4 Aug
2009
4 Aug
'09
11:44 a.m.
Hi,
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Asiri Rathnayake <
asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
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to
Do we really need / want macros to be able to define their own categories at
first? It means we might end up with "category clutter" in the macro
browser, specifically if the user who creates the macro has to go find the
list of currently existing categories in a configuration file -> the lazy
option will simply be to make a category name up and we'll end up with
"display", "Display", "Look" & "Appearance" as
categories and the user won't
really know where the macro he's looking for is located.
My point of view is that the wiki admin should be able to define a fixed set
of available categories and the macro creator has to select a category out
of the predefined list ones when adding a new macro.
Letting each macro define its own category is overkill, at least for a
start. I can already hear our project managers asking how they can restrict
the list of categories and I don't want to have to tell them that they can't
:-)
Guillaume
Thanks.
Question:
For wiki macros are we going to provide string property where the user
can
> enter the category in object edit mode? To make this a select (combo we
would need an wiki macro authoring application(?). But for the moment I
think a single string property would do. WDYT?
Why wouldn't you be able to have a combo box in an object? All you need do is to store the list of categories in a
StaticList in the XClass that
defines macro XObjects and the combo box will be generated automatically
in
Object edition mode (or maybe I'm missing
something?)
Since macros can define new categories (via getCategory() method) and since
they can be overwritten in xwiki.properties file, we do not know what exact
macro categories are there in the system. Also, a wiki macro should be able
to define it's own category as well. So a static list will not suffice here
IMHO.
- Asiri
Since
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Guillaume
Thanks.
>
> - Asiri
>
>
> >
> > Having multiple categories for macros doesn't bring that much value
and
>
it's
> not really needed in the short term.
>
> Guillaume
>
> > Few issues with this approach arises with
MacroManager::getCategories()
> &
> > > > MacroManager::getMacrosForCategory() method implementations. we
it's
> > have
> > > dynamic macro registrations (wiki macros), each of these methods
will
> > have
> > > to build the response by going through all the macros in the
system.
> > >
> > > +1 for this as a first implementation and no it's not a problem,
> > > just mean loop the macros and
compare the category string with the
> > > provided String, it does not cost much in JAVA.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > - Asiri
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Imho, getCategory() should return a simple string that is an id
of
a
the
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>> category defined and stored in a "registry"
> >> The problem is how could a macro put a category inside this
registry?
> > >>
> > >> Maybe at initialization time it could do store new categories in
>
>> registry (if it wants to do so) so that a subsequent call to
> >> getCategory would return an existing id.
> >>
> >> The registry could also be populated by default with a set of
> >> "standard" categories (maybe defined in some wiki pages).
> >>
> >> -Fabio
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