May I suggest the "state pattern"  :).

public class Yours
{
  private YourState state;

  public Foo someMethod()
  {
    return state.getFoo();
  }

  etc.

}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_pattern

On 7/12/07, Ittay Dror <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>
> Say I have some entity E, and it can have states A,B,C. now, for each state,
> I render the entity a bit differently (showing more or less information,
> changing colors). The page is comprised of many, sometimes nested (in
> panels) components. What is the best way to achieve those variations, other
> than sprinkling 'if (state == S)' statements when creating the components?
>
>
>
>
> One way could be to allow variations ala xslt on the template html based on
> the state (remove a div, change color of a label etc.). But this changes the
> structure of the page, and may make wicket issue errors (no matching markup
> for component).
>
>
>
>
> I would like to hear what others have to say about this issue
>
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ittay
>
>
>
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