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WillowScript Intermediate · Adapt a payload schema deliberately

Model ordered lists, nested settings, and typed event configuration — Change one requirement

Model ordered lists, nested settings, and typed event configuration: change one requirement.

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PART I

Warm-up

Reconnect with a useful idea before starting model ordered lists, nested settings, and typed event configuration. In one or two sentences, describe the input, output or host boundary from the previous exercise that this lesson builds on. If you are arriving directly, skim the worked example first; there is no locked prerequisite.

A rough note is enough. You can revise it after the example.

PART II

Instruction & guided example

Adapt a payload schema deliberately

Typed event configuration must connect a declared callback contract to the actual delivery shape. Registration stores a response; delivery supplies inputs later. Shared fnc vocabulary does not make Event, navigator or an arbitrary event field a builtin. Treat every such name as an explicit exercise-host dependency.

Old host delivers Event={itemId: i32}. New host delivers Event={selectionId: i32}. The new callback contract requests details for selectionId. A legacy field alias is not promised.

Worked reasoning: Under the new schema, event.selectionId=23 is the valid input. event.itemId is missing. Update schema assumptions and field reads together; changing the displayed button label cannot repair an input mismatch.

Failed alternative: Reading both names opportunistically invents compatibility behavior unless absence and fallback rules are explicitly part of the host contract.

Worked reasoning and supplied artifact

Old:payload{itemId23} ->read itemId23
New:payload{selectionId23} ->read selectionId23
Wrong new read:itemId missing ->contract error
Migration artifact:schema and handler read changed together

Illustrative example from the proposed WillowScript design. The language and WUIX/WMATH/WDB/WAUDIO/WTMP services are not implemented in the supplied source. This site has no interpreter, VM or native host and does not execute or certify the snippet.

Walk through the example, one line at a time
  1. Old:payload{itemId23} ->read itemId23

    Read this key/value within its containing object. State which parent owns it and the narrow visible behavior it configures.

  2. New:payload{selectionId23} ->read selectionId23

    Read this key/value within its containing object. State which parent owns it and the narrow visible behavior it configures.

  3. Wrong new read:itemId missing ->contract error

    Read this key/value within its containing object. State which parent owns it and the narrow visible behavior it configures.

  4. Migration artifact:schema and handler read changed together

    Read this key/value within its containing object. State which parent owns it and the narrow visible behavior it configures.

Try the guided change

Reconstruct the supplied worked case first: list its inputs, intermediate decisions and final artifact. Compare each row with the explanation and identify exactly where the rejected alternative fails. Then use the changed inputs in Part IV for independent work.

  • Write the supplied inputs and initial state before following the example.
  • Reconstruct each intermediate calculation or host decision, then compare with the worked artifact.
  • Explain why the contrasting alternative fails before attempting the changed inputs in Part IV.

PART III

Take a breather

Step back after the guided example. Look away from the screen, stretch, or reread your prediction. This is an optional learning pause, not a timer or an assessment gate.

When you return, try to name the lesson’s key idea without copying its wording. If that feels difficult, return to Part II and trace one line rather than restarting the entire lesson.

Your drafts remain here. Continue whenever you are ready.

PART IV

Independent practice

Project context: Reusable configuration workspace. Build a small, understandable change around model ordered lists, nested settings, and typed event configuration.

Migrate quantityCount to selectedCount under a host that offers no alias. Supply an old/new payload table and one negative compatibility case.

What to produce

A schema/field-use migration table and explicit unchanged-client limitation.

  • State the intended behavior in a sentence before editing.
  • Use only source-backed syntax and the host services whose contract you have been given.
  • Record a normal case and a boundary or unavailable-resource case.
  • Label hand predictions separately from anything actually measured in a supplied toolchain.

Syntax colors are a reading aid, not a compiler. The line you are editing stays uncolored until you move to a different line; capitalization is never changed. Drafts stay on this browser and code is not executed.

Need a hint?

Only selectionId is declared by the new delivery shape; compatibility aliases cannot be assumed.

Reading both names opportunistically invents compatibility behavior unless absence and fallback rules are explicitly part of the host contract.

Original learning-path task and reference

In a classroom scheduling assistant, demonstrate model ordered lists, nested settings, and typed event configuration. Adapt the task to a second host-neutral application context without changing the imported API contract. Include .ws source and a host-resource contract; compare at least one normal case and one edge case.

import wuix.widget;
const button = widget.Button({
    text: "Continue",
    events: {
        click: fnc() -> void {
            navigator.open("dashboard");
        }
    }
});

Where the original task needs a host API that is not supplied here, write the contract and predictions. Do not invent a runtime result.

PART V

Self-check

Use this check to notice what to revisit. It does not award a private course grade, block another page or claim to verify compiled code. Every answer has a learning explanation.

Which read is justified under the new schema?

You may keep exploring even if you are unsure. Use the hint, compare the trace, and revise your explanation.

PART VI

Recap & small task

Bring the idea back to the mod feature you are building. A useful recap connects the mechanism to a decision you can make in your own code.

  • Adapt a payload schema deliberately
  • Migrate quantityCount to selectedCount under a host that offers no alias. Supply an old/new payload table and one negative compatibility case.
  • Separate source-backed behavior, host requirements and untested predictions.

One small recap task

Treat payload field names as case-sensitive contract members.

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