[xwiki-dev] XECLIPSE.R.1.0.M1

[Asiri Rathnayake]

Hi Vincent,

On 8/6/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Tharindu,
> (I've copied the dev list, please send all dev related information to the
> list please so that we're all on the same page)
>
> See below.
>
> On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:34 AM, tharindu jayasuriya wrote:
>
> Hi Vincent,
>
> Sorry about the late reply.
>
> I have mistaken the XWiki account information with object web details.
>
> Tharindu - tharinduj
>
> Asiri - asiri (newly created)
>
>
> Done. You can now do commits on xwiki-sandbox/xeclipse.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Also, we need some help regarding XEclipse off-line. We are struggling bit
> to find a place to start development. And one more question, do we need to
> complete the off-line operation mode within GSoC time period ? we're having
> trouble with academic work load.
>
>
> I think you need to provide a simple offline feature which is the ability
> to:
> - save pages locally (I recall there's an easy eclipse api for this)
> - ability to choose what to download from the server: a page, a full space
> or a full wiki
> - ability to check if the page isn't more recent on the server on save and
> if so warn the user and let him decide what to do: overwrite the server
> version or cancel
> - ability to refresh one's own copy of saved pages  with the server's
> versions
>

I've been thinking about XEclipse off-line for a while and I can't see an
easy way out. May be I'm not on the right  track, but i believe there is a
plenty of work that need to be done in order to implement off-line operation
of XEclipse.

This is the scheme I propose,

1. When the user creates a connection for the first time, we create a local
cached file hierarchy that resembles the corresponding wiki site.

2. When user make changes to pages, we update the local cache as well as the
server.

This way, we can let the user operate in a "disconnected" mode without
committing changes to the server copy, and once he wishes to do so, he can
flush the local cache to the server (with some validity checks).

As it is obvious by now, the current implementation need to be changed a bit
to accommodate for these requirements.

I don't know whether this is the only solution, but this is the way i saw
it. Please let me know if you believe there is an easy way.

We're looking forward to start on XEclipse off-line asap, but need to
finalize the approach upfront.

Btw, are there any work left for M1 ?

Thanks.

