What sort of time frame are we looking at for a release with this new generics paradigm?
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Sven Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just converted two projects to the new generics setup and everything >> worked out nicely. >> I think this is how generics should be applied to Wicket. >> >> Igor, thanks for your hard work on this. > > wasnt just me :) > > -igor > >> >> Sven >> >> Igor Vaynberg schrieb: >>> >>> development of the 1.4 branch has been quiet lately, this is because >>> the core team has been busy working on an alternative way of >>> generifiing the framework. an early result of that effort can be found >>> here [1]. The key difference in [1] is that we have decoupled the >>> component from the type of the model. >>> >>> here is the list of major differences: >>> >>> (1) only components that use their model have a generic type >>> (components you are likely to call getmodel/getmodelobject on as a >>> user). so far these are link,form,formcomponent >>> subclasses,listview,listitem,(other repeaters will follow soon). this >>> allows for typesafety where it makes sense, and eliminates a ton of >>> noise from code. we will generify others upon request if a good >>> usecase is provided and we think it is widely applicable. >>> >>> (2) non-generified components do not have IModel<T> get/setModel and T >>> get/setModelObject, instead they have IModel<?>get/setDefaultModel and >>> Object get/setDefaultModelObject. this clearly expresses that the >>> default component model is not tied to the type of component. this is >>> a bit of a pain from the code migration point of view, but we think is >>> worth the effort. generifyed components are free to implement the old >>> IModel<T> get/setModel, etc, but have to keep the unsafe cast inside. >>> see ListItem for an example. >>> >>> basically we feel this is a much cleaner way then what is 1.4m2. this >>> is a call for confirmation/discussion from our user base. do try to >>> port a small project or a part of a larger project you are working on >>> to the [1] branch to see how the new api feels. if we do like this >>> more the new branch will be merged into what will be 1.4m3. >>> >>> [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/wicket/sandbox/ivaynberg/generics >>> >>> -igor >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
