The process module

The process module provides a constructor for Process objects. A process is essentially a runnable function with additional metadata about the functions’ arguments (referred to as process inputs), return value (or process outputs), title, and description.

The following constructs a process that performs some simple arithmetic.

>> var Process = require("geoscript/process").Process;
>> var add = Process({
..   title: "Add",
..   description: "Adds two numbers",
..   inputs: {
..     a: {
..       type: "Number",
..       title: "First",
..       description: "The first number"
..     },
..     b: {
..       type: "Number",
..       title: "Second",
..       description: "The second number"
..     }
..   },
..   outputs: {
..     result: {
..       type: "Number",
..       title: "Sum",
..       description: "The sum of the two input numbers"
..     }
..   },
..   run: function(inputs) {
..     return {result: inputs.a + inputs.b};
..   }
.. });

Now that this process is created and well described, it can be run with the following:

>> var outputs = add.run({a: 2, b: 3});
>> outputs.result
5

process.Process()

class process.Process(config)

Arguments

• config – Object Process configuration.

Config Properties

description

String Full description of the process, including all input and output fields.

inputs

Object Proces inputs. Property names correspond to named inputs. Property values are objects with type (required), title, description, minOccurs, and maxOccurs properties (optional unless noted).

Below is an example inputs object with three named inputs:

{
  start: {
    type: "Date",
    title: "Start Time"
  },
  end: {
    type: "Date",
    title: "End Time",
    description: "Optional end time",
    minOccurs: 0
  },
  geom: {
    type: "Polygon",
    title: "Area of Interest"
  }
}

For a description and list of supported type values, see the Type Mapping section. If you need to reference a type for which there is not a mapping, you can supply the class directly instead of providing a string (e.g. Packages.com.example.SomeClass).

outputs

Object Proces outputs. Property names correspond to named outputs. Property values are objects with type (required), title, description, minOccurs, and maxOccurs properties (optional unless noted).

Below is an example outputs object with one named output:

{
  result: {
    type: "FeatureCollection",
    title: "Resulting features"
  }
}

For a description and list of supported type values, see the Type Mapping section. If you need to reference a type for which there is not a mapping, you can supply the class directly instead of providing a string (e.g. Packages.com.example.SomeClass).

run

Function The function to be executed when running the process. This function is expected to take a single inputs argument with a property for each of the named inputs. The function should return an object with a property for each of the named outputs.

title

String Title for the process.

Properties

Process.description

String Full description of the process, including all input and output fields.

Process.inputs

Object Proces inputs.

Process.outputs

Object Proces outputs.

Process.title

String Title for the process.

Methods

Process.run()

Arguments

• inputs – Object Inputs object

Returns

Object Outputs object

Execute the process with the given inputs.

Static Methods

Process.get(id)

Arguments

• id – String Process identifier (e.g. “geo:buffer”)

Returns

Process

Get a registered process. Returns null if no process was found from the provided identifier.

The example below uses the static Process.get() method to access and run the geo:buffer process. (Note this is a contrived example as all geometries already have a Geometry.buffer() method that accomplishes the same.)

>> var Process = require("geoscript/process").Process
>> var Point = require("geoscript/geom").Point;

>> var buffer = Process.get("geo:buffer");
>> Object.keys(buffer.inputs);
geom,distance,quadrantSegments,capStyle
>> Object.keys(buffer.outputs);
result

>> var point = Point([-110, 45]);
>> var outputs = buffer.run({geom: point, distance: 10});
>> outputs.result;
<Polygon [[[-100, 45], [-100.19214719596769, 43.04909677983872], [-10...>

Process.getNames()

Returns

Array A list of identifiers for all registered processes.

Get a list of all processes that are registered as part of the underlying libraries (does not include dynamically generated processes).