On 3/5/08, Nino Saturnino Martinez Vazquez Wael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Answer below:
>
>
> James Carman Wrote:
>
> Couldn't you use a VelocityPanel to generate your markup and have it
> parse the markup after it's generated to avoid the whole "need to use
> the right markup ids" part? I was thinking about doing something like
> this for generating dynamic editor forms (a la Trails) for objects,
> since Wicket doesn't like you putting TextFields on <spans> (you must
> use an <input> tag). I was going to have a Velocity script that
> decides what type of tag to spit out based on the type of component in
> the list.
>
>
> What I found simple, which I perhaps did not explain clearly.. Where to only
> accept basePanels in forexample addMenu method, that way a base panel would
> look something like this:
>
>
>
> public class BasePanelItem extends Panel {
>
> public final static String ITEM_ID = "item";
>
> public AccordionPanelItem() {
> super(ITEM_ID);
> }
>
> Now we have the id fixed...
>
> Then the user only need add what ever user wants when user extends
> basePanelItem.. So this solves that too... And the problem with
> attaching to wrong tags are solved too... There might be some overhead
> because each time you want todo something special you need to create a
> panel, but I think it's worth it..
>
> PS, youve seen the web beans project right?
> http://wicketwebbeans.sourceforge.net/
>
Yes, I've seen WWB. But, I'm a "roll your own" kind of guy.
Actually, I'm going through this experiment to help me learn Wicket.
I was part of the Trails team and I was wondering how we'd do the same
thing in Wicket.
>
>
> regards Nino
>
>
>
> Nino Saturnino Martinez Vazquez Wael wrote:
> > Sure there a dozens of ways todo this, mine is just one of them. Im
> > starting a new thread since it'll be more exposed then.
> >
> > The idea is following:
> >
> > Parent:
> >
> > public class BasePage extends WebPage {
> >
> > protected final String LINK_LABEL_ID = "linkText";
> > protected final String LINK_ID = "link";
> >
> > protected final String FOOTER_ID = "item";
> > protected final String HEADER_ID = "item";
> >
> > protected List<WebMarkupContainer> generalAccordionItem = new
> > ArrayList<WebMarkupContainer>();
> >
> > protected List<WebMarkupContainer> footer = new
> > ArrayList<WebMarkupContainer>();
> > protected List<WebMarkupContainer> header = new
> > ArrayList<WebMarkupContainer>();
> >
> > private AccordionPanel accordionPanel;
> >
> > /**
> > * Constructor that is invoked when page is invoked without a session.
> > *
> > * @param parameters
> > * Page parameters
> > */
> > public BasePage() {
> > accordionPanel = new AccordionPanel("accordionMenu");
> > add(accordionPanel);
> >
> > add(new ListView("footerContent", footer) {
> > @Override
> > protected void populateItem(ListItem item) {
> > WebMarkupContainer webMarkupContainer =
> > (WebMarkupContainer) item
> > .getModelObject();
> > item.add(webMarkupContainer);
> >
> > }
> > });
> > add(new ListView("headerContent", header) {
> > @Override
> > protected void populateItem(ListItem item) {
> > WebMarkupContainer webMarkupContainer =
> > (WebMarkupContainer) item
> > .getModelObject();
> > item.add(webMarkupContainer);
> >
> > }
> > });
> >
> > }
> > protected void addMenu(AccordionPanelItem accordionPanelItem) {
> > accordionPanel.addMenu(accordionPanelItem);
> > };
> >
> > protected void addFooter(WebMarkupContainer webMarkupContainer) {
> > footer.add(webMarkupContainer);
> > };
> > protected void addHeader(WebMarkupContainer webMarkupContainer) {
> > header.add(webMarkupContainer);
> > };
> >
> > Subs/Children then calls the methods... Problem with this technique is
> > that you need to use the right markup id's.. To make sure they are
> > always set, and giving full control to the child/sub on what to add,
> > I'd suggest that you create a BasePanel which encapsules the id, and
> > then required that instead of a markupcontainer, that way subs/child
> > only need to have panels that extend the basepanel...
> >
> > But it depends on your needs, mine weren't that tricky..
> >
> >
> > regards Nino
> >
>
> --
> -Wicket for love
> -Jme for fun
>
> Nino Martinez Wael
> Java Specialist @ Jayway DK
> http://www.jayway.dk
> +45 2936 7684
>
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