development of the 1.4 branch has been quiet lately, this is because the core team has been busy working on an alternative way of generifiing the framework. an early result of that effort can be found here [1]. The key difference in [1] is that we have decoupled the component from the type of the model.
here is the list of major differences: (1) only components that use their model have a generic type (components you are likely to call getmodel/getmodelobject on as a user). so far these are link,form,formcomponent subclasses,listview,listitem,(other repeaters will follow soon). this allows for typesafety where it makes sense, and eliminates a ton of noise from code. we will generify others upon request if a good usecase is provided and we think it is widely applicable. (2) non-generified components do not have IModel<T> get/setModel and T get/setModelObject, instead they have IModel<?>get/setDefaultModel and Object get/setDefaultModelObject. this clearly expresses that the default component model is not tied to the type of component. this is a bit of a pain from the code migration point of view, but we think is worth the effort. generifyed components are free to implement the old IModel<T> get/setModel, etc, but have to keep the unsafe cast inside. see ListItem for an example. basically we feel this is a much cleaner way then what is 1.4m2. this is a call for confirmation/discussion from our user base. do try to port a small project or a part of a larger project you are working on to the [1] branch to see how the new api feels. if we do like this more the new branch will be merged into what will be 1.4m3. [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/wicket/sandbox/ivaynberg/generics -igor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
