What about having a Validatable interface instead? I realize that this would allow you to put your business objects into an invalid state, but it would help make things easier :)
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:18 PM, fernandospr <fernando...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to Wicket. > I'm building an application, actually finished most of the businness model > classes. > My businness classes don't have a default constructor, they have a > constructor with parameters. Inside the constructor, it calls to the > setters. These have the business rules implemented. > > For example: > public User(String email, String name, > String password, Date birth) throws BusinessException { > setEmail(email); > setName(name); > setPassword(password); > setBirth(birth); > } > > public void setEmail(String email) throws BusinessException { > testSetEmail(email); > doSetEmail(email); > } > > private void testSetEmail(String email) throws BusinessException { > // Check the format and if it is wrong throw a BusinessException > } > > private void doSetEmail(String email) { > this.email = email; > } > > > Now, this is a trivial example, I have much more complex ones. > What I want to know is how should I use this kind of classes with Wicket. > I clearly cannot use the User object and a CompoundPropertyModel because I > don't have a default constructor. > So, should I use a UserDTO and a CompoundPropertyModel and have the > textfields in a form binded to it ? and then after the form is submitted > obtain the properties from the DTO and create the real User object? Of > course, I should try/catch the call to the constructor and if any exception > is thrown show that to the user in a feedback panel. > > What do you think? > > Thanks. > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Using-Wicket-with-businness-model-classes-that-check-for-rules-tp3245298p3245298.html > Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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