Alexander,
I'd like to get feedback from the rest of the list on this. I
would be willing to help start documenting how the framework is put
together. Just diving into it, its a little difficult for me to map
out the flow of everything. Thankfully python is very easy to look at.
On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:34 AM, Alexander Berezhnoy wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I want to share with you my opinion about the current configuration
> framework design (which is a result of developing the consoleUi and
> current changing the gtkUi)
> First, a summary:
>
> 1) Plugin instance you get from the core is not the same instance that
> will be run => a bit misleading
> 2) Plugin may return the option list, ok
> 3) w3af core returns the option list too, but those are only the
> changed options => misleading
> 4) Options in the optlist have only getDefaultValue() method, even if
> they represent the changed values => misleading
> 5) To update some of the options for the plugin, you need to send the
> optlist with all the options changed (not only recently changed). You
> cannot say: update only this option to that value. => messy
> 6) To get the current value of an option, you always get the plugin
> instance and the changed options, and look what was or was not
> changed. => messy
> 7) Options may duplicate in the option list => ?
>
> So, my proposal (one of several possible) is:
>
> - Plugins are created in the exactly one instance
> - Options are stored in their plugins and other configurable items,
> never in the core.
> - Every option is created in the single instance too
>
> Those assumptions would make the thing more clear, what do you think?
>
> Sasha.
>
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