[TYPO3-core] Is there a FAL "migration" guide for extensions?

[Tolleiv Nietsch]

Hi,

as "promised" - here are the few things I think which should be covered 
in the developers section of the tbw manual:

* Which API should be used when the developer is presented with a 
reference like this: "file:42" // That's possible through the "file" 
mode in the link wizard.

* Which one when the reference looks like this: 
"23:/default/folder/bar.foo" // That's e.g. possible in the context 
menus in the media module.

* How can a remote file be used, to read or write content, from within 
an extension. (Pointing to FileInterface::getForLocalProcessing.)

* How should the TCA look like for a field which is supposed to use FAL.

* How should old file (a.k.a typolink which "file" limit) fields be 
migrated.

Of course developers will be able to figure that out themselves from the 
code within the Core, but actually I think that's really what the 
documentation should cover to make sure nobody draws wrong conclusions.

Cheers,
Tolleiv

Tolleiv Nietsch schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> as I currently try to get TemplaVoila somehow 6.0 "ready" I found that
> every extension with file related functionality (and some Core
> interaction) might need some kind of migration guide.
>
> Explaining how to use the new API, how to deal with remote file, how to
> deal with local ones, how to reference files properly, how to migrate
> these references,...
>
> What I was able to find was [1] - which contains what the migration
> wizards will do - but doesn't explain what extension developers should
> do. So do we have any further information on that somewhere?
>
> Cheers,
> Tolleiv
>
> [1] -
> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-fileabstractionlayer/wiki/Migration

-- 
Tolleiv Nietsch
TYPO3 Core Developer


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