i knew i was missing something, thanks! (I must try and remember what i read in the docs)
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 08:23 -0800, Martin Papy wrote: > You can short cut the second call if the first method return a boolean. ( > false I believe )... > > Martin > > > Joel Halbert-2 wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been thinking about how onActivate methods are called... > > > > If i have a page with two onActivate methods: > > > > > > MyPage.onActivate(int modelId1, int modelId2); > > MyPage.onActivate(int modelId1, int modelId2, int modelId3); > > > > and if i have a link to this page which supplies the full 3 argument > > context, (e.g. http://bla.com/MyPage/1/2/3) then T5 will invoke the > > second method and then the first. > > > > What is the rational behind thiinvoking both onActivate methods for the > > same context? > > > > If onActivate methods are an opportunity to intialise models (in this > > case by looking up the model based on the supplied id) then having both > > methods invoked requires us to be defensive about initialisation, if we > > want to avoid unecessary model intialisation and data access: > > > > e.g. i need to write something like this in the first of the above two > > methods: > > > > onActivate(int modelId1, int modelId2){ > > if (model1 != null) { > > model1 = model1Dao.getById(model1Id); > > } > > > > if (model2 != null) { > > model2 = model2Dao.getById(model1Id); > > } > > } > > > > (I'm not presuming to have model caching, which i do, but this is > > incidental to the problem illustrated) > > > > I'd be interested to hear how others handle this, and what the merit of > > having all available onActivate methods > > invoked is when the full context is supplied. > > > > Rgs, > > > > Joel > > > > -- > > SU3 Analytics Ltd > > The Print House > > 18 Ashwin Street > > E8 3DL > > London > > > > Tel: +44 (0) 20 3051 8637 > > Fax: +44 (0) 20 8196 2215 > > Mob: +44 (0) 79 7431 0685 > > www.su3analytics.com > > > > SU3 Analytics Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under > > company number 06639473 at registered address 61b Oxford Gardens, London > > W10 5UJ, United Kingdom. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- SU3 Analytics Ltd The Print House 18 Ashwin Street E8 3DL London Tel: +44 (0) 20 3051 8637 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8196 2215 Mob: +44 (0) 79 7431 0685 www.su3analytics.com SU3 Analytics Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 06639473 at registered address 61b Oxford Gardens, London W10 5UJ, United Kingdom. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
