[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Fine Generation Code Question

[Bill Erickson]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:

>  Hello Liam,
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> Thanks for the input.  One thing I do want to clarify is that fine
> generation even in case #1 would still be functionally independent of the
> checkin code.  (It has to be, since fine generation for most installations
> is set to happen continually, or at least daily.)  Plan #1 would simply
> open up the possibility of doing the checkin/fine processes in a single
> transaction.
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> The main problem with plan #2 is not the generation component of fine
> handling, but all of the other possible alterations and adjustments to
> fines which can happen depending on the checkin conditions.  I do agree
> that #2 is better from a design perspective, but it is quite a bit more
> complex than your outline suggests, and it would (in my opinion) be much
> safer to approach that design iteratively, which is what I hope doing #1
> first would allow us to do.
>

If pushing all of the fine creation/mangling into a single transaction
(which would be ideal) is (part of) the main goal, then +1 to an iterative
approach where we start with #1 and evolve to #2, since #1 is required
regardless.

+1 to streaming checkout as suggested by Mike, when we reach #2.  Getting
the initial response faster would be a nice bonus.

-b
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