Use components :)
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Muhammad Gelbana <m.gelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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* > -- 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
