ICEfaces
  1. ICEfaces
  2. ICE-9502

Provide load only dependency configuration for resources

          Details

          • Type: New Feature New Feature
          • Status: Closed
          • Priority: Major Major
          • Resolution: Fixed
          • Affects Version/s: 3.3
          • Fix Version/s: 4.0.BETA, 4.0
          • Component/s: Framework
          • Labels:
            None
          • Environment:
            ICEfaces
          • Assignee Priority:
            P1
          • Affects:
            Documentation (User Guide, Ref. Guide, etc.), Compatibility/Configuration

            Description

            Sometimes the dependency relationship between resources is not that strict, that is when there is no need to load all the transitive resources before. It is good enough to just load the resource after the resources defined in the metadata, if some are not loaded the dependant resource's code will adapt.
            For example:

            E depends on B
            C depends on B
            B depends on A

            D depends (load only) on E, C

            When only A and B is loaded, D is just ordered after these without forcing the loading of E and C.

              Issue Links

              blocks

              Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. ICE-9465 Resource dependency annotations should only define leaf dependencies

              • Major - Major loss of function.
              • Closed
              depends on

              Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. ICE-9464 resource-dependency.xml should define resource inclusion as well as ordering

              • Major - Major loss of function.
              • Closed

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                Mircea Toma added a comment - - edited

                "load-after" tag was introduced in the resource-dependency.xml structure that can be used to define dependencies that require only ordering.

                Example:

                <resource name="E" library="...">
   <depends-on>
      <resource name="B" library="..."/>
   </depends-on>
</resource>
...
<resource name="D" library="...">
   <load-after>
      <resource name="C" library="..."/>
      <resource name="E" library="..."/>
   </load-after>
</resource>
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                Mircea Toma added a comment - - edited "load-after" tag was introduced in the resource-dependency.xml structure that can be used to define dependencies that require only ordering. Example: <resource name= "E" library= "..." > <depends-on> <resource name= "B" library= "..." /> </depends-on> </resource> ... <resource name= "D" library= "..." > <load-after> <resource name= "C" library= "..." /> <resource name= "E" library= "..." /> </load-after> </resource>
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                Mircea Toma added a comment -

                Implemented soft resource dependency feature.

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                Mircea Toma added a comment - Implemented soft resource dependency feature.
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                Ken Fyten added a comment -

                I think it makes sense to keep the original "depends-on" element name for the original dependency-only (not loading) behaviour. This protects any existing applications from possible negative side-effects.

                Then we just document the new "load-after" element as a new improvement that also loads the resource in addition to declaring the ordering dependency.

                We can update our own resource-dependency.xml files readily to use the new feature as well.

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                Ken Fyten added a comment - I think it makes sense to keep the original "depends-on" element name for the original dependency-only (not loading) behaviour. This protects any existing applications from possible negative side-effects. Then we just document the new "load-after" element as a new improvement that also loads the resource in addition to declaring the ordering dependency. We can update our own resource-dependency.xml files readily to use the new feature as well.
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                Mircea Toma added a comment - - edited

                depends-on element is used now for the original dependency-only (not loading) behaviour. requires is the (container) element that enforces the loading of listed dependencies before the specified resource is loaded.

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                Mircea Toma added a comment - - edited depends-on element is used now for the original dependency-only (not loading) behaviour. requires is the (container) element that enforces the loading of listed dependencies before the specified resource is loaded.
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                Mircea Toma added a comment -

                Update docs.

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                Mircea Toma added a comment - Update docs.
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                Mircea Toma added a comment -

                Updated the documentation at http://www.icesoft.org/wiki/display/ICE/Resource+dependencies .

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                Mircea Toma added a comment - Updated the documentation at http://www.icesoft.org/wiki/display/ICE/Resource+dependencies .

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                  • Assignee:
                    Mircea Toma
                    Reporter:
                    Mircea Toma
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