Peter Donald wrote:
> At 10:38 PM 6/6/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> A couple of questions concerning ComponentInfo:
>>
>> 1. displayname
>>
>> Is it a more friendly name that the name state member.
>
>
> yep
>
>> E.g.
>>
>> name = "my-component"
>> displayName = "My Component"
>>
>> And concerning the schema for displayname:
>>
>> <block>
>> <name>my-block</name>
>> <displayname>My Block</displayname> ??
>> </block>
>>
>> I'm also assuming that <name> will have specific
>> restrictions over and above <displayname> - e.g. no
>> period (enabling the use of the name as the default
>> logging catagory child name).
>
>
>
> Check ComponentVerifier.isValidNam - I wrote that code about a year
> ago and my memory is a bit fuzzy. I believe names can be
> uppercase/lowercase letter, numbers or the '-' character (and maybe '_').
>
>> 2. what is schema for "property" declarations within a <block>
>
>
> Property? You mean attribute declarations?
Yes.
> None as of yet - haven't got to doing the serialized format of info
> files. Goto go have a gander at coocoon stuff before I try to do that ;)
Ok, in the meantime I'm assume the following:
<attributes>
<atttribute name="xxx" value="yyy"/>
</attributes>
>
>
>> And a question concerning attributes - the ComponentInfo class (and
>> other classes exposing attributes) do not allow access to the set of
>> property names. Is there a reason for this.
>
>
> They used to - then I deleted it because I wasn't sure it was a good
> idea. It could allow containers to just randomly go through the
> attributes and try to interpret them rather than just processing the
> ones it knows. I could re-add it if you like?
I think its needed - something like String[] getAttributeNames(). What
I'm thinking about is the ability for a tool to present component meta
info and the presentation should include the attributes. If you put in
you could finalize the class again :-)
Cheers, Steve.
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