Hi all,

We're planning to refactor the shell into a library so that shell apps possibly used in the field for testing can be easily adapted for automation.

Our plan is:

• Refactor ShellInfoObject into base internals and interactive elements
  
• Migrate functions that imply interactivity into a new library class, and write some stubs in a LibNull
• Refactor last shell app files (file interface, shell env var) into another (or same) library
  
• Implement non-interactive functions, as required
• Write an example implementation in MdeModulePkg/Application/

We're looking for thoughts and ideas on our approach, as well as opinions on the concept.

Best regards,

Benjamin