Re: faster development with xul

Hello Vladimir,

>  I have an idea. Maybe it's not very good, but I
> think it can be
> usefull.

  Sounds like a good idea. Denis Cardon has also
looked into how to simplify the setup for forms. See
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/sun/2003/12/rethinking_luxor_xul_calculator_next_generation_case_study_online.html
for more.

>  I have a lot of complains from our developers, that
> development with
> xul is quite complicated and takes too much time.
> You need to do at
> least three steps even for simple dialog:
>  1. create XUL form in separate file
>  2. make sure it will be loaded with xul-loader
>  3. write some java class
> 
> So, I offering to allow using "dynamic xul's", then
> everything will be
> in one place. For example:
> 
> class MyXulForm extends DynamicXulForm {
>   public MyXulForm {
>     super();
>   }
> 
>   //this method can be implemented in different ways
>   // - return custom (dynamic) xul form
>   // - return xul form loaded in standard way, by ID
>   protected Xul getXulFormDefinition() {
>     Xul xul = "
>       <vbox>
>          <hbox>
>             <label value="Select country "/>
>             <spacer flex="1"/>
>             <checkwidget id="currentCountry"/>
>          </hbox>
>       </vbox>
>     "
>   }
> 
>   Map getInitFields() {
>     Map map = new HashMap();
>     map.put(new Country());
>     return map;
>   }
> }

 Vladimir, note that the latest Luxor version, that
is, Beta 9, includes a new DynaForm class so you no
longer have to create a Java class for every form. See
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/luxor-xul/luxor/src/luxor/form/DynaForm.java?view=markup


  - Gerald 


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