Re: [GUSDEV] Re: standardizing plugin cmd line args

[Steve F. <sfi...@pc...>]

ok, well this is now conveniently available in $plugin->getExtDbRlsId().

the flag does matter in the sense that many plugins are *loading* data 
tagged with an extDbRls.   for that, they should standardize on 
--externalDatabaseSpec.  The resources pipeline handles this case 
elegantly, and, it would be nice if all plugins use it the same way.    
There are other uses, which are typically for querying.  those matter less.

steve

Jonathan Schug wrote:

> Note, by the way that I implemented just such a thing at least 6  
> months ago. There are support functions for external database  
> specifications as follows:
>
> GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::ConstraintFunction::CfIsXdbSpec
> -- checks to see that the value is in the proper format.  I had  
> chosen name/version or +ddddd for the external_database_release_id
>
> GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::ConstraintFunction::ParseXdbSpec
> -- parses the value
>
> GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::getXdbrIdFromSpec
> -- takes a parsed spec and returns the external_database_release_id
>
> I don't think the name of the flag matters so much, because as  
> Elisabetta points out, the semantics are not always the same.
>
> Jonathan
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