Storage APIs in the Ubuntu SDK
Review the various preferred APIs for local and remote data storage
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Zoltan Balogh
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Pat McGowan
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Cris Dywan
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Related branches
Whiteboard
Review the current status and use cases for each storage API
- QtQuick Local Storage
- U1DB
- App settings
- state saving
Topics
- server side implementation
- operator policies
- background syncing and app lifecycle
- should state saving behave differently on the desktop
== U1DB ==
Sorting and transformation requirements
Sorting API discussion possibly generic QML solution:
https:/
Synching support
* requires an approach for the test suite
* presumed short bursts of sync no problem with app lifecycle
* API design needs to be based on some use cases
* app nees to be actively involved in the sync for conflict resolution
* API for specifying revision of a document
== Settings API ==
Need to work on unit tests and mimic use by the app
== State saver ==
New functionality being provided
Update: StateSaver will not have the ability to save a property state permanently, Settings should be used for that purpose. However, there are plans to save an object by saving all its properties.
Work Items
Work items:
[mhall119] Collect feedback from developers using U1DB for Christian: TODO
[abreu-alexandre] javascript bindings for u1db: INPROGRESS
[kalikiana] Hook u1db-qt implementation to python test suite: TODO
[kalikiana] Create experimental components package for pre-release API testing: TODO
[kylen] Add an overview guide for storage apis : TODO
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
