Justin Deoliveira wrote: >> If possible I would like to add a user interface requirement to >> extensions; I understand that this sets a high bar for an extension but >> I think it is important that extensions be "product ready" to the same >> level we expect of geoserver modules. >> > I disagree here. A UI is nice and often needed but there often cases > where a UI is unnecessary, like data store extensions where we do fancy > introspection to create the UI. With the new configuration and a java > bean only philosophy for config objects i see this being more popular. > > It also limits the scope of extensions imho. It limits them to things we > want to manage with the user interface... Like for instance it might > make sense for a certain extension to be configured via a rest > interface, or some other tool for that matter. > Maybe the requirement could be 'All configuration options added by the module must be exposed in the web interface?' I am having trouble thinking of a use case where a module that adds options would be better off without a human-friendly UI; what sorts of things did you have in mind?
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