How about returning the TextField itself from the subclass ? And the
baseclass just returns a default TextField ?
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM, tubin gen <fachh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I looking for some best practices or better way to control my page
> components , like set enable add attribute modifiers etc.
>
> for example
>
> I have add and edit page , where one textField should be enabled in add
> and disabled in edit so for this I did
>
> add(new
> TextField<String>("findingNumber").setEnabled(enableFindingNumber()));
>
> protected boolean enableFindingNumber(){
> return false;
> }
>
>
> the subclass Add page will override this method to true .but this will not
> be generic tomarrow If I need some attribute modifiers for addpage and
> not for edit again I will do the same add a protected method call that in
> textfield and override in addpage , this approach will make me change the
> base class for everytime for any new features the sub class needs .I am
> looking for some way through whcih I can retrieve the component in the sub
> class and add decoratos without changing the base class ?
>
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Regards,
Vasu Srinivasan
