On Mar 25, 2010, at 1:11 PM, 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.
Responding a bit late on this. I'd have preferred AsContentAuthor for the name. Actually AsAuthor is misleading since you're expecting an author to be passed as a parameter. SaveWithCurrentContentAuthor would have been better IMO. What is the underlying use case? Is it for the cases when someone edits a page but makes no changes? (for this case I think we shouldn't save the doc and create a revision). If I add objects or attachments then the doc will be saved as the last author. That doesn't look right to me. The notification will be sent with the previous author's name, no? (I haven't checked your patch or the existing code though so I may be wrong). Thanks -Vincent > > 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
