Hi all, A few of us have been discussing creating an additional default rule set for Modern D2W applications based on a new optional key in the user info dictionary and the existing prototypeName for an attribute.
We were thinking of using a new key such as d2wComponentType = mailto as a new key that sets the default component to be used for an attribute. We were thinking that if there was no key the fallback could be to using the prototypeName from entity modeler, and if neither of those is available to go with the current rules. Given that there are now so many little specialized components available in Wonder for all sorts of different things, we are hoping to avoid continuing to have to create a bunch of rules such as: 50 : propertyKey like '*Post' => componentName = "ERD2WEditLargeString" [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment] because the current rules are not very specific (the default would just be EditString). Replacing them with more generic rules such as: 35 : (smartAttribute.userInfo.d2wComponentType = displaySmallIntNumber => componentName = "ERD2WDisplaySmallInteger" [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment] 35 : (smartAttribute.userInfo.d2wComponentType = editSmallIntNumber => componentName = "ERMD2WEXTEditSmallInteger" [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment] 25 : (smartTaskDisplay = 1 and smartAttribute.prototypeName = 'intNumber') => componentName = "ERMD2WEXTDisplay_intNumber" [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment] 25 : (smartTaskEdit = 1 and smartAttribute.prototypeName = 'intNumber') => componentName = "ERMD2WEXTEdit_intNumber" [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment] Given that Wonder was created by geniuses I can't imagine that this idea has been overlooked. What are the drawbacks to the approach that are we missing?? Or do you think it's a good idea? Thanks, David _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
