yes thats why i am against Referendums (politically) :) On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Hoover, William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Goes to show you that people have a tendency to reject things that they > do not understand rather than put in the effort :o) > > -----Original Message----- > From: richardwilko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 10:21 AM > To: users@wicket.apache.org > Subject: Re: users, please give us your opinion: what is your take on > generics with Wicket > > > ok maybe i misread this : > > 'Can best be done in a limited fashion, where we only generify IModel > but not components. I care more about what generifying can do for API > clarity (declaring a component to only accept certain models for > instance) than static type checking.' > > but those 2 sentences seem to contradict each other, the first says only > generify IModel which I assumed ti mean that when you put a String into > a model you would get a String out of it, the second seems to says > generifiying components to make them only accept some model types. > > So just to clarify my position > > generic models which would do away with this type of casting: > protected void onSubmit(AjaxRequestTarget target, Form form) { > EmailFormModel emailFormModel = (EmailFormModel) > form.getModelObject(); > .... > is what I would like to see. > > generic components im not bothered about. > > if using generics wont do away with the casting then I dont see any > point to using them at all. > > > > Johan Compagner wrote: > > > > why are you contradicting yourself? > > > > "To be honest I don't see the advantage of generic components, all I > > want is to not have to do casting when I'm using models, > > .getModelObject() should return the type that I put in, in a list > > view, if I give it a list of strings I dont want to cast the listItem > > model object to a string." > > > > if you have just IModel then you will have to cast.. getModelObject > > will always return just Object then. > > > > > > ok maybe i misread > > > > about: > > > > "new TextArea(...).add(some behavior).setRequired(true) " > > > > this can be done but then we have to override some methods of > > component and then return another type The problem is that this could > > result in us lifting a final where we dont want to.. > > But this is outside the scope of generics > > > > johan > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, richardwilko > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> [ x ] Can best be done in a limited fashion, where we only generify > > >> IModel but not components. I care more about what generifying can do > >> for API clarity (declaring a component to only accept certain models > >> for instance) than static type checking. > >> > >> [ x ] Whatever choice ultimately made, I'll happily convert/ start > > >> using 1.4 and up. > >> > >> To be honest I don't see the advantage of generic components, all I > >> want is to not have to do casting when I'm using models, > >> .getModelObject() should return the type that I put in, in a list > >> view, if I give it a list of strings I dont want to cast the listItem > > >> model object to a string. It would also be nice if the .add() and > >> others methods on components could return the type of component it is > > >> rather than just a Component object. eg you cant do 'new > >> TextArea(...).add(some behavior).setRequired(true) because the add > >> behaviour method returns a Component not a TextArea and setRequired > >> is not available on Components. > >> > >> Thanks > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/users%2C-please-give-us-your-opinion%3A-what-is > >> -your-take-on-generics-with-Wicket-tp17589984p17601296.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] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/users%2C-please-give-us-your-opinion%3A-what-is-yo > ur-take-on-generics-with-Wicket-tp17589984p17602507.html<http://www.nabble.com/users%2C-please-give-us-your-opinion%3A-what-is-your-take-on-generics-with-Wicket-tp17589984p17602507.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] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
