Memberdata_properties.xml AND OR memberdata.xml

[espenmn (Espen)]

When exporting from portal_setup, I noticed that there is both a 'memberdata.xml' and a 'memberdata_properties.xml'. They look idential. Is there a reason ?

[jaroel (Roel Bruggink)]

No idea, but last time you asked we also didn't know

Memberdata.xml vs memberdata_properties.xml

Good question, though they both seem to use the same registry key which leads me to believe either one of these files is simply an old style (or deprecated) method. Similar to the jsregistry.xml and cssregistry.xml. If this is wrong, then my next best guess would be something indexing related, but I'd need to check further.

[espenmn (Espen)]

@jaroel

No idea, but last time you asked

Spooky, but at least it saves a lot on movie rental, can probably just watch the same movies again and again for the rest of my life …

[jaroel (Roel Bruggink)]

Feel free to let us know when you figure it out

[espenmn (Espen)]

@jaroel

let us know when you figure it out

… if I remember

[mekell]

The generic setup tool portal_setup has (among others) two export steps (MemberData properties and Member Data Tool) which produce the two xml files you are interested in.

Both export steps do basically the same but in slightly different ways: They export portal_memberdata.

The basic difference is the way they obtain portal_memberdata:

• MemberData properties uses getToolByName("portal_memberdata")
• Member Data Tool uses queryUtility(IMemberDataTool)

Both produce the same result (but in different files): memberdata_properties.xml and memberdata.xml

If interested in the details follow the following links:

• MemberData properties - Export MemberData properties.

  • configured in Products/CMFPlone/exportimport/configure.zcml
  • uses handler Products.CMFPlone.exportimport.memberdata_properties.exportMemberDataProperties
  • calls getToolByName(site, "portal_memberdata", None)
  • writes data to file memberdata_properties.xml

• Member Data Tool - Export member data tool settings

  • configured in Products/CMFCore/exportimport/configure.zcml
  • uses handler Products.CMFCore.exportimport.memberdata.exportMemberDataTool
  • calls queryUtility(IMemberDataTool)
  • writes data to file memberdata.xml via exportObjects defined in Products.GenericSetup.utils.exportObjects