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#-*- perl -*-
#
#  Copyright (C) 2001 Ken'ichi Fukamachi
#   All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
#   redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 
#
# $Id$
# $FML$
#

package FML::Process::Flow;
use strict;
use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $AUTOLOAD);
use Carp;

=head1 NAME

FML::__HERE_IS_YOUR_MODULE_NAME__.pm - what is this

=head1 SYNOPSIS

=head1 DESCRIPTION

=head1 CLASSES

=head1 METHODS

=item C<new()>

... what is this ...

=head1 AUTHOR

__YOUR_NAME__

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 __YOUR_NAME__

All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 

=head1 HISTORY

FML::__HERE_IS_YOUR_MODULE_NAME__.pm appeared in fml5.

=cut


# Descriptions: drives basic flow 
#               1. initialize processes and load configurations from *.cf
#                  switch to each process according with $0 and @ARGV.
#               2. parse the incoming message(mail)
#               3. start the main transaction
#                  lock, execute main routine, unlock
#               4. inform error messages, clean up and more ...
#    Arguments: $self $args
# Side Effects: 
#               ProcessSwtich() is exported to main:: Name Space.
# Return Value: none
sub main::ProcessStart
{
    my ($pkg, $args) = @_;

    # create a new process object
    my $process = $pkg->new($args);

    # e.g. parse the incoming message (e.g. STDIN)
    $process->prepare($args);

    # validate the request e.g. permit post from the sender ...
    $process->verify_request($args);

    # start main transaction
    $process->run($args);

    # closing the process
    $process->finish($args);
}


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