Re: [xwiki-devs] Designing Refactoring module

Hi Devs, I have committed the initial xwiki-refactoring module which has support for splitting a document into multiple documents. The design of the DocumentSplitter component is somewhat like http://i39.tinypic.com/28k24w4.png (there are few minor changes). Anyway, we need to think of a proper desgin for the Refactoring module that will allow us to extend this module in future. I can see two approaches for this desgin: 1. We implement each refactoring operation as a single component - like currently it is done with DocumentSplitter. But this might not be a good idea because the refactoring module itself will not provide a well- defined API to users (it will be scattered into multiple component interfaces). 2. We define a single Refactoring plexus component interface that will include all the currently suppported refactoring operations (like a facade) - this way we have a high-level refactoring interface that can be easliy understood and used by users. I think the 2 approach is more usable than the first one.

WDYT? may be there is a third approach? Thanks. - Asiri