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Bug 358817

Summary:	Dependencies on Orion Server-side plugins
Product:	[ECD] Orion	Reporter:	Pradyut Sarma <pradyutksarma>
Component:	Server	Assignee:	Project Inbox <orion.server-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3
Version:	0.3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Pradyut Sarma

2011-09-25 07:48:24 EDT

Hi,

Orion contains a number of server side plugins which provide certain APIs related to workspace, file, authentication etc. An example of such a plugin is org.eclipse.orion.server.authentication.form.core which contain certain authentication related services.
The query here is, Is it ok to depend on these plugins and consume these APIs. An example of an API that we want to use is the "FormAuthHelper#getAuthenticatedUser(HTTPRequest)" which returns the logged in user from the session. There are other such APIs that we would want to depend on. I could not find any documentation related to the consumption of such APIs. Hence, I have raised this issue to clarify this?

Thanks and Regards,
Pradyut.

Comment 1 John Arthorne

2011-09-27 09:32:40 EDT

None of the server Java code should be considered API. See some discussion of this here:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion/Documentation/Developer_Guide/Architecture#Example_server

The only server API we are aiming to create is the HTTP API. Even the fact that the server is written in Java could possibly change to another language.

So, you can build dependencies on the server Java code with the usual caveat: any of the code is subject to change from build to build and release to release.

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2015-05-05 14:50:42 EDT

Closing as part of a mass clean up of inactive bugs. Please reopen if this problem still occurs or is relevant to you. For more details see:

https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/orion-dev/msg03444.html