Re: Improvements to Loop

[Steven Woolley]

I guessing it's a synthetic property (has getter added at runtime) so you
probably can't access it in java code, but can access it from the template
using ${loop.index}. That's just a hunch though.Steve

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Joel Halbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I just tried implementing the suggestion below - to inject the Loop to
> access it's index so i need not define my own - however index in Loop is
> package private, thus I can not read it. Am I missing something here?
>
> Thx,
> Joel
>
> On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 08:43 -0800, Howard Lewis Ship wrote:
> > If you inject the Loop component and make it a property, you can refer
> > to loop.index, which saves you from having to create an index
> > property.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Joel Halbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thoughts please on the following enhancements to Loop:
> > >
> > >
> > > a) utility "parameters/methods" for isFirst and isLast iteration, maybe
> > > something like:
> > >
> > > <t:loop .... >
> > >    <t:parameter name="isFirst">
> > >        // hello!
> > >    </t:paramter>
> > >    <t:parameter name="isLast">
> > >        // bye!
> > >    </t:paramter>
> > > </t:loop>
> > >
> > > b) easy access to the current index value, without having to provide
> > > your own. Although you can provide your own index, this gets messy when
> > > using inner loops, since you need to reset the inner loop index on
> every
> > > iteration of the outer loop. This seems like boiler plate that could be
> > > incorporated into the framework.
> > >
> > >
> > > If there are already nice patterns for doing the above please shout, if
> > > not then let us know your thoughts on making these part of the
> framework
> > >
> > > Rgs,
> > >
> > > Joel
> > >
> > >
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