Hello,
Jacolin Yves wrote:
I'd like to create a plugin to manage postgis Layers : create layers, export
and import layers.
First of all, what is the difference between client side and server side. the
aim of the client side code, is it to create dynamic content for the
interface and the server side to realise request, calculation, ... ?
CartoWeb has two main parts:
- Cartoclient (client-side core + client-side plugins parts)
- Cartoserver (server-side core + server-side plugins parts)
One of the main reasons of this distinction is the ability to have
CartoWeb set up as a SOAP web-service (one or several Cartoclients
queriing a Cartoserver that is not necessarily on the same webserver).
Even when using CartoWeb in direct mode (no web service) both sides have
separated tasks:
- Cartoclient: user interface management (HTML generation + POST/GET
processing), request compilation, "classical" web tasks such as search
tools, carts,..., etc.
- Cartoserver: MapServer management (calls to MapScript), most
geographical computing and request processing, data storage, etc.
So about my plugin, I will use a template to display the form (to create a new
layer), the client side will be empty (may be not) and the server side will
do the request into the postgis DB ?
Smarty templates and forms processing must be handled by your plugin
client side. Make it implement the GuiProvider interface.
See http://cartoweb.org/doc/misc/plugins_diagram.pdf
All that deals with MapServer layers is a job for your plugin server side.
If I extend the edit plugin with my own class. Can I use all config parameter
of this class (like parameter for the connection to db) ?
Yes. Please note that extended plugins use the same config files than
their parent plugins (in your case, edit.ini, even if your extended
plugin is called someCrazyOtherName).
Same thing for templates: you may overload templates files or create
some new ones, but you will have to save them in your project in the
parent plugin directory, not in your extended plugin directory.
Last (but not least), how does cw3 to use plugin ? I know that the name of the
plugin and the files have to be the same (well almost), but I don't know
exactly the plugin is run ... Can you help me ?
Most of your questions are probably answered in the doc:
http://cartoweb.org/doc/cw3.2/xhtml/dev.newplugin.html
especially
http://cartoweb.org/doc/cw3.2/xhtml/dev.newplugin.html#dev.newplugin.adapting
Say you want to extend the "edit" plugin and name your new plugin
"someExample".
Write in your client_conf/client.ini:
loadPlugins = plugin1, plugin2, ..., edit, someExample
and in server_conf/yourProject.ini:
mapInfo.loadPlugins = pluginA, pluginB, ..., edit, someExample
In your project directory, files are then:
o someExample/client/ClientSomeExample.php (with class ClientSomeExample
extending ClientEdit)
o someExample/server/ServerSomeExample.php (with class ServerSomeExample
extending ServerEdit)
o possibly: someExample/common/SomeExample.php (with class SomeExample
extending Edit) + some WSDL file if you plan to use SOAP
o edit/templates/whateverName.tpl
o client_conf/edit.ini
AS
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