By the way, Component.RENDER doesn't have to be renamed for me either. Maybe add one extra method to component:
isVisibleAllowed() that checks both properties: isRenderedAllowed and isVisible() and that method is again called for every component in the hierachy in isVisibleInHiearchy() i think thats more clear. johan On 11/2/07, Johan Compagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > true that "if something is not rendered then it is not visible". The > > problem is that the you're confusing the name of the "visible" property > > with what it means, namely: > > > > isVisible() means "is visible IF the component is allowed to render" > > > But the problem is that that line above is not true... > isVisible() only checks the visible property, it doesn't check if it is > also allowed to render. > > we have such a method that does both thats isVisibleInHierarchy() > that checks everything. isVisible()/isRenderedAllowed() and all the > parents if they are both that. > > what is true in wicket is that: > Component not rendered then isVisible() or isRenderedAllowed() returned > false; > > (ofcourse you have 1 exception to this rule and the component doesn't has > markup at all, but thats another beast) > > johan > >
