I am actually doing stuff like that inside the component already. The problem is that my main component is generic, so I can't include it directly in the template.
i.e. I have: base component: ManageEntity<T> child component: ManageApplications extends ManageEntity<Application> ManageApplications doesn't add anything to the java code, and doesn't include a template file, but it is necessary in order to use the component. I had hoped that I would be able to do: <t:manageEntity beans="applications" t:id="manager" /> @Component private ManageEntity<Application> _manager; But it didn't work, so I had to resort to subclassing. Unfortunately, this means I can't do: <t:manageEntity> <t:parameter name="addBlock"> </t:parameter> </t:manageEntity> in my ManageApplications template, since I cannot use <t:manageEntity>. So I would have to subclass ManageApplications to something like ManageApplicationsVerbose and then do: <t:manageApplications beans="applications"> <t:parameter name="addBlock"> .... </t:parameter> </t:manageApplications> in order to extend the template. Thanks for the suggestion, though :-) Peter Beshai On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Josh Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No... you can't extend the template file, at least not yet that I've heard > of. > > You may be able to consider instead of extending the component you > could create a container for it that passes the block as a parameter, > along with whatever other configuration. > > Parent template: > > <div> > <t:defer to="overrideBlock"> > </div> > > <t:block id="defaultOverrideBlock">default stuff</t:block> > > in the Parent class your getOverrideBlock either returns the parameter > overrideBlock or the defaultOverrideBlock. > > Child template: > > <t:parent> > <t:parameter name="overrideBlock"> > override stuff.... > </t:parameter> > </t:parent> > > Of course, that's not going to be the right solution in all cases... > > Josh > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Peter Beshai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have a parent component Base and a component Child which extends Base. > If > > I want Child to use Base's template, I cannot include a template file > for > > Child. However, I am interested in overriding just one block of Base's > > template with Child and I was wondering if there is anyway to do this. > > > > Thanks, > > Peter Beshai > > > > > > -- > -- > TheDailyTube.com. Sign up and get the best new videos on the internet > delivered fresh to your inbox. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
