Appendix B. Packaging XML Example

The following is the packaging XML for the Aliro login component, which includes user management:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE extinstall SYSTEM “http://aliro.org/xml/extinstall.dtd">
<extinstall type="application" version="2.0" userclass="loginUser" adminclass="loginAdmin">
<name>Aliro Login Application</name>
<formalname>com_login</formalname>
<version>2.0</version>
<description>This component provides user login</description>
<creationdate>2 January 2010</creationdate>
<author>Martin Brampton</author>
<authorurl>www.aliro.org</authorurl>
<authoremail>[e-mail]</authoremail>
<copyright>Copyright (C) 2007 Martin Brampton</copyright>
<license>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL</license>
<module userclass="loginServices,loginStrip">
<name>Minimal Login Strip Module</name>
<formalname>mod_login_strip</formalname>
<description>Provides a simple login strip with links to actions</description>
</module>
<module userclass="loginServices,loginBox">
<name>Login Box Module</name>
<formalname>mod_login_box</formalname>
<description>Provides a traditional login box</description>
<params>
<param name="pretext" type="textarea" cols="20" rows="5" default="" label="Pre-text" description="This is the Text or HTML that is displayed above the login form" />
<param name="posttext" type="textarea" cols="20" rows="5" label="Post-text" description="This is the Text or HTML that is displayed below the login form" />
<param name="login" type="text" default="" label="Login Redirection URL" description="What page will the login redirect to after login, if let blank will load front page" />
<param name="logout" type="text" default="" label="Logout Redirection URL" description="What page will the login redirect to after login, if let blank will load front page" />
<param name="login_message" type="radio" default="0" label="Login Message" description="Show/Hide the javascript Pop-up indicating Login Success">
<option value="0">Hide</option>
<option value="1">Show</option>
</param>
<param name="logout_message" type="radio" default="0" label="Logout Message" description="Show/Hide the javascript Pop-up indicating Logout Success">
<option value="0">Hide</option>
<option value="1">Show</option>
</param>
<param name="remember_me" type="radio" default="0" label="Remember Me" description="Show/Hide the Remember Me check box">
<option value="0">No</option>
<option value="1">Yes</option>
</param>
<param name="greeting" type="radio" default="1" label="Greeting" description="Show/Hide the simple greeting text">
<option value="0">No</option>
<option value="1">Yes</option>
</param>
<param name="name" type="list" default="0" label="Name/Username">
<option value="0">Username</option>
<option value="1">Name</option>
</param>
</params>
</module>
<module userclass="loginServices,whosonline">
<name>Who is online Module</name>
<formalname>mod_whosonline</formalname>
<description>Provides a display of who is currently online</description>
<params>
<param name="showmode" type="radio" default="0" label="Display" description="Select what shall be shown">
<option value="0"># of Guests/Members&lt;br&gt;</option>
<option value="1">Member Names&lt;br&gt;</option>
<option value="2">Both</option>
</param>
XMLpackaging, for Aliro login component<param name="moduleclass_sfx" type="text" default="" label="Module Class Suffix" description="A suffix to be applied to the css class of the module (table.moduletable), this allows individual module styling" />
</params>
</module>
<plugin userclass="loginPlugins" triggers="requiredLogin" published="yes">
<name>User Validationi</name>
<formalname>bot_uservalidation</formalname>
<description>Assists user authentication by validating user and password</description>
</plugin>
<urilink class="loginServices, avatar" published="yes" template="no" html="no">
<name>Provide avatar image</name>
<description>Behaves like an image</description>
<uri>users/[0-9]+/avatar</uri>
</urilink>
<urilink class="login_login_Controller, login" published="yes" template="yes" html="yes">
<name>Provide current user profile</name>
<description>Shows the user profile for the person logged on</description>
<uri>profile</uri>
</urilink>
<urilink class="login_loginpage_Controller, loginpage" published="yes" template="yes" html="yes">
<name>Provide a login or logout page</name>
<description>Shows the login page if not logged in, logout page if already logged in</description>
<uri>login</uri>
</urilink>
<urilink class="loginServices, logout" published="yes" template="yes" html="yes">
<name>Provide an immediate logout page</name>
<description>Shows the login page if not logged in, logout page if already logged in</description>
<uri>logout</uri>
</urilink>
<urilink class="login_profile_Controller, profile" published="yes" template="yes" html="yes">
<name>Provide any user profile</name>
<description>Shows the specified user profile</description>
<uri>profile/[0-9]+</uri>
</urilink>
<files>
XMLpackaging, for Aliro login component<filename>login.css</filename>
<filename>install_settings.php</filename>
</files>
<classfiles>
<filename classes="loginUser,loginUserControllers">
login.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginServices,loginPlugins,loginAPI">
login.services.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_Viewers">login.html.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_login_Controller">
c-classes/login_login_Controller.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_profile_Controller">
c-classes/login_profile_Controller.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_loginpage_Controller">
c-classes/login_loginpage_Controller.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_login_HTML">
v-classes/login_login_HTML.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_profile_HTML">
v-classes/login_profile_HTML.php</filename>
<filename classes="login_loginpage_HTML">
v-classes/login_loginpage_HTML.php</filename>
</classfiles>
<administration>
<classfiles>
<filename classes="loginAdmin">admin.login.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginAdminLogin">
c-admin-classes/loginAdminLogin.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginAdminConfig">
c-admin-classes/loginAdminConfig.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginAdminListHTML">
v-admin-classes/loginAdminListHTML.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginAdminEditHTML">
v-admin-classes/loginAdminEditHTML.php</filename>
<filename classes="loginAdminConfigHTML">
v-admin-classes/loginAdminConfigHTML.php</filename>
</classfiles>
<menu>Users</menu>
<submenu>
<menu act="config">Configure</menu>
</submenu>
XMLpackaging, for Aliro login component</administration>
</extinstall>