ACS Interface Requirements
by khy@arsdigita.com
I. Introduction
This document explains the requirements for the ACS Interface application. It details the rationale and use cases for this system.
II. Vision Statement
Interfaces are represented by the combination of a name and a set of
methods. Object types would implement these interfaces to either
register for services or to provide a more specific
implementation. For example, a 'person' object type could provide a
more specific implementation of 'is_available' then a generic
function that just checks out the attributes the person object type.
III. System Overview
Registration service -
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Facility for Services/Applications to register the interfaces (with methods and intended signtures)
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Facility for Applications to register object types and what interfaces each object type supports.
IV. Use-cases and User-scenarios
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V. Related Links
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VI.A Registration Service Pages:
20.10 Interface Registration
20.10.10 Add/Delete interface
20.10.20 Add/Remove methods to/from interfaces
20.10.30 Specify parameters for methods
20.10.40 Edit paramters for methods
20.10.50 List of interfaces
20.20 Object type / Interface Registration
20.20.10 List of interfaces for object type
20.20.20 Edit association between object type and interface
VI.B Registration API:
30.10 Interface Registration API
30.10.10 Add/Delete interface
30.10.20 Add/Remove methods from interfaces
30.10.30 Add/Remove parameters from methods
30.20 Object type / Interface Registration
30.20.10 Add/Remove association of object types to interfaces
VII. Revision History
| Document Revision # |
Action Taken, Notes |
When? |
By Whom? |
| 0.2 |
Creation |
2000/11/27 |
Khy Huang |
| 0.1 |
Creation |
2000/11/26 |
Khy Huang |
| 0.2 |
Revision |
2000/12/08 |
Joshua Finkler |