ahh nice one, eddy; something new to mention when i talk again about rife on the 17th at the oracle city office :)
cheers, emmanuel On 3/6/06, Eddy Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently started experimenting with using embedded elements to create > components. Today, after just 5 minutes messing about, I produced my > first component, a simple label. > > Here is how I did it. > > In sites/main.xml: > > <subsite id="Components"> > <element id="Label" implementation="web.components.Label"> > </element> > </subsite> > > In templates/test.html: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=UTF-8"> > <title>View profile</title> > </head> > <body> > <!--V 'content' /--> > <!--BV 'content'--> > <p>This is your profile.</p> > <p>Username: <!--V 'ELEMENT:^Components.Label'--> > id = username > value = uname > <!--/V--> > <!--/BV--> > </body> > </html> > > > In web.components.Label: > > /* > * Label.java > * > * $Id$ > */ > > package web.components; > > import com.uwyn.rife.engine.Element; > import java.util.Properties; > > /** > * > * @author Eddy.Young > * @version $Revision$ > */ > public class Label extends Element { > private String id; > private String value; > > public void processElement() { > Properties properties = getEmbedProperties(); > id = properties.getProperty("id"); > value = properties.getProperty("value"); > print("<label id=" + id + ">" + getInput(value) + "</label>"); > } > } > > The interesting thing here is that the ELEMENT:<name> tag can embed more > than one value. This can be used to specify parameters. For example, for > a "list" component, the parameter could be the name of a bean that > contains the entries. Another parameter could be the name of a template. > > The possibilities are virtually limitless. It would be great if those > who have used embedded elements to create components could share their > experience here. > > -- > http://coding.mu > http://priscimon.com/blog > _______________________________________________ > Rife-users mailing list > Rife-users@uwyn.com > http://lists.uwyn.com/mailman/listinfo/rife-users > -- Mohandas Gandhi - "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." _______________________________________________ Rife-users mailing list Rife-users@uwyn.com http://lists.uwyn.com/mailman/listinfo/rife-users
