internal package Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin

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• Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Core
• Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Exporter
• Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Importer
• Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::JQuery

internal package Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin

base class to hook into the foswiki core

initPlugin($topic, $web, $user) → $boolean

initialize the plugin, automatically called during the core initialization process

lateInitPlugin()

Foswiki::Plugins::VERSION >= 2.6

register all known meta data now that all plugins have been init'ed

getCore() → $core

returns a singleton Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Core object for this plugin; a new core is allocated during each session request; once a core has been created it is destroyed during finishPlugin()

getImporter() → $importer

returns a singleton Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Importer object for this plugin

getExporter() → $exporter

returns a singleton Foswiki::Plugins::MetaDataPlugin::Exporter object for this plugin

finishPlugin

finish the plugin and the core if it has been used, automatically called during the core initialization process

registerDeleteHandler()

register a handler to be called when a metedata record is deleted

registerSaveHandler()

register a handler to be called when a metedata record is deleted

beforeSaveHandler ()

called during the core's save procedure on anything

registerMetaData()

register a new meta data record type

ObjectMethod topicName2MetaData($topic)

convert a web.topic pointing to a DataForm definition to a pair (key, alias) used to register metadata types based on this DataForm

ObjectMethod getMetaDataDefinition($web, $topic) → $def