PropertyModel.of(x,y) is what we use in Model
-igor
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Johan Compagner <jcompag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the bad news is that it seems it is delayed again until the end of 2010??
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> back on the static methods, PropertyModel.getInstance(x,y) is a bit to long
> i guess and PropertyModel.get(x.y) is also not not sounding quite right.
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> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:42, Vladimir K <koval...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Martijn,
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>> I hope a new feature called "type inference" coming in JDK7 could help java
>> devs to omit repetitive typing of generic parameters.
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>> And another good news - JDK 7 will do provide closures.
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>> Martijn Dashorst wrote:
>> >
>> > I hate repeating myself and being the compiler's teacher. IMHO the
>> > generics that are implemented in Java resulted in terrible code where
>> > you have to repeat yourself over and over and over. Are you sure your
>> > text field holds a String and your model returns a String?
>> >
>> > TextField<String> field = new TextField<String>("someId", new
>> > PropertyModel<String>(foo, "property"));
>> >
>> > This counts for 3 times the type String. In a recent discussion with
>> > Igor on ##wicket, we saw a way to remove at least 1 String. By
>> > providing model factory methods for concrete models: Model,
>> > CompoundPropertyModel and PropertyModel. For abstract models it
>> > doesn't make sense...
>> >
>> > Igor suggested the following syntax:
>> >
>> > TextField<String> field = new TextField<String>("someId",
>> > PropertyModel.of(foo, "property"));
>> >
>> > i.e. ModelType.of(....)
>> >
>> > I am +1 for adding these methods.
>> >
>> > We can do the same for components, although the benefit is typically
>> > less, and it might even send our users down the wrong path thinking
>> > they can't use the 'new' keyword.
>> >
>> > TextField<String> field = TextField.of("someId", PropertyModel.of(foo,
>> > "property"));
>> >
>> > WDYT?
>> >
>> > Martijn
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