Hello again, thank you so much for your time. My fork is located here: git://github.com/dflemstr/lift_1_1_sample.git
The code is very straightforward and I removed all unnecessary constructs (such as the User.scala file) so it should be really clear what the problem is now. On Jun 19, 7:06 pm, David Pollak <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/6/19 dflemstr <[email protected]> > > > > > Well, OK, I'm sorry everyone, I should have been more clear: > > The goal that I have is to make a snippet that creates a templated > > edit form for me. However, this is not the >issue< which I want to > > discuss. The issue is that when I try to make this snippet (and this > > could have been any snippet, since the principles are the same), I am > > unable to, because somewhere the instance of the Mapper for which I > > want to create the snippet (in this case it's a MetaMegaProtoUser) > > gets lost, and thus no changes are preserved. > > I am very confused. I don't understand what "gets lost" means? > > > The reason why I > > mentioned the templating in the first place is because I basically use > > exactly the same code as in the default MetaMegaProtoUser.edit method, > > just adding some bind calls and an extra parameter: the template > > NodeSeq, and suddenly the code breaks. > > A compiler error? An exception? What kind of break do you mean? > > > As mentioned before, any > > changes I make in the client aren't saved. I have no good way of > > checking whether the changes even are contained within the POST(→it's > > the localForm's fault) or if the User instance gets lost earlier > > (→it's some closure that fails somewhere), but the testEdit function > > gets called for sure, but with the wrong user instance. > > I think the best thing to do with discuss in code. I've created a simple > project athttp://github.com/dpp/lift_1_1_sample/tree/master > > Please fork the repository and enhance the code to edit the Dog object... > your code doesn't have to compile or run, but if I can see where you're > having problems, I can work to resolve them and to help you get over this > hump. Point out where you're running into problems and I'll fix up the code > to work the way you want it to. > > Thanks, > > David > > > > > Hopefully I've made my problem more clear. > > > On Jun 19, 6:19 pm, David Pollak <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:25 AM, dflemstr <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Well, that probably is good advice, but doesn't really relate to the > > > > matter at hand if I understand you correctly. > > > > As you may notice, the code is a modified version of the embedded > > > > code, but it's completely independent from it (it doesn't override > > > > anything). It could have been code that had been written completely by > > > > me. > > > > > And anyways, my goal is to make a snippet out of the edit form, and > > > > not to just be able to load a template from a file (I need to put the > > > > whole edit form in multiple, obscure places) so your solution, I must > > > > say, isn't any help to me. Maybe my original message title was > > > > misleading. > > > > I am totally confused as to what your goal is? Is it to put the form > > into a > > > template file (a .html) file? Is it to control the rendering of the form > > > elements? Is it something else? > > > > In terms of ProtoUser, that class is meant as a quick bootstrap to > > getting > > > your project going. It lends itself nicely to adding fields. Any > > styling > > > needs to be done via CSS. If you need something more complex (like ESME > > > does), you can pull the code into your User class and then work to > > achieve > > > the particular goal. If we can cycle a bit on what your particular goal > > is, > > > I'm sure we can get you there. > > > > > The issue is that the theUser object isn't preserved between requests. > > > > Apart from that, the snippet could've been any other snippet (because > > > > it's just being used as a generic mapper; I could've created this form > > > > for any structure). > > > > > Thank you for your effort, anyhow! > > > > > On Jun 19, 6:21 am, David Pollak <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > I'd suggest copying/pasting the code from ProtoUser and MegaProtoUser > > and > > > > > munging the code so that you don't have to work around the embedded > > > > > MegaProtoUser code. Seehttp:// > > > > svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/sca... > > > > > I recently made this change to the > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM, dflemstr <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I'm having some problems with making the MetaMegaProtoUser "edit" > > > > > > method templateable (because I believe in the concept of separating > > > > > > content and design) and am succeeding quite well, except for with > > one > > > > > > little detail: I can't make my changes in the edit form persistent; > > it > > > > > > seems that the "User" instance gets lost somewhere in the process > > and > > > > > > that all the client-side changes therefore also get lost. > > > > > > > The code is at the end of the message. The edit method is called > > with > > > > > > a template which also is at the very end of the message. > > > > > > > I would really appreciate if anyone with more Lift experience than > > me > > > > > > could spot the mistake, because I simply cannot find it. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > The "snippet" (inside a subclass of MetaMegaProtoUser): > > > > > > > /** Create an edit form with the specified template */ > > > > > > def edit(xhtml: NodeSeq) = { > > > > > > val theUser: User = currentUser.open_! // we know we're logged > > in > > > > > > > def testEdit() { > > > > > > theUser.validate match { > > > > > > case Nil => > > > > > > theUser.save > > > > > > S.notice("Profile updated") //The Lift Core has a spelling > > > > > > mistake in its translation, so I don't use S.?? > > > > > > S.redirectTo(homePage) > > > > > > > case xs => > > > > > > S.error(xs) > > > > > > S.mapSnippet(S.currentSnippet.open_!, innerEdit) > > > > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > def innerEdit(t: NodeSeq) = bind("user", t, > > > > > > "field" -> ((h: NodeSeq) => > > localForm > > > > > > (h, theUser, true)), > > > > > > "submit" -> > > SHtml.submit(S.??("edit"), > > > > > > testEdit _)) > > > > > > innerEdit(xhtml) > > > > > > } > > > > > > > /** Make a form with all the editable fields of an user, from a > > > > > > template */ > > > > > > protected def localForm(xhtml: NodeSeq, user: User, > > ignorePassword: > > > > > > Boolean): NodeSeq = { > > > > > > signupFields > > > > > > .map(fi => getSingleton.getActualBaseField(user, fi)) //get > > > > > > actual fields > > > > > > .filter(f => !ignorePassword || (f match { //remove the > > password > > > > > > field > > > > > > case f: MappedPassword[_] => false > > > > > > case _ => true > > > > > > })) > > > > > > .flatMap(f => > > > > > > bind("field", xhtml, > > > > > > "name" -> Text(f.displayName), > > > > > > "form" -> f.toForm) > > > > > > ) > > > > > > } > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > The template: > > > > > > > <lift:surround with="default" at="content"> > > > > > > <lift:User.edit form="POST"> > > > > > > <table> > > > > > > <tbody> > > > > > > <user:field> > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > <td><field:name/></td> > > > > > > <td><field:form/></td> > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > </user:field> > > > > > > </tbody> > > > > > > <tfoot> > > > > > > <tr> > > > > > > <td> </td> > > > > > > <td><user:submit/></td> > > > > > > </tr> > > > > > > </tfoot> > > > > > > </table> > > > > > > </lift:User.edit> > > > > > > </lift:surround> > > > > > > -- > > > > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > > > > > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > > > > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > > > > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > > > -- > > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > > > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some:http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. 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