#45: Refine XML markup to embed dashboard layouts and widgets
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Reporter: olemis | Owner: olemis
Type: | Status: accepted
enhancement | Milestone: RC1 for initial release
Priority: minor | Version:
Component: dashboard | Keywords: markup widget layout genshi
Resolution: | template
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Old description:
> Right now a combination of XML + JSON has to be inserted in Genshi
> templates so as to embed widgets and layouts implemented by dashboard
> plugin .
>
> For some reasons it's better to implement this feature using ''XML''
> instead. Nonetheless my previous attempt trying to get this done was not
> as successful as I expected .
>
> Further details may be found in comments in Genshi templates included in
> dashboard plugin
New description:
Right now a combination of XML + JSON has to be inserted in Genshi
templates so as to embed widgets and layouts implemented by dashboard
plugin .
For some reasons it's better to implement this feature using ''XML''
instead. For instance , widget markup looked like shown below in the early
days (prior to r1351312 ) looked like the snippet shown below
{{{
#!xml
<bh:widget id="simple_widget" urn="WidgetName" altlinks="false">
<bh:args>
{"args" : {"arg1" : "value1",
"arg2" : "value2"
}
}
</bh:args>
</bh:widget>
}}}
... whereas in current implementation ''only XML'' is needed (which is
more suitable to use together with ''Genshi'' statements e.g. `py:for` ,
`py:if` ... )
{{{
#!xml
<bh:widget id="simple_widget" urn="WidgetName" altlinks="false">
<bh:args>
<bh:arg name="arg1">value1</bh:arg>
<bh:arg name="arg2">value2</bh:arg>
</bh:args>
</bh:widget>
}}}
Nonetheless my initial attempt trying to get this done was not as
successful as I expected .
Further details may be found in comments in Genshi templates included in
dashboard plugin
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Comment (by olemis):
Replying to [comment:4 gjm]:
> It might be an idea to update this ticket with the full rationale for
why it is better to be only working with XML for this.
>
Done with the explanation for widgets . Please review ''';)''' . The
explanation for layouts deserves a whole article ... I'll write a summary
as soon as possible .
> Also, is this ticket otherwise complete?
No . It's missing a patch to upgrade similar markup for for layouts . I
started working on it but ... I could not make much progress as there's
part of the code not working as I expected . ventually this will be ready
.
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Ticket URL: <https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/ticket/45#comment:5>
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