[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12450: Improve meta_box api

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#12450: Improve meta_box api
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 Reporter:  prettyboymp     |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.1
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:     
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Comment(by scribu):

 Meta boxes could have a class similar to WP_Widget.

 One of the most useful features of this class could be to allow boxes to
 be configurable (think dashboard RSS box).

 > Automatic handling of checking against the revision, DOING_CRON,
 DOING_AJAX, and DOING_AUTOSAVE before firing the save method.

 Note that post boxes are just a subset. So the correct class hierarchy
 would be:

 WP_Box > WP_Box_Post > WP_Box_Post_Publish

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