Hi all,
I've been thinking a lot about file recursion and why it's so darn
complicated, and I think one reason is the recursion happening in the
same resource type doing the managing. As a result, I've been
thinking of moving the file recursion into a Fileset resource type.
Currently, the file type generates new file resources during
recursion; this basic model would be the same, except that the fileset
resource type would be generating files.
This would also make file globbing essentially trivial. You currently
can't do it, because the glob file itself shouldn't be managing
anything, it should just generate resources that match the glob and
thus match something. Since there's no such thing as an abstract file
(i.e., one that doesn't do anything), this doesn't work.
With the fileset, though, it would never do anything other than
generate other resources.
I almost think we could build a simple 'set' resource type that knew
how to manage any kind of resource, and it would just generate other
resources via a specific interface - probably a 'find' method on the
class, I guess.
I don't know if it makes more sense to have a single 'set' resource
type, or a set type for each resource type (e.g., userset, fileset,
etc.). Seems silly, and would require metaprogramming, but is the
only real option until we get multiple primary keys.
This 'set' type would replace the existing 'resources' resource type.
Any comments?
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
--Kin Hubbard
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