If a VC is to be autonomous then any data its going to use should be passed in as parameters. This makes sense if a VC is to be reusable.
Cheers. Symon. Symon Rottem http://blog.symbiotic-development.com On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:15 AM, John Simons <[email protected]>wrote: > Henry, > What do u mean by " In fact, they should be able to handle actions" ? > > Also, > You mention that VCs should be autonomous, but then you also say that they > need to be aware of httpcontext and the parent controller and view context, > IMO you can't have both, they negate each other! > > >Imo, the ActionHelper approach is an alternative, for simpler scenarios > that you want only to render a partial view. > Isn't this what VCs do? > > > I do understand there is a requirement to pass data to VCs, however I do > not agree with using PropertyBag or the VC accessing the parent Controller > to retrieve this data, to me the VC should be unaware of the host. > Anyway, just my view. > > Cheers > John > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Henry Conceição <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, 2 December, 2010 1:12:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: ViewComponents > > Jonh, > > I do think that VC should be an autonomous component. In fact, they > should be able to handle actions, but to do so we probably end up > creating a monster. And it should be aware of the httpcontext and the > parent controller and view context. > > For example: I can came up with a Searchable Grid VC that builds the > search based on some convention (like properties or a method exposed > by the Controller). > > Imo, the ActionHelper approach is an alternative, for simpler > scenarios that you want only to render a partial view. > > Cheers, > Henry Conceição > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 AM, John Simons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Henry, > > > > Can we first draw the boundaries of a VC? > > And what exactly is trying to solve? > > > > Should a VC be an autonomous component? (you can d/l a VS and just use > > it in your website) > > Should it be aware of the request context or the parent that hosts > > it? > > > > These are just a few question that I think we need to have answered > > before going any further. > > > > In MR2 a VC is just another controller/action being executed and its > > output rendered, so why have this separation at all, we could just use > > ActionHelper - see > > > http://github.com/castleproject/Castle.MonoRail/blob/master/src/Castle.MonoRail.Framework/Helpers/ActionHelper.cs > > > > > > On Nov 30, 3:28 am, Henry Conceição <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm starting to scratch the View Component feature, and would like to > >> hear from the people here what do you think about the current (mr2) > >> implementation of it. What do you think that needs to be improved, > >> removed or maintained? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Henry Conceição > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Castle Project Development List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to castle-project-devel+ > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Castle Project Development List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to castle-project-devel+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Castle Project Development List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<castle-project-devel%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Development List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en.
