Adding menu merging feature
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Key: OFBIZ-3373
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3373
Project: OFBiz
Issue Type: Wish
Components: framework
Reporter: Bruno Busco
Priority: Minor
Attachments: partymenu.JPG
Hi devs,
while discussing in the ML about modules and framework separation I thought to
this new feature that I would like to discuss here with you.
We have now the possibility to extend a menu from one other. This is great in
order to have an high level of code reuse and great consistency all over OFBiz.
I was thinking to a sort of "merges-to" property for the menu widget.
This would allow a new module to specify an already exixting menu name (in the
framework core or in a lower level module) that should be somewhat changed by
the actual menu.
For instance, in the attached image partymenu.jpg there is a a tipical use of
this feature:
in the party module there are lot of links that co to order application,
account etc. Those menu link could be used defining a simple menu (say it
partylinks_menu) in the party application that contains only party or framework
related links (i.e. profile); additional components like order or accounting
could define more menus that merges-to the partylinks_manu so that when the
menu is rendered IN THE PARTY APPLICATION the new menu items added in the order
and accounting applications are also rendered.
This would allow us to dramatically reduce the component dependence and help us
to have the framework-only distribution.
To eventually implement this I think there should be an entity that defines
such mergin menus and the menu rendered should lookup the entity to check if
one or more merges to the actually rendering menu is defined.
I would appreciate to hear from you if this idea can help.
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