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1357 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Migrating from WSC 5.3" data-md-level=
"2">
1358 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_1">
1359 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1360 Migrating from WSC
5.3
1362 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1368 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1369 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc53/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1380 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1381 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc53/session/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1382 Session Handling and Authentication
1392 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1393 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc53/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1404 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1405 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc53/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1416 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1417 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc53/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1418 Third Party Libraries
1435 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1438 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_6_2" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_2" >
1440 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_2">
1441 Migrating from WSC
5.2
1442 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1444 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Migrating from WSC 5.2" data-md-level=
"2">
1445 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_2">
1446 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1447 Migrating from WSC
5.2
1449 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1455 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1456 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc52/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1467 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1468 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc52/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1469 Templates and Languages
1479 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1480 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc52/libraries/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1481 Third Party Libraries
1498 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1501 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_6_3" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_3" >
1503 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_3">
1504 Migrating from WSC
3.1
1505 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1507 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Migrating from WSC 3.1" data-md-level=
"2">
1508 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_3">
1509 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1510 Migrating from WSC
3.1
1512 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1518 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1519 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc31/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1537 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1540 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_6_4" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_4" >
1542 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_4">
1543 Migrating from WSC
3.0
1544 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1546 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Migrating from WSC 3.0" data-md-level=
"2">
1547 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_4">
1548 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1549 Migrating from WSC
3.0
1551 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1557 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1558 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc30/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1569 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1570 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc30/javascript/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1581 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1582 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc30/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1593 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1594 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc30/css/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1605 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1606 <a href=
"../../../migration/wsc30/package/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1624 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1627 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_6_5" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_6_5" >
1629 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_6_5">
1630 Migrating from WCF
2.1
1631 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1633 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Migrating from WCF 2.1" data-md-level=
"2">
1634 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_6_5">
1635 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1636 Migrating from WCF
2.1
1638 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1644 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1645 <a href=
"../../../migration/wcf21/php/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1656 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1657 <a href=
"../../../migration/wcf21/templates/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1668 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1669 <a href=
"../../../migration/wcf21/css/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1680 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1681 <a href=
"../../../migration/wcf21/package/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1708 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1711 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_7" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_7" >
1713 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_7">
1715 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1717 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Tutorials" data-md-level=
"1">
1718 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_7">
1719 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1722 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1729 <li class=
"md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
1732 <input class=
"md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle=
"__nav_7_1" type=
"checkbox" id=
"__nav_7_1" >
1734 <label class=
"md-nav__link" for=
"__nav_7_1">
1736 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1738 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Tutorial Series" data-md-level=
"2">
1739 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__nav_7_1">
1740 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1743 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix
>
1749 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1750 <a href=
"../../../tutorial/series/overview/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1761 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1762 <a href=
"../../../tutorial/series/part_1/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1773 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1774 <a href=
"../../../tutorial/series/part_2/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1785 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1786 <a href=
"../../../tutorial/series/part_3/" class=
"md-nav__link">
1813 <div class=
"md-sidebar md-sidebar--secondary" data-md-component=
"sidebar" data-md-type=
"toc" >
1814 <div class=
"md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
1815 <div class=
"md-sidebar__inner">
1817 <nav class=
"md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label=
"Table of contents">
1823 <label class=
"md-nav__title" for=
"__toc">
1824 <span class=
"md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
1827 <ul class=
"md-nav__list" data-md-component=
"toc" data-md-scrollfix
>
1829 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1830 <a href=
"#components" class=
"md-nav__link">
1834 <nav class=
"md-nav" aria-label=
"Components">
1835 <ul class=
"md-nav__list">
1837 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1838 <a href=
"#interfacename" class=
"md-nav__link">
1839 <interfacename
>
1849 <li class=
"md-nav__item">
1850 <a href=
"#example" class=
"md-nav__link">
1864 <div class=
"md-content" data-md-component=
"content">
1865 <article class=
"md-content__inner md-typeset">
1869 <h1 id=
"object-type-definition-package-installation-plugin">Object Type Definition Package Installation Plugin
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#object-type-definition-package-installation-plugin" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h1>
1870 <p>Registers an object type definition.
1871 An object type definition is a blueprint for a certain behaviour that is particularized by
<a href=
"../object-type/">objectTypes
</a>.
1872 As an example: Tags can be attached to different types of content (such as forum posts or gallery images).
1873 The bulk of the work is implemented in a generalized fashion, with all the tags stored in a single database table.
1874 Certain things, such as permission checking, need to be particularized for the specific type of content, though.
1875 Thus tags (or rather “taggable content”) are registered as an object type definition.
1876 Posts are then registered as an object type, implementing the “taggable content” behaviour.
</p>
1877 <p>Other types of object type definitions include attachments, likes, polls, subscriptions, or even the category system.
