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authorJose Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>2018-10-09 11:37:12 +0200
committerJose Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>2018-10-10 10:07:25 +0200
commit43bc2e5178749719ea35891df5ad6fdd22c5b365 (patch)
tree71e4dc8a69c18912e58c7513755b55dd5d682cc6 /docs/2.2-config.xml.md
parent91baca1e612e8323885dfcfe17267a96527fa3c5 (diff)
docs: Improve documentating 'required-binding'
The documentation was not clear because the headers wasn't set correctly. Bug-AGL: SPEC-1800 Change-Id: Ibb5ecf3becdaad1b560e6718d41b81fdf55fe9df Signed-off-by: Jose Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
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@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ is called the "main" unit.
List of the api required by the widget.
-Each required api must be explicited using a `<param>` entry.
+Each required api must be explicit using a `<param>` entry.
Example:
```xml
<feature name="urn:AGL:widget:required-api">
- <param name="#target" value="main" />>
+ <param name="#target" value="main" />
<param name="gps" value="auto" />
<param name="afm-main" value="link" />
</feature>
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ The name is the name of the required API.
The value describes how to connect to the required api.
It is either:
-- local: OBSOLETE, PROVIDED FOR COMPATIBILITY
+- local: OBSOLETE SINCE FF (AGL6), PROVIDED FOR COMPATIBILITY
+ Use the feature **urn:AGL:widget:required-binding** instead.
The binding is a local shared object.
In that case, the name is the relative path of the
shared object to be loaded.
@@ -176,6 +177,36 @@ It is either:
In that case, the name includes data to access the service.
Example: `<param name="log:https://oic@agl.iot.bzh/cloud/log" value="cloud" />`
+### required-binding: feature name="urn:AGL:widget:required-binding"
+
+List of the bindings required by the widget.
+
+Note: Since AGL 6 (FF - Funky Flounder),
+the binder implements bindings version 3 that allow the declaration
+of 0, 1 or more APIs by one binding. In other words, the equivalency
+one binding = one API is lost. At the same time the framework added
+the ability to use bindings exported by other widgets.
+
+Each required binding must be explicit using a `<param>` entry.
+
+Example:
+
+```xml
+<feature name="urn:AGL:widget:required-binding">
+ <param name="libexec/binding-gps.so" value="local" />
+ <param name="extra" value="extern" />
+</feature>
+```
+
+This will be *virtually* translated for mustaches to the JSON
+
+```json
+"required-binding": [
+ { "name": "libexec/binding-gps.so", "value": "local" },
+ { "name": "extra", "value": "extern" }
+ ]
+```
+
#### required-binding: param name=[name or path]
The name or the path of the required BINDING.
@@ -192,6 +223,30 @@ It is either:
The binding is external. The name is the exported binding name.
See provided-binding.
+### provided-binding: feature name="urn:AGL:widget:provided-binding"
+
+This feature allows to export a binding to other binders.
+The bindings whose relative name is given as value is exported to
+other binders under the given name.
+
+Each provided binding must be explicit using a `<param>` entry.
+
+Example:
+
+```xml
+<feature name="urn:AGL:widget:provided-binding">
+ <param name="extra" value="export/binding-gps.so" />
+</feature>
+```
+
+This will be *virtually* translated for mustaches to the JSON
+
+```json
+"provided-binding": [
+ { "name": "extra", "value": "export/binding-gps.so" }
+ ]
+```
+
#### provided-binding: param name=[exported name]
Exports a local binding to other applications.
@@ -202,7 +257,7 @@ The value must contain the path to the exported binding.
List of the permissions required by the unit.
-Each required permission must be explicited using a `<param>` entry.
+Each required permission must be explicit using a `<param>` entry.
Example: