Re: [xwiki-devs] [ApplicationManager] [Proposal] Insert matching string in the list of documents

Now that I've picked it up... Is there any real reason why the AppManager has to span 6 spaces? I can understand having XAppManager, and perhaps XAppUtil or XAppResource (XAppApp doesnt' really work.. :-) but I don't like having XApp, and XAppClasses and XAppManager and XAppResources and XAppSheets and XAppTemplates.. that's just a waste of spaces... users ask for lists of spaces all of the time.. why should we be adding so many? I would prefer: XApp.XWikiApplicationXapp XApp.XWikiApplicationXwikiapplicationclass XAppManager.CreateApplication XAppManager.WebHome XAppManager.Translations XAppManager.XWikiApplicationClass XAppManager.XWikiApplicationClassSheet XAppManager.XWikiApplicationClassTemplate XAppManager is then clearly the XAppManager application, and XApp's are the applications it manages. I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't like having things spread out spaghetti in a lot of spaces... Maybe that's fine on small installs, but when you have 100 or so spaces, it's annoying to spontaneously pick up 4 more... On 10/1/07, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > 2007/10/1, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>om>: >> Hi Stéphane, >> >> 2007/10/1, Stéphane Laurière <slauriere(a)xwiki.com>om>: >>> Thomas Mortagne wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Actually application descriptor contains a field that list all >>>> document application contains. >>>> >>>> I would like to add to Application Manager a way to be able to add >>>> "all the documents of space SpaceName" for example. >>> >>> That would be a nice feature indeed. >>> >>> I started using the ApplicationManager for the XWiki help desk >>> app. The >>> management of translations is really handy! I'm adding "{table}" at >>> the beginning and the end of the list of properties for a better >>> display. >>> >>>> I already implemented a solution and I would like you to >>>> comment and >>>> me to modify if needed. >>>> >>>> When XWikiApplication.resolveDocumentsNames is called, it list all >>>> document and one by one look if the document name is between >>>> "[" and >>>> "]", if so it consider document name as sql matching string usable >>>> with "like". So for example you will add "[XWiki.%]" if you >>>> want to >>>> add all documents in the XWiki space to the application document >>>> list. >>> >>> Sounds ok to me, but do we really need the brackets? >>> >>> Couldn't we simply write this type of list: >>> XAppManager.%|XAppResources.Translations >> >> I added % for... lets say security reasons as an URL and so a page >> name can contains "%" I thinks but not very sure on that. >> >>> >>> It would then be parsed and submitted to the sql engine directly, >>> couldn't it? We could use the "like" clause for all >>> occurrencies, or >>> check whether each occurrence contains the character '%' in case >>> the >>> "like" clause is more heavy than an exact match clause. > > I forgot, I said "one by one" but all "[]" matching in a list are > merged in only one sql request. It can also be easily merged between > applications and all his dependencies too. > >>> >>>> This feature is supported for "documents list" and also "document >>>> list to include" >>> >>> Actually, what's the purpose of the field "document list to >>> include" and >>> "document links"? I couldn't find the info from the online >>> documentation >>> at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Code/ >>> ApplicationManagerApplication >> >> "includes" and "links" target multi wikis. It is the pages that are >> included or linked when create a wiki from a template wiki. It is >> used >> to configure what is shared between wikis. >> >> "Links" is not used yet as it need not supported feature in XWiki : >> real links between pages, I forgot to hide it in interface. >> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Stéphane >>> >>>> WDYT ?