RE: [geclipse-dev] Replicable File Systems - proposal to the corechanges

["Harald Kornmayer" <harald.kornmayer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mateusz

>>Subject: [geclipse-dev] Replicable File Systems - proposal to 
>>the corechanges

>>I'm about to create GUI for the replicable file system (the 
>>only one we 
>>support right now is LFC), but it would be nice to let the 
>>third-party 
>>plugins also take advantage of the work already done.
>>
>>The abstraction would consist of:
>>- IReplicableStore,
>>   - public boolean isReplicable();
>>   - public void addReplica( URI replicaURI ) throws CoreException;
>>   - public void delReplica( URI replicaURI ) throws CoreException;
>>   - public URI[] listReplicas() throws CoreException;
>>   - public String[] listReplicasHosts() throws CoreException;
>>
>>- IReplicableFileSystem:
>>   - boolean isReplicable(); // does file system support replication?
>>   - URI getDefaultReplicaURI; // get default location where replicas 
>>will be created
>>
>>- GUI components:
>>   - replicas view
>>   - preferences page
>>   - context menu actions

Why do we need "yet another view" for this? 
What is the rationale for that? 
Can't we use the propoerty view here to present the propoerties of the
replica entry (i.e. list the URI for all replicas, ...)? 
And the actions are "bound" to context menus? 

Cheers

Harald 
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