webgen users - Oct 2008 - Question about Webgen::Path

Are instances of Webgen::Path used to represent a source path or a
destination path, or both?

Dennis Sutch
dennis at sutch.com
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Am Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:55:17 -0400
schrieb "Dennis Sutch" <dennis at sutch.com>:
> Are instances of Webgen::Path used to represent a source path or a
> destination path, or both?
Webgen::Path is used to present a source path and is used

a) for representing a source path
b) for constructing the output path
c) for getting the content of the source using the Path#io method

The flow is more or less this (much simplified):

* Webgen::Website#render is called
* config[''sources''] instances are used to find all
Webgen::Source
objects that provide source Webgen::Path objects (available via the
service :source_paths)
* the source handlers use the Webgen::Path objects to create nodes
whose #path property represents the output path (this is done via
SourceHandler::Base#output_path).
* the nodes get written to their destination

-- Thomas