On 17 Apr 2012, at 06:34, Pushpalanka Jayawardhana wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> 
> I went through this
> documentation<http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/docs/developer/parser.html>
> on
> using parser as a standalone jar. So it seemed to me that it will be a
> better to just introduce a variable in 'W3CWidgetFactory' class rather than
> going for a configuration file to point to the trusted key store, which
> will guide to tight cohesion, which is beneficial.

Yes, that should make it more portable.
> 
> In documentation aspects, I could identify that following points need
> updates after project completion.
> 
>   - Wookie web site - Documentation:Server administration,  Development:
>   W3C widget parser

Yes.

>   - Wookie docs - widget_dev_guide.

Thats a legacy doc so I wouldn't worry about updating that. Instead you could 
add a page on the site under "docs" e.g. "Using Digital Signatures".

> 
> Also I'm glad to mention that, I will be able to work about 40hours per
> week on the project.
>      -   5 hours in week days and 8 hours each in Saturday and Sunday.

At that rate I think you'd finish the project very quickly :)

> 
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Scott Wilson <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 12 Apr 2012, at 17:46, Pushpalanka Jayawardhana wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Scott,
>>> 
>>> Thought it will be better to keep this thread  updated on the progress I
>>> made.
>> 
>> 
>> Great! Thanks for the updates - it makes sense to keep the thread going.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Meanwhile I looked into the widget code and possible implementation of
>>> verifying function. I placed a sample signature file inside a .wgt and
>>> tried to access it inside Wookie. Inside W3CWidgetFactory class of parser
>>> could get into the signature file with
>>> *unzippedWidgetDirectory.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator +
>>> "signature.xml".* Identification can be done,considering the naming
>>> conventions in the spec for authors and distributors, when more
>> signatures
>>> are present.
>>> *
>>> *
>>> As next step, I hope to look at how the decision of verification function
>>> can take effect in deploying the .wgt at Wookie and taken into
>>> other higher levels. Working on this is becoming more interesting now.
>> 
>> Yes, as W3CWidgetFactory is the front API for the parser lib - for both
>> the Wookie server and other W3C implementations reusing it - so it needs to
>> have easy to understand/well documented method signatures so poses more of
>> a design challenge.
>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Pushpalanka Jayawardhana | Undergraduate | Computer Science and
>> Engineering
>>> University of Moratuwa
>>> 
>>> +94779716248 | http://pushpalankajaya.blogspot.com
>>> 
>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/Pushpalanka | Slideshare:
>>> http://www.slideshare.net/Pushpalanka
>> 
>> 
> 
> Thank you and Best Regards,
> -- 
> Pushpalanka Jayawardhana | Undergraduate | Computer Science and Engineering
> University of Moratuwa
> 
> +94779716248 | http://pushpalankajaya.blogspot.com
> 
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/Pushpalanka | Slideshare:
> http://www.slideshare.net/Pushpalanka

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