Re: [Rife-users] A first component using embedded elements

2006-03-06 Thread Emmanuel Okyere
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:
>
>  
>  
>  
>  
>
> In templates/test.html:
>
>   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
>  
>  
>  
>  View profile
>
>
>
>
>This is your profile.
>Username: 
>  id = username
>  value = uname
> 
>
>
>  
>
>
> 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("" + getInput(value) + "");
>  }
>  }
>
> The interesting thing here is that the ELEMENT: 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.
>
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Re: [Rife-users] A first component using embedded elements

2006-03-06 Thread Geert Bevin

Hi Eddy,

nice initiative. I think that a component collection like this for  
RIFE would interest a lot of people.


If you want, I can setup a subversion repository for you so that you  
can make them easily available. Also, don't hesitate to create a  
dedicated section on the Wiki to mention, document and plan component- 
related work there.


I've been looking at widget component support too this weekend and I  
think that I found a suitable way to pass on the data that components  
need. Since the element that uses the template typically has the  
data, it can simply be set as an expression var. Any embedded element  
has access to the template it which it is embedded, and can obtain  
this expression var. This should make it easy to add components for  
lists and such.


Also, I one of the next new features that I'm going to add is support  
for nested value tags. This means that you could just include any  
template content inside an embedded element value tag. This content  
fragment could then be obtained by the embedded element as a full- 
blown template. Having this feature available would make it very easy  
to create component trees that still include HTML design.


I definitely think that this would be a nice direction to take RIFE  
into.


Best regards,

Geert


On 6-mrt-06, at 11:43, Eddy Young 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:






In templates/test.html:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>




View profile
  
  
  
  
  This is your profile.
  Username: 
id = username
value = uname
   
  
  



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("" + getInput(value) + "label>");

}
}

The interesting thing here is that the ELEMENT: 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.


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[Rife-users] A first component using embedded elements

2006-03-06 Thread Eddy Young

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:






In templates/test.html:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>




View profile
  
  
  
  
  This is your profile.
  Username: 
id = username
value = uname
   
  
  



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("" + getInput(value) + "");
}
}

The interesting thing here is that the ELEMENT: 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.


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http://priscimon.com/blog
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