Hi Sergiu, On Sep 5, 2008, at 1:17 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
> Hi devs, > > The first proposal is about introducing two $xwiki.countDocuments > methods, one that accepts a simple hql query, and one that accepts a > parametrized query and a list of parameter values. These work like > searchDocuments, but instead of prefixing the query fragment with > 'select doc.fullName from XWikiDocument as doc', it will prefix it > with > 'select count(*) from XWikiDOcument as doc'. > > This will allow to count documents without using a programming- > protected > query, and without retrieving all the documents and count the results. > Such a method is needed for paging results, for example. Sounds good to me. Artem, how will this be done with the Query manager? > The second proposal is a temporary hack for hiding documents. The idea > is to add a new field in the XWikiDocument class, 'hidden', which will > be automatically used in searchDocuments and countDocuments to filter > out special documents. This is a workaround until we will be able to > tag > special documents or spaces, and will allow to create special > documents > needed for an application inside the main application's space, instead > of the generic XWiki space. Such hidden pages won't appear in normal > search results, the index page or the navigation panel. -0 (close to -1) till you explain what is wrong with the solution below :) This could also be implemented using a special Tag (like: "xwiki:hidden" for example). I was going to say: "In general I think we need the ability to add generic metadata to a document.". however this already exists: it's called Objects! :) So I think instead of adding more and more fixed metadata we might instead want to use Objects. Either reuse the existing Tag or create a new Visibility class/objects. What are the cons of using Objects for this feature? > To show these documents (for admins, for example) we could add another > searchDocuments method which accepts a boolean parameter that > enables or > disables the filter on the 'hidden' property. If we use an Object then we don't need to add a new API since we already have all the required APIs for manipulating objects. Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
