On a related note, I'm wondering if we should make ControllerFactory a public class. That way decorators would be free to use it's createController() method. There's a lot of good functionality in there, and I don't really see a reason to hide it away. What do you think Jeff?
--jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [Mav-user] Using "decorator" pattern on controllers > This shouldn't be too difficult. Just have your decorator implement > ControllerSingleton, then you will get an init method in which the > controller node from maverick.xml is passed in. > > If you had a controller node that looked like: > > <controller class="com.foo.bar.MyControllerDecorator"> > <decorated class="com.foo.bar.SomeExistingController"> > </controller> > > Your decorator could hold an internal controller. When the decorator's go > method was called, it could call go on the decorated controller, read the > result and the model, and still do its own thing. This is actually similar > to what I just sent as the CompositeController. > > --jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy Truelove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:04 PM > Subject: [Mav-user] Using "decorator" pattern on controllers > > > > Hey all, > > > > I'm looking into the feasablity of using the Decorator pattern* to > > create Controllers. In the friendbook example, each controller inherits > > from another controller which inherits from another controller, each one > > adding a little functionality. The problem with this is that you can't > pick > > and choose which controllers you want to use, you have to use extentions > of > > extentions. This would certainly help with the composite view issues that > > are being discussed, as well as securing controllers, etc. > > > > The problem is .. how can this be done while keeping Maverick backwards > > compatable *and* keeping configuration to a minimum? Any ideas? Since > > controllers are instantiated using reflections and not explicitly, is the > > Decorator pattern even possible? > > > > *Decorator pattern info : > > http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2001/jw-1214-designpatterns.html > > > > -Roy > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Mav-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mav-user > > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Mav-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mav-user > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Mav-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mav-user Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/
