Name is not unique in ES space. I can add any number of assets with the same name(if the version is different) UUID of an asset is the unique attribute. (or you can use name+version similar to AM)
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:49 AM, Sajith Ariyarathna <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chathura, > > IMO naming an unique attribute as "Name" is a bad practice. I think naming > it as "App ID" or "Asset ID"or some other name which indicates attribute's > uniqueness will be a better approach. > > Also name would give an incorrect message to the user since the value of >> the name is visible to the user. >> > Instead of "Name, "Display Name" is always shown to the end-user in AppM > store for both web apps and mobile apps. (see also [1]). > > Thanks & Regards. > > [1] https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APPM-1007 > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Chathura Dilan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Default name field of an ES artifact is unique to the artifact. Once it >> is added it cannot be edited. Since it is a name it should have edit >> capability. >> >> Because of this limitation we had to introduced 'Display Name' to the >> artifact in App Manager which can be edited. >> >> Name field is also part of the artifact identifier and it is used to >> identify the different versions of artifacts. >> >> Problem here is if the DisplayName of the app completely change in a new >> version, there will be a big difference between Name and the DisplayName >> fields. Also name would give an incorrect message to the user since the >> value of the name is visible to the user. >> >> Any ideas on that? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Chatura Dilan Perera >> *(Senior Software Engineer** - WSO2 Inc.**)* >> www.dilan.me >> > > > > -- > Sajith Ariyarathna > Software Engineer; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com/ > mobile: +94 77 6602284, +94 71 3951048 > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > >
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