+1 On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 19:24, Marius Dumitru Florea < [email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > Thanks, > Marius > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Thomas Mortagne > <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi devs, > >> > >> After much brainstorming with Thomas and with the implementation of the > new model I'm doing, we've come to the conclusion that it would be better to > add the notions of Locale and Version in EntityReference. > >> > >> The main reasons are: > >> * otherwise we need to introduce a notion of UniqueEntityReference in > the model and it makes it very awkward at an API level (user need to > constuct a UniqueEntityReference from an EntityReference depending on the > APIs used) > >> * it makes APIs more complex than what they could be. > >> > >> For example: > >> - getDocument(EntityReference) > >> - getDocument(EntityReference, Locale) > >> - getDocument(EntityReference, Version) > >> - getDocument(EntityReference, Locale, Version) > >> > >> vs > >> > >> - getDocument(EntityReference) > >> > >> (subnote: this is why I introduced UniqueEntityReference in the model) > >> > >> * It'll mean that anywhere we use an entity reference we'll be able to > reference a specific version of that entity and/or a specific language. Some > example: including a specific version of a page, referencing a specific > version of an attachment in wiki syntax, etc. > >> > >> In a first version I'd like to only introduce a generic > get/setAttributes (to allow extensibility) in EntityReference + > get/setLocale/Version (for easiness of access). > >> > >> ATM I'm not planning to define a textual syntax for attributes (but it > could something like: wiki:space.page[name1=value1, … nameN=valueN]). I'm > not asking to vote on this. > >> > >> Here's my +1 > >> > >> Thanks > >> -Vincent > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devs mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Mortagne > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Denis Gervalle SOFTEC sa - CEO eGuilde sarl - CTO _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
