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  1. Forrest (Retired)
  2. FOR-681

Include xconf files in plugins using includes, not XPatch

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 0.8
    • 0.11
    • None
    • Windows XP Home

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      See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=forrest-dev&m=112781600212715&w=2

      > I was excited to see the addition of xconf capability into plugins. See
      > http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=227190&view=rev.
      >
      > I rebuild cocoon with authentication and session blocks, and added the jars
      > to 'plugin/lib' and the xconf files from the
      > 'cocoon-2.2.0-dev\build\webapp\WEB-INF\xconf' to 'plugin/conf'.

      ...

      > So am bit confused, on two counts:
      > 1. if xpatch is required, how do I generate this file?
      > 2. why are we using xpatch, when the current cocoon.xconf uses includes,
      > can't we do the same here?

      This was a rather hasty commit of mine that I have not yet fixed, even
      though David spotted it as soon as I committed. Sorry that it has stung you.

      My original solution for including config files for plugins was to use
      the XPatch utility. This sat on my hard drive for some time because I
      had a few minor issues to iron out before committing. Then somebody
      needed some functionlaity from my local "branch" that also contained the
      XConf code. I committed in a hurry, not noticing that I still used the
      XPatch method.

      The good news is that I have also enabled the XConf includes
      functionality. But this has not yet been leveraged for plugins.

      There are two short term workarounds for you:

      1) Use the XPatch facility (see Cocoon docs on XPatch)
      2) is to edit the main/webapp/cocoon.xconf and add the include you need,
      it will work ust fine.

      If you opt for one be aware that we will be removing this in favour of
      using the includes at some point before the 0.8 release.

      The long term solution to the problem is to create a plugin.xconf file
      that s built each time Forrest is run, much the same as we do with the
      sitemap mounts for plugins. We would welcome a patch for this, I can
      help point you in the right direction if you fancy tackling it.

      Could you please create an issue for this and point to this thread in
      the archives so I do not forget again.

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