Before we do a vote I want to make sure what our alternatives are. I still like Joni's alternative. I don't think they are an abomination, because the /potential/ class cast exception you get is the same as with current 1.3. But the benefit of documenting the model parameters in DDC, LV, etc. is HUGE.
I really appreciate the time and effort that went into implementing the generification. But I also see what kind of mess this brought and I really don't like the Component generification part. Martijn On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok so we pretty much have some core people wanting to back out the > generics support. > > shall we start a vote? johan, gerolf and i have spent a ridiculous > amount of time trying to generify the codebase and remove all the > shitty warnings. if there is even a slight chance of this getting > backed out i do not want to spend any more time on this until the > issue is resolved. > > also we should halt m2 until this is resolved. > > personally i do not mind backing out generics, they turned out to be > quiet a disappointment for me as well, but my feelings about this are > not strong. > > we can still use generics such as setresponsepage(class<? extends > page>) to gain bits of typesafety here and there, but if we remove > them from component we obviously have to remove them from imodel. > > so lets start a vote with a parallel discussion thread just for this. > > -igor > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Martijn Dashorst > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Johan Compagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Generics is type safety >> >> I didn't say generics isn't type safety. But APPLYING generics for the >> Wicket framework API *ISN'T* its primary goal. API clarity *IS*. Less >> questions on the mailing list regarding DDC, ListView, etc. is the >> main goal for applying generics in Wicket. >> >>> I am against this abuse big time -1000 from me >> >> I'm -1000000000000000^1000000000000 for abusing my eyes and brain in >> the way it currently is implemented in Wicket. It is completely and >> utterly unusable for beginners. There is no way this is going to make >> the number of questions on the mailinglist less (other than by scaring >> away anyone that wants to actually use the framework) >> >> Martijn >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > > -- Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst Apache Wicket 1.3.3 is released Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
