Hey Taylor - The sample container doesn't currently support any of the complex people fields... but only because no one has gotten there yet.
So, feel free to come up with a syntax, modify the xml dtd [1] and make a jira issue with a patch. It would be great if you could also modify the statefileparser.js [2] file to read and write your new syntax, but if you don't get to it, that's fine. :) Thanks! - Cassie [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/shindig/trunk/javascript/samplecontainer/state.dtd [2] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/shindig/trunk/features/opensocial-samplecontainer/statefileparser.js On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Taylor Singletary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I am trying to customize the state file for the ShinDig Sample Container > and > have a few questions on how to properly define more complex data than just > a > list of friends with no meaningful data. > > Given this: > <container> > <viewer> > <person id="john.doe" name="John Doe"></person> > </viewer> > > <viewerFriends> > <person id="jane.doe" name="Jane Doe"></person> > <person id="george.doe" name="George Doe"></person> > </viewerFriends> > > <personAppData> > <data person="george.doe" field="count">2</data> > <data person="jane.doe" field="count">7</data> > </personAppData> > </container> > > How would I best go about defining Address structures for each of these > friends, and then tying those addresses to each member's currentLocation > attribute? > > I've tried going through the state.dtd file to find out how data like this > would be structured but I'm at a loss. Also, what is the significance of > the > field "count" in this context? Is that just a representation of an > arbitrary > field? The count field is just arbitrary person app data. So in this case, the app has stored a count field for each person with values of 2 and 7. If say, you had another field called favoriteColor you would add this: <personAppData> <data person="george.doe" field="count">2</data> <data person="jane.doe" field="count">7</data> <data person="jane.doe" field="favoriteColor">red</data> <data person="george.doe" field="favoriteColor">purple</data> </personAppData> > > > Thank you for any help. > > Taylor Singletary, > Reality Technician > http://realitytechnicians.com >
