Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Wiki API

FYI, I now use the new-wiki-api branch. https://github.com/gdelhumeau/xwiki-platform/tree/new-wiki-api I will delete all the others. 2013/10/21 Guillaume "Louis-Marie" Delhumeau <gdelhumeau(a)xwiki.com> > 2013/10/11 Eduard Moraru <enygma2002(a)gmail.com> > >> >> Technical note: Looking at the code, I can`t see these >> WikiPropertyGroups >> being handled anywhere. I imagine that you would have to delegate the >> task >> of creating WikiDescriptor instances to the WikiManager which will, in >> turn, be in charge of querying all the WikiPropertyGroupProviders and >> populating the new WikiDescriptor with these properties before >> returning it >> to the caller. >> >> You speak of WikiPropertyGroup as a storage location. However, in the >> code, >> I see that each provider is supposed to save the properties itself, so >> it >> is in charge of picking a physical location for these properties to be >> stored. The WikiDescriptor would only be a logical location where >> applications might store and read information/properties **about** the >> wiki. When an application would store a new property for a wiki in a >> certain property group, that group's provider will be in charge of >> physically storing the value in the location where that group's >> properties >> are physically stored. >> >> It would be an interesting idea, but I find that it would be much more >> productive as a generic service of its own and not just limited to >> wikis. >> It is easy to imagine the need for such a service in the case of users. >> Applications might want to store/query properties for the current user, >> maybe for the current space and so on. For users, right now we`re >> storing >> stuff in the user profile. For wikis, we`d probably store it in >> XWikiPreferences, SpacePreferences for spaces and so on. >> >> Maybe something a bit like what we do with ConfiguratinSource, but >> targeted >> on certain entities (wikis, users, etc) >> >> https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/blob/master/xwiki-commons-core/xwiki… >> ...however, what I don`t like about ConfigurationSource is that it is >> ReadOnly. >> >> Would be a shame to spend the effort and not to make it a generic >> solution. >> >> WDYT? >> > > I think it is a good idea. But I won't have the time to do it for 5.3. > I want to continue on what I have already proposed, and we could still > make a generic solution after. > > Thanks, > Louis-Marie >