Hi Chris, I've put together my own context object, and added the config bean as you've suggested, below my config for modelglue.modelGlueConfiguration
However, the app still seems to be using the standard event context. Any ideas? Thanks. Robert On 19 Dec 2011, at 14:35, Chris Blackwell wrote: > Its really easy to use a customised EventContext. > > create component that extends ModelGlue.gesture.eventrequest.EventContext > add your paramValue method to it > add this to your apps coldspring.xml > > <bean id="modelglue.eventContextFactory" > class="ModelGlue.gesture.eventrequest.EventContextFactory"> > <property name="modelGlue"><ref bean="modelglue.ModelGlue"/></property> > <property name="statePersister"><ref > bean="modelglue.statePersister"/></property> > <property name="viewRenderer"><ref > bean="modelglue.viewRenderer"/></property> > <property name="beanPopulator"><ref > bean="modelglue.beanPopulator"/></property> > <property name="logWriter"><ref bean="modelglue.logWriter"/></property> > > <!-- path to your EventContext in here --> > <property > name="objectPath"><value>com.myapp.myfancyeventcontext</value></property> > </bean> > > Chris > > On 19 December 2011 14:25, Robert Rawlins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > You're quite right - it does sort of do it. I use the getValue default > argument on a regular basis within my views - but I hadn't realised that it > would set the value too if it didn't already exist before returning it. > > This will certainly do the job - it just looks a little odd from a semantic > point of view within the controller. Calling get when what I'm really > intending to do it set. > > Given that it's a simple implementation do you think there is a case for > adding a new method to the API as I suggested? It would make code within the > controller more meaningful if I was calling pramValue() I think. > > Robert > > On 19 Dec 2011, at 14:11, Dan Wilson wrote: > >> I think the event.getValue() method sort of does this. >> >> Take a look here: >> http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/ReferenceMaterials/EventApi#GetValuename:stringdefault:any >> >> >> >> >> DW >> >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Rawlins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Guys, >> >> I'm finding myself with an increasing need to param a value into the event >> (set it only if it does not already exist). >> >> One example use case for this is form validation. >> >> In my controller method for the form I need a validation result object, >> which contains all the errors and other failure information. >> >> This object could come from two places - It could be that the user has been >> passed back to this form page after a failed validation, with the result >> object preserved in the event, or if one doesn't already exist and this is >> the first time viewing the form, I'll create a new result object for them. >> >> This results in handler code that looks something like this: >> >> <!--- Param the validation result into the object too. >> ---> >> <cfif NOT event.valueExists("ValidationResult")> >> <cfset event.setValue("ValidationResult", >> Beans.ValidateThis.newResult()) /> >> </cfif> >> >> This works just fine, but it's needlessly verbose. I'd like to propose a >> change to the event object API that makes this much easier - here are a >> couple of ideas: >> >> event.paramValue('name', 'value'); >> >> or a modification to the current setValue() method, which adds a 3rd >> argument that defines if the value should be overwritten, if false and a >> previous value exists for the key then it's left intact. >> >> event.setValue("name", "value", false); >> >> Does anyone else have some ideas on this? am I looking at this situation in >> completely the wrong way? does something already exist like this? >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Plutarch - "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." >> >> -- >> 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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