If I add "_0" to elementName, I'm fine. But that's fairly brittle :)
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, binding the clientId parameter of DateField can influence what > the control name will be (though it will be uniqued). > > I still don't understand exactly what you are going to pull out of the > request inside the FlexDateEditor's processSubmission(). > > The DateField is almost undoubtedly scheduled as the next component to > process the submission (its basically render order, and the > FlexDateField will render before the DateField because the DateField > is embedded inside the FlexDateField). > > The DateField will update its value parameter, which is bound to the, > well something we haven't seen. > > Perhaps what you need is a callback for *after* the embedded DateField > has done its part, and shoved a value into some property of the > FlexDateField? > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Bill Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess one way to look at it is that in AppPropertyEditBlocks.java, I > can't > > have > > > > <t:flexDateEditor name="prop:context.controlName" ... /> > > > > ! > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hard to tell without checking the code, but: looks like the > > > FlexDataEditor delegates all its behavior to the built-in DateField > > > component, right? > > > > > > So the DateField is the component that (at render) negotiates an > > > control name (i.e., FormSupport.allocateControlName() ), and then > > > pushes the parsed and validated date back up. You should see this in > > > the HTML and form submission, a component whose client element has a > > > name like "datefield" (or "datefield_0", etc.). > > > > > > Presumable the DateField is tied to a property of the FlexDateEditor, > > > and that property is tied eventually up to your bean. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Bill Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I've got a custom data type called FlexDate, and I've made a simple > > > > <t:flexdateeditor> component for it which (for now) just holds a > date > > > > field. It will get more complex later. I put this editor into my > > > > AppPropertyEditBlocks.tml. Code is below. Then I have a data > object > > > with > > > > an instance var of FlexDate type. I pump this into a > beanformeditor. > > > The > > > > problem is that the elementName arg of processSubmission (in > > > > FlexDateEditor.java) never seems to be in my > > > _request.getParameterNames() so > > > > I can extract the date! Help? > > > > > > > > FlexDateEditor.tml: > > > > > > > > <div class="flexDateEditor" xmlns:t=" > > > > http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd";> > > > > > > > > <t:dateField value="date1" /> > > > > > > > > </div> > > > > > > > > Date1 is defined in FlexDateEditor.java and evaluated to new > Date() > > > during > > > > beginRender(). > > > > > > > > AppPropertyEditBlocks.tml (snippet): > > > > > > > > <t:block t:id="flexDate"> > > > > > > > > <t:label for="flexDateEditor" /> > > > > <t:flexDateEditor t:id="flexDateEditor" /> > > > > > > > > </t:block> > > > > > > > > The elementName arg of processSubmission in FlexDateEditor.java is > > > always > > > > the name of the instance variable in my data object that goes into > > > > beanformeditor. Grr. How can I get the fields of the datefield > to be > > > named > > > > that way so I can extract the value? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bill @ PeoplePad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > > > > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bill @ PeoplePad > > > > > > -- > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Bill @ PeoplePad
