Le 12/09/2010 10:37, Bruno Busco a écrit :
Sorry to comment this commit very late.
I am looking into the PortalPortlet system how it is now. IMO it is now too
complicated with the portlet attribute feature not used as supposed by the
original design.
The generic portlets added with this commit use the Portlet Attribute system
to actually render a screenlet defined by the portlet attributes.
There is a portlet to show a GenericScreenlet, this defines a (collapsible)
screenlet retrieves the screenlet title from a portlet attribute, and
include a form selected by means of other portlet attributes.
Then we have similar additional portlets GenericScreenletAjax,
GenericScreenletAjaxWithMenu that add more features using more attributes.
How is all this useful?
The original idea behind the portlet attributes was to offer to the user a
portlet (but not so much generic) that could be customized is some way.
Examples of Attributes usage could be:
- A portlet lists all new orders or new communications. Attributes could be
used to limit the max number of orders to be displayed, or the order status
etc.
The Generic portlets added in this commit use the Attributes to select the
actual screen to render, the menu to include etc. So the attributes are not
intended to be used by the user any more but by the developer.
So how do they differ from Decorators that are already designed for this.
I propose to eliminate all this stuff. It seems to me just more things to
know to use OFBiz and do not add any real feature.
Thank you,
-Bruno
Hi Bruno,
I must say I disagree with you on this. Those porlets should be seen as
kind of decorators. Those generic portlets are useful and help in
quickly creating new interfaces.
maybe it's the use of the term portletAttributes which bothers you ? If
you have a better idea on how to handle this, we may discuss it. But
frankly, this is working great and add a new funtionality to the portal
system. If you want a detailed wiki page, or maybe an admin page, where
users can select those attributes for a portlet, this could be arranged.
HTH,
--
Erwan de FERRIERES
www.nereide.biz
