Hi Steven, give this a try:
Box.java: package myproject.model; public class Box { private String name = "noname"; public Box() { } public Box(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getName() { return name; } } BoxOutput.java: package myproject.components; import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter; import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property; import myproject.model.Box; public class BoxOutput { @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Property @Parameter private Box box; } BoxOutput.tml: <t:container xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd"> <div style="height: 100px; width: 100px; background: aqua; text-align: center; margin: 10px; "> ${box.name} </div> </t:container> Overview.java: package myproject.web.pages; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property; import myproject.model.Box; public class Overview { @Property private List<Box> boxes; @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Property private Box box; void setupRender() { boxes = new ArrayList<Box>(); System.out.println("creating some boxes"); boxes.add(new Box("box 1")); boxes.add(new Box("box 2")); boxes.add(new Box("box 3")); boxes.add(new Box("box 4")); } } Overview.tml: <html xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd" xmlns:p="tapestry:parameter"> <t:loop source="boxes" value="box"> <t:boxoutput box="box"/> </t:loop> </html> HTH, Geoff http://jumpstart.doublenegative.com.au On 03/12/2009, at 8:21 PM, Steven Tönsing wrote: > Hi, > i'm completely new to tapestry and i got a very fundamental (for my project) > question. > > So this is my sitiation : > I'm using tapestry 5.1 and i have a collection of components (Boxes) which > can be placed on a page (in a certain order) the only thing i whant to do now > is to get this collection of components rendered in the markup (template) of > the page. > > Pretty much like this > > <t:loop source="boxes" value="var:whatever"> > <t:box source="var:whatever"> > </t:loop> > > but this is obviously wrong. Is there a way to do so ? > > thanks, > steve > > Structure : > > de.steven.tapestry.components.Box.java > de.steven.tapestry.components.Box.tml > > de.steven.tapestry.pages.Overwiew.java > de.steven.tapestry.pages.Overwiew.tml > > Source : > > de.steven.tapestry.pages.Overview.java > > public class Overview{ > > private List<Box> boxes; > > public Overview(){ > boxes = new ArrayList<Box>(); > > System.out.println("creating some boxes"); > boxes.add( new Box("box 1") ); > boxes.add( new Box("box 2") ); > boxes.add( new Box("box 3") ); > boxes.add( new Box("box 4") ); > } > > public List<Box> getBoxes() { > return boxes; > } > > public void setBoxes(List<Box> boxes) { > this.boxes = boxes; > } > > } > > de.steven.tapestry.compoents.Box.java > > public class Box { > @Parameter > @Property > private String name = "noname"; > > public Box(){ > > } > > public Box(String name){ > this.name = name; > } > } > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >