On 2/27/07, Jason Roelofs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Your example, Eelco, is amazingly verbose, but I can see how it works.
However, to Igor, what is wrong with a hard-coded list of values for a
select box? Why is my suggestion of doing it so wrong, or not fitting in the
Wicket philosophy?
did i say it was wrong? or doesnt fit with the philosophy?
i simply said it is not a very common usecase and we optimize core
components for what we think the most common usecases are
-igor
Jason
On 2/27/07, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Your case would be:
>
> class Option {
> String key;
> String value;
> public Option(String key, String value) {
> this.key = key;
> this.value = value;
> }
> }
> add(new DropDownChoice("gated", model, Arrays.asList(new Option[]{
> new Option("&", "AND"), new Option("|", "OR") }), new
> ChoiceRenderer("value", "key"));
>
> Of course, the model has to reference an existing option.
>
> Looking from the example you gave, your problem lies in how to work
> with models. And this is a common thing for people new to Wicket. It
> seems the obvious thing to do for people is to keep working with
> Strings rather than full objects (like Option is), and rather then
> putting the model central, do things like
> myDropDownChoice.getModelValue().
>
> If you encountered more components you didn't think were obvious, please
> share.
>
> Eelco
>
> On 2/27/07, Eelco Hillenius < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm sorry to hear you don't find the API as obvious. DropDownChoice
> > seems to be one of the larger offenders usually, though there haven't
> > been any good suggestions about how to improve this either. Speaking
> > of which... patches and concrete suggestions are more helpful than
> > rants as you can imagine. We're pretty open to suggestions in general.
>
> >
> > add(new DropDownChoice("gated", model, { {"&", "AND"}, {"|", "OR"}});
> >
> > How would that work together with the model? Just set AND or OR as the
>
> > model value?
> >
> > Eelco
> >
> >
> > On 2/27/07, Jason Roelofs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Which of course makes perfect sense...
> > >
> > > I'm sorry if I come across as crash, it's because I'm very annoyed.
> I
> > > thought Wicket was the coolest Java framework out there, but now
> that I've
> > > used it for 2 weeks on, I can't say that anymore. Every time I've
> moved on
> > > to the next part of my website, it takes me 2+ hours to figure out
> how, and
> > > I'm not talking about entire pages, I'm talking about components of
> pages. A
> > > <select>, an Ajax-ified form, etc. Why do I have to deal with
> > > IChoiceRenderers? Besides how the documentation doesn't tell me how
> to use
> > > the thing, nor do the examples explain how it works, just "here ya
> go, copy
> > > this". It just doesn't make sense.
> > >
> > > Back to the matter at hand, does anyone have example code using
> > > wicket-extensions Select and SelectOptions? There is absolutely NO
> usage
> > > documentation on getting all that working together.
> > >
> > > Anyway, sorry about the rant, I'm just getting more disappointed
> with Wicket
> > > in general. It may be different than other Java frameworks, but I
> cannot say
> > > that it's any better. I like the idea, I like some of the
> implementation of
> > > it (how Ajaxing components work, best I've seen), but using the
> framework
> > > has been an exercise in frustration from day 2.
> > >
> > > So I'll head back to banging on the DropDownChoice, I'll get it
> eventually,
> > > though I'm open for suggestions.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/27/07, Robert Novotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The DropDownChoice allows you to specify in one of its
> constructors a
> > > custom
> > > > implementation of IChoiceRenderer, which can be used to customize
> the item
> > > > IDs and labels. You may try to have a look on the IChoiceRenderer
> and the
> > > > ChoiceRenderer (which is its default implementation) JavaDoc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jason Roelofs wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is nothing in Wicket obvious?
> > > > >
> > > > > I want:
> > > > >
> > > > > <select ...>
> > > > > <option value="&">AND</option>
> > > > > <option value="|">OR</option>
> > > > > </select>
> > > > >
> > > > > My model has a 'gated' field that is either '&' or '|'
> > > > >
> > > > > Why can't I have:
> > > > >
> > > > > add(new DropDownChoice("gated", model, {"AND", "OR"}, {"&",
> "|"});
> > > > >
> > > > > or better yet:
> > > > >
> > > > > add(new DropDownChoice("gated", model, { {"&", "AND"}, {"|",
> "OR"}});
> > > > >
> > > > > (assuming properly created arrays, of course)?
> > > > >
> > > > > How is this supposed to work?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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