CHAIMS Primitives

Pre-invocation:

SETUP: set up the connection to a megamodule

SET-, GETATTRIBUTES: set global parameters in a megamodule

ESTIMATE: get estimate of execution time for optimization

Invocation and result gathering:

INVOKE: start a specific method

EXAMINE: test status of an invoked method

EXTRACT: extract results from an invoked method

Termination:

TERMINATE: terminate a method invocation or a connection to a megamodule

Control: Utility:

WHILE, IF GETPARAM: get default parameters