So, we could define some generic rules to be turned on/off and
tuned/configured.
<jinzhai>
Don't know how configurable and generic is enough :-)
I would think in Tigerstripe we have a validation framework
plugin just like the eclipse EMF valiation framework for EMF model validation.
The framework implements generic rules as well as provides extention point
for adding/adjusting validation rules.
</jinzhai>
Maybe these
would be part of the profile? Maybe they would be separate.
<jinzhai>better be separate. at future, a Tigerstripe
model can be decorated with profile or annotation. The validator should also
work in annotated model project.<jinzhai>
Note that the auditors do
support some extension points to add specific behavior. But maybe we want to
make it a bit more configurable rather than having users write an Eclipse plugin
and some Java code.
<jinzhai>Yes some extension points are needed.
but in my opinion, In any case, some specific validation rules are
unpredictable and possible. They may not be covered in Tigerstripe built-in
validator. so we should make it possible for users to write
plugin.</jinzhai>
We are in
planning phase now... So now is a good time to speak up and propose ideas
:-).
Patterns? Single rules? Naming conventions?
<jinzhai>I'd like to join the
discussion.
The background is: in TIP we are thinking,
we hope the Tigerstripe TIP model projects are
1) valid as a standard Tigerstripe model project.
2) valid when we check it with TIP specific model
constraints such as
- an Entity artifacts should not inherit
from an AssociationClass
- an
AssociationClass artifact should not inherit from an
Entity
- an
enumeration should be string-based rather than
int-based.
- an
artifact should not override fields of its supertypes of same package (reason:
otherwise the generated XSD is not valid do to duplicated
elements)
- the
description of artifacts, attributes etc should not contains rich text (reason:
the generated XSD may be not well-formed due to rich text in
xsd:documentation)
- more
....
and about UI, we hope
the model validation process is launched and the findings are reported just
like a standard eclipse valiation process.
I'll
send you a list of rules for your reference.
</jinzhai>
