It seems that initial-value is assigned is piece of generated code... Because:
<property name="itemClass" initial-value="literal:research.model.SomeObject"/> === PageLoader.constructComponent(...) === ... //NOT initialized at this point container.finishLoad(cycle, this, containerSpec); //INITIALIZED!!! container.enterActiveState(); ... ========================================== But in our overidden methods: class FormPage extend PasePage { @Override public void enterActiveState() { //INITIALIZED super.enterActiveState(); } @Override protected void finishLoad() { super.finishLoad(); //NOT INITIALIZED EVEN AFTER SUPER CALL, WHY??? } { Or did I miss something? AK> Hello All, AK> I have persistent property which I want to initialize using AK> another property value. AK> Page spec: AK> <property name="itemClass" AK> initial-value="literal:research.model.SomeObject"/> AK> Page class: AK> /** AK> * Item which is initialized using value of #getItemClass AK> */ AK> @Persist AK> public abstract IPersistable getItem(); AK> public abstract void setItem(IPersistable item); AK> In beta-4 I tried to do it in finishLoad: AK> /** AK> * @see org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent#finishLoad() AK> */ AK> @Override AK> protected void finishLoad() { AK> super.finishLoad(); AK> //itemClass is NOT initialized at this point! AK> setItem(getNewFormItemInstance()); AK> } AK> But for some reason after super.finishLoad() call "itemClass" property AK> still WAS NOT initialized with intial-value. (Is it OK?) AK> I examined sources and found another place for it, which worked: AK> /** AK> * @see AK> org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent#enterActiveState() AK> */ AK> @Override AK> public void enterActiveState() { AK> super.enterActiveState(); AK> //worked in beta-4 AK> setItem(getNewFormItemInstance()); AK> } AK> But in beta-5 changes to propeties which are made in AK> enterActiveState() are reset in some magic way... I'm trying to find AK> where for a few hours. I set item in enterActiveState() and it is back AK> to NULL in pageBeginRender(). Is it normal behaviour? AK> Thank you, AK> aku AK> --------------------------------------------------------------------- AK> To unsubscribe, e-mail: AK> [EMAIL PROTECTED] AK> For additional commands, e-mail: AK> [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]