + 6) ||
                      TO_CHAR(SYSTIMESTAMP,'YYYYMMDDHH24MISSFF6');

            frameworkia.setvalue
            ( headerbufferia
            , 'IA_TID'
            , ia_tid );
        END IF;

That's just the first hundred lines, and I've formatted it. The complete iacore function was well over 600 lines long.

I for one welcome the new standard.