Re: Another Idea/Question

Sunday, November 16, 2008, 9:09:13 PM, Luther Baker wrote:

> On Nov 13, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Daniel Dekany wrote:
>
>> Saturday, November 8, 2008, 6:29:38 PM, Luther Baker wrote:
>>
>>> Hope I'm not bothering anyone's time but wanted to run another idea  
>>> past you.
>>>
>>> <snip.../>
>>>
>>> but it would still work. Is there a more elegant way to do this in  
>>> FM?
>>
>> I think the usual way of doing this is that you write the "editor"
>> macro in FTL, and then that macro calls out for the java code
>> explicitly:
>>
>> <#macro editor>
>>  <#local m = macroHelpers.editor()> <#-- calls a Java method -->
>>  ${m.fieldOne} ${m.fieldTwo}
>> </#macro>
>>
>>
>
> Regarding 'maroHelper.editor()' ... is that an arbitrary invocation on
> a Java POJO?

Yes.

> or in your example - is 'macroHelpers' the namespace and
> 'editor' a variable name assigned to an instance of some new  
> TemplateMethodModel you might have written in which case, your example
> would execute "exec(List args)" which returns an HashMap type of  
> TemplateModel?

One could do that, but since the object wrapper does it for you
automatically... macroHelper is just a POJO, and editor() is just a
plain method.

> Hope that's not a confusing question. I assume you'd invoke a  
> TemplateDirectiveModel with a different syntax ... so I'm essentially
> just clarifying whether or not you are invoking the exec operation on
> a TemplateMethodModel ... or executing an arbitrary method on a  
> POJO ... or something else that Im missing.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> -Luther

-- 
Best regards,
 Daniel Dekany


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/