[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Perl Module Help Needed

[Alan Simon]

Hello -

This is a repost of an #evergreen IRC chat posting.

I would like to create a new action trigger that is similar to 90-day 
Mark Lost but that would mark an item billed instead of lost.  I have 
created a new billing type of 'Long Overdue' and a new copy status of 
'billed,' and want to create a new Reactor called MarkItemBilled, based 
on the MarkItemLost reactor used by the 90-Day Mark Lost action 
trigger.  The MarkItemLost reactor calls sub set_item_lost in 
OpenILS::Application::Cat::AssetCommon, so I thought that I would copy 
that module to OpenILS::Application::Cat::AssetCommonHSLC and edit it to 
include only a set_item_billed subroutine based on set_item_lost.

I see that set_item_lost sets variables defined in 
OpenILS::Application::AppUtils (e.g., OILS_SETTING_LOST_PROCESSING_FEE) 
and OpenILS::Application::Circ::CircCommon (e.g., 
OILS_COPY_STATUS_LOST).  However, those modules does not define 
locally-defined settings like our 'Long Overdue' billing type and our 
'Billed' status.  How does OpenILS::Application::Circ::CircCommon know 
what those are?

It also sets a variable found in the /openils/var/data/ils_events.xml 
file, which contains translations including non-alpha characters.  How 
do I (and should I?) edit that file to add a new event?

Thanks very much for whatever help you can give me.

Alan

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