Hi Dan, That's not the answer I hoped for ;-)
It looks like the ViewModels only work with persisted entities. Is that correct? What I try to accomplish right now (as a work around) is to return a ViewModel from an action with the posted data from the action put into that viewmodel and than call some actions on that viewmodel. If it is possible to return a fresh viewmodel every time I return from an action, it looks a bit like a wizard. At least I can build some data model in memory and persist this model when ready. Should that be possible? I will elaborate my wishes in the ticket you raised. Wat is the use of a @NotPersistable-entity like described in [1]? Thanks, Erik [1] http://isis.apache.org/more-advanced-topics/how-to-07-040-How-to-specify-that-an-object-should-not-be-persisted.html On 06/09/2014 07:59 AM, Dan Haywood wrote: Hi Erik, Short answer is that we don't really (properly) support this. And we should. I agree that @NotPersistable is confusing and its not clear what to use; the right solution would be to implement a view model (currently: implement the ViewModel interface), and then - optionally - write a custom ComponentFactory for the Wicket viewer to render the wizard appropriately. But the snag even with the above is that (currently) view models are immutable; they support actions but their properties cannot be edited. I can see the way forward on this; I don't think it's difficult, but it will require a change in core and probably the wicket viewer also. If you want then raise a ticket for this requirement, and sketch how you'd like it to work. Cheers Dan On 6 June 2014 17:40, Erik de Hair <e...@pocos.nl><mailto:e...@pocos.nl> wrote: Ok, I've found the @NotPersistable annotation but don't know how to use this. I get an error message saying the object is not persistent. Extended my entity from AbstractDomainObject later, but that doesn't help. Erik On 06/06/2014 04:07 PM, Erik de Hair wrote: Hi, Is it in some way possible to create a wizard like form or open an action with an action? I tried to return a not yet persisted object from an action and hoped I could edit some properties and add some elements to collections of the object before persisting it to the database... Thanks, Erik
