Hello all,I am working on a SceneGraph library that will be used in several apps to provide CMS, entitlement, advertising, and metrics to channel developers. This is a port from SDK1 to SG.
I am using to the <function> interface to expose my API.
Is there any reason not to design an app this way? I see that <function> requires firmware 7.5, is it a bad idea to require a recent firmware version when our apps are intended for as wide an audience as possible?
For some background, these functions do not have return values, mostly they trigger Task nodes hidden away in my library. I am relying on the field observer model to provide responses for any function calls.
I like the idea of functions because they are familiar to developers coming from any other language that isn't Roku SceneGraph, and therefore they don't have to use the arcane Task 'control' field API to trigger my library's HTTP calls and the like.
For example, with the function node in play:
sub someFunction()
genius_library = m.top.findNode("my_genius_library")
genius_library.observeField("config_data","OnConfigLoaded")
params={
key:"hamsandwich"
secret:"1234zyx"
environment:"production"
}
genius_library.callFunc("loadConfiguration", params)
end sub
sub OnConfigLoaded(obj)
? "OnConfigLoaded"
end sub
If I don't take advantage of the <function> in order to target older firmware, thens devs are required to jump through more hoops to do the same thing:sub someFunction()
genius_library = m.top.findNode("my_genius_library")
config_loader = m.genius_library.findNode("config_loader")
config_loader.observeField("config_data","OnConfigLoaded")
config_loader.key="hamsandwich"
config_loader.secret="1234zyx"
config_loader.environment="production"
config_loader.control = "RUN"
end sub
sub OnConfigLoaded(obj)
? "OnConfigLoaded"
end sub
