About the Any component can implement it. Variation really makes only sense for pages and panels, So components that do have there own markup..
johan On Nov 23, 2007 12:50 PM, Niels van Kampenhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Igor Vaynberg wrote: > > variants and styles work on component level...pages inherit that > > functionality from components > > Right, I think I understand how this works now (simpler than I thought!). > > I find the Wiki page a bit short on info. I suggest to add some > explanatory introduction like: > > ------------------------------8<------------------------------ > > Each Wicket component has at least one associated markup (in the form of > an HTML file). It is possible to have multiple markup alternatives for > one component. These are called "variations", and have an HTML file with > a name like "ComponentName_foo.html". Which markup variation is used, is > determined by the getVariation() method of Component, i.e. if it returns > the string "foo", the HTML file "ComponentName_foo.html" is loaded > instead of "ComponentName.html". > > Variations are inherited down the component hierarchy, and the default > is null, which means no variation (i.e. load "ComponentName.html"). Any > component can override the getVariation() method to change this behaviour. > > If a markup variation with the name returned by getVariation() is not > found, Wicket will load the default markup for that component. > > The example below shows how you can use a request parameter to load > different markup variations for a Page on the fly. > > [and then the example which is already on the page] > > ------------------------------8<------------------------------ > > If this make sense I'll add it to the page. Or is this already > documented somewhere else? > > Regards > > Niels > > > > > > -igor > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 7:40 AM, Niels van Kampenhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hello Wicketeers, > >> > >> I read about markup variants on the wiki [1]. I need this, however I > >> need it on component level rather than page level. Is this possible? > >> > >> In the most extreme case I would like to have different instances of > the > >> same component on one page, but each with their own markup variant. > >> > >> The workaround I use right now is extending my component with an empty > >> class for each variant. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Niels > >> > >> [1] http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/multiple-markups-per-page.html > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
