Fwd: [opencms-dev] I_CmsModuleAction

[Andy Bicksbo]

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From: Andy Bicksbo <schlachtzeuger at gmail.com>
Date: 05.11.2006 15:47
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] I_CmsModuleAction
To: ruben malchow <r_malchow at web.de>

hi
How can i combine a with b my it seems clear for someone outside
there,...,ok this is all serious buisness, no time for joking..., i knew
that before but i'm looking for an opencms object, where the iclasses with
the interface get initialized and may also get stored

Andy

2006/11/5, ruben malchow <r_malchow at web.de>:
>
>
> hello andy, ...
>
> the core of opencms is a singleton, and thus it is only instantiated once,
> and it only creates one instance of the module class, too. it also holds a
> reference to the module action object, so it will not disappear.
>
> a.) to store the reference to CmsObject that is being passed to the
> initialize() method, you could do something like this:
>
>
>     public class BlahAction extends A_CmsModuleAction {
>
>         private CmsObject co;
>
>         [...]
>
>         public void initialize(
>             CmsObject _co,
>             CmsConfigurationManager _ccm,
>             CmsModule _cm) {
>            this.co = _co;
>         }
>     }
>
> b.) to get a reference to the module's instance, you could simply do
> something like this:
>
>     public class BlahAction extends A_CmsModuleAction {
>
>         private static BlahAction instance;
>
>         public void initialize(...) {
>             instance=this;
>         }
>
>         public static BlahAction get BlahAction() {
>             return instance;
>         }
>     }
>
> you will have to check the return value of getBlahAction, though. if the
> modules hasn't been initialized properly, it will be null.
>
> this concludes our lesson for today. in the next session, we will try to
> combine a.) and b.) ...
>
> :)
>
> .rm
>
>
>
> Andy Bicksbo schrieb:
>
> Hi
> Does somebody may now how or where to store these instantiated Object (at
> initialize of ModuleActionHandler) for later use?
> That whould help me alot
> thx
> andy
>
>
> 2006/11/4, Jonathan Woods <jonathan.woods at scintillance.com><jonathan.woods at scintillance.com>:
>
>
>
> Or if you're not packaging up the module as a JAR, the XML which Ruben
> gives
> may be incorporated directly in opencms-modules.xml.
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of ruben malchow
> Sent: 04 November 2006 18:44
> To: The OpenCms mailing list; schlachtzeuger at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] I_CmsModuleAction
>
>
> hi andy,
>
> try putting this in your module's manifest file:
>
> [...]
>    <module>
>        <name>youModuleName</name>
>        <nicename>Your Nice Module Name</nicename>
>        <class>com.foo.bar.bar.YourCmsModuleActionImpl</class>
>        [..]
>    </module>
> [...]
>
> .rm
>
> > Hi all
> > Has anybody some expirience with this and could explain some basics?
> > I made a new Module in Opencms called com.me.doit i have several
> > package in the jar file, but the package with Class, which implements
> > the I_CmsModuleAction is called "com.me.doit" and the class
> > "AtStartup"
> > The imput field called Action class at the Module edit screen i set to
> > com.me.doit.AtStartup AtStartup implements this interface and at the
> > initialize Method i try to mkdir something, but somehow the initialize
> > method is never invoked.
> > Can anybody plz help me...
> > -How to name packages and the Module
> > -How to set the right stuff for Action class in the Module -Do i have
> > to import or install the Module first or what else do i have to do?
> >
> > thx
> > Andy
> >
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