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  • Committer: John Arbash Meinel
  • Date: 2011-09-12 18:40:02 UTC
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  • Revision ID: john@arbash-meinel.com-20110912184002-o23eu21fdgp35h2q
Merge bzr.dev, resolve release-notes (aka NEWS) conflicts.

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all data needed for the selection and uses it while processing the sections in
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``get_sections``.
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Only ``ReadOnlySection`` objects are manipulated here but a ``SectionMatcher``
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can return dedicated ``Section`` to provide additional context (the
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``LocationSection`` add an ``extra_path`` attribute to implement the
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``appendpath`` policy for example).
 
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Only ``ReadOnlySection`` objects are manipulated here but a
 
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``SectionMatcher`` can return dedicated ``Section`` objects to provide
 
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additional context (the ``LocationSection`` add an ``extra_path`` attribute
 
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to implement the ``appendpath`` policy for example). If no sections match,
 
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an empty list is returned.
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.. FIXME: Replace the appendpath example if/when it's deprecated ;)
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Specific section matchers can be implemented by overriding ``get_sections``
 
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or just ``match``.
 
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``bzrlib`` provides:
 
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* ``LocationMatcher(store, location)``: To select all sections that match
 
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  ``location``.
 
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* ``NameMatcher(store, unique_id)``: To select a single section matching
 
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  ``unique_id``.
 
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