Fwd: Re: [Cartoweb-users] Plugins

[Jacolin Yves]

Hi again,
Anothers questions :
 What does the 'nameNewLayer' variable is for ? Andwhy a variable called 
DokuWiki appears ?
Debug_client request :
  [..]
  'nameNewLayer' => '',
  'nameNewColunm1' => 'id',
  'typeNewColunm1' => 'integer',
  'nameNewColunm2' => 'the_geom',
  'typeNewColunm2' => 'geometry',
  'nameNewColunm3' => '',
  'typeNewColunm3' => 'integer',
  'create_validate_all' => '0',
  'LangCookie' => 'fr',
  'DokuWiki' => 'bacf4f91bacf1a3ce018f0def3aa6800',

Y.

Le Mardi 30 Mai 2006 10:22, Jacolin Yves a écrit :
> Hello,
> thanks you alexandre for your informations. I do not understand so well the
> difference between server and client even if it is clearer now. I am able
> to begin to write my own plugin now. All the structure in the plugin
> directory of my project is running without any error !
>
> Y.
>
> Le Lundi 29 Mai 2006 20:51, vous avez écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > Jacolin Yves wrote:
> > > I'd like to create a plugin to manage postgis Layers : create layers,
> > > export and import layers.
> > >
> > > First of all, what is the difference between client side and server
> > > side. the aim of the client side code, is it to create dynamic content
> > > for the interface and the server side to realise request, calculation,
> > > ... ?
> >
> > CartoWeb has two main parts:
> > - Cartoclient (client-side core + client-side plugins parts)
> > - Cartoserver (server-side core + server-side plugins parts)
> >
> > One of the main reasons of this distinction is the ability to have
> > CartoWeb set up as a SOAP web-service (one or several Cartoclients
> > queriing a Cartoserver that is not necessarily on the same webserver).
> > Even when using CartoWeb in direct mode (no web service) both sides have
> > separated tasks:
> > - Cartoclient: user interface management (HTML generation + POST/GET
> > processing), request compilation, "classical" web tasks such as search
> > tools, carts,..., etc.
> > - Cartoserver: MapServer management (calls to MapScript), most
> > geographical computing and request processing, data storage, etc.
> >
> > > So about my plugin, I will use a template to display the form (to
> > > create a new layer), the client side will be empty (may be not) and the
> > > server side will do the request into the postgis DB ?
> >
> > Smarty templates and forms processing must be handled by your plugin
> > client side. Make it implement the GuiProvider interface.
> > See http://cartoweb.org/doc/misc/plugins_diagram.pdf
> >
> > All that deals with MapServer layers is a job for your plugin server
> > side.
> >
> > > If I extend the edit plugin with my own class. Can I use all config
> > > parameter of this class (like parameter for the connection to db) ?
> >
> > Yes. Please note that extended plugins use the same config files than
> > their parent plugins (in your case, edit.ini, even if your extended
> > plugin is called someCrazyOtherName).
> > Same thing for templates: you may overload templates files or create
> > some new ones, but you will have to save them in your project in the
> > parent plugin directory, not in your extended plugin directory.
> >
> > > Last (but not least), how does cw3 to use plugin ? I know that the name
> > > of the plugin and the files have to be the same (well almost), but I
> > > don't know exactly the plugin is run ... Can you help me ?
> >
> > Most of your questions are probably answered in the doc:
> > http://cartoweb.org/doc/cw3.2/xhtml/dev.newplugin.html
> > especially
> > http://cartoweb.org/doc/cw3.2/xhtml/dev.newplugin.html#dev.newplugin.adap
> >ti ng
> >
> > Say you want to extend the "edit" plugin and name your new plugin
> > "someExample".
> >
> > Write in your client_conf/client.ini:
> > loadPlugins = plugin1, plugin2, ..., edit, someExample
> > and in server_conf/yourProject.ini:
> > mapInfo.loadPlugins = pluginA, pluginB, ..., edit, someExample
> >
> > In your project directory, files are then:
> > o someExample/client/ClientSomeExample.php (with class ClientSomeExample
> > extending ClientEdit)
> > o someExample/server/ServerSomeExample.php (with class ServerSomeExample
> > extending ServerEdit)
> > o possibly: someExample/common/SomeExample.php (with class SomeExample
> > extending Edit) + some WSDL file if you plan to use SOAP
> > o edit/templates/whateverName.tpl
> > o client_conf/edit.ini
> >
> > AS
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------

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