I've not doing much actual Wicket coding (as till recently my main target architechture was WL6.1/JDK1.3.1), so can't comment myself, but do you think this is likely to be of use in the majority of (non-trivial) Wicket apps?
If so, I'd support Core, whereas I'd think Extensions might be better if it's more specialised... /Gwyn On 19/08/06, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yeah, i'm certainly someone who could have written this component too. > only i didn't. and now i've slowly added more and more instances of the > "one time" solution of webmarkupcontainer + simpleattributemodifier. > the only hope here is to have a handy core component. i would have > used that throughout. another argument in favor is that this is such a > common problem that we'll either have (a) no implementation of a custom > component to fix the problem and the requisite small messes everywhere > or (b) slightly different implementations of this component in every project > possibly each with its own quirks or bugs or naming conventions. i don't > think either alternative is good. > > jon > > > Eelco Hillenius wrote: > > > > On 8/19/06, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -1 for core +1 for extensions > > > > It wouldn't make sense to me to put this in extensions. I'm +1 only > > for core. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. > > > >> i think you are actually doing the newbies a disservice by providing > >> this. > >> these are elementary concepts they need to master. > > > > I understand your point but I don't agree. TagModifier would be much > > better alternative to using WebMarkupContainer. Yes, people *could* > > make their own. But they don't. We don't either, as examples but also > > e.g. Teachscape is pretty dense with WebMarkupContainers with attrib > > mods attached to it. *My* whole agreement with Jonathan is not so much > > that it saves some code - which is the main argument of some of the > > other convenience components - but just that we then have a component > > to express a common cause with a name that very clearly communicates > > it's intend. > > > > Re the elementary concepts.. you mean they have to learn about > > creating custom components or how to use attribute modifiers or both? > > I don't think having this component will have a large effect on that > > either way. > > > > So... +1 for core, or -1 otherwise. > > > > Eelco -- Download Wicket 1.2.1 now! - http://wicketframework.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-develop mailing list Wicket-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop
