Hi, On Oct 4, 2013, at 9:30 PM, Keith Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
Can someone tell me what it would take (generally) to add code that would parse text for a specific pattern and convert it to a hyperlink? I'm fluent in PHP and C#, and know a little Java, but have done zero custom work with XWiki. I've created this type of parser for other systems.
What I would be parsing is this regex pattern:
\*\*([0-9])*\*\*
To create this link:
http://intranet.pridedallas.com/tickets_edit.php?iTicketID=$1
This can be achieved with a Rendering Transformation, see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Transformations And specifically the WikiWord transformation (http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/WikiWord+Transformation) If you with to create your own transformation: http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Extending#HAddinganewTransfor... Hope it helps, -Vincent