the 'value' proposition you mention is forward compatibility, no? i guess if fwd compatibility is not a concern - sure, do whatever.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, my concern is that we'll find that every use of required=true > also has acceptNull=false, in which case we add complexity without > providing value. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Filip S. Adamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> +1 on something like that. >> >> -Filip >> >> On 2008-06-24 19:48, Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo wrote: >>> >>> Em Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:32:15 -0300, Matt Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> escreveu: >>> >>>> why not specify whether params allow null - rather than break things ? >>>> default to the old behavior. >>>> >>>> it's not uncommon to have a null param - dunno why it would be >>>> different in a component. >>> >>> Agreed 100%. Required = some value must be given to the parameter. Not >>> null = some not null value must be given. Required != not null. >>> >>> We could add some like this to @Parameter and support it in tapestry-core >>> easily: >>> >>> boolean acceptNull() default true; >>> >>> Then anyone writing components would get the automatic null value checking >>> if wanted or needed without disrupting old code or changing how parameters >>> work. >>> >>> Thiago >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > -- > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
