Re: New Conf: Draft Proposal

On 15 Feb 2005 at 14:03, Manuel Holtgrewe wrote:

> Hi
> 
> > I've posted an example on querying the headers of Project.conf.
> > 
> > Well, the feature originates from assuming that Conf: contains (global) 
> > Configuration variables only. But if we agree that Conf; is specific to a 
> > base class, and configures the base class only, you may want to have the 
> > alias feature discarded, instead.
> > 
> > Another use comes from the whish to add applications to the framework, 
> > without the need to redesign it completely. 
> > 
> > Another use would be in a possible ndfConf extension Class, loading Node 
> > definitions on the fly. In this Class it would be called 'include'. But i 
> > thought the name 'alias' more appropiate for Conf:.
> 
> I think such things belong into code. I.e. you should get the Project's 
> header settings in your PHP code, change them and then send the 
> according headers.

So you would rather code obj->get('Project/headers') in stead of
obj->get('myDomain/headers').
That's fine. The code wouldn't be reusable if Project isn't used to 
startup it all, unless that startup uses the conf of Project.

Cheers,
wim niemans