Re: How to get the context into a ContextTool

I had developed a way to use "context-aware" functions, but I think the 
concept was rejected in favor of the new AutoContextVariable concept. 

I believe it works something like:

public class ContextManipulator implements ContextAutoLoader {
    public Object get(String name, Context context) throws 
PropertyException {
       return doSomethingWithTheContext(context);
   }
}

I think you configure this as a ContextTool, like:

    ContextTools.Manipulate: com.acme.wm.ContextManipulator

And then access it in the template like:

$Manipulate

Hope this helps.

Keats

marcel.huijkman wrote:

> How to get the context into a ContextTool?
>
> I am playing with a ContextTool, which  does a lot for me, but I
> want to be able to manipulate the context from within my too.
>
> I can do it in a dirty kind of way, by putting the context in
> a var "WM_CONTEXT" into the context.
>
> And if I have to get of set something, I'll do it like this in my 
> template:
> $util.manipulate($WM_CONTEXT);
>
> But I was wandering if there isn't any better, cleaner way to do this?
> Can a ContextTool (that is loaded once) manipulate the exact context
> the end-user is playing with?
>
> - Marcel -
>
> PS. I start working for a java-company next year, so I hope to do more 
> WM.
>
>
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