On the same note, I also have the following questions: The answers will help implement whichever option we choose:
1) Is there a limit on the number of members that can belong to a group? 2) How can I create a "global" hashmap (xwiki.getHashMap()) that can be referenced anywhere (any page/space) to retrieve values based on keys? 3) Can I use the $context to add some more values(needed for our project) to the hashtable? 4) I came across the following code snippet int he Wiki editor of the PanelWizard: #set($categoryMap = $xwiki.getHashMap()) #foreach($category in $categoryList) $!categoryMap.put($category, $xwiki.getArrayList()) #end I do not understand the use of "!" in the put() method. what do we achieve with this! Thanks for all help! On 5/5/08, Kamna Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > This question "might" be related to the thread that has been active in the > past couple of days about the data model. > We have a similar situation with the only difference being that we want > to create lists or collections (like Groups) of certain pre- created > Objects. > The Object as a whole may/will belong to more than one such collection - > which means that if we were to use a Document to link a Collection and its > contents, then every document will have a COPY of the same object and this > is definitely not desirable for good performance - Right? > > So, in that case, we have 2 alternatives: > 1) Use the techiniques used in XWiki to create Groups: each group has > objects of class XWikiGroup with just one field that refers to the Member > name. OR > 2) Use XWiki.getHashmap() and add the Collection and its members to the > hashmap (as the Key and Value resp.) > > The XWiki API indicates that the option #2 must be used in xwiki when > Objects can not be created. > My Question is: > -> Even though I could use option #1 and create objects and add them to > the document that would represent the Collection, can I still use option #2 > because I think that it will provide better performance. Am I right in my > assumption? What should I do? > > Thanks a lot for all help! > > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
