FORM: Declarative Documents
===========================
[](https://github.com/synrc/form/actions)
[](https://hex.pm/packages/form)
Intro
-----
```erlang
#document { name = Name, sections = [
#sec { name=[<<"Input the password "
"you have received by SMS"/utf8>>,
nitro:to_list(Phone#phone.number)] } ],
buttons = [ #but { name='decline',
title=<<"Cancel"/utf8>>,
class=cancel,
postback={'CloseOpenedForm',Name} },
#but { name='proceed',
title = <<"Proceed"/utf8>>,
class = [button,sgreen],
sources = [otp],
postback = {'Spinner',{'OpenForm',Name}}}],
fields = [ #field { name='otp',
type=otp,
title= <<"Password:"/utf8>>,
labelClass=label,
fieldClass=column3}]}.
```
Spec
----
Documents or Forms consist of set of fields grouped
in sections and a row of control buttons.
It mey also contain fields of customizable types.
```erlang
-record(document, { ?ITERATOR(feed),
name,
base,
sections,
fields,
buttons,
access }).
```
```erlang
-record(field, { id, sec=1, name, pos, title,
layout, visible=true,
disabled=false, format="~w",
curr=[], postfun=[], desc,
wide=normal, type=binary,
etc, labelClass=label,
fieldClass=field,
boxClass=box,
access, tooltips=[],
options=[], min=0, max=1000000,
length=10, postback }).
```
```erlang
-record(sec, { id,
name,
desc="" }).
```
```erlang
-record(but, { id,
postback,
name,
title,
sources=[],
class }).
```
```erlang
-record(sel, { id,
postback,
name,
title }).
```
```erlang
-record(opt, { id,
postback,
name,
title,
checked=false,
disabled=false,
noRadioButton=false }).
```
```erlang
-record(validation, { name, type, msg,
extract = fun(X) -> X end,
options=[], function,
field={record,pos} }).
```
KVX Data Model
--------------
The Metainformation is used to generate KVS Data Model.
The [KVS](http://github.com/synrc/kvs) layer provides persistence.
NITRO Applications
-----------------
JavaScript Web Application is generated using Metainformation and Data Model.
[N2O](http://github.com/synrc/n2o) is used as a domain specific language to generate forms.
JavaScript/OTP is used to generate form. Average rendering speed is 25 forms per second.
Erlang and JavaScript/OTP are used to define validation
rules applied to documents during workflow.
BPE Processes
-------------
Workflows are complimentary to business rules and could be specified separately.
[BPE](http://github.com/synrc/bpe) defenitions provide front API to end-user applications.
Credits
-------
* Maxim Sokhatsky
OM A HUM
