Ryan: The WWB beanprops/metadata is a view abstraction, while your bean is a part of the model. It's my opinion that putting view-based annotations on your model is Not a Good Thing. It confuses the separation of concerns.
-Dan On 9/16/07, Ryan Sonnek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For me databinder helps cut the boilerplate code, just as WWB. I just > add > > annotations to my domain model, and databinder does the rest. It's WWB > for > > the database side of the app! Imagine putting both working together. I > was > > able to create CRUD pages with the least amount of code ever. Less than > > that > > and it would need to read my mind... ;) > > > > > > Annotations have been a big win for Java. Many of their success stories > have come out of their usage for "configuration" or "metadata". I think > that WWB may be a cantidate for using annotations instead of the beanprops > file! >