[Seaside] self request from renderContentOn

[Avi Bryant]

On 4/25/07, Patrick Collison <patrick at collison.ie> wrote:
> Thanks for the tips. I still don't fully get it, though.
>
> > 2. Don't call components directly from the render methods of other
> > components, always make sure any calls are inside #callback: blocks, this
> > bites every newbie
>
> Is there any way around this restriction? Or is it for exactly this
> purpose that tasks were invented?

Yes, it's for that purpose.

> Say it was necessary, for whatever
> reason, that control flow was [request user's name] -> [display the
> name], with no explicit action required to begin the process -- is
> subclassing WATask the best (only?) way to do it?

Certainly the best way, though probably not the only one :)

Avi