Re: [gatein-dev] Request for comment: Custom Navigation Node Properties

I asked this question to be sure about your answer. For having navigation node pointing to external URL, you should use instead the MOP that provides a way for achieving this result. The org.gatein.mop.api.workspace.Navigation object owns org.gatein.mop.api.workspace.link.Link object that is implemented for pages by the org.gatein.mop.api.workspace.link.PageLink subtype that means that the navigations points to a page. There is also the org.gatein.mop.api.workspace.link.URLLink that seems to be the feature you want to implement. This URLLink was never really exploited in the portal MOP however it is a feature that was anticipated when the MOP was designed. Julien Viet julienviet.com On Monday 20 January 2014 at 13:22, Peter Palaga wrote: > Hi Julien, > > for whatever reason, the customer wants to have navigation items > pointing to URLs external to the current portal installation. > > For example, if the current portal is hosted on my-company.com > <http://my-company.com> they want > to be able to have navigation items pointing at e.g. > another-company.com/somepage.html > <http://another-company.com/somepage.html>;. This is not possible with > the present > API, which allows only for pointing at pages existing in the current > portal. > > Note that they also mention the need to store the info hwether the link > should be opened in a new window. > > The proposed node properties can solve both. > > Best, > > Peter > > On 2014-01-20 12:56, Julien Viet wrote: >> I do not understand clearly what means "navigation nodes pointing to >> external URLs” . >> >> what is the purpose of these external URLs ? >> >> Julien Viet >> julienviet.com <http://julienviet.com> >> >> On Monday 20 January 2014 at 10:46, Peter Palaga wrote: >> >>> Hi Julien, inline... >>> >>> On 2014-01-20 10:33, Julien Viet wrote: >>>> Hi Peter, >>>> >>>> can you describe the attributes you would like to store in this map ? >>> >>> Sure. Cite from >>> https://community.jboss.org/wiki/CustomNavigatonNodeProperties >>> >>> * Both keys and values of the new node Properties would allow >>> strings only >>> * The API would guarantee the uniqueness of the keys per node >>> * The API would not guarantee anything about store/iteration order of >>> the properties >>> * GUI for editing the properties not a priority >>> * Authorization: same as for other Navigation Node attributes - who can >>> edit those, can edit also the new properties. >>> >>> -- Peter >>> >>>> >>>> Julien Viet >>>> julienviet.com <http://julienviet.com> >>>> >>>> On Friday 17 January 2014 at 13:58, Peter Palaga wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Julien, >>>>> >>>>> I have just found that there is >>>>> org.gatein.mop.api.workspace.Navigation.getAttributes() on the MOP >>>>> layer >>>>> which could be used to store the requested navigation node properties. >>>>> Can somebody see a reason, why this is not a good idea? >>>>> >>>>> Naturally, I'd have to find a way how to prevent a clash with keys we >>>>> use internaly (e.g. MappedAttributes). Some simple prefix for the keys >>>>> passed from the gatein api could solve that, I guess. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> On 2014-01-16 18:13, Peter Palaga wrote: >>>>>> Hi *, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am starting to look at the customer request to provide a way to >>>>>> define >>>>>> navigation nodes pointing to external URLs. They can accomplish >>>>>> this in >>>>>> Portal 4.3 using page properties, storing there not only the URL but >>>>>> also if the link should open in a new window, etc. This data is then >>>>>> used in a custom navigation portlet. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is no way known to me how this could be achieved using the >>>>>> present >>>>>> navigation API. The following wiki page offers a space to discuss the >>>>>> solution. Please comment! >>>>>> >>>>>> https://community.jboss.org/wiki/CustomNavigatonNodeProperties >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gatein-dev mailing list >>>>>> gatein-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:gatein-dev@lists.jboss.org> >>>>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/gatein-dev