I am not a real D2W guy, but that seems like an obviously good idea to me.
Chuck On 2012-05-03, at 10:33 AM, David Holt wrote: > 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/chill%40global-village.net > > This email sent to [email protected] -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/gvc/practical_webobjects
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