Hi gang,
Currently working on a FreemarkerParagraphRenderer, I'd like to
gather opinions about the syntax to be used. There are plenty of
options and approaches. I currently see the following (if
implementable at all) :
${foo} : would return a node (Content)
${foo['bar']} : would return the bar property (NodeData) of the foo node
${foo.baz} : would return foo's child node called baz
<#list foo as n> ... : would loop over the properties of foo
<#list foo.children as n> ... : would loop over the child nodes of foo
I have a few doubts:
* since properties could be used more often than subnodes in
templates, it might be interesting to revert the [] notation: foo.bar
would mean "bar property of foo" while foo['bar'] would mean "bar
child of foo", eventhough that doesn't seem very intuitive from my
programmer's point of view.
* the iterators i propose here are inconsistent with the properties/
child notation, and would prevent access to a sub node called
"children".
* how to expose other Content properties, such as handle and uuid?
Chris suggests using [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] OTOH, I'm not
convinced these should be used very often in templates, so maybe
having a few custom directives would be good enough (<@uuid>${foo}</
@uuid>)
I'm currently writing tests which will try to assert the above
syntax, and will commit them (commented out) so maybe that can also
serve as a basis for discussion.
Please suggest better approaches or approve these, since I'm really
not convinced by the whole thing.
Thanks,
greg
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