[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBIDE-2612) we should bring back "virtual nodes" in pages.xml

[Max Rydahl Andersen (JIRA)]

we should bring back "virtual nodes" in pages.xml
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                 Key: JBIDE-2612
                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2612
             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
          Issue Type: Feature Request
            Reporter: Max Rydahl Andersen
            Assignee: Daniel Azarov
            Priority: Critical
             Fix For: 3.0.0.beta1


I think I was wrong in https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2283

Not showing the "virtual node(s)" makes it hard to actually visualize what is in the file and it also removes the natural place for having operations that could work on the virtual nodes. (e.g. by virtual nodes I mean redirects that does not point to an viewid that exists in the pages.xml)

Here is my suggestion(s):

1) Bring back what was before JBIDE-2283 with respect to routing (keep the code that can find the proper real document)

2) Visualize the "virtual nodes" so they look different than "real" nodes (e.g. draw them with a dotted line instead of a solid line)

When we have that we can start adding operations on those virtual nodes, e.g. Go to node would show possible matching pages and the user can select that ones he wants, "Create node" would create a page that would match the view-id (have to replace EL expression with something meaningfull -etc.

It might also make sense to draw a line from the virtual node to the actual nodes that matches (e.g. possible paths) but I think that will overload the layout if it is always drawn. Maybe only draw those lines (with a different color) when such a node is selected ?



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