One thing I'm finding a little ugly using Shale is referencing the view
controller using EL expressions. Due to the way Shale maps view IDs to
backing bean names, I end up with ugly EL expressions like
#{pages$user$profile$general.whatever}.
Would it make sense to store the view controller under a well-known
(configurable) key, so you could instead write #{backing.whatever}?
Shale could use a standard name (e.g. 'backing') by default and provide
a configuration option to change this to whatever the developer wants.
There could also be a mechanism for setting the 'alias' on a per-view
basis; perhaps an interface the view controller bean can optionally
implement which would return the backing bean alias and/or allow it to
be set as a managed property.
Are there situations that would make this a Really Bad Idea? I'm
wondering if it might cause issues for view composition with Clay, for
example.
Assuming there aren't major drawbacks to the idea, I'll try and work up
a patch in the next day or so covering some or all of the points above.
Cheers,
L.
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