[Seaside] Design Pattern For Accessing Model from View/Controller?

[Conrad Taylor]

Hi, is there a better way than having accessors on the view?  If so, please
explain.
Thanks,

-Conrad

On 8/29/07, Philippe Marschall <philippe.marschall at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> 2007/8/29, Conrad Taylor <conradwt at gmail.com>:
> > Hi Philipee, thanks for responding to my post.  For example, in
> Shaffer's
> > tutorial, he did something similar to the following:
> >
> >
> > WAComponent subclass: #PersonalInformationView
> >
> >
> > model
> >   ^model
> >
> > model
> >   model := anObject
> >
> > WAComponent subclass: #AddressBook
> >
> > edit:  aPerson
> >    |view|
> >    view := PersonalInformationView new.
> >    view model:  aPerson
> >    self call: view.
> >
> >
> > Thus, I take it that one needs to have accessors on the view if you're
> > wanting to modify an instance of a model.
>
> Not necessarily. It doesn't really matter where the view gets the
> model from but accessors are probably the most common way.
>
> > Now, each renderContentOn:
> > represents a single view.
>
> Each instance of a  component class represents a single view.
>
> Cheers
> Philippe
>
> > -Conrad
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/07, Philippe Marschall <philippe.marschall at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 2007/8/29, Conrad Taylor < conradwt at gmail.com>:
> > > > Hi, I have created a subclass of WAComponent.  Also, I have a class
> that
> > > > represents a model and is a subclass of Object.  Thus, I was
> wondering,
> > > > what's the best way to connect the my model to my component?  BTW, I
> > have
> > > > read the C. David Shaffer's tutorial, "Interlude:  Cleaning up the
> > > > PersonalInformationView" and I'm just trying to see what the best
> > approach
> > > > for this.  Well, thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > In general the view components directly reference the model, e.g. from
> > > an instance variable.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Philippe
> > >
> > > > -Conrad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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