- Asiri

Basically this means everything except the hard part which is the
> synchronization.
>
> Let me know if this is possible but I don't think this is too hard to do
> and it's important for such a tool I think.
>
> Now I haven't reviewed what's left you have to do for 1.1M2 but that needs
> to be finished as a priority.
>
> Let me know if you have any schedule issues with this and we'll try to
> find a solution. I'll work on the m2 build this coming week to help you.
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> On 8/4/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tharindu,
> > I've tried adding both of you but your ids don't exist on
> > forge.objectweb.org...
> > I've committed  xeclipse into xwiki-sandbox but you don't have write
> > access yet as I couldn't add you...
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
> > On Aug 3, 2007, at 5:56 PM, tharindu jayasuriya wrote:
> >
> > Hi Vincent,
> >
> > On 8/3/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tharindu/Asiri,
> > > I have reviewed the patch and it looks good. Only potential issue is
> > > the package name you've used: org.xwiki.plugins. So far we've used
> > > com.xpn.xwiki.*. However you're correct that we want to move to
> > > org.xwiki. That said we need to decide if we want to do the move right
> > > now for the Eclipse extension. I think it's a good idea to do so and the
> > > strategy would be that any new extension/plugin or any component in the new
> > > architecture should be located in the org.xwiki package. What do
> > > others think?
> > >
> > > I'm going to commit it to xwiki-sandbox for now (till we have a maven2
> > > build for it, then I'll move it to xwiki-extensions/eclipse) and we have
> > > already voted to give you access to it.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks a lot. We were thinking about moving into implementing the
> > off-line operations asap, i think we need to take few design decisions
> > upfront regarding off-line operations (mainly issues regarding
> > synchronization). I'll make a post once we have thought about an initial
> > idea so that we can optimize it on the dev list.
> >
> > I'll just need your ObjectWeb user id to give you write access.
> > >
> >
> > Tharindu - tharindujayasuriya
> >
> > Asiri - asiri
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Tharindu & Asiri
> >
> > Thanks
> > > -Vincent
> > >
> > > On Jul 31, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tharindu,
> > > I'll review this latest patch later today or tomorrow.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -Vincent
> > >
> > > On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:32 PM, tharindu jayasuriya wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Attached are the latest sources and binaries of XEclipse m1.
> > >
> > > Issues Fixed,
> > >
> > > 1. All Jigloo dependencies removed.
> > >
> > > 2. Code documentation improved according to instructions from Vincent.
> > >
> > >
> > > 3. Back-End XML RPC's patched to suite XEclipse (Asiri)
> > >
> > > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-1520
> > >
> > > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-1521
> > >
> > > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-1524
> > >
> > > Let's hope this would finalize XEclipse m1 ... :)
> > >
> > > Hoping to hear from you soon...
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > - Tharindu & Asiri
> > >
> > > On 7/16/07, Vincent Massol < vincent at massol.net > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Tharindu,
> > > > I have done a first pass on the code review and I have a few
> > > > comments:
> > > >
> > > > 1) You seem to have use Cloudgarden's Jigloo and unfortunately the
> > > > license isn't good enough for us so we cannot use it... Here's what it says
> > > > in the generated file:
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > * This code was edited or generated using CloudGarden's Jigloo
> > > > SWT/Swing GUI Builder, which is free
> > > > * for non-commercial use. If Jigloo is being used commercially (ie,
> > > > by a corporation, company or
> > > > * business for any purpose whatever) then you should purchase a
> > > > license for each developer using
> > > > * Jigloo. Please visit www.cloudgarden.com for details. Use of
> > > > Jigloo implies acceptance of these
> > > > * licensing terms. A COMMERCIAL LICENSE HAS NOT BEEN PURCHASED FOR
> > > > THIS MACHINE, SO JIGLOO OR THIS
> > > > * CODE CANNOT BE USED LEGALLY FOR ANY CORPORATE OR COMMERCIAL
> > > > PURPOSE.
> > > > */
> > > >
> > > > We cannot use Jigloo because we want commercial companies using
> > > > XWiki under the LGPL license. Thus we cannot commit this code.
> > > >
> > > > Could you find some alternative? The UI doesn't seem too complex so
> > > > I should be easy to do it by hand I think.
> > > >
> > > > 2) Thanks for your javadoc. It's nice and helps a lot. However it
> > > > can be improved, especially for Classes. This is the most important Javadoc
> > > > and should answer the question "what is the class for?".
> > > >
> > > > Also please see:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/CodeStyle#HDonotuse27public27ininterfaces
> > > >
> > > > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/CodeStyle#HDonotduplicatemethodcommentswithparameterscomments
> > > >
> > > > Parameters and return value shouldn't start with "-" in javadoc. See
> > > > the Sun's Javadoc coding conventions.
> > > >
> > > > 3) Please add copyright to all classes and don't use the @author
> > > > tag. Instead we'll add Asiri and yourself to the Hall of Fame + in the SVN
> > > > commits.
> > > >
> > > > The rest sounds good. We need to add maven build of course. I'll
> > > > start looking into that after we fix the points above.
> > > >
> > > > Also, I haven't coded plugins in Eclipse for a very very long time
> > > > so I have no idea if what you've done is the right way of doing it so I'll
> > > > assume it is :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again and keep up the good work!
> > > > -Vincent
> > > >
> > > > On Jul 15, 2007, at 10:04 AM, tharindu jayasuriya wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > This is about r.1.0.m1 version of xeclipse (XWiki-Eclipse-Plugin).
> > > >
> > > > We have completed following tasks in this release,
> > > >
> > > > 1. Cleaned up source code ( need to be confirmed by Vincent )
> > > >
> > > > 2. Implemented adding/deleting pages.
> > > >
> > > >     - Adding pages does not seem to work correctly due to some
> > > > errors in XML-RPC implementation of XWiki, need to look into this.
> > > >     - Removing pages does not work at all because the corresponding
> > > > XML-RPC is not implemented in XWiki.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Implemented adding/deleting spaces.
> > > >
> > > >    - Adding spaces work fine.
> > > >    - Deleting spaces does not work (RPC not implemented in XWiki)
> > > >
> > > > As it's obvious by now, we need to peek into XWiki internals to get
> > > > these issues fixed. But since we have a scheduled release today (and these
> > > > issues showed up all of a sudden), we thought of finishing the work from the
> > > > plugin's end and uploading the relevant work. Anyway, those issues need to
> > > > be fixed asap.
> > > >
> > > > We have tested the work on a stand alone (HSQLDB) Xwiki
> > > > installation, it would be really nice if someone can test the plugin on a
> > > > real server and confirm the results :)
> > > >
> > > > Vincent, I couldn't find an appropriate place to upload the files in
> > > > XWIKI JIRA, so i thought of attaching relevant files into this email. I'm
> > > > really sorry for any inconveniences.
> > > >
> > > > Hope to hear from you very soon.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot!
> > > >
> > > > - Tharindu & Asiri
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>
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