Joni's proposal doesn't remove typesafety - from a 1.3 stand point, it becomes better. There is an arcane, and rather convoluted example that allows one to generate class cast exceptions.
Martijn On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm jumping into this conversation very late and I simply can't catch up on > this entire thread, but isn't it possible to have a non-generic build of the > generic framework for people that don't want to use generics? > > Skimming this discussion, in general, I tend to agree with Eelco. A good > general approach would be to fully generify the framework and then vote to > back out the things which are really not helpful (for example, although page > is technically a component, pages often have no models, so it might be a > good thing to a un-generify). Once we have found a practical/optimal level > of generification should we vote on it. Let's not throw the baby out with > the bathwater. > > Also, for myself, I disagree that type safety is not a primary goal of > generics. Even if the API were completely clear already, I'd still prefer > more type safety. > > > Martijn Dashorst 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] >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/%28Class%3C--extends-Page%3C-%3E%3E%29--casting-troubles-tp17355847p17375350.html > Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
