[Typo3-dev] introducing the fileConversion service

[Robert Fink]

Hi!

>> 
>> I want to suggest a new service type called "fileConversion". It should 
>> define an API to extensions for converting files between different formats 
>> (for example doc2pdf, sxw2pdf, sxw2doc, etc.). Becaue this might become a 
>> fundamental service for many extensions (DAM, General Office Displayer, 
>> ...), 
>> i want to share my suggestions and start a discussion about the 
>> fileConversion-API.
> 
> Did yoe read the Typo3 Service API docs? The testbed for the API was 
> AFAICS the filter service. And a file converter is is basically a 
> filter. So perhaps everything's already in place.

I read the docs and as they are still kind of incomplete i had a look to 
class.t3lib_svbase.php, too. You're right, i we  agree to implement 
fileConversion as a filter in René Fritz's meaning, we could use many parts 
of the API defined there (setInput, setInputFile, getInput, ... getOutput, 
getOutputFile, ...).

I will talk to René about that.

  Robert.