well for category things - it could be that if a category doesn't exist in the target "space" then it is created, if not, it is used. There are other things though, which are interlinked - but the same issue you bring up applies (which is why this wasn't done a while back). <div>
<br></div><div>So a simple JCR partial export won't really do - needs to be a bit more programmatic than that. </div><div><br></div><div>The question is - in the target space - do we want to create the missing things, or remove the links from them as part of the export etc... </div>
<div><br></div><div>So if RuleA depends on categoryX and categoryY, but only categoryX (same name) exists in the target place, then do we create categoryY there, or strip it? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Jervis Liu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jliu@redhat.com">jliu@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br>
<br>
I am currently evaluating a Guvnor feature request which is to implement<br>
package based import/export. The idea is to use this feature to move a<br>
rule package from the DEV repo to QA to Stage to the Prod repo. For<br>
details please check <a href="https://jira.jboss.org/browse/GUVNOR-311" target="_blank">https://jira.jboss.org/browse/GUVNOR-311</a>. My<br>
initial investigation shows that it is not possible to do a single<br>
package import/export technically. A single package in Guvnor repository<br>
is never a self-contained unit. For example, every asset under the<br>
package has a mandatory attribute which is a reference link to category<br>
information. In short, package can not be exported/imported as long as<br>
it contains references to entities outside package.<br>
<br>
There are two things I would like to ask for your opinions. Firstly, can<br>
you think of any way to implement this import/export feature? Personally<br>
I dont see how this can be done. This is similar to relational database,<br>
generally it is impossible to export and import data from/to a single<br>
non-isolated table in database. Or sometimes it is possible but with<br>
extensive care normally involved in manual work to deal with dirty data.<br>
In our case, one example of dirty data is category, but what can we do<br>
with category information, we discard package information when we do<br>
package export?<br>
<br>
Secondly, if such feature can not be implemented, can we figure out a<br>
different way to help users to better manage the life cycle in Guvnor?<br>
The current version of Guvnor is not very strong on this part yet. If<br>
you are a Guvnor user or you have experience of using similar products,<br>
how did you manage and how do you want to manage the lifecycle of assets<br>
in your repository?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Jervis<br>
<br>
<br>
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