Hello, thanks you alexandre for your informations. I do not understand so well the difference between server and client even if it is clearer now. I am able to begin to write my own plugin now. All the structure in the plugin directory of my project is running without any error !
Y. Le Lundi 29 Mai 2006 20:51, vous avez écrit : > 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.adapti >ng > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------- -- Yves Jacolin http://yjacolin.gloobe.org ---- Stagaire Conservatoire Régional des Espaces Naturels de la région Centre http://cahiersnaturalistes.free.fr/cpnrc/ ---- - Qu'est-ce que cela peut faire que je lutte pour la mauvaise cause puisque je suis de bonne foi? - Et qu'est-ce que ça peut faire que je sois de mauvaise foi puisque c'est pour la bonne cause. (Jacques Prévert) _______________________________________________ Cartoweb-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/cartoweb-users
