Wiki source code of XWiki Architecture
Version 1.2 by Vincent Massol on 2015/04/20
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| 1 | = General Architecture = | ||
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| 3 | * XWiki is a webapp that is deployed into a [[Servlet Container>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_container]]. | ||
| 4 | * XWiki is made of [[Extensions>>extensions:Extension.WebHome]]. | ||
| 5 | * Some Extensions are Core Extensions and they are required for XWiki to execute properly. | ||
| 6 | * Other Extensions can be installed into a running XWiki installation to provide additional features. | ||
| 7 | * The [[Extension Manager>>extensions:Extension.Extension Manager Application]] is a Core Extension that allows installing, upgrading or removing other Extensions. | ||
| 8 | * An XWiki runtime is thus made of Core Extensions + non-Core ones. | ||
| 9 | * A set of Extensions working together to achieve a goal is called a Flavor. | ||
| 10 | * XWiki Enterprise is a generic Flavor that allow users to collaboratively author content. In the near future, several other Flavors will be available. | ||
| 11 | * There are 2 types of Extensions: | ||
| 12 | ** Extensions containing wiki pages. They are packaged as XAR files (a ZIP file with some metadata). | ||
| 13 | ** Extensions containing Java classes. They are packaged as JAR files. | ||
| 14 | * An Extension can depend on other Extensions. A Flavor is itself a top level Extension that depends on several other Extensions. | ||
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| 16 | The full list of available Extensions can be seen on the [[Extensions Wiki>>extensions:Extension.WebHome]]. | ||
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| 18 | = Integrating XWiki = | ||
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| 22 | = Extending XWiki = |
