Re: [Evolution-hackers] ESourceExtension and backends... "claimed" generic property ?

[Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>]

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 17:22 +0900, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> Would it make sense to include some property on the base
> ESourceExtension class ?
> 
> For instance, an api such as 'e_source_extension_claim()' could
> be introduced and called by the consumer of the given extensions.
> 
> I.e. the file addressbook backend would "claim" the
> ESourceBackendSummarySetup extension... clients (those clients
> which actually created the backend), would then be able
> to read this "claimed" property back after creating the addressbook.

That seems to me like an awfully obscure corner case to justify adding
APIs to the base ESourceExtension class.

Maybe I don't understand what problem this is trying to solve.

Matthew Barnes