I would really like to try it, bu for abscure reasons I run eclipse 3.1, which the ivy plugin does not support yet :| Anyway, it looks lika a great effort, and it would be very interresting to see if you could loan/borrow/support some of the existing stuff in trails.
Cheers, PS On 3/28/06, Steve Motola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not trying to take away from Trails, which is a great project and we cross > some > of the same areas. Chris said they do some of the same stuff but I got > the > implication from the blog that they did not cover all these items. We > take > some different approaches but are going to look into how we can > collaborate. > > > Wow this sounds fantastic! Is it easily possible to reuse your Edit > > components in an existing project? > > Yes, you can have as many 'Cognition:Edit' components as you like in a > page / > project. Each is backed by a generated XML file that can be edited. > Currently, all Edit components are tightly coupled with a POJO / table and > we > are looking to separate that some to be more flexible to support multiple > table > forms with transactions. > > > And are they tight to hibernate objects or would they work for any > object? > > Right now Hibernate only. We are looking at supporting other ORMs as well > as > other datasources other than RDBMSs, but as per Derick in another thread > we are > using some features unique to Hibernate such as filters in the other > companion > components. > > We're also planning to extend them to have 'Ajax enabled' versions as > well. > Anyone want to take this on? ;) > > > > > Thanks > > > > Henri. > > > > > > On 3/28/06, Steve Motola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Answering Howard's Blog - Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - "From the > fanciful > > > ideas > > > category ..." > > > > > > >Wouldn't it be nice if I could just plop the following into the > middle of > > > my > > > form? > > > > > > <span jwcid="@edit:EditObject" object="ognl:pojo"/> > > > > > > The Cognition Framework Edit component basically works just like that, > i.e > > > .: > > > > > > <span jwcid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" persistent="ognl:new > > > com.thelabllc.product.orm.model.Product()" /> > > > > > > Form fields are wrappered Tapestry components called EditTypes. We > cover > > > the > > > basics - text, radio button, propertyselection, etc. > > > > > > For any new field you can just create a new EditType (EditTypes are > > > Hivemind > > > contributions). For example, if you have a composite field of three > > > textboxes > > > that needs to be validated in a particular way, (i.e. US phone number) > > > you create a 'Phone' EditType and then this can be reused within any > Edit > > > component easily. > > > > > > As more people contribute, this has the power to be a very > comprehensive > > > list of > > > EditTypes available for any form. > > > > > > > > > >And, of course, some set of annotations to define the validation of > those > > > properties. > > > > > > We do this via XML at this time, using Validators and Translators, > with > > > editable > > > defaults put in for most datatypes. > > > > > > We will have more annotation support for items like this in the > > > future. The > > > advantage that the XML provides is that your configuration is not tied > to > > > your > > > code; you can potentially have Nth number of variations on how you'd > like > > > to > > > display your field in a form. > > > > > > > > > >Maybe even so carefully named Block components to provide row > overrides? > > > > > > Done, you can override form items with a Block. > > > > > > > > > >I think this logic would kick ass when building prototypes. > > > > > > Time to take names. ;) > > > > > > http://www.thelabllc.com > > > > > > > > > ........................................ > > > > > > Steve Motola > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > (310) 422-5521 > > > > > > The Lab, LLC > > > http://www.thelabllc.com > > > > > > Content is for intended recipient only. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > ........................................ > > Steve Motola > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (310) 422-5521 > > The Lab, LLC > http://www.thelabllc.com > > Content is for intended recipient only. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
