# Use the KO as dependency

An executive Knowledge Object can call the functions from other knowledge Objects, orchestrating the data flow and process among these KOs.

IN this tutorial, we are demonstrating how to create the executive object for Nashorn script engine, which is the script engine used in the reference implementation of KGrid Activator.

To do so, you will need to use Nashorn context to retrieve the executor from the dependent KOs.

# Context of Nashhorn

Nashorn script Engine has context where the objects and functions are stored. After the KOs are activated, each KO executor can be accessed in the context.

# Get the executor

In the script of the executive object, the following code will retrieve the executor for the KO of ark:/99999/helloworld/implA. You will replace this ARK id with the Ark ID of the KO you'd like to call.

  var executor = context.getExecutor("99999-helloworld/implA/welcome")

# Pass in the inputs

The executive object should have known the input schema for the KOs it is calling. It will construct the inputs for each child KO and pass to the respective KO's executor as argument.

As shown below, obj is the input for executor

  var result = executor.execute(obj)

# Work with the result

As shown in the above code, the result returned from the child KOs will be aggregated by the executive object. The results can then be used in the consecutive codes in the executive object. The Executive object will eventually return its own response to the service request.

# An example

$ kgrid create newko --executive

After newko is created, change to the directory of the implementation folder, modify the file /src/index.js to get the executor for the simple KO you created during going through the developer's guide.

You can now try the executive object in your local activator