of course. i don't see a reason why this should be changed? regards, toby
On 5/15/08, Felix Meschberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, this functionality is AFAIU already present - see > ModifyOperation.collectContent - where a parameter name may in fact be > an absolute or relative path to a property to be set. > > So infact, the Accept radio button could in fact be coded as: > > <input type="radio" name="foo/bar/state" > value="accepted">Accept</input> > > I think this is more intuitive that to try do a dot to slash mapping. > > WDYT ? > > Regards > Felix > > Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 14:16 +0200 schrieb Bertrand Delacretaz: > > > Hi, > > > > For SLING-458, I think it might be useful to accept path names as part > > of the parameter names. > > > > Here's an example use case, "moderation of blog comments", as a > justification. > > > > A form displays a number of blog comments on a single page. > > > > Each comment has a radio button group with 3 values: accepted, rejected, > spam. > > > > A single POST stores all the data, with no custom server-side or > > client-side code. > > > > My suggestion in such a case is to encode the path of each Property to > > modify in the corresponding radio button names, i.e. > > > > <input type="radio" name="property.foo.bar.state" > > value="accepted">Accept</input> > > <input type="radio" name="property.foo.bar.state" > > value="rejected">Reject</input> > > <input type="radio" name="property.foo.bar.state" value="spam">Spam</input> > > <input type="radio" name="property.foo.baz.state" > > value="accepted">Accept</input> > > ... > > > > Where foo.bar.state maps to the foo/bar/state path of the Property > > that is to be modified (and property..foo.bar.state maps to the > > absolute /foo/bar/state path). > > > > This could be added later to the SlingPostServlet, probably using a > > specific :operation parameter value to activate this behaviour: we > > don't want any field named "property.*" to be processed like this, but > > in cases like the above one I think it's very convenient. > > > > WDYT? > > > > -Bertrand > >
