Yes, there will most likely just be a new method on GadgetServer (a new class would require replicating much of what it does already anyway).
On Feb 7, 2008 5:32 PM, Dan Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent - thanks for pointing me to those open issues. > > I guess your JsonRpc servlet will be wrapping some classes that I can > access directly if I'm using Java. Prefer to use your 'official' code > than something I've hacked together for my own purposes... > > Anyway, I'll have a look at your submission when it's ready. > > Thanks, > > Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 February 2008 17:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Getting Gadget Info without rendering gadget > > > I'm working on a JsonRpc servlet that requires this functionality. If > you can wait until this weekend, you'll find that I've already got > everything that you probably need. See also > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-51 and > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-25. > > On Feb 7, 2008 8:39 AM, Dan Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Let's say I have a directory of gadgets that users might want to run > > on my site, entered only by URL. I want to display more information > > about each gadget to the user so they can make a choice about which > > gadgets they might want to run - so, I would want to extract > > information from the XML such as author name, thumbnail, description. > > > > So far, I have ripped out bits of code from > > GadgetRenderingServlet.java, doing most of the same things as the /ifr > > > servlet except for actually rendering the gadget. This seems to work, > > and even uses the same cache I think. But I just thought there must be > > > a better way? If not, is it worth adding a class to do this? > > > > I've decided to build the whole site in Java so that I can do things > > like this. I'm not sure what I'd do if I was using another language > > for the rest of my site. > > > > Thanks for any guidance! > > > > Dan > > > > > >
