[opencms-dev] How to structure modules

[Marc.Schlegel]

Christian Steinert schrieb:
> Marc.Schlegel wrote:
>   
>> Thanks, for supporting the idea of splitting it up.
>>
>> Now I still have another question. The content-module would specify some 
>> details-pages when displaying the content. What I would like to do in my 
>> template-module is to present the most recent news in the templatearea 
>> (not in the content area). How would that work when the actual 
>> contenttype is in another module? And would the template-module then not 
>> be dependent on the content-module (for instance, in templateone it was 
>> the other way aroun)? Or is the dependecy just for checking that certain 
>>
>>     
> modules are available on install?Jonathan already wrote a long answer - just to raise the IMO most 
> important point:
> Any module is allowed to access any files in the File System. But since 
> your template-module depends on the content-type-module, your 
> template-module should explicitly have this dependency set in its 
> property. In this way, you enforce, that the required module with all of 
> its files and setings is available and then you also don't get into 
> practical trouble, if your temploate-module can only function when the 
> other one is imported.
>
> Opencms will enforce module dependencies upon import, i.e. you can only 
> import a module when all its dependencies were imported before.
>
> Best Regards
> Christian
Thannks for that explanation.
But I´ve got another one :)
I am thinking that my content-module would also consist of details-pages 
for its structured contents but the reference to this is usually 
hardcoded in the module description (like the photogallery in 
templateone). Would it be possible that a template completetly 
overwrites that property and create its own details-pages (maybe not 
using one value). Would it be enough to overwrite the property (for the 
page rendering the content) on the parent folder, or is this not 
possible at all?

I am asking all these question so I can setup my structure right away 
from the beginning.

regards
-- Marc