F2F Programmer's Reference - Core Hooks


F2F | Documentation | Hooks

F2F hooks are XSLT-based data transforms, referred to by their URL, which are detailed in presentation at http://altruists.org/ff11. The F2F core contains the following 10 hooks:

URIDescription
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/activate"Do something with this data", typically used for when people double click on stuff.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/context-menu"Choose what to do with this data", used for when people want to choose what to do with stuff. As yet unused.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/delete"Delete this data", used by the desktop for when people drop and drag stuff to the recycle bin.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/imageReturns an SVG image suitable for showing this data.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/imageURI"Get an image URI". Returns the URI of an image suitable for this data.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/name"Give me a name". Returns a string for identifying the data questioned.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/parent"Get bigger picture". Returns an object which is 'above' this in the hierarchy (e.g. parent folder). Unused as yet
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/render"Show me it". Mark up this object in XHTML for viewing.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/schema"Get the schema that defines this data", used by the /validate hook.
http://friend2friend.net/hooks/validate"Validate this data", mainly used serverside.

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