RE: How-to clone a whole project ?

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Sherrard Burton wrote:

> I can't think of how to implement it specifically, but would a custom
> resolver do the trick here?

that's what I'm currently  incline to do. But, probably I miss something
and there is more conservative way.

>
> On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:43, Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Benjamin Turner wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Ken Williams wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 09:56  PM, Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> > > > > > Hi there,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have one project which I want to use as a project template for
> > > > > > several other projects. This project contains is fully functional
> > > > > > and rather mature application and does some generic work with
> > > > > > complex logic, so I don't want to touch it very much. I
> > > > could move
> > > > > > it to separate component root and use autohandler,dhandler to
> > > > > > develop specific project but I find it very difficult to use
> > > > > > specific components instead of generic one if it (generic
> > > > component)
> > > > > > calls another component from generic project. For example (very
> > > > > > simplified):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /generic/
> > > > > >          a.html -> a.msn
> > > > > >                    .....................
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /project1/         a.msn
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and I want to use  a.msn specific for project1 instead of generic
> > > > > > one. The problem is with dhandler behaviour which looks (after
> > > > > > request /project1/a.html ) in current (/generic/) directory for
> > > > > > a.msn.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nope - all component searches follow the order of the
> > > > component roots
> > > > > in the order you specify them, so if you specify 'project1' before
> > > > > 'generic' things should work as desired.
> > > >
> > > > This is exactly what I tried first, but there is no
> > > > /project1/a.html, so in /project1/dhandler I call
> > > > /generic/a.html which in turn calls a.msn and mason find it
> > > > in current (/generic/) directory, while I want to use /project1/a.msn
> > >
> > > Oleg,
> > >   What Ken is suggesting (I think) is that you use Mason's
> > > multiple component roots feature to achieve your "project template", not
> > > autohandler/dhandler techniques.
> > >   If you specify multiple component roots (see
> > > http://masonhq.com/docs/manual/Admin.html#component_root) then whenever
> > > Mason searches for a component, it will automatically search the
> > > component roots in order and use the first one it finds. Thus, if you
> > > list your 'project1' component root first and your 'generic' component
> > > root second, Mason will first attempt to load 'a.html' from 'project1',
> > > then try 'generic' (where 'a.html' exists). Then, when 'a.html' calls
> > > 'a.msn', Mason will start searching in 'project1' for the component,
> > > where it exists. This is all built into Mason if you use multiple
> > > component roots.
> >
> > so if I have several 'generic' applications  I want to inherit I have to
> > create additional component root ? I'd like to have *one* 'share' directory
> > like a lib and store there 'generic' applciations. That's why I'd prefer to
> > use something like dhandler technique.
> >
> >
> >
> > >           Benjamin Turner
> > >
> >
> >     Regards,
> >             Oleg
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
> > Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
> > Internet: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
> > phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
> >
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        Regards,
                Oleg
_____________________________________________________________
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