On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 11:24 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote: > Thorsten Scherler wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 11:38 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote: > > > >>Thorsten Scherler wrote: > >> > >>... > >> > >> > >>>We have to start a howTo about the forrest dispatcher view > >>>implementation > >>> (view/viewHelper plugins) because now we have docu in both plugins but > >>>to start > >>>with views you need *both* plugins installed. > >> > >>Then this is a plugin dependency. There should be no plugin > >>dependencies. They will cause a maintenance nightmare for both Forrest > >>and its users. > >> > > > > > > Yes, I agree. > > > > ... > > >>When the time comes for me to give in then we need to define a way of > >>automatically handling those dependencies, it cannot be left to the user > >>to maintain those dependencies. If they want to use a plugin, they > >>should only need to specify one parameter in their properties file. > >> > > > > > > Yeah a package like in java: > > import org.apache.forrest.plugin.internal.view.* > > > > ...but what about e.g. the businessHelper plugin? That could not been > > included in a package. > > That's a problem. See below for a solution ... > > >>If this is the first case that really *has* to have a dependency between > >>plugins then we should look at implementing something like features in > >>Eclipse. Features define collections of plugins that are required to > >>provide a certain feature set. The dependencies between plugins are > >>managed within the feature definition so the user simply defines the > >>feature they want and Eclipse (Forrest for us of course) installs all > >>relevant plugins. > >> > > > > > > That sounds cool. > > It works just fine for Eclipse and they have far more plugins of a more > varied nature than we are dealing with. So it *should* work for us too. > > However, I'd rather look at the design of the existing plugins to see if > it really is necessary to have these dependencies (I have a feeling they > will be necessary, but you never know what a new pair of eyes might > see). Lets return after the 0.7 release, in the meantime you may as well > proceed as you are since these plugins are in the whiteboard. > > Ross >
Agree. ...but we have to keep it mind. ;-) salu2 -- thorsten "Together we stand, divided we fall!" Hey you (Pink Floyd)
