Hi all

I have had posts about the context accessor functoid here and here.

Just a couple of notes about the context accessor functoids (plural – because there
are two functoids at codeplex):

  • One of the functoids will only work when called from a map that is
    executed inside an orchestration.
  • The other functoid will only work when called from a map in a receive
    port AND only if the pipeline component that ships with the functoid
    has been used in the receive pipeline.

As you can see, creating a map based on either of these functoids makes your map impossible
to use in either an orchestration or a receive port based on which functoid you chose.
So you are creating a pretty hard coupling between your map and where it should be
used. This can be ok, but if other developers mess around with your solution in a
year or so, they wont know that and things can start breaking up.

My self: I am a user of the functoids – I would use them instead of assigning values
inside an orchestration using a message assignment shape.. but this discussion is
pretty much academic and about religion 🙂

Anyway, beware the limitations!



eliasen