simple state machine

[mickey0]

Hello,
I just want to try to implement a simple State Machine and I'm reasoning whch class I need

function Machine(startState) {
	this.startState = new State(startState);
	//states list

	this.raise= function(eventName) {
            //alert(eventName);
  	}
}

function State(idState) {
	this.id = idState;	
        //actions list
}
function Event(eventName) {

}
function Action() {
	//execute code
}

I dont' know if it's clear what I need to do; what it's not clear to me is how design the things! What must Event class contain? Must each state contain a table like 'for each event says which is the target state' ? . Any helps?

thanks

[Dormilich]

we can’t really help when we don’t know about it. currently I have no idea about the purpose and the usage of the objects concerned, thus I’m as helpless as you.

PS. JavaScript is a prototype based programming language. the concept of classes as you know it from other programming languages does not exist here.

[mickey0]

we can’t really help when we don’t know about it. currently I have no idea about the purpose and the usage of the objects concerned, thus I’m as helpless as you.

PS. JavaScript is a prototype based programming language. the concept of classes as you know it from other programming languages does not exist here.

I just need to give a definition of a State Machine. It's in js but I would have the same problem with every language.

[Dormilich]

try the Turing Machine.