[Building Sakai] Adding Sites via API / SiteService deprecated

[Mark J. Norton]

What you are proposing comes under the heading of "a bad thing to do".  
You are proposing to fork the Site code to add local information.  If 
you do that, you will be stuck with maintaining that code for as long as 
you are using Sakai.

I would suggest you look at Site properties, instead.  This is a general 
mechanism that allows arbitrary information to be associated with a Site 
object.  It is persisted in the database and simple to set and get.  You 
can still write your custom "module that creates/adds sites to my sakai from
another datasource", just save the extra datum as a property. That way 
you won't be creating a custom kernel, you can use the standard Sakai 
Site API.  Look for the "Entity" base  case, which Site extends.

- Mark Norton

On 8/12/2013 9:18 AM, Michael Mertins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it seems I will need to extend the Sakai Worksites to add a few new fields
> into the database with additional information. How do I extend the site
> definition and the add site dialogue?
>
> Could I simply extend the BaseSite implementation (for example with a new
> course identifier) and add this one via SiteService? Do I have to touch
> the SiteManager aswell if I want it to include the new field every time I
> add a new site? And will it ask for it in the add-site-dialogue?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael Mertins
>
>
>> org.sakaiproject.site.api.SiteService is not deprecated, I'm guessing
>> you are talking about the cover ?
>> org.sakaiproject.site.cover.SiteService.
>>
>> Generally, the recommend pattern is to inject the siteService into
>> your class using the component manager (Spring).
>>
>> Depending on what you are trying to do, you might find it easier to
>> actually use web services for this type of activity.  That would allow
>> you to keep your code outside of the core Sakai deployment, which
>> often has its advantages.
>>
>> There are methods for doing this stuff expose via Soap:
>>
>> http://nightly2.sakaiproject.org:8085/sakai-axis/SakaiScript.jws?wsdl
>>
>> Possibly via REST as well, I'm not so familiar with the Site capabilities
>> there:
>>
>> http://nightly2.sakaiproject.org:8085/direct/
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Michael Mertins
>> <mertins at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I would like to write a module that creates/adds sites to my sakai from
>>> another datasource, should I rely on the SiteService although it's
>>> deprecated right now? Any suggestions where to start? Advice?
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Michael Mertins
>>>
>>>
>>>
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