Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sylvain Wallez wrote: > > > Carsten Ziegeler wrote: > > > >> I want to start the implementation of the virtual sitemap > components > >> in the next weeks; but before, we should discuss how they > will look > >> like :) > >> > >> The first point - and imho most important point is, of which > >> components a virtual sitemap component (VSC) can be assembled. My > >> understand is that a VSC is either: > >> - a generator followed by one or more transformers > >> - a set of transformers > >> - a set of transformers followed by a serializer > >> Thus, the VSC acts like a generator, a transformer or a serializer. > >> > >> > > > > Exactly. > > > >> There were some mentions in the past, that a VSC can contain any > >> sitemap component, so even actions, matchers and selectors are > >> allowed in the definition of the VSC. > >> > >> So, first question is: do we want this? > >> > >> (I would say: no) > >> > > > I would say yes! Forbidding control structures in virtual components > > would greatly reduce their usefulness. > > i agree with you, but do you think it makes sense to use > everything? I > would say that just selection and action would be useful, but > matching > and redirection would be harmful. > > thoughts?
Not sure, but wouldn't Upayavira's I18n matcher (http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2004-July/035118.h tml) be the kind of thing that could be useful in VSC? I suspect it could be reimplemented as an action, but I perhaps he could respond to both questions...
