When this was a proposal I got +1 from Sergiu so I understand that is a vote. 2 +1 1 +0 0 -1
I'm going to go ahead and commit this now. Caleb Caleb James DeLisle wrote: > Here is a patch which adds those methods > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/attachment/16923/XWIKI-5041-allowDocumentModificationInAuthorsContext.patch > And the issue: > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-5041 > > Caleb James DeLisle wrote: >> Hello all, >> I'd like to make this change: >> >> Add to xwiki.api.Document >> saveAsAuthor() >> saveAsAuthor(String comment) >> saveAsAuthor(String connent, String isMinorEdit) >> deleteAsAuthor() >> >> Add to xwiki.api.XWiki >> getDocumentAsAuthor(DocumentReference reference) >> getDocumentAsAuthor(String fullName) >> >> They save, load or delete the document if the script's contentAuthor has the >> necessary permission, the user in >> context is switched so the contentAuthor is listed as having done the >> operation. >> >> Though they say *AsAuthor the action will take place in the name of the >> contentAuthor of the document >> this is mainly because *AsContentAuthor is long and confusing. >> >> This is already partially available if the script has programming access but >> I think it is an important >> enough feature that it should not be limited to scripts with programming >> access. >> Use case: allowing users to submit information without letting them see or >> modify what other users had submitted. >> >> This is my +1 >> >> Caleb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
