[rules-dev] GuvnorEditor refactoring

[Michael Neale]

well actually people were asking about it. The requirement isn't to
allow 3rd parties to build something, its more a routine refactoring
to allow the complex bits (the editors) to be developed if needed in
isolation of others.

As for a meta editor - not relevant to this discussion.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Steve Nunez
<steve.nunez at illation.com.au> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> This path has been down before by others. In practice the problem is the
> limitations imposed by resources -- few will plug in editors or build new
> ones.
>
> Now what I think would be interesting, and in the past there were a few
> attempts (maybe the time is right -- Blaze is partially doing this), is a
> 'meta editor'. Basically a GUI builder for rule maintenance applications.
> ART Enterprise had one of these years ago, but it was ahead of it's time and
> the technology wasn't ready.
>
> Being able to rapidly put together an rule maintenance application for
> business users would be a great tool for promoting adoption. Perhaps this
> architectural approach is a first step, but by itself I fear it will have
> little effect on overall uptake of drools.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
>    - Steve
>
> Quoting Michael Neale <michael.neale at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi All.
>>
>> Looking at a refactoring of the Guvnor Editor stuff to make it more
>> "pluggable" so others can more easily create and reuse editors for
>> given artifact types (file types).
>>
>> Really in principle is is simple, and close to what we have now:
>>
>> * An editor is responsible for showing a given artifact type.
>> * An editor will be launched by guvnor when someone wants to view that
>> file type
>> * An editor can implement certain interfaces in which case it can be
>> injected with events/other things it may need automatically
>> * All editors will subclass GuvnorEditor
>> * An editor registry (currently EditorLauncher which is hardcoded)
>> will not what opens what etc...
>>
>> See attached sketch on how this may work...
>>
>> The benefits mean that editors can be very loosely coupled.
>>
>> Thoughts ?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael D Neale
>> home: www.michaelneale.net
>> blog: michaelneale.blogspot.com
>>
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