Wiki source code of Extensions
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| 1 | Extension Manager support various types of extensions. | ||
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| 3 | = Generic = | ||
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| 5 | Those are the various states each type of extension can have inside XWiki. | ||
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| 7 | **[[Core]]**: readonly extension loaded by the application server (generlaly coming from the XWiki WAR or provided by the application server itself) | ||
| 8 | **Local**: all extensions that were downloaded at some point and kept in a special local folder of extenions | ||
| 9 | **Installed**: local extensions which are actually installed and usable in the XWiki instance | ||
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| 11 | = Typed = | ||
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| 13 | Those are typed extensions for which a special handler and related tools are provided to deal with the differences (how to actually install it, etc.). | ||
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| 15 | **[[JAR]]**: extensions associated with a Java JAR file | ||
| 16 | **[[XAR]]**: XWiki packages containing wiki pages | ||
| 17 | **[[WebJar]]**: Java JAR files but containing web resources (JS/CSS/Less) | ||
| 18 | **[[empty>>Empty]]**: extensions without any associated file | ||
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| 20 | == Contrib types == | ||
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| 22 | * [[WHL and EGG>>Extension.Extension Repository Connector - Pypi]] | ||
| 23 | * [[NPM packages>>Extension.Extension Repository Connector - NPM]] |
