> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Boynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How can I get a reference collection from a GBean? > > Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > > Here's a use case. Let's say that I have a management console that is > > managing a GBean. There are times when it would be nice to see what is > > in its collection of references. > > > > Wouldn't that be a static snapshot - you would't want the content > changing as the UI page was rendering.
That would work for me but, if a GBean was removed from the collection would I really want to render it? Is that scenario likely in a management console? > > Another thing. It would be nice if GBean attributes had display names > > and descriptions in them. This way I could have a tool that could > > autogenerate a properties page by simply reading the GBean meta data. > > > > I see that as a UI issue - for I18N wouldn't you want the tool to > generate localized titles for the properties (which it can do based on > the name) without the need to store all the variants in the metadata? Even better. Thanks for the idea. Regards, Alan
