With SkyVault, Version 4.0, there are new extensibility features that provide a number
of different ways to make configuration and customization easier.
The primary goals for these features are:
- Extend Share without deep knowledge of how Share is built
- Ensure that the solution is compatible with previous SkyVault releases
- Provide the ability to easily extend Share without copying and pasting code
- Easier deployment through simple JAR deployment
As a result, with Version 4.0, the solution compromises the following:
- Two distinct approaches to extension:
- Customization by targeting existing files
- Customization through Component configuration
- Creation of an in-memory output model:
- Provides opportunity to amend the default output
- Each FreeMarker template gets an output model
- Models can be nested
- Introduction of Sub-Components:
- Solves the 1-1 Region to Component mapping challenge
