Resource module file API migration

Moodle 2.0

Current problems

• text and html resource types separate
• embedded images and files in general are stored in course files without appropriate access control
• local files and Internet links mixed
• is IMS plug-in maintained?
• repository plug-in obsoleted

Types of resources

• Resource page - using new editor element
• External resource link - some file stored elsewhere
• Single uploaded images and files
• Packages and uploaded html files
• Directory of files
• Other 3rd party plugins

Upgrade problems

• Migration of files used by resources to resource file areas (linked files mainly)
• Should we split resource into multiple modules and delegate more work to Repositories?
• Current repository/file api does not have suitable UI for selection of main/index file in case of packages and uploaded html files.

See also

• Using the file API
• Repository API
• Portfolio API
• File API
• MDL-14589 - File API Meta issue
• MDL-16089 - Resource module conversion