Janne Jalkanen wrote:
It occurs to me to create a very simple "Controllable" API and
add a minor callout in the PluginManager to disable the function
of a plugin based on it occurring in an excluded list, or enable
it based on an included list (either? both?). A disabled plugin
would either be entirely ignored by the parser/PluginManager,
return an empty string, or some kind of error message (this might
be defined by the API). I'm thinking of writing some kind of UI
or JSP to permit an administrator to individually set a flag for
each plugin.
I was actually going to do something like that but sort of ran out of
time. Admin.jsp allows you to list all the installed plugins, and the
idea was that you could turn plugins (well, any kind of modules:
filters, editors, etc) on and off from there.
Essentially it would mean a new field in the WikiModuleInfo, and
necessary code in the PluginManager. I would most prefer if the UI were
in the form of an AdminBean.
This is where all of the new code complexity begins to show its downside.
How many new technologies would I have to learn to be able to write this
nowadays? I must admit I've not spent much time dealing with beans at all,
and certainly haven't looked into the com.ecyrd.jspwiki.ui.admin.*
package in any detail, nor the WikiInfoModule, nor Struts, nor JMX. So I
can understand why you might have ran out of time. I'm hoppiing JSPWiki
hasn't gotten to the point where people can't hack it anymore. If I'm
required to learn a number of new, complex tools I'll probably not have
the time either, such is my schedule of late.
Any suggestions on a fast(er) way through this? I'll take a look at
Admin.jsp, etc. Basically, if you have a roadmap on what actually needs
to be done (in some detail) I could better ascertain whether or not I'll
have time to do it. That roadmap would then enable me or someone else to
implement the idea.
Thanks,
Murray
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