> On 29 Nov 2016, at 10:23, Marius Dumitru Florea > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi devs, > > I have an XWiki application that creates two types of pages. Let's call > them Category and Procedure. The application has two template providers > that allow the users to create Categories and Procedures anywhere on the > wiki using the Create Page menu. I would like to restrict the creation like > this: > > * You can create a new Category page either as a top level page or as a > child of an existing Category page > * You can create a new Procedure page only as a child of an existing > Category or Procedure page > > Category -> ... Category -> Procedure -> ... -> Procedure > > One solution to achieve this is to add a new property to the template > provider, e.g. "parentType", that specifies the type of pages (XClass > references) that are allowed as parent. We would use a Database List with > multiple selection and relational storage. We can use the empty string to > represent "no parent" (i.e. top level page). An empty list would mean no > parent type restriction. > > Category template provider: {parentType: ["CategoryClass", ""]} > Procedure template provider: {parentType: ["CategoryClass", > "ProcedureClass"]} > > Do you think this is useful? Do you see any problem with this solution? Is > it worth implementing?
If you need it then it means there’s a need (even though possibly not a very common one). The only downside I see is the complexity it adds for the user. We may want to think about an Advanced section in the template provide UI screen and move advanced options there. Thanks -Vincent > Thanks, > Marius
