Hi Mate, Yes you might be right there, perhaps I need to decouple it from the framework... back to the drawing board to rethink this.
I appreciate the input mate. Thank you. Rob On 26 Oct 2011, at 12:55, James Allen wrote: > Good call Rob. Although if the framework injected the event into the helper > is that really that much different to you doing it? It’s still very MG > specific as the helper has to know about the event structure however it gets > into it. > I think it’s the fact that this is for the view layer that it feels slightly > odd. May be worth thinking more in terms of framework independence and just > passing in what is needed for the method to do it’s rendering – then you > aren’t tied to MG and can use the helper in other frameworks etc. > > --- > James Allen > E: [email protected] > Blog: http://jamesallen.name > Twitter: @CFJamesAllen (Coldfusion / Web development) > Twitter: @jamesallenuk (General) > Twitter: @JamesAllenVoice (Voiceover) > > Tune in to the best in community radio – Codebass Radio: > http://codebassradio.net > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Robert Rawlins > Sent: 26 October 2011 12:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Model-Glue] Accessing the event context within a helper > > Hi James, > > You're quite right. I could use a custom_tag for this, I just chose to use a > UDF as i'm more familiar with that. > > I can just pass the event in as an argument to the method, something about > that just didn't feel quiet right, I would much rather have access to the > event direct within the helpers, perhaps pre-injected by the framework or > something. I wasn't sure if something like that was going on under the hood. > > Thanks bud. > > Robert > > On 26 Oct 2011, at 12:27, James Allen wrote: > > > Hi Rob, > > This nicely follows on from Twitter yesterday. Why not use custom tags > instead of helpers here? Then you can just pass in the event structure or > individual pieces of data into the custom tag within the relevant views. > > Although, equally can’t you just pass in data to the helper method or the > event structure itself? I haven’t used helpers myself but they are just UDF’s > accessed via the event scope right? > > James. > > --- > James Allen > E: [email protected] > Blog: http://jamesallen.name > Twitter: @CFJamesAllen (Coldfusion / Web development) > Twitter: @jamesallenuk (General) > Twitter: @JamesAllenVoice (Voiceover) > > Tune in to the best in community radio – Codebass Radio: > http://codebassradio.net > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rawlins > Sent: 26 October 2011 12:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Model-Glue] Accessing the event context within a helper > > Hello Guys, > > I'm putting together some helpers which will be generating HTML markup for > me. Part of this markup will be creating links. (event.linkTo) > > I need access to the current event context from within the helper for doing > this. Is this possible at all? > > If not, what's the best way to achieve it? > > Thanks. > > Robert > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en > > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en > > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en > > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en -- Model-Glue Sites: Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" group. 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