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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 10:50:34 +0200
From: raphael.luta@networks.groupvu.com
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Subject: Re: New Portlet API
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"Charles D. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a few questions about the new Portlet API that is currently in
> development.  Let me start off by saying I like what I see in the Javadocs
> for the new API!
> 

You can check out the first implementation by asking for the 'portlet_api' 
CVS branch.

> Is there a plan to develop a specification for the new API that provides
> some narrative that will describe the new object model in more detail?
> 

That's a question for Ingo and Stephan I guess...

> Are there any anticipated changes to the surrounding object model including
> Controls and Controllers?
> 

Yes. Controls and Controllers will also change to a new lifecycle closer to the 
portlet one. This will avoid a lot of object instanciation in the rendering process
thus making Jetspeed more efficient.

There was also discussion about changing PSML syntax (see mail archives) but this 
will depend a lot on user feedback and backward compatibility issue. One of the goal
of the new PSML system being to easily allow file-based and DBMS-based 
implementations...

> Is there any active discussion going on related to the API development other
> than this mailing list?
> 

Not yet, but I guess this will start as soon as 1.3a2 is out...

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Rapha�l Luta - luta.raphael@networks.vivendi.net

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