From b41f50e249ae6acff75a1c7838229a922fc58b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Narayan Desai <desai@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:31:55 +0000
Subject: Implement metadata connector functionality

git-svn-id: https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2@5000 ce84e21b-d406-0410-9b95-82705330c041
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 doc/composable-metadata | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/composable-metadata b/doc/composable-metadata
index 29673b315..10d55f7c1 100644
--- a/doc/composable-metadata
+++ b/doc/composable-metadata
@@ -27,20 +27,33 @@ Use Cases
 API
 
 * Bcfg2.Server.Core.Core
-** get_metadata()
+** build_metadata(client_name)
 * Bcfg2.Server.Plugin.MetadataPlugin
-** add_client()
-** remove_client()
-** set_profile()
-** resolve_client()
-** get_initial_metadata()
-** merge_additional_metadata()
+** get_initial_metadata(client_name)
+** merge_additional_metadata(metadata,
+                             source, 
+                             group, 
+                             data_dict)
 * Bcfg2.Server.Plugin.MetadataConnectorPlugin
-** get_additional_metadata()
+** get_additional_metadata(client_metadata)
 
 Metadata Resolution Control Flow
-1. B.S.P.MP.resolve_client() -> canonical client name
-2. B.S.P.MP.get_initial_metadata() -> partial ClientMetadata inst
-3. [B.S.P.MCP.get_additional_metadata()] -> 
-     [([group list], {data dictionary})]
-4. [B.S.P.MP.merge_additional_metadata()]
+* B.S.P.MP.resolve_client() -> canonical client name
+* B.S.C.C.build_metadata()
+** B.S.P.MP.get_initial_metadata() -> partial ClientMetadata inst
+** [B.S.P.MCP.get_additional_metadata()] -> 
+   [([group list], {data dictionary})]
+** [B.S.P.MP.merge_additional_metadata()]
+
+Implementation Plan (done)
+* Define new plugin classes 
+* Split Probe code out to discrete plugin 
+* Implement connector support in Core 
+* switch callers to Core.build_metadata
+* Implement group inheritance/category safety for Connector groups
+
+Next Steps
+* Figure out new version of properties
+* ICE integration?
+* zultron's host properties
+* other external data sources
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