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[Saptarshi Purkayastha <sunbiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree this kind of design is what I call as modular...

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On 5 February 2010 14:09, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >From the OXD project: A proposal to use a plugin framework based on OSGi
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi
>
> For longer term consideration.
>
> Knut
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Simon Kelly <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:14 AM
> Subject: [openXdata-dev] Proposal for modular architecture
> To: openxdata-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Hello all
>
> Mark and I have been back and forth over the last two weeks looking at
> various options for introducing a modular architecture into OpenXData. What
> we have settled on is to use the Atlassian plugin framework<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/PLUGINFRAMEWORK/Plugin+Framework+Developer+Documentation>(which is OSGI based). The diagram below illustrates the high level
> architecture.
>
> [image:
> ?ui=2&view=att&th=12697c58c96864a0&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_12697c58c96864a0&zw]
>
> At this point we are ready to start implementing it but before we do I
> would very much like to get some more requirements for the community.
> Currently we only have two usee cases for a modular architecture:
>
>    1. Allow modules to contribute their own interface i.e. the entire UI
>    is in a module (Although this may be possible I'm not sure that it is the
>    best approach to achieving this).
>    2. Allow modules to extend ther service layer (add additional export
>    services, reporting services etc.)
>
> One major hurdle that we have come up against is whether or not it is
> possible to extend out interface (given that it is written in pre-compiled
> javascript)
>
> So, I have two questions that need answering:
>
>    1. How we want to enable modules to add functionality?
>    2. What parts of current project should become modules (if any)?
>
> Please, we need your feedback.
> Thanks
> Simon
>
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