Hmm I cant seem to find if user preference is per application
instance. I always assume that its per user/per application.

- Henry

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Ciancetta, Jesse E. <jc...@mitre.org> wrote:
> I believe appdata is stored per user/per application as opposed to per 
> user/per application instance, so I think you'll need to add the module ID 
> (application instance ID) somewhere in your naming scheme for the persisted 
> appdata.
>
> I think as its implemented currently two instances of the same application 
> for the same user will share user preference values (and I believe user 
> preferences are supposed to be stored per user/per application instance).
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: daviesd [mailto:davi...@oclc.org]
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:59 AM
>>To: dev@shindig.apache.org
>>Subject: Re: Example implementation for user prefs?
>>
>>Actually, I was lazy and went with the approach of layering userprefs on top
>>of appdata as follows:
>>
>>    container.rpcRegister('set_pref', function(rpcArgs, data) {
>>
>>        var prefName = rpcArgs['a'][1];
>>        var prefKey = 'up_' + prefName;
>>        var prefValue = rpcArgs['a'][2];
>>
>>        var data = {};
>>        data[prefKey] = prefValue;
>>
>>        osapi.appdata.update({
>>            userid : '@me',
>>            groupid : '@self',
>>            appId : '@app',
>>            data : data
>>
>>        }).execute(function(response) {
>>        });
>>    });
>>
>>This is with anticipation that appdata and userprefs will align as discussed
>>here:
>>
>>http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/issues/detail?id=1182
>>
>>Of course this also requires you to implement appdata server side.  Right
>>now I¹m just using the JsonDb implementation (in-memory), but we¹ll be
>>writing a persistent layer soon.
>>
>>I also ran into issues with the correct token (the gadget one with the appid
>>that you¹ll need to use to index the data) being passed to the appdata
>>request.  You can search for my other thread about this.
>>
>>doug
>>
>>
>>On 7/25/11 6:53 PM, "Henry Saputra" <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you want the user pref to be persisted in the database you need to
>>> implement the server handler for it.
>>>
>>> I remember Doug Davies has tried to add persistent layer for user
>>> pref. Maybe he could share his progress.
>>>
>>> Including him in the email.
>>>
>>> - Henry
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Mat Schaffer <m...@schaffer.me> wrote:
>>>> > So with some research it looks like I'm supposed to be implementing my
>>own
>>>> > server module. Is that pretty much accurate?
>>>> >
>>>> > Again, any advice or RTFMs (with a link to the respective FMs) is
>>>> > appreciated.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Mat
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Mat Schaffer <m...@schaffer.me> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>>> >> So I noticed that UserPref items don't work on the sample container
>>which
>>>>> >> makes sense after finding this thread:
>>>>> >> http://markmail.org/message/tlwtlo4mrnrpz4w5
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Is there any good example of best-practice for implementing user
>>prefs in
>>>>> >> my containing application? Do I just make my own shindig-container.js
>>and
>>>>> >> handleOpenUserPrefsDialog? And does the page we point to just
>>render
>>>>> >> information into a div with id of `this.id`?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> The gmodule code appears to be obfuscated, so it's a bit hard to tell
>>>>>
>>what
>>>>> >> the right course of action would be. Any documentation or assistance
>>>>> would
>>>>> >> be appreciated.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>> >> Mat
>>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>
>>>
>
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