Why is it so hard to change the default-template extension? I really want
the templates to end with "html"! The I saw the template-extension is
defined as a constant. It is even inlined in classes.
ComponentTemplateSource#baseResourceForModel is private so there is no
override. Beside that ComponentTemplateSource is final. Similar problems
with PageTemplateLocator.
So to change the extension from "tml" to "html" I have to copy 2 internal
classes, change them slightly and override the internal services.
Thats not very tapestry in my oppinion. There should be a symbol in the core
which defines an alternative extension for templates. If a template could
not be found using the default-extension then the alternative extension is
checked before loading fails. Code could look like:
Resource res =
model.getBaseResource().withExtension(InternalConstants.TEMPLATE_EXTENSION);
if(res.toURL()!=null){
return res;
}
return model.getBaseResource().withExtension(altenativeExtension);
Maybe there is a more effective way to provide such a feature using
module-scopes. What do you think about it?
Mario
