"Steve B." <steve_beauge@com.msn_swap_msn_and_com> wrote in message
news:OK2WRc0qGHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to build a small application that can manage and share
> favorites as a self learing app. I'd like your inputs to help me correctly
> design the application.
>
> The goal of the app is to help the user to keep its favorite, and share
> favorites between other users (corporate favorites).
>
> The application should be able to "query" several types of sources : File
> Share, SharePoint list (mysite for per user favorite or any wss list for
> shared favorites), RSS feed, xml file... The sources should be shipped as
> plugin in order to help extending the application.
>
> The application should also have different destinations : file on the
> computer, Ie favorites folder (a folder too) and mozilla firefox bookmarks
> file. The destination should also be shipped as plugin, in order to
> support adding new "destination".
>
> I'm not asking how to connect to source and destinations, but how I have
> to "organise" my code.
>
> I'm thinking about something like this (the requirement of the app can be
> .Net 3.0):
>
> - I create a Core library that define the interfaces for both sources and
> destinations
> - I create some basics classes that implements theses interfaces in
> separates assemblies
> - I create an "host" application that can load at run time the pluggins
> selected by the users using reflection and appdomains
> - The host application will wait for any source to give a new item to add.
> - This host application then will "send" the item to all destinations
>
> So these interfaces are defined :
>
> IEndPoint :
> ICredentials Credentials { get; set; }
> UseDefaultCredentials {get; set;}
>
> IStore : IEndPoint {
> ItemCollection GetAllItems();
> ItemCollection GetItemsAddedSince(DateTime dt);
> event ItemAdded;
> }
>
> IDestination : IEndPoint {
> AddItem(Item newItem);
> Uri destinationUri { get; set; }
> }
>
> Do you think I'm on the right way ?
>
> I think something is missing : the configuration. I suppose I can rely on
> the settings class for each store and destination, and for the list of
> pluggin to load.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Steve
>

> Hi Steve,
>
> You're already doing the right thing by thinking out the design of your
> application, so that is encouraging!
>
> However, there is a problem with your request for advice. You started out
> by saying that you want to be able to share "favorites." Now, "favorites"
> have a definition in Microsoft terms, and that is an Internet Shortcut
> (*.url) file. All Favorites are Internet Shortcut files. So, when you talk
> about being able to "query for several types of sources" you are not
> making sense, as all Favorites are of the same type (Internet Shortcut
> file).
>
> So, can you be a bit more clear about your requirements?
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> Professional Chicken Salad Alchemist
>
> What You Seek Is What You Get.
>
>
> "Steve B." <steve_beauge@com.msn_swap_msn_and_com> wrote in message
> news:OK2WRc0qGHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm planning to build a small application that can manage and share
>> favorites as a self learing app. I'd like your inputs to help me
>> correctly design the application.
>>
>> The goal of the app is to help the user to keep its favorite, and share
>> favorites between other users (corporate favorites).
>>
>> The application should be able to "query" several types of sources : File
>> Share, SharePoint list (mysite for per user favorite or any wss list for
>> shared favorites), RSS feed, xml file... The sources should be shipped as
>> plugin in order to help extending the application.
>>
>> The application should also have different destinations : file on the
>> computer, Ie favorites folder (a folder too) and mozilla firefox
>> bookmarks file. The destination should also be shipped as plugin, in
>> order to support adding new "destination".
>>
>> I'm not asking how to connect to source and destinations, but how I have
>> to "organise" my code.
>>
>> I'm thinking about something like this (the requirement of the app can be
>> .Net 3.0):
>>
>> - I create a Core library that define the interfaces for both sources and
>> destinations
>> - I create some basics classes that implements theses interfaces in
>> separates assemblies
>> - I create an "host" application that can load at run time the pluggins
>> selected by the users using reflection and appdomains
>> - The host application will wait for any source to give a new item to
>> add.
>> - This host application then will "send" the item to all destinations
>>
>> So these interfaces are defined :
>>
>> IEndPoint :
>> ICredentials Credentials { get; set; }
>> UseDefaultCredentials {get; set;}
>>
>> IStore : IEndPoint {
>> ItemCollection GetAllItems();
>> ItemCollection GetItemsAddedSince(DateTime dt);
>> event ItemAdded;
>> }
>>
>> IDestination : IEndPoint {
>> AddItem(Item newItem);
>> Uri destinationUri { get; set; }
>> }
>>
>> Do you think I'm on the right way ?
>>
>> I think something is missing : the configuration. I suppose I can rely on
>> the settings class for each store and destination, and for the list of
>> pluggin to load.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>