On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen <je...@ingolfs.dk>wrote:
> Jim Barrows <jim.barr...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen <je...@ingolfs.dk > >wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> In the interest of cutting boilerplate from mapped objects, I would > >> like to get the display name from a property file. > >> > > > > So your replacing code boilerplate with property file boilerplate? The > > boilerplate has to go somewhere, and abstracting things like this out > > doesn't change that. > > Yes it does. Now I have to go through all my 100+ fields and add: > > override def displayName = S.?(getClass.getName+"."+name) > My point was that you've moved the boilerplate, not eliminated it. If what you suggest was in place you'd have to add 100+ properties in a file. > > Same line in every field. That counts as boilerplate for me :-) > > > On the other hand, if you have to l10n your app, then this works. > > Exactly. > > > What about turning it off by default, and turned on in Boot though. Also > it > > should probably use the existing method by default, rolling to the > property > > file if it's turned on and it's not provided. > > That was pretty much what I suggested.....except I don't want to force > people to use displayNameFromPropertyFile. They could provide their own > function that looked it up in a db, generated random names etc. > Okay, so displayNameFactory maybe? > /Jeppe > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lift" group. > To post to this group, send email to lift...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<liftweb%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en. > > -- James A Barrows -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to lift...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en.
