What's "t:ac"? In the POST's Form Data, "t:ac" is the key of the field that
carries the page's activation context.
On 3 Jul 2014, at 12:41 pm, Geoff Callender
<geoff.callender.jumpst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not a bug. Form bubbles up its context in the PREPARE_FOR_SUBMIT event.
> Here's a typical way to deal with it:
>
> void onPrepareForSubmit(Long id) {
> this.id = id;
> entity = retrieveFromDatabase(id);
> }
>
> What should you pass in the context? At a minimum I'd recommend passing all
> the parameters of its enclosing component. Then, in onPrepareForSubmit(...)
> you can restore the component's parameter values (like we restored this.id
> above) before proceeding. In this way a component can behave independently
> rather than depending on its page. When components get deeply nested then
> this is essential.
>
>
> If you want the page's onActivate(Long id) to be invoked, then you'll need
> the *page's* context to include id, which you achieve by doing this in the
> page:
>
> Long onPassivate() {
> return id;
> }
>
> I'm guessing your page doesn't do that. Before clicking submit, the page URL
> would look like this...
>
> http://localhost:8080/application/page/12345
>
> ...and, on submit, the Form Data would include:
>
> t:ac:12345
>
> Geoff
>
>
> On 3 Jul 2014, at 11:59 am, Ilya Obshadko <ilya.obsha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.
>>
>> Here's a scenario:
>>
>> Page.java
>>
>> public class Page {
>> @Property
>> private Entity entity;
>>
>> void onActivate ( Long id ) {
>> entity = retrieveFromDatabase ( id );
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> Page.tml:
>>
>> <t:mycomponent entity="entity"/>
>>
>> MyComponent.tml:
>>
>> <t:form p:context="entity.id">
>> ...
>> </t:form>
>>
>>
>> AJAX is NOT used. If I get it right, form context must be passed to
>> enclosing page during form submission. However it doesn't work and
>> appropriate onActivate method is never called, although submission URL
>> looks just like expected:
>> http://localhost:8080/application/page.mycomponent.form/12345
>>
>> Am I missing something here? I'm using 5.4-beta6
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ilya Obshadko
>
