I find it confusing as well - more than happy to have it removed. N
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Martin Grigorov <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask you for your opinion about > deprecating > org.apache.wicket.util.tester.BaseWicketTester#startComponent(Component) > method in Wicket 6. > > Initially this method has been introduced to test a component without > attaching it to a page (this is what its Javadoc states). > > First it appeared that the tested component is not initialized ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-4792). > Then https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-4976 - the request cycle > and the component itself are not detached at the end. > And now a colleague of mine reported me that since WICKET-4976 a test is > failing in our app because our custom IRequestCycleListener#onEndRequest() > is called but #onBeginRequest() hasn't been called before that. I remember > Hielke from Topicus also had this problem for Wiquery 6.6.0. > > I suggested to my colleague to use #startComponentInPage(Component) instead > because it has a proper life cycle. > > I think #startComponent() has to be removed in Wicket.next and > #startComponentInPage(Component) to be the replacement. > > Any objections to mark it deprecated for 6.7.0 ? > > -- > Martin Grigorov > jWeekend > Training, Consulting, Development > http://jWeekend.com <http://jweekend.com/> >
