Following the discussion into users@
2008/7/15 Stewart Cambridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thank you for your suggestion Antonio, but I've already tried that approach,
> and cannot find a way to access the Definition object from the execute()
> method of a ViewPreparer.
Yes, sorry, in fact you have a "parsed" version of a definition, that
is the AttributeContext parameter.
> Perhaps the Definition could be made part of the ViewPreparer interface in
> future?
No, since a preparer can be called without a definition, for example
with <tiles:insertTemplate> tag.
> Regarding which definition, I think that absolutely there is a single
> specific definition at the point when rendering occurs. In fact, this is
> just about the only time you could claim to know what the definition will
> be, as there is can be many definitions using a jsp, and many definitions
> that can use a ViewPreparer, and many definitions that extend another given
> definition; at runtime all of these resolve such that from a given jsp
> PageContext, it makes sense to refer to "the" definition.
I see your point.
> My current solution is this:
> In BasicTilesConfigurer.java (line 564-620 in v2.0.6):
> private void render(TilesRequestContext request, String definitionName)
> throws TilesException {
>
> ...
> Definition definition = getDefinition(definitionName, request);
> ...
>
> * request.getRequestScope().put( "definition", definition );*
Sincerely I don't like this approach, since the definition name is
simply an "id" and I don't see the usefulness of it.
But exactly, why do you need it?
Antonio
