Thank you Taha :) But what do you mean by "You can always re-factor your code by composition."
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Taha Hafeez <tawus.tapes...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Muhammad > > I don't think inheritance is the best approach with tapestry. You can > always re-factor your code by composition. Using components is always > a better approach. > > If you have a child page trying to access a component in parent page, > IMHO, you should reconsider your refactoring. > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Muhammad Gelbana <m.gelb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > This is a new approach I'm taking to compose pages. I'm trying to convert > an > > existing application to tapestry but one page turned out to be really big > > and hard to maintain. This page has many form fields. Some fields should > > always exists, and conditionally show other fields depending on a > condition, > > let's say a "test type". > > > > I used to do this in one page template, then conditionally showing the > > fields I want using the "t:if" component and a configured bean-editor > > inside. > > Then I decided to go more scalable so I decided to make a page for each > > "test" and inherit the page with the common fields. This will release me > for > > the messy "t:if" "p:else" tags all over the center of the page. > > > > Now I'm facing an issue that my parent page has injected components > > (@InjectComponent) and when displaying the child page, it complains: > > Component tests/DNSTest does not contain embedded component > 'gatewayField'. > > The "gatewayField" variable exists in the parent page as: > > @InjectComponent > > private TextField gatewayField > > > > ..and there are other fields. I tried adding @Property, and > getters\setters > > my self, still didn't work. It only worked when I commented these fields > and > > code referring to them. > > > > How can I resolve this ? And is this the best approach to dynamically > > construct a page ? > > > > Thank you all for your time :) > > > > -- > > *Regards,* > > *Muhammad Gelbana > > Java Developer* > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Taha Hafeez Siddiqi (tawus) > http://tawus.wordpress.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > -- *Regards,* *Muhammad Gelbana Java Developer*
