I’ve created a design page for this at http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ExtensionEntryPoints#Attachments
And I’ve also proposed a new way to plug the entry point with the “Open” button. Let me know what you think. Thanks -Vincent > On 14 Oct 2016, at 16:10, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote: > > Hi devs, > > Problem > ======= > > We have 2 issues right now when installing an extension in XWiki: > > 1) It’s not clear where is the entry point of that extension. > - Example1: an app that is only for admins and only has a ConfigurableClass > - Example2: an app that provides a macro and doesn’t have a UI > > 2) Even when an extension registers itself in the Applications Panel, the > user still need to refresh the page or navigate away to see it. > > Proposal > ======== > > * Introduce the concept of Entry point (a.k.a home page) in Extension metadata > * Have the EM UI display the extension’s entry point (when there’s one) after > having installed the extension so that the user can click on it and be taken > to the home page of the extension. > > This would make extensions more discoverable IMO. > > Implementation Details > ================== > > * Some maven extension metadata properties in pom.xml > > * A format to represent an entry point. It shouldn’t be a full URL since that > needs to be computed at runtime. Basically it should contain: > ** The document reference > ** The action to use (view, admin, etc) - optional, should default to “view" > ** The query string to use - optional, should default to an empty query string > > This corresponds to the notion of ResourceReference (EntityResourceReference > to be precise). However we don’t have any textual representation of it ATM. > > WDYT? Good idea? Bad idea? > > Thanks > -Vincent >
