Re: [xwiki-dev] [ArchitectureV2] UI Interfaces

It took me quite a while to understand Sergiu's ideas, but now that I think I did they seem quite convincing. Here are two points on which I agree with Sergiu. It's highly unlikely that we can specify all possible extension points in any interface using XWiki, especially if we want to keep things easily extensible in the future. So instead of trying to enumerate the ones we currently know about, it would make sense to use a more generic way of specifying extension points. For better understanding, you can view an extension point as something as simple as a HTML id or class, so just a string identifier. Another point is that it should be possible to add such extension points not only from Java components, but also from Velocity, Groovy or Xwiki objects etc, so from the user interface itself. First, because it would be convenient for users. Most users will have the permissions to add new Velocity code for example, while adding a new Java component is not an option unless you are an administrator. Second, if the syntax is simple enough the designers themselves will be able to add the extension points to their user interface, without needing a programmer's assistance. Regards, Catalin On 3/21/07, Luis Arias <kaaloo(a)gmail.com> wrote: