Re: [Gramps-devel] GRAMPS 3000 (was GRAMPS Problem)

[Richard T. <rjt...@th...>]

On Friday 19 January 2007 10:56, ben...@ug... wrote:
> Quoting Richard Taylor <rjt...@th...>:
> [snip]
>
> > Benny
> >
> > Lets be clear, I can see the benefit of a High Level API for
> > GrampsDB/RelLib. I think that it could reduce the barrier to people
> > writting plugins and that would be a good thing. It might also reduce a
> > certain amount of boiler plate code in the core GUI.
> >
> > I do not see the same benefit from an SQL database backend. Don has
> > explained the reasons for this in great detail before and I agree with
> > his reasoning.
> >
> > That being said, I think that a High Level API should concentrate on the
> > best presentation of the Gramps data model to the programmer and should
> > not concern itself with how it maps to SQL.
> >
> > So I think that when someone steps forward to implement and maintain
> > this High
> > Level API they should be thinking about the best API for the programmer,
> > built on top of the existing database, and should ignore the SQL backend
> > issues.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard
>
> Richard,
>
> I mean the interface like one of those api's. The high level api should be
> transaction aware, database must be set, objects made, saved, ...
> In short, it behaves like one of those api's and the same functionality
> must be
> present.
>

Then we are in violent agreement :-)

Regards

Richard