Generating JobDefs

• Generating JobDefs
• Automated job definition generators
• List of generators
• Cli command

Automated job definition generators

The job definition consists of a set of Python files. When creating job definition, the most flexible approach is to write these Python files yourself from scratch. However, if you do not have the required programming skills, then an alternative approach is to use an automated generator.

The automated generator will read a settings file in xml format, and based on the settings in this file, it will then generate the Python files for you in the same location as the settings file. This means that you just need to create the settings file.

List of generators

The settings file will specify the type of generator to use. It is envisaged that a variety of generators will be created for different job types.

Currently, only one generator has been created - which is the Houding EA generator.

Cli command

In order to use a generator to generate a jobdef from an xml settings file, you can just use the start_new_job commmand. See the list of CLI commmands for more information.