Mudlet_Programming_Reference.txt

                                                    (= manages all mud sessions)
                                                 +-------------+        +-----------------+                                               
                                                 | HostManager |   <--- | HostManagerView |                                          
                                                 +------+------+        +-----------------+                                          
                                                        |                        
                                                   +----+-----+              
                                                   | HostPool | (= one mud session)
                                                   +----+-----+
                            (= html conversion)         |               
 +------------------+      +--------------------+   +---+--------+        +----------+
 | Browser Display  | <--- | OutputPreprocessor +---+    Host    |   <--- | HostView |                                             
 +------------------+      +--------------------+   +---+----+---+        +----------+  
                                                    |   |    |
                                                    |   |    |                     
                               +--------------------+   |    +-----------+      
      (= host session scripts) |                        |                |  (= manages stand alone scripts)     
          +--------------------+-------+        +-------+----+     +-----+----------+        +----------------+
          |   Host ScriptingModule     |        |  DataPool  #######   JobManager   |   <--- | JobManagerView +
          +--------+-------------------+        +--+--#--+---+     +-+------------+-+        +----------------+
                   |                               |  #  |           |            |         
                   |                 +-------------+  #  |      +----+----+    +--+-------------+           
     +-------------+------+          |   Telnet    |  #  |      | JobPool |    |   JobProcessor |         
     |  Scripting engines |          +-------------+  #  |      +---------+    +-----+----------+           
     +--------------------+                           #  |                           |      
                    *                           +-----#--+-----------+        +------+--------------+        
                    *                           | DataProcessingUnit |        | Job ScriptingModule |      
                    *                           +--+---------+-------+        +--------+------------+
                    *                              |         |                         |
                    *         +-------------+------+     +------------+         +------+-----------+
                    ********  | TriggerUnit |      |     | FilterUnit |         | Scripting engine |            
                    *         +-------------+      |     +------------+         +------------------+
                    *                              |          *    /\                    
                    *           +-----------+------+          *     \               
                    **********  | AliasUnit |                 *      \ +--------------------------+                         
                    *           +-----------+                 *       \| Filter/Trigger/AliasView |                         
                    *                                         *        +--------------------------+
                    *******************************************           
                                               
                               

                                     Data Flow Chart
                                     ===============

   Input Stream:
   -------------

  Server => Telnet     +---> JobManager ----------------------------------------+
              |        |  (stand alone scripts have direct access               |
              |        |   to both original Input and direct output, i.e. they  |                                         
              |        |       can exec or call Javascript functions/code in    |                                           
              +---> DataPool     the display browser, but more often will use   |                
                       |            the OutputPreprocessor for convenience.     |
                       |                                                        |
                       +---> DataProcessingUnit                                 |
                                 |                                              |
                                 |                                              |
                                 +--- >FilterUnit                               |
                                          |                                     |
                                          |                         +-----------+
                                          +---> TriggerUnit         |           |
                                                   |                |           |
                                                   |                |           |
                                                   +---> OutputPreprocessor     |
                                                           |                    |
                                                           |                    |
                                                           +---> TConsole (Display)

  Output Stream                               
  -------------

  User Actions/Input  =>
  stand alone Scripts =>  AliasUnit -> Telnet  => Server 
  Trigger Scripts     =>