Hi everyone, I am currently working on an implementation of a Liferay portlet using Tapesty 5.1.0.5 and I need to add a prefix for all the ids written in the generated HTML and the associated javascript. I knew that Tapestry was able to add a numeric suffix (xxx_0, xxx_1, etc...) and that is how I discovered the IdAllocator class and its differents uses in Tapestry.
I was really surprised because it seems to be only a simple POJO, so ? how to override it with Tapestry IOC ? The prefix I need to add is a piece of information stored in the Request service and changes for each request, how to inject it in a clean way ? I began to write a new service named "IdAllocatorFactory" which provides a new IdAllocator (that I rewrote to add a prefix field) then I patched all the classes which instantiate an IdAllocator (Form, FormInjector, RenderSupport, ...) in order to make them use my brand new factory. But I feel that it is too much ! Tapestry offers great functionnalities, it is very easy to extend or override, did I forgot something ? Is it mandatory to replace so many classes ? Please ! Tell me that there is an easier and cleaner way to add this prefix in front of all the HTML Ids ! Please ! Thank you in advance, Amaury
