All,

I created a Pull Request for the PAGS Ad Hoc Group Tester:
https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/548 
<https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/548>

Feedback encouraged.

Have a great weekend!

Benito J. Gonzalez - Unicon
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> On May 7, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Drew Wills <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> There are now 2 Pull Requests in GitHub related to this effort (aimed it 
> breaking it into bite-sized segments)…
> 
>   - https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/546 
> <https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/546>
>     UP-4456:  PAGS (JPA) -- Add constructors to IPersonTester implementations 
> that accept a single IPersonAttributesGroupTestDefinition;  deprecate the 
> ones that accept String,String
> 
>   - https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/547 
> <https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/547>
>     UP-4458:  Expand the nature of the data than can be defined in a PAGS 
> <test> element with Set<String> includes and Set<String> excludes
> 
> Benito’s AdHocGroupsTester is built upon these 2 enhancements.
> 
> drew
> 
> 
>> On May 6, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Drew Wills <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> James...
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 1:41 PM, James Wennmacher <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think
>>> 
>>> <pags-group 
>>> script="classpath://org/jasig/portal/io/import-pags-group_v4-1.crn 
>>> <classpath://org/jasig/portal/io/import-pags-group_v4-1.crn>">
>>>   <name>Member of Students (PAGS)</name>
>>>   <description>Member of Students group</description>
>>>   <selection-test>
>>>     <test-group>
>>>       <member-of-group>Students</member-of-group>
>>>       <not-member-of-group>Test Users</not-member-of-group>
>>>     </test-group>
>>>   </selection-test>
>>> </pags-group>
>>> 
>>> is great and a much cleaner solution.  I want to verify you could do 
>>> something like the following:
>> 
>> Except that (I feel) the child groups *need* to be wrapped in a <test> 
>> element and the <tester-class> element *needs* to be there.  I don’t want to 
>> start teaching Import/Export about specific IPersonTester implementations 
>> and whether you can “infer” one or another specifically based on the nature 
>> of the child elements found within the <test-group>.
>> 
>> Also, the element names “member-of-group” & “not-member-of-group” are 
>> workable — that approach would be okay — but I think even better is 
>> <includes> & <excludes>, here’s why…
>> 
>> In the future we may want to create even more IPersonTester classes that do 
>> new and innovative things.  For their functioning, they may need some 
>> parameters in the <test> element as well.  These parameters, moreover, will 
>> need to be modeled as members on IPersonAttributesGroupTestDefinition and 
>> the JPA-managed implementation of that interface as well… so that means 
>> (albeit minor) database schema changes.  I’d like to avoid those, to the 
>> extent possible, so I’d prefer to use names that are more likely to be 
>> reusable in the future with other IPersonTesters.
>> 
>> So my proposal for the XML corresponding to this example would be (note the 
>> version change in the script attribute)…
>> 
>> <pags-group 
>> script="classpath://org/jasig/portal/io/import-pags-group_v4-3.crn 
>> <classpath://org/jasig/portal/io/import-pags-group_v4-3.crn>">
>>   <name>Non-Test Students</name>
>>   <description>Students who are not test accounts</description>
>>   <selection-test>
>>     <test-group>
>>       <test>
>>         
>> <tester-class>org.jasig.portal.groups.pags.testers.AdHocGroupTester</tester-class>
>>         <includes>Students</includes>
>>         <excludes>Test Users</excludes>
>>       </test>
>>     </test-group>
>>   </selection-test>
>> </pags-group>
>> 
>> This way, furthermore, it’s clear how you combine test definitions based on 
>> the AdHocGroupTester with other criteria (just as we’ve always done).  This 
>> approach makes this new type of group less different or weird as compared 
>> with existing groups, testers, data files, documentation, Import/Export 
>> support, etc.
>> 
>> drew
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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