On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Tim Perrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Some of this is a bit above my head unfortunately as im not familiar
> with lift's templating system. Let me try and clarify what i've been
> playing with so far:
>
> object DatabaseTemplateLoader {
> def template: LiftRules.TemplatePF = {
> case Req(page, "", _) => () => DatabaseTemplateLoader(page)
> }
> def apply(path: List[String]): Can[NodeSeq] = {
> val pages = Model.createNamedQuery[Content]
> ("content.get.path.full","page" -> path.last).findAll.toList
> if(pages.map(p => p.name) == path){
> PCDataXmlParser(new ByteArrayInputStream
> (pages.last.body.toString.getBytes("UTF-8")))
> } else {
> Full(<span>NO FILE SPECIFIED</span>)
> }
> }
> }
>
> This works no problem, and drops in as a replacement for reading them
> off the filesystem. If my database template content has something
> like:
>
> <lift:surround with="default" at="content">
> <h1>My Content</h1>
> </lift:surround>
>
> Then the layout is rendered. However, what i want to do is grab the
> layout the user chose to use with that page and automatically use that
> (the value will is stored in the database) - this is where im getting
> confused.
>
> What would you guys suggest?
I'd suggest creating a ViewDispatchPF and adding it in using
LiftRules.appendViewDispatch
type ViewDispatchPF = PartialFunction[List[String], LiftView]
So, it's going to look a lot like your existing code.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim
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