+1 Thanks, Marius
Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > Hi devs, > > In order to solve the ancient XWIKI-37 (Deleted attachments not > accessible via document history) and XWIKI-2254 (Attachment recycle > bin), we need an API for accessing and handling deleted attachments. > Note that the functionality already exists, it only needs to be > exposed. > > I have implemented an API similar to the one for deleted documents: > (a) the class com.xpn.xwiki.api.DeletedAttachment: > - public DeletedAttachment(com.xpn.xwiki.doc.DeletedAttachment, > XWikiContext); > - public String getFilename(); > - public String getDocName(); > - public long getDocId(); > - public Date getDate(); > - public String getDeleter(); > - public long getId(); > - public boolean canUndelete(); > - public boolean canDelete(); > - public com.xpn.xwiki.doc.DeletedAttachment getDeletedAttachment(); > - public Attachment getAttachment(); > > (b) 3 getDeletedAttachment(s) methods in com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki: > - public List<DeletedAttachment> getDeletedAttachments(String docName); > - public List<DeletedAttachment> getDeletedAttachments(String > docName, String filename); > - public DeletedAttachment getDeletedAttachment(String docName, > String filename, String id); > In addition, I need to find the right place for a delete() method. > Since there was no delete() method for deleted documents either, I'd > propose to: > > (c) add delete() to the DeletedAttachment and DeletedDocument API classes. > The alternative is to add it to the XWiki class. > > > I know that the old API should rarely be changed, since it is going to > be replaced by the new model, but I think that this change is OK > because: > * I don't think the old API is going to be removed that soon > * The change is not dangerous because it only adds new stuff, and does > not modify or remove anything > * The added functionality is very similar to the existing one for > deleted documents, so it doesn't really add new stuff, it adds missing > stuff that should have already been there for a long time. > * It would be nice for our users to be able to manage deleted > attachments now, not much later when the new model is fully adopted. > > To sum up, I'm +1 for: > > 1) adding the API for deleted attachments ( see above (a) and (b) ) > 2) adding a delete() method to the DeletedAttachment and > DeletedDocument API classes (c). > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
