@stateMachine annotation

[ian]

@thelinuxlich found a cool SM library that would be really easy to integrate as a Rel extension:

https://github.com/StoneCypher/jssm

What if we expose this as a directive. Consider:

type Post {
  state: String! @stateMachine('draft -> published -> archived')
}

This would produce:

type Post {
  id: ID!
  state: String!
}

type Mutation {
  nextStateMachineForPost(id: ID!): Post
  prevStateMachineForPost(id: ID!): Post
  setStateMachineForPost(id: ID!): Post
}

[thelinuxlich]

So we would allow only one FSM per type?

[ian]

One FSM per field no? I guess we could name the mutations related to the field they represent.

[thelinuxlich]

There is also the definition of actions per transition:

Off 'TurnOn' -> Red;

[ian]

We should try and hit the 80% mark. Anything super custom a dev can do manually.

[StoneCypher]

Wow, it's neat seeing my library referenced

Let me know if I can help

I find that using the live editor really helps me get my head around what I want to build