Call a function within another Component

IX-3497 - Getting issue details... STATUS

component.call{}

• The interface is table in, anything out. Only the first returned argument is captured, so to return multiple values a table must be used.

• the target component must be running

  -- this function is in the target component
  function doSomething(T) 
    return T.token .. " world", 1, {foo="bar"}
  end
  
  -- this function is in the caller component
  function makeRemoteCall()
    local CallData = {}
    CallData["token"] = "hello"
    local R, _num, _T  = component.call{id=”guid”, data=CallData, func=”doSomething”}
    trace(R)    -- "hello world"
    trace(_num) -- 1
    trace(_T)   -- {"foo":"bar"}
  end