looks reasonable. -igor
On 9/12/07, Sam Hough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would RequestCycle be the place to keep track of dirty widgets? > > Presumably Session can be shared by more than one session and my be used > by > multiple threads at the same time? > > > > Sam Hough wrote: > > > > Apologies in advance as I'm a newbie harking on about my pet topic again > > but... > > > > Taking the example of TabbedPanel and AjaxTabbedPanel (only in > extensions > > but a common UI concept) I think it shows why it would be good to use > the > > factory pattern to generate elemental widgets (like button, panel etc > > assuming people want AjaxFallbackButton or Button) and automatically > track > > dirty components. > > > > I first got this bee in my bonnet about higher level application code > > because I didn't think I should be messing about working out which > > components were dirty when I just want the result of pressing a button > to > > fiddle with the model and change the ui state a bit. However looking at > > *TabbedPanel I think it would also make sense for pure UI components. > > Using inheritance to add Ajax to TabbedPanel means any other variations > > also have to be doubled (e.g. AjaxFancyTabbedPanel and FancyTabbedPanel > > etc). Perhaps the bigger problem is that if a Panel that is meant to be > > inside a TabbedPanel and needs to alter another component (e.g. update > > navigation component) the TabbedPanel has to ask it for changes. > > Presumably a component should be self contained as possible so it > doesn't > > matter what other component it is contained within. > > > > Factory pattern is a pain but presumably many people don't want the > > overhead of AjaxFallbackXXX. It would also make it possible to program > > against interfaces which might give more power to Igor, Eelco etc > > > > Please don't get me wrong GWT is still my true love but Wicket is a > > fabulous framework taking us out of the dark ages of struts. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/auto-dirty-and-widget-factory-tf4421187.html#a12640270 > Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
