I just published an article on this topic. Maybe you want to have a look at it: http://www.canoo.com/blog/2011/07/04/code-generation-in-gwt-with-deferred-binding-cdi-like-events/
Feedback is welcome! cheers, Berto On Jun 22, 5:03 am, Elhanan Maayan <elh.maa...@gmail.com> wrote: > first off you probably mean the strong type definitions provided by GWT, > not java right? > > second, that's not what i'm suggesting, i don't want to use events for > enable disable buttons, but i do want to use to create logical > messages, that a work process has ended/started, or basically whatever > causes you to leave a view and enter another one. > > i'm also not working with just Object or string, i'm doing exactly the same > thing gwt does only with less code, i'm providing strong typed events, with > generics, only without the need to actually create a new class for it every > single time > > i can do this: > > private final MessageFactory<Entity> ENTITY_CREATED=new > MessageFactory<Entity>() > private final MessageFactory<Entity> ENTITY_DELETED =new > MessageFactory<Entity>(); > > ... > addHandler(ENTITY_CREATED=new MessageHandler<Entity>{ > > } > > fire(ENTITY_CREATED.fire(entity)) > > i get a strong typed custom event just like before, only with much less > code.. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Alex D. <alex.dobjans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You shouldn't use custom events for every possible event in your app, imo > > -- or, even better, identify the best events that match as much as possible. > > > What you're suggesting by this is removing the strong-type event > > definitions provided by Java. > > > Of couse, you can work with a class called Event, that merely has a "String > > name" and "Object data", but this defeats the purpose of what GWT is > > suggesting > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/-/Y_ZKLyl29DkJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.