I mean How can an extension's ResourceLoader module have a soft dependency on a module provided by another extension?
If ext.eventLogging is available on this wiki, I want to use its functionality in my extension's JS. But my JS can live without it. Extensions with similar soft dependencies on ClickTracking express it as a hard requirement, which makes them harder to use on other wikis. Thanks. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm confused. You want your extension to load the module only if the > extension is loaded? If your extension isnt loaded than what is loading > your module. > > If you only want to load the module for certain configurations, that sounds > like a job for $wgExtensionFunctions > -bawolff > On 2013-01-27 8:58 PM, "S Page" <sp...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> How can an extension have a soft requirement on a module, so that it >> only adds that module to its ResourceLoader dependencies if the >> extension providing that module is loaded? >> >> For example, there's no sense in depending on ext.eventLog if the wiki >> doesn't load Extension:EventLogging, but if it's available then you >> want the module sent to the browser along with your code. (Obviously >> your JS would check to see if the module's functions are available >> before invoking them.) >> >> I think your extension can't change dependencies when specifying its >> module in $wgResourceModules[], it has to do it later. Maybe in a >> ResourceLoaderRegisterModules hook (although RL runs that before it >> registers the static wgResourceModules array), or possibly in a setup >> function you add to $wgExtensionFunctions >> >> Or, in each onHook handler where you call addModule(), you could test >> there and add the optional module. >> >> Thanks for any insight, I'll add it to mediawiki.org. >> >> >> -- >> =S Page software engineer on Editor Engagement Experiments _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
