IPP Mail Archive: Re: JMP> Re: IPP> MOD JobState suggestion

Re: JMP> Re: IPP> MOD JobState suggestion

Ron Bergman (rbergma@dpc.com)
Thu, 5 Jun 1997 18:12:12 -0700 (PDT)

Tom,

Looks good. Any objections from anyone else?

Ron Bergman

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Tom Hastings wrote:

> Sounds simpler. So how is this for JMP:
>
> JmJobStateTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
> STATUS current
> DESCRIPTION
> "The current state of the job (pending, processing, completed, etc.).
>
> The following figure shows the normal job state transitions:
>
> +--> canceled(7)
> /
> +---> pending(3) --------> processing(5) -----+----> completed(9)
> | ^ ^ \
> --->+ | | +--> aborted(8)
> | v v /
> +---> pendingHeld(4) processingStopped(6) --+
>
> <--------------- active -----------------> <--- in-active --->
> Figure 4 - Normal Job State Transitions
>
> Normally a job progresses only from left to right. Other state transitions
> are unlikely, but are not forbidden. The canceled state can be entered from
> the pending, pendingHeld, processing, or processingStopped states."
>
> -- This is a type 2 enumeration. See Section 7.1 on page 25.
> SYNTAX INTEGER {
> other(1),
>
>
> At 10:05 06/05/97 PDT, Ron Bergman wrote:
> >Tom,
> >
> >I agree that you new revised figure is correct. But it has so
> >many lines and lines crossing that I doubt it is useful.
> >
> >I propose that we keep the original figure, but show the two paths
> >to "Aborted", with the added text:
> >
> >"The Canceled state can be entered from the Pending, Pending-Held,
> >Processing, or Processing-Stopped states."
> >
> >
> > Ron Bergman
> > Dataproducts Corp.
> >
> >