Hi everyone,
I'd like to know what you guys think about this issue:
http://servlet.uwyn.com/issues/browse/RIFE-247
To summmarize, when you an element with the absolute ID:
Subsite1.Subsite2.Home
These new methods (without arguments):
getXhtmlTemplate()
getHtmlTemplate()
getXmlTemplate()
...
Would automatically detect the ID of the element that calls them,
resulting in these calls in this case:
getXhtmlTemplate("Subsite1.Subsite2.Home")
getHtmlTemplate(Subsite1.Subsite2.Home)
getXmlTemplate(Subsite1.Subsite2.Home)
...
The implementation is very trivial for me:
public Template getXhtmlTemplate()
{
return getXhtmlTemplate(getElementInfo().getId());
}
I can see the benefits, it allows someone that mirror the element IDs
and template names in his application to have less duplication. This
is similar to some of Rails' behavior I think.
The downside is that it makes the code more brittle. As soon as you
change the ID of a subsite, add a new one above it or change the
element ID, you'll get a bunch of errors about missing templates.
Do you think it's a good idea to add this feature to the public API?
Best regards,
Geert
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