since no one complained, should we apply this change over the weekend? and soon thereafter release m3?
-igor On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]
