Mainly, because this isn't just a matter of modifying a particular tag
on a one-to-one basis, but because you need to get a new control per
element in your (dynamic) list?
I'm wondering what Phil will be able to come up with to push more of
the html into the template, but I've got the use case I mention as
something I want to be able to do, as a test case.
/Gwyn
On 30/08/05, Gili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sorry to be jumping into the middle of this conversation (it only now
> caught my attention). Why are we generating so much HTML from the Java
> end of things? Isn't this one of the things we wanted to avoid in Wicket
> (Intermixing Java and HTML code)?
>
> Isn't there a way to dump all the HTML code into the markup file and
> inject data into it from the Java end like other Wicket components do?
>
> Gili
>
> Gwyn Evans wrote:
> > Actually, (and I'm not trying to be awkward!) I have a use case that
> > might involve an algorithm...
> >
> > I came across the lack of multiple check boxes when seeing how I'd
> > duplicate the result of this JSP method in Wicket...
> >
> > String generateServiceTable(List services, int colSize, String listName) {
> > int cols = (services.size() / colSize) + 1;
> > StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
> > sb.append("<table >\n");
> > sb.append("<tr>\n");
> > for (int i = 0, rows = 0; i < services.size(); i++) {
> > Service service = (Service) services.get(i);
> > if (rows == 0) {
> > sb.append("<td valign=top width=\"" + 100 / cols + "%\">\n");
> > }
> > rows++;
> > sb.append(
> > "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"" + listName + "\" value=\"");
> > sb.append(service.getName());
> > sb.append("\"");
> > if (service.isFree()) {
> > sb.append(" checked");
> > }
> > sb.append(">");
> > sb.append(service.getName());
> > sb.append("<br>\n");
> > if (rows == colSize) {
> > sb.append("</td>\n");
> > rows = 0;
> > }
> > }
> > sb.append("</tr>\n");
> > sb.append("</table>\n");
> > return sb.toString();
> > }
> >
> > It basically blocks the generated controls into columns, e.g. 10 per
> > column, with each column surrounded by a <td></td> pair. The approach
> > that comes to mind is to override getPrefix/getSuffix, but does a
> > better approach come to mind?
> >
> > /Gwyn
> >
> > On 30/08/05, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>+1 for it anyway, and getting making the getter final. It's unlikely
> >>users want to determine the character based on an algoritm, and by
> >>supporting only a getter, we can apply versioning to it.
> >>
> >>Eelco
> >>
> >>
> >>On 8/30/05, Johan Compagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>if you type the code that way then i know that everybody will be +1 for
> >>><a> :)
> >>>
> >>>It has its drawback that then every radiochoice and checkboxchoice (is
> >>>checkbox choice not automatically multiply ?? )
> >>>has 2 extra references in them. But if it is pretty common to use them
> >>>then and everybody has to make there own
> >>>classes then maybe it is ok in this situation.
> >>>
> >>>I was thinking about making it ever better.
> >>>Can't we make it a listview/loop also or something like that? So that
> >>>you have full control over how everything is rendered..
> >>>but maybe this makes it to difficult again..
> >>>
> >>>johan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Gwyn Evans wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>> As part of adding a CheckBoxMultipleChoice element, something come
> >>>>up that I'd like to get opinions on...
> >>>>
> >>>>Basically, both the above generate a series of controls. As coded,
> >>>>the RadioChoice defaults to adding a prefix of "" & a suffix of
> >>>>"<br/>/n" to each control, so you get a vertical set of buttons. If
> >>>>you want to change that, you need to extend the core class and
> >>>>override the getSuffix() method.
> >>>>
> >>>>So, the choice is, do we stick with that, or add access to the
> >>>>suffix/prefix via the core classes, i.e. get/set methods.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thus, for a horizontal list, do we go for
> >>>>
> >>>> a) add(new RadioChoice("choices", myList).setSuffix(""));
> >>>>
> >>>>or
> >>>>
> >>>> b) add(new RadioChoice("choices", myList) {
> >>>> public String getSuffix() { return ""; }
> >>>> });
> >>>>
> >>>>/Gwyn
> >>>>
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