[Fedora-directory-users] Virtual DIT views vs hierarchical DIT

[Pete Rowley]

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> [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf 
> Of Mike Jackson
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Virtual DIT views vs 
> hierarchical DIT
> 
> Pete Rowley wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > You mean a sub-branch in the view?  That should work 
> without issue.  
> > Do you have an example where compatibility like this is 
> definitely broken?
> 
> I haven't tested it yet. I was just wondering if it's 
> possible for an application which knows nothing about view 
> attributes to create branches under a virtual branch. Does 
> the server alter the entry to be added, by adding view 
> attributes to it, and storing it under the root, or what?

Views are a search based thing currently, so nothing happens to the entry
when it is created, or afterwards - mods and adds work on the hierarchy
itself and the entries end up where you actually put them.  Views constructs
its filter such that entries that actually exist in the view hiearchy are
returned by searches along with the views based results.  I had never
thought of this before, but this is actually a nice way to contain apps like
this that litter the dit.

So, in theory, the client should be none the wiser.  If you ever do come
across an incompatibility like this, I would really like to hear about it.