Support for GWT to PolyGerrit integration plugin migration
Detect migration scenario based on UI script files to have same name and different extensions (.html and .js). Allow for multiple `Gerrit.install()` calls, reusing `plugin` instance for purposes of migration. Cleanup plugin interface between tests. Change-Id: I1a98a2b8660ce4a1700766dc722d587817ede884
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= Gerrit Code Review - PolyGerrit Plugin Development
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CAUTION: Work in progress. Hard hat area. Please
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link:https://bugs.chromium.org/p/gerrit/issues/entry?template=PolyGerrit%20plugins[send
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feedback] if something's not right.
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[[migration]]
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== Incremental migration of existing GWT UI plugins
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link:pg-plugin-dev.html[PolyGerrit plugin API] operates different concepts and
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provides different type of API compared to ones available to GWT
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plugins. Depending on the plugin, it might require significant modifications to
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existing UI scripts to fully take advantage of benefits PolyGerrit API
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provides.
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To make migration easier, PolyGerrit recommends incremental migration
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strategy. Starting with a .js file that works for GWT UI, plugin author can
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incrementally migrate deprecated APIs to new plugin API.
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The goal for this guide is to provide migration path from .js-based UI script to
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.html-based.
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NOTE: Web UI plugins distributed as a single .js file are not covered in this
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guide.
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Let's start with a basic plugin that has an UI module. Commonly, file tree
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should look like this:
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├── BUILD
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├── LICENSE
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└── src
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└── main
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├── java
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│ └── com
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│ └── foo
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│ └── SamplePluginModule.java
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└── resources
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└── static
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└── sampleplugin.js
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For simplicity's sake, let's assume SamplePluginModule.java has following
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content:
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``` java
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public class SamplePluginModule extends AbstractModule {
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@Override
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protected void configure() {
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DynamicSet.bind(binder(), WebUiPlugin.class)
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.toInstance(new JavaScriptPlugin("sampleplugin.js"));
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}
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}
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```
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=== Step 1: Create `sampleplugin.html`
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As a first step, create starter `sampleplugin.html` and include UI script in the
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module file.
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NOTE: GWT UI ignore .html since it's not supported.
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``` java
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@Override
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protected void configure() {
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DynamicSet.bind(binder(), WebUiPlugin.class)
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.toInstance(new JavaScriptPlugin("sampleplugin.js"));
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DynamicSet.bind(binder(), WebUiPlugin.class)
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.toInstance(new JavaScriptPlugin("sampleplugin.html"));
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}
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```
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Here's recommended starter code for `sampleplugin.html`:
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NOTE: By specification, the `id` attribute of `dom-module` *must* contain a dash
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(-).
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``` html
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<dom-module id="sample-plugin">
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<script>
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Gerrit.install(plugin => {
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// Setup block, is executed before sampleplugin.js
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// Install deprecated JS APIs (onAction, popup, etc)
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plugin.deprecated.install();
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});
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</script>
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<script src="./sampleplugin.js"></script>
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<script>
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Gerrit.install(plugin => {
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// Cleanup block, is executed after sampleplugin.js
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});
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</script>
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</dom-module>
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```
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Here's how this works:
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- PolyGerrit detects migration scenario because UI scripts have same filename
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and different extensions
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* PolyGerrit will load `sampleplugin.html` and skip `sampleplugin.js`
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* PolyGerrit will reuse `plugin` (aka `self`) instance for `Gerrit.install()`
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callbacks
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- `sampleplugin.js` is loaded since it's referenced in `sampleplugin.html`
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- setup script tag code is executed before `sampleplugin.js`
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- cleanup script tag code is executed after `sampleplugin.js`
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- `plugin.deprecated.install()` enables deprecated APIs (onAction(), popup(),
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etc) before `sampleplugin.js` is loaded
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So the purpose is to share plugin instance between .html-based and .js-based
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code, making it possible to gradually and incrementally transfer code to new API.
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=== Step 2: Create cut-off marker in `sampleplugin.js`
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Commonly, window.Polymer is being used to detect in GWT UI script if it's being
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executed inside PolyGerrit. This could be used to separate code that was already
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migrated to new APIs from the one that hasn't been migrated yet.
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During incremental migration, some of the UI code will be reimplemented using
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PolyGerrit plugin API. However, old code still could be required for the plugin
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to work in GWT UI.
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To handle this case, add following code to be the last thing in installation
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callback in `sampleplugin.js`
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``` js
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Gerrit.install(function(self) {
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// Existing code here, not modified.
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if (window.Polymer) { return; } // Cut-off marker
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// Everything below was migrated to PolyGerrit plugin API.
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// Code below is still needed for the plugin to work in GWT UI.
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});
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```
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=== Step 3: Migrate!
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The code that uses deprecated APIs should be eventually rewritten using
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non-deprecated counterparts. Duplicated pieces could be kept under cut-off
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marker to work in GWT UI.
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If some data or functions needs to be shared between code in .html and .js, it
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could be stored on `plugin` (aka `self`) object that's shared between both
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=== Step 4: Cleanup
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Once deprecated APIs are migrated, `sampleplugin.js` will only contain
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duplicated code that's required for GWT UI to work. With sudden but inevitable
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GWT code removal from Gerrit that file can be simply deleted, along with script
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tag loading it.
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