On Nov 11, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > I know it sounds easy therefore I wish someone has done it. > > My scenario would be: > > - first a checkout, creates a bunch of xml files of the selected > files and spaces > - for some of the xml files, "extract text and save aside with > proper extension" > > - edit happily with IDE tools > > - update because others have worked, that merges (that's probably > the hardest) > > - edit happily with IDE tools > > - commit to xwiki (for these spaces and files), the ant tool would > first make an xml file with the revised source > > thanks for the pointers at least.
If you search the mailing list archives you'll see this has been discussed quite a bit in the past too. I also wanted to do that at the time by adding the ability to checkout/commit directly from a XWiki installation (AFAIR). Thanks -Vincent > Le 11-nov.-08 à 09:46, Vincent Massol a écrit : > >> >> On Nov 11, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Eduard Moraru wrote: >> >>> Hi Paul! >>> >>> You could easily make such a tool by using the available XML-RPC >>> API. >> >> That would be easy except for the object/class editor I think. >> >> -Vincent >> >>> Just use these the jars in the org.xwiki.eclipse.xmlrpc package from >>> XEclipse ( >>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/xeclipse/trunk/plugins/org.xwiki.eclipse.xmlrpc/ >>> ). >>> >>> For an example of using the XML-RPC API, you could look at the >>> RemoteXWikiDataStorage.java file at >>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/xeclipse/trunk/plugins/org.xwiki.eclipse.core/src/main/java/org/xwiki/eclipse/core/storage/RemoteXWikiDataStorage.java >>> >>> Of course, you do have the >>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/XMLRPC link which >>> you >>> should check out, but I think that if you are already a bit familiar >>> with XEclipse, you might find that the Java file I specified offers >>> more >>> specific examples of handling content. >>> >>> Let us know how it turns out. :) >>> >>> Paul Libbrecht wrote: >>>> Hello fellow developers, >>>> >>>> The usage of a bunch of command-line tools for checking-out the >>>> (XML >>>> of) xwiki pages and checking them in would be really useful. >>>> >>>> The xar approach is not really practical: there's no merge, it's >>>> problematic when it gets big, and it still doesn't have a command- >>>> line >>>> to integrate within a build-flow. >>>> >>>> I am convinced it would be easy, for example, to use the XEclipse >>>> code >>>> to make checkout, update, and checkin ant-tasks or command-line >>>> tools. >>>> >>>> Did anyone try? >>>> >>>> thanks in advance >>>> >>>> paul _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
