[Linux-ha-dev] [mgmt]Rewriting order and colocation configurations

[Alan Robertson]

Yan Gao wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 07:54 -0700, Alan Robertson wrote:
>> Yan Gao wrote:
>>> I'm rewriting the order and colocation configurations of mgmt. Following
>>> features will be implemented:
>>>
>>> 1. Get the crm.dtd file from server end.
>>>
>>> 2. Dynamically adding gtk widgets for attributes of a type of elment
>>> completely according to the dtd definition.
>>>
>>> 3. The Added widgets are different for CDATA or enum type of attributes
>>> to ensure the inputted values will be legal for dtd.
>>>
>>> 4. Marking out the default values.
>>>
>>> 5. The widgets for required or optional attributes will be put into
>>> different tables.
>>>
>>> 6. Dynamically generating appropriate description for current setting.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hence all information in dtd can be exploited. In other words, it'll
>>> provide full features.
>>> I've been thinking of building up a general model for kinds of elements.
>>> And I'll try to unify the style of adding objects and viewing objects.
>>>
>>> The following are some screenshots. Any comments will be appreciated.
>> I didn't look at your screenshots, but the ideas sound wonderful.
> Sorry, I added the sreenshots in attachments.
> 
>>   Also, 
>> you might look at using crmlint to validate the CIB you generate.  There 
>> is also information in ciblint which should definitely be of value to you.
>>
>> I'm kind of focused on the release at the moment, so if you would also 
>> CC me directly, if you want to discuss this, that would help me.  Thanks!
> 
> Thanks! It's a good tool. By now, haclient doesn't generate a xml file.
> In the GUI, orignal comboboxes will be added for the attributes of enum
> type. It'll just allow users to select a valid value from a list and
> prevent them to input a invalid value. Any other validation checking
> hasn't been implemented yet.

I have extended the metadata to explicitly include enumeration values. 
I think this would help a lot for the kinds of validations I think 
you're doing.

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