RE: Wtrlt: Antw: RE: [xwiki-users] RE: xwiki as help system andexternal mappings

Since I was out of the office on Friday, and the group could almost always better answer any questions than I could alone, I think it would be in bad taste for me to object (and just in case there's any chance of cross-cultural confusion as to the import of that answer, I'll state it directly: No, I certainly don't mind, but thanks for your consideration). We'll see... If that's a dummy question, you can call me a dummy. There is no direct GUI command to do it, but you can create a document that will do it. First, get the space name from the request parameters. For example, if you name the parameter "space", then the reference $request.space will contain its value: #set($spacename=$request.space) ## Velocity maps this reference to $request.getParameter("space") Next, use the XWiki API to get the list of documents in that space: #set($docNamelist = $xwiki.getSpaceDocsName($spacename)) Because the method needed to delete a document uses the raw XWiki, XWikiDocument, and XWikiContext classes directly, instead of through the com.xpn.xwiki.api classes XWiki, Document, and Context, getting these objects is a privileged operation that requires that the last author of the document have the "programming" right on the document (to understand why, think of the set-user- and set-group-ID bits on a Unix file; writing a document that has these bits set clears them if the writer is not the owner). So, we have: #set($rawWiki = $xwiki.xWiki) #set($ctx = $context.context) Then, loop through the list: #foreach($docName in $docNamelist) #set($rawDoc = $xwiki.getDocument($docName).document) $rawWiki.deleteDocument($rawDoc, $ctx) #end Then, if you wish to make the document easier to use, create a form that allows the user to select the space, with an "action" attribute that is empty, which will submit the form to the current URL. In the example above, the input field would be named "space", and it wouldn't matter whether the form used GET or POST, since XWiki makes either avaliable through $request. Note, of course, that by creating the document in this way, your initial view of the document would do nothing, since the "space" parameter was empty, so the list will also be empty. And, of course, the power of this document means that it should check $xwiki.getDocument("${space}.WebHome").hasAdminRights() if $space is non-null and non-empty before executing the deletion loop. The rest of your questions are mostly beyond my ability, so I'm glad you forwarded to the group as well - with the exception of whether I looked at your LDAP module, which I did not, since your attachment was detached and destroyed by our network watchdogs because of its "suspicious" content. I resolved to look at the JIRA attachment, but have been too busy as yet to get to it. Probably, though, the only parts I could really help with that I haven't already given you pointers to would be adding a group membership. You can find the way to do that inside your code by looking at the XWiki code invoked by the group sheet when adding a new group member. brain[sic]