Hi all,
the Holidays are over, so it's time to integrate my Code for the
Inter-Widget-Communication-Helper into RAVE.
What i have done so far:
apache-portal-resources -> integrated my custom JavaScript and CSS
through the custom_js.tag and custom_css.tag. This works quite well
everytime the Page loads :)
The Problem is, that i must inject a little piece of Code into EACH
Widget without manipulating the original widget - everytime a iframe
gets loaded.
Example:
original Widget:
<html><head><script src="widget_script.js"> ... </head>...</html>
loaded Widget with Code-Injection:
<html><head><script src="widget_script.js"> ... <script
src="myscript.js"> ... </head>...</html>
Is this possible with RAVE? At this point, I have found nothing in the
sources that would make it possible. I Think the only way is to use a
custom build of wookie that injects the script for me.
The rave-providers -> W3CWidgetRenderer just loads the List of Widgets
from the Wookie-Store and builds the Block for the rave.registerwidget
function (At least I think that).
It would be nice if i can inject the code to all widgets when loading
the page, whether they are OpenSocial or W3C Widgets.
Has anyone suggestions for me?
Is it possible to load a "default feature" for each widget?
Thanks,
Christian
Am 15.07.2012 21:19, schrieb Scott Wilson:
On 14 Jul 2012, at 20:15, Chris Geer wrote:
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Christian Fischer <[email protected]>wrote:
Hi all,
i would like to get familar with the RAVE-Development because i will use
it for my master-thesis.
I'll need to extend RAVE for implementing an Inter-Widget-Communication
(IWC) Helper.
That means, i will implement a Training Environment for Widgets which
doesn't Support IWC originally.
-> Widgets without IWC schould after the Training support the IWC with
other Widgets.
(Only during the User-Session. Original Widget should NOT be modified.)
Thanks for your interest in Rave. We are always looking for new ways to
utilize the Rave platform and hope you can share your work with the
community as you go.
For that, i MUST inject some JavaScript Code into each Widget and the
Portal-Page everytime when RAVE loads a Widget from the Wookie-Widget-Store
or from antother Store (Wookie is first enough).
We have successfully implemented a testing Environment in Apache Wookie by
injecting some JS-Code.
Now, i want to Integrate a IWC-Training-Environment in RAVE for Mashups.
-> Is it generally possible to inject Code into widgets each time widgets
gets Displayed?
It is very easy to include custom code in the container (page). All you
really need to do is customize the custom_js.tag file and point to your
custom javascript. This will allow access to that script from the page. As
for injecting code into the widget, I'm not sure the best way to do that
with Wookie. With OpenSocial gadgets, you could have a custom feature and
reference it from your gadgets.
Its almost exactly the same with Wookie using custom features - there are some
step-by-step instructions here on how to inject JS into Wookie widgets by
creating a new feature spec:
http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/docs/developer/features.html
That should work without needing to modify anything in Rave.
-> Where must i start to get my Custom Code to get Loaded by RAVE each
Time widgets gets Displayed?
-> Where is my entrypoint to get famililar with the RAVE-Source Code?
(Already followed the instructions on the Webpage, Eclipse is ready to run
with RAVE).
The Basic Idea is to send Events from the Widgets over OpenAjax pubsub to
the portal-Page and implement a Training Environment storing the learned
Events and Destinations in RAVE's Database according to the logged-in user.
As a general note, Rave already supports OpenAjaxHub for IWC. Again, I'm
not horribly familiar with the W3C widgets (Wookie) but on the OpenSocial
side all you have to do is include the pubsub2 feature in your gadgets and
pub/sub works like a champ. I suspect you can already do it from the Wookie
side as well but someone else will have to confirm.
For Wookie its almost the same. Add the following line to your Widget's
config.xml file:
<feature name="http://www.openajax.org/hub";>
... and you can then call "hub.publish" and "hub.subscribe" from your Widget's
javascript.
Chris
Tanks for Your Help,
Christian
