[kepler-dev] questions for adding new configuration properties before/after a certain exiting configuration property.

[Jianwu Wang]

Hi Chad,

    Thanks for your reply. I've filed the enhancement request at 
http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4597.

Best wishes

Sincerely yours

Jianwu Wang
jianwu at sdsc.edu
http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/

Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory
San Diego Supercomputer Center 
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, U.S.A. 



Chad Berkley wrote:
> Hey Jianwu,
>
> Yeah, you're right, we do need this functionality and it is not there. 
> Could you file an enhancement request for it and I'll hopefully be 
> able to get to it by next week.
>
> thanks,
> chad
>
>
> Jianwu Wang wrote:
>> Hi Chad,
>>
>>    I'm learning the new configuration system and have a question 
>> about it. Would you please help on it? Thanks.
>>
>>    Different modules may have their own menu items. To realize it, 
>> the module should be able to add configuration properties to files 
>> like uiMenuMappings_en_US.xml. One special requirement for menu items 
>> is that the configuration property location matters. People want to 
>> add one menu item after/before a certain exiting configuration 
>> property. So I think ConfigurationProperty class should have 
>> interface like addPropertyBefore() and addPropertyAfter().
>>
>>    Do you think it is a proper requirement? Or you have other ways to 
>> work around?
>>