[Typo3-dev] ObTS (was: TYPO3 "extendability" - BE - templates)

[dan frost]

Zorik Pavlenko wrote:
> Well, I looked at the pdf a bit.
> It is used to create custom datatypes (like IMAGE, TEXT, etc.) ? Did I get
> it right?
> 
> I have a question.
> 
> Is there an existing way to do the following:
> 
>   BackUp.1 {
>     command = tar ###options### ###destfile### ###sourcefiles###;
>     options = -zxvf
>     destfile = /home/www/bla/backup/bak.tar.gz
>     sourcefiles.1 = /home/www/bla/filemounts
>     sourcefiles.2 = /home/www/bla/typo3conf
>   }
> 
> where "options", "destfile", "sourcefiles.1" and "sourcefiles.2" are markers
> in "command" that will be replaced with the values.
> 
No - but there could be. Making a "command" datatype which was designed 
for this sort of thing is probably the best way.


> The point is to create them "on the fly" - the markers does not exist (are
> not hardcoded) in processing script. So that they may be anything and in any
> quantity.
> 
> The same processing script should be able to process the following too:
> 
>   BackUp.1 {
>     command = mv ###file1### ###file2###;
>     file1 = /home/www/bla/backup/bak.tar.gz
>     file2 = /home/www/bla/otherbackup/bak.tar.gz
>   }
> 

Hmmm...

Well, first you've got the "function" command. This is a function 
because it does something. We need to add this to thye core functions 
(in obtsfunc_pre, i'd say).

The function can cope with the mapping of the other attributes (options, 
destfile...) by doing simple str_replace - or a regular expression which 
is what i prefer.

The only remaining issues are the sourcefiles array and the output. The 
output - what goes to the screen - depends on what you want it to do. Do 
you want to "see" the result, download it, have a link to it...?

The sourcefiles array can be dealt with by a new function which i'll 
call (for this example) .csv - that is, comma separated values.

.csv should have syntax:
Myexample = OBTS_TEXT
Myexample.csv = true
Myexample.1 = my first value
Myexample.2 = my second value
...
Myexample.n = my nth value

The csv function just makes the "value" of myexample equal to the CSV of 
the integer children (1, 2, ... n). Best to make this a function rather 
than a datatype because it isn't really adding a new kind of data but is 
adding a new kind of processing/functionality.

I'll have a think about it, try some things and get back to you.

Dan