I'd caution that it isn't a beginner's exercise to accomplish this in Tapestry any more than it would be in straight servlets or SpringMVC or any other framework. Try to get comfortable building "flat" pages a bit before launching into something so meta-.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Robert Zeigler <robert.zeig...@roxanemy.com > wrote: > Hi Valerie, > > I would suggest taking a look at the BeanEditor and related components + > services. That would be the best starting place for something like this, in > terms of understanding how a component can components at runtime that were > unknown by the original component authors. > > Cheers, > > Robert > > On Apr 15, 2013, at 4/156:06 PM , Valerie Wagner <valerie.wag...@sri.com> > wrote: > > > > > I'm just getting started with learning Tapestry and am struggling a bit > with the "static structure, dynamic behavior." We are developing an > application that is going to allow plugins from third-parties. For example, > the plugins will each provide a capability and have their own settings. We > want each plugin to be able to provide its own Tapestry Component to allow > the user to configure the plugin. For example, I may have a page that > renders all the settings of all plugins (or perhaps the user selects a > plugin from a list & views on that setting). > > > > I'm doing as much reading as I can through the documentation and > examples, but it's just not clear to me how to structure this. If my > application doesn't know the complete list of Components ahead of time, I > haven't thought of a way to dynamically render them. I've been looking at > delegates, form injection, filtering...but none of it seems appropriate to > me. > > > > I'd appreciate any help or thoughts on this. What I need is something > along the lines of: > > > > foreach plugin in our list > > render the "settings" component for that plugin > > end > > > > or > > > > render the "settings" component for plugin with id X > > > > thanks, > > Valerie > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator of Apache Tapestry The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! (971) 678-5210 http://howardlewisship.com
