[mapguide-internals] RE: Refactoring Web .NET API into Common DLLs

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

Clever suggestion, single compile and multiple linking.
That should make it backwards compatible.
Could you update the RFC with this idea?

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



Leaf Li skrev:
> All,
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> I think your major concerns is whether this change will break the existing MapGuide application after users update to new version of MapGuide.
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> It can be resolved by one of the following solutions.
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> 1.       We still use SWIG to create MapGuideNotNetAPi.dll. It exists with refactoed dlls. Then no existing MG application will be broken.
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> 2.       Use .NET assembly with multiple file to resolve it.
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> a)         Create the following netmodule files
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>                          i.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Foundation.netmodule
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>                        ii.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Geometry.netmodule
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>                       iii.              OSGeo.MapGuide.PlatformBase.netmodule
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>                       iv.              OSGeo.MapGuide.MapGuideCommon.netmodule
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>                        v.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Web.netmodule
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> b)         Use al.exe to create an assembly for each .netmodule in step (a). Then the following files will be created.
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>                          i.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Foundation.dll
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>                        ii.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Geometry.dll
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>                       iii.              OSGeo.MapGuide.PlatformBase.dll
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>                       iv.              OSGeo.MapGuide.MapGuideCommon.dll
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>                        v.              OSGeo.MapGuide.Web.dll
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> c)         Use al.exe to create an assembly for all .netmodule in step (a). The following file will be created.
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>                          i.              MapGuideDotNetApi.dll
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> By the solution, all assembly contains only a list of .netmodule. They are very small. Metadata and IL code are located in .netmodule.
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> So it isn't a problem.
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> Thanks,
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> Leaf Li
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