Re: [xwiki-devs] [Brainstorming] Auto-suggestion on space, wiki and attachment xproperties

Hello Vincent, On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 3:08 PM Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: Thanks, I've updated the issue. Yes. Thanks, Adel > > On 7 Sep 2018, at 16:45, Adel Atallah <adel.atallah(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > I've created a Jira issue, I would appreciate to have some feedback or > > changes if needed: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15582 > > > > Thanks, > > Adel > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Thomas Mortagne > > <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 2:58 PM Adel Atallah <adel.atallah(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi devs, > >>> > >>> Working on the auto-suggestion feature [1], I've been integrating it > >>> in xproperties holding a reference to a page. Those xproperties are of > >>> type String and have been changed to the Page type so that the page > >>> displayer is used and shows the auto-suggestion when needed. > >> > >> Since we talk about new entity properties types and bring back the > >> following subject: a pity the type is called "page" since it actually > >> contain document reference and collide with the new page reference. > >> But hard to change now... > >> > >> We'll need to introduce a new type which store serialized > >> PageReference at some point since that's what most new xobjects should > >> use ideally. But it can't be used for existing property which > >> currently contain document references since the syntax is different. > >> > >> The best to avoid confusion with two different "page*" types names > >> would probably be to have the PageClass have a type which could be: > >> * document (set to existing page properties with a migration) > >> * page (the default) > >> * space ? > >> > >> BaseClass#addPageField hasn't been released yet (@since 10.8RC1) so > >> it's the right time, later we would have to keep "document" as the > >> default in it which would not be very elegant since we want people to > >> use page reference in the future as much as possible. > >> > >>> > >>> I now need to implement an auto-suggestion on xproperties holding a > >>> reference to a space (e.g [2]), a wiki (e.g [2]) and an attachment > >>> (e.g. [3]). > >>> I think the best would be to create an Attachment and Wiki xproperty > >>> type and create new displayers exactly like the Page type. > >>> > >>> I don't think we can create a Space xproperty because it's not meant > >>> to be visible by the end user. > >>> Maybe we could use the Page xproperty type and have a parameter inside > >>> to select only spaces. > >>> > >>> WDYT? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Adel > >>> > >>> -------- > >>> [1] https://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AutocompleteOnReference > >>> [2] https://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AutocompleteOnReference#HC… > >>> [3] https://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AutocompleteOnReference#HC… > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thomas Mortagne >