Is there a module that caches "services" requests to node fields? For example:
$node->field_service_handler[0]['handler_url']
$node->field_service_handler[0]['handler_request']
This would be useful for service requests to take advantage of the various node-level modules, such as comments, views, etc. I have this working somewhat. The question now is "formatters".
This type of module might be unique because the choice of formatter is not easy to determine from the node type's "Display fields" menu.
The naive solution (which might be a good way to go) is to present the user with a long list of formatters for all possible services, and if a formatter/sevice_request combination is missing, then the field would simply return empty.
Before continuing too far on this module, I wanted to check if anyone knows of a module that already works in this manner.
As far as a method for picking "formatters", there are many techniques out there that are similar:
Fields
Embedded media fields
Services
Flickr
Views