4 Aug
2009
4 Aug
'09
11:10 a.m.
Hi,
For a first implementation I think we should avoid trying to do too much. A
simple list of categories defined by the wiki admin + an "Others" category
for macros that don't have a category assigned to them is enough to get
started with. The macro creator chooses which category to use from the list
of available categories on the wiki when creating his new one.
From what I understand it can be done in an acceptable fashion on the
technical side.
Another thing we need to decide is whether we want the category to be a
multiselect -> can a macro declare itself in 2 categories? For a start I'd
favor us using a simple select (a macro can only be in one category), WDYT?
+1 I think for the moment this is ok.
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 box) we
would need an wiki macro authoring application(?). But for the moment I
think a single string property would do. WDYT?
Thanks.
- Asiri
This would
allow editing macro categories and arranging macros into
> categories as admins prefer. I wonder what Guillaume thinks about this
:)
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() &
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MacroManager::getMacrosForCategory() method
implementations. Since we
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, it's
just mean loop the macros and compare the category string with the
provided String, it does not cost much in JAVA.
- Asiri
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Imho, getCategory() should return a simple string
that is an id of a
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 the
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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