</p>
1878 <h2 id=
"components">Components
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#components" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h2>
1879 <p>Each item is described as a
<code><definition
></code> element with the mandatory child
<code><name
></code> that should follow the naming pattern
<code><packageIdentifier
>.
<definition
></code>, e.g.
<code>com.woltlab.wcf.example
</code>.
</p>
1880 <h3 id=
"interfacename"><code><interfacename
></code><a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#interfacename" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h3>
1881 <p><span class=
"label label-info">Optional
</span></p>
1882 <p>The name of the PHP interface
<a href=
"../object-type/">objectTypes
</a> have to implement.
</p>
1883 <h2 id=
"example">Example
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#example" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h2>
1884 <div class=
"highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class=
"cp"><?xml version=
"1.0" encoding=
"UTF-
8"?
></span>
1885 <span class=
"nt"><data
</span> <span class=
"na">xmlns=
</span><span class=
"s">"http://www.woltlab.com
"</span> <span class=
"na">xmlns:xsi=
</span><span class=
"s">"http://www.w3.org/
2001/XMLSchema-instance
"</span> <span class=
"na">xsi:schemaLocation=
</span><span class=
"s">"http://www.woltlab.com http://www.woltlab.com/XSD/
2019/objectTypeDefinition.xsd
"</span><span class=
"nt">></span>
1886 <span class=
"nt"><import
></span>
1887 <span class=
"nt"><definition
></span>
1888 <span class=
"nt"><name
></span>com.woltlab.wcf.example
<span class=
"nt"></name
></span>
1889 <span class=
"nt"><interfacename
></span>wcf\system\example\IExampleObjectType
<span class=
"nt"></interfacename
></span>
1890 <span class=
"nt"></definition
></span>
1891 <span class=
"nt"></import
></span>
1892 <span class=
"nt"></data
></span>
1907 <footer class=
"md-footer">
1909 <nav class=
"md-footer__inner md-grid" aria-label=
"Footer">
1911 <a href=
"../object-type/" class=
"md-footer__link md-footer__link--prev" rel=
"prev">
1912 <div class=
"md-footer__button md-icon">
1913 <svg xmlns=
"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox=
"0 0 24 24"><path d=
"M20 11v2H8l5.5 5.5-1.42 1.42L4.16 12l7.92-7.92L13.5 5.5 8 11h12z"/></svg>
1915 <div class=
"md-footer__title">
1916 <div class=
"md-ellipsis">
1917 <span class=
"md-footer__direction">
1926 <a href=
"../option/" class=
"md-footer__link md-footer__link--next" rel=
"next">
1927 <div class=
"md-footer__title">
1928 <div class=
"md-ellipsis">
1929 <span class=
"md-footer__direction">
1935 <div class=
"md-footer__button md-icon">
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"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox=
"0 0 24 24"><path d=
"M4 11v2h12l-5.5 5.5 1.42 1.42L19.84 12l-7.92-7.92L10.5 5.5 16 11H4z"/></svg>
1942 <div class=
"md-footer-meta md-typeset">
1943 <div class=
"md-footer-meta__inner md-grid">
1944 <div class=
"md-footer-copyright">
1946 <div class=
"md-footer-copyright__highlight">
1947 Copyright ©
2020 WoltLab GmbH
1951 <a href=
"https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/" target=
"_blank" rel=
"noopener">
1956 <div class=
"md-footer-copyright">
1957 <a href=
"https://www.woltlab.com/legal-notice/">Legal Notice
</a>
1958 <a href=
"https://www.woltlab.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy
</a>
1965 <div class=
"md-dialog" data-md-component=
"dialog">
1966 <div class=
"md-dialog__inner md-typeset"></div>
1968 <script id=
"__config" type=
"application/json">{
"base":
"../../..",
"features": [],
"translations": {
"clipboard.copy":
"Copy to clipboard",
"clipboard.copied":
"Copied to clipboard",
"search.config.lang":
"en",
"search.config.pipeline":
"trimmer, stopWordFilter",
"search.config.separator":
"[\\s\\-]+",
"search.placeholder":
"Search",
"search.result.placeholder":
"Type to start searching",
"search.result.none":
"No matching documents",
"search.result.one":
"1 matching document",
"search.result.other":
"# matching documents",
"search.result.more.one":
"1 more on this page",
"search.result.more.other":
"# more on this page",
"search.result.term.missing":
"Missing"},
"search":
"../../../assets/javascripts/workers/search.fb4a9340.min.js",
"version": {
"provider":
"mike"}}
</script>
1971 <script src=
"../../../assets/javascripts/bundle.5cf3e710.min.js"></script>