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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:48:58 -0400
From: "Alex Karasulu" <akarasulu@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [Studio] Persistent Search on Connections
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa@marcelot.net>wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Alex Karasulu <akarasulu@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> Hi Gang,
>>
>> I just had an idea regarding incorporating persistent search into Studio's
>> browser.  Just imagine a section in the connection wizard's browser options
>> that allows users to be notified of changes to the directory when a
>> connection is open.  Additional options may exist to be notified of specific
>> changes and the browser can update those changes if the entries that have
>> changed are within view.  I have some ideas here but I won't go into them if
>> others are not interested.
>>
>
> That's a good idea! This way we could get the browser synced with the
> directory at any time.
>
>
>> I don't know how Studio is architecturally structured but if it has some
>> kind of connection management component then that component might expose a
>> listener API.  This way other applications inside Studio wanting to extend
>> it's LDAP capabilities can leverage this API to respond to changes.
>>
>
> Yeah, this could be added to the Connections plugin and we could add a new
> specific extension point for this feature, so other plugins can register to
> it.
>
>

Forgot to mention that we can have a notification view that shows the change
notifications coming in from the server.  The view would be just like the
modification log.

Alex

-- 
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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pa@marcelot.net">pa@marcelot.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Alex,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Alex Karasulu <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:akarasulu@apache.org" target="_blank">akarasulu@apache.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Gang,<br><br>I just had an idea regarding incorporating persistent search into Studio&#39;s browser.&nbsp; Just imagine a section in the connection wizard&#39;s browser options that allows users to be notified of changes to the directory when a connection is open.&nbsp; Additional options may exist to be notified of specific changes and the browser can update those changes if the entries that have changed are within view.&nbsp; I have some ideas here but I won&#39;t go into them if others are not interested.</div>

</blockquote></div><div><br>That&#39;s a good idea! This way we could get the browser synced with the directory at any time.<br>&nbsp;</div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<div dir="ltr">I don&#39;t know how Studio is architecturally structured but if it has some kind of connection management component then that component might expose a listener API.&nbsp; This way other applications inside Studio wanting to extend it&#39;s LDAP capabilities can leverage this API to respond to changes.</div>

</blockquote></div><div><br>Yeah, this could be added to the Connections plugin and we could add a new specific extension point for this feature, so other plugins can register to it.<br>&nbsp;</div></div></div></blockquote><div>
<br>Forgot to mention that we can have a notification view that shows the change notifications coming in from the server.&nbsp; The view would be just like the modification log. <br><br>Alex<br></div></div><br>-- <br>Microsoft gives you Windows, Linux gives you the whole house ...<br>

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