Hi Ashley, I actually wrote the list regarding a similar idea about a year ago. It seems like a handy thing for RAD and for newbies struggling with keeping simple CRUD pages in sync. However I can offer nothing but an encurraging "great idea, go for it". :)
/Casper Igor Vaynberg wrote: > i dont see why it wouldnt be possible. if you can instantiate a page > you can use a visitor to visit all the components and generate > approximately appropriate markup. > > perhaps if you had something working you would get more interest. > > -igor > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Ashley Aitken <mrhat...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I have seen a feature in Wicket Bench (I think it is) that can automatically >> generate the Web component object construction hierarchy for a given Web >> form with Wicket ids. It's a neat feature. However, I am wondering if it >> would be possible to do the reverse. >> >> Could Wicket classes be extended to automatically generate the HTML file >> (based on the Wicket object hierarchy) if the HTML file doesn't already >> exist? Obviously, it couldn't generate the non-dynamic HTML aspects of a >> Web page, but at least it could provide a skeleton page? >> >> This could be configured to overwrite (or not) existing files each time the >> code changed. Perhaps it could be configured to include (for debugging >> purposes) some Wicket information for each item in the page (almost like a >> RAD solution but the intention is not for RAD). >> >> Perhaps it could even use a form of the "generation gap pattern" by putting >> each dynamic chunk into a separate HTML file and then #include them into a >> main HTML file which it doesn't get overwritten. Though I'm not sure how >> this would exactly work ... >> >> I've seen Wicket RAD and Wicket Web Beans but these are not what I am >> thinking about. Eventually, I would want a graphics / Web designer to >> complete the page around the skeleton dynamic HTML parts (that perhaps >> Wicket has autogenerated). >> >> I know this would never be the full solution but it may allow one to >> concentrate just on the Java code and not even have to worry about the HTML >> to start with. I think it could be an interesting approach. Is this >> possible? Has this already been done? >> >> Any comments appreciate. >> >> Cheers, >> Ashley. >> >> >> -- >> Ashley Aitken >> Perth, Western Australia >> mrhatken at mac dot com >> Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
