Sounds reasonable to me; add it to JIRA. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:14 AM, David Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a quick suggestion to improve the Loop component: > > We should be able to specify a block to display if the loop source is > empty (size = 0) > > <div t:type="loop" source="emptyList"> > <t:parameter name="empty">There is no item matching your request</ > t:parameter> > </div> > > I know we can do this : > <t:if test="emptyList"> > <div t:type="loop" source="emptyList"> > <t:parameter name="empty">There is no item matching your > request</ > t:parameter> > </div> > </t:if> > > BUT this will have the result of calling the "getEmptyList()" getter > in the component code twice. > If you access the database in the getter (as the docs suggest quite a > few times), this will call the database twice for nothing. > > What do you guys think ? > > -- > David > >
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