The correct approach is to use finishLoad(). If you set a property inside finishLoad() it becomes the default value for that property (the value is stored in an instance variable and used to re-initialize the property value in later requests).
Altenrately, you can implement PageAttachListener and/or PageDetachListener to set the value when the page is attached to the request, or clear the value when the page is detached from the request (and returned to the page pool). On 7/27/05, Jamie Orchard-Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rather than just make it deprecated now? > > Seems that this would break a lot of migrating code. Say I have code > using initialize(). What's the easiest way to migrate this? > > Jamie > > > On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:10 PM, Howard Lewis Ship wrote: > > > The method initialize() is invoked from AbstractPage's default (no > > arguments) constructor. > > > > This is truly problematic. It dates back to an earlier time in > > Tapestry's life, before runtime code generation took care of > > initializing and re-initializing properties. > > > > It causes a major headache for me ... it means that you can't easily > > mock a page the way you can mock an component (using EasyMock and the > > EasyMock class extension). EasyMock trips over the initialize() call > > from the default constructor. This actually happened to me when I was > > trying to demonstrate EasyMock and testing for Tapestry at a client. > > > > I would like to eliminate this method now, rather than wait for 4.1 (I > > marked it as deprecated sometime during 4.0). Doing so will allow us > > to document the proper Tapestry testing story for pages, not just > > components. > > > > -- > > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > Independent J2EE / Open-Source Java Consultant > > Creator, Jakarta Tapestry > > Creator, Jakarta HiveMind > > > > Professional Tapestry training, mentoring, support > > and project work. http://howardlewisship.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Independent J2EE / Open-Source Java Consultant Creator, Jakarta Tapestry Creator, Jakarta HiveMind Professional Tapestry training, mentoring, support and project work. http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
