Ok, below are the flexdateeditor template and class. Below that is the use of FlexDateEditor in TestPage.tml. What is below works just fine -- however note the appending of a "_0" to the element name in processSubmission. Also, in processSubmission, the element name is "theFlexDateEditor", which is value of the clientId field given to the flexdateeditor in testpage.tml. The HTML output of testpage shows (initially) the date field with today's date as expected.
FlexDateEditor.tml ------------------------------- <t:container xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd";> <t:datefield clientId="prop:clientId" name="prop:controlName" value="date" /> </t:container> FlexDateEditor.java -------------------------------- public class FlexDateEditor extends AbstractField { @Parameter @Property (write = false) private FlexDate _flexDate; @Inject private Request _request; @Property private Date _date; void setupRender () { _date = new Date(); } protected void processSubmission (String elementName) { String dateStr = _request.getParameter( elementName + "_0" ); Date date = null; try { DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); date = df.parse(dateStr); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new RuntimeException (e); } _flexDate = new FlexDate( DateSpecificityEnum.EXACT, DatePrecisionEnum.DAY, date, null ); // Really I should use a translator } } TestPage.tml --------------------- <t:layout xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd";> <t:form t:id="myForm"> <t:flexDateEditor clientId="theFlexDateEditor" flexDate="myFlexDate" /> <br /> <input type="submit" /> </t:form> </t:layout> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you still have a DateField inside your FlexDateField? Could you > show the full template and the HTML output? I think we're not quite > hooking up here. > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Bill Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I add "_0" to elementName, I'm fine. But that's fairly brittle :) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Well, binding the clientId parameter of DateField can influence what > > > the control name will be (though it will be uniqued). > > > > > > I still don't understand exactly what you are going to pull out of > the > > > request inside the FlexDateEditor's processSubmission(). > > > > > > The DateField is almost undoubtedly scheduled as the next component > to > > > process the submission (its basically render order, and the > > > FlexDateField will render before the DateField because the DateField > > > is embedded inside the FlexDateField). > > > > > > The DateField will update its value parameter, which is bound to the, > > > well something we haven't seen. > > > > > > Perhaps what you need is a callback for *after* the embedded > DateField > > > has done its part, and shoved a value into some property of the > > > FlexDateField? > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Bill Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I guess one way to look at it is that in > AppPropertyEditBlocks.java, I > > > can't > > > > have > > > > > > > > <t:flexDateEditor name="prop:context.controlName" ... /> > > > > > > > > ! > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Howard Lewis Ship < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hard to tell without checking the code, but: looks like the > > > > > FlexDataEditor delegates all its behavior to the built-in > DateField > > > > > component, right? > > > > > > > > > > So the DateField is the component that (at render) negotiates an > > > > > control name (i.e., FormSupport.allocateControlName() ), and > then > > > > > pushes the parsed and validated date back up. You should see > this in > > > > > the HTML and form submission, a component whose client element > has a > > > > > name like "datefield" (or "datefield_0", etc.). > > > > > > > > > > Presumable the DateField is tied to a property of the > FlexDateEditor, > > > > > and that property is tied eventually up to your bean. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Bill Holloway < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > I've got a custom data type called FlexDate, and I've made a > simple > > > > > > <t:flexdateeditor> component for it which (for now) just > holds a > > > date > > > > > > field. It will get more complex later. I put this editor > into my > > > > > > AppPropertyEditBlocks.tml. Code is below. Then I have a > data > > > object > > > > > with > > > > > > an instance var of FlexDate type. I pump this into a > > > beanformeditor. > > > > > The > > > > > > problem is that the elementName arg of processSubmission (in > > > > > > FlexDateEditor.java) never seems to be in my > > > > > _request.getParameterNames() so > > > > > > I can extract the date! Help? > > > > > > > > > > > > FlexDateEditor.tml: > > > > > > > > > > > > <div class="flexDateEditor" xmlns:t=" > > > > > > http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd";> > > > > > > > > > > > > <t:dateField value="date1" /> > > > > > > > > > > > > </div> > > > > > > > > > > > > Date1 is defined in FlexDateEditor.java and evaluated to new > > > Date() > > > > > during > > > > > > beginRender(). > > > > > > > > > > > > AppPropertyEditBlocks.tml (snippet): > > > > > > > > > > > > <t:block t:id="flexDate"> > > > > > > > > > > > > <t:label for="flexDateEditor" /> > > > > > > <t:flexDateEditor t:id="flexDateEditor" /> > > > > > > > > > > > > </t:block> > > > > > > > > > > > > The elementName arg of processSubmission in > FlexDateEditor.java is > > > > > always > > > > > > the name of the instance variable in my data object that goes > into > > > > > > beanformeditor. Grr. How can I get the fields of the > datefield > > > to be > > > > > named > > > > > > that way so I can extract the value? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Bill @ PeoplePad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > > > > > > > > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bill @ PeoplePad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > > > > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bill @ PeoplePad > > > > > > -- > Howard M. 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