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Hi, I invite your feedback on second version of COLAG. This includes major changes and there is a new document containing examples, illustrating all aspects of the technology. COLAG (Conversation Oriented Learning And Growing software) is an XML based environment for writing software with the unique feature that the execution logic (behavior) of the running COLAG program can be dynamically changed at runtime using XML based messages without any need for re-compilation. COLAG software is a collection of XML documents, where each document (called 'specification file') specifies the data and behavior of an entity (class in OOLanguage). An entity instance (similar to 'object') is represented by an XML element called its 'instance element', and its data is represented by an XML tree called 'instance tree'. COLAG introduces a new concept of 'global data tree', which refers to a run-time XML tree that will contain the instance trees of the instances created at run-time, i.e. instance element of an instance will be added to the global tree after its creation. The equivalent of a method in COLAG is called a 'conversation', but unlike method, a conversation is capable of 'self-instantiation'. A conversation will specify via XPath expression, the nodes in the global tree whose update will instantiate it. A conversation will execute by constructing an XML tree, called its 'conversation tree', and update the global tree by transferring the content from the conversation tree to the global tree, which might start other conversations and so on. COLAG also defines concept of a 'message conversation, which will start in response to receipt of an appropriate external message, as given by its start condition. An XML based message format is also defined in COLAG that can be used to interact with instances in a running COLAG program by instantiating their message conversations. This can also be used to dynamically introduce new conversations or modify/delete existing conversations of the instances, there by changing the program logic. Please refer to the Primer document at colag.com for complete description of the technology. Any comments are welcome. Thanks, Rahul Jain
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