topic Re: Confused about modules versus extensions and config files in Alfresco Archive

Confused about modules versus extensions and config files

mxc — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:11:26 GMT

Hi all,I am a little confused about share customisations. Are extensions and modules the same thing? Aren't amps just supposed to be modules? Also as far as customisation go I see some references to a *-extension.xml config file (see blog-extension.xml)http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/developer/2013/09

Re: Confused about modules versus extensions and config files

mitpatoliya — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:55:00 GMT

You First need to understand the Surf platform as (blog-demo.xml)file is part of new page creation in surf.

Extension Modules are advance way through which you can hook in your code to extension points given by alfresco. So, these *-modules.xml files are related to those extension module.You can also name it as blog-extension.xml so both of those files serve same purpose.

So, In Nutshell Extension modules are one way to extend alfresco share. Consider Extension as Super set and Extension Module as one of the way to achieve that. I could not think of any more logical analogy for this as of now

Re: Confused about modules versus extensions and config files

mxc — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:45:25 GMT

Thanks for the answer. I also found this stack overflow answer helpful

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12569495/what-is-the-file-structure-of-the-share-webscript-extensions-for-alfresco-4-0-3