Hey guys I would like to know to properly do this in wicket.
I have form fields that I would like to use in several forms ... lets say I want a model object for a SearchFields {country, language} << properties in brackets and then I extend it with UserSearchFields {userTags} and CustomerSearchFields {customerTags} and put it into models ... 1. Model.of() 2. new PropertyModel(new {onOfTheseExtendedObjects}(), "{propertyName}"); 3. new CompoundPropertyModel(new {onOfTheseExtendedObjects}()) so I create Common component with fields for country and language, then I create separate components for UserTagsComponent (with userTags field) and CustomerTagsComponent (with customerTags field). I create different forms: UserForm which adds model of new UserSearchFields object and both Common and UserTagsComponent components . CustomerForm which adds model of new CustomerSearchFields object and both Common and CustomerTagsComponent. my questions are: 1. what component to use to wrap fields to reuse them and add them to form? I tried FormComponentPanel but my model (CompoundPropertyModel) object did not include the FormComponentPanel name property; for exmaple: "searchFields", so I changed my panel with fields to ordinary Panel (then using my CompoundPropertyModel worked as expected) 2. what model implementation to use so Form would understand the fields in sub components... I tried PropertyModel ... but I had a problem when I called setDefaultModelObject(new CustomerSearchFields()) on my form ... values were not set. I read reference and wicket book .. I understand how model implementations work .. I'm just not sure how to make it work properly If I use sub components for common fields ... regards Armando -- View this message in context: http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Reusable-form-fields-the-proper-way-disucssion-tp4668783.html Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org