This has been proposed before as http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=610374&group_id=475 4&atid=354754
Components that don't allow bodies (i.e., Insert, Image) could accomplish this (i.e., be duplicated on the page) efficiently. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viktor Szathmary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [Tapestry-developer] (was: spacer image) > hi, > > Malcolm Edgar wrote: > > > <component id="spacer1" type="Image"> > > <binding name="image" expression="assets.spacer"/> > > </component> > > > > <component id="spacer2" copy-of="spacer1"/> > > > > <context-asset name="imageAsset" path="/images/spacer.png"/> > > > > This question comes up quite often. When the Implicit Components > > arrive in Tapestry 2.3 this will become a lot easier to do in HTML. > > > i think it would be a much nicer approach, to have Tapestry > automatically perform such duplication of components. eg. I want the > designers to be able to add the customer's last name in as many places > as they wish to, without someone having to add more copy-of components > in the JWC file... > > i'm not quit sure why tapestry disallows this at the moment, instead of > performing the copy-of automatically... perhaps a component should have > an "allow-copy" attribute (just like allow-body, etc).. this way, simple > components, eg. Inserts can be reused without pain, but components that > affect some logic (eg. Foreach) would be still prevented from being used > incorrectly. > > best regards, > viktor > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > _______________________________________________ > Tapestry-developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tapestry-developer > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Tapestry-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tapestry-developer
