[rfc][icedtea-web] PolicyEditor gains a real parser

[Andrew Azores]

----- Original Message -----
> On 03/14/2015 09:19 PM, Andrew Azores wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Attached is an updated version of this patch, which makes the editor GUI
> > display the actual PolicyIdentifiers, rather than just codebases. Nothing
> > else has changed since the previous version (other than also updating the
> > patch to apply cleanly on current HEAD), but I think that this patch is in
> > a pretty good state right now, and I'd like to push it and continue
> > working on it in further, smaller changesets. My next goals are to adapt
> > the UI to allow modification of the signedBy and principals for each
> > identifier, and then to introduce an "Advanced View" toggle of some sort
> > which will toggle between the existing codebase-oriented simplified UI,
> > and the full UI which I just outlined. After that, I will look at
> > refactoring it all to use a single class as the point of contact with the
> > sun classes, as I've already discovered earlier today that this changeset
> > no longer builds with the latest JDK 8.
> 
> Just quick galnce - I'm against removal of ciodebase:((( I know it is hard,
> but some replcament
> hsould be deffined.

For now I've put it back then. I think eventually flags for SignedBy and Principals should be added as well, and the three of them can then be used to create a selector. I don't really like the idea that using just -codebase alone for example would result in selecting everything that has a matching codebase - I think it's better if in that situation, it's assumed that you want that matching codebase, and the default (empty/null) for other nonspecified criteria. It makes more sense that way since using the flags this way can either create a new entry or select an existing match.

> 
> Also - I owuld like to release in month,  or two - no longer. How is your
> work on this suitbale with
> this schedule?
> 
> J.
> 

My final exams start in about three weeks and run until the end of April, so I don't know how much time I will have during that period. Can you define what more work you want to be present in the next release and what work can wait until after?

Thanks,

Andrew
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