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mantisbt:class_based_filter_api

Requirements for Class based Filter API

Introduction

The codebase for filter api is overly complicated and confusing both from a users perspective and a developers perspective. A class based filter api would:

  • Simplify the codebase
  • Increase maintainability
  • Enable greater filter customization
  • Allow a simpler user interface

Implementation Notes

  • The default simple filter would be a Google-like single textbox.
    • It may include a select list of fields to search.
    • Alternatively, administrators may be able to choose lists of fields to search/display for simple/advanced filters
    • The current search field searches the summary, description, steps to reproduce, additional information, issue bugnotes, bug id, and bugnote id fields.
    • The new search may include those fields as well as text based custom fields, tags, and in the future, expand to other fields.
  • Simple stored queries would be converted to advanced queries
  • hide status would be removed in favour of explicit show status in advanced query
  • Advanced filter would look similar to the current advanced filter with multi select fields
  • The text search would employ google-like syntax
    • A B C - search for issue with A and B and C
    • “A B C” - search for issue with the phrase “A B C”
    • A -B - search for issue with A and not with B
    • desc:A - search only the issue description for A

Database Changes

  • Alter/Create/Drop <mantis_XXX_table>
    • Add/Drop <column> <type>

Hookable Events

  • <event_name> (<type>)
    • Description
    • Parameters
    • Return value

Configuration

  • $g_var indicates something

Implementation Log

Other Changes

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mantisbt/class_based_filter_api.txt · Last modified: 2008/10/29 04:25 by 127.0.0.1

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