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Orion/Plugin API Changes/R0.5
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Revision as of 12:18, 11 April 2012 by Susan franklin.us.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (New page: This page describes breaking changes occurring to the Plugin API overall, as well as API changes to service extensions that will break plugins. == Orion Plugin API Changes == We expect br...)
This page describes breaking changes occurring to the Plugin API overall, as well as API changes to service extensions that will break plugins.
Orion Plugin API Changes
We expect breaking changes in the Plugin API (plugin.js) in 0.5. However those changes are not yet implemented in 0.5M1.
Orion Service Extension Changes
Changes to individual service extensions introduced in 0.5 require modification of plugins to run on Orion 0.5. Some older Orion plugins will not function properly without modification on Orion 0.5.
Item validation and URI generation
The way that plugins validate metadata and compose URI's from metadata has changed. These changes affect the following service extensions.
- orion.navigate.command
- orion.edit.command
- orion.page.link
- orion.page.link.related
- orion.navigate.openWith
The changes are as follows: