topic Re: space templates as 'Classes' in Alfresco Archive

space templates as 'Classes'

fx3000se — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:46:39 GMT

when you create a space using a space template the created space is not an "instance of" the template but a "copy of" it. I.e. when you adopt the template afterwards this is not reflected in its "copies". Wouldn't it be cool to have both options:- copy of template- instance of template?

Re: space templates as 'Classes'

cleseach — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:52:20 GMT

Hi,

instance of template

That leads to a lot of questions which answer may depend on each customer case.
For exemple : what should be done to instance if you delete a child space of the template ?

Regards,
Charles Le Seac'h

Re: space templates as 'Classes'

fx3000se — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:19:55 GMT

That leads to a lot of questions which answer may depend on each customer case

agree

For exemple : what should be done to instance if you delete a child space of the template ?

Deleted too, just as if you deleted a member in a (Smalltalk) class. The developer must be aware of this! He could create a new class taking the old class as prototype ("copy of a template" ;-)).