When a module is defined, the module name will be used in an argument of the JavaScript self-executing function:
<module>
<name>foo</name>
...
</module>
<module>
<name>bar</name>
...
<depends>
<module>foo</module>
</depends>
</module>
The corresponding module
foo
code is:
(function(foo) {
})(foo)
Aliases allow changing this name and provide a different name for arguments. Aliasing is done thanks to the
as
XML tag:
Other modules that depends on aliasing will refer to it by the module alias defined in
gatein-resources.xml.
<module>
<name>foo</name>
<as>Foo</as>
...
</module>
<module>
<name>bar</name>
...
<depends>
<module>foo</module>
</depends>
</module>
The code of the corresponding foo module is:
(function(Foo) {
})(Foo)
The same
as
tag can be used in the
depends
tags by providing a local alias:
<module>
<name>foo</name>
...
</module>
<module>
<name>bar</name>
...
<depends>
<module>foo</module>
<as>Foo</as>
</depends>
</module>