Paul Sandoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> Also i think that there is no need to impose the address
> >> book name space on an organisational ldap preferences.
> >>
> >> We would like to instantiate nsIAbDirectory RDF resource
> >> components through corresponding factory components
> >> which have contract ids like:
> >>
> >> @mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory;1?type=ldap
> >> @mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory;1?type=abmdbdirectory
> >> @mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory;1?type=outlook
> >>
> >> An LDAP address book directory factory can return an
> >> RDF resource component with a URI defined by the scheme
> >> 'abldapdirectory'
> >
> >So shouldn't the first contract id use "type=ldapabldapdirectory"? Or
> >I am misunderstanding how you mean to construct these contract ids?
> >
>
> The plan would be somthing like:
> o obtain the uri in the preferences,
> o call somthing like GetDirectoryFactory (uri) on
> an address book factory interface
> - this would obtain the scheme prefix
> @mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory;1?type=
> to the scheme and instantiate the relevant
> component to return which implements a directory
> factory interface
> - We would then call CreateDirectory (pref properties...)
> which returns a directory interface of an RDF
> directory resource component which represents
> the address book implementation.
>
> I was trying to distinguish between URIs used in the
> preferences and URIs used for RDF resources. The LDAP
> factory will return a RDF directory resource with the
> URI scheme 'abldapdirectory'.
OK, this part I understand:
> The LDAP preferences could be used by other clients which
> are not interested in address books directories like the
> LDAP auto-completion code. So I thought it was better to
> keep the generic scheme and let the factories return more
> specific schemes in line with the more specific functionality.
But what I don't get is if I'm looking for preferences unrelated to
the addressbook, why would I be going through something called
'@mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory...' to get them? Sorry if
I'm being overly slow here.
Dan
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