Description

Proposed detailed implementations

Plexus component based architecture

Java part

Application sources list

• maven+http
• maven+https

Applicatione retrieval

• http
• https
• ftp
• ftpes
• sftp
• fs

Application package manager

• install
  • new or upgrade
  • execute custom script
• uninstall
  • execute custom script
• enable
• disable

Wiki part

Another old technical full solution

• Create an ApplicationClass class with:
  • Name
  • Version
  • List of ApplicationDocumentClass documents
  • List of ApplicationDependencyClass documents
  • Compatible with XWiki versions
• Create an ApplicationDocumentClass class with:
  • Name
  • Checksum (this is to ensure that application pages have not been modified or to warn if they have)
  • Description of page
  • Is optional? (if true then when the appliation import wizard displays the list of pages to import, it won't be checked. This is useful for example to include optional pages such as a Panel page which is only useful if the user is using the Panels feature for example)
• Create an ApplicationDependencyClass class with:
  • Dependent app name
  • Dependent app version
• Create an Import/Export wizard for applications. Bundled in the Application Manager XAR
• The Application Manager is an application itself so it needs to be installed as a standard XAR